DICOTYLEDONES. 



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of the last two is much used in the manufacture of furni- 

 ture. The double-flowered Dwarf Almond is P. nana. 



The many Roses (genus Rosa) are among the most highly 

 prized of all ornamental plarfts (Figs. 325, 326.) 



12. Leguminosae. The Pulse or Bean family. 

 Herbs, shrubs, and trees, with usually compound leaves, 

 often papilionaceous flowers (Fig. 327), and fruit 

 a legume (Fig. 328). 

 A large and important 

 family of sixty-fivehun- 

 dred species, widely dis- 

 tributed. Some of the 

 food-plants are the Pea j 

 (Pisum sativum), Eng- 

 lish Bean ( Vida Faba), 



Fig. 326. A Moss-Rose. 

 328. A legume (Beaii). 



Fig. 327. A Papilionaceous flower (of the Pea), 



