532 NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



14S7 AgathophfUum W. 



1296 LaArw L. 9 | 1*29 CrrptocArya A Jlr. 



1228 Fisatm.Gt. \ir, Tetnnthfera Jar. 



13S> finnambmum A. Br. I 1:^ Oi&i^tha L. 



397. Order CLIX. MYRISTl'CEJL 

 Gnwra S, Spetia 6 ; JIotJkNiM- Speda 6 ; GreeuJtomse Species ; Orrdy L/^«tms jjpmcry 0; 

 Hardy Berhmctoms Species a feet ;£0 feet feeC 



ClMelf allied to the lost, espeaaUy in tokstble properties^ The arillus of Mjmstica is the mace of the shops, 

 and it« nut the funotu nutm^ It is well known that thi« abounds with oil ; in Virdia sebifera the oily s<pcre. 

 Don is so copMXis, that it is readilj separated bj immersion in boiling water, under the form of fat Cuttiag3L 

 2S29 Mynstica L. \ 2-598 Hemandia L 



aga OrocrCLX. PROXEA^EiE. 



Genera 32, ^eciet S75 ; HotJumte Spea'esO; GreenJtouse Species 0; Baerdtf Ligmeams ^peetesO', 

 Hardg Herhaeeoms Species 0. f feet ; £ fleet ; ^ feet. 

 Farourite sfanibs with gardeners, both oo account of the neatness of their fcdiage and the beauty of their 

 flowers^ With »ery few exceptions, they are confined to the southern promontory of Africa, and to New 

 Holland, where they adorn large tracts of country. They are shrubby or arborescent plants with an arid 

 habit. The leares are anqtle, er c r g r c en, narrow, entire or serrated. The flowers generaUy grow in clusters, 

 and are green, ydlow, or red, scMooetimes in true Proteas surrounded by colored bractes with dark hairy 

 marginsL Their stamens are fiwir, with distinct anthers, which rarely adhere together. The pollen is triangular ; 

 the stigma oncfivided and osoally obhqQe. Their ftuit is of various kinds, eith^ a solitary nut or a sort of 

 cone consisting of many nuts immersed among the indurated ronains of abcatire dowers. Of their pro- 

 perties little is known Some of the Rhopalas affbtd tolerable timber; the bark of Prbtea speciusa and 

 grandiflura is astringent and usefiil in dianhceasL The seeds of Embothrium tinctbrium yidd a powder which 

 is employed for dyeing pink. The Proteas of the Cape, and the Bankaas and Dryandras of New UoUand. 

 are the finest plants of the order. Cuttings and seeds. 



S748 AnlaxJa^rs: 



Leocadendroo JL 



302 Pecr6phila R. Sr. 



303 Isopbgoo R. Br. 

 9M Pibtea L. 



305 TiWkxw i '^'t R. Br. 

 906 Mimetes B, Br. 



307 Serritria R. Br. 



308 Nivtnia R. Br. 



309 Sorocepbalus R Br. 



310 SpatMla B. Br. 



311 Aden&nthos Lab. 



313 CoDOsp^rmum B. Br. 



315 AgasUchTS K Br. 

 38»4 Simsia R.'Br. 



314 Persodn/d Sm. 

 2866 Brabejum L, 



3285 An^ »nia R. Br. 



316 Grevtllea R. Br. 



317 H^iLea K Br. 



319 Lamhertia Sm. 



320 Xylomelum Sai. 



3S3 AAopaia B. Br. 

 SSas Qi^dria B. % P. 

 321 TeKipea B. Br. 



324 Knl^tia R. Br. 

 332 IjaaA!6a Km-. 



3287 f^Dobdthrium Font 

 318 Stenoc&rpus B. Br. 

 313 Botif ceras 



325 BanksiB R. Br. 



326 DrjrAndra R. Br. 



CLXL THYMZLJE?^ 



Genera 11, ^peda 99 ; Bat tamse Species 5 ; Greeu-konse Species 74 ; Hardy Ugnemu Species 19; 

 Bartbf Hertacema ^edes L llflfeet; £ 2 feet; ^ feet 

 Nearly aU shrubby plaiits,fi(Kind in an parts oftiie world, bat most abniidantly in the sou The 

 ; white, y^ow, or red, most cogaomoDly in dustos, and often fiagrant ; the foliage is entire, either 

 I or alrery, and genoalfy Teiy neat. Their wood is partknlariy soft ; their inner bark easily separable, 

 ani, in D^bne iMg&ta, polls* out by the diriaim of the vertical fijtoes into a sort of network resembling 

 lace. Their bark is eA.Uanrf y acrid, acting as a veaiatory when ap[£ed to the skin, and, if chewed, producing 

 extreme heat and toctnie in the mouth; a decoction of it has be^ used with some success in venereal 

 rjijpo-aps. The seeds of these idants are prasonoos to man, bat Inrds eat tiiean widi impunity. The fibres of 

 Dirca and iMgetta are used fx cordage ; those i>apiiiffi C^i^um and Passexlna tinctoria are employed in 

 the south of Emnpe foe .stainins wo(d ydOknr, wliich is conrrated into greoi by the addition of /satis. Cuttings 



1198 IWrca i. 1 I 1202 Lacim^e^a i. I 327 Struthiola L. 



1196 Laeitta 3. \ 13)1 Fasserina i. I 87 Pimelea Font. 



1197 i>apbne L. *iS 1£00 SoSieta L. 1 | 2761 Trbphis L. 



1199 Gnidia L. \ Dais j 



40a Order CLXIL OSYRFDE^ 



4; HiOJuKBe Impedes Q-y GreemJiomse Spedes i Har^ JJgueota Spedes 1 

 Omfy Harbaeeoms Swedes a. 1 feet; j£ feet; ^OfeeC 



Trees witfa flexile twiggy taanciieg, and mouBGXias or ffiffickms flower TheleaTesofOsyrisjapdnica eatable 

 as gala/i Cuttings and seeds. 



£747 Osyris lam. | 2BQi Esocarpcs Lai. 



40L Ori^CLXUL SANTALA^CILiL 

 Gemeral, Swedes SI i HaUkmse ^pedesZ; GreenJkmse Spedzs Q ; Har^ Ugaeoms Spedesl \ 

 — » — 136feet; £ Sfeetj ^Ofeet 



Trees or dwarf herbs, with inconqacnoas or imaUractive flowers. They are chiefly natives of the Cape, 

 New Holland, and India, a few odty being Ibond in Eorope and North Amoica. Their virtues are few. The 

 •vooAfASamtalmm SSkmaa. has a sweet aromatic flavor, and a slightly bitter taste : it Is chieflv known as a 

 ■ 1 to possess mild sodormc propextioL The leaves of ilyoschUoe are'wurgative, <rf 



£893 HanultboM MhL 

 £892 Nyssa L 7 



402. Order CLXR'. ELUA'GN'Za: 

 Genc-ra ^ Spedes 13; BatJbomse ^^edesS; Greem-Jkomse Species 3; Har^ Ugmeoms Species 

 Har^Heriaeeoms Swedes a 1 26| ft ; £ fieet ; ^ fieet. 

 Hardy dtrafas or anall trees, with decidooos leaves, covered, as well as the bark, with minute silvery scales 



Sowers are inconspicaaas, but . Manrtimes agreeably fragrant They oeeapj but little space ; a few 

 "ing CUna and Ja^an, and the remainder Earcpe, North America, Goiaiia, and the East Indies. The 

 of i^ip6pliaerbamndid£s, wiiich are ^gfatiy add, are used as a kind of sauce bv the Swedes. Lavers 



