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PENT AN DEI A. 
N° of 
H° Genera# Growth, species. Native of 
Species in 
Britain# 
S3 Dodecatheon* 
h 
1 
Virginia 
34 Doroena 
1 
Japan 
35 Epacris 
h 
3 
New Zealand 
36 Galax 
h 
1 
V irginia 
'37 Geniostoma 
h 
1 
38 Hottonia 
h 
2 
India 
Brit. 1 
39 Hydrophillum 
h 
2 
Virginia, Canada 
40 Hyoscyamusf 
h 
7 
Syria 
Brit. 1 
41 Ipomoea 
h 
28 
E. & W. Indies, Peru 
42 Lisianthus 
s 
9 
Jamaica, Peru 
43 Lysimachia 
h 
10 
Levant, Japan 
• Brit. 4 
44 Menyanthes^; 
h 
4 
Ceylon, 
Brit. 2 
45 Nicotiana§ 
h & s 
10 
America, Peru 
46 Ophiorhiza 
h 
2 
E. Indies, America 
47 Oribasia 
h 
1 
48 Patagonula 
s 
1 
America 
49 Phlox 
h 
11 
America, Peru 
50 Parana 
s 
1 
E. Indies 
51 Poleraonium 
h 
5 
America 
Brit. 1 
52 Primula|| 
h 
13 
Europe 
Brit. 3 
♦ In the beautiful flower of the dodecatheon ?neadia 9 the pistil is very long, and 
the stamens are very short, hence the necessity of the flower hanging down, that the 
farina may fall on the stigma; but when the seeds are formed, the flower-stalks 
erect themselves to retain the seed.—In the same manner the crown-imperial , the 
dog-tooth violet , and several others, whose pistils are longer than the stamens, hang 
down their heads till the seed is formed, and then erect themselves. See note to 
bractece , page 33. 
•f* The roots of hyoscyamus niger (black henbane) are used for anodine neck¬ 
laces ; and in the leaf and stem exists a narcotic quality like opium, but not in the 
seeds. Phytologia . 
J Bucklean , bogbean , or bogbane (menyanthes trifoliata) is said to be a sovereign 
remedy for the rheumatism, if made into tea in a morning, and rather above half 
a pint warmed and drank every night, at going to bed. 
Universal Museum, for June 1766. 
§ Nicotiana iabdcum (tobacco) received the name of nicotiana in honour of 
M. Nicot, who introduced it to the Queen of Portugal.—See the number of seeds 
in a tobacco plant, under the word semina % one of the parts of the fructification. 
H Primula veris hatfi three varieties, viz. primula veris officinalis (cowslip) pri¬ 
mula veris elatior (oxslips and polyanthus) and primula veris acaulis , (common 
primrose). In this genus primula , the stamina are very short, fixed in the tube of 
the corol} and are sometimes placed near the bottom of the tube, and sometimes 
