NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



5SS 



8755 



Nut. 



I 511 flzacnttf JL 



40L OUBSCLXV. ASA'RIN\£. 



Gemerm i, S^edeiSBi Bat hemar afedes 16 ; GreenJumat Sp^cM 5 ; Hsrdg Ligmeom* Sftxia 3; 

 Bmr^g Hertmeams S^eeia U. f 3i feet , 1 teet , ^ feet. 



Here we mre on the IubiU ot MoaocotyWdanei and Dicoty led onei Hie species are bea b a ceou t or half. 

 Aniijby plants, vith simple, often icnifKB, karet ; and nMitUed grotCMioe flowers, asaallr bi o w niih pmpie. 

 Their roou are all bitter, and pot wed of tonic and sHimilating p t opeit ie* ; but the decree in whiA taev 

 eaent ascertained. The Aristolocfaias hare been in foner days pulsed aa 

 used in South America as a remedy for the bite ot seipenta . ^ samm 

 fresh, but its powers are^ much diminished by dryinc ; its dried 



itory. Dirisioo and 



by the country people 



parts of Knglanii as a sternutat ory. 



1421 J'sanim L. 



5 I 



MS. ObouCLXVL CYTINELE. 



Gemma I, ^^edes 2 i HaUUtae ^eda % ; GmuJkomtt Species ; Har^f Ltgmeom Specie* ; 

 Har<kr Berhaeeoms Secies a {0 feet ; £ feet ; ^ feeL 

 The funous pitcher-plants of China and the East Indies belong to Xeptethes, and bear leavca. the 

 extremities of which are boUowed out into ctipJike appendages that are generaOy filled 

 aeems as if confined within them by a little lid by which the pitchers j 



2830 Mep^nthes L. 



are surmountedL Scedr 



with water, which 



401 o«j>K« cLxvii. euphorbi.\\:ex 



Gemerm 47, Spedes 4M ; HoUkoiae Speciea «47 ; Green-Jtcmse Speciet do ; Hardg Ligmeota Speda 12 ; 

 Bar^ Berbaceoms Species lia f ^ feet ; < feet ; ^ feet. 



earance and property, that it is scarcely possibie to 6ame a brief 

 Their T^etation in cold countries is mostly herbaceoos, in hoC 

 countries frutescent or arbore sc ent ; their juice is milky, and their flowers moetly i n c o ns pic u ous. It is for 

 their medicinal properties that they are chiefly known, and these are as TaiioQs as their aspect ; mostly, how. 

 eTcr,dangerDQS, and always to be suspected. In a few of them the smefl and taste are i 



1 lofty trees, of such Taried 

 which they can be < 



there is either no smea or it b nauseous, and the taste caostantly acrid and pnngeirt. 

 acrid limpid fluid, which b giTen out by the leares when touched. Hany of them act strosigly 



the 



kidneys, as sereral species of Pbyllamhos, the leares of Aferctiriii/M innsa, and the root of BSdaat < 

 Many are said to be powerftil medicines in cases of dropsy. The bark of sercxal Crotons, the vood of (MtoB 

 Tigtimm and jffikxus, the leares of the same, and also of Cicca disticfaa, several Euphorbias;, and others, are 

 icoorded as sudorifics, and nsefiil against syphilb j as emetict, we find the roots of the Euphorbiaa, the juice 

 of rpain'ii, A'mda, Memaialis per6nnis, &c A great number are puigatiTe, es p eci a fl y the leares of .B&xus 

 and Ifercm-iato, the juice of £i4>h6ttM, CKaoaaa, Bmra, the seeds of Acinas, Ooton T^gfiarat, Jfrnim, and 

 Jitrapha. The efiects of some others are so dangieroos, particularty fliiyomane. that it is not adriaafale to 

 administer them even in rery smaO doses ; even in many Enpiiorbias it b difficult to draw a fine between the 

 quantity in wbich they are poisonous, and that in which they are harmless or usefiiL The nature of their 

 poison b mostly acrid,*occasionaIIy, howerer, mixed with something narcotic, as b apparent from the eAct of 

 those which are used for poisoning or rather stupefying fish. The puigati i e oQ in which the seeds of amnj 

 are fimnd to abound, has be«i determined to reside wholly in the albtnnen ; hence the embryo of sane, as 

 OmphAiea di^ndra, b eaten as nuts Boiling or roasting has also the eBeet of < 

 thus Jmtdpka Mmm'Jkot, than which there scarcely exists a more dangenns p 



mitted to fire, called cassara, the flour of which b often used in Loodoo as a iuxnry ibr "jiriiiy puddings. 



than which few are reputed to be more wholesomeL But the i 



of an the 



b the Caoutchouc, that singular substance which, ahhongh the npodnce of dangenns acrid trees, _ 

 nothing whaterer which has been found capable of actii^ upon me human system in whaterer way'appfied, 

 which b unalterable either in air, in water, or in spirits, altlKNi^ it softens at a high t empe r a ture It is 

 chiefly produced by SfphC>nia dastica, but also exists in the juice of rery many odiers, as ExcaeciUia agillocha, 

 Jffippnmane HmndmeiJa, Hira crepitans, S^nm ancnpirinm, PhikeMt/a roKibiBs, the Jatrophas, Jiiiem, 

 Omphalpas, and many others. Toumesole;, another cnrioas chemical pi e pai a lion , b the juice of CVotoa 

 t in c ti br ium , but b also found in sereral others. Many other properties bcJong to thb order, which it would be 

 too long to detail in thb place The cnriotts reader win find ample infiormation in the medical diriston of 

 M Adrian deJnssieu's monograph of the order, from which most of the flxegoing remarks are taken. Cuttings, 



401. Section L Bi/xsje. 

 Bg. 4. kerb. 1. t ITJ ft- ; £ 1 ft- 

 9SI0 Sarcococca B. K 

 9G09 ^xus L. no 

 9617 Pachysandra Ifx. U 1 

 9S3S Securinega J. 

 S76B Fluggea W. 

 2753 Drypetes FaJU 



405. Section £. Phtlla'tthsje. 

 bg. a kerb, i £ 2J ft. 

 9611 acca L. 



97?1 Agyn^ja L. 1 



9716 Bradl^ Gae 



9706 Phyllanthus L. 1 



9710 f asMKn Gae 



9792 IQrgamiiia J. 



9209 XyfcphfUa L 



9705 ^ndracboe L 1 



S874 BridilM W. 



SS31 auftimU 



S8I7 TrSwM L. 



40d. Sections. CaariMU. 

 Ug. 3l kerb. L 1 ITi ft ; £ 3 ft. 

 2715 Cri>ton L. 



3*17 CrasOfitora Neck. 1 

 2717 Jatropha L. 



9718 Jamtpka Kth. 

 2711 AleurUes Font, 

 2720 Siphdaia Rick. 



9719 JfacinusL. 

 2827 Adyia L. 

 2S2S Loorelra Ca- 



27 j» BC^rya W. 5 



2808 Hr«nancbe H. K. 

 9804 Eud^a L. 



2809 Gethmimm Box. 



2810 Rottl^a Box. 

 2^7 Adduton Strx, 



407. Section 4. Acalt phex. 

 hg. a kerb, la £ S| ft. 

 9794 Ifercuriiiis I. 3 



9728 Fluken^a L 

 2736 ^calypha L. 5 



2596 Tr^a 2 



23fi6 Cnemidostacbys Mart. 



408. Section 5. HirFO](ANE.s. 

 tig. L kerb, a 1 3 ft 



9719 OmiiiBleaZ. 



9713 flipp6maneX. 



9714 5^um L. 



9706 StilhngMi L 1 



9707 Omalinthes Grak. 

 9793 Bitra 1^ 



9896 ExooK^ria L. 



409. SectioD 6. £i'PHoaaic''.s. 

 L\. A. 101 ti31ft.;£2£4ft. 



1461 Pedilanthus Seek. 

 \¥0 £tiph6rtaa I. n 104 



r727 OalechimpM L 



4ia OaDcnCLXVIIL STACKHOVSEi 



GemMS 1, Species 1; BotJkmse ^>ecies 0; GreenJxmse Species 1 ; Hardy 



BmrOa Berbaceoms Species 0. f feet ;£ feet ; ^ U feet. 



A nnaU tribe of plants, natives of New 

 flowers. Cuttings. 



8S8 Stat^hoosui R Br. 

 Mm 3 



Dieman's Land SmaU shrubs with trifli«g 



