NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



501 



ened embryo, and stipulate leaves, the vernation of which is involutive, not circinate. 

 differ in their fruit beini; capsular, not berried ; in their albumen being compact and thininK, not pitted 



From PassiflJireip they 



their stamens being hyiHtgynous, not perigynous ; in their anthers being attached along their whole length, not 

 fixed by their middle ; tinally, in their stigmas being one and not three. The genus C'alyptrion approaches 

 PassiflSrea; in its twining stem, and llyinenaiith^ra borders upon /^olygklea* on account of i 

 pericarpium with solitary pendulous seeds. Divisions, seeds, and cuttings. 



its monospcrmou« 



Tribe 1. Vi()\e.k. 

 lig.O. fifrb. WJ. £ 11 feet 

 707 Calyptrion Ging. 

 706 Noisett/a H. & B. 



701 nola Tou. •i08 



702 Erpfetion Swt. 



703 S.Mea Oing. 1 



704 I'ombkhrt Van. 



705 lonidium yen. 



66. Tribe 2. Alsodi'ne*. 

 708 Abodela Thou. 



6a Order XXI. DROSER A'CE/E. 



709 Ceranth^ra Rrauv. 

 700 Lavridia ViU. 

 3310 Hymenanth^ra R. Br. 



(71. Tribe 3. Sauva^ok*. 

 699 SauvagdsMi Jac. 



Genera 5, Species 16 ; Hot-house .Sf>ecirs ; Green-house Species 5 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 11. f feet ; £ 2 feet ; i^'iJfeeL 

 The order of sun dews is a small group of plants, natives of marshes or inundated grounds in all the tern- 

 perate parts of the worliL The species are very remarkable for the abundance of glandular hairs with which 

 Mil the parts of the foliage are covered. Only two snecies are in any degree frutescent. 'i'he young leaves are 

 always rolled up in the circinate manner, so remarkable in ferns. Their medicinal proi>erties appear to be 

 trifling : the leaves have the power of curdling milk. Divisions or seeds, some by leaves. 



922 Drosera L. 

 925 Ahlrovindfl L. 



92.3 n^blis .Sal. 

 1331 Dioiix-\/ L. 



Order XXII. POLYGA^LE.E. 



910 /'aniAssia L. 



Genera 6, Species 64 ; Hot-house Species 5 ; Green-house Species 41 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 1 • 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 17. I 1 foot ; £ 5 feet ; * feet. * 

 Most of the plants of this order arc interesting, and deserving the attention of the gardener, some for their 

 neatness, some tor their beauty, and some for their use in medicine. They are natives of most countries, and 

 are either low herbaceous plants, occasionally less than an inch in height (small specimens of /^olj gala'pur- 

 pCirea), or shrubs varying from a dwarf, rigid, spiny habit, to a tail, graceful, drooping ai)i>earance. /'olygiileae 

 are remarkable for the union of their stamens into a single body, their one-celled anthers opening with a jwre, 

 and their irregular flowers, one of which is olten keel-siiaped, and beautifully crested or bearded. The leaves 

 have generally a bitter astringent taste, which is much more abundant in the roots, combined with an acrid 

 and somewhat resinous flavor: these properties are particularly sensible in P. .Senega, which is reputed a 

 sudorific, diuretic, sialagogue, cathartic, or mild emetic, according to the manner in which it is administered. 

 The Yelhoi of South America, the root of a species of Monmnrt, has the same properties as P. Senega, and is 

 particularly used as a remedy for dysentery. The well known Rattany, or Ratanhia root, of Chile, is the 

 produce of a plant of this order, and possesses powerful tonic and astringent qualities. According to the 

 analysis of a French chemist, it contains gallic acid, but neither tannin nor resin. Cuttings or seeds. 



2053 Poljgala Tou. 



2054 Muralt/fl Neck. 



17 



2055 Mundia Kth. 



2056 Securidilca L. 



1705 Kramfer/fl L. 



70. Order XXI I L TREMA'NDREiE. 



Genus 1, Species 6; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 6; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; if feet ; ^ feet. 

 A very small order, containing only seven species, all small bushes, natives of New Holland, and remarkable 

 for the peculiar neatness of their appearance. In habit, they may be compared to heaths, with which they 

 agree in the anthers bursting by a pore at the end. Nothing is known of their properties. Cuttings or seeds. 



1153 Tetrathfeca Sm. 



71. Order XXIV. PITTOSPO^RE^. 



Genera 4, Species 22 ; Hot-house Species 2 ; Green-house Species 20 ; Hardtf Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; j£ feet ; ^ feet 

 Beautiful shrubs and small trees, with simple alternate leaves destitute of stipulas, and white or yellow 

 flowers, chiefly natives of New Holland and the African islands. The order is distinguished by the imbricate 

 aestivation of the sepals and petals, which last, as well as the stamina, are five and hypogynous, and by its 

 minute embryo. Cuttings and seeds. 



671 Billardi^rrt Sm. I 689 Bursaria Cav. 



679 Pittiisporum Bau. \ 665 Senkcm Com. 



72. Order XXV. FRANKENI A^CEiE. 



Genus 1, Species 10 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species i ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 6. J feet ; £ 2J feet ; ^ feet 

 Distinguished from Caryophylleae by the fruit not having a central separate placenta, but bearing the seetls 

 on the inner margin of the valves. The species are natives of arid situations in Europe, Africa, and South 

 America. They have not much beauty, and no known medical properties. Besides the genus here recorded, 

 thelie are two others mentioned by M. Decandolle. Cuttings, division, or seeds. 



1099 Frankfenfo L. •e 



Section III. Ovarium solitary ; Placenta central. 



> 73. Order XXVI. CARYOPHY'LLE.E. 



Genera 26, Species 531 ; Hot-house Species 11 ; Green-house 27 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 1 : 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 492 f 1 foot; £38ifeetj ^1 J feet 

 These consist of herbs or low undershrubs, inhabiting the mountains and pastures of all parts of the world. 

 In Europe and Siberia they are particularly abundant, and least so in Africa and .South America. Many are 

 common weeds, as most of the Cerastiums, Spcrgulas, and others. Several of the Silenes are very ornamental, 

 and among the Arenarias are to be found some dwarf species of considerable elegance. Hut it is in DiAntlius 

 that the pride of the order consists : this genus is almost unrivalleti for the brilliancy of its colours, the neat- 

 ness of its foliage, and the perfume of its flowers. From the finest of its s|)ecies the title of the order has been 

 derived. The virtues of Caryoph^llea; are slight. Sapon&ria otlicinMis, and one or two others, have been 

 praised for possessing antisyphilitic properties ; the root of Silfene virginiana is repute<l anthelmintic ; and the 

 Aien&ria neploldes, being fermented, is used by the Icelanders for food. Cuttings, division, or seetls. 



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