Class XVIII. 
POLYADELPHIA. 
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1609 Abroma. Cal. 5-part. Petals 5, with saccate dilated claws Cup of stamens 10-fid ; with 3 segments, 
each bearing 3 anthers j the other 5 petaloid. Styles 5. Caps. 5-celled, 5- winged, many-seeded. 
Orders. POLYANDRIA. 
Stamens indefinite. 
1610 Melaleuca. Parcels of stamens 5, opposite the petals, long; anthers incumbent. Caps. 3-celled, 
many-seeded, connate, and included in the thickened tube of the calyx which is grown to the branch. 
1611. Tristania. Parcels of stamens 5, opposite the petals, and scarcely longer than they are ; anthers 
incumiDent. Caps. 3-celled, many-seeded, united with the turbinate stalked tube of the calyx. 
1612. Calothamnus. Parcels of stamens 4-5, opposite the petals (some either connate or sterile). Anthers 
inserted by the base, entire. Caps. 3-celled, many-seeded, connate, and included in the thickened tube of the 
calyx, which is grown by the base to the branch. 
1613. Beaufortia. Parcels of stamens 5, opposite the petals. Anthers inserted by the base, bifid at the end, 
with deciduous lobes. Caps. 3-celled, 1-seeded, connate, and included in the thickened tube of the calyx, 
which is grown by the base to the branch. 
Symplocos. Cal. 5-fid, superior. Petals 5-8 ; cohering at the base in a tube. Stamens united to the 
corolla in 4 rows. Drupe dry, 5-celled. , , , -r, „ „ , 
1615 Citrus. Cal. 5-fid. Petals 5, oblong. Anthers 20 ; the filaments variously divided. Berry 9-celled. 
1616. Xanthochymus. Cal. 5-leaved. Petals 5. Nectaries 5. Stamens united in 5 parcels. Apple 1-5- 
^^1617 Hypericum. Cal. 5-parted. Petals 5. Filaments many in 3 or 5 parcels. Capsule superior. 
1618. Asciirum. Cal. 4-leaved. Petals 4. Caps. 1-celled, 2-3-valved. 
1619. Loasa. Cal. 5-leaved. Petals 5. Nectary 5-leaved. Caps. |-inferior, 1-celled, i-3-valved, many- 
seeded. 
DECANDRIA. 
10933 Leaves entire smooth 
10934 Leaves acuminate repand-toothed downy beneath 
10935 Leaves cordate ovate acute with unequal serratures 
10936 Leaves 7-angled : floral ov.-lanc. acuminate somewhat toothed, Pedunc. axill. Branches unarmed 
10937 Adult Ivs. with simple and stellate hair beneath. Wings of caps, subtruncate at end, Branches muricated 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
families in Jamaica, where the tree is largely cultivated, and affords a nutritious food for children, as well as 
adults. But as chocolate made abroad cannot by law be imported into this country, consequently all chocolate 
consumed in Britain ought to be made here. It is composed principally of the kernel of the cocoa, as 
above mentioned ; but the art is in very few hands : and we believe that a small portion of soap is added to 
most British chocolate, in order to cause it to froth when it is dissolved in hot water. 
Cocoa is a simple preparation made in Britain, from the cocoa-nut, or from the shells of it, or from a mixture 
of both. It is considered much easier of digestion than chocolate, and very nourishing. 
In our stoves Theobromas thrive in light rich soil, and cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass. 
1608. Bubroma. In contradistinction to Theobroma ; from Qag, an ox, and l^^o/jcot, food, as if producing a 
substance fit only to be eaten by cattle. Orme d' Amerique, Fr. A wide spreading tree, not unlike the Elm, 
with oblong heart-shaped leaves, which sleep hanging quite down, whilst the petioles remain entirely stitt'and 
straight. It grows in the lowlands of Jamaica, forming a very agreeable shade for the cattle, and supplying 
them with food in dry weather, when all the herbage is burned up or exhausted. The seeds are very mucila- 
ginous, but otherwise agreeable to the palate. The wood is light, and so easily wrought, that it is generally 
used by coachmakers in all the side pieces. {Broivne.) It is also frequently cut into staves for casks. A decoc- 
tion of the inner bark is very glutinous, and very like that of the elm. In our stoves it thrives well in a loamy 
soil, and cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 
1609. Abroma. Still named with reference to the two preceding genera, from a., privative, and (3^aif/,a,, food ; as 
if unfit for either gods or oxen. This, Sweet observes, " is a hardy stove genus, and easily managed ; the species 
flower freely at various seasons, and will grow in the common garden soil : but a mixture of good loam with 
a little peat is an excellent compost for them. They propagate freely by seeds and cuttings." (^Bot. Cult. 10.) 
