Order I. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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5748 Very smooth, Fl. axill. Lreaves oblong linear mucronate flat 
5749 Heads terminal 2-flowered, Fruit lateral. Leaves subulate linear hairy above concave 
5750 Heads terminal few-fl. Leaves wedge-shaped at the end dilated 2-lobed above rough beneath silky 
5751 Leaves linear revolute pungent straight rough, Flowers axillary solitary 
5752 Branches spiny smooth spreading. Leaves lanceolate or linear, Pedunc. axill. 1-fl. Bractes 8 imbricated 
5753 Leaves linear oblong flat pointless, Pedunc. axill. twin corymbose many-fl. Calyx regular 
5754 Branches unarmed, Lvs. long-lanc. with a very short weak point. Corymbs axill. Upper lip of calyx retuse 
5755 Branches unarmed, Leaves ellipt. or oval veiny attenuated at base. Racemes axillary many-fl. 
5756 Stem leafless winged, Umbels lateral. Calyx and bractes fringed 
5757 Leaves lanceolate linear veiny, Ovaries 2-seeded 
5758 Leaves wedge-shaped at the end dilated-trifid 
5759 Leaves orbicular cordate 
5760 Leaves cordate acuminate 
5761 Leaves 7-10 pairs oval-lanceolate mucronate. Stipules subulate 
5762 Leaves 8-10 pairs oval obtuse mucronate or not, at the base in front a little swollen 
5763 Leaves 5 pairs oval acute mucronate. Stipules half-ovate falcate mucronate 
5764 Stem tendril-bearing. Lobes of leaves attenuated 
5765 Stem tendril-bearing, Fl. triandr. on outside with stam. at base hairy, Lvs. downy beneath. Lobes rounded 
5766 Stem prickly 
5767 Leaves smooth. Lobes divaricate acute 2-nerved, Petals lanceolate 
5768 Leaves at the base nearly transverse, Lobes lanceolate porrect 3-nerved, Petals lanceolate 
5769 Leaves cordate. Lobes porrect acute 3-nerved, Petals lanceolate 
5770 Racemes axill. and term, nodding. Petals linear. Lobes of leaves rounded smooth 
5771 Cal. 1-leaved bursting. Petals sessile ovate. Lobes of leaves ovate obtuse 
5772 Leaves cordate downy beneath, Lobes ovate obtuse, Cal. narrowed upwards lengthened 
.'">773 Flowers triandrous. Lobes of leaves oval obtuse 
5774 Leaves cordate, Lobes half orbicular downy 
5775 Leaves ovate. Lobes acuminate half-ovate spreading 
5776 Stem prickly, Leaves cordate with porrect 4-nerved lobes 
5777 Leaves alternate abruptly pinnated. Pod woody. Seeds black with a scarlet arillus 
5778 Leaflets coriaceous veinless unequal at base, Flowers of panicle stalked 
6779 Leaves veiny unequal at base. Panicle wavy spreading, Pedunc. many-fl. Pods warted 
parted, which circumstance gave occasion, it is said, to Plumier to name this genus from the two brothers. 
They merit a place in the stove, where they are easily cultivated in light loamy soil, and cuttings taken off 
when the plants are in a growing state, not over ripened, nor yet quite succulent, with their leaves on, will do 
well in sand under bell-glasses in moist heat. The species rarely flower in this country. In their native 
woods they are great ornaments of the trees, among which they climb in every direction. The stem of 
Bauhinia scandens, which had twined around a smaller plant, is said to have been the origin of ^sculapius's 
snaken rod, which he brought from India. 
971. Afxelia. Named by Sir J. E. Smith, after Dr. Adam Afzelius, an amiable and excellent Swedish 
botanist, resident for many years, in the service of the African Company, at the colony of Sierra Leone, and 
now living at Upsal. 
972. Hymencea. A poetical application of this plant, the leaves of which grow in pairs, to Hymen, the god 
of marriage. Courbaril is a vernacular American name. This tree is abundant in the West Indies, where it 
grows to a large size, with a spreading head. It has stiff sub-perfoliate leaves obliquely placed, and terminal 
spikes of flowers, which are succeeded by thick, fleshy, brown pods, shaped like those of the garden bean ; they 
are six inches long, and two inches and a half broad, of a purplish brown color, and a ligneous consistence, 
with a large suture on both edges ; they contain three or four roundish compressed seeds, divided by transverse 
partitions, and inclosed in a whitish substance of fine filaments, as sweet as honey. The Indians eat this 
substance with great avidity, though it is apt to purge when fresh gathered, but it loses this quality as it 
grows old. 
Between the principal roots of the tree exudes a fine transparent resin, yellowish or red, which is collected 
in large lumps, is called gum Anime, and makes the finest varnish that is known, superior even to the 
Chinese lacca : for this latter use it is dissolved in the highest rectified spirits of wine. It burns readily, and 
with a clear flame, emitting a grateful and fragrant smell, for which reason it is sometimes ordered by way of 
fumigation in the chambers of persons laboring >vith asthmas or suffocative catarrhs. Its vapours not only 
strengthen the head, but all parts of the body affected with cold. Some apply it outwardly, dissolved in oil or 
spirits of wine, to strengthen the nerves. An oil may be distilled from it, useful in palsies, in cramps, and 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
