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Quassia. Gen. char.- — Cal. five leaved, petals five, 
nectary five leaved; caps, five, two- valve d, one-seeded. 
Quas. Amara , Bitter Quassia ; flowers with both sta- 
mens and pistils, and leaves pinnated, with an odd 
leaflet. Native of Surinam, and, with its fine scarlet 
flowers, is a great ornament to the stove, where it 
blossoms freely. Three other species, Simaruba, ex« 
celsa, and polygama , are natives of Jamaica ; and from 
the bark of the roots a very strong bitter, which has 
been employed in medicine, and as a substitute for 
hops, is obtained. 
Dionaea ' Muscipula, Venus’ Fly-trap. Cal. five* 
leaved, petals five, caps, one-celled, and many-seeded. 
Native of marshy places in South Carolina. The leaves 
of this singular plant are all radical, and supported on 
long- winged, succulent, and strongly veined foot-stalks; 
the leaf itself is composed of two semi-oval lobes, joint- 
ed at the back, which permits them to fold together 
when touched. The sides of the lobes are furnished 
with a row of cartilaginous cilise, which lock into each 
other when the lobes close. Three very small spines, 
or bristles, rise in the middle of each lobe in some 
plants, but in others only two are observed. These 
spines are the only irritable points of the leaf. 
Andromeda. Gen. char . — Cal. five parted; cor. 
ovate, with mouth five cleft; caps, superior, five celled. 
And. JPolifolia, Marsh Andromeda, or Wild Rose- 
mary ; with aggregated terminal peduncles, and alter- 
nate, lanceolate, re volute leaves, glaucous on the lower 
surface ; on peat-bogs in the north of England and 
south of Scotland. 
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