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with corn in order to render their coats glossy and fine. Other physicians consider that it might be used medicinally with great advantage, as several foreign species are valuable medicines of other countries. The seeds of Bryonia callosa, a common plant in India, afford an excellent oil, much used for burning in lamps.

ORDER XXXIII. PORTULÁCEA. THE PURSLANE TRIBE.

Calyx of 2 sepals, united at the base; petals usually 5 from the base of the calyx; stamens 3 or more inserted with the petals; ovary 1-celled; style 1 or 0; stigmas several; capsule 1-celled, opening transversely, or by 3 valves; seeds usually more than 1. This Order consists of herbs or shrubs with very succulent leaves and stems. The species are all innocuous, and in many cases edible. Portulacea sativa is the Common Purslane, and is cultivated and much liked as a vegetable in several continental countries. The Da-t-kai of Caffraria, celebrated among the Hottentots for its edible roots, is a Purslane; and Mr. Burchell remarks that an abundance of the Common Purslane is to be found everywhere on the Asbestos mountains, and that he ordered a quantity to be boiled for his dinner, as it rarely happened that he could convert the wild vegetation of that country to culinary uses, the heat rendering plants so tough and juiceless, that they were unfit for eating. He remarks that this Purslane is one of the few plants whose seeds have been scattered in various and very different parts