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NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



99. Order XXXVII. AUR ANTI A^CEJi. 



Genera 11, Species 32 ; Hot-house Species 12 ; Green-house Species 20 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

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



These are also known under the name of Hesperidece. They consist of trees or shrubs of the greatest beauty 

 and utility. The well-known orange and lemon are the representatives of the order, the characters of which 

 are so well defined that there is no material deviation from the type afforded by those species. The thick 

 leaves, articulated with the petiole, and abounding in transparent reservoirs of odoriferous oil, are the most 

 obvious peculiarities. The flowers are fragrant, and the fruit in all cases fleshy, and generally eatable. The 

 wood is particularly close-grained. The volatile oil contained in the reservoirs of the leaves and fruit possesses 

 powerful tonic and stimulating properties. M. Decandolle thus explains the singular structure of the fruit of 

 the orange. In the opinion of this learned botanist it consists, first, of a thick, valveless, indehiscent indusium 

 or coat, which is most likely to be considered a continuous torus. Secondly, of several carpella, verticillate 

 around an imaginary axis, often separable without laceration ; membranous, and either containing seeds only, 

 or filled with pulp, lying in innumerable little bags proceeding from the inner coats of the cells. Cuttings, and 

 sometimes by layers, budding, grafting, and inarching. 



1322 Atalanb'a Corr. 

 654 Triphasia Lou. 

 1320 Limbnia L. 

 1327 Cookm Sonn. 



1326 Murray^ Kon. 

 1321 Bergera Kon. 

 1324 Claushia Brm. 

 1323 Glyc6smis Corr. 



1325 Ferbnia Corr. 

 1585 JE s g\e Corr. 

 2187 Citrus L. 



100. Order XXXVIII. HYPERICI'NEiE. 



Genera 7, Species 90; Hot-house Species 4 ; Green house Species 34 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 14: 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 38. ± 9| ft. ; £ IH ft. J g= 0 feet 



The whole of these abound in a resinous juice, and are in most cases glandular in some degree. Their leaves 

 are all dotted, and, which is very remarkable, the dots are often black, even upon the yellow petals. These 

 latter have a singular obliquity, which is not indicated by their outline, but by the arrangement of their 

 veins. The juice just noticed as abundant in this order is yellow, viscid, rather bitter, often purgative or 

 anthelmintic, and so very analogous to Gamboge, that the juice of Hypericum baccatum, and some other 

 Guiana species, has received the name of American Gamboge. Most Hypericineze are bitter, and slightly 

 astringent, whence they have been used as febrifuges. A small part of the order is tropical ; but in its most 

 genuine form it consists of herbaceous or undershrubby plants, delighting in the shade of groves and thickets 

 in the cooler parts of Europe and Asia. Nearly all the flowers are yellow ; those of H. cochinchinense are 

 dull red. Seeds, division, or cuttings. 



101. 



Suborder I. HYPERLCP- 



NEJE VE^RJE. 



102. Tribe I. Vismie\e. 



2191 Hardnga Thou. 



2192 Vismea Van. 



103. Tribe 2. Hyperi'ce.e. 

 lig. 14. herb. 31. f 9| ft;£14|ft. 



2043 ^ndros£e*mum All. 0 *1 

 2190 Hypericum L. *14 37 



2044 J'scyrum L. 

 300 ? Elodea Mx. 



104. Suborder II. HYPERLCP 

 NE2E ANO'MALjE. 



1611 Carpodontos Lab. 



105. Order XXXIX. GUTTI'FERJE. 



Genera 11, Species 28 ; Hot-house Species 26; Green-house Species 2; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. 1 0 feet ; £ 0 feet; 0 feet. 



Trees or shrubs found in the hottest parts of the world, and well known by their thick entire opposite leaves 

 and resinous juice. In the countries where they grow they are of great importance. One, the Garcinia 

 Mangostana, bears a fruit, the equal of which is supposed not to exist. The well known Gamboge is the in- 

 spissated juice of Garcinwt Gambbgia, and, perhaps, other species; the juice of others is found an efficacious 

 vermifuge, and also a remedy for the chiggers, one of the worst pests of equinoctial America. The bark and 

 fruit of many Garcinias are astringent. The unripe fruits of Grias cauliflora are pickled. The flowers of all 

 the order being showy, the foliage good, and the properties interesting, every species deserves cultivation. 

 Cuttings or layers. 



106. Tribe 1. Clusie\e. 

 2877 Clhsifl L. 

 3369 Godoya R. & P. 

 1581 Bonnets Schreb. 



107. Tribe 2. Garcinie\e. 

 1429 Garcinta L. 



108. Tribe 3. Calophy'lle2e. 

 1580 Mammea L. 



2188 Xanthoehymus Rox. 

 1579 Calopln'llum L. 



2189 Pentadesma R. Er. 



109. Tribe 4. Symphonie x 

 1439 CaneUla P. Er. 



110. Doubtful. 

 1578 Grias L. 

 1533 ? Rheedm I* 



111. Order XL. MARCGRAAVIA v CEiE. 



Genera 4, Species 6; Hot-house Species 6; Green-house Species 0; Hardy Ligneous Species 0- 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. £ 0 feet ; £ 0 feet ; =*= 0 feet. 



Very curious half-climbing shrubs, all natives of hot countries. Some of them bear among the flowert,, 

 which are large and showy, singular hollow bodies, like the pitchers of Sarraceiw. The order has been well 

 illustrated by Professor Hooker, in the 160th article of his Exotic Flora. Cuttings. 



112. Suborder I. MAR CGR A VIE^JE. 



1543 Antholoma Lab. 

 1542 Maicgrkvia Plu. 



113. Suborder II. NORA'NTEJE. 



1544 Nor ante a Aub. 

 688 Ruyschm Jac. 



114. Order XLI. HIPPOCRATEA^CE.E. 



Genera 5, Species 13; Hot-house Species 13; Green-house Species 0 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

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



Little is known of this order. The species are tropical arborescent or climbing shrubs, with opposite simple 

 leaves, and small inconspicuous flowers. The genus Tonstlla contains some species known in Sierra Leone as 

 bearing poisonous fruit. Cuttings. 



J™ *?ippocrate« L. | 101 Tonsella Vahl I IIippocratea^ce^e spu^rle. 



102 A'nthodon R. Sf P. \ 103 Jahnia Rox. | 1926 Trigonia Aub/. 



