Order I. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 135 
Leaves sessile. 
2143 Stem erect simple. Leaves oval sessile tooth-crenate smooth above. Flowers spiked 
2144 Leaves sublyrate. Flowers sessile 
2145 Leaves | decurrent tomentose on both sides. Stem branched, Three filaments hairy in the middle 
2146 Leaves nearly naked lower oblong attenuated at base upper cord. acum. sess. Racemes panic. Stam. beard. 
2147 Leaves ovate oblong at base atten. toment. obsoletely cren. Racemes spiked elongate, Fl. without bractes 
2148 Leaves ovate sessile beneath closely woolly. Stem branched, Filaments bearded 
2149 Leaves wedge-shaped oblong naked above, Stem angular panicled 
2150 Leaves ovate oblong subserrate powdery on both sides. Stem rounded panicled. Hairs of stamens white 
2151 Leaves subvillous rugose cauline subsessile equally crenate. Radical oblong cordate doubly crenate 
2152 Stems virgate simple. Leaves cordate ovate rugose crenate woolly beneath, Pedunc. with 1 bract, solitary 
2153 Leaves oblong cordate stalked wavy crenate subpubescent 
2154 Leaves naked radical uneq. toothed. Caul. lane, toothed wedge-shaped at base, Stem naked, Rac. elong. 
2155 Leaves oblong lane, toothed sessile radical sublyrate pubescent, Stem branched. Flowers aggreg. sessile 
2156 Leaves stem-clasping oblong smooth doubly serrated. Peduncles 1-flowered solitary 
2157 Leaves naked lower obi. stalked upper obi. lane. Stem simple pub. Raceme term. Stalks altern. very short 
2158 Leaves naked radical sinuated cauline oblong cordate stem-olasping coarsely toothed, Pedunc. alternate 
2159 Leaves tomentose radical bipinnatifid cauline pinnati-fid. Flowers clustered sessile 
2160 Leaves cut naked, Stem leafy, Calyxes woolly, Pedunc. 2-flowered 
2161 Leaves ovate oblong beneath hoary the lower narrowed at base upper subcordate, Racemes lax panicled 
2162 Leaves cordate acuminate. Spike lax downy. Two lower stamens decHnate smooth 
2163 Stem leafy prickly shrubby 
2164 The upper spines very large converging at the top of the pericarp 
2165 Leaves ovate smooth angular toothed. Pericarp prickly 
2166 Leaves ovate subcordate smooth angular toothed. Stem spotted. Pericarp prickly 
2167 Leaves ovate angular. Pericarps tuberculated nodding 
2168 Leaves cordate nearly entire pubescent. Pericarps prickly globose nodding 
2169 Leaves ovate angular toothed smooth. Stem hollow herbaceous. Pericarps smooth erect 
2170 Leaves ovate lanceolate wavy beneath hoary. Stems dichotomous comute. Pericarps obovate pendulous 
2171 Leaves oblong entire smooth. Calyxes 5-toothed 
2172 Leaves oblong entire powdery. Stalks and branches pubescent, Cal. spathaceous acuminate 
2173 Leaves lanceolate acute pubescent. Stem rounded 
2174 Leaves ellipt. lanceolate obtuse smooth. Stem rounded. Peduncles long 1-flowered 
2175 Leaves ovate lane, pedunc. trichotomous, Genitals very long 
2176 Leaves cordate 
2177 Stem herbaceous the upper leaves 4 together 
2178 Stem simple. All the leaves opposite sessile lanceolate oval 
2179 Leaves sinuated. Calyxes closed acute-angled 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
divisions of the branches, have a loose tubular calyx nearly four inches long, which, opening like a spathe, a 
corolla is protruded, with a narrow trumpet-shaped tube, which spreads wide at the brim, where it is divided 
into five angles, which terminate in very long points : they are white within, pale yellow outside, and one tree 
will perfume the air of a large garden. It flowers freely in the bark-stove, in a moist heat. 
378. Lisianthus. From kva-ig, dissolution, and ocv^os, a flower ; a name given to the plant on account of the 
medical virtues possessed by it of dissolving humours. It is a powerful cathartic. The species are very hand- 
some stove plants. Cuttings root readily in sand under a bell-glass. 
379. Spigelia. So named by Linneeus, in honor of Adrian Spigelius, born at Brussels in 1578 ; professor of 
anatomy and surgery at Padua ; author of Isagoge in rem Herbariam ; died in 1625. 
S. anthelmia is so named from its peculiar efficacy in destroying worms, for which it has been long in use 
among the negroes in the West Indies. Dr. Browne, after a number of successful experiments, says it operates 
in so extraordinary a manner, that no other simple can be of equal efficacy in any other disease, as this is in 
those which proceed from these insects. {Hist, of Jamaica.) The same plant procures sleep almost as cer- 
tainly, and in an equal degree with opium. 
S. marilandica is used as a vermifuge in North America, and according to Dr. Garden, {Letters to Dr. Hope,) 
with very powerful effects. The annual plant may be treated like other tender annuals ; but S. marilandica is 
rather difficult to preserve ; according to Sweet, " it requires to be grown in a pot, that it may be protected 
from severe frosts, or too much wet : it wiU sometimes survive the winters when planted in the open ground 
in a bed of peat : the best soil for it is an equal mixture of loam and peat, and young cuttings, planted under a 
hand-glass, root readily." {Bot. Cult. 424.) 
380. Nicandra. Nicander was a Greek physician, who lived about a century and half before Christ. The 
genus was formed by Adanson ; it consists of the Atropa physaloides of Linnaeus. The Indians of Peru make 
use of the berries of this plant to bring away gravel, and to relieve persons who have a stoppage of urine. 
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