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Janipha Manihot. Eatable-rooted 

 Physic-Nut, Bitter Cassada, Manioc, or 



Tapioca. 



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Class and Order. 



MoNCECIA DECANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Euphorbiace.e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cal. nullus. Cor. campanulata, quinquefida. 

 Stam. 10, libera. Nectarium 10-radiatum. F<em. Cat. 

 nullus. Cor. 5-partita. Stigma amplum, carnosum, cris- 

 tatum, multifidum. Capsula ovata, apice acutiuscula, tri- 

 cocca. Pohl, (sub Manihot.) 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Janipha* Manihot; foliis palmatis 5— 7-partitis glabris 

 subtus glaucis, laciniis lanceolatis integernmis, ttori- 



bus racemosis. o qk 



Janipha Manihot. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. A. p. »*>• 



Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 77. 

 Manihot utilissima. Pohl, PL Brasil. Icon. v. 1. P- <**- 



t 24 

 Jatropha Manihot. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1428 Ait. Hort. 



Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 330. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. p. 562. 



Lunan, Hort. Jamaic. v. I. p. 161. 

 Jatropha. n. 5. Brown, Jam. p. 350. 



* Janipha is an Indian name, applied to another ■£«" °* {* 8 <^£ 

 the Jatropha Janipha of L.nk*us. 'mamiiot is equaUy an Ind ™ *PP££ 

 tion, by which the various kinds are known in Brazil. The <^ n ^ e ™^; 

 being separated from Jatropha, the Generic name off Manihot would I have 

 been more properly applied to it, as has already been done by ™»™£ 

 Tovrnefort, AdansoV, and, subsequently, by Pohl" Janipha was how- 

 ever, established by Kunth, and has been sanctioned by Jussieu, &prengei,, 

 and the majority of Botanists. 



