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E. resinifera and other species Gum-Kino is obtained. 

 In conservatories are seen species of Myrtus, Eugenia, etc. 



9. Droseraceae. The 

 Sundew family consists of 

 about one hundred and ten 

 ■widely distributed species, 

 mostly bog-herbs, with radi- 

 cal gland-bearing leaves, and 

 regular pentamerous flowers. 

 They are interesting because 

 of their power of catching 

 and digesting insects. Not 

 only the Venus's Fly-trap {Dioncea muscipula, Fig. 324a) 

 and the Sundews {Dros&ra), but also the other genera are 

 insectivorous. 



10. Saxifragacese. The Saxifrage family. Flowers 

 usually with five petals, and definite stamens inserted on 

 the calyx. There are five hundred and forty species of 

 herbs, shrubs, and trees, mostly of temperate and cold 

 climates. The Gooseberry {Mibes Gfrossularia) and Cur- 

 rant (JR. rubrum) are common in cultivation. The orna- 

 mental representatives are numerous, among which may be 

 mentioned the Strawberry Geranium of China {Saxijraga 

 sarmentosa), the Mock Orange of the Old World (Philor 

 delphus), the Flowering Currants of the United States 

 (Bibes), Deutzia from China and Japan, Hydrangia from 

 Japan and the United States, etc. 



11. Rosacese. The Rose family. Flowers with five 

 petals and many stamens, perigynous. An important 

 family of one thousand herbs, shrubs, and trees, widely 

 distributed. The genus Pyrus furnishes the Apple (P. 

 Malus), the Pear (P. communis), American Crab-Apple 



Fig. 324a. Leaves of Venus's Fly-lrap {ZHomea). 



