Order VIII. DIGECIA ENNEANDRIA. 843 
1S977 Stem suflfVuticose brachiate, Leaves elliptical acute at each end smooth glandular serrated 
13978 Stem suft'ruticose, Leaves oblong downy with serratures on each side at the end 
13979 The only species 
13980 Racemes terminal and axillary brachiate 
DECANDRIA. 
13981 Leaves ovate-lanceolate 3-nerved stalked 
13982 Procumbent diffuse. Leaves cordate-ovate acuminate entire 5-nerved stalked, Racemes nodding 
13983 Leaves oblong unequally serrated 
139S4 Leaves pinnated, Leaflets serrated : the odd one very long, Petioles equal 
13985 Leaves simple toothed 
139S6 Leaves simple entire and trifid. Flowers generally octandrous 
13987 Leaves bipinnate very large deciduous. Flowers equal dioecious 
13988 Leaves palmate 7-lobed : middle lobe sinuated ; segments oblong acute, Male flowers corymbose 
13989 Leaves palmate 5-lobed : middle lobe sinuated; segments lane. acum. Male fls. from excrescences of trunk 
13990 Leaves digitate, Leaflets 7 oblong acuminate entire, Trunk spiny 
13991 Leaves 3 or 5-lobed : middle lobe 3-lobed, Male flowers corymbose 
^ Lower leaves entire : cauline 3-lobed ; upper 5-lobed, Flowers monoecious subracomose erect 
nODECANDRIA. 
13992 Leaves linear lanceolate keeled prickly toothed 
13993 Branches diffuse cinereous scarred. Leaves opposite 3 or 4-nate oblong retuse coriaceous 
15994 Leaves oblong or obovate flat 
13995 Leaves obovate wavy 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
2095. Carica. According to Linnasus, because a native of Caria ; but as the plant has no relation lo that 
country, it would be better to adopt, with Jussieu, the specific name Papaya for the genus. C. Papaya rises with 
a thick soft herbaceous stem to the height of eighteen or twenty feet, naked till within two feet of the top, and 
having marks of the fallen leaves great part of its length. The leaves have long footstalks, are very large, and 
divided into many lobes. The whole plant abounds with a milky acrid juice, which is esteemed good for the 
ringworm. The male flowers, which are in loose clusters on long peduncles, are of a pure white, and have an 
agreeable odor. Sometimes these are succeeded by a small fruit about the size of a pear, which has occasioned 
some to suppose the male plant a distinct species. The flowers of the female have short peduncles ; they are 
large and bell-shaped, composed of six yellow petals. When tliese drop off, the germ swells to a large fleshy 
fruit the .size of a small melon. When ri])e it is eaten by the inhabitants of the Caribbee Islands, but its flavor 
is very indifferent. The most common use of them is when they are about half grown, to soak them in salt 
water, to get out the milky juice, and pickle them as mangoes, for which they are considered a good substitute. 
The plant generally is said to have the property of intenerating animal fibre by suspension under its leaves or 
branches ; but this quality wants confirmation. In our stoves the plants grow freely in loamy soil, and are in- 
creased b) large cuttings with their leaves on in a moist heat. 
2()9G. Stratiotes. From tfl^otro;, a camp; in English, water-soldier ; both names alluding to the military 
appearance of the plant, with its long sword-like leaves, and flowers which may be liked to plumes of white 
feathers. An aquatic plant, remaining the greatest part of the year immersed in water, but rising to flower. 
It increases with such rapidity as to become a troublesome weed in artificial pieces of water in which it is 
planted. 
2097. Hy(enanche. From hyana^ and a.yx'^y P^'" ; because the fruit is used at the Cape of Good Hope to 
poison hytenas. A small tree, six or seven feet high, also called Toxicodendron capense. The flowers grow 
in axillary branched yellowish panicles, and are succeeded by smooth nuts, which, being pounded, are used to 
poison the carcases of lambs, by which the hyaRuas are infallibly destroyed. 
2098. Euclea. From ivTiXnot,, glory or beauty ; in allusion to the permanent beauty of the neat evergreen 
foliage of the plants. Shrubs or small trees, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Of one species the berries 
are brought to the market of Cape Town for sale, and is the only kind of native fruit, except that of Cissus 
capcnsis, which is there eaten. Ripened cuttings root in sand under a glass. 
