CXCIV. CBLTIOE^. 



673 



Cvdraniajavanensis, a shrub from the Isles of Sunda, furnishes a dye. The leaves of the Breadfruit-tree, 

 ■which are about three feet long and one and a half broad, are used aa cloths and mats. The bark of the 

 Guarumo {Cecropia peltata), a tall slender tropical American tree, contains india-rubber; it is given as an 

 astringent in diarrhoea and blennorrhcea ; its ^shes are rich in alkaline salts. [The beautiful Snake-wood 

 of Guiana is the produce of Piratinera guianmds.'] 



CXCIV. CELTIDEJE, Endlicher. 



Flowbbs 'polygamous. Perianth single. Ovaet free, 1-celled ; styles 2 ; 

 OVULE solitary, parietal or sub-apical, campylotropous. Feuit a drupe. Albumen 

 scanty or 0. Embkto curved ; radicle superior. — Stem woody. Leaves alternate ; 

 STIPULES fugacious. 



Sheubs or TEEES witli alternate branches, often armed witli spinescent axillary 



Celtis . 

 Stiamens (mag.), 



Veltis. 

 Diagram. 



Celtis. 



Embryo laid opca 



(mag.). 



Celtis australis. 



Solenostigma. 

 Toung flowers (mag.). 



Solenostigmtt consimUe. 

 Flower expanded (mag.). 



Fruit. 



Celtis, 



Fruit cut vertically 



(mag.). 



