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Strawberry, Raspberry, and Blackberry. 

 Some Roses afford a valuable perfume, viz., 

 "Attar of Roses ;" " Kousso/' from an Abys- 

 sinian plant named Brayera anthelmintica, 

 is esteemed as the best remedy for Tape- 

 worm. 



2. Family. — Burnets (Sanguisorbacese). Herbs or 



under-shrubs, occasionally spiny ; leaves al- 

 ternate, stipulate ; flowers small, often capi- 

 tate and unisexual, apetalous ; perianth with 

 a thickened tube ; stamens definite ; ovary 

 solitary ; stigma compound or simple ; nut 

 solitary, enclosed in the tube of the perianth, 

 forming a false pericarp. Found in heaths and 

 exposed places in Europe, North and South 

 America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. 



3. Family. — Apples (Pyracese). Trees or shrtibs ; 



leaves alternate, stipulate ; flowers solitary, 

 or in terminal cymes ; calyx adherent, 5- 

 toothed ; petals five, unguiculate ; stamens 

 indefinite ; ovaries 1-5, fleshy ; styles 1-5 ; 

 stigmas simple; fruit a pome, mostly 1-5- 

 celled. Occur in the Northern Hemisphere, 

 in Europe, Northern Asia, North America; 

 rare in Northern Africa and Madeira. Many 

 afford edible fruits, as the Apple, Pear, Quince, 

 Medlar, &c. ; the seeds yield Hydrocyanic 

 (Prussic) Acid. (Pomacece, Lindley.) 

 4 Family. — Almonds (Amygdalacese). Trees or 

 shrubs; leaves alternate, stipulate; flowers 

 single or umbellate, white or pink ; calyx 5- 



