844 
DICECIA DODECANDRIA. 
Class XXII. 
2099. DATIS'CA. W. Datisca. 
13996 cannabma W. Hemp-like ^ A 
2100. MENISPER'MUM. D. Moo.v Seed. 
13997 canadense IV. Canadian 
13998 virginicum W. Virginian 
13999 smilacinum Dec, Smilax-leaved 
Cissampelos smilacina W. 
2101. COC'CULUS. Dec. Cocculus. 
14000 Plukenetii Dec. officinal 
14001 carolinus W. Carolina 
Wendlandia populij'olia 
14002 orbiculatus Dec. round-leaved 
14003 villosus Dec. villous 
/3 hhsutus Dec. hairy 
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t. or 
^ por 
^ □ or 
^ [Z3 or 
Resedacees. Sp. 1 — 2. 
4 jl.s Y Candia 1640. 
Menispermece. Sp. 3 — 6. 
10 jn.jl G.Y N. Amer. 1691. 
20 jn.jl G.Y N. Amer. 1732. 
10 ... G.Y Carolina 1776. 
MenispermecB 
Sp. 4—46. 
10 
... G.Y 
E.Indies 1790. 
R l.p 
4 
jn.jl G.Y 
N. Amer. 1810. 
R s.p 
6 
... G.Y 
E. Indies 1790. 
R l.p 
6 
... G.Y 
E. Indies 1800. 
R l.p 
6 
... G.Y 
E. Indies 1800. 
R l.p 
D CO Alp. exot. t. 298 
R s.p Bot. mag. 1910 
R s.p Dil.el.t.l78.f.219 
R l.p Jac. ic. 3. t. 629 
Pl.man. t.345.f.2 
Pluk.al. t.384.f.6 
Plu.am. t.384.f.3 
Plu.am. t.384.f.7 
ICOSANDBIA. 
2102. FLACOUR'TIA 
14004 Ramontchi W. 
14005 flavescens W. 
14006 cataphracta W. 
14007 sapida W. 
2103. PEU'MUS. Pers. 
14008 fragrans Pers. 
2104. GELO'NIUM. Roxb. Gelonium, 
14009 bifarium Roxb. oval-leaved 
2105. ROTTLE'RA. Roxb. Rottlera. 
14010 tinctoria Rexb. dyer's 
W. Flacourtia. 
shining-leaved Jtt 
yellow-flower'd * 
many-spined * 
esculent SB 
Peumus. 
fragrant f I i ft 
□ fr 
□ fr 
□ fr 
:afr 
Tiliacece. Sp. 4—7. 
12 jn.jl 
15 
4 
10 
30 
^□un 6 
«E □ un 15 
Madagasc.1775. 
... W Guinea 1780. 
... W E. Indies 1804. 
... W E. Indies 1800. 
Sp. 1. 
Chili 1824. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 1 — 2. 
jn.au Ap E. Indies 1793. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 1. 
... Ap E. Indies 1810. 
T/He.stir.59.t.30 
Roxb. cor.l. t.f; 
Feuillee, 3. t. 6 
Roxb. cor. 2. 1. 168 
POLYANDRIA. 
2106. CLIFFOR'TIA. W. Cliffortia. 
14011 cuneata IV. 
14012 ilicifolia W. 
14013 tridentata W. 
14014 ruscifolia W. 
14015 cinerea W. 
14016 pulch^lla W. 
14017 crenSta W. 
14018 ericaefolia W. 
wedge-leaved 
Ilex-leaved 
three-toothed 
Ruscus-leaved 
cinereous 
beautiful 
notched-leaved 
Heath.leaved 
Rosace(3. Sp. 11 — 24. 
I I or 
1 I or 
3 
3 my.s 
3 my.s 
3 jn.jl 
4 jn.jl 
li ap.my 
3" jl.au 
3 jl.s 
G.w 
G 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
G.w 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
1787. 
1714. 
1752. 
1800. 
1795. 
1791. 
1799. 
Dill. elt.t.31.f35 
L'hort. cliff. t.31 
14003 
Histo7-y, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2099. Datisca. A word the meaning of which is unknown. The plant is of no beauty, and of the easiest culture. 
2100. Menispermum. From /t^'/iv/i, tlie moon, and tr^io,u.cc, seed ; on account of the crescent-like form of 
the fruit. All the species are of the easiest propagation and culture. 
The M. palmatum produces the famous Colombo root, which is so remarkable for the intenseness of its bitter 
taste, and valuaole on this account in dyspepsia, diarrlioea, dysentery, and as a wash for j)utrid sores. 
2101. Cocculus. This word is derived from coccus, the name of the well-known dyers' insect, and has been 
applied to this genus on account of the resemblance which has been found to exist between that insect and 
the scarlet berries of the plant. A genus with the habit of Menispermum. 
Cocculus Plukenetii produces berries and bunches like grapes, but smaller ; first white, then red, and 
finally blackish purple. In the East Indies they are made up into a paste, and used to intoxicate fish, birds, 
and different sorts of vermin. 
2102. Flacourtia. Named in honor of Etienne de Flacourt, a director of the French East India Company, 
and the commander of an expedition to Madagascar in 1648 ; of which he afterwards wrote an account, con- 
taining considerable details upon the botany of the country. L'Heritier dedicated to him the first species of 
the genus, which was found by him in Madagascar, where it is called RamontcJii. It is a thorny shrub or tree, 
with leaves and fruit resembling those of the plum. The fruit is green when young, of a beautiful red 
when ripe, and finally of a dark violet color: the skin is very thin, and the flesh transparent red, of the same 
consistence with our common plums : in the middle are a dozen or fourteen small kernels, the size of those in 
the apple, and nearly of the same shape ; they are bitterish like our apricot kernels, and covered with a tender 
shell The natives eat the fruit; it is sweet, but leaves a slight sharpness in the mouth. An island on the 
coast of Madagascar is covered with these trees ; and because they resemble the European plum-tree, the 
sailors have named the island Isle aux Prunes, or Plum-tree Island. All the species grow freely in a mixture 
of loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand, plunged and covered. 
2103. Peumus. The Chilian name of this plant is Peumo. It is the Ruizia of the Flora Peruviana, and 
forms an evergreen tree among the woods upon the sandy shores of Chili ; it is valuable for its wood, which is 
very fragrant. 
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