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The Common Walnut (Juglans regia) was originally a native 
of Persia and the East; there are besides four genera and 
twenty-seven species, some of them belonging to East India, 
Persia, Cashmere, and the West Indian Islands, but most of them 
are American. 
GARRYALS. 
Diclinous Exogens, with a single floral envelope; sometimes 
with amentaceous flowers, carpels inferior, a minute embryo in a 
large mass of albumen. ‘There are only two orders in this group, 
three genera, and seven species. 
Exogenous shrubs of the Western neg ee yg having their flowers 
arranged in long pendulous racemes Or catkins, unisexual flowers, a XCVII. Garryacex. 
site leaves, and pe ate; within concentric sees or — d ‘due 
Exogenous shrubs of J: , of which only one s 
Helwingia ruscifiora of Sara, ‘ie Sova taacouteted on ag Talarib, XCVIII. Helwingiacex. 
and alternate stipulated leaves 
MENISPERMALS. 
Diclinous Exogens with monodichlamydeous flowers, disunited 
carpels, and embryo surrounded with abundant albumen, distin- 
guished externally by their scrambling habit, and unisexual 
flowers, connecting them with Cucurbitals in the one direction, 
and the Nutmegs and Anonee in another. 
Pending Bro or shrubs, with apetalous flowers, periginous stamens, 
and minute embryo at the end of a copious fleshy albu- XCIX. Monimiacez. 
Beem oo Australia and Chili, with axillary flowers forming 
sean facemes, wi i aes deciduous bracts, tubular gat “divided into C. Antheraspermacem, 
i d Bere tor the anthers opening by recurved valves, as in the 
= 
ous trees, with axillary inflorescence, terminating in 
r pan al we agg af ith one short cowl- CI, Myristicacezx. 
icles, sm; exual flowers, often with one co - 
mies bract! as in Colum 
shinin, 
out stipules, parietal — minu th i 
he embeyots ——— With the CII, Lardizabalacex. 
excepti Madagascar genera, they belong to temperat oe 
aang Duras 
ede ie shrubs of the Indian Isles and hotter parts of 
rth America, with h ous stamens, egies seed, and minute 
alb . 
cee in abun ant solid albumen ; fru CII. Svhizandracez. 
dant solid albume 
A numerous order 
sarme: of exogenous shrubs, wii . ia flexible tissue seas 
in neceous habit, entire alternate spon diag Sega palmate, nerved 
ifoltum all, racemes dicecious, not 
CIV, Menispermacez, 
alw. ‘os tum ; flowers sm: ©) 
ays unisexual, rarely bisexual or or polygamous. y 
x exogenous cane with alternate compound leaves with- | 
