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CLXXIV. GLOBULARIE^. 



for the sweet scent of their flowers ; the hitter leaves and the aromatic root of many are prescribed for 

 scrofulous and syphilitic diseases ; others [as Stachytarpha] are used in the superstitious ceremonies of 

 Indian sorcerers, as the Vervain was in Europe [its leaves are the Brazil Tea]. Vitex Agnus-castus is a 

 shrub, indigenous to southern France, to which the ancients attributed cooling virtues, whence its name. 

 [ V. Uttoralis is one of the best woods in India. Omelina parvi/lora has the property of imparting 

 mucilage to water. Teak, one of the most important timbers in the world, is the wood of Teetma 

 grandis, a gigantic Asiatic forest tree. Avicennice are trees growing in tidal swamps throughout warm 

 countries, called White Mangrov^in Brazil, where the bark is extensively used for tanning; a prepara- 

 tion from the ashes of the bark is used in washing in India.] 



CLXXIV. GLOBULARIE^. 



(Globulabi^, B.C. — Globulaeine^, Fmdl. — Globulaeiace^, Lindl.) 



% 



Glohularia. 



Calyx laid open, "witli feathery tails 



at the top (mag.). 



Qldbularia. 

 Flower without calyx (mag.). 



GldbidaHa^ 

 Pistil (mag.)« 



Glohularia vulgaris. 



Globularia* Diagram, 



Glohularia, 



Ovary cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Glohularia. 



Seed cut 



vertically (mag.). 



Glohularia, 

 Embryo (mag.). 



