. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. 212 FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS having an equable temperature. Three genera occur in Florida, one of them {Icacorea paniculata) being rather an ornamental shrub, with panicles of creamy white flowers. (Fig. 182.) Several species of this genus and of Myrsine are cultivated in greenhouses, but the family is not, as a whole, remarkable for economic or other uses. Family Primulaceae. Primrose Family. Contains about 28 genera and 350 species, widely distributed. All are herbs, with regular flowers, the calyx and corolla each 5-cleft or 5-par
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. 212 FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS having an equable temperature. Three genera occur in Florida, one of them {Icacorea paniculata) being rather an ornamental shrub, with panicles of creamy white flowers. (Fig. 182.) Several species of this genus and of Myrsine are cultivated in greenhouses, but the family is not, as a whole, remarkable for economic or other uses. Family Primulaceae. Primrose Family. Contains about 28 genera and 350 species, widely distributed. All are herbs, with regular flowers, the calyx and corolla each 5-cleft or 5-parted, the stamens also 5. Ovary 1-celled, becoming a 2-6-valved capsule in fruit. There is one genus (Qlaux) in which the corolla is entirely wanting. The largest genus is the type of the family {Primida), containing. Fig. 184. Tht'Shooting Stftr (jDodectftheon Metfdia), cQtisii^rahly i^nct^.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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