790 
MONCECIA HEXANDRIA. 
Class XXI. 
1984. E'LATE. TV. Elate. Palmce. Sp. 1. 
13323 sylvestris IV. prickly-leaved J. □ or 14 ap.jn G E. ladies 17G3. S r.m Rh.mal.3.t.22.25 
1985. BAC'TRIS. W. Bactris. Palmce. Sp. 2. 
13324 minor W. lesser £ □ or 12 ... G S. Amer. 1691. S r.m Jac.am. t.171. f.l 
13325 major ;F, greater i CJ or 25 ... G Carthag. 1800. S r.m Jac.am. t.171. f.2 
POLYANDRIA. 
198a CERATOPIIYL'LUM. W. Hornwort. Fluviales. Sp. 2— 
13326 demersum W. common ^ A 1 j'-s G Britain dit. D ).p 
13327 submersum W. unarmed ^ A un 1 jl.s G Britain dit. D l.p 
1987. MYRIOPHYL'LUM. fK. Water Milfoil. Qnagrarics. Sp.2—5. 
13328 spicatnm IV. spiked ^ A I>r 1 in.au R Britain dit. D l.p 
13329 verticillatum W. verticillate ^ A pr 1 jl G England ponds. D l.p 
1988. SAGITTA'IIIA. W. Arrow-Head. AUsmacere. Sp. 6—16. 
13330 sagittifolia W. common ^ A or 2 jn.au W England rivers. Dip 
13331 sinensis £ M. Chinese ^ lAI or 2 .s.u W China 1812. D I d 
13332 obtusif<Slia IV. blunt-leaved ^ E3 or 2 jl.au W China 1804. U l.p 
13333 lancifolia IV. lancc-leaved ^ lAJ or 1| jn.jl W W. Indies 1787. D l.p 
13334 rigida J3. M. brittle-leaved ^ A or 1| jn.jl W N. Amer. 1806. D l.p 
13335 graminca JV. Grass-leaved ^ lAJ or 1| jl.au W Carolina 1812. D l.p 
1989. BEGO'NIA. W. Begonia. Sp. 16—38. 
13336 n'ltida W. shining-leaved tt. O or 1| my.d W Jamaica 1777. C s.p 
13337 dichotoma JV. forked tS- □ or 2 jl.au W Caraccas 1800. C s.p 
13338 discolor H. K. two-colored SL O or 3 my.s W China 1804. R s.p 
Evansidna B. R. 
13339 macrophylla W. large-leaved **- n or 3 my.s W Jamaica 1793. C s.p 
13340 tuberosa VV. tuberous tt. [23 or i jl.s W Amboynal810. C l.p 
13341 acuminata W. pointed-leaved tL □ or 1 my.d W Jamaica 1790. C s.p 
13312 humilis ;F. small £ O: or fo W W. Indies 1788. C l.p 
13343 hirsftta W. shaggy-leaved ^ OD or 1 my.jn W W. Indies 1789. C l.p 
13344 ulmitolia IV. elm-leaved ts. □ or 2 my.jn W S. Amer. 1822. C l.p 
13345 argyrostigma Fisch. silver-spotted tL □ or 3 jl.o W Brazils 1319. C l.p 
inaculata Raddi 
13346 spatulata IV. spatulate £ [23 or l|jI.o W W. Indies 1819. C l.p 
13347 picta Lodd. painted ^ [23 or f s Pk Nepal 1818. C l.p 
13348 pauciflora imrf/c// few-flowered ^ [23 or 14 jl.o W 1816. C l.p 
13349 odorata W. sweet-scented [23 or li" jl.o W 1824. C l.p 
13350 hirtella Link. hairy [23 or 1 jl.o W 1824. C l.p 
13351 disticha Link. distichous £ [23 or 1 jl.o W 1824. C l.p 
1990. POTE'RIUM. W. Burnet. Rosacece. Sp. 6—7. 
13352 agrimonifolium Cay. Agrimony-lvd. j£ A pr 3 jl G Spain 1822. S co 
133.'53 Sanguisorba l^V. common j£ A ag 2 jl G England ch.hil. D co 
13354 polygamum TV. Hungarian jf, A or 3 jl.au Br Hungary 1803. D co 
Eng. bot. 947 
Eng. bot. 679 
Eng. bot. 83 
Eng. bot. 218 
Eng. boL 84 
Bot. mag. 1631 
Rhe.mal.ll. tAa 
Bot. mag. 1792 
Bot. mag. 1632 
Par. lond. 72 
Jac. ic. 3. t. 619 
Bot. mag. 1473 
Plu.ic.34.t.45. f 1 
R.am.5. 1. 169. f.2 
Bot. reg. 364 
Lin. trans. 1. t.l5 
Aub. gui.2. t.348 
Bot. cab. 638 
Bot. reg. 6S6 
Bot. cab. 107 
Bot. cab. 571 
Bot. reg. 471 
Eng. bot. 860 
Pl.rar.hu 2.t.l98 
History, Use, Propagatio7i, Culture, 
and is almost as easily detached from the shell. The natives use this nut as their victuals ; and from it they 
also express a considerable quantity of the purest and best lamp oil. The substance which remains after this 
operation, supplies an excellent food for poultry and hogs. Cups and a variety of excellent utensils are made 
of the shell. 
The husk of the cocoa nut is nearly an inch thick, and is, perhaps, the most valuable part of the tree ; for it 
consists of a number of strong fibres, easily separable, which furnish the material for the greatest part of the 
Indian cordage ; but is by no means the only substitute which the country affords for hemp. This the natives 
work up with much skill. 
Plants of the cocoa nut tree are frequent in our stoves, being easily raised from the nuts sold in the shops, 
planted in rich earth, and on a moist heat ; but the plants are seldom allowed room enough to come into 
flower; though it has been observed, that this is almost the only palm that could be cultivated in this country 
for perfecting its fruit ; all the others being dioecious plants. Sweet observes, that they seldom succeed well in 
our collections ; perhaps from being too much exposed to the sun : he is " informed they thrive best in the shade 
in the West Indies, where cultivators of them j)lant tall trees near them for that purpose." {Bot. Cult. p. 42) 
C. aculeata has a trunk the thickness of the human body ; the pinnae of the fronds are longer than in the 
cocoa, and prickly like the bark of the trunk. The fruit is as large as a crab, and of the same shape ; under 
a green skin it has a thin sweetish astringent pulp; and within that, a nut full of a white sweet eatable kernel. 
The nut is said to yield the true palm oil. The outside of the trunk is made into laths, bows, and darts. 
1984. Flate. This was one of the names given by the Greeks to the membrane which envelopes the female 
flowers of the date ; that is to say, to its spatha. Modern authors have applied the word to a kind of Indian 
palm. The fruit of E. sylvestris resembles a wild plumb. The poorer sort of people chew it in the same 
manner with the Areca nut, with the leaf of the betel pepper and quick-lime. The elephants are fond of the 
fruit-staUis, which are very sweet. In our stoves the plants require a sandy loam, and a strong heat. 
