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CHENOPODIUM. Lin. 



(^Salsolacece,) 



V. — 2. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



76. Chenopodium amhrosioides. Lin. Herbaceous. 

 Stem erect, rough, branchy. Leaves stalked, oblong, 

 narrowed at both ends, unequally sinuato-dentate, 

 glandular beneath, upper ones linear-lanceolate, entirco 

 Racemes leafy, glomerate, subspicate, terminal and 

 axillary. 



The whole of this plant has a strong aromatic smell, 

 caused by an ethereal oil which it contains, and a pungent, 

 bitter taste. Its properties are antispasmodic, diaphoretic, 

 and anthelmintic, and the best form for its administration 

 is that of tea or infusion. — Grows chiefly on waste ground, 

 under walls, by way-sides, or upon rubbish near towns 

 and villages. 



CASSYTA. Lin. 



{Laurinece.) 



IX. — 1. ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



77. Cassyta filiformis, Lin. Parasitical. Branches 

 filiform, leafless, twining, having papillaB instead of 

 roots. Perianth 6-cleft. Flowers bisexual, clustered, 

 greenish. Fruit a red berry. 



A small, twining leafless parasite, known as Vrouwen- 

 haar, and common all over the colony. It is employed, 

 but not often, as a wash in scald head, and for the destruc- 

 tion of vermin. Some people pretend, that it makes the 

 hair grow. 



PROTEA. LiN. 



(^ProteacecB.) 



IV. — 1. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



78. Protea mellifera. Lin. A shrub 7 — 8 feet high, 

 perfectly smooth. Stem bushy, erect. Branches 

 purplish. Leaves lanceolate, attenuate at base, blunt, 

 quite entire, glossy. Involucre in the axils of the 

 branches, obovate, oblong, pink or white, scaly, im- 

 bricated. Inferior scales small, ovate, appressed ; 

 upper ones lanceolate, erect, concave, bituminous. 



During the time of the inflorescence of this common, 

 but beautiful shnib (Suikerbosch), the involucra or its 



