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9451 Scandent quite smooth, Leaves lanceolate. Flowers axillary subsolitary 
2452 Leaves 3 or 4 together lanceolate acuminate shining, Flowers terminal 
2453 Leaves 4 together oblong ovate acuminate pubescent, Flowers terminal and axillary 
2454 Leaves 4 together oblong narrowed both ways tomentose. Flowers terminal and axillary 
2455 Leaves 3 together oblong acuminate smooth. Flowers between the petioles corymbose 
2456 Leaves lanceolate cymbiform incurved at end 
2457 Leaves oblong ovate acuminate coarsely serrated 
2458 Leaves smoothish stalked. Anthers of the same shape 
2459 Flowers stalked, Segm. of flower long acuminate revolute 
2460 Filaments toothed or naked. Leaves elliptical coriaceous shining, Flowers fascicled stalked 
2461 Filam. toothed, Leaves ovate oblong acuminate smooth, Flowers fascicled sessile 
3462 Filam. naked, Segm. of cor. emarginate, Flowers racemose. Leaves ovate and lanceolate 
2463 Filam. toothed. Peduncles racemose as long as leaves 
2464 Filam. toothed or naked. Flower-bearing stem panicled. Stipules linear 
2465 Filam naked. Stipules amplexicaule lunate. Leaves ovate, Flowers panicled terminal 
2466 Filam. naked shorter than throat of cor. Flowers aggreg. sessile terminal and lateral. Leaves elliptical 
2467 Filam. naked, Pedunc. elong. as long as leaves spiked at end. Leaves oblong, Stip. elliptical 
2468 Filam. naked, Segm. of cor. rounded reflexed. Leaves lanceolate 
S469 Leaves lanceolate oblong coriaceous. Flowers sessile 
2470 Filam. toothed. Flowers racemose. Leaves linear lanceolate 
2471 Flowers clustered sessile terminal, Branches leaves and calyxes downy 
2472 Filam. toothletted, Spikes axillary longer than leafstalks. Leaves obi. pub. on both sides, Stip. falcate 
2473 Filam. naked the length of the tube of the corolla. Flowers aggreg. sessile terminal. Leaves elliptical 
2474 Filam. naked. Leaves lanceolate. Racemes short axillary and terminal. Cor. revolute 
2475 Filam. naked. Leaves lane, ovate. Racemes axillary and terminal. Flowers pedicellate, Cor. acum. reflex 
2476 Filam. toothed. Leaves ovate acute wavy, Pedunc. axillary and terminal few flowered 
2477 Filam. naked exserted. Flowers stalked clustered. Cor. campanulate. Leaves elliptical 
2478 Leaves large ovate acute entire shining naked on both sides coriaceous nerved. Petioles black shining 
2479 Stem herbaceous. Leaves ovate entire 
2480 Stem shrubby. Peduncles clustered, Leaves cordate ovate obtuse 
2481 Stem shrubby, Leaves oblong entire smooth. Branches downy. Sepals aristate 
2482 Stem shrubby. Peduncles clustered. Cor. revolute. Leaves oblong 
2483 The only species 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
its specific name, according to some, from its being used as a wash among the ladies, to take oflT pimples or other 
excrescences from the skin ; or, according to others, from its quality of representing phantasms of beautiful wo- 
men to the disturbed imagination. The inspissated juice of the berries is used in the form of extract for anointing 
the eyelids in some opthalmic complaints. Its effect in dilating the pupil is quite remarkable. It has branch- 
ing stems with the root leaves often a foot long and five inches broad, and the whole plant is more or less 
tinged with purple. The flowers are void of scent ; the berries are larger than cherries, at first green, but 
when ripe of a beautiful shining black color, full of purple juice, with roundish dotted channelled seeds. The 
whole plant, and especially the berries, is poisonous. Buchanan relates the destruction of the army of Sweno 
the DanCi when he invaded Scotland, by the berries of this plant, which were mixed with the drink which the 
Scots, according to truce, were to supply the Danes with. The Danes became inebriated, and the faithless 
Scots fell on them in their sleep. Dr. Milne {Indigerwus Botany) remarks, that nature has been more parsi- 
monious in her warnings with respect to this plant, than to others of the same natural family. Neither the 
smell nor the taste is ofiensive ; and if the color of the flowers proves in some degree a repellant, that of the 
fruit, on the other hand, is in an equal degree, at least, attractive and inviting. 
447. Mandragora. From fjcocvh^oe,, something relating to cattle, and ctyav^oi, hurtful : dangerous to cattle. 
It is a venomous plant, and was an important engine in the days of medical charlatanry, from the roots being 
supposed to bear a resemblance to the human form. In old herbals the figures display the male mandrake 
with a long beard, and the female with a prolix head of hair. Miller says, " mountebanks carry about ficti- 
tious images, shaped from roots of bryony and other plants, cut into form or forced to grow through moulds 
of earthenware, as mandrake roots." 'Happily such mountebanks have ceased to exist in Britain. On the 
continent they are still common, and Box tells us (in 1810), that by means of a few cuts with a knife, they 
add the image of the exterior organs of generation, male or female, to mandrake roots, and then sell them to 
ensure boys or girls to pregnant women, procure happy births, &c. We have ourselves seen them exposed 
by mountebanks in sea-port towns of France. For an ingeniously indelicate figure of a mandrake root, see 
the Flora Graeca, the plates for which have been all selected by Sir James Smith. The plant is of easy culture, 
but IS the better for the protection of a frame or shelter of a south wall during winter. 
