324 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Class VIII. 
911. DIR'CA. W. 
5539 palustris W. 
912. GNI'DIA. W. 
5540 pin ifolia W. 
5541 imberbis H. K. 
5542 simplex W. 
5543capit5ta W. 
55^ oppositifolia H. K. 
5545 sericea H. K. 
5546 denudata Lirtdl. 
5547 laevigata Thunb. 
913. STELLE'RA. W. 
5548Passenna W. 
914. PASSERI'NA. L. 
5549 filiformis W. 
5550hirs6ta W. 
5551 tenuiflora W. en. 
5552capitata W. 
5553 unifl6ra W. 
5554 grandiflora W. 
5555 spicata W. 
5556 laxa IF. 
915. LACHNiE'A. W. 
5557 congloraerata W. 
5558 eriocephala W. 
5559 purpurea H. K. 
5560gla6ca H.K. 
5561 buxifolia Lam. 
Leather-wood. 
marsh ^ ec 
Gnidia. 
Pine-leaved la. \ | pr 
smooth-scaled «t- 1 | pr 
Flax-leaved n. i | el 
purple-twigged tL \ | cu 
opposite-leaved n. \ | pr 
silky 
Thymelcece. Sj 
Viri 
1750. S s.l Bot. reg. 292 
ia.L_Jpr 
«-l_Jpr 
pr 
shaven 
polished 
Stellera. 
Flax-leaved * cu 
Sparrow-wort. 
filiform tLi | cu 
shaggy «. I I cu 
slender-flower, it. i | cu 
headed n. \ | cu 
one-flowered si. i | cu 
great-flowered n. \ | cu 
spiked *1L 1 I cu 
lax fL[ I cu 
LaCHNjEA. 
clustered M \ | or 
woolly-headed il i | or 
purple-flowered * i | or 
glaucous * « I or 
green-box-leav. H l_J or 
Thymelceoe. Sp. 8—13. 
1 my.jn Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Pa.Y C. G. H. 
my.jl Pa.Y C. G. H. 
my.jl Pa.Y C. G. H. 
Thymelcece. Sp. 1—3, 
1 jl.au W 
Thymelcece. 
1 jn.au W 
lijn.s W 
f jn.s W 
1 jn.o W 
i ap.my W 
l' my.jn W 
1 my.jn W 
fjn.jl W 
1| ap.au 
1 my.jn 
1 jn.jl 
1 my.jl 
lA my.jl 
1768. 
1792. 
1786. 
1788. 
1783. 
1786. 
1820. 
C s.p Bot. reg. 19 
C s.p Bot. mag. 1463 
C s.p Bot. mag. 812 
C s.p 
C s.p Bot. reg. 2 
C s.p Bot. rep. 225 
C s.p Bot. reg. 757 
3/;. i—o. 
S. Europe 1759. C s.p Jac. ic. 1. t. 
Sp. 8—19. 
G. H. 1752. 
S. Europe 1759. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
1789. 
1759. 
1789. 
1787. 
1804. 
Wen. Ob. t.2.f.l5 
Bot. mag. 1949 
Wen. Ob. t.2.f.l7 
Wen. Ob. t.2.f.l8 
Bot. mag. 292 
Bot. cab. 311 
Bot. cab. 755 
Thymelcece. 
2 jn.jl 
2 jn.jl 
2 jn.jl 
2 my.jl 
2 my.jl 
W 
W 
Pu 
W 
W 
Sp. 5—28. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
1773. 
1793. 
1800. 
1800. 
1800. 
S r.m 
C p.l Bot. mag. 1295 
C p.l Bot. mag. 1594 
C p.l Bot. mag. 1658 
C p.l Bot. mag. 1657 
916, COMBRE'TUM. W. Combretum. Combretacece. Sp.2—20. 
5562 purpureum W. purple i. CZl or 15 jn.d S Madagasc.1818. C r.m Bot. mag. 2102 
5563 comosum Hort. comose Sl. □ or 20 ... Pu S. Leone 1821. C r.m 
DIGYNIA. 
917. GALE'NIA. W. 
5564africana W. 
Galenia. 
African 
Chenopodece. 
2 jn.au W 
Sp. 1—3. 
C. G. H. 
918. APHANAN'THE. Lk. Aphananthe. 
5565 celosio'ides Lk. Cock's-comb «t- 1 | cu 
919. WEINMAN'NIA. L. Weinmannia. 
5566 pinnata L. pinnate * □ or 
920. MCEHRIN'GIA. W. Mojhringia. 
5567 musc6sa W. 
5539 
C 
C 
my.jn ~W Jamaica 1815. C 
Amaranthacece. 
Ifjl W.G Brazil 
SaxifragecB. Sp. 1 — 12, 
Sp. 1. 
il 
1752, 
1813. 
Caryophyllece. Sp. 1 — 3. 
i jn.jl L.Pu S. Europe 1775. 
Lara, ill. t. 31 1 
Sch. ha 1. 1. 108 
5548 W 5554 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
application for the toothach. The whole plant is extremely acrid, especially when fresh, and if retained in 
the mouth excites great heat and inflammation, particularly of the throat and fauces. The berries when 
swallowed prove a powerful poison, not only to man, but to many quadrupeds. Both the bark and the berries 
of Mezereon in different forms have been long used externally in cases of obstinate ulcers and ill-conditioned 
seres. In France the bark is used as an application to the skin, which, under certain management, produces 
a serous discharge without blistering, and is thus rendered useful in chronic cases of a local nature, answer- 
ing the purpose of what is called a perpetual blister, while it occasions less pain and inconvenience. In our 
own country the Mezereon has been principally employed in syphilitic cases. The branches make a good 
yellow dye. 
D. Laureola is valuable in the shrubbery as thriving under the shade and drip of other trees, and never 
growing to an unshapely size and figure, and in the nursery as affording stocks for the more rare species. The 
roots and other parts of the plant possess similar qualities to those of the Mezereon. 
911. Dirca. From S/gJtat, a fountain. A plant which grows in watery places. Bois de Plomb, Fr. This shrub 
grows in hilly swamps in North America : it is in all its parts remarkably tough, and the twigs are in con- 
sequence used for rods, and the bark for ropes, baskets, &c. Layers are generally two years in rooting; 
cuttings do not succeed, and it does not ripen seeds here. Snails, Sweet observes, are particularly fond of 
this plant. 
912. Gnidia. One of the names given by the ancients to the Daphne. These plants " thrive well in a 
sandy peat soil, with their pots well drained with broken potsherds : care must be taken not to over water 
them, or to let them flag for want of water, as their roots are very tender and are easily killed ; the tenderest 
kinds are G, oppositifolia, and G, pinifolia. {Bot. Cult. p. 198.) 
