Illc-MO'.^ 



DlOS< ORE U 





I. Will. DIOSCOR] 



Dloncorew, R. Brown 





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■ with in. - . 



Twining ah nibs, with large tab< rs eitbi i 



■nallv opposite, with reticulated reins. I 



i alyx and corolla confound' .it. 



■ . inserted into tin- base of tl 

 anthers turned inwards, 1 ■■■■■ 

 . < H.,n adh< ! led, with 



Btyle deeply trifid ] 

 pended, anatropal. Fruit '.■ 

 two of its 



succulent Seeds I . h oil, 



solitary, compn bs< '1, winged or 

 Bucculent 



tin- liiluin, lying in a ! 

 albumen. 



According t" Brown tl is < h ■'■■■ i 

 Sarsaparillas by the threefold d 

 ovary, capsular fruit, and a 

 «-a\ ity. Tamus i~. howi 



ing with Sarsaparillas in 

 Yams in it- inferior fruit.— P 

 Bays it has do obscure resembla 

 ami it is probably in this place th. I 

 Order Hi 

 fact, the wood) 



m very much in t 

 the w •■lochia. 



Although thi 

 c'h-v are mum rous, and are foun 1 • \. I..-. ■ 

 j'i«-ul countries of either hemwphi re, il I 

 excluded, which is a nativi 1 ami Ui' 



kte parts ol U 

 An acrid principli 

 md when cone* at 

 Tamus communis 



I a- ti I 

 I for stimulat 

 Dioscorea triphylla and dosmona ha 



th( li as, this i i . 



much diffused a 



principal ] art of t 1 



1 nosoarea produce w lial 



Beshy, farinaceous tabi rs, « 

 an article of food in tropical countries as the I 

 Tamus communis (the auit.uj ^Xaivaof Dioc 



and also of T. cretica, are eaten in Gr« ■ • li a \- " fr>n 



but Endhcher Bays, that unless they are well boiled 

 I owerfuUy purgative, and even emetic. 



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