CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 
Page 189, line 24 from the top, before LEAVES, add GENERAL VIEW OF THE 
282, line 5 from the top, after marginal, add or sutural, 
368, line 6 from the bottom, before cone, erase scale, 
424, line 6 from the top, after series, add in the Monochlamydex 
and Monocotyledones (see pages 648 and 692) 
490, line 10 from the bottom, after eye, add and teeth, &c. 
537, between Parkinsonia and Poinciana, insert — 
Piscidia Erythrina, Jamaica Dogwood.—The bark of 
the root is employed in the West Indies to catch fish. It 
is said to be a powerful narcotic like opium, and especially 
useful in neuralgic affections. 
608, bottom line, for Algicera. read Aigiceras. 
616, between Rowpellia and Tabernemoniana, insert-- 
Strophanthus.—The seeds of one or more species of 
this genus from Equatorial and Western Africa, have been 
lately introduced into medical practice. Strophanthus 
exerts a much more powerful action upon the heart, and 
a less energetic action upon the blood-vessels, than digitalis. 
It is also a good diuretic. The seeds of S. hispidus are 
also said by Fraser to be the active constituents of the 
Kombé arrow poison. 
676, line 15 from the bottom, after which, add as here defined. 
752, line 16 from the top, for 100, read 350. 
