NATURAL ^ARRANGEMENT. 



515 



228. Tribe 1. Lavoisie v re^;. 

 1363 Meriana Swz. 



229. Tribe 2. Rhexie\e. 

 lig. 0. herb. 4. £ 2 ft. 

 1182. iZhexia-L. 0 4 



230. Tribe 3. Osbe'cki.e. 



1181 Osbeck^z L. 

 1356 Melastoma L. 

 1360 Pleroma D. Don 

 1362 Acibtis D.Don 



231. Tribe 4. Miconie\e. 

 1359 Clidemia D. Don 

 1361 Tocbca Aub. 

 1358 Chitonia D. Don 

 3345 Cha?togastra Dec. 

 1357 Micbma R. & P. 

 1425 Blakea L. 



232. Order LXXXII. ALANGIE^. 



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

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. £ 32§ ft. ; j£ 0 feet; & 0 feet. 



Showy trees, natives of India, with the branches usually spinescent, alternate exstipulate ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate feather-nerved quite entire leaves, and the flowers which are white rising in fascicles from the 

 axilla? of the leaves ; the fruit is edible. The order only consists of one genus; it differs from Myrtacea? in the 

 petals being more numerous and in the anthers being adnate, as well as in the fruit being one-celled. Cuttings. 



1494 Alangium J. 



233. Order LXXXIII. PHILADE'LPHEiE. 



Genera 2, Species 18 ; Hot-house Species 0 ; Green-house Species 0 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 18 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. 2. 7 f" eet ; l£ 0 feet ; 4 0 feet. 



This consists at present of a single genus, which was formerly referred to Myrtaceas, but which has lately 

 been separated with much acuteness by Mr. Don. The species are hardy ornamental shrubs, natives of North 

 America, with white flowers ; in some cases fragrant. Nothing is known of their properties. Cuttings and 

 layers. 



1479 Philadelphus L. 15 0~\ 1433 Decumaria L. 3 0 



234. Order LXXXIV, MYRTA N CEi£. 



Genera 37, Species 293 ; Hot-house Species 85 ; Green-house Species 208 ; Hardy L.igneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. $0 feet : ]£ 0 feet ; =fe 0 feet. 



Dotted leaves with marginal ribs, and an inferior ovarium and single style, are the great features of 

 Myrtaces. They are all fine evergreen shrubs or trees, generally bearing white flowers, and in the first section 

 producing fleshy fruit. It is there that the Allspice, the Clove, the Rose-apple, and the Guava find their 

 station, by the side of the common myrtle. The section with capsular fruit comprehends, with the exception 

 of the gigantic Eucalyptuses, almost wholly handsome hard-wooded New Holland or South Sea shrubs, with 

 white or crimson flowers and stamens : yellow flowers are very uncommon. The volatile oil contained in the 

 little reservoirs of the bark, the leaves, and the floral envelopes, gives these plants the fragrance which has 

 caused them to be celebrated by poets of all ages. It is very aromatic, a little acrid, and slightly tonic and 

 stimulant, whether it is under the form of Cajeputi oil, the produce of Melaleuca Leucaddndron, or of oil of 

 cloves or of myrtle. In the clove this oil is so abundant as to constitute nearly a fifth of the whole weight of 

 the calyxes that produce it. There is also a considerable proportion of astringent principle in these plants ; in 

 the bark of Myrtus U'gni and multiflora of Chile, and Jambbsa malaccensis, it is so abundant as to render a 

 decoction of those plants of great use in cases of dysentery. Eucalyptus resinifera produces an astringent 

 subresinous substance resembling gum kino. The leaves of the Chilian myrtles, Leptospermum scoparium, 

 and some other species, have been used as substitutes for tea. Cuttings and seeds. 



235. Tribe 1. Chablelanchte v .e. 

 1495 Calytrix Lab. 



1931 Comesperma Lab. 

 1372 DarwintYz Rud. 



236. Tribe 2. Leptospe'rme^e. 

 237. Subtribe 1. Melaleucece. 



2180 Tristania It. Sr. 



2182 Beaufort/a R. Br. 



2183 Billbtta Coll. 



218 1 Calothamnus Lab. 

 2179 Melaleuca L. 

 3393 Astartea Dec. 



2184 Euddsmia B. Br. 



238. Subtribe 2. Euleptospirmece. 

 1493 Eucalyptus Herit. 



1483 Callistemon B. Br. 

 1482 Metrosideros Gae. 



3360 Angophora Cav. 



3361 Acmena Dec. 



1480 Leptospermum Forst. 



1481 Fabricia Gae. 

 1172 B&'ckia L. 



239. Tribe 3. My'rte;e. 



1485 Nelitris Gae. 



1484 Psidium L. 



1489 Myrtus L. 



3364 Myrcia Dec 



3365 Syxygium Gae. 

 1492 Olynthia Lindl. 

 1491 Pimenta Lindl. 



1490 Calyptranthes Swz. 



1488 Caryophyllus L. 

 1487 Eugem'a L. 

 3363 Jambbsa Rum. 

 3362 Josslnia Com. 



240. Tribe 4. Barringtonie^vE. 



2039 Barringtoma Forst. 



2040 Stravadium J. 



2041 Gustav/o L. 



241. Tribe 5. Lecythi'deje. 

 1588 Lecythis L. 

 1586 Bertholet?a H. & B. 



2042 Careya Rox. 



242. Doubtful. 

 1427 Agathophyllum J. 



243. Order LXXXV. CUCURBITA V CE^E. 

 Genera 18, Species 123 ; Hot-house Species 27 ; Green-house Species 54 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 42. ± 0 feet ; £ 41^ ft. ; 40 feet. 

 Here is the station of the gourd, the melon, and the cucumber, succulent climbing vegetables, the fruit of 

 which administers to us many of our comforts and necessities. The importance of the gourd in hot countries 

 is of the highest degree, where, from the nature of the climate, few of those culinary vegetables that are so 

 abundant in the north can be made to succeed. Among these tribes of climbing annuals, the papaw tree is a 

 remarkable deviation from the ordinary character of the vegetation. Its fruit, however, and flowers are in all 

 respects those of Cucurbitacea?. The fruit is mostly sweet, watery, refreshing, and pleasant to the palate ; but 

 the coloquintida gourd, the spirting cucumber, and the Trichosanthes amara, are all possessed ot violent 

 bitter, drastic, purgative qualities, which are, indeed, to be found, in a slight degree, even in the mildest of 

 the eatable gourds. M. Decandolle observes, that as the violent action of the Colocinth resin is much 

 softened by the mixture with it of gum, it is probable that the difference in the fruits of the order depends 

 upon the different proportions between these two substances. The seeds of the gourd, like those of the 

 passion-flower, possess none of the properties of the pulp ; they are sweet and nutty, and readily form an 

 emulsion. The roots of the bryony are purgative, but also contain a wholesome faecula. It is said that the roots 

 of a species of bryony are eaten in Abyssinia, after being merely boiled. There are some Cucurbitacea?, the 

 roots of which are intensely bitter ; those of one of this description are used in Peru, to remove the pains 

 attendant upon inveterate venereal disorders. Seeds. 



9695 Lagenaria Ser. 



2699 Cucumis L. 

 «630 Lvffa Cav. 

 2860 Beninchsa Savi 

 2704 Prybnia L. 



2700 Sicyos L. 



2701 Elaterium L. 

 2697 Momordica L. 

 2703 Neurosperma Bafl. 



2702 SechiumPr. 

 2591 MehSthria L. 

 2694 Trichosanthes L. 



L 1 2 



2696 Ceratosanthes Brm. 

 2832 JollirHa Boj. 

 2698 Cucurbita L. 0 

 2589 Jngiiria Tou. 

 720 Gronbvi'a L. 

 ?2801 Caricai. 



