NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



Order C. CAPRIFOLI ATE.E, 



Hardy Ligneous Species 96 



Genera 11, Specks 1 IS ; H use Sreeies 5 : Gr:en.h;i:sc Sped 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 9. f 72 feet • £ 7 feet ; ^ 0 reet. 

 This is an eminently beautiful order, consisting either of twining or erect shrubs with clusters of trumpet, 

 shaped fragrant white", scarlet, or yellow, flowers, or of fine bushes having cymes of white blossoms. The honey, 

 suckle is the representative of the former, the dogwood of the latter. Here too is found the modest and delicate 

 Linna?\i, which, however inferior its attractions for the vulgar eye may be to those of its more ostentatious neigh- 

 bours, yields to none of them in elegance or interest for the botanist. All the genera have a more or less astrin- 

 gent bark ; that of Lonicera corymbosa is used in Chile for dying black ; that of Cornus fl rida in North America 

 in intermittent fevers, as is also* the bark of Cornus sericea, which, according to Barton, is scarcely inferior to 

 Quinquina. The Elders are the link between honeysuckles and umbelliferous plants, to the latter of which 



they are allied by their stinking divided foliage and ha 

 rific in a high degree, their leaves and inner bark are 

 is intermediate between this order and Rubiaces, w 

 with the latter in its emetic, qualities, which resemble 

 places in both hemispheres ; but few have been fou 

 layers, or seeds. 



401 Cornus L. *1S £ 



893 Sambucus L. *13 3 



892 nburnumi. *28 0 



623 Svmphoria Ph. 3 0 



i are 

 Tri : 



iceous habit : their flow 

 nd drastic purgativ< 

 >rmer of which it agrees in its pu: 

 ipecacuanha. All Caprifoli\eea? lovi 

 :h as endure a verv severe climate 



;Opo- 



E24 Diervillc Tou. 



621 CaprifbUum B. $ S. 



622 Lonicera R. & SL 

 625 Triosteum L. 



1 



•16 

 •20 

 0 



696 Levcester/a WaL 

 1096 Schradera Vahl 

 L70d LinnaeVi Gro. 



293. Order CL LORAWTHEiEL 



Genera 2, Species 2 ; Hot-house Species 0 ; Green-house Species 0 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 2 j 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. £ 2 feet ; ' j£ 10 feet ; =fc 0 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 Vise urns have l.ttle or no 

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

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

 of the Druids is supposed to have been the Loranthus europ£e v us, the common Tiscum never being seen 

 upon the oak, while the Loranthus inhabits no other tree. If this be so, the latter 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 

 iormerly held its sway. Seeds. 



2750 Fiscumi. *1 0 | ?2620 Aucuba L 1 0 



£94. Order CI I. CHLORA XTHEX 



Genus 1, Species 3 ; Hot-house Species 3 ; Green-house Species 0 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f 0 feet ; £ 0 feet ; ^ 0 feet. 



Small inconspicuous shrubs with terminal spikes of green flowers, wholly destitute of interest for gardens. 

 Cuttings or suckers. 



£6 Chloranthus Stat 



295. Order CIII. RUBIA'CELE. 



Genera 73, Species SS~ ; Hot-house Species 221 ; Green-house Species 34 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 3 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 12ft ± 10J ft; £ 19 feet ; |= 0 feet 

 Opposite entire leaves with intervening stipulse, a monopetalous superior corolla, with a definite number of 

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

 embraces a very large proportion of the whole of phamogamous plants, including within its Limits humble 

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

 into which the" order has been divided are merely artificial, with the exception of Spermacoces. Galeae, and 

 Cephalanthes, which are the representatives of the order in northern regions. Among these the i?ubia, 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, Bouvardw, Catesb<?\j, Portland/a, Coutarla. Gardenia, Mussee'nda, HameJ/i'a, Cephaclis, 

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

 kind or another. The root of Hedyotis umbellata is employed in India "for staining nankin ; that of Mo- 

 rinda umbellata in the Moluccas, and of Morinda citrifClia in India, is used for dying red and brown. The 

 potent febrifugal properties of the Cinchona need not be insisted on : it is less generally known that the 

 bark of Pinckneya pubens, IMacrocnemum corynffx sum, Isert/a coccinea, and Portlands grandiflbra, pos- 

 sesses similar, but weaker, powers. The bark and roots of Antirhoa are used, in the Isle of Bourbon, to 

 stop hsmorrhage ; and that of Morinda Ebyoc is used for ink. Astringent properties of a very marked 

 character are found in the juice of ~Sa.t.c\e& Gdmbir of Hunter, the L ncaria Gdmbir of Roxburgh, which 

 is often improperly confounded with Gum kino, the produce of a very different plant Some of the species 

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

 strong emetic powers. The same qualities exist in Cephaelis emetica, the CaLlicocca Ipecacuanha, and 

 Geophila reniformis, which are often used as ipecacuanha. The seed of the Coffea furnishes the valuable 

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

 cuttings. 



296. Section L Guetta'rde-E, 



£636 Guettarda L. 

 1097 Isert/a Schreb. 



6o7 Vanguitra J. 



645 Zrithalis L. 



297. Section 2. HamellCce.e. 



634 Hamel/fa J. 



298. Section 3. Gardenie\e. 

 641 Rand/a L. 



638 Gardcm'a L. 



635 Posoquiria Aub. 

 630 Cdnthium Lam. 

 640 Oxyanthus Dec. 



636 Tocoyina Aub. 

 659 Genipa Tou. 



645 Web era Schreb. 

 601 Burchelha R. Br. 

 SS6 Coccocypselum B. Br 

 524 Ophiorrhiza L. 



£ir9. Section 4. Ci.vchoxe^. 



604 Portland/a L 

 603 Coutarea Aub. 

 59S Exostemma Bich. 

 644 Pmckneya Mx. 

 599 Hymenodictyon WaL 

 000 Cinchona L. 

 1C94 Hill/a L. 

 597 Macrocncmuni L. 

 602 Rondelet/a L. 



642 Htuss&fnda L 



643 Luculia Swt. 



SCO. Se 



Cefhala'xthe_e, 



a>. iioft 



649 Nauclea L. 

 3297 Uncaria Gae. 



652 Sarcocepbalus Afz. 



361 Cephalanthus L, 1 



Mr'nida L. 

 ? 1455 Melanopsadium Col, 



301. Section 5. Hedyotide_£, 

 SSS Hecybtis IF. 

 3291 Lip6stcma D. Don 

 389 Manettia Mutis 

 S7S Bouvard/a SaL 

 5P6 Dentella Furst. 

 595 Spermad ctvon Box. 

 381 Citesb^a W. 



