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Achenia in a spike, ovate, and pointed with the hardened, 

 persistent style. 



A. autumxalis. rheasanVs Eye. 



Stem branching; leaves pinnately parted, with numerous linear segments. Flow- 

 <rs crimson, 5 to S petaled. Carpels crowned with a very short style, and collected 

 into an ovate or sub-cylindrical head. Annual. 



19. NIG ELLA. Linn. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, colored. Petals 5, 3-cIcft. Styles 

 5. Capsules 5, follicular, convex. — Annual European 

 herbs, with leaves in many linear and subulate segments. 



1. N. Damascena. Fennel Flower. 



Leaves twice and thrice pinnatifid, as finely cut as those of the fennel. Flowers 

 in a leafy involucre, terminal, solitary encompassed and overtopped by a circle of 

 leaves divided like the rest, white or pale hlue, sometimes double ; anthers obtuse; 

 Carpels .3, smooth, 2-celled, united as far as the ends into an ovoid-globoss capsule. 

 A hardy annual of the gardens. June— August 



2. N. sativa. Nutmeg Flower, 



Stem slightly furrowed, erect, branched-. Leaves divided as in the last, with tho 

 divisions much more linear. Flowers naked, terminal on the summits of the 

 branches. Anthers obtuse. Capsule with hard short points. From Egypt. J una 

 —September. 



Order 2. MAGNOLIACEJE. 



Trees or shrubs with the leafbuds sheathed by membraneous Stipules; alter-K'ie 

 coriaceous, entire leave-', marled with minute transparent dots, and solitary, lar^e, 

 perfect, showy, oj ten fragrant flowers. 



Sep.vi.jJ 3 to 6, deciduous, colored. Petals 3 to 27 iu several rows, hypogynour, 

 Imbricate iu aestivation. Stamens indefinite, distinct, hypogynous, iu several rows 

 at the base of the receptacle. Ovaries numerous; style short; ii'V/)/; a simple. Fruit 

 either dry or sticculcnt, consisting of numerous carpels, arranged upon an elonga- 

 tt d axis. Seeds solitary or several, attached to the inner suture of the carpaks. 

 Baek aromatic and bitter. 



1. MAGNOLIA. Linn. 



In honor of Prof. Magnol, a French botauist. 



Sepals 3, deciduous. Petals 6 — 12, in concentric series. 

 Stamens indefinite, distinct, with short filaments and long 

 anthers, opening inwards. Pistils aggregated and cohering 

 in a mass, together forming a fleshy and rather woody cone- 

 like fruit ; each carpel opening on the back at maturity, from 

 which the seeds are suspended, when mature, by a long slen- 

 der funiculus. — A magnificent genus, consisting mostly of 

 large trees, with luxuriant foliage, and large fragrant /lowers. 

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