MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



Class and order Dioecia Hexandria. Nat. Ord. Sar- 

 mentacece Linn. ; Asparagi Juss. [Dioscorece Brown,] 



Gen. C/l, Male. Cal. Perianth, bell-shaped in six deep 

 oblong pointed segments, most spreading in their upper 

 part. Cor. none ; Stam. filaments six, bristle-shaped, 

 shorter than the calyx ; anthers simple. Female. Cal. 

 Perianth superior, of one leaf, bell-shaped in six deep seg- 

 ments, permanent ; withering. Cor. none. Pist. germen 

 inferior, compressed, with a prominent border at one side, 

 three-celled ; styles three, the length of the calyx ; stig- 

 mas obtuse Peric. Capsule membranous of three cells, 

 without valves, crowned by the calyx ; two of the cells 

 barren, almost obliterated, without wings; the third 

 fertile, compressed, extended into a very large half ovate 

 membranous wing. Seed solitary, nearly elliptical com- 

 pressed. 



Uss. Clia. Male. Calyx in six deep segments ; corolla 

 none. Pemale. Calyx in six deep segments; corolla 

 none. Styles three. Capsule membranous with one 

 wing. Seed solitary. 



Section 1. Leaves simple. 



1. BJiastata. Halberd-leaved Raiania. Linn. Sp. PL, 

 1461. — {Jan. Baia scandens, folio oblongo, augusto et 

 auriculato, Plum. Gen., 33. Bryonia frudu alato foliis 

 auriculatis, Plum. Amer. 84, t. 98.) Leaves hastate, some- 

 what heart-shaped at the base. Gathered by Plumier, 

 about Port de Paix in the island of Hispaniola. Root 

 perennial, sometimes large and ovate, sometimes four 

 or five inches long, and two thick, round at each end like 

 a sausage. Its substance resembles that of a radish, 

 without any internal fibres ; the bark thin, ash-coloured, 

 a little rugged and warty; the flesh very white, tasting like 

 a bean. This root throws up only one very slender long 



