se ORD. I. Conifere. PINUS BALSAMEA. 
introduced its use* and subsequently his practice has been confirmed and 
adopted by many surgeons of skill and eminence. It is also topically ap- 
plied as a discutient to indolent tumours, and as a rubifacient, in chronic 
rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, &c. 
* Vide Essay on burns.—To those who are unacquainted with the importance of tur- 
pentine oil, as an application to burns, we would recommend a perusal of Dr. Kentish’s 
Essays, and Medical and Physical Journal, vol. iii. p. 262. 
ORD. I. AMENTACEZ. 
QUERCUS INFECTORIA. STAINING OAK. 
SYNONYMA. Quercus infectoria. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 436: Olivier. 
Voy. dans ? Empire Othoman, Ate.t. 14,15. Farber Eiche. Nom. Triv. Wilid. 
Class Monoecia. Order Polyandria. 
Nat. Ord. Amentacee. Linn. et Juss. 
Gen. Char. Male flowers in a catkin. Calyx of several segments. Corolla 
none. Stamens five to ten. 3 
——s Calyx double, the outer inferior, scaly, undivided; the inner su- 
perior, of six deep segments. Corolla none. Styleone. Nut coriaceous, 
surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx. 
f 
Spec. Char. Leaves oblong, mucronate-dentate, glabrous on both sides. - 
THE Quercus infectoria is a native of Asia Minor, and to be met with 
from the Bosphorus as far as Syria, and from the coast of the Archipelago 
to the frontiers of Persia. Olivier seems to have been the first who ascer- 
