Order 1. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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1493 Leaves opposite ovate rough. Flowers capitate. Heads stalked axillary 
1494 Stem erect 4-cornered and leaves lanceolate entire smooth 
1495 Leaves lanceolate entire nerveless j j 
1496 Leaves lanceolate 3-nerved veiny entire, Scape 3-cornered at the end 
1497 Leaves ovate lanceolate entire nerved dotted ^, • ^ ^ . . „ ^ 
1498 Leaves obovate lanceolate pointed at both ends ribbed, Spathe oblong acuminate flat stalked 
1499 Leaves obi. attenuated at both ends veiny entire, Middle rib convex on both sides with 3 keels at its base 
1500 Leaves cordate lobed imbricated, Spathe flat, Scape rounded 
1501 Leaves cordate acute. Lobes spreading, Spathe reflexed as long as the erect spadix 
1502 Leaves cordate lobes divaricating, Spadix much shorter than the spatha 
1503 Leaves cordate very obtuse 
1504 Leaves cordate acute, Spadix subglobose 
1505 Leaves palmated. Lobes 9 or 10 lanceolate obtuse 
1506 Leaves digitate quinate ovate acuminate 
1507 Leaves pubescent 
1508 Leaves ovate smooth ciliated. Petioles pubescent 
1509 Leaves ovate acuminate smooth flat, Stem round 
1510 Leaves ovate wavy rugose. Stem furrowed 
1511 Flowers octandrous and dodecandrous 
1512 Tufted tomentose hoary. Stems ascending simple 
1513 Leaves reniform plaited serrated. Stem and petiole smoothish. Flowers dichotomous corymbose 
1514 Leaves reniform 9-lobed beneath with the stem and petioles silky. Flowers fastigiate clustered sessile 
1515 Leaves reniform 7-lobed toothed silky beneath, Corymbs terminal , „ ^ 
1516 Leaves digitate in sevens lanceolate acute, from the middle to the end deeply serrated silky beneath 
1517 Leaves digi'^ate in fives or sevens lanceolate cuneate obtuse serrated or toothed at the end silky beneath 
1518 Leaves three together. Leaflets ciliated multifid smooth 
1519 Leaves three parted. Segments trifid pubescent. Flowers clustered monandrous 
1520 Spike ovate. Stamens shorter than the cor. Cal. and leaves smooth. Leaflets ovate subcordate 
1521 Leaflets cordate lanceolate crenate toothed quite smooth. Stamens shorter than corolla 
1.522 Leaflets subsessile ovate-lanceolate finely serrated. Spikes cylindrical. Stamens longer than coroUa 
1523 Spikes cylindrical. Stamens longer than corolla, Cal. somewhat ciliated 
1524 Spikes cylindrical very long. Stamens much longer than coroUa 
1525 Leaves cordate oval obtuse crenulate. Receptacles orbicular 
1526 Leaves cordate angular acute. Receptacles quadrangular 
1527 Leaves cordate or pinnatifid palmate serrated. Receptacles quadrangular 
1528 Leaves cordate sagittate undulated toothed large. Receptacles oval 
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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
stitute the principal part of the food of the American thrush or nightingale ; they contain a very oily seed, and 
after the bird has swallowed many of them he frequently flies to the next bird-pepper bush (Capsicum), and 
picksa few pods : instinct directing him to what is necessary to promote the digestion of that oleaginous heavy food. 
254. Oamphorosma. Barbarously named from two words, the one Latin {camphora), and the other Greek 
((xr^Mjl, signifying a smell of camphor. The plant abounds with a volatile oily salt, and is warm and stimulat- 
ing ; but its appearance has nothing to recommend it. 
255. Alchemilla. Named, as Linnseus asserts, from its supposed alchymical purposes ; but, as others main- 
tain, from its Arabic appellation dlkemelyeh. (J. de Souxa, p. 52.) A. vulgaris is eaten readily by horses, sheep, 
and goats, and is considered a good herbage-plant where it abounds in upland pastures. A. alpina is an elegant 
species, common on many of the Highland mountains, and supposed by Lightfoot and others to aid consider- 
ably in giving the peculiarly excellent flavor to Highland mutton. A. aphanes is a worthless weed. 
256. Sanguisorba. From sanguis, blood, and sorbere, to absorb. The plant has passed for an excellent vulne- 
rary. This genus greatly resembles Poterium {Monoecia Polyan.), and Professor Martyn observes, that it is 
certainly a defect in the Linn£ean system that two genera so similar in habit should be placed so far apart. A 
profound remark, and quite worthy the professor of botany of Cambridge. Alas ! poor Linneeus ! if he could 
rise from his grave he would have little cause to congratulate himself upon the aid of those who call themselves 
his champions, and the expounders of his system. 
257. Dorstenia. In memory of Theodore Dorsten, a German, author of a woric entitled Botanicon, printed 
in 1740. Its flowers, says Linnaeus, are like the works of Dorsten, they have little to recommend them. The 
roots are imported under the name of Contrayerva roots, and used both in medicine and dying. 
