362 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class X. 
1020. CLE'THRA. 
5971 alnifolia Ph. 
5972 tomentosa Ph. 
5973 scabra Ph. 
5974 paniculata W. 
5975 acuminata Ph. 
5076arb6rea W. 
e minor 
5977 ligustrinum Ph. 
1022. PY'ROLA. W. 
5978 rotundifolia W. 
5979 media E. B. 
5980 minor JV. 
5981 secunda W. 
5982 rosea E. B. 
5983 uniflora W. 
1023. CHIMA'PHILA. PA. Chimaphila. 
5984 maculata Ph. spotted-leaved 
5985 corymbosa Ph. corymb-flower. £ 
Pyrola umbelldta B. M. 
1024. INOCAR'PUS. W. Otaheite-Chestnut. 
Clethra. 
Erice^B. So. 6 — 8. 
Alder-leaved 
or 
4 
au.o 
W 
N. Amer. 1731. 
L 
woolly-leaved 
m 
or 
4 
au.o 
W 
N. Amer. 1731. 
L 
rough-leaved 
or 
4 
au.o 
w 
Georgia 1806. 
L 
panicled 
or 
4 
au.o 
w 
N. Amer. 1770. 
L 
acute-leaved 
. . or 
4 
au.o 
w 
Carolina 1806. 
I. 
tree 
«t i_J or 
8 
au.o 
w 
Madeira 1784. 
C 
dwarf 
1 1 or 
2 
au.o 
w 
Madeira 
C 
TV. en. Buckwheat-Tree. 
Ericece. Sp. 1. 
Privet-like 
at 
_Jor 
8 
my.jn 
w 
Georgia 
L 
Lam. ill. t. 369 
Dend. brit. 39 
Bot. mag. 1057 
p.l Bot. mag. 1625 
Winter-Green. 
round-leaved 
intermediate 
lesser ^ 
serrated 
rose-colored £ 
single-flowered 
A cu 
A cu 
A cu 
A cu 
A cu 
A cu 
A pr 
A pr 
Ericece. Sp. 6—10. 
i jn.jl W 
§ jn.jl W 
i jn.jl R 
i jn.jl W 
i jl.au Pk 
^ jn.jl W 
Ericece. Sp. 2. 
iJn .W N. Amer. 1752 
I jn Pk N. Amer. 1752, 
Britain woods. 
England woods. 
Britain moi. w. 
Britain moi. w. 
England woods. 
Britain al. wo. 
Sks.p 
Sk s.p 
Eng. bot. 213 
Eng. bot. 1945 
Eng. bot. 158 
Eng. bot. 517 
Eng. bot. 2543 
Eng. bot. 146 
Bot. mag. 897 
Bot. mag. 778 
5986edulis W. 
102.11. STY'RAX. W. 
eatable 
t □ fr 20 
Sapotece. Sp. 1. 
Storax. 
5987 officinale W. officinal 
5988 grandifolium W. great-leaved 
5989 pulverulentum Ph. powdery 
5990 laavigatum W. smooth 
S. gldbrum Cav. 
1026. JUSSI^'A. W. 
5991 grandiflora W. 
5992 sufFruticosa W. 
5993 octovalvis P. S. 
5994erecta TV. 
5995 scabra Tf^. en. 
1027. GETO'NIA. Roxb. 
W 
Ebenace<e. 
12 jl 
6 jl 
4 jn.jl 
4 jl.au 
JlJSSLEA. 
great- fFowered ^ lAJ or 
tall ^ [ffl or 
spear-leaved ^ Ol or 
upright ^ O] or 
rough ^ CZa or 
Getonia. 
5996 floribunda Ro.rb. many-flowered □ or 
5972 5976 
Onagrarice. 
l|jl.o Y 
\\ au.s Y 
2 jl.s Y 
3 jl.s Y 
4 jl.s Y 
CombretacecB. 
6 ... Ap 
South S.IS.179J. 
Sp. 4— S. 
Italy 1507. 
N. Amer. 1765. 
N. Amer. 1794. 
N. Amer. 1765. 
Sp. 5—34. 
Carolina 1812. 
India 1808. 
S. Amer. ... 
S. Amer. 1739. 
S. Amer. 1816. 
Sp 1—2. 
E. Indies 1815. 
C l.p Lam. ill. t. 362 
L s.l 
L S.l 
L S.l 
L s.l 
Bot. rep. 631 
Dend. brit. 129 
Dend. brit. 41 
Dend. brit. 40 
Bot. rep. 621 
PI. ic. t. J 75. f. 2 
Rox. cor. t. 87 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
tability in North America. The late professor Barton found the plant of much service in his own case of 
nephritic paroxysms alternating with gout in the feet. It has also been recommended as a remedy in pulmonary 
complaints. (See Bigelow's Med. Botany.) 
1020. Clethra. KX'/i^-^a was the name given by the Greeks to the Alder, to which, in its leaves, this bears 
some resemblance. Pretty upright North American plants, with white flowers. One species is a native of 
Madeira. 
1021. Mylocarymn. From fjLvX'/i, a mill, and xot-evct,, a kernel or stone ; the four wings of the nut may be 
easily likened to the four sails of a small mill. A North American plant, with the habit of Andromeda, or 
rather of Clethra. 
1022. Pyrola. A diminution of Pyrus, to which, in the leaves, this is thought to be similar. A genus of 
elegant little plants, mostly evergreens. They grow naturally in the shade, and in rocky or very poor soils ; in 
the garden on sand or gravel shaded ; and they are increased by seeds or young cuttings, planted under a hand- 
glass. All the species are powerfully astringent and tonic, and one or more of the American sorts is said to 
constitute the chief ingredient in the scorbutic draughts of Whitlaw. 
P. uniflora, Sir J. E. Smith says is one of the most curious and elegant of British flowers. 
^ 1023. Chimaphila. From xuiJi-ix., winter, and (p/As&i, to love; a sort of translation of the English name 
winter-green. The species may be treated as Pyrola, which they much resemble. 
1024. Inocarpus. From i; ivas, fibre, and hkp-to;, fruit. The envelope of the nut is composed of tough 
interwoven fibres. It is a lofty tree, with alternate subcordate leaves, and flowers in racemes succeeded by 
by nuts called Ratta in Otaheite. The kernel of these, which is kidney-shaped, and about an inch in 
diameter, is eaten roasted by the inhabitants of the Society and Friendly Isles, the New Hebrides, New 
Guinea, the Molucca isles, &c. It is sweetish, but less pleasant than the chesnut, harder and less farinaceous. 
The bark is astringent, and is used in the dysentery. In New Guinea they smear the heads of their arrows 
with the expressed resinous juice. {Forst. Escul.) 
1025. Styrax. A name altered by the Latins from the Arabic assthirak. Pliny says, that the Arabs in his 
time used the resin to flavor the perfumes of which they are so fond. S. officinale is a low tree with slender 
branches, ovate leaves, flowers in racemes from the sides of the branches, succeeded by ovate globular juice- 
less drupes, containing one or two angular nuts. From this tree storax is obtained in Asiatic Turkey. It 
issues from incisions made in the bark ; and as it was formerly the custom to collect and export it in reeds, it 
was named Styrax calamita It has a fragrant odiur, and a pleasant subacidulous, slightly pungent, and 
