Order I. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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6935 Leaves opposite cordate at base stem-clasping. Branches calyxes and peduncles hispid 
6936 Leaves opposite stalked ovate lanceolate. Panicle brachiate, Pedic. umbelled 
0937 Leaves opposite stalked lin.-lanc. acuminate oblique. Panicle brachiate decompound 
6938 Leaves opposite ovate netted veiny beneath pubescent. Heads lateral stalked and bractes downy 
6939 Leaves opposite lin.-lanc. naked, Pedunc. axillary umbelled, Bractes lane, smooth 
6940 Leaves alternate lanceolate 3-nerved, Fl. racemose clustered terminal smooth 
6941 Leaves scattered linear channelled acute rigid, Fl. lateral clustered sessile 
6942 Leaves alternate lin. filiform rigid mucronate channelled rough, Fl. clustered sessile 
6943 Leaves alternate linear-lanceolate, Fl. clustered lateral pubescent 
6944 Leaves alternate lanceolate narrowed at each end mucronate, Fl. lateral clustered sessile smooth 
6945 Leaves alternate lanceolate mucronate, Fl. lateral clustered sessile pubescent 
6946 Leaves scattered lanceolate veiny glandular mucronate. Caps, downy at end 
6947 Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate quite smooth. Cymes stalked many-flowered 
6948 Very like M. lanceolata, but the blossoms appear more copiously 
6949 Leaves alternate lin.-lanceolate with a long acute point 
6950 Leaves lin.-lanceolate with a long point dotted rough 
6951 Leaves elliptical pubescent beneath. Peduncles 1-flowered 
6952 Leaves oblong lanceolate pubescent beneath. Peduncles 3-flowered 
6953 Leaves oblong acuminate smooth. Peduncles 1-flowered 
6954 Leaves sessile cordate rounded smooth on each side, Pedunc. 1-fl. clustered 
6955 Leaves oblong acuminate crenulate shining. Peduncles many-fl. 
6956 Leaves ovate oblong acute sub-crenate, pubescent above rugose beneath. Branches reclinate 
6957 Leaves obovate smooth coriaTceous, Fruit purple 
69.58 Leaves entire oblong. Peduncles 4-fl. lateral 
6959 Leaves entire lanceolate, Pedunc. 4-fl. terminal 
6960 Leaves entire ovate-lanceolate, Ped. many-fl. axillary shorter than petiole 
6961 Leaves elliptical, Pedunc. trichotomous lateral and terminal. Stamens much longer than petals 
6962 Leaves entire oblong acuminate obtuse flat, Pedunc. axill. many-fl. the length of petioles 
6963 Leaves entire roundish ovate obtuse, Pedunc. axill. many-fl. trichotomous the length of leaves 
6954 Leaves entire oblong-lanceolate acuminate, Pedunc. axillary many-fl. racemose shorter than leaf 
6965 Leaves entire elliptical acuminate, Pedunc. panic, axill. and terminal. Fruit globose 
6966 Leaves entire lanceolate narrowed at base obtuse veinless, Pedunc. 1-fl. solitary terminal 
6967 Leaves entire ovate-lanceolate, Pedunc. 1-flowered solitary lateral 
6968 Leaves entire oblong acuminate coriaceous not dotted, Pedunc. 1-fl. filiform 
6969 Leaves entire ovate oblong acuminate netted with veins, Pedunc. 1-fl. about 3 in fruit nodding 
6970 The only species 
6971 Flowers solitary. Involucre 2-leaved 
at. Leaves ovate longer than the peduncles 
^ Leaves ovate with round berries 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
1119. Eugenia. In honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who was a protector and encourager of botany, and 
possessed a botanic garden. Some of the species bear edible fruits : that of E. malaccensis is ovate, an inch 
and a half in diameter, flesh smelling like the rose, agreeable to the taste, and wholesome. It is generally 
cultivated between the tropics. E. Jambos bears smaller fruit, edible, but not so much esteemed ; it is never- 
theless excellent, resembling in appearance and flavor a Brussels apricot, and produced in great abundance in 
the stove. All the species grow freely in two-thirds loam and one-third peat, and flower abundantly when 
the plants are of a good size. Ripened cuttings strike root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 
1120. Caryophyllus. The Arabs, who have been acquainted from all antiquity with the clove, called it 
qarunfel, which the Greeks altered into Caryophyllon. Giroflier, Fr. The fruit is thougiit to bear some 
resemblance to a nail, and hence is called clove, clou, Fr., Chiode, Ital., Clavo, Span., Naghel, Ger. and Dutch. 
The whole tree is aromatic, and the fruit or clove is considered as one of the hottest and most acrid sub- 
stances of the aromatic class, and as such is often used, not only internally, but externally, as a stimulant ; 
as in paralytic cases for example, in which the oil of cloves has been administered to advantage : it is also 
made use of in the tooth ache, in which it often succeeds in suddenly abating and subduing the pain. A 
tincture of cloves in rectified spirit is kept in the shops, as well as the essential oil, which latter is perhaps 
seldom free from sophistication. For culinary purposes, the uses of cloves are innumerable. The Dutch, 
who had for a long time the monopoly of the spice trade, prevented while they could the tree from being 
removed from the Moluccas and other islands, where it grows naturally ; but the French now cultivate it in 
Cayenne and St. Domingo. There are a few specimens in the British gardens. It grows freely in loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings are not difficult to root in sand, in moist heat under a hand-glass. 
1121. Myrtus. From fx-uaov, perfume. My^rej of the Greeks. Le Merle, Fr., Myrte, Ger., Myrtus, Dutch, 
MiHo, Ital. and Span., Myrta, Portug., Myrter, Dan. and Myrten, Swed. The common myrtle is a well 
known popular shrub, which has been in English gardens for an unknown length of time; evidently from 
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