Order Cxiv
PEDALINE.
Herbaceous plants, formerly included in number of seeds in each cell of the fruit.
Bignoniaceæ, from which they are distinguished by the small Natives of the tropics, with shewy trumpet-shaped flowers. The seeds of Sésamum abound in oil, which is easily expressed, for which the common species is extensively cultivated in hot countries. 1296 Sésamum W. 1331 Pedálium W. 1300 Martýnia W.
ORDER CXV.
MYOPORINEÆ.
South Sea and New Holland shrubs, with scarcely any hair. The leaves are simple, alternate, or opposite, with no stipulæ. The flowers, scarlet, white, or blue, axillary without bracteæ. These are very near Verbenaceæ. Stenochilus is the handsomest genus of the order: the Avicennias are shore plants, growing in the place of the mangroves, and shooting their long roots to a great distance among the mud, sometimes to the length of six feet along the surface before they fix themselves. Their medicinal properties, if any, are unknown. 1323 Avicennia L. 1332 Myopórum Forst. 1333 Stenochílus R. Br. 1334 Bóntia R. Br.