Order I. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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5105 Leaves alternate abruptly pinnated in 2-3 or 4 pairs 
5106 The only species. Leaves pinnated toothed torn 
5107 Stalks of the leaves short tumid inflated 
5106 Leaves simple lanceolate entire. Racemes simple axillary numerous 
5109 Leaves ternate crenate acute 
5110 Peduncles many-flowered, The lower usually changed into spines 
5111 Leaves opposite beardless. Teeth of calyx membranous colored 
5112 Leaves linear lanceolate. Peduncles axillary umbeUed 
5113 Leaves imbricated four ways obtuse with a little reflexed point. Teeth of calyx leafy 
A. TuBiFLORiE. Corollas long and cylindrical. 
5114 Stamens long connivent colored, Leaves in threes. Calyx imbricated, Bractes distant from calyx 
5115 Stamens long connivent colored. Leaves in threes, Calyx imbricated. Flowers solitary, Cor. cylindrical 
5116 Stamens long connivent colored, Leaves in threes, Calyx imbricated, Segments of cor. reflexed 
5117 Stamens long connivent colored, Lvs. in 3s, Cal. imbricated, Fl. 3, Cor. globose scarcely longer than cal. 
5118 Stamens long connivent colored. Leaves in threes. Calyx imbricated. Flowers solitary. Cor. conical 
5119 Anth. bearded, Style incl. Cor. cylind. contracted above the base, Fl. pend. Leaves 4 whorled 
5130 Stamens long connivent colored. Leaves in threes, Cal. imbricated. Flowers 3, Cor, cylindrical incurved 
5121 Anthers bearded, Leaves in threes, Flowers terminal solitary 
5122 Stamens exserted colored. Leaves in 3s, Cal. imbricated, Flowers 3, Cor. conical. Leaves recurved 
5123 Anth. bearded incl. Style exsert. Cor. tubular clavatc pubes. Fl. axill. Leaves 3 imbricated 
5124 Anthers beardless exserted, Cor. incurved smooth. Style long. Flowers axillary stalked, Lvs. 6 smooth 
5125 Anth. beardless included. Style exserted, Cor. tubular clavate, Cal. pubescent, Fl. ciipitate, Leaves 6 
5126 Ant. beard, includ. Style exsert. Cor. tub. incurv. Cal. simple gland, tooth. Fl. axiil. whorl. Lvs. 3 rough 
5127 Anthers beardless, Lvs. 3, Flowers solitary or 3 term. Cal. imbric. Cor. villous [at edge 
6128 Cor. cylind. Anthers bearded, Lvs. 3, Fl. term. 3, Cal. imbric. Style exserted rounded at end 
5129 Anthers beardless, Lvs. 4, Fl. term. Bractes ovate distant from cal. Sepals ovate acumin. 
5130 Anthers bearded included. Style exserted, Cor. tubul. clav. Cal. double, Fl. term. 3, Lvs. 3 smooth 
5131 Anthers beardless, Leaves 3 smooth, Fl. 3 term. Cal. imbric. Corolla smooth 
5132 Anth. bearded, Style incl. Cor. cylind. ventric. Flowers umbelled capitate, Lvs. 8 linear truncate 
5133 Anth. beardless exserted. Cor. tub. clavate pubescent, Fl. term, racemose. Leaves 5 or more smooth 
5134 Anth. bearded. Style includ. Cor. clav. cylind. Flow, umbell. Lvs. 6 linear reflexed 
5135 Anth. beardless included. Style exserted. Cor. ventricose at base, Fl. term. Lvs. 4 pubescent erect 
5136 Anth. bearded, Lvs. 4-6, Fl. axill. Cal. imbr. Bract lane. Sepals broad lanceol. 
5137 Anth. beardless, Lvs. 4 ciliated, Fl. term. Tw^o bractes next cal. one distant, Cor. smooth 
and iliscellaneous Particulars. 
A. Opobalsamura produces the balsam of Mecca. It has pinnate leaves, with sessile leaflets. It grows near 
Bedernunm, a village between Mecca and Medina, in a sandy rocky soil, confined to a small tract about a mile 
in length, and attains the height of fifteen feet. The balsam is obtained by incision. Neither of these species 
are yet mtroduced to Britain : those we possess grow in loam and peat, and cuttings root freely in a pot of 
sand under a hand-glass. 
890. Ximenia. Francis Ximenes was a Spanish naturalist from whom we have, published in 1615, four works 
upon the plants and animals useful in medicine in New Spain. The flowers of this tree have an odor like 
Irankmcense : the fruit is yellow, shiny, the size of a pigeon's egg, with a thin rind and sweet subacid pulp : 
It IS eaten by negroes and children in the West Indies. Cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass. 
891. Bceckia. From Abraham Bseck, who was physician in ordinary to the king of Sweden, and who com- 
municated plants to Linnajus, by whom the genus was dedicated. These plants are of free growth in sandy 
Joam and peat, and so hardy as to require little more than protection from frost during winter. Young cuttings 
root m sand under a bell-glass. 
892. Erica. From le^iy.w, to break, in allusion to the brittle branches of the plant. It was also reputed a 
specinc for breaking the stone in the bladder. La bruyere, Fr., Heide, Ger., Erica, Ital., and Brexo, Span. 
Lmg or common heath abounds in barren wastes in every part of Europe, and especially in the northern 
countries. Though little regarded in warm climates, the different species of native Erica rre made sub- 
servient to a great variety of purposes in the bleak and barren highlands of Scotland, and other northern 
countries. The poorer inhabitants cover their cabins with them instead of thatch, or else twist them into 
ropes, and bind down the thatch with them in a kind of lattice work. They also make the walls with alternate 
layers ot heath, and a sort of cement made of black earth and straw. The hardy Highlanders frequently 
