846 
DICECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Class XXII. 
14019 obcordata W. 
14020 trifoliata JF. 
14021 sarmentosa fV. 
2107. CY'CAS. W. 
14022 circinalis W. 
14023 revoluta W. 
2108. ZA'MIA. TV. 
14024 pungens W. 
14025 cycadifolia TV. 
14026 angustifolia Jac. 
14027 media Jac. 
14028 debilis W^. 
14029 integrifolia IV. 
14030 pygmaj'a B. M, 
J4031 furfuracea fF. 
14032 spiralis iV. 
14033 horrida W. 
14034 Cycadis 
140.35 pumila B. M. 
14036 lanuginosa W. 
14037 longifolia JF. 
14038 tridentata W. 
heart-leaved 
1—1 
or 
3 
jn.au 
G.w 
C. G. H. 
1790. 
C 
p.l 
three-leaved 
1 1 
10 
ap.jl 
G.w 
C. G. H. 
1752. 
c 
I) 1 
Pluk.al. t.319.f.4 
sat 
1 — 1 
or 
4 
jn.au 
W 
C. G. H. 
1793. 
c 
n 1 
Cycas. 
Cycadece. Si 
0. 2—4. 
broad-leaved 
n 
cu 
3 
Ap 
E. Indies 
1700. 
Sk 
r.m 
Rh.mal.S.t. 13.21 
narrow-leaved 
□ 
cu 
3 
jl.au 
Ap 
China 
1737. 
Sk 
r.m 
Lin. trans.6. t.29 
Zamia. 
Cycade 
ce. Sp. 15. 
needle 
1 I 
cu 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
17/5. 
Sk 
\l 
lill. pis.129. t.45 
Cycas-leaved 
uJ 
cu 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1775. 
Sk 
l.p 
Ja.frag.l.t.25,26 
narrow-leaved 
cu 
jl -iu 
Ap 
Bahama ] 
Sk 
p.l 
Jac. ic. 3. t. 636 
intermediate 
CD 
cu 
jl.au 
Ap 
W. Indies 
... 
Sk 
Bot. mag. 1838 
long-leaved 
CZ) 
cu 
jl.au 
Ap 
W. Indies 
1//7. 
Sk 
Bot. cab. 155 
dwarf 
£ 
CZ) 
cu 
jl.au 
Ap 
W. Indies 
1768. 
Sk 
p.l 
Bot. mag. 1851 
least 
□ 
cu 
ray 
Ap 
W. Indies 
Sk 
p.l 
Bot. mag. 1741 
broad-leaved 
1^ 
□ 
cu 
3 
jl.au 
Ap 
W. Indies 
1691. 
Sk 
p.l 
Bot. mag. 1969 
spiral 
, 1 
cu 
3 
jl.au 
Ap 
N. S. W. 
1796. 
Sk 
p.l 
gray 
L_l 
cu 
3 
C. G. H. 
1800. 
Sk 
p.l 
Jac.fr.27. t.27, 28 
Cycas-like 
L_J 
cu 
3 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1775. 
Sk 
p.l 
Th.act.ups.2. t.5 
pygmy 
woolly 
l_l 
cu 
I* 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1812. 
Sk 
p. 
Bot. mag. 2006 
L_] 
cu 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1812. 
Sk 
p.l 
Jac. frag, t.27,28 
long-leaved 
L_l 
cu 
7 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1818. 
Sk 
p.l 
Jac. fragra. t. 29 
three-toothed 
l_J 
cu 
2 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1814. 
Sk 
p.l 
MONADELPHIA. 
2109. LATA'NIA. J. Bourbon Palm. 
14039 rftbra W. red £ □ or 15 
14040 borbonica W. common i. □ or 20 
2110. LEPTOCAR'PUS. R.Br. Leptocarpus. 
14041 tenax R. Br. tough ilL i_J un 2 
Schcenodum tenax Lab. 
2111. RUS'CUS. W. 
14042 aculeatus W. 
13 Idxus L. T. 
14043 Hypophyllum W. 
14044 Hypoglossum W. 
14045 andr6gynus W. 
Butcher's Broom. 
prickly *t- or 
loose tL or 
broad-leaved St. or 
double-leaved Jl. or 
climbing^ g_ \ 1 or 
14046 racemusus IV Alexandrian Laurel 
Falmce. Sp. 2. 
... G.w Mauritius 1788. S co Jac. frag. 13. t. 8 
G.w Bourbon 1816. S co Jac. frag, t.ll.f.l 
Restiacecs. Sp. 1 — 7. 
... Ap N. PIoll. 1823. D CO Lab.no.hol.t.229 
Asphodele(E. Sp. 5—7. 
jn.d G England thick. Sk co Eng. bot. 560 
ja.jn G Portugal ... Sk co 
my.jn G Italy 1640. Sk co Bot. mag. 2049 
ap.my G Italy 1596. Sk co Sch. han.3. t. 340 
ap.my G.w Canaries 1713, R p.l Bot. mag. 1898 
jn G.Y Portugal 1713. Sk co Dend. brit. 145 
2112. ARAUCa'RIA. 
14047 imbricata IV. 
14048 excelsa H. K. 
J. AraucIvria. 
Sir J. Banks's 
Norfolk Island 
Conifera:. Sp. 2—3. 
I 1 tm 150 ... Ap Chili 
l_JtmlOO ... Ap Norfolk; 
1796. 
. 1793. 
p.l Lam. ill. t. 328 
p.l Lam.pin.t.39,40 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2107. Cycas. A name employed by the ancients to designate a little palm which grew in Ethiopia. The 
modern plant is analogous to it. This genus, which seems intermediate between palms and ferns, produces the 
nutritive granulated power called sago, from sa^u, the name of a sort of bread made from the pith of the 
trunk in Tonquin. It is cultivated in China and Japan, and the fruit is eaten in the latter country. The tree, 
however, is chiefly valued for the pith of its trunk, which is full of white pith hke that of the elder. The 
tree being cut down, this pith is beaten with a wooden pestle in a great mortar or trough ; it is then strained,- 
and the sediment, without farther preparation, constitutes sago. The native Indians live wholly upon it for three 
or four months in the year. That which is transported is dryed and granulated. In our stoves these plants re- 
quire the culture common to all the palm tribe ; a rich loamy soil, plenty of pot-room, and a strong moist heat. 
2108. Zamia. From i'/ifjt-ia,, loss or damage. Pliny applied the name to the pine-cones of the fir, which, when 
suffered to decay upon the tree, injured the succeeding crop. The modern genus bears heads of fiowers very 
like pine cones. 
2109. Latania. The name of this plant in the Isle of Bourbon is Latanier. L. borbonica is a middle-sized 
palm with plaited fan-like fronds, which from the elongation of the axis and terminal lobe, seems as if pinnate. 
When young their middle nerve is downy ; it afterwards becomes naked. The stalks of the leaves are spiny. 
The other species, L. rubra, is a much smaller plant, and is remarkable for its red livid leaves. 
2110. Leptocarpus. From Xs^ra?, smooth, and jioti^roj, fruit ; with reference to the polished surface of the 
seeds. Rushy plants allied to Kestio, and all natives of New Holland and the South Seas. 
2111. Ruscus. Anciently Z(rM5C2w, and derived, it is said, from beus,hQyi, and kelem, holly, in Celtic ; box- 
holly. The French at this day call one species bids-tpineux and petit-houx. R. aculeatus has thick white 
twining roots, which strike deep into the ground, and send out fibres like those of asparagus. The stem is 
suffruticose, tough, stiff, and dark green ; having many stiff sharp prickly pointed leaves. From the middle of 
the leaf above, comes out a singl' flower, on a very short pedicel : when it first appears it is the size and shape 
of a small pin's head ; when expanded, composed of three outer calyxed leaves, and three inner ones con- 
