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blage. The genera belonging to this order are, Dais ; 
Daphne, mezereon, or fpurge laurel ; Dirca, leather- 
wood; Gnidia ; Lachntea; Patl'erina, fparrow-wort j Qmf- 
qualis-; Stellera, German groundfel, or Tragus’s fparrow- 
wort; Thefium, bafe toad-flax. 
32. Papilionace.®, plants that have papilionaceous 
flowers, i. e. fomewhatrefembling a butterfly in fhape ; of 
which number are all tire leguminous vegetables. The 
plants of this order are of a very different duration; fonie 
of them being herbaceous, and thofe either annual or per¬ 
ennial ; others woody vegetables of the fit rub and tree 
kind, a few of which, rife to the height of feventy feet 
and upwards. The genera are thefe : Anagyris, flunking 
bean trefoil; Sophora ; Abrus, Jamaica wild liquorice; 
Amorpha, bafe indigo; Anthyllis, kidney-vetch, or lady’s- 
finger ; Arachis, earth or ground nut; Afpalathus, Atri- 
can broom ; Borbonia; Crotalaria, rattle-wort ; Ebenus, 
ebony of Crete; Erythrina, coral-tree; Genifta, fingle- 
feeded broom; Lupinus, lupine; Niffolia; Ononis, anonis, 
or reft-harrow; Pifcidia, dog-wood tree; Pterocai pus, red 
fanciers; Spartium, broom ; Ulex, furze, or whins; zEfchy- 
nomene, bafe feniitive plant; Aftragalus, liquorice-vetch, 
milk-vetch, orgoat’s-thorn; Biferrula,bafe hatchet-vetch; 
Cicer, chich-peafe; Clitoria; Colutea, bladder fenna ; Co- 
ronilla, jointed podded colutea; Cytifus, laburtum, or bafe 
tree-trefoil; Dolichos, cow-itch; Ervum, lentils; Galega, 
goat’s-rue; Geoffroya, bafe cabbage-tree; Glycine, Caro¬ 
lina kidney-beau tree; Glycyrrhiza, liquorice; Hedyfarum, 
French honeyfuckle; Hippocrepis, horfe-fhoe vetch; In- 
digofera, indigo ; Lathyrus, chichling-vetch, or everlaft- 
ing-pea ; Lotus, bird’s-foot trefoil; Medicago, fnail and 
moon trefoil, lucerne; Ornithopus, bird’s-foot ; Orobus, 
bitter vetch ; Phaca, bale milk-vetch; Phafeolus, kidney- 
bean, or French-bean; Pifum, pea; Pforalea; Robinia, 
falfe acacia; Scorpiurus, caterpillar; Trifolium, trefoil; 
Trigonella, fenugreek ; and Vicia, vetch, bean, tare, &c. 
33. Lomentacea;, from lomentum, a colour ufed by 
painters. Many of thefe plants furnifh beautiful tinftures, 
and fome of them are much ufed in dying. They very 
much referable the lad order. The genera are, Aden- 
anthera, bafe flower-fence ; Bauhinia, mountain - ebony; 
Caefalpina, braliletto; Caflia, wild fena; Ceratonia, carob- 
tree, or St. John’s bread; Cercis, Judas-tree; Gleditlia, 
honey-locuft, or triple-thorned acacia ; Guilandina, bon- 
duc, or nickar-tree ; Haematoxylon, logwood; Hymensea, 
locuft-tree, or courbaril; Mimofa, feniitive plant, acacia, 
&c. Parkinfonia ; Poinciana, Barbadoes flower-fence, or 
Spanilh carnation ; and Polygala, milk-wort. 
34. Cucurbitace^e, from cucurbita, a gourd, conlift 
of plants which refemble the gourd in external figure, 
habit, virtues, and fenfible qualities. The plants of this 
order, which generally climb, and have long diffufed 
branches, are moftly herbaceous and perennial. The ge¬ 
nera are, Gronovia; Melothria, fmall creeping cucumber; 
Pafliflora, paffion-flower; Anguria, jacquin ; Bryonia, bry¬ 
ony ; Cucumis, cucumber, and melon; Cucurbita, gourd, 
or pumpion ; Elaterium, fpring gourd ; Feuillea ; Mo- 
mordica, male balfam-apple ; Sicyos, fingle-feeded cucum¬ 
ber; and Trichofanthes, ferpent cucumber. 
35. SkNTicos^E, homjintis, a briar or bramble, con- 
fill of the rofe, bramble, and other plants which refemble 
them in port and external ftrudture. The genera are, 
Agrimonia, agrimony; Alchimilla, lady’s-mantle ; Apha- 
nes, percepier; Comarum, marfli cinquefoil; Dryas; Fra- 
garia, llrawberry; Geum, avens, or herb-bennet; Poten- 
tilla, cinquefoil; Rola, rofe ; Rubtis, rafpberry, and bram¬ 
ble; Sibbaldia ; and Tormentilla, tormentil. Thefe plants 
are very nearly allied in form, habit, and ftnfeture, to thofe 
of the natural order Pomaceae. 
3 6. Pomaces, from pomum, an apple, conlift of thofe 
which have a pulpy efeulent fruit, of the apple, berry,.or 
cherry, kind. The plants of this order, which furnilh 
many of our.molt efteemed fruits, are moftly of the Ihrub 
and tree kind. The genera are named thus : Crataegus, 
wild fervice thorn; Mefpilus, medlar; Pyius, apple, and 
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pear; Ribes, currant-tree ; Sorbus, fervice-tree ; Spiraea, 
ipiraea frutex, fpiked willow, drop-wort; Punica, pome¬ 
granate ; Amygdalus, almond-tree, peach, nectarine, &c. 
Chryfobalanus, cocoa-plum ; and Prunus, plum, apricot, 
cherry. 
37. Columniferje, from cohonna , a pillar, and fero , 
to bear, conlift of plants whole ftamina and piftillum have 
the appearance of a column or pillar in the centre of the 
flower. This order furnifhes an extenfive collection of 
herbs both annual and perennial, (hrubs, and trees. Thefe 
are very different in fize and height, from the creeping mal¬ 
lows, and low ftirubby tea-tree, to the flelhy limes, and 
more lofty filk-cotton-trees, which by fome modern writers 
are affirmed to be fo large as not to be fathomed by fixteen 
men, and fo tall that an arrow cannot reach their top. The 
genera are the following: Bixa, arnot'ta, or anotta, by the 
French, roucou ; Corchorus, jew’s-mallow ; Heliocarpus, 
tree-montia ; Kiggelaria ; Microcos ; Muntingia ; Thea, 
tea-tree; Tilia, lime or linden-tree; Turnera, nettle-leaved 
ciltus; Triumfetta, burr bark-tree; Ayenia; Grewia; 
HeliCteres, fcrew-tree ; Kleinhovia ; Adanfonia, Ethio¬ 
pian four gourd, or African calabalh-tree ; Alcea, holly¬ 
hock, or rofe-matlow ; Althaea, marlh-mallow ; Bombax, 
(ilk-cotton-tree; Camellia, Japan rofe; Goffypium, cot¬ 
ton-tree; Hermannia ; Hibifeus, althaea frutex, or Syrian 
mallow; Lavatera, fea tree-mallow; Malope, bafe mal¬ 
low ; Malva, mallow; Melochia; Napaea; Pentapetes; 
Sida, Indian mallow ; Stewartia ; Theobroma, chocolate- 
nut, or bafe cedar of Jamaica; Urena ; Waltheria. 
38. Tricoccas, from t§sk, three, and rork®, a grain ; 
confifting of plants with a (ingle three-cornered capfnle, 
having three cells or internal diviftons, each containing a 
fingle feed. The Angle feed-veffel of thefe plants is of a 
Angular form, and refembles three capfules, which adhere 
to one common footftalk as a centre, but are divided ex¬ 
ternally into three deep partitions. The genera are, Aca- 
lypha ; Adelia ; Andrachne, bafe orpine ; Buxtts, box ; 
Cambogia; Carica, papaw-tree; Cliffortia ; Clutia ; Cneo- 
runr, widow-wail; Croton, bafe ricinus ; Cupania ; Dale- 
champia ; Euphorbia, burning thorny plant, or fpurge; 
Excoecaria, aloes-wood ; Guettarda; Hernandia, jack-in- 
a-box ; Hippomane, manchineel-tree ; Hura, land-box- 
tree; Jatropha,caffava, or manihot; Mercurialis, mercury ; 
Phyllanthus, fea-lide laurel; Plunkenetia ; Ricinus, palma- 
chrifti; Solandra; Sterculia; Tragia; Triallis. This family 
is not completely natural, yet the title is a ltriking one ; and 
though the plants which poftels it are not connected by 
fuch numerous relations as to form a true natural affem- 
blage, yet they are by that circumltance diftinguifhed from 
all other plants with great facility. All the genera of this 
order have.not the ftriking character juft mentioned. 
39. Siliquos^;, from filiqua , apod, confift of plants 
which have a pod for their feed-velfel. This order chiefly 
furniflies biennial and perennial herbs of an irregular figure. 
The genera are thefe : Arabis, bafe tower muftard; Braf- 
fica, cabbage, turnip, rape ; Bunias, fea-rocket; Carda- 
mine, lady’s-fmock ; Cheiranthus, (lock, or wali-flower; 
Crambe, fea-cabbage; Dentaria, tooth-wort; Eryfimum, 
hedge-muftard ; Heliophila ; Hefperis, rocket, queen’s' 
July-flower, or dame’s violet; ll'atis, woad ; Rapnanus, 
radifh; Ricotia ; Sinapis, muftard; Sifymbrium, water- 
creffes; Turritis, tower-muftard; Alyffum, madwort; 
Anaftatica, rofe of Jericho ; Bifcutella, buckler-muftard ; 
Clypeola, treacle-muftard ; Cochlearia, fcurvy-grafs, or 
lpoon-wort; Draba, whitlow-grafs; Iberis, candy-tuft, or 
feiatica-crefs ; Lepidium, dittander, or pepper-wort; Lu-, 
naria, fattin-flower, honefty, or moon-wort; Myagrutn, 
gold of pleafure ; Peltaria ; Stibularia, rough-leaved alyf- 
fon ; Thlafpi, mithridate-muftard, or ftiephcrd’s-purle ; 
Vella, Spanifli crefs. 
40. I’ersonata;, from perfona, a mafque, confift of 
plants whofe flowers are furnithed with an irregular, gap¬ 
ing or grinning petal, in figure fomewhat refembling the 
fnout of an animal. This order furnifhes both herbaceguj 
and woody vegetables of the fltrub and tree kind. The 
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