HOMALANTHUS, A. Juss. (also called Carumbium, Wartrnannia, and 

 Omalanthus.) 

 populifolium, Beinw. ; sh. ; Australia. A.B. 

 The foliage of this plant is said to he poisonous to stock, especially at times when fodder 

 is scarce. 



stillmgisefolium, B. ; sh, ; Australia. A.B. 



EXCJECARIA, Linn. 



Agallochia, Willcl. ; Milky Mangrove ; fcr. ; East India, Australia, &c. B. 

 A dangerous poison tree ; the milk)- sap said to produce blindness. 



sebifera, Muell. Arg. ; Chinese Tallow- tree ; sh. ; China and Japan. A.B. 



The white pulp round the seeds gives the Chinese tallow. The leaves furnish a black d}-e, and 

 the seeds an oil. "Weight of wood, 32 lbs. per cubic foot. 



Order URTICACE^. 



(Nettle Family.) 



This order as now understood includes the Elms and Celtis, so valuable for timber ; the Hop 

 and Hemp, two well-known commercial plants; those excellent fruits the mulberries, the Fin' 

 bread-fruit — a valuable food plant — as well as the true nettle. The chief characteristic is the 

 excessive causticity of the limpid juice. A strong fibre may be obtained from the plants of this 

 order. 



TEIBE ULMEiE. 



ULMITS, Linn. ; Elm. 



chinensis, Desf. ; tr. ; China. A.B. 

 campestris, Linn. ; Common Elm ; tr. ; Europe. A.B. 

 Weight per cubic foot of seasoned wood, 42 lbs. 

 suberosa, Mcench. ; Cork Elm ; tr. : Europe. A.B. 



TEIBE CELTIDEJ3. 



CELTIS, Linn. (Solenostigma, Endl.) 



australis, Linn. ; European Nettle-tree ; tr. ; South Europe. A.B. 

 occidentalis, Linn. ; North American Nettle-tree ; tr. ; N. America. A.B. 

 orientalis, Willd.; tr. ; East India. A.B. 

 Tournefortia, Lam. ; tr. ; Levant. B. 



TBEMA, Lour. (Sponia, Comm.) 



aspera, Blume. ; Peach-leaf Poison-bush ; sh. ; Tropics and Sub- 

 tropics. A.B. 



APiTANANTHE, Planch. 



philippinensis, Planch. (Taxotrophis rectinervis, F. v. M. ; Sponia 

 ilicifolia, Kurz.) ; tr. ; Queensland. B. 



Teibe Cannabineje. 

 HUMULUS, Linn. 



Lupulus, Linn. ; Hop-plant ; cl. ; Eastern Europe. A.B. 

 Like the Hemp, the Hop produces a fine fibre, much used in Sweden. 

 CANNABIS, Linn. 



sativa, Linn. ; Hemp-plant ; an. ; Persia and North India. A.B. 

 A powerful stimulating narcotic, used in some countries as an intoxicating drug. In many 

 parts of Asia the use of this narcotic has long been known. The Saracens called it "hashash" and 

 "husheesh"; and in the time of the Crusaders used to intoxicate their men with it when they 

 ran into the camp of the Christians, causing great havoc. These men were termed "hashasheens"; 

 whence our word ••assassin.'' The best of all cordage is made from this plant. Hemp seed is 

 nutritious, not narcotic. 



Teibe Moeeje. 

 MALAISIA, Blanco. 



tortuosa, Blanco ; cl. ; Philippines and Australia. A. 



