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PHYLLOCACTUS, Link. 



phyllanthoides, Link. ; succ. ; Mexico. B. 



phyllanthus, Linn. ; succ. 



speciosissimus, Desf. ; succ. ; Mexico. B. 



EPIPHYLLUM, Pfeiff. 



truncatum, Saw. ; succ. ; Brazil. A.B. 



Tribe Opuntie^;. 

 RHIPSALIS, Gcertn. 



Cassytha, Gcertn. ; succ. ; West Indies. A.B. 



OPUNTIA, Mill. 



microdasys, Lehm. ; succ. ; Mexico. A.B. 



PERESKIA, Mill. 



aculeata, M ill. ; Barbadoes G-ooseberry ; succ; West Indies. A.B. 

 In the West Indies the fruit is used for making preserves, like the gooseberries in Europe. 

 Bleo, Sumb. ; succ. ; New Grenada. A.B. 



Order FICOIDEJE. 



(Pig's -face Family.) 

 Some plants of this order are supposed excellent fodder ; others yield soda. 



Teibe Mesehbbye-e. 

 MESEMBRYANTHEMTTM, Linn. 



aequilaterale, Raw. ; Pig's-face ; trai. ; Australia. A.B. 

 aurantium, Saw. ; und. slir. ; South Africa. A.B. 

 cordifolium, Linn. ; trai. ; South Africa. A.B. 



var. variegatum ; trai. A.B. 

 depressum, Saw. ; Tongue Pig's-face ; her. per. ; South Africa. A.B. 

 glaucum, Linn. ; und. shr. ; South Africa. B. 



TETEAGOjSTIA, Linn. 



expansa, Murray ; New Zealand Spinach ; an. ; Japan and Queensland. 

 A.B. 



A useful culinary vegetable. 



Alliance UMBELLALES. 



Order UMBELLIFER^J. 



(Parsley Family.) 



Series HETEROSCIADLE. 



Teibe Hydeocotyle.e. 

 HYDKOCOTYLE, Linn. 



hirta, B. Br. ; cr, ; Australia. A.B. 

 tripartita, B. Br. ; cr. ; Australia. A.B. 



asiatica, Linn.; Bevilaqua of the French; cr. ; Tropics and Sub-tropics. 

 A.B. 



This common weed has for some time been used in the East Indies as an alterative and tonic 

 in diseases of the skin, nervous system, and blood. The peculiar principle of the herb is called 

 " vellarin " ; it is an oily liquid, not volatile, having the odour and taste of the herb. The herb is 

 used, in the form of a poultice, to stimulate ulcerated surfaces to healthy action ; and in syphilis, 

 whether secondary or constitutional, where the skin and cellular tissue are affected, it is especially 

 useful. The powdered leaves are used in the form of snuff, in cases of ozcena. For further infor- 

 mation regarding the wonderful effects of this herb, see the writings of Drs. Boileau. A. Httnter, 

 Sliott, E. P. Waring, and A. Jayesmgha, Sub. Asst. Col.-Surgeon of the Government Dispensary. 

 Ballapitimodera, Ceylon.— Christy's New Commercial Plants and Drugs, &o. 



