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Order EPACRIDEJE. 



(Australian Heath Family.) 



The fruits of man}' plants of this order are edible. 



Tribe Styphelie^:. 

 TEOCHOCAEPA, R. Br. 



laurina, R. Br. ; tr. ; East Australia. A.B. 



Alliance PEIMTTLALES. 



Order PLTTMBAGINEjE. 



(Leadwort Family.) 



This order contains plants of very different qualities ; part are tonic and astringent, and part 

 acrid and caustic in the highest degree. 



Tribe Statice^:. 

 STATICE, Linn. 



arborea, Brouss. ; her per. ; Teneriffe. A.B. 

 Dicksonii, Sort. A. 

 Halfordi. A.B. 



Tribe Plumbage^:. 

 PLUMBAGO, Linn. ; Leadwort. 



zeylanica, Linn. ; sh. ; Tropics and Sub-tropics. A.B. 



The bruised fresh bark is said to act as a vesicatory. In Ceylon the root reduced to powder is 

 thought to have the power, if administered during pregnancy, to cause abortion. In the Sandwich 

 Islands it is empolyed to stain the skin permanently black. 



var. capensis ; sh. ; South Africa. A.B. 

 rosea, Linn. ; und. shr. ; East India. A.B. 



It is said that the root of this plant, sliced and applied to the skin, rapidly produces blisters. 



CEEATOSTIGMA, Bunge. 



pluinbaginoides, Bunge. (Valoradia plumbagioides, Boiss. ; Plumbago 

 Larpentse, Lindl.) ; und. shr. ; China. A.B. 



Order PEIMULACEJE. 



(Primrose Family.) 

 An acridity is more or less present in plants of this order, but few furnish medicinal properties. 



Tribe Primule^e. 

 PEIMULA, Linn. ; Primrose. 



chinensis, Lindl. ; her. per. ; China. A.B. 

 vulgaris, Linn. ; her. per. ; Europe. A.B. 



Tribe Ltsimachie^:. 

 CYCLAMEN, Linn. ; Sowbread. 



hederaBfolium, Ait. (C. neapolitanum) ; her. per. ; South Europe. B. 

 persicum, Mill. ; her. per. ; Cyprus. A.B. 



LYSIMACHIA, Linn. ; Loosestrife. 



vulgaris, Linn. ; her. per. ; Europe. B. 



nummularia, Linn. ; Moneywort ; her. per. ; Europe. B. 



ANAGALLIS, Linn. 



arvensis, Linn. ; Pimpernel ; an. ; Europe. A.B. 

 caarulea, All. ; an. ; Europe. A.B, 



