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NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



a single style. From this form there are some anomalous variations, such as CircseVz and Lopezza, which are, 

 however, easily reconciled to the usual structure of the order. Most of the genera are preeminently beauti- 

 ful ; as Epilbbium, Oenothera, and Fuchsia, which are old favorites among gardeners. The properties of 

 Onagraria? are little known, and probably very weak. The leaves of Jussia?\z peruviana are used as an emol- 

 lient poultice, the seed of Trapa natans as an eatable nut, and the root of ffinothera biennis as a sort of 

 salad. Cuttings and seeds. 



Montinie\e. 1184 Gaura L. 0 4 



1183 ffinothera L. *0 58 



1185 Clarkia Ph. 0 1 



212. Tribe 1. 

 2762 Montima L. 

 ? 1462 Visnea L 

 ? 1187 Gela Lour. 



213. Tribe 2. 

 1188 Fuchsia L. 



Fuchsie\e. 



214. Tribe 3. 



lig. 0. herb. 

 6 Epilc 



Ona\jre,e. 

 6. £ 22 ft.; =&3 ft. 

 pilobium L. *0 23 



215. Tribe 4. Jussieu\e. 

 lig. 0. herb. 5. £3|ft. 



1353 Jussieua L. 

 404 Ludwigia L. 0 

 340 Isnarda L. *0 



216. Tribe 5. Circ;e\?e. 

 lig. 0. herb. 7. £4| ft. 

 18 Lopezia Cav. 0 4 



*0 3 



85 Circa? a L. 



217. Tribe 6. HydrocaVyes. 

 lig. 0. herb. I. =*= 1 ft. 

 403 Trapa L. 0 1 



218. Order LXXVII. HALORA'GE^E. 



Genera 7, Species 12 ; Hot-house Species 0 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 9. ± Ofeet; £ 3 feet; i4Jfeet. 



Obscure weeds, chiefly distinguished from Onagraria? by their naked and solitary ovula. They are natives 

 of moist places or ponds, in various parts of Europe and North America. Some of the species of Haloragis are 

 tropical. They are not known to possess any medicinal properties. Division and seeds, sometimes by cuttings. 



219. Tribe 1. Cercodia'n^;. 



lig. 0. herb. 5. £ 3 ft. ; *= 3 ft. 

 2622 Serpicula L. 



420 Gonocarpus Thun. 0 1 

 1224 Haloragis Forst. 



299 Proserpinaca L. 

 2652 Myriophyllum 



220. Tribe 2. CALLiTRicHi'NEiE. 

 lig. 0. herb. 3. *=l|ft. 

 28 Callitriche W. *0 3 



221. Tribe 3. Hippuri'de^e. 



lig. 0. herb. 1. *= 3 ft. 

 24 Hippuris L. *0 1 



222. Order LXXVII I. CERATOPHY'LLEiE. 



Genus 1, Species 2 ; Hot-house Species 0; Green-house Species 0; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 2. £ 0 feet ; £ 0 feet ; 3 feet. 



Aquatic plants, with the habit of il/yriophyllum. The order consists only of Ceratophyllum, which contains 

 two species, both natives of lakes and ditches in Britain. Seeds. 



2651 Ceratophyllum L. 



*0 2 



223. Order LXXIX. LYTHRARIE^ or SALICA"RIiE. 



Genera 11, Species 61; Hot-house Species 23 ; Green-house Species 13 ; Hardy Ligneous Species C I; 

 iZa>-o> Herbaceous Species 25. £ 0 feet ; £ 10| ft. ; 41 foot. 



Most of these are very showy plants, in particular the genera Zythrum and Lagerstroe"Wa, which are the 

 representatives of the order. They are chiefly natives of temperate climates, on mountains and among bushes. 

 Peplis is a common bog plant in England. Heimz'a is remarkable for its yellow flowers. Little is known of 

 the properties of Salicariae ; they are mostly astringent ; the common Salicaria is used in inveterate diarrhoeas ; 

 a species of Lythrum is used in Mexico as a vulnerary and astringent ; and Lawsbm'a, which is used by the 

 Turkish women to stain their nails, is also supposed to possess similar properties. There is a plant of this order 

 called Hanchinol in Mexico, which is said to possess much more remarkable powers than any of the preceding ; 

 its expressed juice, taken in doses of four ounces, excites violent perspiration and secretion of urine, and is 

 said to cure Venereal disorders in an incredibly short space of time. Cutting, division, and seeds. 



224. Tribe 1. Salicarie\e. 



lig. 0. herb 25. £10| ft. 1 ft. 

 1100 Peplis L. *0 2 



397 Ammanm'a L. 0 12 



1451 Zythrum L. *0 9 



1454 Cuphea P. Br. 



1365 Acisanthera J. 



1453 He'um'a Lk. 



1452 Nesae\z Com. 0 1 



3348 Decadon Gm 0 1 



1180 Laws6n/'a I/. 

 1150 Grislea L. 



225. Tribe 2. Lagerstrosmie^. 

 1587 Lagerstrce^mz'a L. 



226. Order LXXX. TAMARISCI'NEiE. 



Genus 1, Species 6 ; Hot-house Species 3 ; Green-house Species 0 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 3 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. ± 17| ft. ; £ 0 feet ; =*= 0 feet. 



Shrubs, rarely herbs, with twiggy branches, small entire scale-like leaves which are usually glaucous, and 

 small white or rose-coloured flowers which are disposed in spikes or racemose spikes. This order differs from 

 Onagrariae in the ovary being free, and in the imbricate aestivation of the calyx ; and from Lythrarieaa in the 

 petals being inserted at the bottom of the calyx, as well as in its aestivation. The species are natives of 

 Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some of the kinds of Tamarix have an astringent tonic bark, and yield, when 

 burnt, a large proportion of sulphate of soda. Cuttings. 



899 ramarixi. *3 0 



227. Order LXXX1. MELASTOMA % CEiE. 



Genera 12, Species 76 ; Hot-house Species 69 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 4. JO feet; £ 2 feet ; 4 0 feet. 



All these are remarkable as handsome tropical shrubs or trees, with large purple or white flowers, and leaves 

 with several costae, or nerves as they are incorrectly termed. The genera admitted in the body of the work 

 are those received by the greater part of previous writers ; they have been much increased, and apparently 

 with great propriety, by Mr. D. Don. The species are generally ill treated in collections, where they are not 

 unfrequently to be found under the form of sickly stunted plants, instead of noble broad-leaved spreading 

 shrubs, with masses of brilliant flowers. To be grown well they require much heat, much moisture during the 

 summer, and much pit-room and head-room. The fruit of true Melastomas is a fleshy insipid juicy berry, 

 which is for the most part eatable, and is often so deep a black as to dye the teeth and mouths of those who 

 eat it. They are nearly related to Myrtacea;, from which they differ in the want of essential oil, and of the 

 dot-like reservoirs of the leaves which contain it. The juice of the leaves of Micbnia succosa and alata is used 

 as a lotion for recent wounds by the inhabitants of Guiana. Cuttings and seeds. 



