I $9 The Jussieuean, or Natural, System of Plants. 



scarcely an instance occurs in JRanunculaceae of a shrubby 

 stem. 



Tribe 1. Clemati'de^. 

 Clematis L. Naravelia Dec. 



Tribe 2. ^nemo^ne^. 

 TTiallctrum L. Hepatica Dil. Knowltonia Sal. 



Jnemone L. Hydrastis L. Adonis L. 



Tribe 3. i^ANu^NcuL^. 

 Myosurus L. jRanunculus Bauh, 



Ceratoc^phalus Moen. Ficaria Dil. 



Tribe 4. ^ellebo^he^. 

 Caltha L. ifelleborus L. Aquilegia L. 



Trollius L. Coptis Sal. Z)elphlnium Tou. 



Eranthis SaL Garidella Tou. ^conitum Tou. 



/sopyrum L. Nigella Tou. 



Tribe 5. P^oni'ce^. 



^ctae^al/. P?e6wiaL. 



Cimicifuga L. Xanthorhiza Herit. 



Order II. DILLENU^C^^. 



• Fine plants, almost exclusively confined to tropical coun- 

 tries. Dillen/« speciosa, a native of India, is a most noble 

 tree with large yellow flowers, rivalling those of a Magn(M/<2. 

 Hibbert/« volubilis is a green-house plant, well known for the 

 beauty of its blossoms, and their powerfully fetid smell. The 

 medical properties of this order are scarcely known ; a decoc- 

 tion of their leaves or bark is astringent, and used for gargles ; 

 and the acid juice of the fruit of some of the species of Dillenia 

 is used in India, mixed with water, as a pleasant beverage 

 in fevers. The foliage of many of the species is extremely 

 scabrous, whence the dried leaves are much used for the same 

 purposes as fish-skin and sand-paper in Europe; those of 

 Trachytella aspera are even employed in China for polishing 

 works of metal. 



Curatella L Trachytella Dec. Hibberti« Andr. 



Tetracera L Dillenifl L. Colbertia Sal. 



Order III. MkG'SOLl A^CEM. 

 No one is ignorant of the grandeur of Magnolias, or of the 

 delicious, though sometimes dangerous, fragrance of their 

 blossoms ; but it is less generally known, that from their affi- 

 nity to the trees that produce the famous Winter's bark, and 

 Melambro bark, they possess medicinal qualities of no com- 

 mon power. The bark of all of them is said to have a bitter 

 flavour without any astringency, and combined with a hot aro- 

 matic principle. In the United States, the bark of Magn6h'« 



