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is inserted below the pistil (inferior). The corolla is 5 bbed (gamo-petalous), inserted below the pistil (hypo- 

 gynous); the lobes are imbricate. Tbere are 5 very small stamens quite free from one another, (poly- 

 androus), inserted on the petals (fpi-petalons). The pistil is composed of 8 or 9 carpels united together 

 (syn-carpous), and free from the calyx (superior) ; the ovary is 8 or 9 celled, each cell containing one 

 ovule ; the style is short the stigma is 8 or 9 toothed ; the fruit is pulpy throughout ( a berry) ; the 

 seeds contuin endosperm (albuminous), and have a long, broad, scar (hilum) ; the radicle of the embryo 

 is directed towards the base of the ovary (inferior). 



The species is a tree. The leaves are elliptical, tipped with a shirp point (cuspidate), destitute 

 of hairs (glubiom) oi the upper surface, covered beneath with golden silky down. The flower stalks 

 are clustered in the axils of the leaves. 



(7) Naseberry. (Achras Sapota, L.) 

 The segments of the calyx are 6 in number, and are arranged in 2 series, the 3 otuer sepals enclos- 

 ing the 3 inner; they are inserted below the pistil (inferior). The cup-shaped corolla is composed of 6 

 united petals (gtimo petalous), which overlap in the bud (imbricate), and are somewhat twisted. There 

 are 6 stamens, affixed to the middle of the corolla (epi petalous), opposite to the corolL-lobes ; the anthers 

 open outwards to discharge the pollen ; there are 6 imperfect stamens (staminodes) which do not pro- 

 duce pollen, — they are petal-like, and are inserted alternately with the perfect stamens. The ovary 

 is free from the calyx (superior) hairy on the outside, and has 10 to 12 cells with one ovule in each; 

 the style is without hairs [glabrous), and the stigma is small. The fruit is globular, fleshy. The seeds 

 have a fleshy endosperm (albuminous) ; the cotyledons are flat and thick ; the radicle is small, and is 

 directed towards the base of the ovary (inferior). 



This species is a large tree. The flowers are stalked, and are inserted in the axils of the leaves. 

 The leaves are alternate, thick, with an entire margin ; the venation is feather-veined (penni-veined). 



The Star- Apple and the Naseberry belong to the order S \potace.e, which includes also the 

 Mammoe Sapota This Order has the following characters : — 



The calyx is inferior, with 4 to 8 divisions, imbricate. The corolla is gamop^talous, hypogynous ; 

 there are 4 to 8 lobas in 1 or 2 series, imbricate. The stamens are inserted ou the corolla, the fertila 

 equalling in number the corolla- lobes and opposite to them, or more numerous in 2 or several series, 

 sometimes with alternating staminodes. The ovary is superior, many-celled. The ovules are solitary 

 in the cdls, ascending from the base of the inner angle, anatropous. The fruit is a berry with I or several 

 cells. The seeds are one or several in number, with a thick often hard shining testa, and long broad 

 hilum ; the fleshy endosperm is scanty or altogether wanting ; the embryo is large, with broad, foli- 

 aceous cotyledons, and mrerior radicle. The species are trees or shrub with milky juice, the leaves 

 are alternate, entire, without stipules. 



(8) Yokk-Wood, French Oak. (Catalpa longissima, Sims). 

 The calyx is deeply 2-lipped, the lower lip having an abrupt, short tip (mucronate). The corolla 

 is irregular, bell-shaped, with an oblique tube swollen above, the limb is 5dobed, 2-lipped. There are 

 2 perfect stamens ; the filuments are bent ; the anthers are of 2 diverging cells, one above and one 

 below ; there are 3 imperfect rudimentary stamens, (staminodes). The ovary is free from the calyx (su- 

 perior), 2-celled, the style long and slender, the stigma 2-lipped, the ovules are numerous. The fruit is 

 a long slender capsule, cylindrical, 2-valved, the valves separating between the partitions (loculicidal) ; 

 the seeds have wings which are cut into long threads they are without endosperm (exalbuminous). 

 The French Oak is a tall tree; the leaves are simple, opposite or 3 or 4 together, oblong, and entire; 

 the flowers are at the apex of the branches, they are arranged in a branched raceme (panicle). 



This Tree belongs to the order Bignoniace.e, which also includes the wild yellow flowering shrub 

 of the plains (Tecoma stans), the ornamental climber, Bignonia venusta, the ornamental tree, Spathodea, 

 and the Calabash (Crescentia Cujete). The following are the chief characters of the order : — The flowers 

 are more or less irregular. The calyx is inferior, gamosepalous, with 2 to h divisions. The corolla 

 is gamopetalous with 5 lobes, more or less arranged in 2 lips. The stamens are alternate with the 

 lobes of the corolla, but only 4, and sometimes only 2, are perfect. The disk is hypogynous or want- 

 ing. The ovary is sometimes 2-celled with numerous ovules inserted on 2 placentas along the edges 

 of the partition in each cell, or it is one-celled with numerous ovules on 2 placentas running along the 

 walls of the ovary. The seeds are exalbuminous. 



(9) Sandbox. (Hura crepitans, L.) 

 The flowers have either stamens without a pistil (male), or a pistil without stamens (female) ; 

 both kinds occur on the same tree (monoecious); they have no petals (a-petalous). 



In the male flowers, the calyx is short, cup shaped, with an irregular margin. The stamens are 

 numerous, combined with the connectives into a thick column ; the cells of the authers are distinct, dis- 

 posed below the apex of the column in 2 rings. The ovary is wanting. 



In the female flowers, the calyx is cup-shaped, with an entire margin The ovary contains 5 to 20 

 united cells (syn carpous) ; the styles are combined into a long, fleshy column, spreading in a radiate 

 form at the apex : the ovules are solitary in the cells. The fruit is a large depressed capsule; the 

 carpels are arranged in a ring (verticillate), and at length separate from the axis. The seeds have a 

 fleshy endosperm (albuminous) ; the cotyledons are broad and flat. 



This species is a tree. The leaves are alternate, stalked (petiolate), feather veined (penni-veined), with 

 transverse veins. The male flowers grow in spikes which are stalked, and are situated at the apex of 

 the branches The female flowers occur single under the male spike 



The Sandbox tree belongs^ together with the Castor Oil Plant, and Cassava, to the order Euphor- 

 biacece. The characteristics are as follow : — The flowers are unisexual, and generally apctalous. The 

 ovary is syncarpous, with 3 (rarely 1 or several) cells. The ovules are solitary, or 2 side by side, in 

 each cell ; they are pendulous from the inner angle. The fruit splits up into as many cells as there are 

 in the ovary. The embryo is straight in the axis of abundant endosperm. The species are herbs, 

 shrubs or trees. The leaves are usually alternate with 2 stipules. 



