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NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 

 149 ORDER LVIII. CORIARIEV8L 



Genus 1, Species 1 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-hvuse Species 1 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 1 : 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f 1 foot ; 10 feet ; ^ feet. 



Five species constitute the whole of this order, distributed in South Europe, New Zealand, Peru, and 

 Mexico. They possess no beauty, and are only interesting on account of their problematical station in a 

 botanical arrangement The leaves of C. myrtifolia are astringent, and are employed in dyeing black. Its 

 berries are very poisonous. On one occasion, during the Spanish war, fifteen French soldiers were taken ill 

 after eating them, and three died from their powerful narcotic effects. Cuttings and suckers. 

 2797 Corikria-L. 1 



SUBCLASS II. CALYCIFLO^R^E. Petals separate, inserted in the calyx. 



Genera 1149, Species 11435; Hot-house Species 2089 ; Green-house Species 3486; Hardy Ligneous Species 1308, 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 4552. ^83 feet ; 15ti feet ; ^ 7 feet. 



150. ORDER LIX. CELASTRI'NE^E. 

 Genera 18, Species 114 ; Hot-house Species 19 ; Green-house Species 53; Hardy Ligneous Species 42: 



tfanfy Herbaceous Species 0. J 46j feet ; feet ; ^=0 feet. 



This order differs from the succeeding, in having the stamens alternate with the petals ; the sepals imbri- 

 cated in aestivation ; and the ovarium wholly superior. It consists entirely of shrubs or small trees, with 

 simple, rarely compound, alternate or opposite leaves, and inconspicuous flowers of a greenish or white colour. 

 Several are favourite ornaments of our shrubberies, as the Staphylea, the Celastrus, and the u6nymus ; the 

 latter of which is valued on account of its beautiful-colored fruit. The fruit of .Eu6nymus europaa N us is a brisk 

 purgative, as is also the inner bark, and in strong doses powerfully emetic. The famous Paraguay tea is the 

 foliage of a species of /lex. The bark of Prinos verticillatus possesses such active, astringent, bitter, tonic, 

 and febrifugal qualities, that it is used in North America, with success, as a substitute for Cinchdna. A 

 decoction of the twigs of Maytenus boaria is used to bathe the swellings produced by the poisonous shade of 

 the tree Lithi. Cuttings, suckers, layers, and seeds ; sometimes by grafts. 



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2868 I Maytenus Mol. & Feu. 



663 Alzatea R. & P. 



672 Elasod^ndrum Jac. 



394 Ptelidium Thou. 

 ? 1496 Fcetidia Com. 



151. Tribe 1. STAPHYLEA^CE^E. 



lig. 2. herb. 0. 1 14 feet. 

 897 Staphylea L. *2 C 



2886 Dalr^mplea Rox. 



152. Tribe 2. EUONY'MEJB. 



lig. 15. herb. 0. f. 8 feet. 

 666 u6nymus Tou. *13 

 662 Celastrus L. 2 



712 Plectronia L. 



153. TribeS. AQUIFOUA^CEJE. 



lig. 25. herb. 43ifeet 

 895 Cass'ine'L. 



664 Hart&gia Thun. 

 393 Curtis/a H. K. 



410 Myginda Jac. 

 ?804 BumaldaThun. 



411 .Tlex L. 

 1089 Prlnos L. 



2775 Nemopanthes Raft. 



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154. ORDER LX. RHA'MNE^. 

 Genera 18, Species 171; Hot-house Species 32; Green-house Species 87; Hardy Ligneous Species 51; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 1. 79* feet ; 3 feet ; ^0 feet. 



In habit, this altogether agrees with the last, from which the medical properties of the species are not widely 

 different. Throughout the order, as far as it has been examined, there is a remarkable agreement between 

 the fruit and the inner bark, especially in .Rhamnus catharticus, Frdngula, and others, in which they both are 

 purgative and emetic. Some, as the Jujuba and the African Lote, nevertheless, yield a wholesome and agreeable 

 fruit ; and the berries of the greater number yield, under the chemist's hands, green or yellow dyes of much 

 importance in manufactures. The leaves of jRhamnus Theezans are substituted for tea by the poorer sort 

 among the Chinese. The bark of Ceanbthus cajruleus is esteemed in Mexico as a good febrifuge. Cuttings, 

 suckers, and seeds. 



660 Zizyphus Tou. 4 3298 Rctanilla Brong. 



659 Paliiirus Tou. 2 668 Ceanothus L. 7 1 



658 Beich&mm Neck. 1 3300 Colubrlna Brong. 

 657 .Rliamnus L. *37 3301 WillemetzVz Brong. 



661 Condalia Cav. 670 Pomadt?rris Lab. 

 667 CoUetza Com. 710 Phylica L. 



3311 Soulangza Brong. 



711 Cryptandra S?n. 

 3299 Trevba Cav. 

 2871 Gouania L. 



691 Hovema Thun. 

 2757 Schcefferwz Jac. 



155. ORDER LXI. BRUNIA^CE^E. 

 Genera 7, Species 30 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 30 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. feet ; feet ; ^ feet 



Small heath-like shrubs, all natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and extremely ornamental, both in flower 

 and foliage. Their properties are unknown. Cuttings. 



692 Brtinm L. I 3309 Staavza Thun. I 803 Lincbnia L. 



3300 Berzelia Brong. I 3307 Berardm Brong. 3308 Audouima Brong. 



3306 Raspalw Brong. 



156. ORDER LXII. SAMY'DE^E. 

 Genera 2, Species 14 ; Hot-house Species 14 ; Green-house Species ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. J feet ; ^ feet ; =*= feet. 



Tropical shrubs or small trees, with entire, stipulate, alternate leaves, covered with pellucid dots, and 



axillary flowers of little show. Some of the species of Samyda are pretty, but very rare. Their properties 



are unknown. M. Decandolle remarks, that in their fruit they approach Bixinea? and Flacourtianeaj ; but on 



account of the position of their stamens must be arranged in the vicinity of Rhamnea and Rosacea?. Cuttings. 



1368 Samyda L. \ 1369 Casearia Jac. 



157. ORDER LXII I. HOMALFNE^E. 

 Genera 4, Species 8; Hot-house Species 5; Green-house Species 2; Hardy Ligneous Species 1 ; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. J 3 feet ; feet ; =fe feet. 



Evergreen handsome shrubs, with alternate leaves and deciduous stipulas; they are readily known by their 

 parietal placentae, an unusual character among the orders that surround them. Black welhYi/agif ulia has line 

 bunches of starry white fragrant flowers. Aristoteh'a is an evergreen half hardy shrub, with eatable berries. 

 Little is known of their medical properties : the root of Homalium Bacoiibea is used in Guiana as a cure for 

 gonorrhoea. Cuttings or layers. 



159S Homalium Jac. I 1146 Astranthus Lou. 



1465 BlackwelUa Com- 1 1438 Aristotfelia L. 10 



