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either eaten in a crude state, or when ripe is used as a sauce with 
fish. 
Elliptic-leaved Dillenia. Tree 30 feet. 
6 D. serra ra (Thunb, in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 201.) leaves 
elliptical-ovate, acute, serrated ; peduncles 3-flowered. k. S. 
Native of Java and other parts of India. Sangius, Rumph. amb. 
2. p. 142. t. 46. Fruit eatable, the size and form of an orange, 
of a sweetish-acid taste, either yellow, white, or reddish. 
Serrated-leaved Dillenia. Tree 30 feet. 
7 D. rervu'sa (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 200. t. 19.) 
leaves obovate, truncate at the apex, remotely toothed, peduncles 
1-flowered. h.S. Native of the woods of Ceylon. Lam. ill. 
t. 492. f. 2. A tree with leaves two hands long and one broad. 
Petals obovate, three times longer than the calyx. 
Retuse-leaved Dillenia. Tree 30 feet. 
Cult. Dillènia is a splendid Indian genus of trees. The 
species thrive well in the collections of this country. A light 
loamy soil suits them best, or a mixture of loam and peat. 
Ripened cuttings not deprived of their leaves strike root freely, 
in a pot of sand, under a hand-glass, plunged in heat. The 
plants will not bear tobacco smoke, as it turns the leaves brown, 
and consequently many of them will drop. The house in which 
they are kept should never be allowed to get below 60 degrees of 
Fahrenheit’s thermometer, as this would also injure their leaves. 
Sweet, bot. cul. p. 61 and 62. 
Orver III. MAGNOLIA'CEE (plants agreeing with Mag- 
. nolia in many important characters.) D. C. theor. pl. 213. syst. ` 
1. p. 439. prod. 1. p. 77. Parts of flower imbricate in the bud. 
Calyx of 3 (f. 22. a.) or 6 deciduous sepals. Petals 3-27 (f. 
20, 21, 22. a.) disposed in a ternary order, in one or many 
series. Stamens indefinite, free. Anthers adnate, elongated. Ova- 
. ries numerous (f. 21. b. f. 22. b.), inserted in the torus above the 
stamens, usually disposed in spikes, rarely connected at maturity, 
1-celled, 1 or many seeded (f. 20. g. f. 21. c.), sometimes cap- 
sular (f. 22. 6.), and opening either on the under or upper side, 
sometimes fleshy (f. 21. b.) indehiscent, sometimes samarze- 
formed (f. 20. f.). Seeds adnate to the inner angle of the carpel 
(f. 20. g.). Embryo straight, small, inferior (f. 20. h.). Albu- 
men fleshy.—Elegant trees and shrubs, natives of Asia and Ame- 
rica, with alternate feather-nerved leaves articulately inserted, 
and involute when in the bud. Stipulas 2, deciduous, when 
young convolute and terminating the branches in a conical acu- 
men, resembling that of the fig-tree. Flowers beautiful, usually 
with a delicious fragrance. This order differs from Dillenidcee 
in the parts of the flowers being disposed in a ternary order, not 
quinary, and from Anondcee in the albumen being continuous, 
not pierced by the processes of the seed-coat, but it is more 
easily distinguished from that order in the presence of stipulas. 
The grandeur of the Magnolias is known to all lovers of plants, 
as well as the delicious though dangerous fragrance of their 
flowers, and very few of the other genera are inferior to them, but 
it is less generally known, that from their affinity to the trees that 
produce the famous Winter’s-bark and Melambo-bark, they pos- 
sess qualities of no common power. The bark of all the plants 
of this order is said to have a bitter flavour without any astrin- 
gency, combined with a hot aromatic flavour. In the United 
States the bark of the Magnolia glatica and Liriodéndron tuli- 
.MAGNOLIACE. 
I. Inxuicrum. 
pifera is employed for the same purposes as Jesuzt’s-bark, and 
from the fruit of Magnolia acuminataa tincture is prepared which 
has some reputation for removing attacks of rheumatism. The 
fruit of Illicium anisdtum, is the material which flavours the 
liqueur called Anisette de Bourdeaux. The pericarps are usually 
aromatic. The seeds are generally bitter, and retain their vege- 
tative power a considerable time, therefore, in most instances 
they may be imported in a living state from any part of the 
world. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
Tre I. 
Inucie æ (D.C. prod. 1. p. 77.) Carpels disposed in whorles 
(f. 20.) rarely solitary from abortion. Leaves full of pullucid 
dots. 
1 Intrcrum. Capsules stellately disposed, capsular, opening 
above ; 1-seeded ; seeds shining. Calyx of 3-6 petal-like sepals. 
2 Temus. Carpels 2, baccate, joined together? Seeds aril- 
late. Style 1. Calyx trifid. l 
3 Drimys. Carpels crowded, baccate, many-seeded (f. 20. 
g.) Filaments of stamens thickest at the top, and bearing 
separated cells (f. 20. d.) Calyx entire, or 2-3-parted. 
4 Tasma’nnta. Carpel solitary, membranous, indehiscent, 
many-seeded. Calyx 3-sepalled or 3-parted. 
Trier: II. 
Macnourr& (D. C. prod. 1. p. 79.) Carpels spicately dis- 
posed along the axis (f. 21. b. f. 22. b.) Leaves destitute of pel- 
lucid dots. 
5 Maneute’t1a. Carpels 2-valved, numerous, permanent, 
many-seeded, disposed in a dense imbricated cone. Calyx spa- 
thaceous, irregularly deciduous. . 
6 Micue't1a. Carpels disposed in loose spikes (f. 21. b) 
somewhat baccate, opening at the top, many-seeded. (f, 21. c.) 
Calyx of 3-sepals. 
© 7 Macxora. Carpels disposed in crowded spikes, opening 
by the external angle, 1-2-seeded, permanent. Calyx of 3 sepals. 
8 Tata'uma. Carpels disposed in spikes, 1-2-seeded, joined 
together into a shobile-like fruit (f. 22. b.) opening valvately 
and irregularly on the outside. Calyx of 3 sepals (f. 22. a.) 
.9 AROMADE'NDRON. Carpels 1-2-seeded, joined into a ligneous 
fruit. Calyx of one spathaceous leaf. 
10 Lirtopr’Npron. Carpels disposed in spikes, 1-2-seeded, 
indehiscent, deciduous, each drawn out into a wing. Calyx of 3 
sepals. 
Tribe I. 
ILLICIE’ (plants agreeing in character with J/licium,) D. 
C. prod. 1. p. 77. Carpels disposed in a whorl, very rarely 
solitary from abortion. Leaves full of pellucid dots. 
I. ILLYCIUM (from illicio, to allure; on account of the 
agreeable aromatic smell of the species.) Lin. gen. 611. Gert 
fruct. 1. p. 339. t. 69. Juss. gen. 281. Lam. illust. t. 493. D. 
C. syst. 1. p. 440, prod. 1. p. 77. ; 
Lin. syst. Polyándria, Polygynia. Calyx of 3-6 petal-like 
sepals. Carpels stellately disposed, capsular, opening on the 
upper side, 1-seeded. Seeds shining. Evergreen smooth shrubs, 
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