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Order SANTALACE^E. 



(Sandalwood Family.) 

 Besides sandalwood, this order contains a few plants of some medicinal value. 

 SAJNTTALUM, Linn. 



album, Linn. ; Indian Sandalwood ; tr. ; East India. B. 



Sapwood white, scentless ; heartwood, 3-ellowish brown, strongly scented, very hard. The 

 weight per cubic foot varies from 55 to 61 lbs. 



Series UNISEXUALES. 



Order EUPHOKBIACE^. 



(Spurge Family.) 



Plants of this order are generally acrid and poisonous ; many furnish medicines, oils, caout- 

 chouc, and starch of great economic value. 



Teibe Euphobbie^:. 

 PEDILANTHUS, Neck. 



tithymaloides, Poit. ; Slipper-flower; sh. ; West Indies. A.B. 



EUPHORBIA, Linn. 



andrinoides. B. 



australis, Boiss. ; her. per. ; Queensland. B. 



Bojeri, Hook. ; succ. ; Madagascar. A.B. 



canariensis, Linn. ; sh. ; Canary Islands. A.B. 



This is one of the species from which the drug Euphorbium was obtained— a medicine now 

 seldom used. 



fulgens, Kcitw. ; sh. ; Mexico. B. 

 neriifolia, Linn. ; succ. A.B. 

 Peplus, Linn. ; an. ; Europe. A.B. 



pilulifera, Linn.; Asthma-plant; an. ; India and Queensland. A.B. 

 A tea made from the dried herb gives great relief in cases of asthma. 

 pulcherrima, Willd. ; Poinsettia or Flor de Pasqua ; sh. ; Mexico. A.B. 

 var. albida. A.B. 



Teibe Stenolobiejs. 

 POEA.NTHEEA, Budge. 



microphylla, Brongn. ; an. ; Queensland. A.B. 



EICINOCAEPUS, Desf. 



pinifolius, Desf. ; sh. ; Eastern Australia. B. 



Teibe Buxe,e. 

 BUXITS, Linn. 



sempervirens, Linn. ; Common Box ; sh. ; Europe and W. Asia. A.B. 



Leaves bitter, sudorific, and purgative. It is said that the foliage is poisonous to camels. 

 Weight of wood, 57 lbs. per cubic foot ; or some authorities say 56 to 72 lbs. 



Teibe Phyll anther. 

 BEIDELIA, Willd. 



exaltata, F. v. M. ; tr. ; Australia. B. 



CLEISTANTHUS, Hook.f. 



Cunninghamii, Muell. Arg. ; tr. ; Australia. B. 



ACTEPHILA, Blume. 



petiolaris, Benth. ; sh. ; Queensland. A. 



