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CoMBRETACEi^. — Qiiisqualis itidica Roxb. 



CoMPOSiTiE. — Senecio tanwides DC. 



(JoNVOLVULACE.E. —Ipomcea Horsfallice Hook. 



CucuRBiTACEiE. — Bryonia laciniosa Linn. 



Leguminos^. — Ahrus precatoi-his Linn., Bauhinia scandens 

 Burni.,( = B. corymhosa Roxb.), Derris scandens Benth., Lathyrus 

 odoratus Linn., Milletia australis F.v.M., M. megasperma F .\ .M.., 

 Wistaria chinensis DC. 



LoGANiACEiE. — Buddleia niadagascariensis Vahl. 



MALPiGHiACEiE. — Banisteria chrysophylla Linn., Riptage Ma- 

 dahlota Gsertn., Stigmaphyllon jatrophcefolium Juss. 



MENiSPERMACEiE. — Carrouia mnUisepalea F.v.M., Legnephora 

 Moorii Miers, Stepha7iia hernandicefolia Walp. 



^ YCT AGINEJE. — Bougainvillea lateritia Hort., B. Sanderiana 

 V. variegata Hort,, B. spcctahilis Juss. 



PASSiFLOREiE. — Fassiflora suberosa Linn. 



PiPERACEiE. — Piper nigrum Linn. 



y O'LY GO^ A.CY.IE. — Antigonon leptopus Hook. 



RuBiACEiE. — C(elosj)ermuin paiiimdatum F.v.M. 



SoLANACEiE. — Solauum Wendlandii Hook. f. 



URTiCACEiE. — Ficus pumila Linn. 



VERBENACEiE. — Faradaya splendida F.v.M., Petrcea volubilis 

 Linn. 



AROiDEiE. — Monstera acicininata C. Koch, Pothos aureus 

 Linden. 



Flagellarie^. — Flagellaria indica Linn. 



L1LIACE.E. — Asparagus racemosus Willd., Geitonoplesium cymo- 

 sum A. Cunn., Ehipogonum albnm R.Br., Sniilax australis R.Br. 



ORCHiDACEiE.— Galeola cassythoides Reichb. 



The study had not proceeded far. when it was seen that any 

 grouping in Natural Orders was impossible, as similar character- 

 istics were common to plants of many different families, especi- 

 ally among Dicotyledons. It was necessary, therefore, to create 

 classes, among which the stems could be distributed, and the, 

 following are submitted. 



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