A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries Illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the (14580618028)

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Title: A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... Illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the Capitol, lat. 38 3/4
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881
Subjects: Botany Plants -- United States Plants -- Canada
Publisher: Boston, Crocker & Brewster
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden



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estimated by Lindley as follows :inimsnora. mce Chrysobalaneaj, 11 genera, 50 species. Amygdaleaj, 5 HO Pomes, 16 200 Rosaceae proper, 50 625 Total. R2 985 XLVni. RO.SACEi^. 239 A larjje proportion of these are natives of temperate climalew north of the equator. Properties—\ hiphly important order, whether we KgiuA iu deliciouH fruit, iu medicinal producti«,orthe beauty of its flowers. None of iln species (exeeptinir those of the Almond tnbe) are unwliolesome.An aHtrmeent principle chiinicfcrizes the family, residnit; chiifly in the h.trk and the rooL-t. I he ro<jtit olthe blackberry have hc.-n used in ni.dirine as an a.-ftrinrcnt; thos.- (if (.lii.ina, iix an emetic; Ajfrimo-nia, as a vermifuKe. The peiuls ,.f ll..s.i damasc.-na, yield thr w. II known frauniiit oil, called oltar QTrose. Tlie Almond, Peach, &c.. alK.uiid in pnissic acid, a dcaiily poison, r.si.ling chiefly in the kemeJa.—Of the Rosacea), as ornaiueatal flowering shrubs, it is scarcely neccssjiry to speak.
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PIG. 44.—1. Potentilla ar^uta, flower and leaf. 2. Vertical section of a flower with the petals removed,showing the perigynous disk, stamens, ovaries, &c. 3. Enlarged ovary and style. 4. Mature ovary.5. Section showint the seed and funiculus. 6. Vertical section of a flower of Frasaria, showing the peri-grnous stamens, the ovaries, &c. 7. Enlarsed carpel. 8. Fruit, consistmff of the enlarsed receptaclewith the achenia external. 9. Perisynous sUimens of Rubus Idaeus. 10. Fruit, the fleshy carpels aggre-pated. 11. .Section of the fruit. 12. Flower of the apple tree. 13. Vertical section of a rose, showingthe distinct carpels in the calyx tube. Conspectus of the Genera. \ Sta. 5. Sibhaldia. 24 ( Leaves < caiiline. f Sta. 00. PotentiUa. 12 (not < comp.. ^ all radical. . WaMstemia. 16 1 caudate, f Leaves simple. . . Dalibarda. 15 (on a dry 1 and caudate with ^ Petals 8 or 9. Dnjas. 25 J receptacle I the persistent style. ^Petals 5. . Geum. 17 ) on a juicy ^ which is sweet a