Order I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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2395 Leaves lanceolate ovate acuminate. Peduncles clustered axillary and lateral 
2396 Leaves terminal oblong lanceolate smooth wavy at edge, Branches lax 
2397 Spiny, Branches spreading pubescent. Leaves oval lanceolate smooth above beneath woolly 
2398 Spiny bushy loosely reclinate. Sterile branches divaricate divided, Leaves small obovate smooth 
2399 Unarmed, Leaves evergreen oblong lanceolate acute at each end prickly serrate. Berries large 
2400 Leaves rounded edged veiny coriaceous smooth on both sides 
2401 Leaves ovate with parallel veins beneath tomentose shining 
2402 Leaves falcate ovate beneath downy shining 
240S Leaves oblong acuminate beneath downy gold color. Fruit ovate 1-seeded 
2404 Leaves ovate oblong smooth on both sides. Fruit elliptical smooth 
2405 Leaves oblong ovate obtuse. Flowers lateral and axillary 
2406 Leaves wedge-shaped. Branches at the ramifications nodose whorled 
2407 Leaves obovate lanceolate acuminate pungent 
2408 Leaves lanceolate acuminate 
2409 Flowers solitary. Leaves cuneiform lanceolate 
2410 Flowers solitary. Leaves lanceolate ovate 
2411 Brachiate difflise. Fruit rounded with the mucro of the hilum shorter 
2412 Leaves ovate smooth above, Corymbs lateral, Calyxes 10-striated 
2413 Leaves roundish ovate toothed veiny scabrous. Corymbs axillary monoecious 
2414 Leaves ovate subcrenate subrepand rough, Cal. cylindrical shorter than the tube 
2415 Leaves lanceolate ovate rough. Panicle terminal, Cal. tomentose 10-striated 
2416 Leaves ovate villous a foot and half long 
2417 Leaves oblong ovate entire. Flowers corymbose, Cal. downy inside 
2418 Leaves in 3s ovate oblong acuminate, Branches nodose hispid, Cal. bearded 
2419 Leaves oblong attenuated at the end entire coriaceous. Racemes comp. diffuse 
2420 Leaves oblong lanceolate smooth on each side the upper serrate. Branches pilose 
2421 Leaves lanceolate linear acuminate hoary beneath, Pedunc. lateral axillary naked 
2422 Leaves ovate on long stalks. Stalk above the base bent inwards and jointed. Cor. hypocrateriform 
.2413 2417 .-<^SSi!3?;:a?*-_2422 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
cream-colored, and are succeeded by large oval or top-shaped fruit, covered with a brownish skin, under which is 
a thick pulp of a russet-color, very luscious, called natural marmalade, from its likeness to marmalade of quinces. 
It is commonly planted in gardens for the fruit in Jamaica, Barbadoes, Cuba, and most of the West India 
islands. In this country it has been hitherto grown only as a part of botanic collections, but some attempts 
have been lately made to cultivate it as a stove fruit, and we have no doubt they will be attended with success. 
" Cuttings root readily in a pot of sand plunged in heat, under a common hand-glass. The cuttings should be 
taken off as near the stem of the plant as possible, not being so apt to rot as when cut off in the middle of the 
shoot. No leaves should be taken off or shortened above the sand." {Sweet.) 
A. sapota is a large, tall, straight tree, without knots or branches, for twenty feet or more. The head spreads 
into many small branches ; the bark is dark-grey and full of chops ; the fruit i-s bigger than a quince, round, 
and covered with a thick grey rind, yellow when ripe. The flesh is as yellow as a carrot, with two stones the 
size of almonds, of a rich smell and taste. The variety called the Naseberry has fruit as big as a bergamot pear, 
and similarly shaped. When it is green or first gathered, the juice is white and clammy, and will stick hke 
glue ; then the fruit is hard ; but when it has been gathered two or three days, it grows soft and juicy, and then 
the juice is clear as spring- water and very sweet ; in the midst of the fruit are two or three black stones or 
seeds, about the bigness of a pompion seed. It is esteemed an excellent fruit in the West Indies. In our stoves 
it is propagated like the mammee tree. 
428. Cordia. So namert uy Plumier after E. Cordus, a German botanist of the 16th century. Valerius Cordus 
his son, was born in 1515, and died in 1544. He left a History of Plants, and was the author of some Observa- 
tions upon Dioscoridcs. Sebestena, the name of a species, is sebestan in Persian. Myxa is derived from i^ul, 
a viscidity, on account of its viscid mucous jui<-e, which is used for glue in the cast. Geraschanthus, from 
yi^citTKu, to grow old, and otv^o?, a flower, is in allusion to the long duration of the flowers ; coUococca, {xoXXr, 
glue, and ;«(5-<x;aj ; glutinous fruit) in allusion to the fruit. This is not a delicate genus, but flowers freely. The tini- 
ber of C. myxa is tough and solid, and used in the east for procuring fire by friction. The leaves bruised with 
tnose ofDatura metel are applied to the forehead in the headach ; children eat the fruit, from which also a glue is 
prepared. C. sebestena is very ornamental, on account of its large, tubular, scarlet flowers ; the most beautiful 
ana agreeable, says Browne, of any I have seen in America. A small piece of the wood put on a pan of lighted 
toais, will perfume a whole house. From the juice of the leaves, with that of a species of fig, is prepared the 
nf r 11^" with which they dye tneir clothes in Otaheite. Poultry in the West Indies feed on the berries 
in loam "^^^^^ ^® the^e called the clammy cherry, or Turkey berry-tree. All the species grow readily 
Aon'^T^"^ P^^*' cuttings strike in sand, under a glass, in heat. 
Named after Marcus Terentius Varro, a most learned Roman, born 116 years before Christ, 
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