corapac^ly, tWj5 have peither calyx nor corolla ; the pistil has an orate geriiij 

 placed on a bristle, an awl-shaped stj'ie, and a capillary, permanent stigma ; there 

 is no pericarp ; tbe I'l nits numerous, Ibrminga cylinder-,, seeds single, ovate, re- 

 taining the style, placed on abnstie ; down capillary, from the base to tiieuuadle 

 iiastened to the seed-rbgaping. bristle, lengtii ol the pistil. 



LATIFOUA. BROAD-LEAVED. 



Ti;phapa1ii^tris major. Sloane, v. 1, p. 122. Sirnphx, foliis longis'' 

 ang^lslis con7prtssis, spiai duplici terviinali, Browne, p. 236. 



Leaves someHhat sword-shaped ; male and female spjkes approxiaiating. 

 The root is creeping, . the yonng ehoots white,, terminating in a sharp point. - Stalk 

 ^qm three to six feet higii, simple, upright, leafy, roundand smooth, -without knotSj 

 leafy at the base. Leaves ak6inate,. upright, twisted, at bottom sword-shaped- and 

 fleshy, at top flat, about an. inch in breadth, ind two or three feet in length, inclosing 

 the stalk in a very long sheath. Sheaths two, deciduous, one 3,t the- bottom of tbg nnale 

 s]ikes, the other at the middle ; frequently a third smaller between- the middle and the 

 top of the spike. Tliis plant is found in every quarter of the world, and grows- jn ail 

 chmates, in ponds^, tTitches, anct the sides of iirooks. Hatler says that the roots are 

 e^ten in sallads, and cattle eat tbckleaves, Sloane says its down is usetl for beds, and 

 applied to kibed heels cures taera. 'v Scbrever asserts that the leaves are suspected to' be 

 poisonous. Browne mentions the leaves as making good mats, and being used foi. 

 tliatch. it grov&.na.tura!ly in Jamaica^ 



This isrcommoRly-fosnd in-all the lagoons.:- Tfife leaves are long and ensiformed. > 

 ^^cy make e.xceilent mats. Jf'he seeoa have astupifying oiiality ; and, when pounded 

 stud, mixed with bitter, or other proper substaRce, oesuoy'mice. Aft unguent is pre- 

 pared of4htni, witli.Jiugs lard, for burns-or scalds. The seeds are escuientj roasted*. 



CEDAR:. CEDRELA. 



t. 5, OR. I. Pentandn'a mcnc^-ynia. Nat. or. Miscellane. 



Grn. CHAR. Calyx:is a small one-peta!ed penanthiuni, bell-shaped, five-toorfieJ, - 

 withering ; corolFa monopetalons, double the length of the calyx, divided into five 

 oblong sections ; Ifie stanima are five filaments, shorter tnan the corolla, seated 

 on thv^ receptacle, with sji-icotund anthers ;. the pis'ii has a suBTotund gennen, a 

 five-cornered proper receptat-ie; style cylindri':-, length of tne corolla: stigma . 

 }<eaded, depressed; the pericarp is a superior capsule, five-celied, five-valved^ 

 woody, the valves decidu-^us-;; seeds many, fieshy, obiong, compressed, imbricate 

 xiown wards, terminate^., by a nriemtjranace^us wing ; receptacle woody, five-angledj -, 



OrORATA. SMELLING. 



J''tu.n& forte aginis arhor vnojehna, materie rubra, lara, <?doratOi^=^ - 

 Slcane, v. 2, p. 12?, t. 220, f. 2. Foliis niajortbus ptnnatis, fl^ 

 tibiisiaxe KHiumdsuijMsnilevi odoraia, Browjie, p. 1^8, t. lo, f. i. 

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