Order I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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2342 The only species. Leaves 4 together subsessile ovate oblong, Flowers in villous fascicles 
2343 A small prickly-leaved bush without branches and with terminal clusters 
2344 Leaves very long lanceolate retuse toothed spinous 
2345 Stems herbaceous prostrate, Leaves oblong lanceolate smooth. Flowers stalked, Cal. ciliated 
2346 Stems procumbent, Leaves ellipt. lane, smooth at edge. Flowers stalked. Teeth of cal. lanceolate 
2347 Stems nearly erect, Leaves ovate ciliated. Flowers stalked. Teeth of calyx setaceous elongated 
2348 Stem herbaceous erect square. Leaves lanceolate, Flowers twin or solitary stalked 
2349 Stem erect. Flowers twin sessile. Leaves ovate oblong, Stalks 2-toothed at the base 
2350 Leaves lin. lane. 3 together ribbed beneath. Sepals squarrose, Nect. flat 3-toothed 
2351 Leaves linear lane. 3 together. Corona filamentose. Anthers at end feathery 
2352 Leaves ovate oblong shortly acuminate smooth. Corymbs terminal, Tube of cor. 6 times as long as calyx 
2353 Leaves obi. lanceol. subacuminate smooth. Corymbs terminal. Tube of cor. 4 or 5 times as long as calyx 
2354 Leaves ellipt. lane, and ovate acum. smooth. Branches and corymbs divar. Tube of cor. twice as long as cal. 
2355 Stems sarmentose, ]Leaves oblong, Pedunc. 2-flowered 
2356 Pedunc. many-flowered. Cor. cylindrical hairy outside, Leaves ovate mucronate pubescent beneath 
2357 Pedunc. racemose. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, Follicles torulose very long 
2358 Pedunc. umbelled, Leaves ovate obtuse mucronate 
2359 Leaves oval lanceolate acute at base the lowest linear, Flowers in fascicled corymbs 
2360 Prickles two extra-foliaceous, Leaves lanceolate smooth, Cor. hypocrateriform 
2361 Panicle terminal, Cal. spreading as long as corolla, Leaves ovate mucronate 
2362 Stem erect rounded. Leaves oval acuminate smooth. Flowers terminal in threes 
2363 Stem erect angular. Leaves ovate lanceolate obsoletely crenate. Corymbs axillary dichotomous 
2364 Leaves ovate lanceolate entire strongly marked with crimson veins 
2365 Stem erect shrubby. Leaves lanceolate oval, Cor. acute. Throat villous 
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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
&c. by rivers and torrents : the leaves are acrid and poisonous. Young cuttmgs planted under a hand-glass, 
and placed on a little heat, root freely. 
N. odorum and its varieties, though treated as a greenhouse plant, requires a stove to make it flower freely. 
412. Wrif^htia. Named after Dr. William Wright, a Scotch physician, who resided some years in the West 
Indies at the end of the last century, and the author of one or two botanical tracts. W. antidysenterica is 
reputed to be a specific in the dysentery. The wood is well adapted for the turner, and to make cabinets and 
other elegant furniture. It is very white, and of a fine grain like ivory, only much lighter. It mixes admir- 
ably with ebony. 
W. zeylanica is an elegant branched shrub, with whitish yellow flowers and an agreeable odor. Both species 
may be treated hke Nerium. 
413. Echites. A name employed by Pliny as the designation of a kind of Clematis ; it is derived from ix'?, a 
viper, on account of the twisting nature of its shoots. This is a genus of plants somewhat singular in habit, 
with opposite, veined, shining leaves, and flowers in peduncles void of scent. They all flower freely, and root 
readily under a hand-glass in sand. 
E. biflora supports itself partly by stems, and partly by twining on trees, hence frequently acquiring the air 
of a tree. It grows in salt marshes. 
E suberecta climbs : when it grows in savannahs it does not rise above three feet, and sometimes not more 
than one foot high. 
^ ''^"^inolenta is remarkable for the beauty of its foliage, the veins of which are stained with crimson. 
-tl* Ichnocarpus. An unexplained name, the meaning of which is unknown. Climbing shrubs of Sierra 
Leone and the East Indies, with long branches covered with smooth entire leaves, and white sweet-scented 
flowers. Cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 
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