530 



NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



an obscure minute weetl, and the latter has inelegant green flowers, curious to the botanist but ungrateful to 

 tlio florist The prominent boUuiical cliaracter is the one-celled fruit, witli a central placenta, and the stamens 

 opposite tlie jietals. The properties of Primulftcea; ai'e feeble and of little consequence; they appear to 

 be slightly astringent and bitter ; the root of Cyclamen is acrid, and only eaten by wild boars; the flowers of 

 the primrose and cowslip are tVagrant, and mildly sudorific and soporific. CortCJsa Mathiola has been used in 

 nervous disorders. 



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450 



iJiulriSsace L. 







10 



Division, ofliiets, and seeds. 



449 Arbtia L. 

 11;>3 Trienttllis L. 

 4fil Ci>ris L. 

 45() Hott6n/a L. 

 457 /.ysimiU'hia L. 

 503 Lubin2'a Com. 







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2 



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16 



458 .^nag&llis L. *0 5 



47 Micr&nthemum Mx. 

 363 Centunculus L. *0 1 

 ?618 Samolus L. *0 1 



62 Campyl&nthus Roth 



387. Order CXLIX. GLOBULA^RIiE. 



Genus 1, Specks 10 ; Hot-house Species ; Gfcen-house Species 4 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 6. i feet ; £2ifeet ; ^ feet. 

 Pretty alpine plants with blue flowers. The leaves of Globul;iria Alj>pum are very bitter and powerfully 

 purgative, giving at the same time a tone to the stomach and intestines. Divisions and cuttings. 



342 Globuliria L. 6 



388. Order CL. PLUMBAGI'NE^. 



Genera 3, Species 82 ; Hot-hoiise Species 6 ; Green-house Species 27 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 49. t feet; j£ 12 feet ; i feet. 

 These are properly placed at the limit between Monochlamydeaj and Dichlamydea?, to either of which they 

 are referable in the minds of some botanists, although it appears, upon the whole, to be most convenient 

 to station tliem where they are now arranged. They are low shrubs or herbaceous plants, with showy red or 

 blue flowers of an arid texture, inhabiting salt marshes and subalpine tracts, in the temperate latitudes 

 of both the northern and southern hemispheres. All the Statices and Armerias are fine plants worth cultiva- 

 ting. The root of Statice Limbnium is astringent and tonic ; of the Plumbagos, the root and whole plant are 

 acrid and caustic, and employed as vesicatories. Divisions, cuttings, and seeds. 



929 St&tice L. *0 28 | 928 Armaria L. *0 18 | 423 Plumbago L. 3 



Subclass IV. MONOCHLAMY'DE^. Perianthium simple. 



Genera 256, Species 2628 ; Hot-house Species 669 ; Green-house Species 111 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 609 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 623. 1 334| ft. ; ^55| feet; ^6|feet. 



The absence of corolla characterises this subdivision of dicotyledonous vegetation ; but, as the term corolla 

 is subject to frequent misunderstanding, it should be borne in mind, that whenever there is only one floral 

 envelope, that envelope is to be considered calyx, whether green, as in most cases, or colored, as in the Marvel 

 of Peru. 



389. Order CLI. PLANTAGI NE^/E. 



Genera 3, Species 80 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 2 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 2 ; 

 Ha7-dy Herbaceous Species 76. ±2i feet ; ^ 13| ft, ; ^1 foot. 



Little inconspicuous herbs found in waste places all over the world. The leaves are stellate, and occasionally 

 ternate ; the pubescence is jointed ; the flowers are brownish, and arrayed in dense spikes. Their leaves are 

 rather bitter and astringent ; their seeds mucilaginous and rather acrid ; those of Plantago arenkria are imported 

 in large quantities from the south of France, for the purpose of forming an infusion in which muslins are 

 washed. P. mfedia is sometimes cultivated by farmers under the name of ribgrass. Divisions and seeds. 

 364 Plantago L. *2 74 | 2621 Littorella L. *0 1 | 739 Gla6x L. *0 1 



390. Order CLII. NYCTAGI'NE^. 



Genera 7, Species 47 ; Hot-house Species 21 ; Green-house Species 15 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 11. ±0 feet ; £ 6|feet ; ^ feet 



With the exception of Mirabilis, in which the colored calyx has a showy effect, all the order consists 

 of weeds, growing often among the loose sand on the sea coast of the tropics and western hemisphere ; none are 

 found in Europe. The Abronias are curious, neat, and often fragrant The root of Mirabilis Jalapa was 

 formerly considered the jalap, which is now known to be an error ; it is however purgative, although in a less 

 degree. Boerh&k\ia tuberbsa is also a reputed purgative. Cuttings, divisions, and seeds. 



97 Oxybaphus R. S[ P. 5 I 405 AUibnifl L. 3 | 1135 Tishnia L. 



421 Mir&bilis L. 



422 Abrbnia J. 



19 Boerha£lv?a L. 



Boldoa Lag. 



391. Order CLIII. AMARANTHA^CEiE. 



Genera 16, Species 140 ; Hot- house Species 46 ; Green-house Species 30 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 64. 1 feet ; j£21|feet; ± feet. 

 Upon this order Dr. von Martins has the following remarks : — Leaves, especially when young, of a lax soft 

 texture, abounding in saccharine, mucilaginous, and fibrous particles, and therefore fit for food. The seeds 

 are farinaceous, consisting chiefly of starch and mucus. Their virtues are nutritive, emollient, demulcent ; 

 the root of Gomphr^na officinalis is tonic and stimulant. The species are either gregarious or solitary ; 

 mostly diffuse and villous, and existing in dry stony exposed places, or erect and reclining on other vegetables, 

 with little pubescence, when found on the skirts of ancient forests ; a few are found in saline coast places ; 

 finally, they are more common in low land, little elevated above the surface of the sea, than in mountainous 

 regions. They are met with in both hemispheres ; rarely under the equator, but increasing both northwards 

 and southwards as we recede from them ; they are confined to no countries in particular, but are found 

 to affect all regions of the world. Among an abundance of weeds, we distinguish a few fine plants deserving 

 cultivation, as the Globe Amaranthus, the Cockscombs, and a few species of ^maranthus, one of which, under 

 the name of Love-lies-bleeding, is commonly reared for the sake of its long, tail-like, pendent masses of crimson 

 flowers. .4maranthus oleraceus, and a few others, are occasionally cultivated as potherbs. Cuttings and seeds. 



2628 Amaranthus L. 

 735 Cel6sia L. 

 1206 Aphananthe Lk. 



732 Lestibudesw R. Br. 



733 Deeringm R. Br. 

 722 Chamissba H. & B. 



*0 61 



725 Clad6stachys D. Don. 

 721 Achyrdnthes L. 

 724 Desmochae^ta Dec. 

 TH Alternanthfera R.Br. 

 731 JE'rua Forsk. 



723 Philoxerus R. Br. 



ISl Gomphrfena L. 



736 Oplothfeca Nut. 

 2767 IresineX. 

 ? 2629 Acroglbchin ScAr. 



