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tnachidy t. 761. — Convolvulus and Cam- 

 panula, two large well-known genera, come 

 afterwards ; then Lobelia, t. 140, Impa- 

 Hens, t. 937, and Viola, t. 619, 620> brought 

 hither from the abolished Linnaean order 

 Si/ngenesia Monogamia. The Luridce fol- 

 low, so called from their frequently dark, 

 gloomy aspect, indicative of their narcotic 

 and very dangerous qualities ; as Datura, 

 t. 1288, Hyoscyamus, t. 591, Atropa, 

 1* 592, and Nicotiana, or Tobacco. In a 

 subsequent part we meet with the Vine, 

 Currant and Ivy, and the Order finishes 

 with some of the natural family of Con- 

 torted, so called from their oblique or 

 twisted corolla, and which are many of 

 them very fine plants, as Vinca, t. 514, 

 917. They often abound with milky juice, 

 generally highly acrid ; but Dr. Afzelius 

 met with a shrub of this order at Sierra 

 Leone, the milk of whose fruit was so 

 sweet, as well as copious, as to be used 

 instead of cream for tea. This is certainly 

 what no one could have guessed from ana- 

 '°Sy # Gardenia is erroneously reckoned 

 a contort a by Linnaeus. 



