Order VI. 
MONCECIA HEXANDRIA. 
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13323 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets opposite 
13324 Fruit roundish 
13325 Fruit ovate 
POLYANDRIA. 
13326 Fruit armed with three spines 
13327 Fruit unarmed 
13328 Sterile flowers in interrupted leafless spiked whorls 
13329 Leaves pinnated capillary : upper pectinate-pinnatifid, Flowers axillary whorled 
13330 Leaves lanceolate acuminate sagittate : lobes lanceolate straight, Scape simple 
13331 Leaves 3-fid and 3-parted : lobes nearly equal nerved. Scape branched angular, Male fl. solitary terminal 
13332 Leaves ovate rounded blunt sagittate : lobes ovate acuminate spreading. Scape panicled 
13333 Leaves ovate narrowed at each end, Scape branched below 
13334 Leaves lanceolata ketled, Petioles 3-cornered, Scapes simple. Female flowers sessile 
13335 Leaves lanceolate linear. Female heads small 
13336 Shrubby erect, Lvs. very smooth unequally cordate obsoletely toothed, Wing of caps, very large roundish 
13337 Shrubby erect, Lvs. unequally cord, subangul. toothletted smooth hairy ben. at the veins, Pan. dichotom. 
13338 Leaves angular serrulate crimson beneath. Stem nodose. Wings of caps, unequal rounded 
13339 Caulescent, Lvs. unequally coid. cren-tooth. : lower angular. Wings of caps, with obt. ang. one very large 
13340 Creeping, Leaves unequally cordate angular toothed. Wings of capsule parallel 
18341 Caulescent, Leaves hispid | cordate acuminate unequally toothed. Largest wing of caps, obtusangular 
13342 Caulescent erect. Leaves hispid | cordate doubly serrate, Wings of caps, rounded nearly equal 
13343 Caulescent, Leaves hispid a cordate doubly serrated. Largest wing of caps, very large obtusangular 
13344 Caulescent erect, Lvs. hisp. on each side unequally oblong doubly tooth. Largest wing of caps, obtusangul. 
13345 Leaves long acuminate repand spotted with white above red beneath 
13346 Leaves blunt obsoletely toothletted smoothish. Stipules spatulate unequal ciliated. Wings of caps, blunt 
13347 Stemless, Leaves ovate cordate hirsute finely serrulated mottled, Capsules hairy 
13348 Leaves nearly equally cordate very blunt crenate downy : upper cucullate, Stipules lanceolate scariose 
13349 Leaves acuminate somewhat angular unequally obsoletely toothletted smooth on each side, Stip. scariose 
13350 Leaves angular unequally serrulate-ciliated hairy beneath at the veins. Stipules scariose lanceol. fringed 
13351 Leaves acute crenulate smooth strigose beneath. Cyme distichous. One wing of capsule very large acute 
13352 Hirsute, Leaflets lanceolate. Spikes oblong ovate 
13353 Thorns none. Stem somewhat angular. Stamens much longer than the calyx 
13354 Unarmed, Stems angular. Terminal flowers female : lower male ; intermediate hermaphrodite 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
1985. Bactris. So called by Jacquin, from Qay^T^ov, a cane, because the small stem is made into walking- 
sticks, which are much valued. B. minor produces a fruit of a dark purple color, the size of a common cherry*^ 
containing an acid juice, of which the Americans make a sort of wine. It is also eaten raw, but is not 
pleasant Canes are made of the stem; they are dark-colored, shining, jointed, and very light; the French 
call them Cannes de Tobago. B. major has a large nut with a solid kernel, which is eaten in Carthagena. In 
our stoves they form handsome plants, and grow freely in sandy loam ; like other palms, they are only to bo 
increased by seed. 
1986. Cei-atophyllum. So called from xi^ot?, a horn, and (pvXXov, a lenf, on account of the numerous horned 
divisions of the leaves. Aquatic weeds of no beauty. 
1987. Myriophyllum. From /u.vqioi, a myriad, and <pvXXov, a leaf, on account of the infinite number of divisions 
of its leaves. Aquatics of some beauty, and the easiest culture. 
1988. Sasittaria. So called from sagitta, an arrow, in reference to the arrow-headed form of the leaves. 
S. sagittifolia is one of the handsomest of British aquatics, and is common in Siberia, China, Japan, and 
Virginia. The bulb, which fixes itself in the solid earth below the mud, constitutes an article of food among 
the Chinese, and upon that account they cultivate it extensively. The roots are larger in those countries than 
with us. All the species are of common culture. 
1989. Begonia. Named in honor of Michael Begon, a Frenchman, born in 1638 ; he was an intendant ol 
Marine, and a promoter of botany. These are universally plants remarkable for the neatness of their foliage, 
and their succulent habit. B. argyrostigma and discolor are the two most beautiful species. They are all 
cultivated without difficulty either from seeds or cuttings. 
1920. Poterium. Literally, this word signifies a drinking vessel, and in the same sense, a kind of beverage. 
A drink was made of it, which was leckoned useful in many complaints ; it is also an ingredient in cool 
tankards. P. sanguisorba is sometimes sown along with clover as an herbage plant ; it is now, however, out of 
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