Order I. 
POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 
863 
14232 Spike ovate, Cal. all with 4 beards scabrous, Culms ascending 
14233 Spike cylind. Lower cal. with 2 beards : the rest with 3, Beards of 2 terminal florets longer than the rest 
14234 Spike cylindrical, Cal. with 1 beard, Cor. beardless. Terminal beards very long 
14235 Spike cylindrical, Cal. 2-toothed beardless, Co.r with 1 beard 
14236 Spike cylindrical, Cal. 2-toothed : teeth unequal beardless. Valves of terminal floret with 1 valve only 
14237 Valves of female fl. globose tessellated warted. Culm erect branched. Sheaths hairy 
14238 Leaves 4 ellipt. obi. 3-nerved netted hispid. Peduncles branched smooth bracted, Fruit smooth 
14239 Leaves 4 elliptical netted smooth, Male fl. trifid attached to the base of the hermaphrodite 
14240 Leaves 4 obovate-oblong veinless roughish, Male fl. trifid attached to the base of the hermaphrodite 
14241 Leaves 4 oblong ciliate toothletted netted smooth. Ovary oblong chaffy longer than pedicel 
14242 Leaves 4 oblong ciliate hispid, Pedunc. subbifid cihated, Male fl. trifid. Ovary smooth 
14243 Leaves 4 oblong. Peduncles protected by the ovate deflexed bractea. Stem erect 
14244 Leaves 6 linear lanceolate hispid at edge, Pedunc. 2-il. naked, Male fl. trifid. Fruit warted 
14245 Male fl, 4-fid, Pedunc. dichotomous leafless. Leaves cordate 
14246 Leaves 4 elliptical ciliated, Pedunc. branched naked and fruit smooth 
14247 Leaves 6 hnear very rough at edge, Stalk and fruit hispid 
14248 Leaves lanceolate, Stem erect 
14249 Leaves oblong ovate acuminate at each end with pellucid dots, Pedunc. dichotomous, Cal. 2-leaved 
142")0 Leaves ovate, Stem erect, Invol. 3-flowered, Male corollas long cylindrical 
14251 Leaves oblong lanceolate veiny with opaque dots. Involucre longer than flowers 
14252 Leaves opposite stalked ovate serrated veiny downy, Flowers axillary 
14253 Leaves roundish ovate obtuse the length of petiole, .Stems filiform procumbent 
14254 Leaves linear lanceolate subsessile hairy, Invol. longer than flov/er 
14255 Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate or opposite oblong subrhomboid entire 
14256 Stem shrubby, Leaves obovate-lanceolate entire silvery white 
14257 Stem half-shrubby procumbent. Leaves ovate sessile entire ; lower a little toothed 
14258 Stem shrubby erect, Leaves hastate entire acute, Spikes terminal 
14259 Stem herb, spreading, Leaves triangular hoary unequally toothed, Cal. of fruit quadrang. toothed 
14260 Stem herbaceous spreading, Leaves rhomboid somewhat toothed, Cal. of fruit muricate toothed 
14261 Stem herbaceous erect. Leaves oblong sinuated cuneate at base hoary beneath, Cal. of fruit toothed 
14262 Stem herbaceous erect. Leaves triangular toothed whole-colored, Cal. of fruit ovate netted entire 
14263 Stem herbaceous diffuse, Leaves ovato-deltoid dentato-sinuate very mealy beneath [tuberculat. at side 
14264 Stem herb, spreading, Lvs triang. hast. glab. above irregul. tooth. : upp. ones ent. Cal. of fr. more or less 
14265 Stem herb, spread. Lvs. lane. ent. : lower ones somew. hast. Cal of fruit hastate slightly tuberculat. at sides 
14266 Stem herbaceous erect, Leaves ovate-lanceolate; lower sinuated, Cal. of seeds muricated 
14267 Stem herbaceous erect, Lvs. all linear ent. or toothed. Perianth, of fruit sinuated and muricated on back 
14268 Stem herbaceous flexuose spreading. Leaves obovate entire. Female flowers stalked cuneiform 
14269 Stem herbaceous erect. Leaves triang. hastate acutish a little toothed, Cal. of fruit ovate acute entire 
14270 Branches diffuse. Leaves nearly opposite rhomboid-hastate entire smooth. Spikes termmal leafless 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
the manner in which this is carried on, the flowers should be examined at a very early period of their expan- 
sion. The manner in which the stamens shed their pollen is curious. The filaments on their first appearance 
all bend mwards ; as soon as the pollen is arrived at a proper state to be discharged, the warmth of the sun, or 
the least touch from the pomt of a pin will make them instantly fly back, and discharge a little cloud of dust. 
This process is best seen m a morning, when the sun shines on a plant in July or August : if the plant be large, 
numbers will be seen exploding at the same instant. Mr. Curtis remarks, that the same degree of cold (thirty- 
one Fahrenheit) which strips the mulberry of its leaves, will destroy the herbage of Parietaria. The ashes of 
the plant are said to contain a considerable quantity of nitre. 
2138. Atriplex. The same name as Atraphaxis, which see. A. Halimus («A//.tfi?, maritime) grows on the 
sea-coast of the south of Europe, and in this country its silver-colored foliage adds to the variety of our shrub- 
beries. A. portulacoides requires to be planted on a poor gravelly soil ; in its native state it prefers the sea- 
shore and salt marshes. A. hortensis, sometimes called mountain spinach, was formerly cultivated as a 
cuhnary herb, and is still grown to a considerable extent in the neighbourhood of Paris, and the leaves 
gathered as spinach. There are several varieties more or less tinged with red or purple. The leaves of all the 
species may no doubt be used as pot-herbs. 
2139. Rhagodia. From pccycolyi^, bearing berries. New Holland shrubs with alternate leaves, and 
flowers growing in racemose spikes. 
