Order III* 
TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 
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1804 Nuts 4 horned. Spines spreading 
1805 Nuts 2 horned 
1806 Erect branched smooth. Leaves altern. lane, hoary beneath, Caps, large crowned with the col. Ivs, ofcal. 
1807 Leaves alternate lanceolate, Flowers axillary solitary subsessile. Stem rounded diftuse. 
DIGYNIA. 
1808 Flowers sessile, Orifice of cor. naked, Stigma acute 
1809 Flowers sessile. Stamens with a scale at their base, Stigma acute 
1810 A species of which no account has yet been published. Shoots short white 
1811 Flowers .^-cleft. Segments oblate rounded, Anthers sessile, Stigmas pileate 
1812 All over warted. Color dull brown. Shoots very long 
1813 Stem branched at end. Branches erect. Calyx scariose at edge 
1814 Leaves obovate acutely toothed cordate with a small sinus 
1815 Pods jointed compressed arcuate. Pet. 3-lobed the outside smooth at the back 
1816 Pods knotty rounded pendulous, Petals smooth the 2 outer ovate oblong pendulous 2 inner 3-parted 
1817 Pods not jointed erect compressed, Pet. smooth outer wedge-shaped about 3-lobed uiner trifid the lateral 
lobes 2-lobed the middle one small 
TETRAGYNIA. 
1818 Leaves ovate and subcordate acuminate subserrated pubescent 
1819 Leaves lanceolate ovate obtuse crenated. Flowers monogynous. Style quadrifid 
1820 Leaves elliptical crenated subcoriaceous. Stigmas 2-4 sessile 
1821 Leaves ovate acute spiny shining waved. Flowers axillary umbelled 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
bryo. The stalk twines about some other plant, contrary to the sun's apparent motion, or from right to left, 
sending out from the inner surface a number of little vesicles which attach themselves to the bark of the sup- 
porting plant. By degrees, the longitudinal vessels of the stalk shoot from their extremities, and insinuate 
themselves so intimately with it, that it is easier to break than to disengage them. Plants raised from seed 
soon die when they have no "plant to which they can attach themselves. They adhere to the ground by the 
original root, and draw a part of their nutriment from thence at first ; but the original root withers away as 
soon as the young stem has fixed itself to any other plant. 
C. euro )£Ba may be sown in peat soil by the sides of other plants ; in a wild state it is commonly found in 
hedges, and on hops, brambles, woody nightshade, fern, thistles, hemp; as also on flax, nettles, clover, 
grass, &c. 
C. epithymum will thrive well on any small shrub when once it has got hold. According to Sweet, " it will 
flower freely, and be very handsome." 
C. chinensis may be treated like C. europsa. 
311. Bufonia. So named after the celebrated Count de BufFon. It is slender, like the botanical acquirements 
of that illustrious naturalist. Some say that Linnaeus slily dropped an / in the name. 
312. Hamamelis. Horaomelis is the name under which Athenseus describes a fruit like an apple. This is 
another of the not very commendable freaks of gentlemen who name genera ; the present plant being more 
like a hazel-nut than an apple-tree. In New England this tree has ripe fruit and fresh blossoms at the same 
time. 
313. Hypecoum. From y^'^;^s<w, to rattle, on account of the noise the seeds make in the pods. It is not im- 
possible that Hypecoum procumbens is the Hypecoon of Pliny : the wild Cumin of Gerarde. The juice of all 
the species is yellow, like that of celandine, and is said to have the same effect as opium. 
314. Myginda. So named by Jacquin, in honor of Counsellor Mygind of Vienna j a botanical amateur and 
patron. A tree resembling some kind of Ilex. 
315. Ilex. A word upon which much ingenuity and learning have been tortured in vain. De Theis derives 
it from ec or ac, a point in Celtic ; but that explanation apphes better to the specific name acquifolium. 
1. aquifolium is one of our most beautiful shrubs or low trees, displaying either character, according to situa- 
tion, age, and application by art. It is found in most parts of Europe, and in North America, Japan, Cochin- 
