368 



MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



matibus sex simplicibus, capsulis echi- 

 natis. M~. Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 564. 



HorL Kew. 5. p. 331. fFilM, Berol 



/. 49. 







R; communis. Bot. Mag, t. 2209. 



R. americanus major caule virescente. 



SI I, p. 127. 

 R. albus. Rumph. Amb, 4. p, 92. 



Negro-Oil Bush (wJiite aort), Hughes. 116. 



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Green Palma Christi, Alton. 



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HIPPOMANE. 





Tricoccao. Lin. — Euphorbiae. Juss. — Eupliorbiacejie. Brown 



Manci' H. Mancinella. Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 571 



nella. Hort. Kew. 5. />. 333. AuhL 885. 1^ 



H. Mancanilla. Jacq, Amer. 250. t, 159 



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however fruitless to expect this, so long- as the preparation is 

 made abroad, and is in the hands of uninformed persons, who 

 do not think it of importance to select the seeds from a particular 

 upecies. It is, moreover, certain that the unprincipled do 

 not hesitate to mix with the Ricinus seeds, those obtained from 

 other oleaginous plants, such as species of the Jatropha, Croton, 

 &c. which abound in warm climates. This will account for the 

 disappointment experienced in the medicinal use of Castor-Oil, 

 without resorting to constitutional idiosyncrasies. 



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