This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...dotted with oil-glands. Shrubs or trees. Tribe 1. Myrtea. Fruit a berry or a drupe; stamens indefinite. Myrtus communis is the Myrtle of Southern Europe; the genus Eugenia includes a number of ornamental shrubs, among which is E. (Jambosa) Caryophyllus, the buds and flowers of which yield the spice known as cloves (Fig ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...dotted with oil-glands. Shrubs or trees. Tribe 1. Myrtea. Fruit a berry or a drupe; stamens indefinite. Myrtus communis is the Myrtle of Southern Europe; the genus Eugenia includes a number of ornamental shrubs, among which is E. (Jambosa) Caryophyllus, the buds and flowers of which yield the spice known as cloves (Fig. 432). Tribe 2. Leptospermca. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing loculicidally from above downwards: stamens generally indefinite, frequently in bundles which are opposite either to the sepals or to the petals (Fig. 431). Callistemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Calothamnus, and others, are ornamental plants: Eucalyptus Globulus, from Australia, is much planted in marshy districts, which it tends to dry up by its active transpiration. Tribe 3. Chairuelauciea. Stamens often definite and obdiplostemonous: ovary unilocular: fruit usually one-seeded and indehiscent. Tribe 4. Lecythidea. Fruit large, woody, dehiscing with a lid, or indehiscent; leaves scattered, without oil-glands; stamens indefinite. This tribe is sometimes regarded as a distinct order, Lecythidaceje. liertholletia excelsa grows in tropical America; its seeds are known as Brazil nuts. Tribe 5. Granatea. Fruit resembling a pome; leaves opposite, without oilglands. This tribe is sometimes regarded as a distinct order, 1, uicaci-: .k. Punica Granattim, the Pomegranate, grows in Southern Europe; flowers 5-8-merous; receptacle petaloid; stamens indefinite; in the ovary there are two whorls of loculi, an external superior of which the loculi are as numerous as and are opposite to the petals, and an internal inferior consisting of three loculi. Order 5. Rhizophorace2e. Tropical trees with aerial roots, known as Mangroves: the seed germinates in the fruit whilst it is still attached to the tree; when.
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