Okj)kh VIII. 
MONCECIA MONADELPHIA. 
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13572 Leaves roundish angular. Fruit with 10 acute angles 
13."i73 Angles of leaves rounded. Fruit torulose 
13."'74 Angles of leaves rounded, Fruit spherical with a retuse nipple 
1J.)75 Hirsute, Angles of leaves entire toothed, Fruit fusiform narrowed at each end hairy 
13.)7ri Leaves cordate subangular acutish finely toothed scabrous. Fruit elliptical blunt downy 
]3"577 Angles of leaves straight, Fruit oblong rough 
13a7H Leaves angular somewhat lobed, Fruit cylindrical furrowed curved 
13579 Leaves lobed, Fruit cylindrical very long smooth doubled up 
13580 Leaves cordate entire toothletted. Fruit globose smooth 
1S581 Leaves cordate with an obtuse angle, 5-angular toothletted smooth 
13582 Leaves roundish-cordate with a recess 5-lobed toothed hairy viscid 
13583 Leaves cordate angular toothed rough with callous dots above and hairs beneath, Fl. in umbels 
13584 Leaves 3- lobed smooth above rough beneath 
13585 Leaves cordate angular above and the veins beneath covered with callous dots. Tendrils simple 
13586 Leaves cordate angular entire smooth with callous dots above and 5 glands at the base beneath 
13587 Leaves 3-lobed rough toothed, Lateral lobes angular somewhat 2-lobed, Fl. axillary somewhat umbellate 
13588 Lvs. 3-lobed toothed hispid on each side, Lat. lobes dilated angular : middle elong. Stem muricato-hispid 
13589 Leaves somewhat 3-lobed hairy narrowed at base 
13590 Leaves cordate palmate 5-lobed toothed with callous dots, Fl. racemose dioecious 
13591 Leaves cordate 5-lobed toothed rouj^li with callous dots. Flowers racemose 
13592 Leaves cordate 5-lobed apiculate hairy. Peduncles in umbels 
13593 Leaves cordate 5-lobed entire with callous asperities on each side 
13591 Leaves 5-lobed toothletted scabrous above, Petiuncles 1-flowered 
13595 Leaves 5-lobed somewhat toothletted. Lobes obtuse, Petioles and stem hispid 
13596 Leaves palmate smooth 5-parted : segments lanceolate repand serrated 
13597 Leaves 5-parted palmate, Segm. oblong lane, acuminate serrated. Petioles muricated. Peduncles 1-flowered 
13598 Upper leaves 5. parted palmate. Segments oblong cut-toothed : lower cordate angular toothed 
13599 Lvs. S-parted palmate, Segm. pinnatifid linear revolute at edge rough, Flowers in umbels. Berries acute 
13600 Procumbent herbaceous 
13601 Leaves sessile oblong blunt narrowed at base serrulate. Stem herbaceous 
13602 Leaves petiolate lanceolate narrowed at each end entire. Stem shrubby 
13603 Leaves stalked rhomboid acuminate entire. Stem arborescent 
1360-i Leaves obovate bluntish, Flowers twin axillary stalked. Stem branched round erect 
- 13605 Leaves lanceolate cuneate blunt mucronate, Flowers solitary stalked axillary. Stem shrubV)y branched 
13606 Leaves ovate-oblong blunt mucronate, Flowers axillary in threes. Branches compressed 3-cornered 
13607 Leaves elliptical ovate blunt narrowed at base, Fls. axillary aggregate dioecious. Branches square compr. 
13608 Leaves simple orbicular-ovate lucid. Flowers axillary : male turbinate nodding 
13609 Leaves oblong obtuse netted with red veins beneath. Flowers racemose and fasciculate 
13610 Leaves elliptical acute at each end. Stipules ovate acute as long as petiole. Flowers fascicled 
13611 Lvs. pinn. flower-bearing : leaflets oblong attenuated at base and narrower on one side, Fls. axill. aggreg. 
13612 Lvs. ovate acute, Fls. axill. somew. umbelled, Pedunc. filiform with 2 bractes at base, Branchlets compr. 
13613 Leaves lanceolate acute. Flowers terminal about 3, Branches pinnEeform 2-edged 
13614 Lvs. pinn. fl. bearing : leafl. elliptical obtuse, Petlunc. axill. lower usually twin and male ; upp. solit. fern. 
■ 13615 Lvs. pinn. fl. bearing : leaflets linear obtuse mucronate, Flowers axillary solitary ; the female uppermost 
13616 Leaves pinnate fl. bearing : leaflets linear sharpish. Flowers axillary clustered, Petioles round downy 
mid Miscellaneous Particulars. 
the only quadrupeds said to eat this plant. The root grows to a vast size. Gerarde says, " the queene's chiefe 
chirurgeon. Master William Goodorous, shewed me a roote heereof, that waied h;tlfo an hundred waighte, and 
of the bignesse of a childe of a yeere old." To this Linna'us ascribes the quickness of its growth, though it 
springs late. The roots have been formerly by impostors brought into an human shape, carried about the 
country, and shewn for mandrakes to the common people. The method which these people practised, was to 
open the earth round a young thriving Bryony plant, being careful not to disturb the lower fibres of the root ; 
to fix a mould such as is used by those who make plaster figures close to the root, fastening it with wire to 
keep it in its proper situation, and then to fill in the earth about the root, leaving it to grow lo the shape of 
the mould, which is effected in one summer. This root is a famous hytlragogue, and highly purgative and 
acrid. 
2025. Andrachne. The Greek name of the Purslane. The modern plant bears some analogy to that of the 
Greeks, in its thick and fleshy leaf. Plants of little beauty, and the easiest culture. 
20'26. Stillingia. Named after Dr. Benjamin Stillingflcet, an English botanist. S. Sebifera is the tallow-tree 
of China. An oil is expressed from the kernel, which hardens by cold to the consistence of common tallow, 
and by boiling becomes as hard as bees' wax. Stillingia sylvatica is considered a specific in cases of syphilis. 
2027. Phyllanthus. From (puXXsv, a leaf, and oiv^os, a flower, because the flowers grow upon the edges of the 
