ICOSANDRIA. 427 



Plum, Cherry, &c., though the leaves and 

 other parts are bitter, acrid, and, as we 

 have already mentioned, sometimes very- 

 dangerous, owing to a peculiar essential 

 oil, known by its bitter-almond flavour. 

 See specimens of this family in Engl. Bot. 

 t 1383, 70G, 841, 842. The Myrtle tribe 

 is another natural order, comprehended 

 chiefly under Icosandria Monogynia, a- 

 bounding in a fragrant and wholesome 

 aromatic oil. These are plentiful in New 

 Holland. See Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 3. 255, 

 also Ejcot. Bot. t.42, 59, and 84. Cari/o- 

 pliijllus aromaticus, the Clove, should on 

 every account be removed hither. 



2. Pentagi/nia. In this order it is most con- 

 venient to include* such plants as have 

 from two to five styles, and occasionally, 

 from accidental luxuriance only, one or 

 two more. An example of it is the very 

 natural family of the Fomacca\ as Fi/riis, 

 the Apple, Pear, Sec. Engl. Bot. 1. 179, 

 350, 337 ; and JiJespilus, t. 1523, .Exot. 

 Bot. t. 18, 85. In this family some spe- 

 cies of the same genus have five, others 

 three, two, or only one style, and a corre- 



