788 
MONCECIA PENTANDRIA. 
Class XXI. 
13303 spinosus TV. 
13304 speciosus Ji. M. 
1976. LUF'FA. Cav. 
13305 foe'tida Cav. 
1977. AMBRO'SIA. JV. 
13306 integritolia JV. 
13307 trifida JV. 
13308 elatior JV. 
13309 arteraisifolia JV. 
13310 paniculata JV. 
13311 maritima JV. 
prickly 
shcwy 
LUFFA. 
stinking 
Ambrosia. 
entire-leaved 
tritid-leaved 
tall 
Mugwort-leav. 
panided 
sea 
O un 
O or 
jQJ or 
O un 
O Un 
O un 
O un 
O un 
O un 
2 
jl.s 
G 
India 1683. 
s 
g 
jl.au 
R 
Nepal 1819. 
3 
CO 
Cuctnbilacece. 
Sp. 1—2. 
12 
jn.o 
India 1812. 
S 
CO 
Sp. 6—10. 
N. Amer. 1816. 
3 
jl.s 
G 
S 
CO 
6 
jl.s 
G 
N. Amer. 1699. 
s 
CO 
8 
jl.au 
G 
N. Amer. 1696. 
s 
CO 
5 
jl.au 
G 
N. Amer. 1759. 
s 
CO 
3 
jl.s 
G 
N. Amer. 1811. 
s 
CO 
3 
jl.au 
G 
Italy 1570. 
s 
CO 
1978. SECURINE'GA. W. Otaheite Myrtle. 
13312 nitida W. shining-leaved $ I | tm 
EuphorbiacecB. Sp. 1 — 2. 
jn.jl W Mauritius 1793. C 
W.am.38. t.4. f.8 
Bot. mug. 2227 
Bot. mag. 1638 
Moris. S.6. t.l.f.4 
Herm. lugd. t.35 
Plu.alm.t.lO.f.5 
Sch.hand.3.t.292 
CO Lindl. coll. 9 
HEXANDRIA. 
1979. ZIZA'NIA. W. 
13313 aquatica //. K. 
1980. PHA'RUS. JV. 
13314 latifolius JV. 
1981. GUETTAR'DA 
13315 speciosa W. 
13316 rug6sa JV. 
1982. SA'GUS. W. 
13317 Rumphii W. 
13318 Ruffia W. 
13319 vinifera Hort. 
1983. CO'COS. W. 
13320 nuc'ifera W. 
13321 aculeata W. 
13322 fusifurmis W. 
Jilt O ec 
ZlZANIA. 
Canada Rice 
Pharus. 
broad-leaved Mi [23 
W. GUETTARUA. 
great-flowered ^ I I 
rough-leaved 
Sago Palm. 
Rumphius's 
turbinate 
prickly 
Cocoa-Nut-Tree. 
common ^ I I 
prickly ± □ 
Great Macaw-tree □ 
1 □ 
spl 30 
or 20 
clt 50 
or CO 
or 50 
Gmminea;. 
jl.s G 
Gramince. 
jl.au G 
Rubiacece. 
... Sc 
1-3. 
. Amer. 1790. 
S CO Lin.trans.7. t.l3 
Sp. 1—3. 
Jamaica 
1793. S r.m Br. jam. t. 38. f.3 
Sp. 2—17. 
E. Indies 1771. 
W. Indies 1793. 
Palmce. Sp. 3 — 4. 
G E. Indies 1800. 
... G Madagasc.1820. S 
... G Guinea 1820. S 
p.l 
r.m 
Sk r.m Ru.am.l.t.17,18 
r.m 
r.m Bea. fl. d'Oware 
Pa.G E. Indies 1690. 
Pa.G W. Indies 1796. 
Pa.G Jamaica 1731. 
r.m Roxb. cor. 1. 1.73 
r.m Jac.am.278.t.l69 
r.m 
13308^ 13310 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
annuals, and A. sanguineus and caudatus common border flowers ; like all the species, they are of easy 
culture in light rich soil. Most of the species are very prolific in seeds, which preserve their germinating 
quality several years. 
1976. Luffa. Its name in Arabic is loiiff, according to Forskahl. A curious kind of gourd, not often seen 
on account of its offensive odor. It is cultivated in Arabia and China. It climbs up the Palm trees, covering 
and elegantly adorning their trunks. The fruit when young is pickled, like the Mango; but Europeans think 
it has a disagreeable taste, and is not very wholesome. L. Charantia has a fruit with a yellowish skin, but 
very red flesh, and when ripe, it bursts elastically. Culture as in Cucumis. 
1977. Ambrosia. A poetical name. Ambrosia is the name of the food of the heathen divinities, as nectat 
was their beverage ; of the former, the odor was delightful, whence its name has been applied to an herb, the 
leaves of'which, when bruised, emit a grateful scent. Weedy plants of no beauty. 
1978. Securinega. From securis, a hatchet. The name was given by Commerson, because the wood was so 
hard as to be capable of being manufactured into cutting instruments. It grows and flowers freely in loam and 
peat, and cuttings strike in sand under a hand-glass. 
1979. Zixania. One of the Greek names of the rye-grass was ?i ^etviev i according to Golius, the same plant 
was called by the Arabs ZoMn. The modern plant has no relation to the ancient, being a native of America, 
where it is called Canada rice. This plant has been acclimated in Middlesex and Ross-shire ; it grows on the 
margins of ponds, and is exceedingly prolific of bland farinaceous seeds, which afford a very good meal. It 
abounds in all the shallow streams of North West America, where its seeds contribute essentially to the 
support of the wandering tribes of Indians, and feed immense flocks of wild swans, geese, and other water 
fowl. Pinkerton says, this plant seems intended by nature to become the bread corn of the north. 
1980. Pharus. From (poc^o?, a covering. Brown gave this name to the plants, because their long broad leaves 
are employed as wrappers for various purposes by the natives of Jamaica. Fine stove grasses. 
1981. Guettarda. Etienne Guettard was a French botanist, who published in 1747, a catalogue of the plants 
growing in the vicinity of Estampes. Splendid plants, which grow in loam, peat, and sand ; and are increased 
by cuttings in sand in a moist heat and covered. 
1982. Sagus. So named in allusion to the nutritive properties of the substance obtained from it. From 
this palm is produced the Sago of the shops. The wood is full of white pith, like that of elder; the pith is 
taken out, bruised in a mortar, and then put into a cloth or strainer, held over a trough, and water being 
poured in, the pith is washed through the cloth into the trough ; the water being then drawn off, the sago is 
taken out and dried for use or transportation. The fruit is eaten by the Japanese, but the tree is chiefly 
esteemed for its highly nutritive pith. 
1983. Cocos. Linnseus regards this name as of Greek origin. In that language, xoxxoe means a kind of 
fruit, but it does not appear that there was any relation between that and the modern cocoa nut. D'Herbelot 
