Order II. 
POLYGAMTA DICECIA. 
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14389 Racemes axillary, Leaves pinnated with an odd one. Leaflets ovate acute 
14390 Leaves prickly with stellate spines 
14391 Stem herbaceous, Leaves ternate or quinate, Leafl. ovate acuminate serrated 
14^92 Stem herbaceous, Leaves ternate or quinate, Leafl. oblong lane, serrated 
14393 Leaves ternate : the upper near the flowers clustered simple. Petioles and branches prickly 
14394 Leaves supradecompound toothed-ciliated, Stem shrubby 
14395 Leaves cordate 3-5-lobed repand-toothed : lobes blunt rough above downy beneath 
14396 Leaves ovate with a short point netted beneath very smooth 
14397 Leaves oblong 3-lobed and sinuated entire rough on each side 
14398 Leaves cordate roundish mucronate entire glabrous glaucous beneath 
14399 Leaves ovate oblong entire acute blunt at base smooth 
14400 Leaves subcordate ovate with very long points 
14401 Leaves ovate entire very blunt rounded at base subcordate 5-nerved 
14402 Leaves oblong ovate entire acute subcordate at base impressed with dots on the upper surface 
14403 Leaves oblong pointed smooth on both sides widely toothed, Branches covered with brown hairs 
14404 Leaves oblong smooth narrowed at base cordate coriaceous. Veins immersed 
14405 Leaves ovate blunt soft with down beneath 
14406 Leaves ovate-cordate with a deep narrow sinus quite entire smooth acute green on each side 
14407 Leaves ovate-cordate entire smooth blunt 3-ncrved at base, Branches erect 
14408 Leaves cordate oblong with a short point obtuse smooth with parallel nerves 
14409 Leaves oblong-lanc. entire narrowed and acute at end rounded at base with white dots above 
14410 Leaves obi. quite entire narrowed and acute at end rounded and subcord. at base : with punctures above 
14411 Leaves ovate tapered at the base with a long point 
14412 Leaves ovate-obl. entire acuminate blunt obsoletely cordate at base 
14413 Leaves ovate unequal-sided toothed acuminate rough on each side 
14414 Leaves ovate-lanc. entire slightly cordate at base 
14415 Leaves cordate oblong entire nerved siiining 
14416 Leaves ovate-oblong bluntly serrate crenate hairy on each side 
14417 Leaves oval acute serrated rough above soft beneath 
1+418 Leaves ellipt. entire rounded at each end smooth : young ones rusty with down beneath 
14419 Leaves smooth elliptical entire shining very large 
14420 Leaves oblong ovate blunt smooth. Fruit twin globose sessile 
14421 Leaves oblong acuminate blunt tapered at base netted beneath. Stipules scarious 
14422 Leaves ovate blunt entire cordate unequal at base, Stipules membranous twin persistent. Stem creeping 
14423 Leaves ovate bluntish entire netted beneath 
14424 Leaves obliquely ovate blunt 
14425 Leaves broad lane, with a short point tapered at base shining very smooth netted beneath 
14426 Lvs. ellipt. obi. ent. narrow, at base bluntly acum. at end with tine parallel veins ; dotted with white above 
14427 Leaves cordate lane, repand toothed obtuse downy beneath 
14428 Leaves obi. acuminate entire narrowed at base about 3-nerved with parallel veins 
14429 Leaves obovate entire with very short points and fine parallel veins shining smooth 
14430 Leaves ovate acuminate entire acute at base 
14431 Leaves obi. with short points entire smooth 
14432 Leaves cordate ovate acuminate veiny very smooth. Fruit stalked globose smooth 
14433 Leaves oblong-lanc. acute quite entire somewhat narrowed at base 3-nerved veiny dotted beneath 
14434 Leaves obovate entire blunt smooth, Branchlets furrowed 
14435 Leaves cordate ovate acute serrated unequal at base scabrous above hairy beneath, Stem creeping 
14436 Leaves oblong acuminate tapered at base. Branches pendulous 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
tea or soup every morning, as a remedy for consumption and other diseases. Jartoux relates, that the most 
eminent physicians of China have written volum.es on the medicinal powers of this plant, asserting that it 
gives immediate relief in extreme fatigue, either of body or mind, that it dissolves pituitous humours, and 
renders respiration easy, strengthens the stomach, promotes appetite, stops vomiting, removes livsterical, 
hypochondriacal, and all nervous affections, giving a' vigorous tone of body even in extreme old age. The 
French in Canada use this root for curing the asthma, and as a stomachic. After all, our jjhysicians say, that 
we have no proofs of the efficacy of Ginseng in Europe, and that from its sensible qualities it seems to possess 
very little power as a medicine. The hardy species thrive well in light rich soil ; the others grow in loam and 
peat, and are increased by cuttings in sand under a hand-glass 
2167. Ficus. It is not known what the derivation of this word is ; but in most languages it is nearly 
the same. In Greek it is tni%'/i, in Latin Ficus, in Celtic Figuezen, in Teutonic feii^e, in Sclavonic Jige, 
in Hungi rian fwge, in Anglo-Saxon fic. The species are trees or shrubs, abounding in a milky juice. 
The fruit is turbinate, fleshy, soft, and hollow within. All the species are natives of warm coun- 
tries. F. Carica, le figuier, Fr., Feigenbaum, Ger , and Fico, Ital., is supposed to be originally from 
Caria, in Asia, though it is now acclimatized, and in some respects naturalized in the Levant and 
