THE QUINQUINO.
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Fig. 208.
Lei
Common Garden Bean.
l\ *? u mule.
e. fi 0t pH^ ons or scc| l lobes.
auicle bent on the cotyledons
aceous, rarely fleshy or drupaceous, dehiscentor indehiscent,one-celled ; or by the folding 1 inof one of the sutures, longitudinally two-celled ;or by isthmi or articulations, transversely many-celled. Seeds two, or many, or by abortion (?)solitary, affixed to the upper suture, in-serted alternately into each valve, frequentlyoval or reniform; funiculus various, rarelyexpanded into an arillus; testa smooth, fre-quently very much so, and stony; endopleuraoften tumid, simulating albumen. Embryosometimes straight [ rectembrice ], or curved[curvembrice ], the radicle being indexed on thecommissure of the lobes (homotropal or pleu-rorhizous); in either case the radicle directedtowards the bilum : cotyledons foliaceous orfleshy; the first exsert, the latter germinatingwithin the spermoderm, under ground.—Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with alternate, bistipu-late, simple, or variously-compounded leaves .—(Condensed from Decandolle, with additionswithin the square brackets).
Properties. —Exceedingly variable. Similar
organs of different, though often closely-allied,species are frequently found to elaborate mostdissimilar principles; and, of course, the diete-tical, medicinal, or poisonous properties varyin a corresponding manner. (For details, con-
AbhandL ii. d. Arzneikraft. d. Planzen; and Decandolle, Essai sur les
Sub-order 1.— Papilionacex.
yrosper'mum, peruiferum, Decandolle, E.— The Quinquino.
Myrox'ylon peruife'rum, Linn. L. D.
Sesc. St/st. Decandria, Monogynia.
^ (Balsamum liquidum, /..—Fluid balsamic exudation, E.— Balsamum, D .)
Un< ler S 'ti° IlY '—This balsam was first mentioned by Nicholas Monardes of th e t 10 n ^ Ine °f balsamum (Clusius , Exot. 303). No accurate notionsb ranch «* yielding it were entertained until 1781, when Mutis sent someiliiijj /r S it to the younger Limucus (Murray, App. Med. vi. 111).Sc ribed - am ^ er t) Ittustr. of the Genus Cinchona, p. 92) afterwards de-
Gen. Char, — Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, persistent.°bl 0n Ve > the upper one largest. Stamens ten, free. Ovary stipitate,Membranous, with two to six ovules; style towards the apexs Up er i o ’i Mteral. Legume, with stalk naked at the base but wingedCe lled sam aroidal [ legumen samaro'ideum D. C.], indehiscent, one-^ es Rie a r°!i e -° r t'vo-seeded, laterally pointletted by the style. SeedSjD- q with balsamic juice: cotyledons thick, plane (D. C.)
^ r ancfi e J lAI ^fr^ jenves coriaceous, persistent, smooth as well as the
(I). ( ; \ S ' Wing of the legume very thick, not veined.
Style deciduous
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naf^Mnching, elegant tree. Bark thick, very resinous. Leaves pm-
Ba i aItema te; leaflets two to five pairs, alternate ovate-lanceo a .
coin, a xillavy. Petals white. Legume somewhat coriaceous, strawAU Uren. oh..
about four inches long including the stalk. Seeds reniform.