Order I. 
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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6584 Leaves lanceolate, Peduncles 1-flowered very long horizontal axillary 
6585 Leaves elliptical acute, Peduncles l-flowered nodding terminal 
6586 Calyxes two. Leaves with three nerves finely striated across beneath 
6587 Leaves ovate-lanceolate smooth. Flowers terminal in panicled racemes 
6588 Leaves stalked alternate obovate obtuse coriaceous entire smooth 
6589 Leaves acute. Fruit subulate-clavate 
6590 Leaves ovate. Peduncles 1-flowered 
6591 Leaves alternate stalked ovate entire smooth veiny 
6592 Leaves ovate acuminate, Veins hairy beneath, Wings of the fruit equal 
6593 Lvs. obi. ovate obtusely pointed green on both sides very soft beneath, Wings of fruit alternately larger 
6594 Leaves all ovate, Stem climbing 
6595 Lower leaves rounded : upper ovate-lanceolate. Stem sarmentose 
6596 Branches at end pubescent. Leaves cuneate oval. Flowers axillary 
6597 Leaves opposite evergreen ovate shining serrated 
6598 Leaves oblong obtuse shining. Racemes terminal 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
great deal of it may be eaten without any inconvenience ; it is the only fruit which sick people are allowed to 
eat without scruple. It is given with safety in almost every disorder ; and we are told that Dr. Solander, in 
the last stage of a putrid fever in Batavia, found himself insensibly recovering by sucking this delicious and 
refreshing fruit. The pulp has a most happy mixture of the tart and sweet, and is no less salutary than 
pleasant. It is propagated by ripe cuttings in sand in moist heat. But the plant rarely survives long after its 
importation. 
1080. Grangeria. Named after N. Granger, a traveller in Egypt, Persia, &c. who died at Bassora in 1733. 
His voyage into Egypt was published in 1745. This is a tree the size of an oak, with alternate ovate entire 
leaves. The flowers are small, in small terminal and axillary racemes. 
1081. Halesia. So named by Ellis, in honor of tlie learned and venerable Stephen Hales, D. D., F. R. S., 
author of Vegetable Staticks, 1727. The species are very ornamental shrubs, valuable for blossoming early in 
the season. The flowers hang in small bunches all along the branches, each bud producing from four to eight 
or nine ; they appear before the leaves, are of a pure snowy whiteness, and last for two or three weeks ; they 
are succeeded by pretty large winged juiceless drupes, hanging likewise in bunches. The leaves of H. diptera 
are six times the size of those of H. tetraptera, and the fruit has two large wings and two minute ones. 
They are propagated by cuttings of the roots. 
1082. Decumaria. Derived from decern, ten, all the parts of fructification answering to the number 10. 
It is commonly propagated by layers, but will grow by cuttings in sand under a hand-glass. 
1083. Eurya. A name of Thunberg's, supposed to have been formed from ewey?, broad ; its application no 
one has been able to discover. The Eurya chinensis is a little evergreen bush, bearing many whitish flowers 
on the under side of the branches and hidden by the leaves. It is easily propagated by cuttings. 
1084. Aristotelia. After the celebrated ancient philosopher and naturalist Aristotle. Macqui is the name 
of this shrub in Chili. It grows freely in a sheltered situation ; but its flowers are of little beauty. They are 
succeeded by small berries of a purple or black color, slightly acid and eatable : the inhabitants of Chili make 
a wine from them, which they give in fevers, and for curing the plague. It is increased by layers or ripened 
cuttings. 
1085. Canella. A name given by Murray, on account of the resemblance between its wood and the aromatic 
flavor of Canella, Cinnamon. This tree rises very straight, from ten to fifty feet in height. The branches 
are erect, not spreading, and only at the top of the tree ; furnished with petiolated leaves of a dark green 
color, thick, and shining like those of the laurel, and emitting a similar odor. The flowers, which exhale a 
powerful aromatic perfume, are small, seldom open, and in bunches. The inner bark of the branches is freed 
from the cuticle, and dried in the shade. This bark is stimulant, and slightly tonic. It is a useful adjunct to 
bitters in some cases of dyspepsia and atonic gout; but it is employed chiefly on account of its flavor, and to 
correct the griping quality of the resinous cathartics. It is said to prove useful in scurvy {London 
Dispensatory, 207.) 
