Cnci -.] 



oft torus which rifles up between them and holds them t 

 ever add that I have ever Bucceedi d in findii 



ie in :i voting • ucumber ll the true Begonias, which li 

 have a Bolid, ii"t 2 lobed placenta, are boili d for on insl 

 evident that the real structure is the same, and that then also tin 

 actlj the Bame as in Cucumis, except thai the infli 

 and that the matter of the torus which r them and holds tin 



more copious. The ovarj of Begonia Meyeuii maj even Ix 

 (ration of the true nature of that of a Cucurbit 



Common in the West Indies, South America, and the East Indies. Bi 

 that ii" Bpecies has been found on the contini at of Africa, though a vera! havi 

 in Ma lagascar and the l>li a •■!' Prance and Bourbon, and one in the island ■ •: J 



roots are astringent and slight]) bitter. Those of two species are employed i. I 

 with sue© b of a flux of blood, or in other ■» isceral □ which ■■■ 



are i mployed. Thej are also said to f scurvy, 



B.malabarica, and tuberoaa, and » veral more, are u 



grandiflora and tomentosa is bitter and verj astringent. Some are said to 1 

 purgatives in Mexico (JBndL) ; and if so, tlii- is an additional point ol 

 betwi i n thi in and Cucurbi 



Gl m i; \ 

 uiia. /-. EU] liiiium. /. 



N Gen. 2. Sp. 1 59. | li' , 



.'/ 

 Pos I ucurbitaci ■ Bj gos •.■;-. Uatis 





VDDITIONAL GENUS 



The genus Mezierio, having parietal pli 



oiads and Cucurbits. The order should also be compared w 

 1 much to bi hat its examinal 



undertaken by some skilful and judicious ; It i< difficult to 



Buch plantf B onia aptera and columnaria ought t" 

 ■_'iiiii~ with !'•. hydrocotylifolia and the 



