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Tribe Euphytolacceje. 

 PHYTOLACCA, Linn. 



decandra, Linn. ; Ink-berry or Poke-weed ; her. per. ; America. A.B. 

 dioica, Linn. (Pircunia dioica) ; Bella Sombra ; tr. ; S. America. A.B. 

 octandra, Linn.; Ink-berry or Poke- weed ; her. per. ; America. A.B. 



Tribe Gtrostemone^. 

 CODONOCARPUS, A. Cunn. 



australis, A. Cunn. ; Bell-fruit ; tr. ; Queensland. B. 



Order POLYGONACEJE. 



(Buckwheat Family.) 

 Although this order contains a large number of troublesome weeds, in it we also find some 

 most valuable products — as, for instance, the rhubarb, buckwheat, &c. 



Tribe Eupolygone^:. 

 POLYGONUM, Linn. 



aviculare, Linn. ; Knot-grass; an.; Europe. A.B. 



minus, Suds. ; an. ; Australia. B. 



orientale, Linn. ; an. ; India and Australia. A.B. 



FAGOPYRUM, Gcertn. 



esculentum, Moench. ; Buckwheat; an.; Central Asia. B. 



In England this is grown to afford food for the pheasants, and on the continent of Europe for 

 human food. As food, its nutritious properties are greatly inferior to wheat but higher than rice. 



Tribe Rumice.2e. 

 RHEUM, Linn. 



Rhaponticum, Linn. ; Rhubarb ; tu. ; Asia. B. 



RUMEX, Linn. 



Brownii, Campd. Monogr. ; Dock ; her. per. ; Queensland. A.B. 



Tribe Coccolobe.e. 

 MUEHLENBECKIA, Meissn. 



Cunninghamii, F.v.M. ; sh. ; Queensland. A. 



platyclada, F. v. M. (Coccoloba platyclada) ; sh. ; Solomon Islands. A.B. 



rhyticarya, F. v. M. ; cl. ; Australia. A.B. 



ANTIGONOJN", Endl. 



leptopus, Hook. ; cl. ; South America. A.B. 



Seeies MULTIOYULATJE TERRESTRES. 

 Order NEPENTHACEJE. 



NEPENTHES, Linn. ; Pitcher-plant. 



Bernaysii, Bail. ; her. per. ; Queensland. A. 

 BLennedyi. F. v. M. ; her. per. ; Queensland. A. 

 phyllamphora, Willd. ; cl. ; East India. A. 

 Rafflesiana, Jack ; cl. ; Singapore. A. 



Order ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. 



(Birthwort Family.) 

 The plants of this order are in general tonic and stimulating. 

 ARISTOLOCHIA, Tournef. 



grandiflora, Sw. ; cl. ; Jamaica. W.T.R. 

 indica, Linn. ; cl. ; East India. A. 

 ornithocephala, Hook. ; cl. ; Brazil. A.B. 



