Order XII. 
DICECIA POLYANDRIA. 
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14019 Leaves ternate veinless smooth roundish elHptical : the middle one smaller obcordate 
14020 Leaves ternate fascicled veiny hairy : lateral lanceolate entire ; middle one obovate 3-toothed 
14021 Leaves ternate linear villous 
14022 Frpnds pinnated, Leaflets lanceloate linear acute 1-nerved flat 
14023 Fronds pinnated, Leaflets linear mucronate 1-nerved revolute at edge 
[unarmed 
14024 Fronds pinnat. Leafl. subul. spread, straight rigid mucron. : outer margin of base rounded, Stalk roundish 
14025 Fronds pinnated, Leaflets linear mucronate distichous : lower opposite. Stalk i-round channelled downy 
14026 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets linear entire with a callous end twice c-marginate obtuse. Stalk |-round 
14027 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets linear lane, blunt obsoletely serrulate at end and flat, Stalk 3-cornered smooth 
14028 Fronds pinnated, Leaflets lane, acute pointless serrated at end. Stalk 3-cornered smooth 
14029 Fronds pinnat. Leafl. lane, rounded blunt narrow, at base serrul. on outside at end, Stalk smooth nearly sq. 
14030 Very smooth, Leaflets of Ifi pairs ovate oblique imbr. serr. at end. Stem round, Ament ovate nodding 
14031 Fronds pinnated, Leafl. lane. ac. pointless serrat. from middle to end chaffy ben. Stalk roundish si)iny below 
14032 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets in 30-40 pairs falciform outwards with 3 or 4 prickly teeth at the end [smooth 
14033 Fronds pinnat, Leafl. frost, glauc. lane. ac. point, with spiny teeth in midd. on outside. Stalk sq. and trunk 
14034 Leaflets obhque linear-lanceolate subulate hairy curved with 1 or 3 spines at the end and none on stalk 
14035 Leaflets linear entire obtuse of 20 pairs. Stem round unarmed scurfy at base [woolly 
1403d Leafl. oblique lane, acute mucron. in midd. on outside with 2 spiny teeth smooth. Stalk squ. smooth, Trunk 
14037 Leaflets oblique lanceolate distichous acute pointless entire, Stalk smooth bluntly 4-cornered 
14038 Leaflets oblique linear somewhat sulcate 3-toothed at end smooth, Stalk | round channelled 
MONADELPHIA. 
14039 Fronds plaited flabelliform, Leaflets spiny serrulate, Stalk unarmed 
14040 Fronds plaited flabelliform elongated in the middle, Leaflets smooth at edge. Stalk spiny 
14041 Spike divided. Catkins oblong somewhat squarrose. Scales cartilaginous acuminate. Culm simple 
14042 Leaves mucronate pungent flower-bearing on their upper side and naked 
,3 Leaves elliptical acute at each end, Branches weak 
14043 Leaves bearing flowers on their underside naked 
14044 Leaves bearing flowers on their upper side under a leaflet 
i404.'> Leaves bearing flowers at their edge 
14046 Raceme terminal hermaphrodite 
14047 Leaves about 8 imbricated ovate-lanceolate mucronate perennial 
14048 Old leaves closely imbricated inflexed pointless 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
sidered as petals. Mr. Woodward remarks, that the flower does not properly grow out of the leaf, but on a 
pedicel from the bosom of the leaf, which is immersed beneath the outer coat, whence it may with ease be 
dissected. The female flowers are succeeded by red berries, almost as large as some cherries ; they are sweet 
tasted, with two large orange-colored seeds in each. The green shoots were formerly used by butchers for 
sweeping their blocks, whence the common English name of the plant. It is still made into besoms in Italy. 
The tender growths, soon after they have sprung up from the root in spring, have been gathered and eaten by 
the poor like those of asparagus ; and the branches, with the ripe fruit on them, were formerly stuck up in 
sand, with the stalks of Peony and Iris, displaying their capsules of ripe seeds ; the three together made a sort 
of winter nosegay for rooms. In landscape gardening the plant is valuable as an evergreen, which will grow 
under the shade and drip of other trees. It harmonizes well with Daphne Laureola, and Ulex nana, and 
Vaccinium vitis id^a. R. hypophyllum. has the floivers on the under side of the leaves, which are succeeded 
by small red berries about the size of those of Juniper. R. racemosus is an elegant evergreen shrub, by some 
supposed to be the plant with which the ancients crowned their victors ; but the more general opinion is in 
favor of Laurus nobilis. All the species are readily increased by suckers from the root. 
2112. Araucaria. The inhabitants of Chili call this noble ornament of their forests araucanos. A. excelsa, 
the Norfolk Island pine, is a most superb plant, growing to an enormous size, and never losing the bright im- 
perishable foliage with which it is covered, as with a coat of mail. This genus. Sweet observes, " may be termed 
the handsomest genus of plants with which we are acquainted. A. imbricata, in particular, is certainly one of the 
grandest plants known. It will thrive well in the open air, with the protection of a mat or two in very severe 
weather, and when got pretty large, will, no doubt, be perfectly hardy. A. excelsa, or Norfolk Island pine, is 
also a beautiful tree, but will not do without the protection of a greenhouse. An equal mixture of sandy loam 
and peat wiU suit them very well ; and cuttings may be rooted, though with difficulty, taken off at a joint in 
ripened wood, and planted in a pot of sand, which must be put under a hand-glass, in the propagating house, 
but not plunged in heat." {Bot. Cult. p. 136.) 
