CONTENTS 



OF 



VOLUME V. 



PART I. 



GALLERY OF NATURE. 



BOOK III. 



Chap. BOTANY. ftp 



I. Characteristics of Animals and Vegetables as distin- 



guished from Fossils and from each other 1 



II. On Systems and Classifications . 5 



III. Natural History of Plants . 19 



IV. Nutritive Plants ... 42 

 Sect. i. Introductory Remarks . . ib. 



ii. Bread-Fruit Tree - . . 43 



iii. Fig-Tree . ', ' 45 



17. Baobab, or Calabash . . M. 



v. Banana. Plantain Tree 52 



vi. Cassava, or Manioc . . 54 



vii. Rice ... 56 



viii. Maize, or Indian Corn . 58 



ix. Sago . . . . 59 

 x. Date . , .63 

 xi. Olive ... .67 



xii. Vine . - , . 70 



xiii. Sugar Plants ... 78 



1. Cane Sugar. 2. Maple Sugar . 82 



3. Beet-Root Sugar. 4. Wheal Sugar . 82 



xiv. Tea Plant ... 105 



xv. Coffee ... 105 



xvi. Cocoa . . . US 



xvii. Cinnamon Tiee . 119 



xviii. Ginger . . . 124 



xix. Pimento, All-spice, or Jamaica Pepper 125 



xx. Mace, or Nutmeg Tree . . 127 



xxi. Pepper Plant . . 131 



V. Medicinal Plants 1J3 

 Sect. i. Manna Tree . lb. 



ii. Senna Tree . . 137 



iii. Cassia (Purgative) . . 140 



iv. Liquorice Plant . . . 142 



v. Tamarind Tree . . . 143 



vi. Jesuits, or Peruvian Bark . . * 146 



vii. Cascarilla . . 154 



viii. Angustura . . 15$ 



ix. Canella . . . 159 



x. Myrrh . . \ 163 

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