Ixiv IxXTRODUCTION TO BOTAXY. 



Ge?i. Jasione. Prismatocarpus. Campanula. 



Almost all the plants of this family are milky : their juice is 

 bitter, and sometimes very acrid ; unless abundant mucilage 

 be present. 



CLASS X. 



^EpicoroUy, and SynantherecE, {that is, Anthers united.) 



3G. Synantherece, Richard. Cichoraceae, Corymblferae, and 

 Cynaroc6phalas, of Juss. Compositae of authors. 



A great family, and one of the best characterized, compris- 

 ing the whole class S7/?ige?iesia of Linnaeus. The plants of this 

 family stimulant, tonic : those abounding in a milky juice, in 

 some degree narcotic : their seeds usually mild. 



CLASS XL 



Epicorolly — Chorisanthery, {that is, voith jdfithers distinct.) 



37. Dipsacew. DC. Part of Juss. Dipsacea2. 

 Gen. Dipsacus. Scabiosa. 



38. Valeria iieo!. DC. 

 Gen. Fedia. Valeriana. 



39. HubidcecB. Juss. 



A very natural family including Galium, Asperula, She- 

 rardia. This family supplies some of the most valuable arti- 

 cles of the Materia Medica, among which is the Peruvian 

 bark. 



40. CapriJbliacecB. Richard. 



Gen, Hedera, Cornus, Sambucus, Viburnum, Lonic^ra. 



41. Loranthece. Richard. 

 Gen. Viscum. 



CLASS XIL 



Epipetaly. 



42. UmbellifercB, Parsley-tribe. 



One of the most natural families, but not uniform in its 

 cliemical composition, or in its effects on the animal economy. 



' Epi, means upon. 



