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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
this sense Plukenet applied it to a work in which a great variety of curious plants was assembled. The other 
work was called Almagestum. This also came originally from the Greek. Claudius Ptolomffius, an astro- 
nomer and mathematician, published about the middle of the second century a work on astronomy, called 
Sy»Ta|/? fx.iyiirl'/], which may be Englished " Great work." Ishac ben Honain translated it into Arabic at the 
beginning of the ninth century, by order of the Caliph Mahmoun ; to its title he added the Arabic art.c'.e A/, 
and so formed the word Al-magesti or Almaghesti. 
2049. Phcinix. Cal. 3-parted. Petals 3. Ovary 1. Drupe ovate-oblong. 
^50. Stilago. Male. Cal. tubular, 3-4-toothed. Cor. O. Stamens 2-3. Female, an annular disk at tl.e 
base of the ovary. Stigmas 2, one bifid. Drupe 1-seeded. 
2051. Osyris. Male. CaL S-fid. Cor. O. Eemale. Style 1. Stigma roundish. Berry 1-celled. 
Order 4. TETRANDRIA. 
Stamens 4. 
2052. Aulax. Male. Flowers racemose. Cal. O. Petals 4, staminiferous. Female. Stigma oblique. Nut 
exserted, ventricose, bearded. 
2053. Leucadendron. Male. Flowers capitate. Cal. O. Petals 4, staminiferous. Female. Stigma oblique. 
Nut or samara 1-seeded, included in the scales of the cone. 
2054. Viscum. Barren fl. Cal. O. Petals 4, dilated at the base, connate, resembling a cal. Anthers sessile, 
adnate with the petals. Fertile fl. Cal. submarginate. Petals 4, dilated at the base. Style 1. Drupe infe- 
rior, 1-seeded. 
2055. Myrica. Barren fl. Scales of the catkin concave. Perianth. O. Fertile fl. Scales of the catkin con- 
cave. Perianth. O. Styles 2. Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
205(5. Nageia. Cal. 4-leaved. Cor. O. Style bifid. Drupe 1-seeded. 
2051. Shepherdia. Male flowers in a catkin, 8-androus. Female racemose at the ends of the branches. Limb 
of calyx flat, regular, 4-parted. Disk with 8 glands. Fruit of Hippophae. 
2058. Hippophae. Male flowers in a catkin, tetrandrous. Female solitary in the axillae of the leaves. Calyx 
tubular, bifid at end, closed. Disk O. Fruit formed of a berried calyx and akenium. 
2059. Broussonetia. Male. A cylindrical catkin. Cal. 4.parted. Female. A globose catkin. Cal. tubular, 
3-4-toothed. Ovaries becoming fleshy, clavate, prominent. Style lateral. Seed 1, covered by the calyx. 
2060. Schcefferia. Cal. 4-leaved. Petals 4 or O. Berry 2-celled. Seeds solitary. 
2061. Brucea. Male. Cal. 4-parted. Petals 4. Disk 4-lobed. Female. Pericarps 4, 1-seeded. 
2062. Anthosyermum. Male. Cal. 4-toothed. Cor. with a short tube, and 4-parted limb. Female. Ovary 
inferior. Styles 2, reflexed. Fruit bipartible. 
2068. Tropins. Male. Cal. O. Petals 4. Female. Cal. O. Cor. O. Style 2-parted. Berry 1-seeded. 
2064. Montinia. Male. Cal. 4-toothed. Petals 4. Female. Style bifid. Stigmas reniform. Capsule infe- 
rior, 2-celled, many-seeded. 
Orders, PENTANDRIA. 
2065. Pistacia. Male. Cal. 5-fid. Cor. O. Female. Cal. 3-fid. Cor. O. Styles 5. Drupe 1-seeded. 
2066. Xanthoxylum. Male. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. O. Stamens 3-5. Female. Ovaries 5. Caps. 3-5, one- 
ceeded. 
2067. Picramnia. Male. Cal. 3-5-parted. Petals 3-5. Stamens 3-5. Female. Styles 2. Berry 2-celled, 
2-seeded. 
2068. Antidesma. Male. Cal. 5-leaved. Cor. O. Anthers bifid. Female. Stigmas 5. Berry cylindrical, 
1-seeded. 
2069. Iresine. Male. Cal. 2-leaved. Petals 5. Scales 5-7. Female. Stigmas 2, sessile. Caps, with downy 
seeds. 
2070. Spinacia. Male. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. O. Female. Styles 4. Seed 1, within the indurated calyx. 
2071. Fluggea. Male. Cal. .5-leaved. Cor. O. Rudiment of an ovary. Female. Style 2-parted. Stigmas 
recurved, bifid. Berrv 4-seeded. Seeds with an arillus. 
2072. Acnida. Male, Cal, 5-parted. Cor. O. Female. Cal. 3-parted, Styles O. Stigmas 3, sessile. C&pa. 
l-seeded. 
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