850 
DICECIA MONADELPHIA. 
Class XXII. 
140G8 Caapeba Dec. 
14069 capen'sis Dec. Cape 
2117. EXCiECA'RIA. W. ExiECARiA. 
14070 serrata H. K. saw-leaved 
2118. ADE'LIA. W. Adeha. 
14071 Bernardia W. villous-leaved 
14072 Ricinella W. smooth-leaved 
14073 Acidoton W. Box-leaved 
2119. LOURErRA. W. Loureira. 
14074 glandulosa W. glandulous 
2120. MYRIS'TICA. W. Nutmeg. 
14075 moschata W. true 
14076 tatua IV. tasteless 
nervous-leaved [23 or 
S_ l_J or 
□ or 
I I or 
I I or 
□ or 6 
± Oclt 
1 Qor 
2121. NEPEN'THES. W. Pitcher Plant. 
14077 distillatoria W. 
2122. CLUY'TIA. W. 
14078 alaterno'ides W. 
14079 polygonoides W. 
14080 daphnoides W. 
14081 ericoides W. 
14082 polifolia W. 
14083 tomentosa W. 
14084 pulchella W. 
14083 coUma W. 
Chinese (23 cu 
Cluytia. 
narrow-leaved i* i | pr 
Polygonum-like ■!* i ( pr 
Daph no-leaved i | pr 
Heath-leaved *t i | pr 
jl.au G S. Amer. 1733. 
... G C. G. H. 1775. 
Euphorbiaceie. Sp. 1 — 6. 
f.n W Chili 1796. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 3 — 6. 
jl.au G Jamaica 1768. 
jn.au G.w Jamaica 1768. 
jn.jl G.W Jamaica 1768. 
Euphorbiacece. Sp. 1 — 2. 
Mexico 1799. 
Sp. 2—14. 
E. Indies 1795. 
Surinam 1812. 
Sp. 1—5. 
China 1789. 
Myristicecs. 
G.w 
G.w 
ap.my 
EuphorbiacecB. 
C s.p Plum. ic. 67. f. 2 
R p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l Cav. ic. 5. t. 430 
C p.l Lam. ill. t. 832 
C p.l Pluk.al. t.250.f.6 
Bur. zeyl.42. t.l7 
Bot. mag. 1321 
W. hort. ber. 51 
W. hort. ber. 52 
Jac. schce.2. t. 50 
Bot. mag. 1945 
Rox. cor. 2. t.l60 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
nature of the former in its foliage, and of the latter in its fruit. The roots of several species are said to have 
powerful medicinal qualities. That of the C. pareira, or Pareira brava, is bitter, diuretic, and aperient ; of 
C. caapeba more mucilaginous. 
2117. Exccecaria. From exccecare, to blind. The juice of this plant is so acrid as to cause loss of sight 
whenever it touches the eyes. Agallochum, the produce of one of the species, was the name given by the 
the Greeks to an aromatic wood they obtained from India. In Arabia it is caUed, according to Golius, 
aghaloudjy. 
2118. Adelia. From «, privative, and IviXo;, visible. The parts of fructification are so minute as to be 
hardly visible. A. Bernardia derives its name from having been considered a distinct genus, and dedicated to 
the celebrated Bernard de Jussieu. Bernardia is the name which ought to have been adopted for the genus. 
Ugly uninteresting shrubs. 
2119. Loureira. Dedicated by Cavanilles to John de Loureiro, a Portuguese missionary, who travelled in 
China and Cochin-china, of which he published the Flora in 1790. 
2120. Myristica. From ^v^ga, myrrh, on account of the odor of the fruit. M. moschata produces spheroidal 
drupes, fleshy, smooth, and hnally drying up into a coriaceous crust, and opening on one side. Each berry 
contains an ovate, globular, serrated nut. The arillus or cover, which is commonly called mace, is fleshy, 
coriaceous, and reddish-saffron colored. Under this are two shells, the outer thin and brittle, and reticulated 
by the impressions of the mace : the inner shell is membranaceous, and adheres very closely to the kernel. 
The fruit would be a drupe was it not for the arillus. 
The nutmeg-tree yields three crops annually ; the first in April, which is the best ; the second in August, 
and the third in December ; yet the fruit requires nine months to ripen it. When it is gathered, the outer 
coriaceous covering is first stripped off, and then the mace carefully separated and dried in the sun. The 
nutmegs in the shell are next exposed to heat and smoke for three months, then broken, and the kernels 
thrown into a strong mixture of hme and water ; after which they are cleaned and packed up. This process 
is necessary for their preservation, and with the same intention the mace is sprinkled with salt water. There 
are several varieties of the tree ; but that denominated the queen nutmeg, which bears a small round nut, is 
the best. They are imported in chests, which contain each from 100 to 1401bs. weight ; the mace comes in chests 
also of different sizes. The essential oil which is obtained in Banda by the distillation of the nut is brought 
