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" This whole order is entirely without pubescence, even 

 the prickly Smi laces." 



Next follow the Dicotyledonous Orders. 



Order 12. Holerace^, pot-herbs, (erroneously printed 

 holoracece in Gen. PL, which has misled several writers). 

 " This denomination is given to plants that are tender or 

 brittle in the mouth, and easy of digestion, like many of 

 the order before us." The order is divided into several 

 sections. Of the first Blitum, Alriplex, Chenopodium, 

 Salsola, Salicor//ia, &.c. are examples. The second con- 

 sists of Petiveria, Calligonum, Ceratocavpus and Corisper- 

 mum. Callitriclie was subsequently removed to the 1 5th 

 order. In the third section Axyris stands alone. Of the 

 fourth Hemiaria , Illecebrum, Amariuithus, Phytolacca, 

 may serve to give an idea. The fifth begins with Bego- 

 nia, (of whose affinity Linnaeus candidly confesses his igno- 

 rance, and to which no botanist has yet found an ally). 

 Next follow Rumex, Rheum, Polygonum, &c. The sixth 

 section has Nyssa, Mimusops, Rhizophora, Bucida and 

 Anacardium; and the seventh Lanrus, Winterana and 

 Heisteria; in both which the fleshy receptacle appears, 

 where he could trace it, to have guided Linnaeus to an ar- 

 rangement evidently paradoxical, which he labours, with- 

 out satisfying us, to justify. 



Order 13. Succulemtje. " Bradley wrote on Suc- 

 culent Plants, by which he meant such as could not be 

 preserved in a Hortus Siccus. When gathered, vegetables 

 of this nature will live, often for a whole year, flowering 

 as they hang up in a house, and throwing out roots after- 

 wards if planted. All such plants, however, do not enter 

 into the present order. Stapelia, Euphorbia, and Aloe 

 are excluded. The Succulents grow, and become very 

 turgid, in the driest soil, nor are any found in watery 

 places. If moistened too much they perish, and their 

 roots decay. They afford, in putrefying, a fine vegetable 

 mould, whereas dry plants, like heath and fir, scarcely 

 yield any." 



