838 
DICECIA HEXANDRIA. 
Class XXIL 
13927 tamnoides W. 
13928 austral is R. £r. 
13929 cadfica 
13930 Bona nox W. 
13931 latifolia R P. 
13932 herbacea JV. 
13933 lanceolata W. 
13934 glycyphylla B. P. 
13935 p6bera JV. 
13936 Pseudo-china M'. 
13937 peduncularis JV. 
13938 glauca B. M. 
13939 rubens JVats. 
13940 longifolia JV. 
2082. TA'MUS. JV. 
13941 communis JV. 
13942 cretica JV. 
2083. TESTUDINA'RI 
13943 dcphan'tiyiesBurch. 
2034. RAJA'NIA. JV. 
13944 cordata JV. 
Tamus-leaved _^ A un 
i 
1 A 
A 
oblong-leaved 
deciduous 
ciliated 
broad-leaved 
herbaceous 
spear-leaved _ 
BotanyBayTeafl_ i_J 
downy _^ 
BastardChinese_l | 
long-peduncled _^ A 
glaucous-leav'd_^ 
pink J. 
long-leaved CD 
Black Bryony. 
common A 
Cretan A 
A. Burch. Elephant's 
. common 
Rajania. 
Tamus-leaved fl_ El 
6 
jn.jl 
6 
6 
jn.jl 
6 
jn.jl 
8 
4 
jl 
5 
my.jji 
5 
6 
my.jn 
6 
my.jl 
2 
my.jl 
6 
jl 
10 
my.jl 
W.a 
W.G 
W.G 
W.Q 
G.w 
G 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
SmilacecE. 
my.au G 
jl.au G 
N. Amer, 
N. S. W. 
N. Amer. 
N. Amer. 
N. Holl. 
N. Amer. 
N. Amer. 
N. S. W. 
N. Amer. 
America 
N. Amer. 
N. Amer. 
N. Amer. 
Cayenne 
Sp. 2—3. 
England 
Candia 
1739. Sks.p 
1815. Sk s.p 
1759. Sks.p 
1739. Sk s.p 
1791. Sks.p 
1699. Sk s.p 
1785. Sk s.p 
1815. Sk s.p 
1806. Sk 
1739. C 
1812. C 
1811. C 
... C 
1820. C 
Foot, or Hottentot's Bread. 
2085. DIOSCO'REA. 
13945 pentaphylla JV. 
13946 aculeata JV. 
13947 alata JV. 
13948 bulbifera JV. 
13949 sativa JV. 
13950 triphylla JV. 
13951 braslliensis JV. 
13952 coriacea JV. 
13953 altissima fF. 
13954 angustiftSlia JV. 
139.55 villosa JV. 
quaternata Ph. 
1595Q oppositifolia JV. 
W. Yam. 
five-leaved ^ □ cul 10 
prickly-stemm. ;fi, [Z3 cul 10 
wing-stalked ^ USl cul 15 
bulb-bearing 
common 
three-leaved 
Brazilian 
leathery 
tallest 
A (23 esc 12 jl.au 
A CZ3 clt 20 au 
A □ un 8 
A □ esc 8 
A □ un 8 
□ un 20 ... 
narrow-leaved □ un 10 
pubescent A A un 3 
opposite-leaved it, [Z3 un 6 
13930 
jl.au Y 
DioscorecB. 
jl G 
DioscorecE. 
... G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
R 
C. G. H. 
hed. R s.p 
1739. R p.l 
Dioscorece. 
1774. R p.l 
Cat. car. 1. t. 52 
Pluk.al. t.lll.f.l 
Bot. mag. 1920 
Cat. car. 2. t. 84 
Slo.ja.l.t.l43.f.l 
Bot. mag. 1846 
Dend. brit. 108 
Eng. bot. 91 
Sp. 1-2. 
Bot. mag. 1347 
Sp. 1—14. 
W. Indies 1786. 
Sp. 12—42. 
E. Indies 1768. 
E. Indies 1803. 
India 1739. 
E. Indies 1692. 
W. Indies 1733. 
Malabar 1820. 
Brazil 1823. 
S. Amer. 1818. 
Martiniq. 1821. 
Peru 1821. 
N. Amer. 1752. 
R p.l Plum.ic.t.l55.f.l 
R r.m Rhee. mal.7. t.35 
R r.m Rhee.mal.7. t.37 
R r.m Rhee.mal.7. t.38 
R r.m Par. lond. 17 
R r.m Rhee.mal.8. t.51 
R r.m Rumph. 5. 1. 128 
R r.m 
R r.m 
R r.m Plum. ic.ll7. f.l 
R r.m 
R s.p Jac. ic. 3. t. 626 
E. Indies 1803. R s.p Pet. gaz. t.31. f.6 
13933 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
being larger, more porous, and much less compressed. S. Sarsaparilla {zarza, furze, Spanish) has long slender 
roots covered with a wrinkled brown bark, white within, and having a small woody heart. It is inodorous, and 
has a mucilaginous very slightly bitter taste. Medicinally it is demulcent and diuretic. It was brought to 
Europe about the year 1530, and introduced as a medicine of great efficacy in the cure of lues venerea ; but it 
fell into disrepute and was little used, till it v/as again brought into esteem by Dr. William Hunter and Sir 
William Fordyce, about the middle of the last century ; not, however, as a remedy fitted to cure syphilis, 
but of much efficacy in rendering a mercurial course more certain, and after the use of mercury. Experience, 
however, has not verified the encomiums bestowed on it ; and the extensive observations of Mr. Pearson 
have fixed the degree of benefit which is to be expected from this root in syphilitic complaints. The conta- 
gious matter and the mineral specific may, he observes, jointly produce, in certain habits of body, a new series 
of symptoms, which, strictly speaking, are not venereal, which cannot be cured by mercury, and which are 
sometimes more to be dreaded than the simple and natural effects of the venereal virus. Some of the most 
formidable of these appearances may be removed by sarsaparilla, the venereal virus still reraaming in the 
system ; and when the force of the poison has been completely subdued by mercury, the same vegetable is also 
capable of freeing the patient from what may be called the sequel£e of a mercurial course. Sarsaparilla is also 
recommended in scrophula, elephantiasis, or cutaneous affections resembling it, and in chronic rheumatism ; 
but its efficacy is doubtful. {Thorn. Lond. Disp. 505.) 
S. China has roots as long as a child's hand, twisted, full of knots, reddish on the outside, flesh-colored 
in the heart, and destitute of smell. It is employed both as food and medicine in China, and to feed 
hogs in the West Indies. None of the species are of much beauty or worth growing, but as objects of 
curiosity. 
2082. Tamils. This name was employed by Columella and others, for a plant resembling a vine, and bearing 
fruit not unlike grapes ; a description which does not apply badly to the modern plant. T. communis has very 
large tuberous black coated masses attached to its roots. These are so acrid, that the pulp has been formerly 
used as a stimulating plaster. The young shoots, however, are so mild as to be good eating when dressed like 
asparagus. The Moors eat them boiled with oil and salt. The flowers of the female plant are succeeded by 
ovate smooth berries. 
2083. Testndinaria. So called from the resemblance which the great rugged cracked root of this plant bears 
to the shell of a tortoise {tcsfudo). The rootstock is a large fleshy mass, covered with a thick bark cracked 
deeply in every direction. The Hottentots in time of scarcity make use of the fleshy inside of the root as a 
sort of yam. 
2084. Rajania. Named in honor of our distinguished countryman John Ray, a distinguished naturalist, 
