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Order BIXINEJE. 



(Arnotto Family.) 



Many plants of this order produce edible fruit. 



TEIBE BlXEiE. 



BIXA, Linn. 



Orellana, Linn. ; Arnotto or Anatto ; sh. ; Soutk America. A.B. 



The arnotto dye used in colouring cheese, &c, is produced from the pulp which surrounds the 

 seeds of this plant. 



Tribe FLACor/RTiEiE. 

 OJS T COBA, ForsJc. 



Kraussiana, Planch. ; sh. ; South Africa. A.B. 

 spinosa, Forsh. ; tr. ; Tropical Africa. A. 



FLACOTJETIA, Comm. 



cataphracta, Eoxb. ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



Eamoutchi, L'Her. (F. sapida, Roxb.) ; tr. ; East India. A.B. 



Fruit rather astringent. "Wood red, of a close even grain ; does not warp ; weight per cubic 

 foot. 52 to 59 lbs. Besides being useful for forming impenetrable hedges, several Flacourtias bear 

 useful plum-like fruits. 



ABEBIA, Soehst. 



caffra, HuuJc. ; Xai-apple ; sli. ; South Africa. A.B. 

 Fruit edible. Shrub useful for forming hedges ; a short hedge may be seen in the Acclimatisa- 

 tion Garden. 



DOVYALIS, E. Hey. 



rotundifolia, Thunb. et Haw. (Celastrus rotundifolia, Thumb., and 



Prockia rotundifolia.. E. et Z.) ; sh. ; South Africa. B. 

 Besides being a good hedge plant, the fruit is useful for preserves. 



Alliaxce polygaline^:. 



Order PITTOSPOKE^E. 



(Pittosporum Family.) 



Fragrant oils have been obtained from plants of this order. 



PITTOSPOETJM, Banks. 



eugenioides, A. Cunn. ; Tarataof N.Z. ; tr. ; New Zealand. A.B. 

 revolutum, Ait. ; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 



tenuifolium, Banks et Sol. ; Tawhiwhi of N.Z. ; tr. ; New Zealand. A.B. 

 undulatmn. Vent.; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 

 Tobira, Ait. ; sh. ; Japan. A.B. 

 var. variegata ; sh. A.B. 



HYMENOSPOEUM, F. v. M. 



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



Order POLY GALE JE. 



(Milkwort Family.) 



The greater part of the plants of this order are bitter, and in their roots milky. 



POLYGALA, Linn. ; Milkwort. 



myrtifolia, Linn. ; sh. ; South Africa. A. 



oppositif olia, Linn. ; sh. ; South Africa. A. 



senega, Linn. ; Senega or Snake Eoot ; North America. A. 



It has a rancid smell and a sweetish taste, changing to a sourish acrid taste. It is used in 

 chronic bronchitis, asthma, rheumatism, &c. 



