CII. PHYTOLACCACE^. 411 



Tribe VI. — Salsole/E. 

 Salsola, Linn. 



Kali, Linn. — Russian Thistle or Prickly Saltwort. 

 var. leptophylla, Benth. 

 var. strobilifera, Benth. 

 var. brachypteris, Benth. 



Suborder II.— BASELLE^. 



Tribe VII. — Boussingaultie.e. 



*Boussingaultia, H. B. et K. 



baselloides, H. B. et K. — Lambs'-tails. South America. 



Order CII.— PHYTOLACCACE^S. 



Tribe I. — Rivine.e. 

 *Rivina, Linn. 



laevis, Linn. — South America. Plant used as a febrifuge in 

 Ceylon. (Trimen). Rqpts said to be poisonous. 

 Monococcus, F. v. M. 



echinophorus, F. v. M. — The strong odour of the foliage of 

 this shrub is said to taint the milk of cows which may 

 feed upon it. Found generally in the scrubs of brackish 

 rivers. (Fig. 391.) 



Tribe II. — Eupiiytolacce/e. 

 * Phytolacca, Linn. 



octandra, Linn. — Red Ink plant, a noxious weed of America; 

 contains saponin. Flowers nearly sessile. 



decandra, Linn. — America. Contains saponin. Flowers dis- 

 tinctly pedicellate. 



dioica, Linn. = Pircunia dioica, Moq. — Bella Sombra ; a 

 South American tree common about towns in Queens- 

 land. Cows will devour the stems of this tree when cut 

 down, as they do our Bottle-tree. Seeds and roots 

 contain saponin. 



Tribe III. — Gyrostemone^e. 

 Codonocarpus, A. Cunu. 



australis, A. Cunn. — Bell-fruit. (Fig. 392.) 

 cotinifolius, F. v. M. (Fig. 393.) 



