Title: An encyclopedia of plants; : comprising the specific culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain: combining much of the information contained
Identifier: 01063918.91195.emory.edu
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843
Subjects: Botany
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866 POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. Class XXIII. 14301 sinensis Pers. 14302 micrantha W. 14303 aculeata W. 2146. GOUA'NIA. W. 14304 domingensis W. 14305 tilia-folia W; 2147. HERTVIAS. W. 14306' depauperate W. 14307 gigantea IV. Chinese smooth prickly ¥ or 12 ... T O or 10 au.s f □ or 10 ... Asia Jamaica Jamaica 1820. 173a 1791. L p.l C p.l C p.l Plum.ic.t206.f.l GoUANIA. Chaw-stick tU □ or Lime-tree-lvd. )U □ or Hermas. hairy gigantic Rhamnece. 10 ... G 10 ... G Sp. 2—20. W. Indies 1739. 15. Indies 1810. C p.l Pluk.al. t.201.f.4 C p.l Rox. cor. 1.1.98 2148. BRIDE'LIA. 14308 spinosa W. W. Bridelia. prickly )£ lAIcu )£ iAJ cu « i_;or UmbeUiferce. Sp. 2—5. 2 jnjl G C. G. H. 1795. 4 jn.jl G C. G. H. 1794. Euphorbiacete. Sp. 1—5. 6 jnjl Ap E. Indies 1823. 2149. FERO'NIA. Correa. Elephant Apple. Aurantiacete. Sp. 1. 14309 elephantura Corr. Indian 1 □ ft 40 ... W E Indies 1804. 2150. AILANTUS. W. 14310 glandulosa W. 14311 excelsa (('. 2151. CLU'SIA. W. 14312 rosea W. 14313 alba W. 14314 flava W. 14315 ven6sa W. 2152. OPHIO'XYLON. 14316 serpentinum W. 2153. RHA'PIS. W. 14317 nabellif6rmis W. 14318 arundinacea W. Ailantus. Chinese % or Indian J □ or Balsam Tree. Rose-colored J □ or white-flowered t □ or yellow-flower'd ¥ O or veiny-leaved J (23 or W. Ophioxylon. red-flowered n. (23 or R ha pis. creeping- rooted^. (23 or simple-leaved J lAJ or Terebintacete. Sp. 2—4. 20 au G China 1751. 50 ... G E Indies 1800. Gutttferee. Sp. 4—16. 30 jl.au R Carolina 1692. 30 ... W S. Amer. 1752. 30 s Y Jamaica 1759. £0 a Ainer. 1733. D l.p D l.p C l.p C Lp R lp C s.p C r.m C l.p C r.m C r.m Sp.1—a 3 my.jn W E. Indies 16S0. R r.m Palnue. Sp. 2. 6 au G China 1774. R p.l 6 s G Carolina 176c. R p.l Bur. afr. t.71. f.2 T.in.ac.p.l4.tll Roxb. cor. 1172 Rox. cor.2. t.141 Dend. brit. 104 Rox. cor. 1.123 Cat car. 2.199 Jac. amer. 1.166 Bot rep. 223 Plum. ic. 87. f. 2 Bot. mag. 784 Bot. mag. 1371
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14302 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, C. australis, sometimes called the lote tree, is reckoned among the largest timber trees of the south of Europe. The wood is one of the hardest we are acquainted with ; it is also very tough and flexible. In France, the forked branches are peeled, and cut so as to resemble rude hay-forks, and in that state used for various agricul- tural purposes. The leaves have a cheerful light green color"; the berries are the size of a small cherry, first yellow and then black; they are eaten by birds and children. C. occidental!* bears a great resemblance to the first. The leaves come out late in the spring, but they are also the latest in fading of any of the deciduous sort; the timber is tough and pliable, and imported by coach- makers for the frames of their carriages. It grows more freely in this country than the European species, and in some years bears abundance of fruit. C. orientalis is a low-spreading tree or bush ; the timber is white, and yields a gum like that of the cherry. C. aculeata is an inelegant little tree, with a drupe double the size of a pea, which is eaten by the natives of the Caribbee Islands and the neighbouring continent All the species are easily increased by layers or seeds. 2146. Gouania. Antoine Gouan was professor of botany at Montpellier in the middle of the eighteenth century, and was a good botanist. The species are increased by ripened cuttings under a hand-glass in heat 2147. Hermas. A name, the meaning of which is wholly unknown. An inconspicuous starved-looking plant of no known use; whence it is called depauperata. 2148. Bridelia. Named in honor of Professor Bridel, the celebrated muscologist Small bushes or trees, with little beauty to recommend them. 2149. Feronia. Elegantly named by the classical Correa de Serra, after Feronia, the goddess of the forests. This is a noble Indian timber tree, bearing a fruit not unlike an orange, to which it is botanically related. 2150. Ailantus. Derived from Ailanto, the name of one species in the Moluccas. The usual way of writing it, Ailanthus, is therefore incorrect. A. glandulosa is a tree which may be compared to a gigantic stag's-horn ■umach; it has very large leaves, unequally pinnate, with foot-stalks from one to two feet in length, and numer- ous flowers in a terminating pedicel, which exhale a disagreeable odor. The tree grows very fast, and on very poor soil, especially if it be calcareous. If the bark be wounded, a resinous juice flows out, which hardens in a few days. The wood is hard, heavy, glossy like satin, and susceptible of a very fine polish. It is pro- pagated by cuttings of the roots. In general the trees bear only male flowers; but in France it has produced both male and female flowers, and fruit twice in ten years. 2151. Clusia. So called, in honor of the celebrated Charles de l'Ecluse, born at Artois in 1526, and died in 1609. He was one of the most excellent botanists who ever lived, and author of many works whose value will only cease with the world. But he is not more known for his mental excellence, than for his personal calamities. In his early youth he undertook to travel through Portugal, Spain, England, Hungary, and other countries in pursuit of plants; no easy task in those days. By excessive fatigue he contracted, so soon as in his twenty-fourth year, a dropsical complaint, of which he was afterwards cured with chicory by the celebrated

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