MONiECIAi 
152 
N° 
Genera. 
N° of 
Growth, species. 
Native Of 
•5 Myristica* * * § 
6 Phyllachne 
7 Zannichellia 
8 iEgoprigon 
9 Artocarpusf 
10 Casuarina 
11 Cynomoriumf 
121 Radennachia 
t 2 W. Indies 
h 1 Terra del Fuego 
h 1 Dantzic 
Speieiei th 
Britain. 
Brit, i 
Amentum. 
t 
t 
s 
h 
t 
Surinam 
Batavia> Otalieite, 
India 
Jamaica, Malta 
ORDER II DIANIiRIA. 
(two males.) 
13 Angtiria 
14 Lemna§ 
15 Sapium 
h 
h 
h 
America 
Europe 
Bril. 4 
ORbER lit. TRIANDRIA. 
(THREE MALES.) 
16 Axyi'is 
17 Glochidiori 
s h 4 Tartary, Siberia 
h 1 
* Myrislica (nutmeg) was heretofore placed in the class and Order polyandria? 
fnonogynia, but it is now found with certainty to belong to this class and order. 
The spice called mace is the second coat or covering Of the nutmeg, next to the 
shell. There ard twO sorts of nutmegs sold in the shops by the name of male and 
female; the female is in common use, and in shape of an olive, either roundish or 
oval; the male is long and cylindric, and has less of the aromatic flavour, and is 
more subject to be Worm-eaten, and which the Dutch call the wild nutmeg. 
fArtocarpus incisa (the bread fruit). The fruit of this tree is used While it is 
green, in which state it is roasted till the outside becomes scorched and black: the 
outer part is then rasped off, and the inner part, which is soft and white, like the 
crumb of new bread, is used for food. It is very wholesome and nutritious, but in 
taste comes nearer to a sweet potatoe, or Jerusalem artichoke, than to wheaten 
bread. , 
+ In the cynomorium tocdneum (the Maltese fungus) the whole plant is ah 
amentum. 
§ Lemna. minor is called duck’s meat , from ducks being fond of it; and it is said 
the gold fishes from China are very fond of it. 
