530 



NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



an obscure minute weed, and the latter has inelegant green flowers, curious to the botanist but ungrateful to 

 the florist. The prominent botanical character is the one-celled fruit, with a central placenta, and the stamens 

 opposite the petals. The properties of Primulacea? are feeble and of little consequence; they appear to 

 be slightly astringent and bitter ; the root of Cyclamen is acrid, and only eaten by wild boars ; the flowers of 

 the primrose and cowslip are fragrant, and mildly sudorific and soporific. Cortusa Mathiola has been used in 

 nervous disorders. Division, offsets, and seeds. 



455 



Cyclamen L. 



*0 



10 



449 Aretia L. 



454 



Dodecatheon 



0 



2 



1133 Trientalis L. 



453 



Soldanella L. 



0 



2 



461 C6ris L. 



452 



Cortusa L. 



0 



1 



456 Hottbnia L. 



451 



Primula W. 



*0 



60 



457 Z-ysimachia L. 



450 



^ndr6sace L. 



0 



10 



503 Lubinza Com. 









387. Order CXL1X. 



0 



4 



*0 



2 



*0 



1 



*o 



16 



458 Jnagallis L. 



47 Micranthemum Mx. 

 363 Centunculus L. 

 ? 618 Samolus L. 



62 Campylanthus Roth 



*0 



GLOBULA v RIj£. 



Genus 1, Species 10 ; Hot-house Species 0 ; Green-house Species 4 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 6. i 0 feet ; £ 2§ feet ; ^ 0 feet. 



Pretty alpine plants with blue flowers. The leaves of Globularia Alypum are very bitter and powerfully 

 purgative, giving at the same time a tone to the stomach and intestines. Divisions and cuttings. 



342 Globularia L. 0 6 



388. Order CL. PLUMB AGI'NEiE. 



Genera 3, Species 82 ; Hot-house Species 6 ; Green-house Species 27 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 49. f 0 feet; j£ 12 feet ; =fe 0 feet. 

 These are properly placed at the limit between Monochlamydea? and Dichlamy^lea?, to either of which they 

 are referable in the minds of some botanists, although it appears, upon the whole, to be most convenient 

 to station them where they are now arranged. They are low shrubs or herbaceous plants, with showy red or 

 blue flowers of an arid texture, inhabiting salt marshes and subalpine tracts, in the temperate latitudes 

 of both the northern and southern hemispheres. All the Statices and Armerias are fine plants worth cultiva- 

 ting. The root of Statice Limbnium is astringent and tonic ; of the Plumbagos, the root and whole plant are 

 acrid and caustic, and employed as vesicatories. Divisions, cuttings, and seeds. 



929 Statice L. *0 28 | 928 Armeria L. *0 18 | 423 Plumbago L. 0 3 



Subclass IV. MONOCHLAMY'DEiE. Perianthmm simple. 



Genera 256, Species 2628 ; Hot-house Species 669 ; Green-house Species 727 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 609 j 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 623. J 334* ft. ; £55|feet; =^6f feet. 



The absence of corolla characterises this subdivision of dicotyledonous vegetation ; but, as the term corolla 

 is subject to frequent misunderstanding, it should be borne in mind, that whenever there is only one floral 

 envelope, that envelope is to be considered calyx, whether green, as in most cases, or colored, as in the Marvel 

 of Peru. 



389. Order CLI. 



Genera 3, Species 80 ; Hot-house Species 0 ; Green-house 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 76. $ 2| feet : 



PLANTAGPNEiE. 



'pedes 2 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 2 ; 

 £ 13| ft. ; il foot. 



Little inconspicuous herbs found in waste places all over the world. The leaves are stellate, and occasionally 

 ternate ; the pubescence is jointed ; the flowers are brownish, and arrayed in dense spikes. Their leaves are 

 rather bitter and astringent ; their seeds mucilaginous and rather acrid ; those of Plantago arenaria are imported 

 in large quantities from the south of France, for the purpose of forming an infusion in which muslins are 

 washed. P. media is sometimes cultivated by farmers under the name of ribgrass. Divisions and seeds. 



*2 74 | 2621 Littorella L. *0 1 | 739 Glaux L. *0 1 



364 Plantago L. 



390. Order CLI I. NYCTAGI'NEiE. 



Genera 7, Species 47 ; Hot-house Species 21 ; Green-house Species 15 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 11. J 0 feet ; j£(3ffeet ; =fe 0 feet. 



With the exception of Mirabilis, in which the colored calyx has a showy effect, all the order consists 

 of weeds, growing often among the loose sand on the sea coast of the tropics and western hemisphere; none are 

 found in Europe. The Abronias are curious, neat, and often fragrant. The root of Mirabilis Jalapa was 

 formerly considered the jalap, which is now known to be an error ; it is however purgative, although in a less 

 degree. Boerhaavw tuberbsa is also a reputed purgative. Cuttings, divisions, and seeds. 



97 Oxybaphus R.% P. 0 5 1 405 Allionia L. 0 3 I 1135 Ylsbnia L. 



421 Mirabilis L. 0 1 19 Boerhaav?'a L. 98 Boldba Lag. 



422 Abrbnia J. 0 2 I | 



391. Order CLIII. AMARANTHA^CE^E. 



Genera 16, Species 140 ; Hot- house Species 46 ; Green-house Species 30 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 j 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 64. f 0 feet ; j£ 21 |feet; =*= 0 feet. 

 Upon this order Dr. von Martius has the following remarks : — Leaves, especially when young, of a lax soft 

 texture, abounding in saccharine, mucilaginous, and fibrous particles, and therefore fit for food. The seeds 

 are farinaceous, consisting chiefly of starch and mucus. Their virtues are nutritive, emollient, demulcent ; 

 the root of Gomphrena officinalis is tonic and stimulant. The species are either gregarious or solitary ; 

 mostly diffuse and villous, and existing in dry stony exposed places, or erect and reclining on other vegetables, 

 with little pubescence, when found on the skirts of ancient forests ; a few are found in saline coast places ; 

 finally, they are more common in low land, little elevated above the surface of the sea, than in mountainous 

 regions. They are met with in both hemispheres ; rarely under the equator, but increasing both northwards 

 and southwards as we recede from them ; they are confined to no countries in particular, but are found 

 to affect all regions of the world. Among an abundance of weeds, we distinguish a few fine plants deserving 

 cultivation, as the Globe Amaranthus, the Cockscombs, and a few species of Amaranthus, one of which, under 

 the name of Love-lies-bleeding, is commonly reared for the sake of its long, tail-like, pendent masses of crimson 

 flowers. /imarSnthus oleraceus, and a few others, are occasionally cultivated as potherbs. Cuttings and seeds. 



2628 Amaranthus L. 

 735 Celbsia L. 

 1206 Aphananthe Lk. 



732 Lestibudewa R. Br. 



733 Deeringia R. Br. 

 722 Chamissba H. & B. 



725 Clad6stachys D. Don. 

 721 Achyranthes L. 0 

 724 Desmochae^ta Dec. 

 721 Alternanthera R.Br. 

 731 JE'rua Forsk. 



723 Philoxerus R. Br. 



737 Gomphrena L. 



736 Oplotheca 'Nut. 0 

 2767 IreslneL. 

 ? 2629 Acroglbchin Schr. 0 



