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The compound tincture of Rhatany is a pleasant and effica- 

 cious stomachic ; taken in doses of a tea-spoonful in a little water 

 3 or 4 times a day it will prove a good remedy in indigestion, 

 heart-burn, cramp of the stomach, nervous irritability, &c. 



The simple tincture is made with three ounces of the pow- 

 dered root to a quart of proof spirit, and is much used by den- 

 tists with equal parts of rose-water as a lotion to astringe the 

 gums. Equal parts of powdered Rhatany-root, oris-powder, 

 areca-nut, and charcoal form the best tooth-powder. 



Rhatany or Triandrous Krameria. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 K.GRANDiFLORA(St. Hil. fl.bras. 2. p. 73. t. 97.) stemsuffru- 

 ticose, prostrate, almost simple, smooth below and hairy above ; 

 leaves lanceolate, very acute, spinulose, lower ones smoothish, 

 upper ones hairy ; racemes spike-formed ; flowers large, secund. 

 t? . S. Native of Brazil in the southern part of the province of 

 Goyaz. Flowers red. 



Great-flowered Krameria. Fl. June. Shrub prostrate. 



6 K. RuscirotiA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 74.) stem suffruticose, 

 prostrate ; branches simple, flexuous, pilose below and villous 

 above ; leaves lanceolate- ovate, very acute, spinulose, villous ; 

 racemes spike-formed, flexuous, flowers secund. Tj S. Native 

 of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers red. 



Butcher's- Broom-leaved Krameria. Shrub prostrate. 



7 K. TOMENTOSA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 74.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, erect, tomentose, branched ; leaves ovate, elliptical, spinu-. 

 lose, tomentose ; racemes spike-formed, short, few-flowered. 

 Jj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Flowers red. 



Tomentose Krameria. Fl. May. Shrub 1 foot. 



8 K. AROE'NTEA (Mart, in act. bonn. vol. 11.) leaves oblong, 

 acutish, rather thick, acute from a deciduous point, upper ones 

 villous ; racemes spike-formed, villous. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Flowers red ? 



Silvery Krameria. Shrub prostrate. 



9 K. LINEA'RIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. t. 94. f. a.) prostrate ; 

 leaves linear-awl-shaped, villous ; pedicels downy, furnished with 

 two bracteas. Tj . G. Native on argillaceous hills in Peru. 

 K. pentapetala, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 35. Flowers red. 



Linear-leaved Krameria. Shrub prostrate. 



10 K. GLA'BRA (Spreng. new. entd. 2. p. 157.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, shining ; fruit smoothish. Native in Brazil. Flowers 

 probably red. 



Glabrous Krameria. Shrub 1 foot. 



11 K. ? LANCEOLA'TA (Torrey. in ann. lye. new york. vol 2. 

 p. 166.) plant hoary-pubescent; leaves lanceolate, acute, vil- 

 lous ; pedicels twice the length of the leaves, axillary. Jj . H. 

 Native of North America on the Rocky Mountains. 



Zanceotoe-leaved Krameria. Shrub. 



* Leaves trifoliate. 



12 K. CISTISOI'DES (Cav. icon. 4. p. 590.) leaves stalked, tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets oblong, villous ; pedicels twice as long as leaf- 

 stalks. J? . S. Native of New Spain. Flowers violet or red. 



Cytisus-like Krameria. Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. The species of Krameria will thrive well in loam 

 mixed with plenty of sand, and young cuttings, if planted in a 

 pot of sand with a bell-glass placed over them, will root readily. 



ORDER XXIV. TREMA'NDRE^E (plants agreeing with 

 Tremundra in important characters). R. Brown, gen. rem. p. 

 12. B.C. prod. 1. p. 343. 



Calyx of 4 (f. 72. a.) or 5, unequal sepals, which are valvate 

 when in the bud, and somewhat united at the base, deciduous. 

 Petals equal in number with the sepals (f. 72. 6.), and alternating 



with them ; these are involute in the bud, inclosing the stamens, 

 and much larger than the calyx, also deciduous. Stamens hy- 

 pogynous, distinct, 2 in front of each petal, therefore there are 

 8 or 1 in each flower ; filaments erect ; anthers inserted by 

 the base, 2-4-celled, bursting by a pore or tube at the apex. 

 Ovary ovate (f. 72. c.), compressed, 2-celled ; each cell con- 

 taining 1-3 ovulse (f. 72. d.~). Capsule ovate, compressed, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved (f. 72. c.), bearing a dissepiment in the middle of 

 each valve. Seeds pendulous, ovate, with a naked umbilicus, and 

 terminated by a caruncle-like appendage, inserted at the apex 

 of the dissepiment. Embryo cylindrical, straight, placed in the 

 axis of a fleshy albumen, with the radicle pointing towards the 

 umbilicus, not superior. 



This is a small order containing elegant, erect, heath-like 

 shrubs, natives of New Holland, usually beset with pili, which 

 are tipped with capitate glands. The leaves are either alternate 

 or in whorls, without stipulas, entire or toothed. The pedicels 

 are axillary, solitary, and 1 -flowered. The flowers are usually 

 purple, and may be compared to those of Bauera, as well as 

 the habit of the shrubs. This order is allied to Polygalece, 

 also to Droseracece, but differs from the first in the stamens 

 being free as well as in having regular flowers, and from the last 

 in the capsule being 2-celled, and from all in cells of the 

 anthers. Nothing is known of the properties of the plants con- 

 tained in this order. 



Synopsis of the genera. 



1 TETRATHE'CA. Sepals 4 (f. 72. a.), nearly equal. Petals 

 4 (f. 72. 6.). Stamens 8 ; anthers 4-celled. Seeds usually soli- 

 tary in the. cells. 



2 TREMA'NDRA. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10; anthers 

 2-celled. 



I. TETRATHFCA (from rtrpa, tetra, fourfold, and Br, K r,, 

 thece, a cell ; in allusion to the 4 cells of the anthers, for which 

 the plants are remarkable). Smith, nov. holl. 1 . t. 2. Labill. 

 nov. holl. specim. 1. p. 95. 1. 122, 123. D. C. prod. ]. p. 343. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4, almost equal 

 sepals (f. 72. a.). Petals 4 (f. 72. &.). Stamens 8 ; anthers 4- 

 celled. Seeds generally solitary. Shrubs beset with glandular 

 hairs, with the habit of Bauera. 



1 T. JU'NCEA (Smith, nov. holl. 1. t. 2.) leaves alternate, few, 

 lanceolate, and are as well as branches glabrous. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Stems 2-edged, almost naked. Flowers 

 either white or purple. 



Rushy Tetratheca. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 ft. 



2 T. GLANDULOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 95. t. 123. but not 

 of Smith.) leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, toothed, and are as 

 well as branches covered with glandular hairs ; sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate. 1? . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Very like 

 T. pilosa, but the flowers are larger. Flowers purple. 



Glandular Tetratheca. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1822. Sh. \ to 1 ft. 



3 T. PILOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 95. t. 122.) leaves scat- 

 tered or in whorls, oblong-linear, entire, with revolute margins, 

 and are as well as branches covered with glandular hairs ; sepals 

 almost orbicular. Tj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. T. 

 glandu!6sa, Smith, exot. hot. t. 21. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 purple. Peduncles furnished each with a bractea at the base. 

 Sepals orbicular, acute, ciliated with glandular hairs. Petals 

 obovate. 



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