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POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 
Class XXII I. 
14205 virglnicum H. K. 
14206 nigrum W. 
14207 parviflorum W. 
Virginian ^ A or 
dark-flowered A or 
small-flowered ^ A or 
jn.jl 
jn.jl 
jn.jl 
Br N. Amer. 1768. 
D.Pu Siberia 1596. 
G Carolina 1809. 
D l.p Bot. mag.985 
D p.] Bot. mag. 963 
D p.I 
2129. ANDROPO'GON. W. Andropogox. 
14208 striatus W. 
14.209 contortus W. 
14210 Schjenanthus W. 
14211 distachyos fV. 
14212 miiticus W. 
14213 IschcB'mum W. 
2130. CHLO'RIS. W. 
14214 petrffi'a W. 
14215 ciliata W. 
14216 radiata W. 
14217 barbata W. 
14218 curtipendula W. 
nerve-glumed Mi (23 un 1^ au 
twisted illl/ 53 un 2 jl.s 
Lemon-grass Mi (23 ft 1| 
two-spiked Jlli A un Ij jl.au 
smooth-spiked Jilt lAJ un 
woolly ilUi A un 
Chloris. 
flat-stalked 
ciliated 
many-spiked 
bearded 
short-spiked 
Graminece. 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Graminece. 
•jl.s 
Jiz [23 pr 
jitt [23 pr 
Jiiii O pr 
Ml [m pr 
ilt A pr 
I jl.au 
f jl.s 
i au.s 
r jn.jl 
i jn.au 
Sp. e— 66. 
E. Indies 1793. 
E. Indies 1779. 
E. Indies 1786. 
S. Europe 1805. 
C. G. H. 1794. 
S. Europe 1768. 
Sp. 5—24. 
Jamaica 1779. 
Jamaica 1779. 
W. Indies 1739. 
E. Indies 1777. 
Illinois 1808. 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
Sch.ha.3.t..342.a. 
Ru.am..5. t.72.f.2 
Fl. gra?c. 1. 1. 69 
Sch. gram. 2. t.33 
D CO Vah.symb.2.t.27 
D CO 
S CO Moris.s.8.t.3.f.l5 
S CO 
D CO 
2131. SOR'GHUM. W^.ra. Sorghum. 
14219 Mcolor W. en. 
14220 vulgare W. en. 
14221 rubens W. en. 
14222 saccharatum W.en. 
14223 halepense P. S. 
two-colored M O clt 
Indian Millet Mi O clt 
red-seeded Mi Q clt 
yellow-seeded Mi [QJ] clt 
panicled Mi A un 
2132. HOL'CUS. W.en. Soft-Grass, 
14224 Gryllus R. Br. 
14225 mollis JV. 
14225 lanatus JF. 
14227 avenaceus W. en. 
14228 bulbosus W.en. 
1429,9 odoratus W. 
2133. ISCHiE'MUM. W. 
142.30 aristatum W. 
14231 rug6sum W. 
GraminecE. 
3 jl Ap 
4 jl Ap 
3 jl Ap 
6 jl.au Ap 
3 jl.au Ap 
Graminece. 
Sp. 5—9. 
Persia 
India 
Africa 
India 
Syria 
1731. 
1596. 
1817. 
1759. 
1691. 
S 
S 
s 
s 
D CO 
CO 
purplc-flower'd 
Ml 
A un 
jn.jl 
Ap 
creeping 
Ml 
A ag 
2 
jl.au 
Ap 
meadow 
Ml 
A ag 
3 
jnjl 
Ap 
Oat-like 
Mill 
A ag 
5 
jn.jl 
Ap 
bulbous-rooted 
Ml 
A ag 
3 
jn.jl 
Ap 
sweet-scented 
Ml 
A ft 
n jn.jl 
Ap 
ISCH/EMUM. 
Gram 
nece. 
bearded 
Ml 
(23 un 
2 
jn.jl 
Ap 
rough 
Ml 
R11 un 
2 
jl.au 
Ap 
Sp. 6—8. 
S. Europe 1791. D co 
Britain corn fi. D h.l 
Britain me.pa. D h.l 
Britain me.pa. D co 
...... ... D CO 
N. Amer. 1777. D co 
Sp. 2—21. 
E. Indies 1803. D co 
E. Indies 1791. S co 
M.ac.he.8.t.4.f.4 
M.ac.he.8.t.4.f.3 
A.ac.pa.l. t.4.f.2 
Fl. graec. 1. t. 68 
Fl. graec. 1. t. 67 
Eng. bot. 1170 
Eng. bot. 1169 
Eng. bot. 813 
Sal. stir, rar.l.tl 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
extremely acrid and poisonous. It is used in medicine, and its properties are found to depend on veratrine, 
the same alkaline principle which is the active ingredient of colchicum. Medicinally it is violently cathartic 
and sternutatory. When taken internally, even in moderate doses, its operation is violent and dangerous ; 
producing besides hypercatharsis, with bloody stools and excessive vomiting, great anxiety, tremors, vertigo, 
syncope, sinking of the pulse, cold sweats, and convulsions, terminating, if the dose be large, in death. Its 
external application to an ulcerated surface also produces griping and purging. Notwithstanding these effects, 
Veratrum has been exhibited internally, and with advantage, in mania, epilepsis, scabies, lepra, and obstinate 
herpetic eruptions. But the most ordinary use of white hellebore is as a local stimulant. When taken in- 
ternally as a poison, the best antidote is a strong infusion of nut-galls. {Thorn. Land. Disp. p. 545.) 
V. nigrum is very nearly allied to album, but differs in color, and seems not to be so strong and acrid in its 
qualities ; for when both sorts are placed near each other, snails will entirely devour the leaves of this species, 
■when they will scarcely touch those of the other. 
2129. Andropogon. From av^^, a man, and fTMym, a beard. A hyperbolical comparison of the little tuft erf 
hairs upon the flower to the beard of a man. A. schaenanthus has an agreeable smell, with a warm, bitterish, 
not unpleasant taste. It was formerly brought over from Turkey in bundles about a foot long, and kept in the 
shops to be employed as a stomachic and deobstruent, but it is now little used. All the species are of the 
easiest culture. 
2130. Chloris. Derived from x^^'^eo^, green, on account of the color of its herbage. Pretty little grasses, 
with beautiful one-sided spikes of silky flowers. 
2131. Sorghum. Sorghi is the Indian name, according to Bauhin. S. vulgare, grand millet, Fr., Saggena 
or Sorgo, Ital., and alcandia. Span., is much cultivated in Arabia and most parts of Asia Minor. It has 
been introduced into Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and some parts of Germany ; also into China, Cochin- 
China, and the West Indies, where it grows commonly five or six feet high or more, and being esteemed a 
hearty food for labourers, is called Negroe Guinea corn. Its long awns or bristles defend it from the birds. 
In England, the autumns are seldom dry and warm enough to ripen the seeds well in the field. In Arabia it is 
called Dora or Durra. The flour is very white, and they make good bread of it, or rather cakes, about two 
inches in thickness. The bread which they make of it in some parts of Italy is dark and coarse. In Tuscany 
it is used chiefly for feeding poultry and pigeons ; sometimes for kine, swine, and horses. Brooms are made 
af the spikes, which are also sent to this country for the same purpose. The Indian millet, as well 
as the common sort (Panicum), is cultivated in some parts of North America, and has been tried m this 
country, but it is only in the warmest autumns that it ripens its seeds. It might probably, however, be 
acclimated. 
