CUNOFODAI B. | 



l HENOPODIAl l l 





robuaeeoin, Rhagodia Bihardien, Obionia portula 

 not appear In Camphorosma monapeliaca, and 

 ned ; w!,,i.. vnl. rocnei nun, Arbuscula, Salaola frul 



hare a kind oi intermediate structure. The) all, h ,v< i 



investigation. 



Among other peculiarities, boi f the species have a tei 



calyx into horizontal wings, which give them a very peculiar aspect; ■ 

 a coloured juice abundantly in the sepsis, which, growing together in n 

 u appearance similar to thai of the Strawberry. The, are dieting 

 i bytolaccads, independently of the simplicity of the structure ol .!,. t , their 



mens never exceeding the number of the segments of the calyx, to which thei are 

 opposite: in Phytolaccads, if they are not more numerous than the segments of the 

 calyx, they are alternate with them. It is evident, however, that Nettleworta and their 

 KUiea.stand m the first degree of n lationahip ; and if it were not for the g. n< ral tendency 

 of this Order to form bisexual flowers, together with the mealy albumen and inferior 

 radicle, * might be doubted whether the Chenopoda ought not tobeeven r. ferredto the 



'■"'• ;i1 Allu...... rhej seem, however, to belong to the series of bisexual hyp, 



Orders, at the same tone approaching in some parts of their territory to thosi 

 nous plants which are stationed with Scleranths in Ficoidali 



Weeds, inhabiting waste places in all parts of the worid, but unlike Amaranths 

 abounding least within the tropics, and most in extra-tropical regions. They are 



'T; " •' T"\ ' '", a " tlu ' northera Part" of Europe and Asia, and ar. frequent 



inhabitants ol salt marshes ' 



Some are used as potherbs, as Spinage, English Mercury (Chenopodium Bonus 

 Henncus), Garden Orach (Atnplexhortensis), and Chard Beet; the rootstfothers form 

 valuable articles ol food, as Beet and Mangold Wurzel, plants nov, famous as a new 

 sounv of sugar, capable ol bemg produced in northern countries. Some oi th, m post 

 anessenbaloil, which renders them tonic and antispasmodic ; such are Ambrina ambr 

 oiaes and Botrys ; the former baa an aromatic nib-acrid taste,and is regarded in Brazil 

 as ;, <5arminative, diaphoretic and emmenagogue ; it is prescribed in amenoi rhcea,and for 

 Je expulsion oi the dead foetus Ma • ,. Chenopodium Qninoa is a common article 



of food in Peru. Soda la yielded in immense quantities bj Salsolas, Sail mas, and 



others. ,mal oil oi Ambrma anthehnintica, known in North America under the 



nam, ol \\ onn-seed I »,l. ,-. powerfully anthelmintic The same quality has been observed 

 m Halogeton tanumflcofohum, a Spanish species, called Spanish Worm-s. ed Ch, 

 bum vulvar* or ohdum, a plant with an atrocious odour, has great reputation as an 

 antoipasmodic and emmenagogue. Thelygonum Cynocrambe (mnwoaJL, . - a 



acnd plant, abounding in acicular saline crystals, and is slightly purgativi 



tones used as a potherb. Th Isoi ^triplex hortenaisare said I 



as t" excite vnmitiii" 



• 



aemum, />' 

 Arthr.K ,i, nniin. Moq. 



us, Buxb. 

 I 



- iirxb. 



Wo, Neck. 



KratcUii in n U-oiria, 



Guldenst 



Tnelyponum, L. 

 !C, I.. 



theca, C. A. M. ■. 

 Obione, G • 



18, \l\xllr. 



Am. 

 is, Linn. 

 rYemontea, Tor.ttGrav. 

 N 

 i S 



M. M 



GENERA 



Camphorosma, / 



M 



Kiril.i\ : . 

 Panderia, / 



i 

 Sclerotona, 8 I 



Br. 



Ki'iitr 



Threuceldia, 8 

 Dldymanthus, B 

 iBlitum, Linn, 



- 

 Agathophytum 

 Orthoeporum, A'. Br. 



A nihil-: i 5 

 Beta, '/'■■ 



Kiu) Br. 





I lion. 



K Hr. 



hb. 



Hr. 



v 



1 



podium, / 



- 

 Crypto /•• A' 



9 



B 



I 



M 

 \ . 



l&MoquinTandon more arrani Prodr 



'«. Kill., p„rt ■:. with the following 



Aphanisma, NuttalL 

 toyptaxtAut, Xuttal!. 



[owing 



ADDITION U 

 Oreobliton, r>u- 



Ntrttia, M 







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