694 XYLOCARPUS 



Xylocarpus Koen. (Carapa BH.}. Meliaceae (in). 2 palaeotrop. 

 coasts. 



Xylochlaena Baill. Chlaenaceae. i N. Madag. 



Xylolobus O. Ktze. = Xylia Benth. (Legum.). 



Xylomelum Sm. Proteaceae (n). 4 Austr. The fruits are known as 

 wooden pears, being of the size of a large pear, and looking ed. at 

 first glance. Inside is a thick wall of woody tissue enveloping the 

 winged seeds. It splits along the post. side. 



Xylonagra Donn. Sm. et Rose (Hauya p.p.). Onagr. (2). i Lower 

 Calif. 



Xylopliacos Rydberg (Astragalus p.p.). Legum. (ill. 6). 10 N. Am. 



Xylophragma Sprague (Tecoina p.p.). Bignoniaceae (2). Braz., Peru. 



Xylophylla L. = Phyllanthus L. p.p. (the sp. with phylloclades). 



Xylopia L. Anonaceae (4). 60 trop. Fr. used as peppers. 



Xylopleurum Spach (Oenothera p.p. BH.}. Onagr. (2). 10 trop. 

 Am. Cult. 



Xylorhiza Nutt. (Aster p.p.). Compositae (3). 5 N. Am. 



Xylosma Forst. f. (Myroxylon Forst.). Flacourtiaceae (4). 45 trop. 



Xylosteou Tourn. ex Adans. (Lonicera p.p.). Caprifoliaceae. 3 N. Am. 



Xylotlieca Hochst. (Oncoba p.p.). Flacourtiaceae (2). 10 trop. Afr. 



Xymalos Baill. (Xylosma p. p.). Flacourtiaceae (inc. seel.), i Natal. 



Xyridaceae. Monocot. (Farinosae; Coronarieae BH. ). 2 gen. (Xyris, 

 Abolboda), 70 sp. trop. and subtrop., mostly Am. Mostly marsh 

 plants, herbaceous, tufted, with radical sheathing 1. and spikes or heads 

 of $ fls. P heterochlam. K 3, the lat. sepals small, the ant. large, 

 enclosing the corolla; C (3) ; A 3, epipet., the outer whorl absent or 

 repres. by stds.; 0(3), i-loc. or imperfectly 3-loc., with parietal or 

 free basal plac. and oo orthotr. ov. Caps. Embryo small, in mealy 

 endosp. [See review in Bot. Gaz. 1895, p. 313-] 



Xyrideae (BH.} = Xyridaceae. 



Xyris Gronov. ex L. Xyridaceae. 60 trop. and subtrop. 



Xysmalobium R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 20 S. and trop. Afr. 



Xystris Schreb. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Xystrolobus Gagnep. Hydrocharidaceae. i Yunnan. 



Yacca tree (W.I.), Podocarpus. 



Yam, Dioscorea ; - bean, Pachyrhiziis, Dolichos. 



Yard grass (Am.), Eleusine. 



Yarrow, Achillea Millefolium L. 



Yate, Eucalyptus cormtta Labill. 



Yaupon (Am.), Ilex Cassiue L.; -grass (Am.), Eleusine. 



Yautia, Xanthosoma. 



Yaw-weed (W. ), Morinda umbellata L. 



Yellow archangel, Lamiitm ; - bark, Cinchona ; - berries, Rhanmus 

 infectoria L. ; - bird's nest, Afonotropa ; - bugle, Ajuga ; - cedar, 

 Chamaecyparis ; - cress, Barbarea ; - deal, Finns sylvestris L. ; 

 -flag, Iris Psendacorus L. ; -horned poppy, Glaitcium; -loosestrife, 

 Lysimachia vnlgaris L.; -pimpernel, Lysimachia nemornm L. ; 

 -pine, Finns echinata Mill.; - puccoon, Hydrastis ; -rattle, J?hi- 

 nanlkns; -rocket, Barbarea; -seal, Hydrastis; -toadflax, Linaria; 

 -water lily, Nuphar littcxm Sibth. et Sm.; -wood, Cladrastis; 

 - wort, Chlora. 



