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dant ; embryo straight. Distribution general. 

 Among the products are Snake-root (Senega) 

 and Rhatany-root (Krameria). (Krameria- 

 cece, Martius.) 

 9. Family. — Pore- Tfbrfe (Tremandracese). Shrubs; 

 slender, heath-like ; leaves alternate or ver- 

 ticillate, exstipulate ; pedicels 1-flowered ; se- 

 pals 4-5, equal, deciduous, aestivation val- 

 vate; petals 4-5; aestivation in volute; stamens 

 8 -10 ; anthers 2-4-celled, dehiscence porous ; 

 ovary 2-celled ; ovules anatropal ; styles and 

 stigmas 1 -2 ; fruit capsular, 2-celled, 2-valved ; 

 embryo cylindrical; albumen fleshy. An 

 Australian family. 



XII. OEDER— Malvals (Malvales). 



Flowers monodichlamydeous ; calyx valvate ; 

 corolla imbricated or twisted ; stamens definite or 

 indefinite ; placentae axile ; albumen little or none. 



1. Family. — Linden-blooms (Tiliaceae). Trees or 



shrubs, rarely herbs ; leaves alternate, stipu- 

 late ; sepals and petals 4-5 ; stamens gene- 

 rally indefinite and distinct; ovary of 2 -10 

 carpels ; style one ; stigmas as many as the 

 carpels ; ovules anatropal ; fruit dry or pulpy, 

 often prickly ; embryo straight ; albumen 

 fleshy. Tropical plants. Russian mats are 

 made from the inner bark of the Linden-tree. 



2. Family. — Mallows (Malvaceae). Herbs, shrubs, 



or trees ; leaves alternate, stipulate ; hairs, if 

 present, stellate ; peduncles usually axillary ; 



