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TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Ruscus. 
ton, &c. Yorkshire. Rev. J. Dalton. Bot. Guide. Anglesey. Welsh Bot. 
Ann’s-brook, Meath. E. Murphy, Esq. Near Crafthole, Devon. Rev. 
J. Pike Jones. Abundant near Broomfield, Essex; near Dover; in corn 
fields at Thorne, Yorkshire. Mr. W. Christy. Fields between New- 
haven and Caroline Park, Edinburgh. Greville. 
June—July. E.) 
BRYQ'NIA.* * Cal. five-toothed: Bloss. with five divisions. 
Barr. FL Anthers united at the base. 
Fert. FL Style three-cleft: Berry globose : mostly 
one-seeded. 
B. dioPca. Leaves hand-shaped; rough on both sides, with callous 
points: barren and fertile flowers on different plants. 
Jac. Austr. 169— {E. Bot. 439. E.)—Sheldr. HI—Mill. Ic. 70— Woodv.-— 189. 
9— Blackw. 37— Tourn. 15. 1— Bod. 400— Lob. Obs. 343. 3 ; Ic. i. 694. 2 
■ — Ger. Em. 869— Gars. 181— Ger. 720— Fuchs. 94 —J. B. ii. 143. 2— 
Cam. Epit. 987— Park. 278. 1 ~—Trag. 820— Lon. i. 209. 2— Matth. 1283. 
( Root very large, white, and branched. Stem long, slender, branched, 
climbing, with tendrils. E.) Leaves not invariably hand-shaped, even 
the lower ones being truly lobed: (five-lobed, the lobes angular. E.) 
Our plants are all dioecious, and have red berries. I have never observed 
black berries. Bryonia alba , baccis nigris of Ray, is an addition of Dille- 
nius. Woodw. Th e fertile Jlowers show the rudiments of five stamens at 
the insertion of the segments of the blossom, equal in number to that of 
the anthers of the barren flowers. St. Barren and fertile plants generally 
growing at a great distance from each other, never having seen them 
growing together but once. Leers. Flowers yellow white, with green 
streaks, (in axillary branches. E.) Berry red. Seeds three to six. 
Red-berried Bryony. Wild Vine. Hedges and thickets. P. May.t 
RUS'CUS.J Stamens and pistils mostly on different plants : 
Bloss . none: Cal. six-leaved: Nectary central, egg- 
shaped, open at the top. 
Barr. FL Anthers united. 
Fert. Fl. Berry three-celled : Seeds generally two in 
each cell. 
R. aculea'tus. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, with a penetrating prickly 
point: bearing the flowers on the upper surface; naked. 
*(From jS pvu> f (germino, pullulo), expressive of the vigorous and rapid growth of its an¬ 
nual stems from the perennial root. E.) 
*f* The root is purgative and acrid ; a dram of it in substance, or half an ounce of it 
infused in wine, is a full dose. A cold infusion of the root in water is used externally 
in sciatic pains. A cataplasm of it is a most powerful discutient. A decoction made with 
one pound of the fresh root is the best drastic for horned cattle. The active virtues of 
this plant seem to give it a claim to more attention than is now bestowed upon it. The 
root is sometimes formed into the human figure, (by the continued application of a 
mould, while the plant is yet growing, and sold for the real mandrake, (Atropa mandra - 
gora of warmer climes) with the advantage, we can assure our readers, of at least equal 
efficacy for all desirable purposes, and without risk of incurring the “fatal mandrake’s 
groan.” Goats eat it; horses, cows, sheep, and swine refuse it. Linn. E.) 
t (Not understood ; unless we admit, the derivation of De Theis, from the Celtic 
word Brusklen, referring to some such plant. E.) 
