Order VIII. 
MONGECIA MONADELPHIA. 
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13617 Leaves pinnate lanceolate acuminate subcrenate coriaceous, Flowers stalked 
13618 Leaves pinnate linear-lanceolate lined crenate, Flowers stalked hermaphrodite 
13619 Leaves scattered linear-lanceolate subfalcate crenate, Flowers subsessile 
13620 Leaves S-lobed 
13(x21 Leaves oblong blunt very smooth, Flowers triandrous, Stem arborescent 
13622 Leaves ovato-serrated 
13623 Leaves oblong acuminate serrulate, Petioles with 2 glands at the end 
13624 Leaves lanceolate entire smooth variegated stalked 
13625 Leaves linear entire stalked downy beneath 
13626 Leaves elliptical entire bluntish hoary downy beneath stalked. Spikes terminal few-flowered 
13627 Leaves ovate lanceolate pl-aited serrated scabrous 
13628 Leaves ovate bluntish entire smooth, Fruit stalked 
13629 Leaves ovate rhomboid repand entire at base hoary on each side, Pedunc. terminal about 3-fl. 
13630 Leaves ovate serrated at end hoary downy beneath, Stipules ciliated. Spikes terminal subcapitatebracteate 
13631 Leaves ovate acuminate serrated smooth with 2 glands at base, Petioles shorter than leaf. Racemes term. 
13632 Leaves ovate acuminate entire smooth silvery with scales ben. Racemes comp. axillary. Stem arborescent 
\36S3 Leaves cor.iate ovate attenuate somewhat toothletted warted and green above, silvery and shining beneath 
13634 Leaves cordate acuminate serrulate rough above downy beneath with 4 glands at the base 
13635 Lvs. round. -cord. acum. ent. glandular-ciliated downy beneath, A fascicle of stalked glands at base of Ivs. 
13636 Leaves oblong subcordate serrulate scabrous downy beneath with 2 glands at the base. Raceme terminal 
13657 Leaves ovate acute subcordate entire scabrous above downy beneath 
13638 Leaves subcordate angular blunt repand scabrous downy beneath 
13639 Leaves obl.-lanc. subcordate scabrous downy beneath and with 2 glands at base, Branches densely downy 
13640 Leaves 3-5-lobed serrated with hairy petioles. Stem herbaceous 
13641 Leaves oblong-lanceolate obtuse at base variegated and stained with red. Spikes axillary suberect 
13642 Downy, Leaves cordate roundish blunt repand greenish above hoary beneath 
13643 Leaves palmate 7-lobed hispid beneath stinging : lobes pinnatifid, Petiole with 1 gland at end 
13644 Lvs. cord. 5-lobed serrated fringed with glands, Branched glandular hairs in axillse of leaves and petioles 
13645 Leaves ovate acuminate entire very smooth. Racemes subcymose 
13646 Leaves oblong subpanduriform acuminate entire angular at base with 2 teeth on each side 
13647 Leaves cordate angular 
13648 Leaves palmate 11-lobed smooth : lobes pinnatifid cuneate, Stipules setaceous multifid 
2031. Sapium. A name unoer which Pliny indicates a sort of pine, so named from the abundance of resin 
which it produces ; from sap, fat or greasy in Celtic. The Americans employ the juice of Sapium aucuparium 
as bird-lime, for catching parrots and other birds. For this purpose they cut oft" a limb of the tree, and the 
next day collect the sap which has flowed out and become inspissated. They call it Mangle cautivo. The 
juice is also burned in lamps. Cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 
2032. Croton. The Greek name of a certain insect called ricinus by the Latins, which the fruit of Croton 
resembles. 
Croton Tiglium affords an oil used in medicine, which is so powerfully irritating, that a small drop placed 
upon the tongue, has the effect of exciting an irritation along the whole intestinal canal, which does not soon 
subside. It is usually employed in mixture with oil of almonds, in order to weaken its too violent powers. C. 
lineare in its general appearance resembles rosemary, and is called wild rosemary in Jamaica. C. tinctorium is 
used to dye both silk and wool of an elegant blue color, and the juice is used to color wines and jellies. The 
substance for this purpose is called Turnsol, and is made of the juice which is lodged between the calyx and 
the seeds : this, if rubbed on cloths, appears at first of a lively green, but soon changes to a blueish purple ; if 
these cloths are put into water, and afterwards wrung, they will dye the water of a claret color; the rags thus 
dyed are brought to England, and sold in the druggists' shops by the name of Turnsol. 
C. Eleuteria furnishes the Cascarilla bark, which is chiefly imported from Eleutheria, one of the Bahama 
Islands. It consists of pieces of about six or eight inches long, scarcely one-tenth of an inch thick, quilled, 
and covered with a thin whitish epidermis.. It has a pleasant spicy odor, and a bitter warm aromatic taste. 
It is very inflammable, and is easily distinguished from all other barks by emitting, when burnt and extinguished, 
a fragrant smell resembling that of musk. Medically, this bark is a valuable carminative and tonic, and is 
an excellent adjunct to the Cinchona bark in fevers. C. lacciferum, a plant not yet in gardens, is one among 
several species on which the gum lac is said to be produced. Some of the spines we are in possession of, are 
much admired for their variegated leaves : all of them are freely propagated by cuttings with the leaves on,- 
planted in sand, and plunged in moist heat under a hand-glass. 
2033. Jatropha. From lot^e^ov, a remedy, and (fotyai, to eat. The J. Manihot {Mandioka, Brazilian) or Cassa- 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
