POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 
Class XXIII. 
14301 sinensis Pers. 
14302 micrantha W. 
14303 aculeata W. 
2146. GOUA'NTA. W. 
14304 domingensis W. 
14305 tiliiefolia W. 
2147. HER'MAS. W. 
143()K depauperata W. 
14307 gigantea W. 
Chinese 
smooth 
prickly 
3f or 12 ... 
□ or 10 au.s 
$ LZl or 10 
Asia 
Jamaica 
Jamaica 
1820. 
1739. 
1791. 
L p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l 
Plum.ic.t.206.f.] 
GOUANIA. 
Chaw-stick )U. O or 
Lime-tree-lvd. □ or 
Hermas. 
hairy 
gigantic 
RhamnecE. 
10 ... G 
10 ... G 
Sp. 2—20. 
W. Indies 1739. 
E. Indies 1810. 
C p.l Pluk.al. t.201.f.4 
C p.l Rox. cor. 1. 1. 98 
£ lAJ cu 
a 1 Al cu 
UmbelUfercB. Sp. 2—5. 
2 jn.jl G C. G. H. 1795. 
4 jn.jl G C. G. H. 1794. 
EuphorbiacecB. Sp. 1 — 5. 
6 jn.jl Ap E. Indies 1823. 
2148. BRIDE'LIA. W. Bridelia. 
14308 spinosa W. prickly *it ( 1 or 
2149. FERO'NIA. Correa. Elephant Apple. Aurantiacece. Sp. 1. 
14309 elephantum Con: Indian 1 □ ft 40 ... W E. Indies 1804. 
2150. AILAN'TUS. W. Ailantus. 
14310 glandulusa W. Chinese 
14311 excelsa W. Indian 
Terehintacece. Sp. 2 — 4. 
^ or 20 au G China 1751. 
^ □ or 50 ... G E. Indies 1800. 
2151. CLU'SIA. W. 
14312 rosea IV. 
14313 alba W. 
14314 flava W. 
14315 venosa IV. 
Balsam Tree. 
Rose-colored ^ CD or 
white-llowered ^ \ZD or 
yeliow-flower'd J □ or 
veiny-leaved jf [23 or 
Giittiferce. Sp. 4—16. 
30 jl.au 
SO ... 
30 s 
20 ... 
2152. OPHIO'XYLON. W. Opiugxyloiv. 
14316 serpentinum W. red-flowered vl E] or 3 my.jn W 
2153. RHA'PIS. W. 
14317 flabellitormis TV. 
14318 arundinacea W. 
Rhapis. 
creeping, rooted Je. (23 or 
simple-leaved J, lAJ or 
Carolina 1692. 
S. Amer. 1752. 
Jamaica 1759. 
S. Amer. 1733. 
^p. 1-3. 
E, Indies 16£0. 
PalmcE. Sp. 2. 
6 au G China 1774. 
6 s G Carolina 1765. 
D l.p 
D l.p 
C l.p 
C l.p 
R l.p 
C s.p 
C r.m 
C l.p 
C r.m 
C r.m 
R p.l 
R p.l 
Bur. afr. t.71. f.2 
T.in.ac.p.l4.t.H 
Roxb. cor. 1. 172 
Rox. cor. 2. t.l41 
Dend. brit. 104 
Rox. cor. 1. 1. 23 
Cat. car. 2. t. 99 
Jac. amer. t. 165 
Bot. rep. 223 
Plum. ic. 87. f. 2 
Bot. mag. 784 
Bot. mag. 1371 
14308 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
C. australis, sometimes called the lote tree, is reckoned among the largest timber trees of the south of Europe. 
The wood is one of the hardest we are acquainted with ; it is also very tough and flexible. In France, the 
forked branches are peeled, and cut so as to resemble rude hay-forks, and in that state used for various agricul- 
tural purposes. The leaves have a cheerful light green color'; the berries are the size of a small cherry, first 
yellow and then black ; they are eaten by birds and children. 
C. occidentalis bears a great resemblance to the first. The leaves come out late in the spring, but they are 
also the latest in fading of any of the deciduous sort ; the timber is tough and pliable, and imported by coach- 
makers for the frames of their carriages. It grows more freely in this country than the European species, and 
in some years bears abundance of fruit. 
C. orientalis is a low-spreading tree or bush ; the timber is white, aud yields a gum like that of the cherry. 
C. aculeata is an inelegant little tree, with a drupe double the size of a pea, which is eaten by the natives of 
the Caribbee Islands and the neighbouring continent. All the species are easily increased by layers or 
seeds. 
2146. Gouania. Antoine Gouan was professor of botany at Montpellier in the middle of the eighteenth 
century, and was a good botanist. The species are increased by ripened cuttings under a hand-glass in 
heat. 
2147. Hermas. A name, the meaning of which is wholly unknown. An inconspicuous starved-looking 
plant of no known use; whence it is called depauperata. 
2148. Bridelia. Named in honor of Professor Bridel, the celebrated muscologist. Small bushes or trees, with 
little beauty to reconnnend them. 
2149. Feronia. Elegantly named by the classical Correa de Serra, after Feronia, the goddess of the forests. 
This is a noble Indian timber tree, bearing a fruit not unlike an orange, to which it is botanically related. 
21.50. Ailantus. Derived from Ailanto, the name of one species in the Moluccas. The usual way of writing 
it, Ailanthus, is therefore incorrect. A. glandulosa is a tree which may be compared to a gigantic stag's-horn 
sumach ; it has very large leaves, unequally pinnate, with foot-stalks from one to two feet in length, and numer- 
ous flowers in a ternnnating pedicel, which exhale a disagreeable odor. The tree grows very fast, and on very 
poor soil, especially if it be calcareous. If the bark be wounded, a resinous juice flows out, which hardens 
in a few days. The wood is hard, heavy, glossy like satin, and susceptible of a verj^ fine polish. It is pro- 
pagated by cuttings of the roots. In general the trees bear only male flowers ; but in France it has produced 
both male and female flowers, and fruit twice in ten years. 
2151. Clusia. So called, in honor of the celebrated Charles de I'Ecluse, born at Artois in 1526, and died in 
1609. He was one of the most excellent botanists who ever lived, and author of many works whose value 
will only cease with the world. But he is not more known for his mental excellence, than for his personal 
calamities. In his early youth he undertook to travel through Portugal, Spain, England, Hungary, and other 
countries in pursuit of plants ; no easy task in those days. By excessive fatigue he contracted, so soon as in 
his twenty-fourth year, a dropsical complaint, of which he was afterwards cured with chicory by the celebrated 
