812 
MONCECIA MONADELPIIIA. 
Class XXL 
13617 
13618 
13619 
2028. 
13620 
2029. 
13621 
2030. 
13622 
2031. 
13623 
2032. 
13624 
13625 
13626 
13627 
13628 
13629 
13630 
13631 
13632 
13633 
13634 
13633 
13636 
13637 
13638 
13639 
13640 
13641 
13642 
latifolius TV. en. 8ea-side Laurel ^ O pr 2 au o R 
Xylophylla latifolia W. 
angustifolius W. en. narrow-leaved * □ pr 
falcatus W. en. sickle-leaved CD pr 
ALEURI'TES. W. Aleurites. 
triloba W. three-lobed 
OMPHA'LEA. W. Omphalea 
triandra W. long-leaved 
HIPPO'MANE. W. Man'chixeel, 
Jamaica 1783, 
K Jamaica 1" 
R Bahama I.IC 
Mancinella W. 
SA'PIUM. W. 
aucuparium W. 
common 
Sapium. 
two-glanded 
□ or 
□ p 
I I or 
2 jl.au 
2 jl.au 
EuphoibiacecB. Sp. 1 — 4. 
10 ... Ap Society Is. 1793. 
Euphorbiace(e. Sp. 1 — 3. 
15 jn.jl O Jamaica 1763. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 1. 
80 ... G W. Indies 1690. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 1 — l. 
SO ... G W. Indies 1692. 
CRO'TON. TV. Ckoton. 
variegatum TV. variegated ^ 
lineare Jac. rosemary-leav. * 
maritimum TV. sea-side S 
pal6stre TV. marsh 
glabellum TV Laurel-leaved S 
tinctorium TV. officinal 
argenteum TV. silver-leaved 
Tiglium TV. purging i 
Eleuteria TV. Sea-side Balsam i 
micans Sw. glittering i 
pungens TV. pungent i 
penicillatum TV. pencilled S 
aromaticura TV. aromatic i 
humile TV. humble i 
moiuccanum TV. Molucca i 
Aleurites ambinux P. S. 
Astroites TV. woolly i 
lobatum TV. various-leaved 
pictum Roxb. painted i 
tomentosum Link, downy i 
I i or 
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I □ un 
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Euphorbiacece 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
W.G 
jl 
jl.au 
jl 
jl.au 
10 au.s 
jl.au 
. Sp. 20—118. 
E.Indies 1804. 
W. Indies 1733. 
Carolina 1786. 
VeraCruz 1731. 
Jamaica 1778. 
S. Europe 1570. 
S. Amer. 1733. 
E. Indies 1796. 
Jamaica 
Jamaica 
Caraccas 
Cuba 
Ceylon 
Jamaica 
Ceylon 
1748. 
1815. 
1791. 
1799. 
1793. 
1799. 
6 jl.au 
2 jl.au 
4 jl.au 
2 my.jn 
W.G W. Indies 1782. 
W.G Vera Cruz 1730. 
W.G E. Indies 1810. 
W.G 1824. 
2033. JA'TROPHA 
13643 napseifolia TV. 
13644 gossypifolia TV. 
13645 integerrima TV. 
13646 pandursefolia TV. 
13647 Curcas TV. 
13648 multitida TV. 
TV. Physic-Nut. 
Napsa-leaved 
Cotton-leaved 
^ □ un 
« 1Z3 or 
spicy *k □! or 
fiddle-leaved * □ or 
angular-leaved * □ or 
multifid a* □ or 
Euphorbiaccce. Sp. 9—21. 
3 jn.au G 
3 my.au G 
3 my.au R 
4 my.au S 
4 ... G 
3 jn.au G 
Antilles 1825. 
W. Indies 1690. 
Cuba 1809. 
Cuba 1800. 
S. Amer. 1731. 
S. Amer. 1696. 
C 
s.p 
Bot. mag. 1021 
Q 
s.p 
c 
».p 
Bot. rep. 331 
s 
r.m 
C 
p.l 
Bot. cab. 519 
L 
r.m Jacq.amer. t.lj9 
C 
p.l 
Jac. amer. t. 158 
C 
n 1 
p.l 
xtllL.t;illlal.l). t.Ol 
C 
p.l 
Bot. cab. 481 
s 
CO 
c 
p.l 
Mart, dec.4. t.38 
c 
p.l 
Slo.ja.2. t.l74.f.2 
c 
p.l 
Act. p. 1712. t.l7 
s 
CO 
s 
CO 
Rhee.mal.2. t.33 
c 
l.p 
c 
l.p 
Pluk.al. t.xW.l.o 
c 
.p 
Jac. ic. 3. t. 622 
c 
l.p 
Bot. cab. 440 
c 
p.l 
Rum.am.3. t.l26 
c 
p.l 
c 
p.l 
c 
p.l 
s 
CO 
Mart. dec. .5. t.45 
c 
p.l 
Bot. cab. 870 
c 
CO 
s 
l.p 
Bot. cab. 117 
s 
r.m 
Bot. mag. 1464 
s 
r.m 
Bot. mag. 604 
s 
r.m 
Jac.vind. 3. t. 63 
s 
r.m 
Par. lond. 91 
13620 ^1 13622 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
leaves. Many of the species of this genus are remarkable for the neatness of their foliage and general aspect. 
The abolished genus Xylophylla, which is now included in Phyllanthus, is very generally cultivated on account 
of the pretty and at the same time singular appearance of its leafless leaf-like branches, covered over at the 
edges with multitudes of pink flowers. All the species require common stove culture. 
2028. Aleurites. From a-Xua,^, flour, all the parts of the plant seeming to be dusted with a farinaceous 
substance. A handsome plant of easy culture, and ripe cuttings with their leaves untouched, root in sand 
under a hand-glass. 
2029. Omphalea. A curtailment of Omphalandria, a name under which Dr. Patrick Browne, in his History 
of Jamaica, first described the plant. He formed it from ofjupccXo?, a navel, and av-i^, a stamen ; because the 
male organs are collected in a fleshy navel-like mass occupying the centre of the flowers. It grows freely in 
light loamy soil, and cuttings, with their leaves uninjured, root in sand under a hand-glass. 
2030. Hippomane. From /V^ro?, a horse, and fj^oivKx,, madness ; the name was given by the Greeks to a plant 
which grew in Arcadia, and which possessed the dangerous property of making horses furious. This Hippo- 
mane must not, however, be confounded with that of Vir?il (third Georgic), which is an animal substance. 
The Manchineel-tree grows to a vast size on the sea coast of the Caribbee Islands and neighbouring continent. 
The leaves are ovate, serrated, acute, and very shining. The fruit fall ofi' from the tree spontaneously, and 
pave all the ground with their numbers. They are highly poisonous, and are said to be eaten by the sea-crabs, 
which collect about the trees in vast numbers. But this is supposed by Jacquin to be a vulgar error. The 
whole tree abounds with a white milk, which is highly poisonous, and so very caustic, that a single drop placed 
upon the skin instantly causes the sensation of a hot iron, and in a short space raises a blister. It is a common 
belief that to sleep beneath the branches is death ; but Jacquin and his companions reposed under it for three 
hours at a time without inconvenience. The wood is a most beautiful material for furniture, being finely 
variegated with brown and white, and susceptible of a high polish. The workmen who fell the trees, first 
kindle a fire around the stem, by which means the juice becomes so much inspissated as not to follow the blows 
of their axes. Whole woods on the sea-coast of Martinique have been burnt, in order to clear the country of 
such a dangerous pest. 
