54 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



of which I shall confent myself wifh one ; Lygodiaceae an exall)uiuenf>us order is placed in the 

 same alliance with C//??cAo??aceae a pre-emiuently albumenous one. He states that some of 

 the connecting links of his albumenous group are evidently wantinir, this is not to be wondered 

 at when some of the primary ones are excluded because i.f their havinj; inonopetalouv: or apetal- 

 ous flowers. But let us place every known order havin<r the •' embryo considerably shorter and 

 smaller than the albumen" together, without roferenceto the fiouers which in comparison wifh 

 the seed are variable, and reconsider the whole wbnn it seems not improbable the missine links 

 will be found, and the true affinities of this very curious and ditficult order made out This 

 assuredlyisnot thecasenow, oibernise, I cannot suppose (Jcra^ituceae ,in pxalbnmenous hy 

 popnous order would be referred to as a reh.tion in consequence <,f the cohesion of the car- 

 pels round a woody as.s since at this rate, they are equally allie 1 to Ruphorbiaceae, with the 

 additional advantage of both having albumenous seed. Here I quit the subject of its affinities 



this ^oTColZt": .^;'^'^'^"^'«^- j J^«d, -I'^osf said fnrfunafehj, for Indian Botanists, 

 na^v "s of rZl . ^ ^-y secondary place in the Ind.an Kiora, the species being chiefl; 

 plai s aru wT;^^^^^^ where they inhabit groves, thickets, mar«hy%laces, 



the h .he t hUU rZ^Xw. f r '-P'^'f ^"""^ '"^ ^^^^^W^xn India are chiefly met with oa 

 and the eth^^^^^^ being found on fhe open plains 



allyoX h2£^^^ .In northern India they are more frequent especi- 



adcUlto those ft' foiCT'^? ^'c^.'A' '""^V "^ ^'' ^^^''^ "^' ^^^^'' ^'-» 9<> ^'-^'ies. which, 

 WmV b andlr i't^e N.rl '"^^r^^^ ^ '"^'i ^^ '"^^ '"'lin" ones. ^Though Urn. 



something les""haa one th^c^I of h '" L "' ^'r'''''''i ^''"'^^'^^'•^'' '^'^ ^^»^«^ '^ ""^ ^^'^fi«'«"^' 

 South, ifut they L n 'ch^^^^^^ known bemg foan 1 in the temperate portions of the 



excius vely an extra tronin^I 7'^^/'."■'^'^'•"^^ ''^ t^^ old than the new world. IVing so 

 anist beyoncrshol?nlXt Lrir' " "'' "," '"f'^'"^ "*"^^ consideration of the tropical Bot- 

 thestatiLmayrcont rd^^ ""'"l^er of species are found natu-e within thi tropics, 



for the growih of extra ronill! ?•! '*>'"? .^ Io^^ mean temperature and thoroughly adapted 



The same fTct lows o^th otW h 'TrS^''^ '^"^^ ^^^"^^^'^''^^ '^"^'^'^ ^ ^'^-P-'^^^ ''Ji '' ^- 

 perature, there seems litLoha^.0^^^^^^^^^ tha, being generally plants impatient^f high tern- 



Within the tropies, :^ ^^ ^ :::S:^::^t:^^^ '' '- ^^^- tropicafspecies 



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Properties and Usrs. 



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for cattle. To ; Miteria 



den.ed from \t as well Is some powerfu .11^1^ T '"'"' •^^*^^'"^'» Carminilives being 



known 18 the Hemlock, which has been lonJ?nnP V'^'"'?' ""^'^"? these perhaps the best 

 casianally as a local application for t'e eK^in . Tf 'i '\' ''^''^ ''^ ' '^^^^^^^"'^ afF-ctions and oc 

 Carrot i.s in more jjeneral n,o o„ ' _''*"^"">' " ^'''^l "'^ers, th.udi fm- ibi, ^..,.^ .,„.„,... Hie 



-ox.ut .., in more general use. Caraway Corln v VV'^'*'''-'^^ P'»n''^« ^h« 



Carmmitives and gentle stimulants in KuV^^^^^^^^ Anis., Kennel se.d are nil used as 



teemed here though less known elseJhrre ^1^ 1 '" " ^^'^ ^.i^^^-»'> and ...ne others are es- 

 rjn ^o"''^';''^^'^^^^"^^»-''-haV a\J^^^^^ ^"--^ indebted to this family for 



a.n,r J^r ^'«"» '"i-'e. one of our best l^o; ?' '"^' '"7' ^'-'5>-num, Sa.aninnm, and it 

 Wt Rhullarb """" 'r^'^ ^'' ^--ell " r del;,?P,^^^^'^'^;^ ^ %' » applied a. a pi. .,er to ind dent 

 V;^cln^''-'^ XUV^I^^ r ■^'••■^ '•^^-^^'nend. it in combinafion 



mav CT ; rr"^ ^« ^''^^^ .hat \be T'rv ^'^"* .'^ ^'y correcting .,.Hd secretion.. 



niay he explained by supposing ibat 1 1,! T? ^'"''"" P-'^P-^rtie, f j j,, .j,,, r-.^dy 



^1- resinous matter is 'Jimul^nt ^d^a oml ir':L r^^^ 'I "-'-- ^^^ a'il, uhdl 



aromatic, which in other word. ;. u., c...,n.,«inir 



words i.^, by su^iposin^ 



