NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



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158. Obdeb LXIV. CHAILLETlA'CE.t. 



Genus 1, Species 1 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 1 ; Hardy Ligneous Specfes ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species U. J U feet ; £ U feet ; ^ feet 



ThU order containi only three genera, Chaill^tia, I^uc<>8ia, and Tapura. It agrees with Teiebinthitce* in 

 being furnialied with a curulla and lalyx. I-'ruit furnii>hi>ti with a dry < overing, including a two nr three celled 

 nut, each cell containing one (K-iidulou* seed. Shrubs with entire alternate leaves, furnished wilJi stipules and 

 axillary and tenninal |>aniclea racemes of small white flowers; chiefly natives of tropical Africa and its islands^ 

 The kernel of the fruit of Chaill6t«a toxic&ria is used by the natives of Sierra Leone for poisoning rats and 

 mice. Cuttings. 



815 ChailUtia Dec 



Ijy. Order LXV. AQUILARI'NE.H 



Genus 1, Species 1 : Hot. house Species 1 ; Green-house Species ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. J feet ; £ feet ; ^ U feet. 



The plants contained in this order are very imiierfectly known. It difTers fVom the preceding in the teedt 

 being erect, not inverted, as well as in the cap8ule:i being 'J-vulved. Trees with alternate entire leaves, native* 

 of Asia. Cuttings. 



1370 AquilJkriaZ^ 



160. Order LXVI. TEREBINTHAVE.il 



Genera 27, Species 142 ; Hot.hotise Species 58 ; Green-house Species 62 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 22 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f 40J ft. ; £ feet ; ^ feet 



This order is, notwithst;mding the labours of several botanists, in a very confused state; ftrom want of 

 sutticient knowledge of many ot the genera, which have been hitherto imj)erfcctly desi ribod, it is ditticult 

 either to determine the value of the characters assigned to the tribes, or the dignity of ihe tribes themselves. 

 Ai; the species are shrubs or trees, with alternate exstipulate leaves, and inconspicuous flowers, and abound 

 in a balsamilerous resin, which is chiefly present in the leaves and bark, and from which the denomination of 

 the order has beeJi derived. Notwithstandin},' the minuteness of their flowers, many of the species are valuable 

 as ornamental plants, on account of the beauty of their foliage, others for the sake of their utility in arts or 

 medicine, and others for their Iruit. 'I'he Cashew and the Pistachio are valuable for their nuts, which 

 are well known articles in the markets of Europe. The .Sjxjndias and Mango are equally famous in the tropics. 

 The well-known balsam of Mecca is the produce of the 15alsamod(?iulron fjileadt'nsis ; and balm of Acouchi, 

 of the I'cica heterophj Ha ; gum comes from /fmyris elemifera and I'cica leptophylla ; niastich from /-"istacia 

 atlantica and /.entiscus j and Venetian turpentine from /'istacia Terebinthus. 6'chinus Mollc prmluces a resin, 

 which in Peru is used as a dentrifice, as myrrh is with us. Some of the best varnishes are prepared from the 

 exudation ot I'cica guianensis, Hhus vernix, copal Una, Melanorrhoe^a, and others ; the finest kinds of incense 

 are also afforded by plants of this order, such as the wooii and resin of the diflereiit species of I'cica, of ^m^ri« 

 balsamifera, and of Canurium commOne, the Coumia, which is used in Guiana for such purposes, and finally, 

 the Bosw^U/'fl serr&ta, which is the true frankincense of Indian temples. But among the fragrant and whole, 

 some plants of which the order chiefly consists, lie conceaknl others in which acrid and poisonous qualities 

 no less abound. Such are several species of /ihus, the juice of which pro<luces blisters upon the skin; 

 and the .-Ini^ris toxifera, the juice of which is accounted poisonous. To conclude thi.s long list of the usef 

 and dangers of Terebinth^icea?, the bark of /I'hus gl.ibra is used as a febrifuge and as a mordant for red 

 colors, and that of Hhiis t'oriaria as a powerful means of tanning the skins of animals. Cuttings, layers, 

 and seeds. 



161. Tribe I. Anacardie^/E or 



CAS.SL'VIK^Ji. 



lig. 3. herb. 0. f 174 ^t. 



2896 Anacardium liox. 



2897 Semec&rpus 



3422 Melanorrhce'a Jf'aL 



2879 Manglfera L. 



1406 Buchan&n/a Box. 



2763 Pisticia L. 3 



107 ComoclJldia L. 

 2765 Picramnia Swz. 



162. Tribe 2. SrMACHiNE.E. 

 lig 19. herb. 0. t 37 feet. 



894 BMs Tou. 19 



2649 DuvaCin Kth 



279i) ichlnus L. 



? 14(J8 RobergiVi Schub. 



163. Tribe 3. Spondia'^ce*. 



1405 Spondias L. 

 1407 Poupart/a Com. 



164. Tribe 4. BurseraYea 

 13.>3 Bos well/a Rox. 



11()9 Balsamod^ndron Kth. 

 1334 I'cica Aub. 

 2895 Bursen/ Jac. 

 1170 HedwigMi Swz. 



5421 Sorindeia Thou. 

 13J2 Gariiga Rox. 



165. Tribe 5. Amyridej-. 

 1168 ylm^ris L. 



166. Tribe 6. SpatheliaVeji. 



106 Cneorum L. 

 896 Spathfclia L. 



167. Tribe 7. CoxNAnAVEjF. 

 1937 Conn&rus L. 

 1936 Omphalbbium Gac. 

 1403 Cnestis J. 



168. Order LXVII. LEGUMINO'S.il 



Genera 244, Species 2C,2G ; Hot hovsc Species 886; Green-house Species (T75 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 177; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 888. t 1 17i ft. 5 f^et ; ^ feet 



The family to which the various kinds of pulse belong is one of the most familiar to the world, and at the 

 same time one of the most useful to mankind. Their papilionaceous flowers characterise a large number, and 

 their pods and pinnate leaves the remainder, with a few exceptions which it is not necessary to particularise 

 As objects of ornament, many are possessed of unrivalknl beauty, for example, among hardy fU>wcriiig trees, 

 the Roblnm and the Labdrnu'm ; among shrubs, for decorating the borders of the flower-garden, the various 

 tribes of CJ'tisus, Carafi^uiia, Colfitea, Amorpha, and others ; among hardy climbers, the far-fame<l Wistir/a of 

 China, and its sister of North America, with the species of the herbaceous genera / icia and Aathyrus ; and, 

 lastly, among hardy herbaceous plants, the numerous species of /.uplnus and .^>tragalus. Great, however, aa 

 is the beauty of the Legumiiif)sa; which can brave the inclemencies of the seasons of Northern Euro{>e, it mutt 

 give way before the splendor and elegance of their brethren of the tropics. The flowers nf the Erythrlna, or 

 Coral tree, are of the deei)est crimson, and borne in profusion upon some of the loftiest trees of the forest 

 The Bauhinias, with their twin leaves, hang in festoons of flowers from branch to branch, add are only 

 rivalled by the less vigorous and elegant, but more richly colortni blossoms of the Mucunas. But all these, 

 with their broad heavy foliage and gaudy colors, are far surpassed by the rugged trunks, trembling airy 

 foliage, and golden flowers of the fine-leavetl Acacias, which cast a chann over even the most sterile deserts of 

 burning Africa. While the forests of hot countries are thus indebttnl to species of this order for their timber, 

 the meadows and pastures of the same latitudes are enamelled with the flowers of myriads of Hedysaruma 

 and Desmodiums, and animated by the wonderful motion of sensitive plants. As in our own country, the gayest 

 part of our scenery is in many places indebted to the yellow flowers of our furie and broom, so in other 

 countries the same eflect is produced by other genera of Legumini>sa? ; by Lip.\ria, Borbonia, and i4spilathus 



