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L. LIMNANTHEJB. 



Linwanthes. 

 Liinnanihes Doittflasii. St3'le and stigmas (mag.). 



Eipe CARPELS free, indehiscent (achenes), at first fleshy, then coriaceous, rugose. 

 Seed erect, testa membranouSj. Embeto exalbuminous, straight; cotyledons fleshy, 

 thick, green, cordate at the base, and enclosing the rery short, inferior radicle. 



PRINCIPAL GENEEA. 

 *Limnanthes. Floerkea. 



Limnanthece are closely allied to Tropaolea (see this family). By Bentliam and Hooker fll. they 

 have been annexed to Oeraniacem (see this family). 



Limnanthece inhabit the temperate i-egions of North America. Limnanthes Douglasii, a Oalifornian 

 herb, is cultiyated in Europe as an ornamental plant ; it has a subaorid taste, which confirms its affinity 

 with Tropmolmn. 



\BVTAL FAMILY OB ALLIANCE. 



The following is the arrangement of the great family of Rutacem proposed by the 

 Editor and Bentham ; most of the tribes of -which are treated as orders in this work : — 



