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FLINDEESIA. R.Br. 



australis, R. Br. ; Yellow-wood ; tr. ; Queensland. B. 

 Schottiana, F. v. M. ; one of the Yellow-woods ; tr. ; Queensland. A.B. 

 var. pubescens ; tr. ; Tropical Queensland. W.T.E. 

 A most valuable shade-tree. 



Alliance OLACALES. 



Order ILICINEJE. 



(Holly Family.) 



The properties of this order are astringent and tonic. 

 ILEX, Linn. 



aquifolium, Linn. ; English Holly ; tr. ; Europe. A.B. 



Timber, when well seasoned, about 47 lbs. per square foot. 



cornuta, Lindl. ; Chinese Holly ; tr. ; China. A.B. 

 paraguayensis, St. Hil. ; Paraguay Tea-plant ; tr. ; Paraguay. A.B. 

 The leaves of this shrub are collected, dried, and used as tea. 



Alliance CELASTEALES. 



Order CELASTRINE^J. 



(Staff-tree Family.) 

 The plants of this order are more or less acrid in their properties. 



Tribe Celastee^;. 

 EUONYMUS, Linn. ; Spindle-tree. 



japonicus, Thunb. ; Japanese Box or Spindle tree ; sh. ; Japan. A.B. 

 var. aurea variegata ; sh. A.B. 

 variegata ; sh. A.B. 

 HAETOGIA, Thunb. 



capensis, Thunb. ; sh. ; South Africa. A. 



CELASTEITS, Linn. Staff-tree. 



senegalensis, Lam. ; sh. ; Tropical Africa. B. 



DENHAMIA, Meisn. 



pittosporoides, F. v. M. ; tr. ; Queensland. B. 



EL.EODENDEON, Jaca. f. 



australe, Vent. ; tr. ; Queensland. B. 



Teibe Hippocbatejs. 

 SIPHONODON, Griff. 



australe, Benth. ; tr. ; Eastern Australia. B. 



Order RHAMNEJE. 



(Buckthorn Family.) 

 Several of this order furnish agreeable fruits and useful dyes. 



Teibe Zizyphe^e. 

 PALIURUS, Juss. 



spina Christi, Miller ; the Christ Thorn ; sh. ; Southern Europe. B. 



ZIZYPHUS, Juss. 



flexuosa, Wall. ; sh. ; JNepaul. B. 



jujuba, Lam. : tr. ; East India, Australia, &c. A.B. 



This tree yields a pleasant fruit, and in India a kind of lac used for dyeing leather. Wood 

 hard, reddish ; no heartwood ; no annual rings ; weight per cubic foot, 43 to 52 lbs. 



