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hours' beds. The largest of all is P. sachalinense ; Rumex is 

 the Dock and Sorrel genus ; Oxyria, the Mountain Sorrel ; 

 Rheum officinale\ Medicinal Rhubarb, a Chinese plant ; 

 R. rhaponticum, Garden Rhubarb. 



Ord. 144. PODOSTEMACEAE. Tropical aquatic-plants. 



Ord. 145. NEPENTHACEAE. Pitcher-plants in the small Stove- 

 house. 



Ord. 147. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. The Birthworts or Dutch- 

 man's Pipes are tall climbers, which may be seen both east 

 and west of the East Wall. The rare Asarum europaeum is 

 the only British species. Aristolochia dematitis has been 

 recorded from Godstow and from Studley Priory both sites 

 of former monastic establishments. 



Ord. 148. PJPERACEAE. The Saururean Tribe only is 

 represented by Houttuynia cordata, a common Chinese weed 

 first grown in Oxford about 1855. The flowers have neither 

 sepals nor petals. Both Piper and Peperomia are grown in 

 the Stoves. 



Ord. 150. MYRISTICACEAE. Nutmegs, M. moschata, from the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Ord. 152. LAURACEAE. The Sweet Bay, Laurus nobilis, will be found 

 against the West Wall. It is not quite hardy, being cut back by hard 

 frosts. Cinnamormttti, Camphora, and Greenheart, Nectandra rodiaei, are 

 exotics of this order. 



Ord. 153. PROTEACSAE. South African and Australian shrubs and 

 trees, represented by Grevillea in Conservatory No. 4. 



Ord. 154. THYMELAEACEAE. Daphne mezereum and laureola 

 are the only two English species. Like Elaeagnaceae, the 

 Thymelaeaceae are now believed to have lost their petals. 



Ord. 156. ELAEAGNACEAE. The Sea Buckthorn, Hippophae 

 rhamnoides, yields fruit from which a tolerable preserve can be 

 made. A small tree is growing in the centre of the plot. 



Ord. 157. LORANTHACEAE will be found overhead upon the 

 Ostrya carpinifolia at the southern end of the plot. The 

 Mistletoe, Viscum album, usually occurs upon the Rosaceous 

 trees, the apple, mountain ash, hawthorn, and upon poplars 

 (especially in the Loire Valley), but in our Garden it grew 



