NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



519 



29i OkobmC CAPRIFOLIAXELE. 



Genera 1 1, Species 118 ; HoUkomte Species 3 ; GreenJkouse Species 10 ; Hardy Ligneotu Species 96 : 

 Uardg Herbaceous Species 9. f 7'-' feet ; £ 7 feet ; ^ feeC 



ThU is an eminentlr beautiful order, consisting either of twining or erect shrubs with clusters of trumpet. 



shaped fra-r • • . l-' •, or of fine bushes having cymes of white blossoms I' ' \. 



suckle A ood of the latter. Here too is found the modi-* 



Linns\:. .- the vulgar eye may be to those of its more ustei: 



bours,yii.- - . . .-. fur the botanist All the genera have a more : ■ . .. 



gent t>ark ; thai ui Lciuihtu cor)mb<.*a i* u><.-d in C hile for dying black ; that of turnus fli rida in Nonli America 

 in intermittent fever*, as is also' the bark of Cornus scncea,' which, according to Barton, is scarcely inferior to 

 Quinquina. The l-Uders au-e the bnk between honeysuckles and umbelliferous plants, to the latter of which 

 they are allied by their stinking divided foliage and half herbaceous habit ; their flowers are sudorific and sopo- 

 rific in a high degree, their leaves and inner bark are emetics and drastic purgatives. Trii'steum perfoliatum 

 is intermetliate between this order and Kubi^cez, with the former of which it agrees in its (Hirgative, and 

 with the latter in its emeuc, qualities, which resemble those of ipecacuanha. All Caprfoli tce^ love shady cool 

 i>laccs in both hemispheres ; but few have been found in such as endure a very severe climate. Cuttings, 

 layers, or seeds^ 



401 Tomus L. •IS 2 I 624 DierriUa Tou. 1 | 626 Lercest^na WaL 



8y3 Sambucus /„ 'IS S 621 Taprifblium 4 & •le K*« Schr.»dera \ ahl 



»»2 /"ibiirnum L. \ ri22 Lonicera R. & S. •JO 1 17U> Liuux'a Ora 2 



623 Symphuria Fk. 3 | 625 TriOsteum L. 2 1 



293. Obdeb CL LORA NTHE-E. 



Genera 2, Species 2 ; Hot-house Species ; GreemJiouse Species ; Hardy Ligneous Species 2 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species a 1 2 feet ; j£ lu feet ; ^ feet 



None of these are cultivable ; they are all genuine parasites, rooting beneath the bark of the trees on which 

 they grow, and deriving from their juices the whole of their nutriment The Viscums have little or no 

 beauty, but the Loranthi are among the most lovely of plants, hanging in clusters of rich scarlet flowers 

 firom the branches of trees in the tropics, which they often clothe with a beauty not their own. The mistletoe 

 of the Druids is suppooed to have been the Loranthus europ^^is, the common Tiscum never being seen 

 upon the oak, while the Loranthus inhabits no other tree. If this be so, the laUer must have once existed 

 in this kingdom although now extinct It has been suggested, that all vestiges of their religion were extir. 

 pated with the Druids, which will account for the Loranthus having disappeared wherever that religion 

 formerly held its sway. Seeds. 



2750 TiscumZ. •I | :'2d20 JOcuba L. 10 



£94. Order CII. CHLORA'NTHELE. 



Genus 1, Species 3 ; Hot-house Species 3 ; Grcen-Aouse Species ; Hardy Ligneous Species j 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; £ feet ; i feet. 



Small incon.«picuous shrubs with terminal spikes of green flowers, wholly destitute of interest for gardens. 

 Cuttings or suckersL 



26 Chi oran thus Strt. 



995. Order cm. RUBI.VCEJl 



Genera 73, Species 387 ; HotJiouse Species 221 ; Green-house Species 34 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 3; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 12a J Ki ft. ; £ 19 feet; ^ feet 

 Opposite entire leaves with intervening stipu'x, a monopetalous superior corolla, with a definite number of 

 stamens and a bilocular ovarium, are the great characteristics of Rubiiceae; an order of such extent that it 

 embraces a very large proportion of the whole of phseno^amous plants, including within its Lraits humble 

 weeds and lofty' trees, plants with important medicinal quaUties and flowers of varied dyes. The sections 

 into which the order has been divided are merely artificial^ with the exception of Spermacccea?, Gi.le», and 

 Cephal&nthcx, which are the representatives of the order in northern regions. Among these the /fubia, or 

 madder, is the most important on account of its dye; Galium also possesses some qualities of minor con- 

 sequence. Among the other sections, the plants of beauty or value are innumerable : of the former description, 

 the genera Ixbra, Bouvjrdin, Catcsbie^a, Portlandia, Coutarla, GardtiuVi, Mussar'Hda, HamiUia, Cephailis, 

 Cephalanthus, and many others, are notable examples ; to the latter, every genus has a contribution of one 

 kind or another. The root of Hedybtis umbell&ta is employed in India for staining nankin ; that of Mo- 

 rinda umbell^ta in the Moluccas, and of Morinda ritrif^ lia in India, is used for dying rcii and brown. The 

 potent febrifugal properties of the CinchC>na need not be insisted on ; it is les* generally known that the 

 bark of Pinckney<i pubens, Macrocnfemum corymbC sum, Isertw coccinea, and Portland/a grandiflbra, pos- 

 8e:»se$ similar, but weaker, powers. The bark and root* of Antirhda are used, in the Isle of Bourbon, to 

 stop haemorrhage ; and that of Morinda Buuoc is u.«etl for ink. Astringent properties of a very marked 

 character are found in the juice of Xauclea Gambir of Hunter, the L'nciria Guinbir of Roxburgh, which 

 is often improi>erly confounded with Gum kino, the produce of a very diflerent plant Some of the species 

 formerly comprehended under the genus Cinchbna, but since separated by the name of Exostemma, possess 

 strong emetic powers. The same qualities exist in Cephafelis emetica,' the CalliciKTca Ipecacuanha, and 

 Geophila reniformis, which are often used as ijiecacuanha. The seed of the O^ca furnishes the valuable 

 beverage which is so much esteemed in Europe and the East, under the name of coflee Division, seeds, or 

 cuttings. 



29d Section 1. GrETTA'RDEi 

 26aS Guettarda L. 

 10y7 Isc'rtifl Schreb. 

 Sii Vanguiera J. 

 645 friUialis L. 



297. Section 2. HAiiELiA'cEi. 

 634 UamiMia J. 



SSGl Section Sw Garuenie^jl 

 M Randia L. 

 <^ Garden/Vi I>. 

 633 Posoaucria Aub. 

 6aO Cdnthium Lara. 

 &»0 Oxyanthus Dec. 

 B36 Tocoylna Aub. 

 639 Genipa Tou. 



T. I 4 



CAH Weberrt Schrcb. 

 601 Burchell/a R. Br. 

 356 Coccocvpselum R. Br. 

 524 Ophior'rhlza L. 



299. Section 4. Ci.NCHoXEi 



604 Portland/a L. 

 603 Coutarea Aub. 



598 Exostemma Rich. 

 644 Pinckndya Mx. 



599 Hvmenodictyon fVaJ. 



600 Cinchifla L. 

 1094 Hillia U 



597 Macrocntmiim L. 

 602 Rondd^t/a L. 



642 Mussic'nda \^ 



643 Luciilia Swt. 



. SCOl Section 5. CEPHALA'vxHEi, 

 lig.l. herb.ii. lluft 

 377 Adlna Sal. 

 649 Naiiclea L. 

 5297 Unc^a Gae. 

 652 Sarcoc^halus Afz. 

 361 Cephalanthus L. 10 

 64S MiTinda L. 

 ? 1466 Melanopsidium CoL 



301. Section 6. HEDYcrTii>E& 



.TSS Hedvbtis »'. 



3-yi I.it>6*tc.ma D. Dim 



JSP Man. ttia M.itis 



jTS IV.ii\.iril/Vi Sal. 



.'i.f^ IViitella Furst. 



5o3 Sptnnad ctvor. Rc-x. 



381 CatcsUr'o W. 



