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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class VI. 
759. ASPIDISTRA. Ker. Aspidistra, 
4323 lurida Ker. dingy £ (23 cu 
Aroidece. Sp. 1. 
1 il Pu China 
1822. Skco Bot. peg. 62? 
760. JUN'CUS. L. 
4324 acutus W. 
4325 mar'itimus P. S. 
4326 conglomeratus TV. 
4327 effusus W. 
4328gla6cus W. 
4329balticus W. 
4330 arcticus L. 
4331 filiformis W. 
4332trmdus W. 
4333 squarrosus TV. 
4334 gracilis E. B. 
4335 capitatus TV. 
4336 lampocarpus L. T. 
4337 acutiflorus L. T. 
4338 obtusiflorus L. T. 
4339 uliginosus H. K. 
4340 aristatus Mich. 
4341 subverticillatus TV. 
4342bulb6sus TV. 
4343buf6nius TV. 
4344 trigKimis TV. 
4345 biglumis TV. 
4346 castaneus H. K. 
761. LU'ZULA. Dec. 
4347pil6sa TV. 
4348 Forsteri 5. 
4349 maxima TV. 
43501utea TV. 
4351 albida TV 
4352n'ivea TV. 
4353 campestris TV. 
4354 congesta TV. en. 
4355 spicata W 
4356 flavescens Lk. 
762. CO'RYPHA. TV. 
43.57 umbraculifera J^F". 
4358 Taliera Roxb. 
Rush. 
great sharp sea ^ 
lesser sharp sea j£ 
common 
soft 
hard 
coast 
arctic 
least 
three-leaved 
Goose-corn 
slender 
headed 
shining-fruited ]^ 
sharp-flowered £ 
blunt-flowered £ 
little-bulbous £ 
bearded 
half-whorled £ 
bulbous-rooted j£ 
toad 
three-flowered j£ 
two-flowered j£ 
black-spiked £ 
LUZI'LA. 
hairy 
Forster's 
wood 
yellow 
white-headed 
snowy 
field 
close-headed 
spiked 
yellowish 
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Junceoe. 
6 jl.au 
4 au 
2 jn.jl 
3 my.au 
2 jl 
1 my 
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5 au 
1 jl 
, 5jo. 23—39. 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap England 
Ap Europe 
Ap Norway 
Ap Britain 
Ap Scotland 
Ap Britain 
Ap Scotland 
Ap Europe 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap England 
Ap N. Amer, 
Ap Europe 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap Britain 
Ap Scotland 
Ap Scotland 
sea CO. t» 
sal. m. S 
moi.p. S 
moi.p. S 
moi.p. S 
1820. S 
1822. S 
tur.bo. S 
sc. alp. S 
sa.hea. S 
scalp. S 
1823. S 
moi.p. S 
moi.p. S 
mar. S 
tur.he. S 
1823. S 
1821. S 
... S 
w.s.gr. S 
bgs.m. S 
bgs.m. S 
scalp. S 
s Eng. 
s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m,s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
s 
m.s Flor. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
s 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng 
ms Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
m.s Eng. 
bot. 1614 
bot. 1725 
bot. 835 
bot. 836 
bot. 665 
Dan. 1. 1094 
bot. 1175 
bot. 1482 
bot. 933 
bot. 2174 
bot. 2143 
bot. 238 
bot. 2144 
bot. 801 
bot. 934 
bot. 802 
bot. 899 
bot. 898 
bot. 900 
Fan-palm. 
great 
Taliera Palm 
JuncecE. Sp. 10 — 25. 
I mr.my Ap Britain groves. S 
f my.jn Ap England woods. S 
2 my Ap Britain woods. .S 
1 my.jn Ap Switzerl. ... S 
1 my.jn Ap Switzerl. ... S 
1 my.jn Ap Switzerl. 1770. S 
I ap.my Ap Britain bar.pa. S 
f " jn Ap France 1805. S 
I jl Ap Scotland scalp. S 
i jl Ap Europe 1820. S 
PalmcB. Sp. 2—10. 
£ n ec 100 ... Y E. Indies 1742. S 
i O or 100 ... W.gr E. Indies 1823. S 
m.s Eng. bot. 736 
m.s Eng. bot. 1293 
m.s Eng. bot. 737 
m.s 
m.s Leer. her. 1. 13. f 6 
m.s Sch.gram. t.7.f.7 
m.s Eng. bot, 672 
m.s Hos.gr.3.t.97.f.5 
m.s Eng. bot. 1176 
m.s Hos.gram.3.t.94 
r.m Rheede.3. t.1.12 
r.m 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
In its natural state it is one of the most bitter and acrid, but loses something of these qualities by culture. 
The raw root is rasped, and washed frequently in water, when a white meal falls to the bottom like starch ; 
this is again washed twice or thrice, till no more acrimony can be perceived in the water. The meal is then 
dried in the sun. The first infusions are thrown away carefully, being looked upon as noxious and even 
deadly. In Otaheite and the other Society isles, they make of this meal a tasteful, nourishing, gelatinous 
cake-like salep. In Banda, where sago bread is not common, they use this as a succedaneum, and it is even 
preferable to the other. They also apply it as a plaster to deep wounds. The petioles and stalk boiled a long 
time lose their acrimony, and are rendered fit for food, as well as the roots, in China and Cochin-China. 
759. Aspidistra. From a.a-ri;, a little round shield, on account of the form of the flower. A plant with the 
same habit as Tupistra, but with solitary radical flowers half buried in the earth. 
760. Juncus, From the Latin, jungo, to join : the first ropes were made of rushes. The Junce£e and Cype- 
racese form intermediate links between the Graminea; and the Liliacese ; some of the latter, as Anthericum, 
bearing considerable resemblance to the Junceee. 
J, acutus and maritimus are planted on the sea-embankments of Holland, and also in some parts of our own 
coasts, and in America, The roots run deep into the sand, and form a matted body which holds it together. 
In Holland, when the plants are fully grown and in flower, they are cut down down, dried, and bound up like 
corn. The J. acutus, being very rough, is used for scouring copper and other vessels, and is one of the plants 
imported into this country for that purpose, under the name of the Dutch rush. The other species, and often 
both, are plaited into mats, baskets, chair-bottoms, ropes, &c. 
J. conglomeratus and efFusus are used when green for making little baskets and children's ornaments ; and 
the pith of this and other species is used as wicks for watch-lights, and children's toys. 
J. glaucus and conglomeratus are bad weeds in wet-bottomed clayey pastures. The best way of removing 
them is to dig them out, and to prevent their growth, to lay the land dry by surface and under-drainage. 
These species, and some others, are gathered green by the Dutch gardeners, and used when dry as tyes for 
fruit-trees. Sir J. E. Smith says, " they both, probably, served for strewing floors in England, as mentioned by 
Shakspeare and Sir Thomas More, about the time of Edward.IV., and later ; till more refined manners wrought 
