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Fig. 189, a, Aeohenqelica officinalis; b, the ripe fruit. <?, Fig. 190, vertical 
section of the flower of Daucus carota ; p, petals, with inflexed pomts ; s, stamens, 
one incurved at the apex ; o, ovary formed by 2 carpels adherent to the calyx ; e, 
styles and stigmas ; d, horizontal section of the fruit with bristly ridges. 
463. Araltaceje, the Spikenard Tribe. — Trees^ shrubs^ or 
herbs^ resembling umbelliferous plants in their character. Ca- 
lyx entire or toothed. Petals definite, deciduous. Stamens as 
many as the petals, or twice as many. Ovary composed of 2 
or more carpels, which do not separate, but become drupes or 
berries. Seeds solitary, pendulous ; embryo small, albumen 
fleshy. 
a. Properties : aromatic and stimulant. 
Geneba. — Aralia, Panax, Hedera, Adoxa. 
464. CoKNACE^, the Cornel Tribe, — Trees,, shrubs^ or hei^bs. 
Lea/oes usually opposite. Flowers in cymes, or in heads sur- 
rounded by colored involucres. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals 4, in- 
serted into the upper part of the calycine 
tube, valvate in aestivation. Stamens alter- 
nate with the petals. Ovary adhering to 
the tube of the calyx, crowned by a disk. 
Fruit a 2-celled drupe. Seeds solitary, pen- 
dulous ; embryo straight, in the axis of fleshy 
albumen. 
a. Properties : cliiefly remarkable for their bitter and 
astringent bark. 
Genus. — Cornus. 
Fig. 191. CoENUS Jlorida (dogwood) ; a small shrub ; 
leaves opposite, petioled ; flowers terminal, very small, 
surrounded by a white, showy, four-leaved involucrum ; 
fruii oval scarlet drupes. 
MONOPETALOUS ORDERS 
465. Capeifoliace^, the Honeysuckle Tribe. — Shrubs or herbs^ 
often twining. Leaves opposite. Flowers corymbose. Calys^ 
superior, limb 4-5-lobed. Corolla regular or irregular. Sta- 
mens inserted on the corolla, equal in number to its lobes and 
alternate with them. Ovary adherent to the tube of the calyx, 
2-5-celled. Fruit usually a berry or drupe, crowned by the 
persistent lobes of the calyx. Seeds pendulous, albuminous ; 
embryo small. The sub-orders are, Lonic&rm^ flowers ^tubular ; 
SambuGCB., corolla rotate or urn-shaped. 
a. The flowers are odoriferous, extensively cultivated for ornament ; generally 
bitter, and rather active or nauseous ; the fruit of some species is edible. 
Geneea, — 1. Lonioee^ — Linnaea, Symphoria, Diervilla, Lonicera, Xylosteurn, 
Triosteum. 2. Sambuc^ — Viburnum, Sambucus. 
466. EuBiACE^, the Madder Tribe. — Trees^ shrubs^ or herbs. 
Leaves verticillate, or opposite, and furnislied with &tit)ules. 
Fig. 191. 
