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Order 162. AlangiaobjE, the Alangium Order. — haracter. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, exstipiilate, without 

 dots. Calyx superior, 5 — 10-toothed. Petals 5 — 10, linear, re- 

 flexed. Stamens equal in number to, or twice or four times as 

 numerous as, the petals ; anthers adnate. Ovary inferior, 1 — 2- 

 oelled ; style simple, ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit drupa- 

 ceous, more or less united to the calyx, 1-oelled. Seed solitary, 

 pendulous, with fleshy albumen, and large flat leafy cotyle- 

 dons. 



Distribution and Numbers. — Natives of various parts of the 

 East Indies and the United States. Illustrative Genera : — 

 Alangium, Lam. ; Nyssa, Linn. There are about 8 species. 

 By Bentham amd Hooker they are included in Cornacece. 



Properties and Uses. — Of httle importance. Some species 

 of Alangium are said to be purgative and aromatic ; and their 

 succulent fruits are also edible. The fruit of Nyssa capitata or 

 N. candicans is used occasionally as a substitute for Lime fruit, 

 whence it is called the Ogechee Lime. 



Artificial Analysis of the Orders in the Sub-class 



Series 3. Calyciflok*. 

 1. Flowebs with more than 20 stamens. 

 A. Ovary wholly superior, 



a. Leaves without stipules. 



1. Carpels m,ore or less distinct {at least as 



to the styles) ; or solitary. 

 Stamens distinctly perigynous. Ovules sus- 

 pended, erect, or ascending . . Hosacece [part). 



2. Carpels wholly combined {at least as to 



the ovaries). 

 Sepals more than 2, united into a tuhe. 



Ovary with axile placentas . Lythracecs [part). 



b. Leaves with stipules. 



1. Carpels more or less distinct (at least as to 



the styles) ; or solitary. 

 Calyx with the odd lobe inferior. Stamens i LegiiminoscB 



somewhat hypogynous . . . . ' (Mimosce) , 

 Calyx with the odd lobe superior. Stamens 



distinctly perigynous .... Bosacece. 



2. Carpels wholly combined {at least as to 



the ovaries). 

 Leaves with oircinate vernation. Placentas 



parietal . . .... Droseracecs. 



