Okokr III. 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
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eSS'i Tufted creeping, Leaves ovate shining fleshy ciHated, Pedunc. long 1-fl. Flowers cernuous 
6364 Leaves ovate acute fleshy approximated, Fl. solitary on short stalks. Sepals obi. acute as long as cor, 
6365 All over pubescent. Leaves lin. lanceol. Stems prostrate much branched, Seeds very minute 
(5366 Leaves spreading 
6367 Leaves cordate sagittate 
6368 Petals sessile spreading. Stamens 10-12 
6369 Leaves ovate entire smooth. Peduncles umbelled 
6370 Leaves ovate entire smooth. Peduncles 1-flowered 
6371 Leaves entire oblong acute smooth shining with 2 glands beneath at the base 
6372 Leaves entire oblong lanceolate acute smooth with 2 glands at a distance from the base 
6373 Leaves ovate nearly entire with hairs on both sides, Fl.-stalks with a truncate gland at top 
6374 Leaves ovate elliptical acuminate entire smooth with 2 glands at base 
6375 Leaves oblong acuminate entire smooth. Racemes axillary, Fl. monogynous 
6376 Leaves elliptical shining hairy beneath, Fl. axillary corymbose 
6377 Leaves obi. ovate with decumbent stiff bristles, Peduncles 1-fl. aggregate 
6378 Leaves lin. lanceol. with decumbent bristles on each side. Peduncles umbelled 
6379 Leaves obi. obtuse pubescent. Racemes axillary compound 
6380 Leaves ovate entire obtuse downy beneath, Racemes terminal 
6381 Leaves ovate downy beneath acute, Flowers yellow spiked 
6382 Leaves obovate wedge-shaped entire veinless shining. Raceme terminal 
6383 Leaves ovate acute entire smooth on each side. Racemes terminal spiked 
6384 Leaves oval acuminate shining. Racemes corymbose terminal 
6385 Leaves lanceol. toothed-spiny hispid beneath 
6386 Leaves subovate t-v? ' ^ i-spiny 
6387 Leaves orbicular cordate ciliate toothletted smooth. Petioles with 2 glands 
6388 Leaves roundish ovate obtuse smooth. Racemes axillary and terminal. Seeds erect 
6389 Leaves ovate oblong acutish towards the end obsoletely ciliated beneath shining gold-colored 
6390 Leaves ovate-oblong rigid. Racemes terminal 
6391 Leaves ovate oblong entire beneath shining, Panicle terminal leafy 
6392 Branches 2-edged, Leaves ovate downy beneath. Petioles with 2 glands 
6393 Leaves subovate downy beneath. Racemes brachiate, Peduncles umbelled 
6394 Leaves downy beneath orbicular cordate. Branches divaricating roundish. Petioles with 2 glands 
6395 Leaves subovate. Branches brachiate. Seeds narrower inwards 
6396 Leaves simple obovate obtuse pubescent above smooth beneath 
6397 Leaves pinnated, Leaflets ovate stalked smooth on each side, Racemes fascicled 
FENTAGYNIA. 
6393 Leaves piimated. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, Fruit oblong with obtuse angles 
6399 Leaflets ovate unequal acuminate. Fruit obi. acute-angled 
6382 _ 6385 Ml ^ 6388 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
All of them root freely in ripened wood in sand under a hand-glass. In most respects they resemble the last 
genus. 
1056. Hir<^a. Named after John Nicholas de la Hire, a French physician, who died in 1727. Plants with the 
appearance of Banisteria. 
1057. Cnestis. From xvii^u, to scratch. The capsules, covered with hairs, excite a troublesom.e itching. 
Jtme evergreen stove shrubs. 
_ 1058. Averrhoa. So named in honor of Ebn Elvelid Ebn Rushad, commonly called Averrhoes, of Corduba 
m ispam, a famous commentator on Aristotle and Avicenna. He also published Calliget, or the plants used 
m tood, &c. He died at the beginning of the thirteenth century. The specific names are vernacular 
appellations. The species are evergreen trees, singular for the fruit growing frequently on the trunk 
itselt, below the leaves : the flowers grow in racemes ; the fruit is a five-celled pome. A. Bilimbi is a 
peautitul tree with a green fleshy oblong fruit the thickness of the finger, filled with a grateful acid 
juice; the substance and seeds not unlike those of cucumber. They make a syrup of the juice, and 
a conserve of the flowers, which are esteemed excellent in fevers and bilious disorders. A. carambola 
Dears a fruit the size of a hen's egg, with a pulpy subacid juice, used ripe and also pickled green, and 
employed also in dying, and other economical purposes. The petioles and branches of this tree are said to 
nave a pecuhar sensitive quality, of which an account is given by Dr. Bruce in the Philosophical Transactions, 
