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Show CASCARIL.L A, CLUTIA ELUTERTIA. Class XXII. Dicecia. Order V. Pentandria. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Male flower—Calyx five-leaved: Corolla five-petalled. Female flower—Calyzx five-leaved: Corolla five-petalled : Styles three: Capsule three-celled : Seed one. Spec. Cuar. Leaves cordate-lanced. a SARSAPARILLA. SMILAX SARSAPARILLA. Class XXII. Dicecia. Order V1. Hexandria. Essenr. Gen. Cuar. Male flower—Calyx six-leaved: Corolla none. Female flower—Calyx six-leaved: Corolla none: Styles three: Berry three-celled : Seeds two. Spec. Cuar. Stem spiny, angular: Leaves unarmed, ovate-mucronate be- hind, three-nerved. DESCRIPTION. A verysmall tree. Leavesalternate, on long footstalks; entire, lanceolate, elongated towards the point. Flowers in spikes, inconspicuous. Corolla white. HisTory. Native of the Bahama islands, flowers in August. Dr. Woodville, with his natural acumen, has pointed out this as the source of our cascarilla, instead of the croton ; but it is possible that both mayproduce barks of the same, as Dr. Wright, of Jamaica, says, that the croton produces the cascarilla, or what is called eluteria of the shops, SE DESCRIPTION. Starks three or four feet, climbing, trailing, slender. Leaves round-ovate, pointed, alternate. Tendrils in pairs from the peduncle of the leaf. Flowers small, of a pale yellow, arising on long peduncles from the ale of the leaves. HISTORY, Native of America, flowering in July and August. The sar- Saparilla is brought to us from the Spanish West Indies; it has |