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FLORA MEDIC A.

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FLORA MEDICA;

A BOTANICAL ACCOUNT

OF ALL THE MORE

IMPORTANT PLANTS USED IN MEDICINE,

IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

BY

JOHN LINDLEY, PH.D. F.R.S.

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON ;
VICE SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
ETC. ETC. ETC.

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LONDON :

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PREFACE.

There are probably few persons engaged in teaching
Botany to medical students in this country, who have
not experienced great inconvenience from the want of
some work in which correct systematical descriptions of
medicinal plants are to be found, and which is cheap
enough to be used as a class book. By the author, at
least, this has been so strongly felt, that he would long
since have made the present attempt at supplying the
deficiency had he been a medical man, or had he not
hoped in each succeeding year that such a work would
have appeared from the pen of some writer of reputation,
both as a botanist and pharmacologist. This expectation
has not been realised ; the necessity that students should
have access to a botanical account of the plants which
furnish the substances used medicinally in different parts
of the world, daily becomes more urgent; and hence the
work now presented to the public makes its appearance.

Under existing arrangements it is chiefly from systema-
tical works treating of the British Flora, that the student
of Botany derives his acquaintance with species; and as
but a small number of the plants found wild in this
country are either officinal, or of much medical value, he
is practically excluded from any acquaintance with those
important exotic species which it is most desirable for him
so to study as to recognise them when he sees them. The
student therefore who is really anxious to study Botany
for those great purposes which render it so indispensable a
branch of medical science, has been obliged to remain
satisfied with such general knowledge as he can obtain
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from books like the author's Natural System of Botany.
His examination in practical Botany becomes alarming to
him because he is necessarily ill-prepared to meet it ; and
when passed, all but the theory of the science is too apt to
quit his memory, from the want of definite points upon
which his attention can be permanently fixed.

But there is another reason which has induced the
author to take up the investigation of medical plants.
All persons at all conversant with Materia Medica, are
aware how conflicting are the statements found in books,
and made in conversation, respecting the sources from
which medicinal plants, often of the commonest kind, are
derived.

For instance, one writer says that Cubebs are obtained
from Sierra Leone, where Piper Cubeba does not grow :
another refers the origin of this pepper, in Bourbon, to
Piper caudatum, which is a Brazilian, not an African
species ; a third asserts that Cubebs come from Java, and
are the fruit of Piper caninum, not of P. Cubeba. Cas-
carilla bark is assigned by one writer to Croton Cascarilla,
by another to C. pseudo-china, and by a third to C. Eleu-
teria. Rhubarb has been said by different writers to be the
root of Rheum palmatum, R. undulatum, and R. Emodi ;
and in all these cases the assertion has been made with
equal confidence. According to one author Sarsaparilla is
the root of Smilax officinalis ; to another, of Smilax me-
dica ; to a third, of Smilax aspera ; to others, of a species
called S. Sarsaparilla. I have even heard it stated with
great confidence, that of the few kinds of vegetable drugs
admitted into the last edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the
College of Physicians, twelve are referred to plants which
certainly do not produce them ; and that twenty-six others
have been assigned to their sources with more or less in-
accuracy. As the greater part of these differences of
opinion can be more readily settled by Botanical investi-
gation than by Pharmaceutical evidence, the author trusts
that it will not be thought presumptuous in him to have
made the attempt, although he is not a medical man.

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In executing his task he has been much embarrassed to
determine within what limits to confine it. To be guided
by the last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia, or by
any other work of the same description, would have mani-
festly been inexpedient, because all such books are from
their very nature circumscribed, and confined in their
application to some particular place. To have thus limited
the present work, would have entirely defeated one of the
first objects set before himself by the author in the exe-
cution of it — the indication of what remedial agents are
employed in other countries, but not yet introduced into
English practice. No one will be bold enough to assert
that the physician already possesses the most powerful
agents produced by the vegetable kingdom ; for every year
is bringing some new plant into notice for its energy,
while others are excluded because of their inertness. In
tropical countries, where a fervid sun, a humid air, and
a teeming soil give extraordinary energy to vegetable
life, the natives of those regions often recognise the
existence of potent herbs unknown to the European prac-
titioner. No doubt such virtues are often as fabulous, and
imaginary, as those of indigenous plants long since rejected
by the sagacity of European practice. But we are not
altogether to despise the experience of nations less ad-
vanced in knowledge than ourselves, or to suppose because
they may ascribe imaginary virtues to some of their officinal
substances, as has been abundantly done by ourselves in
former days, that therefore the remedial properties of their
plants are not worth a serious investigation ; or that their
medical knowledge is beneath our notice because they are
unacquainted with the terms of modern science. It is not
much above twenty years since an English officer in India
was cured of gonorrhoea by his native servant, after the
skill of regular European practitioners had been exhausted:
the remedy employed was Cubebs, the importance of which
was previously unknown, and the rationale of whose action
is to this day beyond the discovery of physiologists. It
is of undoubted value in urethral catarrh : and who shall
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say that there are not hundreds of equally powerful reme-
dies still remaining to be discovered. Look to Hemi-
desmus indicus, the source of Indian Sarsaparilla, the
most active medicine of that name now known to the
English physician, although excluded from the Pharma-
copoeia ; to Chloranthus officinalis, unrivalled in Java for
its aromatic properties and powerful stimulating effects ; to
Soymida febrifuga, Galipea officinalis, and Cedrela Toona,
which, at least, rival the Jesuit's bark in their influence over
the most dangerous fevers ; to Erythroxylon Coca one of the
most active stimulants of the nervous system; or, finally,
consider the accounts we have of the effects of Jamaica
Dogwood, Piscidia Erythrina, which, if there is any truth
in medical reports, must be a narcotic superior to opium
for many purposes ; and it must be sufficiently apparent
to all unprejudiced minds, that the resources of the vege-
table kingdom, far from being exhausted, have hardly yet
been called into existence. It is presumptuous for the
theorist to assert that he already possesses a remedy " for
all the maladies that flesh is heir to ; " it is mere idleness
in the routine practitioner, carried away by the attraction
of specious generalities, to fancy that one tonic is as good
as another tonic, or one purgative as another purgative.
In reality the true cause of the different actions of medi-
cines upon the human body is admitted by the highest au-
thorities to be wholly unknown ; and surely this is in itself
the best of all reasons why we should not assume that we
already possess against disease all the remedies which
nature affords ; on the contrary, it should stimulate us to
reiterated enquiries into the peculiar action of new remedial
agents.

The medical student rarely knows, at the time when he
is acquiring his professional education, what his after des-
tiny will be. A large proportion of the young men who
frequent the class-rooms are scattered to all the corners of
the earth ; they are perpetually liable to be cut off from
supplies of the drugs of the Pharmacopoeia, and then are
driven upon their own resources; and they find the medicines

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which are powerful in Europe, comparatively inactive in
other climates. The heat of a country, its humidity, par-
ticular localities, food, and the social habits of a people will
predispose them to varieties of disease for which the drugs
of Europe offer no sufficient remedy, and will render that
which is relied upon in one country unworthy of de-
pendence in another. Thus the Cinchona bark of Peru,
important as it is in Europe, is, we are told, rejected by
the people among whom it grows, because it is found too
stimulating and heating for their excitable constitutions.
And speaking of Ipecacuanha Dr. Von Marti us, who so
carefully examined practically the Materia Medica of
Brazil, asserts " nullum est dubium quin Emetica in terris
zonae fervidae subjectis effectus producent multo magis
salutares quam in regionibus frigidioribus."

This last observation seems to indicate, that if emetic
plants are so much more common in hot than cold countries ;
it is because there is so much greater a necessity for them.
The late Mr. Burnett, and many other persons, have as-
serted that every country spontaneously furnishes remedies
for those maladies which the people of the soil are natu-
rally subject to, and that the foreign drugs imported into
the markets of Europe would soon be superseded to a
great extent, if the properties of European plants were
carefully examined. It is contended, in illustration of this
opinion, that Salicine, obtained from our native Willows
is equal in energy to Quinine, and that it is formed by
Providence in low marshy places, exactly where remittent
and intermittent fevers are experienced most frequently,
and with the greatest severity. It is not for the author to
offer an opinion upon a point of this sort ; his business
here is only with facts, or what are believed to be facts. It
is, however, deserving of notice, that if England is already
found to yield species of such powerful action as Hellebore,
Hemlock, Henbane, Belladonna, Stramonium, Foxglove,
Willow bark, Holly leaves, Spurge Laurel, Centaury, Col-
chicum, Bryony, Ergot, and many more, it becomes
probable that other powerful agents still remain to be
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discovered in this country. Such a subject of investiga-
tion is by no means unimportant, when it is considered
how wretchedly inadequate in too many cases is the remu-
neration of medical men, and how much the practitioner
would often be relieved, if his expenses could be diminished
by the substitution of domestic remedies, to be had for the
trouble of getting them, in place of exotic drugs which
are not only costly, but often so much adulterated as to be
unfit for use. When we consider the quality of much of
the Scammony, Sarsaparilla, Senna, and even Rhubarb
that are sold in the shops, it is surely not extravagant to
expect that they should often be advantageously rejected
for some of the plants which grow almost at our doors.
Our marshes are overrun with the Iris Pseudacorus, an
active purgative and emetic ; Ranunculus Flammula
another common plant is described by Dr. Withering, the
introducer of Digitalis into practice, as the best of all
known emetics; and the common Lilac, which, although
not a native, is to be found in every garden, has fruit
which in its unripe state is singularly bitter, and yields
an extract spoken of as a remarkably good tonic and
febrifuge.

They were considerations of this kind which decided
the author to include in his work all the plants whether
indigenous or exotic, and whether officinal or not, the
properties of which were sufficiently well attested to de-
serve particular notice. Those plants have however been
omitted, whatever their reputation may have been, against
the efficiency of which medical opinion has been distinctly
and generally expressed. Such exceptions as may be found
to this rule, have usually been made for purposes con-
nected with the lecture-room, or for the sake of calling
attention to plants whose properties seem to deserve
further investigation.

It by no means follows that plants are inert because
medical men have reported unfavourably of their action.
The most powerful species have had their energy destroyed
by unskilful preparation, or by not knowing at what season

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to collect them. Orfila says, " We were one day in the
shop of an apothecary who had several times furnished us
with extract of hemlock, which we had administered to dogs,
to the dose of 10 drachms without producing any serious
accident. We endeavoured to prove to him that the
medicine was badly prepared, and in order to convince
him effectually, we swallowed, in the presence of several
persons who happened to be in his shop, a drachm of this
extract (72 grains) dissolved in two drachms of water.
We felt no ill effect from it, whilst 20 to 30 grains of the
extract, well prepared, would probably have proved fatal
to us." This observation upon the badness of shop pre-
parations of this drug is confirmed by Mr. Pereira ; and
Dr. Christison considers it absolutely necessary to begin
the inquiry into its effects anew, the preparations hitherto
employed being of very little energy, or absolutely inert.
Dr. Hancock makes the same remark upon shop Sarsa-
parilla.

If it should appear that many exotic plants have been
admitted, the importance of which is possibly not
greater than that of many European plants which have
been rejected, it should also be considered, that the
latter have been expelled from practice upon definite
grounds, and that no such careful investigation of the
former has yet been made ; moreover, the very nature
of the climate of tropical countries generally causes the
properties of plants to be more concentrated and com-
pletely elaborated than in northern latitudes. It may
possibly be said that numerous species have been admitted,
the properties of which are dietetic or poisonous rather
than medicinal. In noticing alimentary plants the author
has followed the example of the College of Physicians who
admit Barley, Wiieat, Oats, Arrow-root, Sago, &c. into the
Pharmacopoeia ; and he has endeavoured to select such
alimentary plants only as furnish the diet of a sick person.
With respect to poisons it is to be remembered that the
energy which renders them dangerous if taken in excess,
may also cause them to be, in the hands of skilful prac-
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titioners, most valuable remedial agents. A medical man
should also be aware of their existence, as he may at any
time be called upon to counteract their effects.

In arranging his materials the author has generally
noticed at greatest length those plants which he supposes
to be most important ; while others are either very shortly
described, or only mentioned by name. It will be found,
that the technical descriptions have been carefully framed
in accordance with the existing state of Botanical know-
ledge, and according to the most approved rules of modern
science. The student will therefore be able to use them
as models upon which to familiarise himself with the art
of descriptive Botany. Nevertheless, it has not been
thought necessary to provide in all cases original descrip-
tions ; and consequently although a great many are so,
many others are only amended, altered, or corrected from
the works of other Botanists. In such a collection of facts
as this is much originality can hardly be expected ; it will
however be found, upon reference to the articles Cin-
chona, Croton, Rheum, Convolvulus, and others, that
original investigation has not been neglected when it
seemed to be required.

It will be generally found that the authorities for the
medicinal properties ascribed to species are those of the
writers whose works are quoted among the Botanical re-
ferences; if it is not so the exact authority for a statement
is usually expressly mentioned.

For the convenience of those who may wish to use this
work as a catalogue of the contents of the Medicinal de-
partment of a Botanic Garden, all the species are numbered
consecutively ; and it is intended that the same numbers
should be preserved, in case the work should ever reach a
second edition ; all additions being introduced with letters
after the numbers next to which they may be placed.
This intimation i» given for the satisfaction of those who
may be desirous of combining the advantage of a catalogue
with the information the work contains.

In the present state of systematical Botany no two

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writers upon classification can agree respecting the exact
sequence in which the natural orders of plants should
follow each other. By some the plan of Jussieu is adopted,
by others that of De Candolle, and by many the systems of
Endlicher, of the author of this work, of Von Martius, of
Schultz, or even of Reichenbach may be preferred. This
can only be accounted for upon the supposition that the
systems of all these authors are equally false. To enable
the reader of this book to suit his own convenience in the
arrangement of the matter, the work is so printed that the
different natm'al orders may be cut asunder and re-arranged
at the pleasure of the possessor ; some space has necessarily
been sacrificed to this object, but it is hoped that a cor-
responding degree of convenience will attend it. The
scheme is, however, only a matter of experiment, and will
be abandoned hereafter if it should appear not to be of
general advantage. As the work leaves the publisher's
hands the sequence of matter corresponds with that of the
author's Natural System of Botany, because it will pro-
bably be that preferred by the majority of readers in this
country.

It only remains to notice the sources from which the
information contained in this work has been procured. As
all the Pharmacological works of most repute have been
occasionally more or less consulted, it may appear almost
invidious to name any one in particular from which such
information has been gleaned more than from others. It is,
however, an act of the merest justice to say, that the
valuable work of Guibourt, the excellent lectures on Ma-
teria Medica by Mr. Pereira, published in the Medical
Gazette, and Dr. Royle's various writings have furnished
the author with the most valuable part of his information
upon doubtful points.

London, June 14. 1838.

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ABBREVIATIONS.

*#* The greater part of the references in the following pages will
be sufficiently intelligible. Those only which are subjoined seem to
require explanation.

DC. De Candolle.

EB. English Botany.

HBK. Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth.

N. and E. Nees and Ebermaier.

R. and S. Romer and Schultes.

S. and C. Stevenson and Churchill's Medical Botany.

W. and A. Wight and Arnott.

Woodv. Woodville's Medical Botany.

FLORA MEDIC A.

RANUNCULACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 5.
CLEMATIS.

Involucre 0, or resembling a calyx below the flower. Sepals
4-8 coloured, valvate. Petals 0 or shorter than the sepals.
Achenia numerous, terminated by a long feathery hardened,
tail-like style. Seed pendulous. — Perennials usually with per-
manent half-shrubby stems. Leaves exactly opposite.

The species of this genus are generally acrid, and raise blisters when
applied in a fresh state to the skin ; but they lose the property by dry-
ing or exposure to heat. The following have been more particularly
noticed : —

1. C. erecta All. ped.No. 1078. DC. prodr. i. 2.— C. recta
Linn. sp. pi. 767. Jacq. austr. t. 291. — Hills and woods in
the south of Europe.

Stem herbaceous, erect, about 2 feet high, somewhat angular, stri-
ated, nearly smooth. Leaves opposite, pinnated with 2 pairs and an
odd one, smooth above, hairy beneath ; leaflets ovate, acuminate,
stalked, entire. The leaves are occasionally simple, cordate and angu-
lar, and not unfrequently ternate. Umbels irregular, terminal, panicled,
quite erect. Pedicels downy. Sepals linear-obovate, white, spreading,
downy, much longer than the stamens. Ripe carpels seldom more
than 2 to each pedicel, ovate, brown, smooth, with a feathery tail. —
Much recommended by Storck in obstinate cachectic diseases ; the
powdered leaves have been also used as an escharotic.

2. C. Flammula Linn. sp. pi. 766. DC. prodr. i. 2. —
Hedges and thickets in the south of Europe and North of
Africa.

Stem climbing and forming large entangled masses of angular,
slightly downy half-herbaceous branches. Leaves pinnated; segments
smooth, entire or 3-lobed, orbicular, oval, oblong, or nearly linear,
somewhat acute. Flowers small, white, in large loose panicles, ex-
tremely fragrant. Petals \-\ inch long, linear, obtuse, downy,
much longer than the stamens. Carpels extremely shaggy. — Leaves
used as vesicatories.

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3. C. Vitalba Linn. sp. pi. 766. Fl. Lond. t. 37. Eng. Bot.
t. 612. Smith Eng. fl. iii. 39. — A^tteXo? aypia, Dioscorid.
Ayptoa.fji.veXi, Modern Greek. — Common in hedges and thickets
all over the middle and south of Europe ; also in the Crimea.
(Traveller's joy.)

Stem woody, angular, climbing to a great extent, or pendulous,
branched, entangled, supported on other shrubs by the permanent,
hardened, twining footstalks. Leaves deciduous ; their leaflets 5,
stalked, heart-shaped, pointed, finely hairy, either quite entire, une-
qually cut, or coarsely serrated. Panicles axillary and terminal, forked,
many-flowered, downy. Flowers white, with a sweet almond-like scent.
Petals 4, most downy on the outside. Carpels with long feathery
tails. — Both fruit and leaves acrid and vesicant ; dangerous taken
internally. The latter have been used as a rubefacient in the treatment
of rheumatism.

4. C. dioica Linn. sp. 765. DC. syst. i. 143. prodr. i. 4.
Macfady.fl. jam. i. 2. — {Shane t. 128. f. 1.) — Lower hills of
Jamaica.

A large rambling shrub, with furrowed purplish branches. Leaves
ternate; leaflets ovate, rather heart-shaped, acuminate, smooth, some-
times confluent. Flowers small, greenish, dioecious, panicled. Pedicels
downy. Sepals oblong, downy, reflexed. Stamens the length of the
sepals. Carpels downy, terminated by a long feathery tail. — Leaves hot
and acrid ; bruised and applied to the skin they act as a rubefacient
or even blister. An infusion of the bruised leaves and flowers forms
a good lotion for the removal of spots and freckles from the skin. A
decoction of the root in sea water is said to act as a powerful purge in
hydropic cases. Macfadyen.

5. C. Mauritiana Lam. diet. ii. 42. — Used by the negroes
in the Isle of France to raise blisters on the cheek to allay the
pain of toothach. Commerson.

ANEMONE.

Involucre of 3 leaves, a short distance below the flower ;
its leaflets cut. Sepals 5-15, petaloid. Petals 0. Achenia
either ending in tail-like styles, or tailless.

6. A. Pulsatilla Linn. sp. pi. 759. Fl. dan. t. 153. Eng.
Bot. t. 51. DC. prodr. i. 17. — Dry woodland ground and
open hills all over Europe, and in Siberia : flowering early in
the spring.

Leaves pinnated; segments many-parted, with linear lobes, hairy,
sometimes quite shaggy. Flower slightly nodding, usually purple, but
varying to many other colours of the cyanic series. Sepals 6, spread-
ing. Fruit with long bearded tails. — The powder of the root causes
itching of the eyes, colic, and vomiting, if in pulverising it the
operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up. Bulliard
relates the case of a man who, in consequence of applying the bruised
root to his calf for rheumatism, was attacked with inflammation and
gangrene of the whole leg. Christison. An extract has, however,
been used in obstinate cases of taenia.

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7. A. pratensis Linn. sp. pi. 760. Fl.dan. t. 611. Woodv.
med. hot. t. 148. D C. prodr. i. 17. — Pulsatilla nigricans
Storck lib. de pulsat. — Open fields and plains in dry places in
many parts of Europe, Russia, and Turkey in Asia ; flowering
early in the spring.

Leaves pinnated ; segments many-parted, with linear lobes. Flower
pendulous. Sepals 6, erect, reflexed at the point. It differs from
A. pulsatilla according to De Candolle in the flower being smaller and
pendulous, not nearly erect, and of a deeper colour ; in the sepals
being narrower and more pointed, erect and converging at the base,
reflexed at the point. In both species, stalked glands, or sterile sta-
mens, are found between the fertile stamens and the sepals. — Storck
recommends an extract or infusion in chronic ophthalmia, and in old
syphilitic disorders.

8 A. cernua Thunb.fl. jap. 238. DC. prodr. i. 16. Siebold
fi. jap. i. 14. t. 4. — Exposed parts of the Mountains of Japan.
(Hak-too-woo of the Chinese.)

Leaves pinnated ; the lower segments on long stalks, all pinnatifid,
with cut linear-oblong acute segments; the younger silky on each side,
the old ones villous only on the under side. Involucre multifid. Flower
nodding. Sepals bright brownish red, downy on the outside, erect,
oval, acute. — Root in great reputation among the Japanese and Chi-
nese, as a bitter medicine.

According to Christison 9. A. hortensis, and 10. A. coro-
naria, are also among the most active of the poisonous species :
11. A, nemorosa less active ; and 12. A. hepatica, and 13. A.alpes-
tris bland.

HYDRASTIS.

Sepals 3, ovate. Petals 0. Stamens and ovaries numerous.
Drupes, capitate, terminated by a style, 1-celled, l-2-6eeded.
Seeds obovate, polished.

14. H. canadensis Linn. sp. pi. 784. DC. prodr. i. 23.
Hooker in Bot. mag. t. 3019. Bart. mat. med. ii. t. 26. —
Warnera canadensis Mill. ic. t. 285. — Shady woods in rich
soil in the United States and Canada. (Yellow root.)

Rhizoma tortuous, knotty, creeping, of an intensely yellow colour,
affording a dye of the same tint, bitter, somewhat pungent and tonic.
Stem erect, herbaceous, rounded, about a foot high, simple, hairy up-
wards, bearing two leaves of which, the lower is petioled, the other
sessile. Leaves palmate, with 3 or 5 deep inciso-serrated segments,
hairy, dark green. Peduncle solitary, terminal, about 2 inches long,
single-flowered. Flowers small. Calyx of 3 deciduous, broadly-ovate,
pale greenish-white, concave, slightly-downy sepals. Stamens many
longer than the pistils. Filaments flat, linear-lanceolate, having the
cells of the anther on their edge at the apex. Pistils several; ovary oval,
glabrous, attenuated upwards into a short style. Stigma obtuse,
scarcely lobed. The fruit resembles a raspberry, is red, and consists of
many little 2-seeded drupes collected into a globose head, and each
crowned with the persistent style. — Rhizoma has a strong narcotic
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RANUNCULACEiE.

smell, is exceedingly bitter, and valuable as a strong tonic. The power
of curing cancers, which has been ascribed to it, is imaginary. Its
brilliant yellow colour has been made use of by dyers.

KNOWLTONIA.
Sepals 5. Petals 5-15, with the unguis naked. Stamens
numerous. Ovaries numerous, placed on a globose receptacle.
Fruits numerous, 1-seeded, succulent, not pointed by the style,
which is deciduous.

15. K. vesicatoria Sims. hot. mag. t. 775. DC. prodr.
i. 23. — Adonis vesicatoria Linn.f. suppl. 272. — Cape of Good
Hope.

A plant with the aspect of an apiaceous (umbelliferous) perennial.
Leaves biternate ; the segments somewhat cordate, rigid, smoothish ;
the lateral obliquely truncate at the base. Umbel nearly simple, few-
flowered.- — Leaves used as vesicants at the Cape of Good Hope.

ADONIS.

Sepals 5, erect. Petals 5-15, with the unguis naked. Sta-
mens numerous. Achenia numerous, 1-seeded, arranged upon
a long receptacle, ovate, tipped with the permanent style.

The roots of the perennial species are said by Pallas to be emmena-
gogues. The following may be taken as a representation of the only 4
species that are yet known.

16. A. vernalis Linn. sp. pi. 771. Dot. mag. t. 134. DC.
prodr. i. 24. — A. appennina Linn. sp. pi. 772. Jacq. austr.
i. 44. — Siberia, the Crimea, and many parts of Europe in
alpine situations.

Radical, or lowest leaves, abortive, reduced to sheathing scales ; the
upper sessile, multifid, with the lobes entire. Petals 10-12, bright-
shining yellow, oblong, somewhat toothed. Carpels velvety.

RANUNCULUS.

Sepals 5. Petals 5, occasionally 10, with a nectariferous ex-
cavated scale at the base. Stamens and ovaries numerous.
Achenia ovate, somewhat compressed, mucronate ; arranged on
globose or cylindrical receptacles.

The species are in almost all cases acrid, and when bruised, quickly
produce blisters ; but the latter are apt to spread and to run into ill-
conditioned ulcers difficult to heal. Hence they are excluded from
regular practice. All the acridity is destroyed by drying or by heat.

17. R. bulbosus Linn. sp. pi. 778. Flora Lond. i. t. 38.
Eng. Dot. t. 515. Digel. med. hot. iii. t. 47. DC. prodr. i. 41.
— Common in pastures all over Europe and in the United
States.

Cormus fleshy, roundish, depressed, sending out radicles from its
under side. In autumn it gives off lateral bulbs near its top, which

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afford plants for the following year, while the old cormus decays.
Stems several, erect, round, hairy, branching. Root leaves on long
petioles, ternate, sometimes quinate ; the segments variously cut,
lobed and toothed, hairy ; stem-leaves sessile, ternate, the upper
ones more simple. Flowers several on a stem, solitary, of a bright
glossy yellow. Peduncles furrowed, angular, hairy. Sepals oblong,
hairy, bent back against the peduncle. Petals 5, inversely heart-shaped.
Stamens numerous, yellow, with oblong erect anthers. Ovaries nume-
rous with reflexed stigmas. Receptacles spherical. Carpels acute, naked,
diverging, with recurved points. — Exceedingly acrid, raising blisters
and producing extensive inflammation, sometimes followed by deep
ill-conditioned sloughing ulcers in certain constitutions, but not af-
fecting all persons alike, in which respect it resembles the poisonous
species of Rhus and Antiaris. Gilibert states that it vesicates with less
pain than cantharides, and without affecting the urinary passages.
Plant. Ear. Lith. No. 331.

18. R. Thora Linn. sp. pi. 77 5. Jacq.fi. austr. v. t. 442.
DC.prodr. i. 30. — ®y{Kv<povov, Theophrastus. Akovitov ■na.fla.'kiavx^i;,
Dioscorides. — Rocks and meadows on mountains near the
limits of perpetual snow, in the alps of Europe.

Leaves quite smooth ; those next the root which are stalked, and
those on the stem which are sessile, reniform and crenated, those next
the flowers cut. Stem 2-3-flowered ; flowers smooth. Carpels ovate,
but little compressed, pointed with the style, loosely collected into a
roundish head. — Root extremely acrid and poisonous ; the juice
formerly used by Swiss hunters to envenom their weapons ; wounds
so produced are said to have become speedily fatal.

19. R. sceleratus Linn. sp. pi. 776. Fl. Dan, t. 371.
Fl. Lond. t. 42. Eng. Bot. t. 681. DC. prodr. i. 34. Smith
Eng. fi. iii. 48. — In wet ditches and by the side of water
all over Europe ; in Siberia, the Crimea, the Levant, Cochin
China, India, North America.

Root fibrous. Herb juicy, various in luxuriance, from 6 inches to
2 feet high, of a pale shining green, very smooth, except occasionally
the flower stalks and upper part of the stem, which are now and then
hairy. Stem thick, round, hollow, repeatedly branched, leafy. Lower
leaves stalked, rounded, bluntly lobed and cut ; upper sessile, with
deeper and narrower segments ; uppermost of all, accompanying the
flowers, lanceolate, undivided. Flowers small, pale yellow, numerous,
on solitary stalks, either terminal, axillary, or opposite the leaves.
Calyx hairy, reflexed. Petals orbicular. Gland somewhat tubular.
Fruit cylindrical, obtuse, various in length, composed of numerous
small carpels. Smith. — Leaves said to be used by beggars to produce
ulcers. Krapf found that 2 drops of the juice, or a bit of a leaf or
flower, produced acute pain in the stomach, and a burning in the
throat; but when diluted, it became innocuous, so that half a drachm
in 6 ounces of water might be taken without danger.

20. R. acris Linn. sp. pi. 779. Eng. Bot. t. 652. Woodv.
t. 246. Smith Eng.fi. iii. .52. S. and C. ii. t: 82. — Common in
meadows and pastures everywhere in Europe.

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Root from a somewhat tuberous crown, with many long simple fibres.
Stem 2 feet high, erect, round, hollow, leafy, clothed with close-pressed
hairs; branched above, and many flowered. Radical leaves on long
upright hairy footstalks, in 3 or 5 deep lobes, which are variously sub-
divided and cut, more or less hairy; stem-leaves nearly sessile, with
fewer and narrower segments; uppermost much smaller, in 3 linear
entire lobes ; or sometimes simple and linear. Flowers bright yellow,
on round even stalks, covered with close hairs, and not furrowed.
Calyx hairy, spreading, deciduous. Carpels lenticular, smooth,, with a
small slightly curved point. Smith. — Extremely acrid. Mr. Curtis
says, that even pulling up the plant and carrying it a little way, has
produced inflammation of the hand.

21. R. glacialis Linn. sp. pi. 777. Jacq. coll. i. t .8, 9.
DC. prodr. i. 30. — Among rocks near the limits of perpetual
snow, on the alps of Europe ; Lapland ; and Iceland.

Radical leaves stalked, palmated, 3-parted or trifid; the lobes rather
blunt and thick, Stem usually 1 -flowered. Calyx extremely shaggy.
Petals white. Carpels compressed, sharp-edged. — The mountaineers
of Dauphiny call this " Carline," or " Caralline," and employ an in-
fusion of it in hot water as a powerful sudorific in cold and rheumatism.

22. R. Flammula Linn. sp. pi. 772. Fl. Dan. t. 575. Eng.
Bot. t. 387. DC. prodr. i. 32. S. and C. ii. t. 82. — Wet places
in Europe, Asia, Barbary and North America.

Plant quite smooth. Stem rooting at the base, then decumbent,
afterwards rising up, branched, leafy, hollow ; sometimes hairy near the
top. Leaves on flat channelled half-sheathing stalks, alternate usually
ovate-lanceolate, but varying much in breadth, often serrated. Flowers
terminal and opposite the leaves, on smooth round naked peduncles.
Petals bright yellow, much larger than the spreading calyx, which is
often rather hairy. Carpels small, smooth. — Leaves vesicant. The
distilled water said by Withering to be an emetic more instantaneous
and less offensive than sulphate of zinc. He even prefers it to any
other known emetic.

HELLEBORUS.

Sepals 5, permanent, rounded, blunt, large, often herbaceous.
Petals 8-10, very short, tubular, nectariferous, narrowed to the
base. Stamens 30-60. Ovaries 3-10. Stigmas terminal,
orbicular. Capsules leathery ; seeds arranged in two rows, ellip-
tical, umbilicated.

23. H. niger Linn. sp. pi. 783. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 201. Bot.
mag. t. 8. Woodv. med. bot. t. 18. S. and C. i. t. 'll. — Sub-
alpine woodland regions in the midland and southern parts of
Europe. (Christmas Rose.)

Rhizoma black, tuberculated, horizontal, scaly, with many dependent
fibres, whitish internally. Leaves all radical, on cylindrical stalks from
4-8 inches long, pedate, quite smooth, and almost evergreen, of a
strong firm texture, pale green and shining above, paler and strongly
reticulated beneath; lobes cuneate-obovate entire and unequal at the

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HELLEBORUS.

base, coarsely serrated near the point. Scape shorter than the petiole
1-2-flowered, with ovate lacerated bracts immediately beneath the
calyx. Sepals 5, ovate or roundish, large, white slightly tinged with
pink, eventually becoming green. Petals green, tubular, shorter than
the stamens. Carpels 6-8, follicular, many seeded. — Similar in
effect to H. orientalis ; and long supposed to be the genuine black
hellebore of the ancients. It is a narcotic acrid poison. Many
cases of the fatal employment of this root are recorded. Two persons
having taken a decoction of it, were seized in 45 minutes with
vomiting, then with delirium, and afterwards with violent convulsions.
One died in 2 hours and a half, the other in less than 2 hours. It is
a dangerous drastic, and is employed as an emmenagogue and hydra-
gogue. The fibres of the rhizoma are the part used.

24. H. orientalis Gars. exot. t. 19. f.B. DC. prodr. i. 46.
S. and C. ii. t. 87. — EXXs^opo? pe\a$, Dioscorides. H. officinalis
Fl. Grcec. t. 583. — Mountainous broken ground in Greece and
the Levant.

Rhizoma black, thick, with cylindrical fibres. Radical leaves stalked
pedate, downy beneath ; their segments almost sessile, oblong, acutely
serrulate. Stem taller than the leaves, corymbose, 3-5-flowered.
Floral leaves subsessile, palmated; the lobes 3-5, oblong, acute,
serrulate. Calyx purple, with oval, very blunt, sepals. Capsules 5. —
The root was formerly much celebrated in mania, epilepsy, and dropsy.
It is still used in the Levant, and is called " Zopteme " by the Turks,
2/cap<p)j by the Greeks. It is acrid and violently cathartic.

25. H. viridis Linn, sp.pl. 784. Fl. Lond. t 34. Eng. Bot.
t. 200. DC. prodr. i. 47. — In the woods and thickets of Europe
on a chalky soil.

Rhizoma fleshy, black, with numerous long stout fibres. Leaves bright
deep green, quite smooth, pedate ; the cauline ones subsessile and
palmate; the segments oblong, undivided, entire at the base, somewhat
serrated at the apex. Stems often forked, lifoot high. Flowers few,
terminal, and axillary, stalked, mostly solitary, drooping, green in every
part. Sepals roundish-ovate. Capsules 3-4, short, wrinkled. —
This is said by Stevenson and Churchill to be the best substitute for
H. orientalis, though less active. Mr. Pereira says it is rarely or never
employed.

26. H. fcetidus Linn. sp. pi. 784. Woodv. t. 1 9. Eng. Bot.
t. 613. DC. prodr. i. 47. S. and C. i. t. 21. — Thickets and
waste ground, chiefly in a chalky soil in the more western parts
of Europe.

Stem leafy, many-flowered. Leaves stalked, pedate, of a livid green
colour, quite smooth, with linear-oblong or lanceolate serrated seg-
ments ; the upper ones gradually losing their blade, and changing into
pale lanceolate, entire bracts. Flowers numerous, panicled, droop-
ing. Petals nearly erect, stained with dull purple about the edges.
— Similar in effects to H. niger. The leaves are emetic and purga-
tive. They have been strongly recommended as a vermifuge against
the large round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides). Pereira.
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COPTIC.

Sepals 5-6, coloured, petaloid, deciduous. Petals small, cu-
cullate. Stamens 20-25. Capsules 6-10, on long stalks, some-
what stellate, membranous, ovate, oblong, tipped with the style,
4-6-seeded.

27. C. trifolia Salisb. Linn, trans, viii. 305. Bigelow med.
Bot. i. t. 5. — Helleborus trifolius Linn. sp. pi. 784. Fl. dan.
t. 566. Amain, acad. ii. t. iv. f. 18. — Dark sphagnous swamps
in Canada and Siberia, and mountains to the southward. (Gold
thread.)

Rhizomata, from which the name of gold thread is taken, perennial,
filiform, creeping, of a bright yellow colour, running in every direction.
New stems invested at the base with a number of yellowish, ovate,
acuminate scales. Leaves ternate, on long slender petioles ; leaflets
roundish, acute at base, lobed and crenate, smooth, firm, veiny ; the
crenatures acuminate. Scape slender, round, bearing one small, starry
white flower, and a minute, ovate, acute bract at some distance below.
Sepals 5, 6, or 7, oblong, concave, white. Petals 5, 6, or 7, inversely
conical, hollow, yellow at the mouth. Stamens numerous, white, with
capillary filaments and roundish anthers. Ovaries from 5 to 7, stipitate,
oblong, compressed ; styles recurved. Capsules stalked, oblong, com-
pressed, beaked, with numerous black oval seeds. — Its rhizomata
afford a pure tonic bitter of great value, resembling quassia, gentian,
and calumba, without astringency.

NIGELLA.

Sepals 5, coloured petaloid, spreading, deciduous. Petals
small, 5-10, bilabiate, with a hollowed nectariferous claw. Sta-
mens numerous. Ovaries 5-10, more or less united at the
base, terminated by long simple styles. Capsules more or less
consolidated, beaked with the styles, opening by the ventral
suture, polyspermous ; with the putamen, which is membranous,
separating from the sarcocarp, and forming a large spurious cell
in the interior of each carpel. — Leaves capillary, multifid, often
surrounding the flowers like an involucre.

28. N. sativa Linn. sp. pi. 753. Fl. Grcec. t. 511. DC.
prodr. i. 49. — N. segetalis Bieb. tanr. cauc. ii. 16. MeXavBiov,
Dioscorides. — South of Europe, Barbary, the Levant, the Crimea,
Egypt, India, in fields.

Stem erect, 1-2 ft. high, many-flowered, finely downy, especially
near the ground. Leaves capillary, cut into numerous fine segments,
not involucrating the flower ; petioles downy. Flowers naked, dirty
white. Anthers ovate, obtuse. Capsules muricated, united up to the
very point into an ovate fruit, terminated by 5 erect styles. Seeds
angular. — Seeds aromatic, subacrid ; they were formerly employed
instead of pepper, and have also been used as carminatives.

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DELPHINIUM.

DELPHINIUM.
Sepals deciduous, petaloid, irregular: the upper prolonged
at the back into a spur. Petals 4; the two upper extended at
the base into appendages inclosed within the spur.

29. D. Consolida Linn. sp. pi. 748. Fl. Dan. t. 683. Eng.
Dot. t. 1839. DC. prodr.i. 51. — Corn fields all over Europe ;
also the Crimea, and North America, where it has possibly been
introduced.

Root simple, slender. Herbage downy, especially the stem and
capsule. Stem lA-2feet high, erect, leafy, with alternate spreading
branches. Leaves sessile, in many deep divisions, which are '3-cleft and
subdivided into narrow linear acute segments. Racemes terminal, lax,
of but few flowers. Bracts simple or divided, longer than the pedicels.
Flowers bright blue or purple. Corolla monopetalous ; two spurs
combined in one. Seeds angular, black, very rough. — A tincture of
the seed in closes of 20-30 drops has been recommended in asthma ;
it produces slight nausea, but in over doses is injurious. The leaves and
stalks are said to enter into the composition of some cosmetics, which,
although efficient at first, are found by continued use to be very de-
structive to the skin. Burnett.

30. D. Staphisagria Linn. sp. pi. 750. Fl. Grcec. t. 508.
Woodv.t. 154. S. and C. \. t. 55. — Iraapta-aypicx., Dioscorides.
— Waste places in the south of Europe, the Levant, and the
Canaries.

A stout upright herb. Stems and petioles hispid with long soft
hairs. Leaves broad, palmated, stalked, 5-9-cleft. Pedicels hairy, at
least an inch long. Bracts inserted at their base. Flowers in lax
racemes, bluish gray : the petals dirty white ; the two lower spathulate.
Spur hardly two lines long. Capsules 3, large, villous. Seeds globose,
3-cornered, thick, black, with an acrid taste. — Seeds extremely
poisonous. They owe this quality to a peculiar alkali called Delphinia.
They are emetic, drastic, and inflammatory, never used internally ;
are said to be useful in scabies and fungous ulcerations ; but are
chiefly used in destroying pediculi in the head.

ACONITUM.

Sepals petaloid, irregular, deciduous or withering, the upper
sepal concave and helmet-shaped. Petals 2, on long stalks, pro-
longed at the apex into a bag hidden beneath the helmet.

The powerful acrid properties of the root in this poisonous genus
probably pervade all the species, and have certainly been recognised in
many. The following examples are the most notorious. A large
number of those which stand as species in the writings of systematic
botanists are mere varieties of a very unimportant description. De
Candolle has reduced many of them to their legitimate rank ; but he
has by no means carried the reduction far enough. According to
that botanist, the species which belong to the section Napellus are the
most fearful in their effects ; and those akin to that of Anthora, the
least so.

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RANUNCULACILE.

Sect. I. Anthora.
■ Root turnip-shaped. Leaves divided into many linear lobes.
Flowers light yellow, sometimes variegated with blue. Sepals
persistent. Helmet convex or semicircular. Ovaries 5.

31. A. Anthora Linn, sp.pl. 751. Jacq. austr. t. 382. Reichen-
bach aconit. — Anthora vulgaris Clus. hist. ii. p. 98. f. 2.—
Thickets in the mountainous parts of Europe ; Siberia.

All the parts more or less downy. Stem from 6 inches to 2 feet
high, simple or branched at the upper part. Leaves palmate, repeatedly
cut into linear acuminate divisions. Flowers racemose or panicled.
Sepals and petals permanent. Petals with scarcely any bag, a thick
spiral spur, and a long lip. Filaments scarcely winged. Fruit deep
green, smooth or downy. — Root extremely poisonous, similar in action
to that of A. Napellus,

The following reputed species appear to be mere varieties of
A. Anthora; viz., A. Pallasii, grandiflorum, Jacquini, nemorosum,
Decandollii, anthoroideum, eulophum, and versicolor.

Sect. II. Lycoctonum.
Root fibrous. Leaves with incised wedge-shaped lobes. Flowers
pale yellow or white, seldom purple or variegated. Sepals de-
ciduous. Helmet long, conical, obtuse, with scarcely any point in
front. Ovaries 3.

32. A. Lycoctonum Linn. sp. pi. 750. Jacq. austr. t. 380.
DC. prodr. i. 57. — Akovitov Xvkoktovov, Dioscorides. A. ly-
coctonum vulgare flore luteo, Clus. hist. ii. p. 94. f. 1. —
Mountainous woods and grassy meadows of France, Germany,
Sweden, Lapland, Hungary and Italy.

A most variable plant, out of which a multitude of spurious species
have been derived by Reichenbach ; many of the varieties are very
different from each other at first sight, but pass gradually into each
other through intermediate forms. Some are possibly hybrids. Stem
smooth or downy, from 2 to 4 feet high. Lobes ofleaves more or less
wedge-shaped, sometimes simply trifid and scarcely incised; sometimes
very much cut ; and, in some cases, divided halfway down into narrow
diverging segments. Flowers in lax or dense, simple or branched
racemes, usually light yellow. Helmet gradually sloping upwards into
a cone, not abruptly hollowed out in front, sometimes with a length-
ened apex, sometimes with scarcely any, very variable in the degree
of downiness. Spurs of the petals usually spiral, but often merely
curved, and in some forms of the species very short and blunt. — The
poisonous roots have been used to destroy wild beasts; this is, how-
ever, reputed less venomous than many other species.

Sect. III. Cammarum.

Roots turnip-shaped, intermixed with fibres Leaves with
rhomboidal or wedge-shaped incised lobes. Flowers blue or
white. Racemes lax, somewhat corymbose. Sepals deciduous

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ACONITUM.

Helmet compressed, much lengthened upwards and rounded, ter-
minated by a short apex. Ovaries 3-5. The plants of this
division are only known from the Napelli by their helmet being
more lengthened.

33. A. paniculatum Lam. fl. fr. ed. 1. suppl. 1224. DC.
prodr. i. 60. — Lycoctonum autumnale vii. Clus. hist. ii. p. 98.
A. Napellus officinale Storck de aconit. — Broken mountainous
ground in the alps of Europe.

Stem erect, smooth. Leaves divided in 3 nearly down to the petiole;
the segments cuneate at the base, the side ones 2-parted whence the leaf
looks as if 5-cleft; the segments acuminate, sharply pinnatifid and
slashed. Raceme lax, corymbose, erect. Pedicels downy, the lowest long
and branched. Bracteolae subulate. Flowers pale blue, smooth. Wings
smooth inside. Helmet convex, more acuminate than in the Napelli,
but scarcely with an abrupt point, DC. — Leaves are moderately bitter,
acrid and narcotic : they are diaphoretic and diuretic ; but in over-
doses they are exceedingly dangerous, producing vomiting, hyper-
catharsis, mania, convulsions and death. The extract, or the aconitine,
are used in chronic rheumatism, gout, paralysis, dropsy, &c. The roots
are more dangerous than the leaves. Dr. Thomson says that for me-
dicinal purposes the leaves should be gathered when the flowers appear.
(Dispens. p. 1G8.) Is not this much too early?

Sect. IV. Napellus.
Roots fibrous, from a somewhat tuberous trunk. Leaves with
multifid lobes and, linear segments. Raceme cylindrical simple.
Flowers blue purple or white never yellow. Helmet convex, by
degrees tapering to a point.

34. A Napellus Linn. sp. pi. 751. Woodv. t. 6. Eng. Hot.
t.2730. S.and C. i. t.28. — A. Lycoctonum vi. Napellus vulgaris,
Clus. hist. ii. p. 96. f. 2. A. vulgare DC. prodr. i. 62. — High
mountainous meadows, and cold exposed hills in many parts of
Europe.

Variable in the breadth of the leaves, the number of the slashes, and
in the downiness of the various parts. Stems always quite simple.
Leaves completely divided to the base into 5 wedge-shaped lobes, which
are 3-fid ; their segments being also slashed linear and acute usually
callous at the re-entering angles. Raceme cylindrical quite simple.
Flowers deep purple, hairy. Helmet semicircular, gradually ending in
a point. Wings hairy inside. Ovaries 3, smooth. — A true narcotico-
acrid poison. Numerous fatal cases of its application are recorded ;
see Christison, p. 784. Three out of five persons who took a spirituous
infusion of the root, which had been mistaken for lovage, died in 2
hours, with vomiting, purging, and burning in the throat, colic, and
swelling of the belly. Like the last it has been found sudorific and
diuretic in small repeated doses, and has been used in paralysis and
epilepsy, rheumatic and neuralgic pains, dropsy, uterine complaints,
intermittent fevers, &c. The leaves are the part employed.

A crowd of spurious species has been created out of this very com-
mon and variable plant. It would be useless even to name them.
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RANUNCULACEiE.

35. A. ferox Wall, in DC. prodr. i. 64. plant, as. var.

i. 35. t. 41. — A. virosum Don prodr. fi. nep. 196. — Hima-
laya mountains; Gossain Than, Sirmore, Kamaon. (Bish or
Bikh.)

Tubers 2 or 3, fasciculate, fusiform, 2-4 inches long, blackish, white
inside. Stem erect 2-3 feet high, smooth at the base, slightly downy
upwards. Branches villous. Leaves roundish-cordate, deeply 5-parted ;
lobes incised, pmnatifid, cuneate at the base, generally hairy along the
veins on the under side. Raceme terminal, long, downy. Flowers large,
deep blue, hoary with hairiness. Helmet gibbous, semicircular, about
an inch long, with a short acumen in front. Cucullate petals cylindrical,
narrow, slightly incurved. — A dreadfully poisonous root, equally fatal
when taken into the stomach or applied to wounds. Its action is similar
to that of A. Napellus, only more virulent. It is used in cases of
chronic rheumatism by Indian practitioners. Mr. Pereira found that
a drop of the spirituous infusion applied to the tongue produced a
numbness which remained for 18 hours.

ACTjEA.

Sepals 4-5, imbricated, petaloid, regular. Petals 0. Sta-
mens numerous ; the exterior dilated and sterile. Carpels soli-
tary, baccate, indehiscent, many-seeded. Seeds compressed,
angular, smooth, horizontal.

36. A. spicata Linn. sp. pi. 722- Eng. Bot. t. 918. Fl.
Dan. t. 498. DC. prodr. i. 65. — Bushy mountainous situa-
tions in Europe, Caucasus, and Siberia. (Baneberry.)

Stem erect, leafless, and scaly at the base. Leaves twice or thrice
ternate with ovate-lanceolate, serrated or slashed segments. Pedicels
the length of the flowers, scarcely thickened when in fruit. Sterile
stamens spathulate, obtuse. Fruits roundish, black. — Fruit poisonous.
Roots antispasmodic, expectorant, astringent ; they are reported to have
afforded very marked relief in cases of catarrh. Burnett.

XANTHORHIZA.

Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Carpels 2-3-seeded, by
abortion 1 -seeded.

37. X. apiifolia L'herit stirp. i. 79. t. 38. Barton, mat. med.

ii. t. 46. DC. prodr. i. 65. — Mountains in the southern parts of
the United States.

A small deciduous shrub, from 2 to 3 feet high. Root horizontal,
throwing up numerous suckers. Wood bright yellow. Leaves pinnate,
of about 3 pairs with an odd one ; leaflets ovate or rhomboidal, slashed
and serrated, sometimes divided almost to the base on one side, pale
green, smooth above slightly pubescent beneath. Racemes axillary,
pendulous. Flowers small, dull purplish-brown. Petals obovate,
2-lobed. Ovaries 5-9. Capsules inflated, compressed, 1-celled,
2-valved, opening at the apex. Seeds oval, flattened. — Both wood and
bark a pure, tonic, very intense bitter. It agrees well with the stomach,
and has been said to be superior to Calumba.

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PjEONIA.

PiEONIA.

Sepals 5, leafy, unequal. Petals 5-10, roundish. Stamens
numerous. Disk fleshy surrounding the ovaries. Carpels 2-5,
with double thick stigmas. Follicles fleshy, many-seeded.
Seeds numerous, dry, round.

38. P. officinalis Retz. obs. iii. 35. Bot. mag. t. 1784. DC.
prodr. i. 65. — Tlcuovia, SryXua, Dioscorides, according to Sibth.

TXvKva-t^ri Sryheix, Dioscorides, according to Spreng Woods and

groves in various parts of Europe, especially in the south.

Herbaceous. Carpels downy nearly, straight. Segments of the leaves
unequally slashed, smooth, with ovate-lanceolate lobes. — Seeds emetic
and cathartic. Root reportd to be antispasmodic.

39. P. corallina Retz. is said to be the Tlaiovia. or rXvKvo-ify
appijv of Dioscorides.

PODOPHYLLEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 7.

PODOPHYLLUM.

Sepals 3. Petals 6-9. Stamens 12-18. Fruit fleshy,
1 -celled, many-seeded, crowned by the crenated sessile stigma.

40. P. peltatum Linn, sp.pl. 722. DC. prodr. i. 111. Bi-
gelow med. bot. ii. t. 23. Barton mat. med.'u. t. 25. — Low shady
situations in the United States. (May Apple, Mandrake in
North America.)

Rhizoma jointed, about half the size of the finger, spreading exten-
sively in rich grounds, where it gets introduced. Stem about 1 foot in
height, and invested at its base by the sheaths which covered it when
in bud ; smooth, round, erect, dividing at top into two round petioles
from 3 to 6 inches long; each petiole supports a large peltate palmate
leaf, smooth above, slightly pubescent beneath, deeply divided into
about seven lobes, which are wedge-shaped, 2-parted, and toothed at
the extremity. In barren stems which support but one leaf, the pel-
tate character is most perfect. Flower solitary in the fork of the stem,
on a round nodding peduncle 1 or 2 inches long. Sepals 3, oval, ob-
tuse, concave, cohering in the bud by their scarious margins, and break-
ing off at the base, when the flower expands. Petals from 6 to 9, but
more frequently 7, even in luxuriant specimens ; obovate, obtuse, con-
cave, smooth, white, with slight transparent veins. Stamens shorter than
the petals, curving upwards ; anthers oblong, twice as long as their fila-
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PODOPHYLLE^.

ments. Ovary oval, compressed, obscurely angular. Stigma nearly ses-
sile, convex, its surface rendered irregular by numerous convolutions
and folds. Fruit fleshy, oblong-ovate, yellowish, as large as a pigeon's
egg, 1-celled, many-seeded, crowned with the stigma. — A very valuable,
sure, and active cathartic. The rhizomais administered in fine powder.
The leaves are poisonous, and the whole plant narcotic.

PAPAVERACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 7.

PAP AVER.

Sepals 2, convex, deciduous. Petals 4. Stamens numerous.
Style I. Stigmas 4-20, radiating sessile upon the crown of
the ovary. Capsule 1-celled, spheroidal, opening by pores
beneath the lobes of the stigma. Placentae opposite the stig-
matic lobes, many-seeded.

41. P. Rhceas Linn. sp. pi. 726. Eng. Bot. t. 645. DC.

prodr. i. 118. S. and C. i. t. 31 Hedges and corn fields in

all parts of Europe.

Capsule obovate, smooth. Sepals hairy. Stem many-flowered,
somewhat rough, with spreading seta?. Leaves pinnatifid, with elongated
slashed toothed acute lobes. — The beautiful red petals are employed
in the preparation of the " Syrupus Rhceados" of the pharmacopoeia,
useful merely as a colouring matter. The plant is not known to be
narcotic. Pereira.

42. P. somniferum Linn. sp. pi. 726. Lam. ill. t. 451.
N. and E. Handb. iii. 446. plant med. t. 404. Woodv.
t. 185. Eng. Bot. t. 2145. S. and C. iii. t. 159. — P. officinale
N. and E. Handb. iii. 446. PI. med. t. 405. Mtj/cdv, Dios-
corides ; aypia., when the seeds are black; ^/xspo?, when the seeds
are white. — Fields of the Levant, and south of Europe ; culti-
vated in many of the warmer parts of the world.

Stem erect, smooth, rather glaucous, 3-4 feet high. Leaves amplexi-
caul, slashed, repand, with rather blunt teeth. Petals very large, dull
dingy pale lilac or white with a deep dull purple spot at their base,
or no spot. Capsules obovate or globose, smooth, about the size of
a middling apple, rather hard and brittle, with numerous parietal placentae,
covered with kidney-shaped, oily, sweet and eatable seeds. — From the
wounded half-ripe capsules flows a juice which concretes into opium,
the well-known powerful narcotic drug. From the dried capsules the
decoction, syrup and extract of poppies are prepared. Mr. Pereira
justly observes, that these capsules or " heads" would be more active if
gathered before ripeness : when full grown and just when the first
change of colour is perceptible should be the best time to collect them.
The seeds are not narcotic, but yield a bland oil similar to that ob-
tained from olives. I see no ground for considering the P. officinale of
N. and E. any thing beyond a variety of no importance.

ARGEMONE.

Sepals 2-3, muricated. Petals 3-6. Stamens numerous.
Styles scarcely any ; stigmas 4-7, radiating, concave, distinct.
Capsule obovate, 1-celled, opening by valves at the apex, with
linear placentas. Seeds spherical, pitted.
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FAPA VERACEiE.

43. A. mexicana Tourn. elem. 204. t. 121. Linn.sp.pl.
727. Bot. Mag. t. 243. DC. prodr. i. 85. Macfadyen, Fl.
Jam. 20. — Mountainous plains ; Mexico ; Louisiana ; United
States ; West Indies, Brazil, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope,
Mauritius, Java, Bengal, Sandwich Islands.

Annual. Stem somewhat glaucous, erect, terete, rather naked of
leaves, bristly with firm stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, sessile, glaucous,
oblong, repand, sinuated, with prickly angles. Peduncles axillary,
short, 1-flowered. Sepals 2 or 3, prickly, deciduous, concave at the
point, awned. Petals 4 or 6, yellow, large, crumpled. Stamens
about 20, as long as the ovary which is oblong, 3-angular and bristly.
Stigmas 4-6, reflexed. Capsule oblong, angular, bristly. Seeds
roundish, compressed, scrobiculate. — Dr. Barham says that this plant
is called Figo del inferno by the Spaniards, because of the power-
ful narcotic effects of the seeds, which are stronger than opium. Dr.
Affleck states, that an emulsion prepared from them acts first as an
anodyne and afterwards as a purgative. Dr. Macfadyen denies these
effects; but Mr. Huggins says that in Nevis the oil obtained from the
seeds is used as a substitute for castor oil. Med. Bot. Trans., 1829,
p. 1. This is confirmed by Dr. Michael Short. The juice is
employed in India in chronic ophthalmia and in primary siphilitic
sores. The infusion is said to be diuretic, and to give relief in stran-
gury from blisters.

SANGUINARIA.
Petals 8-12. Stamens 24. Stigmas 2. Capsule oblong,
2-valved, ventricose, acute at each end, with deciduous valves,
and 2 permanent placentae.

44. S. canadensis Linn. sp. pi. 723. Bot. Mag. t. 162.
Bigelow med. bot. i. t. 7. — An early spring flower in most
parts of the United States and Canada, in woods. (Puccoon,
Blood root, Red root, &c.)

Smooth throughout. Rhizoma creeping, emitting a bright orange
juice when cut. Leaves radical, solitary, on long channelled petioles ;
reniform or heart-shaped, with large roundish lobes, separated by ob-
tuse sinuses. The underside strongly reticulated with veins, paler than
the upper, and at length glaucous. Peduncles solitary, axillary, round,
1-flowered, infolded by the young leaf. Sepals 2, concave, ovate, obtuse,
falling off when the corolla expands. Petals 8, spreading, concave,
obtuse, the external ones longer, so that the flower has a square appear-
ance. This is its natural character, although cultivation sometimes
increases the number of petals. Stamens numerous, with oblong yel-
low anthers. Ovary oblong, compressed ; style none ; stigma thick,
somewhat 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, acute at both extremities, 2-valved.
Seeds numerous, roundish, compressed, dark shining red, half sur-
rounded by a white vermiform raphe. — An acrid narcotic. In small
doses it lowers the pulse, in smaller still it has some reputation as a
tonic stimulant. Powder of the rhizoma acts violently as an emetic; is
a useful escharotic in cases of soft polypi ; has been recommended in
typhoid pneumonia, phthisis, croup, hydrothorax, jaundice, &c.

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CHELIDONIUM.

CHELIDONIUM.

Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Capsule long,
2-valved, 1 -celled, with the valves opening from the base to the
apex. Seeds with a glandular crest. — Evergreen tender peren-
nials, with an acrid yellow juice.

45. C. majus Linn. sp. pi. 723. Eng. Bot. t. 1531. Fl. Dan.
t. 676. DC.prodr. i. 123. S. and C. ii. t. 86. Woodv. t. 263.
— Shady places all over Europe. (Celandine.)

A biennial. Stem 2 feet high, branched, swelled at the joints, leafy,
round, smooth. Leaves smooth, very deeply pinnatifid, their lobes in
2 or 3 pairs, the terminal one largest, all rounded, bluntly lobed and
notched ; the lateral ones sometimes dilated at their lower margin, near
the base, almost as if auricled ; their colour a deep shining green.
Flowers bright yellow, umbellate, on long, often hairy stalks. Calyx
tawny, often hairy. Seeds black and shining, each with a whitish deci-
duous crest. — The juice is a violent acrid poison. It has been regarded
medicinally as stimulating, aperient, diuretic, and sudorific, it was also
considered a powerful deobstruent. It is a popular remedy for warts,
and has been employed successfully in opacities of the cornea.

FUMARIEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 9.

FUMARIA.

One petal only gibbous or spurred at the base. Achenium
1 -seeded, its style dropping off after flowering.

46. F. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 984. Eng. Bot. t. 589.
DC prodr. i. 130. — A common weed, in dry waste ground.

An annual glaucous weed. Stem much branched, spreading, often
recumbent, leafy, angular. Leaves mostly alternate, twice or thrice pin-
nate ; leaflets wedge-shaped, with flat lanceolate segments. Racemes
opposite to the leaves, stalked, erect, many-flowered, rather lax. Bracts
lanceolate, acute, not half the length of the flower-stalks, especially
when in fruit. Flowers rose-coloured, or pale red, deep red at the sum-
mit, with a green keel to the upper and under petals. Spur very short,
rounded. Calyx coloured, toothed, deciduous. Fruit globose, emar-
ginate. — Herbage bitter, slightly diaphoretic and aperient ; the juice
was formerly administered in cutaneous diseases and obstructions of
the liver.

17 c

FUMARIEiE.

ORYDALIS.

Petals 4, one only spurred. Pod 2-valved, compressed, many-
seeded.

47. C. tuberosa DC. fi. fr. iv. 637. prodr. i. 127. — Fu-
maria cava, Mill. diet. vii. Bot. Mag. t. 232. and t. 2340. —
Hedges in the south of Europe.

Stem simple, not scaly. Leaves 2, biternate, with cuneate, slashed,
multifid segments. Bracts ovate entire. Root hollow.

48. C fabacea Pers. synops. ii. 269. DC. prodr. i- 127.
— Fumaria fabacea Retz. prodr. ed. 2. No. 859. Fl. Dan.
t. 1394. — Shady mountainous places in Sweden, Denmark, and
many other parts of the Continent of Europe.

Stem nearly simple, erect, bearing one scale below the lowest leaf.
Leaves 3-4, stalked, biternate, with oblong bluntish segments. Bracts
ovate, acute, longer than the pedicel. Root solid. — The root of both
these is very bitter, and rather acrid. It is the radix aristolochice of the
continental shops, and is principally employed as an external application
to indolent tumours.

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NYMPHiEACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 10.
NUPHAR.

Sepals 5-6, petaloid, hypogynous, permanent. Petals 10-18,
hypogynous, much smaller than the sepals, secreting honey
from their back. Stamens numerous, hypogynous, springing
with elasticity from the ovary about the time of flowering.
Capsule dry, indehiscent, 10-18-celled, crowned by a stellate
peltate stigma, with the same number of rays. Seeds indefinite
in number.

49. N. lutea Smith prodr. i. 361. DC. prodr. i. 116 — Nvfupata,
Theophrastus. ttv/Atpaia a\\y or Novtpap Dioscorides. Nymphaea
lutea Linn, sp.pl. 729. Eng. Bot. t. 159. — In rivers and
ponds in all parts of Europe ; also in the United States.

I Petioles obscurely triangular, smooth. Leaves cordate oblong, float-
ing, bright green on each side ; with the auricles approximated. Pe-
duncles taper. Flowers yellow. Sepals 5, green at the back, very
obtuse. Petals much smaller. Stigma quite entire, of a firm cartilagin-
ous or horny texture, always yellow, with as many as 20 rays. — Root-
stock slightly poisonous ; beetles and cockroaches are said to be killed
by its infusion in milk ; it has been reputed sedative and anti-aphro-
disiac.

NYMPH.EA.

Sepals 4, arising from the side of the ovary. ' Petals 16-28,
perigynous, gradually diminishing towards the centre and then
changing into numerous perigynous stamens. Capsule dry, in-
dehiscent, 16-20-celled, with a sessile peltate stigma having
the same number of rays ; covered over by the withered sepals
and petals. A papilla in the centre of the peltate stigma.

50. N. alba. Linn. sp. pi. 729. Eng. bot. t. 160. Fl. Dan.
t. 602. DC. prodr. i. 115. — 2*S>j, Theophrastus. N
Dioscorides. — The waters of all parts of Europe ; also in the
United States (?).

Petioles taper, smooth, long in proportion to the depth of water.
Leaves ovate-orbicular, deeply cordate at base, quite entire, furnished
beneath with a broad prominent midrib and 7 radiant veins on each
side ; the auricles approximated and obtuse. Pedicels like the petioles.
Flowers white. Flowerbuds ovate-oblong, somewhat square at the
base. Sepals 4, green externally, white inside. Petals 28, namely in
7 rows of 4 each, adhering to the ovary, and in decaying leaving 7
spiral lines of stars around the ovary. Stamens numerous, the ex-
19 c 2

NYMPH/EACEvE.

ternal somewhat abortive. Capsule the size of a small apple, with 16
cells and membranous dissepiments. Seeds horizontal or deflexed,
obovate, red, marked with rows of small dots, surrounded as far as
the base with a white cup-shaped arillus, and enveloped in a gelatin-
ous gluten. — Root-stock astringent, styptic, and slightly narcotic. It
has been prescribed in dysentery, and is occasionally chewed by singers
to relieve the relaxation of the uvula.

51. N. odorata Willd. sp.pl. ii. 1153. Bot. Mag. t. 819.

Bot. Repos. t. 297. Bigelow med. Bot. ii. t. 55 Rivers and

ponds in the United States.

Petioles somewhat semicircular, perforated throughout by long tubes
or air-vessels which serve to float them. Leaves floating, peltate,
nearly round, with a cleft or sinus extending to the centre. The lobes
on each side prolonged into an acute point ; bright glossy green above,
reddish beneath, and marked by a multitude of strong prominent veins
diverging from the centre. Sepals 4, lanceolate, green without, and
white within. Petals numerous, lanceolate, of a delicate whiteness,
with sometimes a tinge of lake on the outside. Stamens numerous,
yellow, in several rows ; filaments dilated, especially the outer ones, so
as to resemble petals. Anthers in 2 longitudinal cells growing to the
filaments, and opening inwardly. Stigma with from 12 to 24 rays, very
much resembling abortive anthers, at first incurved, afterwards spread-
ing. At the centre is a solid hemispherical protuberance. — Stems
extremely astringent, and sometimes used in the composition of poul-
tices, answering a purpose similar to that of lead poultices and alum
curds. Bigelow.

EURYALE.

Calyx prickly, superior, 4-cleft. Petals numerous, spreading,
diminishing towards the centre, not changing into stamens.
Stamens numerous, in several rows, obtuse, with oval anthers.
Ovary 6-8-celled; cells 5-seeded. Stigma concave, distinct,
6-8-rayed, with as many notches. Fruit baccate, covered with
the decaying sepals and petals ; many seeded, annate.

52. E. ferox Salisb. ann. bot. 2. 73. DC. prodr. i. 114. —
Anneslea spinosa Bot. rep. x. t. 618. Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 573. —
Lakes and ponds in the country east of Calcutta.

Leaves floating, peltate, orbicular or oval, from 1 to 4 feet in diame-
ter, slightly prickly above, very much so and bright purple beneath,
with projecting anastomosing veins; petioles and peduncles armed
with stiff straight prickles. Flowers small. Calyx armed externally
with recurved prickles. Petals a light blue violet. Berry the size of
an orange, swelling irregularly, containing about 20 seeds enveloped in
a complete, fleshy, rose-coloured aril. — Seeds farinaceous ; much eaten
by the natives when roasted or rather baked. The Hindoo physicians
consider them possessed of powerful medicinal virtues, such as restrain-
ing seminal gleets, invigorating the system, &c. Roxb.

>20

MYRISTICACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 1 5.
MYRISTICA.

Flowers dioecious. Calyx urceolate, 3- toothed. 3 . Fila-
ments monadelphous ; anthers 6-10, connate. y. Ovary
simple ; style none ; stigma 2-lobed. Pericarp fleshy, 2-valved,
1-seeded. Seed enveloped in a fleshy aril.

53. M. officinalis Linn, suppl. 265. Gcertn. carpol. i. t. 41.

f. i. Hook, exot.fl. tt. 155. 156. Bot. Mag. tt. 2756. 2757

M. moschata, Thunb. Woodv. t. 134. S. and C. ii. t. 104.
M. aromatica Lam. illustr. t. 832. Roxb. corom. iii. t. 267. —
Moluccas, especially the island of Banda. (Nutmeg tree.)

A dioecious tree ; trunk from 20 to 25 feet high ; bark greyish-
brown, tolerably smooth, abounding in a yellow juice. Leaves aromatic,
from 3 to 6 inches long, subbifarious, oblong, approaching to elliptical,
glabrous, rather obtuse at the base, acuminate, quite entire, above
dark-green and somewhat glossy, beneath much paler, but neither
pulverulent nor downy. Petioles from i to § of an inch long, plane
above. Racemes axillary, subumbellate, sometimes forked or com-
pound. Peduncles and pedicels glabrous, the latter having a quickly
deciduous, ovate bract at its summit, often pressed close to the flower.
Male flowers, 3 to 5 or more on a peduncle. Calyx urceolate, thick
and fleshy, clothed with a very indistinct reddish pubescence, dingy
pale yellow, cut into three, erect, or erecto-patent teeth. Filaments
incorporated into a thickened, whitish cylinder, about as long as the
calyx, the upper half covered by about 10 linear-oblong 2-celled anthers,
free at their base, opening longitudinally. Female flowers scarcely dif-
ferent from the male, except that the pedicel is very frequently solitary.
Pistil solitary, shorter than the calyx, broadly-ovate, a little tapering
upwards into a short style, and bearing a 2-lobed persistent stigma.
Fruit fleshy, nearly spherical, of the size, and somewhat of the shape
of a small pear ; flesh astringent, yellowish, almost white within, 4 or 5
lines thick, opening into two, nearly equal, longitudinal valves. Arillus
thick, between horny and fleshy, much lacerated, folded and anastomos-
ing towards the extremity, enveloping the nut almost entirely, and so
tightly as to form inequalities on its surface ; when fresh, brilliant scar-
let; when dry, much more horny, of a yellow-brown colour, and very
brittle. Nut broadly ovate, or oval; the shell very hard, rugged dark-
brown, glossy, about half a line thick, pale and smooth within. Seed
or nutmeg oval, pale brown, quite smooth when first deprived of its
shell, but soon becoming shrivelled, so as to have irregular, vertical
lines or furrows on its surface. Albumen firm, but fleshy, whitish, but so
traversed with red-brown veins, which abound in oil, as to appear beauti-
fully marbled. Near the base of the albumen, and imbedded in a cavity
21 c 3

MYRISTICACEiE.

in its substance, is the embryo, which is small, fleshy, yellowish-white,
rounded below, where is the radicle ; its cotyledons of 2, large, some-
what foliaceous, plicate lobes, in the centre of which is seen the plu-
mule. — The seed is the nutmeg of the shops, the aril is the mace.
They contain a volatile oil which renders them stimulant. In small
quantities they relieve flatulence, and allay colicky pains but in large
quantities they excite the circulation and act as narcotics. Pereira.

22

MAGNQLIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 16.
MAGNOLIA.

Carpels arranged in compact spikes, opening by the outer
angle, 1-2-seeded, persistent. Seeds baccate, somewhat cor-
date, hanging down from the carpel by the aid of a long umbi-
lical cord.

54. M. glauca Linn. sp. pi. 755. Mich. arb. forest, iii. 77.
Bigelow med. hot. ii. t. 27. — Common in the morasses of the
middle and southern states of America, where it is called
" Swamp Sassafras, Beaver tree," &c.

Bark of the young twigs of a bright smooth green, scarred with rings at
the insertion of the leaves by the fall of the deciduous stipules. Leaves
alternate, stalked, regularly elliptical, entire, smooth. Their under side,
except the midrib, of a pale, glaucous colour. When young, covered with
a silken pubescence. Flowers solitary, terminal, on a short, incrassated
peduncle. Sepals three, spatulate, obtuse, concave. Petals 8 to 14,
obovate, obtuse, concave, contracted at their base. Stamens numerous
inserted in common with the petals on the sides of a conical receptacle ;
filaments very; short ; anthers linear, mucronated, 2-celled, opening
inwardly. Ovaries collected into a cone, each divided by a furrow, and
tipt with a brownish, linear, recurved style. Fruit a cone, consisting of
imbricated cells, which open longitudinally at the back for the escape
of the seed. Seeds obovate, scarlet, connected to the cone by a
funiculus, which suspends them some time after they have fallen out. —
Bark bitter and aromatic, resembling and even rivalling in its qualities
cinchona. Particularly useful in chronic rheumatism. Tincture of
the bark, seeds, and cones, equally efficacious.

LIRIODENDRON.

Carpels arranged in spikes, 1-2-seeded, indehiscent, deci-
duous, extended into a sort of wing.

55. L. tulipifera Linn. sp. pi. 155. Sot. mag. t. 275. Mich,
arb. forest, iii. 202. Bigelow med. hot. ii. t. 31. — Forests in
the United States. (Tulip tree.)

Leaves roundish, beautifully smooth and bright green, long-stalked,
3-lobed, smooth, with the lateral lobes ovate the middle one truncated ;
the former in the large leaves, furnished with a tooth or additional lobe
on their outside. There is a variety with fhe lobes of its leaves not
pointed, but very obtuse. Flowers large, solitary and terminal. Bracts
2, triangular, falling off as the flower expands. Sepals 3, large, oval,
concave, veined, of a pale green colour, spreading at first, but afterwards
reflexed. Petals 6, sometimes more, obtuse, concave, veined, of a pale
23 G 4;

MAGNOLIACEjE.

yellowish green, marked with an irregular indented crescent of bright
orange on both sides towards the base. Stamens numerous, with long
linear anthers opening outwardly, and short filaments. Pistil a large,
conical, acute body, its upper half covered with minute, blackish,
recurved stigmas ; its lower furrowed, being a mass of coalescing styles
and ovaries. Fruit a cone of imbricated seed vessels, which are woody
and solid, their upper portion formed by the long lanceolate style.
Seeds 2, blackish, ovate, one or both often abortive. — Bark very
bitter and strongly aromatic, acting as a stimulating tonic and diapho-
retic. Chiefly used in intermittents, and as a warm sudorific in chronic
rheumatism.

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WINTERACEiE.

Nat, syst. ed. 2. p. 17.
ILLICIUM.

Sepals 3-6, petaloid. Carpels capsular, arranged in a star-
like manner, opening at the upper end, 1 -seeded. Seed shining.
— Evergreen, very smooth, shrubs.

56. I. floridanum Ellis inphil. trans. 1770. 1. 12. Bot. Mag.
t. 439. Bigelow med. bot. iii. t. 48. DC. prodr.'u 77. — Thickets
in the country bordering the Gulf of Mexico on the north.

A shrub or small tree. Leaves scattered, or in tufts, on short
petioles, evergreen, oval-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, entire, smooth
on both sides, and firm or fleshy. The flowers proceed from the sides
I of the branches at the axils of the last year's leaves, on slender, nodding
peduncles, an inch or two long ; when fully expanded they are of a
dark, purplish crimson. Calyx deciduous. Petals linear, obtuse, in
three rows, about nine in a row, the uppermost row ascending, the
lowermost descending, and broader or more spatulate. Stamens 30 or
more, diverging, flat, depressed, with the anthers recurved; pollen white.
Ovaries 12 or more, roundish-rhomboidal, compressed, and arranged in
a circular manner ; styles short, recurved, pubescent on the inside. —
Bark and leaves aromatic and spicy ; effects analogous to those of other
aromatic barks.

57. I. anisatum Lour. fl. coch. 353. Gcertn. carp. i. t. 69.
— Provinces of China west of Canton. (Star Anise.)

A shrub about 8 feet high ; branches smooth, spreading. Leaves ob-
ovate, obtuse, entire, smooth, small, crowded, stalked. Flowers yellow,
lateral, solitary, stalked. Sepals 6. Petals numerous, spreading.
Stamens about 30, placed on the receptacle. Ovaries 8, or more, each
with a very short style. Follicles usually 8, ovate-lanceolate, hard
and woody, placed horizontally in a circle, 1-seeded; seeds ovate,
compressed, brown. — The whole plant, especially the fruit, has a
pleasant aromatic flavour of anise ; sweetish and rather pungent. It is
reckoned a stomachic and carminative among the Chinese, and is used
as a spice in their cookery. According to Siebold, this is not the
Skimi of Ksempfer, which is chiefly employed as a perfume by the
priests of China and Japan, but a quite distinct species. He calls the
former Illicium religiosum. The fruit is aromatic and carminative, and
by distillation yields an oil which has most of the properties of oil of
anise, for which it is often substituted. It is chiefly used in the
fabrication of liqueurs.
25

WINTERACEiE.

WINTERA.

Carpels baccate, many-seeded. Stamens thickest at the
apex and having the cells of the anther separate. Calyx of
2-3 sepals, or of 2-3 deep divisions.

58. Wintera aromatica Murr. syst. 507. — Drimys Winteri
Forst. gen. 84. t. 42. Aug. de St. HiL Plant, usuelles,
t. 12. DC. prodr. i. 78. S. and C. iii. t. 178. Pereira in Med.
Gaz. xx. 177. fig. Winterana aromatica Soland. wed.
obs. v. p. 46. t. i. Drymis granaten si s Linn.f. suppl. 269. DC.
prodr. i. 78. Bonpl. pi. cequinoct. i. t. 58. Drymis chilensis
DC. syst. t. 444. Deless. ic. select, i. t. 83. — Straits of Magellan,
Chili, Peru, New Grenada.

An aromatic tree from 6 to 40 feet high. Branches scarred by the
traces of fallen leaves. Leaves oblong, obtuse, with a midrib, but other-
wise veinless, glaucous, and firmly dotted beneath. Peduncles axillary
or somewhat terminal, approximated, usually 1-flowered, simple; oc-
casionally divided a little above the base into long pedicels. Sepals
2-3. Petals 6, oblong. Fruits 4-6, obovate. — The bark, called
Winter's bark, is aromatic with a warm and pungent taste. It acts as
an aromatic tonic. Under the name of " Casca d'anta," it is much
used in Brazil against colic.

Malambo bark has been referred to this genus, but upon insufficient
evidence. (See Galipea.)

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ANONACE^.

Nat. sj/st. ed. 2. p. 18.
XYLOPIA.

Petals 6. Stamens numerous. Torus cup-shaped, bearing the
stamens on the outside, the ovaries on the inside. Ovaries
numerous, distinct ; ovules ascending, in one row, attached to
the central angle ; stigmas acute, distinct, collected in a cone.
Carpels indefinite, ovate, compressed, indehiscent, stalked,

1- 4-seeded. Seeds oblique or somewhat erect, more or less
surrounded by the adhering pericarp, arillate, ovate.

59. X. longifolia A. de C. mem. anon. 34. — Uvaria febrifuga
Jffumb. and Sonpl. Unona xylopioides Dunal monogr. t. 21.
DC.prodr. i. 92. — South America on the banks of the Oro-
noko.

A tree 70 feet high. Leaves oblong, acuminate, silky and shining
beneath, revolute at the margin, especially near the base. Peduncles

2- 4, axillary, smooth. Three outer petals oblong linear, acuminate,
silky, brownish externally, white and excavated in the inside; the 3
interior linear, white, red at the base, 3-cornered at the point. — The
fruit, called " Frutta de Burro " is found a valuable febrifuge on the
Oronoko. Humb.

60. X. glabra Linn. sp. pi. 1367. Dunal. monogr. t. 19.
DC. prodr. i. 92. — Barbadoes and Jamaica. (Bitterwood.)

A tree. Branches smooth, scarcely dotted. Leaves, even the
youngest, smooth on each side, oblong-ovate, acuminate smooth, on
very short stalks. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, bracteo-
late. Calyx smooth, trifid, with very obtuse lobes. Carpels smooth.
— Wood, bark, and berries warm and bitter, resembling orange seed ;
considered tonic and stimulant. Burnett says the wood is intensely bitter.

HABZELIA.

Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 6, the inner smallest. Stamens very
numerous. Torus convex. Carpels distinct, indefinite in num-
ber, long, cylindrical, obsoletely ventricose or torulose, smooth,
striated lengthwise, becoming many-celled by the pericarp
growing together, many-seeded. Seeds elliptical, arillate, some-
what erect, numerous, shining ; one in each of the cells of the
fruit. Arillus formed of 2 white unequal obcordate membranes.

61. H. aethiopica A. de C. mem. anon. 31. — Unona aethiopica
Dunal. mon. p. 113. DC. prodr. i. 91. Habzeli et piper
nigrorum C. Bauh. pin. p. 412. — Sierra Leone; palmwoods
of Senegambia.

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ANONACEiE.

Branches woody, smooth at bottom, slender and velvety at the
points. Leaves ovate, acute, 3 in. long, 12-14 lines broad, quite
smooth on the upper surface, downy beneath. Flowers unknown.
Peduncles of the fruit thick, woody, naked, 4 lines long. Torus of the
fruit capitate, 3 lines broad, marked by the scars where the fruit
dropped off. Carpels 12-18, pod-shaped, 1-2 inches long, knotted,
striated, quite smooth, with the taste of pepper. — Fruit pungent,
aromatic, and often substituted for other spices. It is the Piper
aethiopicum of commerce.

62. H. aromatica A. de C. I. c. 32. — Waria zeylanica Aubl.
guian. i. 605. t. 243. Unona aromatica Dunal. mon. 112. DC.
prodr. i. 91. — Woods of Guiana.

A tree with a trunk 20 feet high and more. Leaves ovate, acute,
smooth, quite entire, subsessile. Flowers solitary or 2 together,
downy externally, smooth and violet internally. Fruit 12-20 to
each flower, knotted, cylindrical, brownish, with a deep furrow on one
side. — Fruit pungent, aromatic, employed by the Blacks in lieu of
spice.

MONODORA.

Sepals 3. Petals 6 in 2 rows ; the outer lanceolate, the
inner ovate. Anthers numerous, subsessile. Ovary 1, ovate,
1 -celled, with the whole inside covered by ovules; crowned by
a sessile stigma. Fruit smooth, corticated, fleshy, roundish,
1-celled, many-seeded ; seeds nestling in pulp.

63. M. myristica Dunal. monogr. 80. DC. prodr. i. 87.
Hooker in Dot. Mag. t. 3059. — Anona myristica Gcertn. carp.
ii. 194. t. 125. f. i. — Supposed to be a native of the west coast
of Africa, and thence carried by the negroes to Jamaica.

Leaves alternate, oblong, or sometimes obovate, somewhat cordate,
entire, smooth, shining, bright pale green above, 4-5 inches long, 1-2
broad : petioles short, grooved above. Peduncles opposite to the
leaves, single-flowered, round, smooth, greenish white, pendulous, 4 to
7 inches long, generally single. Near the summit of the peduncles is a
bractea, reflexed when the flower is full blown, subcordate, acute, about
12-veined, green, curled and wavy at the margin, slightly variegated with
yellowish red. Flowers fragrant ; when beginning to expand, white,
marked with purplish-brown spots; afterwards yellow and the spots
brighter red. Calyx monoph yllous, tube very short, limb deeply cleft into
3 unequal sepals, their margins crisped and waved; the sepal opposite
to the bract being shorter and narrower than the other two, which are
somewhat coriaceous and ovate-acute. Corolla monopetalous, gener-
ally twice as long as the calyx ; limb 6-parted in a double series ; 3
outer segments oblong-ovate, waved at the margin, of the same colour
as the sepals, the ground bright yellow, marked with rows of irregular
spots or interrupted stripes of reddish-brown ; 3 inner segments, from
i to 5 shorter than the outer, unguiculate, cordate, convex, veined,
yellowish-white externally, downy and even at the edges, which adhere
slightl}-, within concave, smooth, shining, pale yellow, variegated
with pale crimson spots. Stamens close, in 11-12 rows, on the

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MONODORA.

receptacle ; anthers sessile, spheroidal, yellowish-white, opening on each
side rather below the middle, by a roundish pore. Ovary spheroidal,
yellowish-white, crowned with a sessile, flattened stigma. Seeds ovate-
oblong, angular, by mutual pressure ferruginous. Integuments double.
Albumen of the same form as the seed, fleshy, hard, sculptured with
deep, nearly parallel lines, and a longitudinal furrow. — Seeds similar
in quality to those of the nutmeg, only being rather less pungent.

Many plants belonging to the genera Uvaria, Unona, &c. are
medicinally employed in Java, and have powerful aromatic stimulating
properties. But Blume remarks that they require to be used with
caution, as they are apt to produce vertigo, haemorrhage, or even
abortion in pregnant women.

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DILLENIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed, 2. p. 20.
DAVILLA.

Sepals 5, very unequal, increasing after flowering. Petals
1-6, deciduous. Stamens numerous, placed all round the
pistil, with linear filaments dilated upwards. Carpel 1, testa-
ceous, 1-2-seeded, enclosed in the two inner concave, opposite,
thickened, valve-like sepals. Seeds solitary, enveloped in an
arillus, which is only open at the apex.

64. D. elliptica A. S. H. pi. us. Bras. No. 23. fi. bras,
merid. i. 17. — In carrascos or thickets of Brazil, in the pro-
vince of Minas Novas. (Camba'ibinha.)

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched ; branchlets hairy. Leaves
elliptical, obtuse at each end, entire, between crustaceous and leathery,
rough and hairless above, downy and netted beneath ; petiole villous
on the under side. Racemes hairy, bracteolate. Sepals silky. Petals
1-6, somewhat obcordate. Carpels 2. — An astringent; furnishing
the vulnerary called Cambaibinha in Brazil.

65. D. rugosa Poir. encycl. suppl. ii. 457. A. S. H. pi.
us. No. 22. Jl. bras. i. 18. — D. brasiliana DC. syst. i. 405.
Delessert ic. i. t. 71. — Forests of Brazil. (Cipo de Carijo,
Cambaibinha, Cipo de Caboclo Brazil.)

Stem twining ; twigs hairy. Leaves oblong, remotely and obsoletely
serrated, rough and hairless above, shaggy beneath on the principal
veins. Petioles very shaggy beneath. Peduncles and pedicels hairy.
Petals 2-3. Carpels usually solitary. — Astringent. A decoction
used in Brazil in swellings of the legs and testicles, very common
complaints in the hot damp parts of South America.

CURATELLA.

Sepals 4-5, permanent, roundish, unequal. Petals 4-5.
Stamens numerous, surrounding the pistil. Carpels 2, roundish,
hispid, united at the base, 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Seeds obovate,
with an arillus.

66. C. Cambaiba A. de S. H. pi. us. No. 24. Jl. bras. i. 22.
— In wooded plains, and the deciduous forest ground of Brazil.
(Cambaiba Brazil.)

Twigs downy. Leaves broad, very obtuse, more or less repand, toothed,
rough above, downy beneath. Compound lateral racemes, pedicels, and
sepals villous. Petals very deciduous. — Astringent. A decoction
used in Brazil as a wash for wounds.
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APIACEiE or UMBELLIFERiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 21.
ASTRANTIA.

Tube of calyx with 10 plaited warted ribs, and 5 leafy teeth.
Petals erect, converging, oblong-obovate, broken inwards from
the middle into a lobe about as long as the petal. Fruit rather
compressed from the back. Half fruits without vittae, with 5
raised plaited toothed inflated ridges, inclosing within their
cavity smaller fistular ridges. — Perennials. Root blackish.
Radical leaves stalked, palmate, cauline few sessile. General
umbel irregular of few rays, with a variable involucre, the partial
regular, containing many flowers, with a many-leaved involucre.
Flowers white or pink, stalked, not separated by paleae, often poly-
gamous, the females only being fertile.

67. A. major Linn. sp. 339. JVees and Eberm. pi. mcd.
294. handb. iii. 62. — Mountainous woods and meadows all
over Europe.

Radical leaves palmated ; the lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, acute,
somewhat trifid, toothed, fringed with bristles. Bracts 15-20, linear-
lanceolate, entire, scarcely longer than the umbel. — Roots acrid and
purgative.

ERYNGIUM.

Tube of the calyx rough with scales and vesicles ; teeth 5, leafy.
Petals erect, converging, oblong-obovate, emarginately broken
inwards into a lobe the length of the petal. Fruit in a transv.
sect, nearly taper, obovate, scaly or tuberculate, the half-
fruits without jugse or vittas ; the column completely united to
the fruit by its whole length. — Herbs, usually perennial and
spiny. Radical and cauline leaves more or less sheathing at
the base. Flowers collected in roundish or oblong heads. Outer
bracts forming the involucre.

68. E. campestre Linn. sp. 337. DC. prodr. iv. 88.
Fl. dan. t. 554. N. and E. med. pi. t. 295. handb. iii. 65.
— Common in the dry plains of middle and southern Europe.
(Eryngo.)

Radical leaves long-stalked, 3-parted, stiff, with oblong spiny-
toothed sessile decurrent 3-lobed segments ; cauline sessile 3-parted
spiny-toothed. Stem panicled. Leaflets of the involucre linear-lan-
ceolate, pungent, entire, much longer than the hemispherical spiny
heads. It sometimes varies with the lower leaves entire or nearly so.
33 D

APIACEiE OR UMBELLIFERiE.

— The root is sweet, aromatic and tonic. Boerhaave reckons it as
the first of aperient diuretic roots. It has been recommended in gonor-
rhoea, suppression of the menses, and visceral obstructions, particularly
of the gall bladder and liver ; it has also the credit of being a decided
aphrodisiac. A good deal of candied root is still sold.

69. E. maritimum Linn. sp. pi. 337. has similar properties
but in a less degree.

CICUTA.

Teeth of calyx leafy. Petals obcordate, with an inflected
lobe. Fruit roundish, double, contracted at the side. Half-
fruits with 5 flattish equal ridges, the lateral of which form the
border. Channels each with 1 vitta ; commissure with 2 vittae
below a loose skin. — Perennial herbs, smooth, aquatic and poi-
sonous. Stem taper, fistular. Leaves tripinnate or ternate.
Involucre none, or few leaved ; involucels many-leaved. Flowers
white.

70. C. maculata Linn. sp. pi. 367. DC. prodr. iv. 99.
Eigelow med. hot. i. t. 12. — Common in wet meadows and
banks in the United States. (Snakeweed.)

Root composed of a number of large, oblong, fleshy fangs, diverging
from the base of the stem, and frequently of the size and length of the
finger. It is perennial, and has a strong, penetrating smell and taste.
In various parts of the bark it contains distinct cells or cavities, which
are filled with a yellowish resinous juice. The plant is from 3 to 6
feet high. Stem smooth, branched at top, hollow, jointed, striated,
and commonly of a purple colour, except when the plant grows in the
shade, in which case it is green. Leaves compound ; the largest about
3 times pinnate, the uppermost only ternate. Most of the petioles
are furnished with long membranous sheaths, which clasp the stem.
Leaflets, oblong, acuminate, serrate, the serratures very acute or mu-
cronated; the veins end in the sinuses, and not at the points of the
serratures. General involucre none. Involucels of very short, narrow,
acute bracts. The distinctness or separation of these umbels charac-
terises this plant at a distance among others of its kind, whose
umbels are more crowded. Calyx of 5 very minute segments. Petals
5, white, obovate, with inflected points. Fruit nearly orbicular, com-
pressed, 10-furrowed, crowned at top, and separating into 2 semicir-
cular halves. Bigclow. — A most dangerous poison resides in its
roots ; a drachm of the fresh root has killed a boy in an hour and a
half ; and in America fatal accidents arising from its being mistaken
for other apiaceous plants are not uncommon. Has been used as a sub-
stitute for conium, with similar effect except that it is more energetic.

71. C. virosa Linn. sp. pi. 368. DC. prodr. iv. 99.
Eng. Bot. t. 479. Nees and Eberm. pi. med. t. 285. handb.
iii. 25. S. and C. ii. t. 89. Woodv. t. 268. Smith Eng.fi. ii. 63.

Ditches and river banks through all Europe and Siberia.

(Water Cowbane.)

Root tuberous, hollow, with many whorled fibres, and several trans-

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CICUTA.

verse internal partitions. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, hollow, leafy, branched,
furrowed, smooth. Leaves on long footstalks, thrice ternate, bright
green ; leaflets sharply and deeply serrated, tapering at each end, from
1 to 2 inches long, slightly decurrent ; those of the upper leaves more
narrow. Umbels large, many-rayed, stalked, partly terminal, partly
opposite the leaves ; partial ones of very numerous slender rays. General
bracts if present very narrow, and seldom more than 1 or 2 ; but for
the most part entirely wanting ; partial several, narrow, taper-pointed,
unequal. Anthers and styles purplish. Styles bowed, recurved, as long
as the fruit, their bases finally a little tumid, and confluent with the
receptacle. Fruit spherical, compressed, almost black, smooth, with
the dorsal ridges very obscure, and scarcely more than slightly elevated
angles. Commissure flat, circular, smaller than the half-fruits. — A
dangerous poison, producing effects similar to those of hydrocyanic
acid. It appears to cause true tetanic convulsions in frequent pa-
roxysms, and death on the third day. Christison. Haller considered it
the coniuni of the Greeks. It appears to be fatal to cattle.

APIUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, entire. Disk depressed.
Fruit roundish, contracted at the side, double. Half-fruits with
5 filiform equal ridges, of which the laterals form the border.
Dorsal channels with single vittie, lateral with 2-3. — Herba-
ceous plants with the root thickened at the neck. Stem fur-
rowed, branched. Leaves pinnated, with wedge-shaped cut
segments. Umbels axillary or nearly sessile on the apex of the
stalk. No involucres. Flowers greenish white.

72. A. graveolens Linn. sp. pi. 379. Eng. Bot. t. 1210. —
Marshes all over Europe, the Caucasus, Mexico, Falkland Is-
lands. (Celery.)

Smooth. Leaves pinnated, the upper 3-parted ; lobes wedge-shaped,
cut and toothed at the apex. — When wild, growing in wet meadows
and in ditches, it is acrid and poisonous; when cultivated in dry ground,
and partially blanched, it is the celery well known as a salad.

PETROSELINUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, incurved, entire, scarcely
emarginate, contracted into an inflexed lobe. Disk short, con-
ical, somewhat crenulate. Styles diverging. Fruit ovate, con-
tracted at the side. Half-fruits with 5 filiform equal ridges, of
which the laterals form the border. Channels with 1 vitta,
commissure with 2. — Smooth branched herbs. Leaves decom-
pound with wedge-shaped segments. Involucres few-leaved ;
involucels many-leaved. Flowers white or greenish, uniform,
those of the disk often sterile. Stamens longer than the corolla.

73. P. sativum Hoffm. urnh. i. t. i. f. 2. Nees andEberm.pl. med.
t. 283. handb. iii. 34. — Apium Petroselinum Linn. sp. pi. 379.

35 d 2

APIACE^E OR UMBEL LIFERiE.

— Shady rocks in the south of Europe and the Levant. (Pars-
ley.)

A biennial, or perennial if not allowed to flower, quite smooth, of a
bright but rather pale green. Stem IJ-2 feet high, striated, round, a
good deal branched in rather a corymbose manner. Radical leaves
biternate, on long channelled stalks ; leaflets rhomboidal-ovate, wedge-
shaped at the base, deeply incised, with the segments mucronate, and
sometimes rounded. Upper leaves gradually becoming more entire
and narrower, till the uppermost are simply ternate with linear seg-
ments. Umbels with 5-8 rays. General involucre none, or 1-2 subu-
late minute bracts; partial involucre with setaceous bracts, much shorter
than the pedicels, erect, forming a perfect whorl. Flowers white, or
greenish. Fruit about a line long, compressed, pale greenish brown ;
the back occupied by 3 elevated, pale primary ridges, the 2 others quite
on the margin at the side. — The leaves are a pleasant stimulating
salad ; they are diuretic, and are at once recognised by their agreeable
smell. Burnett says the fruit is a deadly poison to parrots.

PTYCHOTIS.

Calyx a 5-toothed margin. Petals obovate, bifid, emarginate,
emitting from the middle a lobe with a transverse streak. Fruit
compressed from the side, ovate or oblong. Half-fruits with 5
filiform equal ridges, of which the laterals form the border ;
channels with 1 vitta. — Annuals or biennials. Cauline leaves
multifid, capillary. Umbels compound ; universal involucre
variable, partial of more bracts than one. Flowers white.

74. P. coptica DC. prodr. iv. 108. — Ammi copticum
Linit. mantiss. 56. Jacq. hort. vind. ii. t. 196. — Egypt and
Candia.

Stem erect, branched. Leaves almost all cut into linear multifid
segments; the upper simply pinnatifid. Umbel with 10-12 rays.
Bracts of the involucels linear. Fruit ovate, slightly muricate.

75. P. Ajowan DC. prodr. iv. 109. — Ligusticum' Ajowan Flem.
in As. res. xi. 170. Roxb.Jl. ind. ii. 91. — Cultivated in India.

Root annual. Stem erect, 1 to 3 feet high ; branches alternate,
smooth, slightly striated. Leaves scattered, those nearest the root
supra-decompound, the upper less so ; all with filiform subdivisions.
Umbels terminal, erect, compound, of from 6 to 8 rays, on rather un-
equal peduncles ; partial, of many rays, on unequal pedicels. Invo-
lucres both universal, and partial, of from 5 to 8, linear, unequal, bracts
shorter than the umbels. Petals pure white, equal, furrowed on the
back, and keeled within, with involute points, and broad waved, rather
reflexed margins. Fruit didymous, compressed, broad, ovate, with five
scabrous ridges on each side. — The fruit lias an aromatic smell, and
warm pungent taste. One of the most useful and grateful of the umbel-
liferous tribe. An excellent remedy in flatulent colic. Much used in
India. Roxb.

76. P. sylvestris, or arub ajwain, is an Indian carminative.
Royle.

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PTYCHOTIS.

77. P. involucrata, aneeson of Northern India, chanoo and
raahooni of Bengal, used by Europeans in India as a substitute
for parsley. Royle.

SISON.

Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, curved, deeply emarginate,
with an inflexed segment. Styles very short, quickly disap-
pearing. Fruit ovate, compressed at the side. Half-fruits with
5 filiform equal ridges, of which the laterals form the border.
Vittae short, clavate, one in each channel. — An herbaceous
plant, with a panicled racemose habit. Leaves pinnated ; seg-
ments of the lower ones somewhat lobed toothed and cut, of
the upper linear multifid. Each involucre few-leaved. Rays of
the umbel 4, long, unequal, of the umbellets 4-5, short.

78. S. Amomum Linn. sp. pi. ' 362. Eng. Bot. t. 954. —
Chalky fields through most parts of Europe. (Honewort.)

Stem about 3 feet high, with rigid wiry branches. Leaves dark-green
with ovate, deeply cut, serrated segments, the upper narrower, multifid.
— The fruit is pungent and aromatic, but has a nauseous smell of bugs
when fresh. It formed the Semen Amomi of the. old apothecaries.

CAEUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals regular, obovate, emarginate, with an
inflexed lobe. Disk depressed. Styles bent down. Fruit con-
tracted at the side, ovate or oblong. Half-fruits with 5 filiform
equal ridges, of which the lateral form the border. Vittae in the
channels solitary, on the commissure 2. — Smooth and usually
perennial herbs. Root tuberous, eatable. Leaves pinnated,
with multifid segments. Involucre variable. Flowers white.

79. C. Carui Linn. sp. 378. DC. prodr. iv. 115. Eng.
Bot. t. 1503. Nees and Eberm. med. pi. t. 276. handb. iii. 21.
Woodv. t. 45. S. and C. i. t. 59. Smith Eng.fi. ii. 87. — Mea-
dows and pastures all over middle Europe ; not really wild in
Great Britain. (Caraway.)

Root tapering. Stem about 2 feet high, erect, branched, leafy, angu-
lar and furrowed. Lower leaves nearly a span long, stalked, doubly
pinnate, with numerous, opposite, finely cut leaflets, of which the pairs
next the midrib cross each other: those on the stem much smaller,
opposite, very unequal. Umbels numerous, erect. General bracts, if
present, capillary, connected when more than one by a membranous
base. Flowers numerous, white, or pale flesh-coloured ; the marginal
(not central) ones only, perfect and prolific. Calyx always extremely
minute, and not constantly complete, or discernible. Pedicels small,
convex, in the middle flowers nearly equal. Epigynous disk white,
undulated, very distinct from the bases of the styles. Fruit narrow,
bright brown, Inline long, with paie elevated filiform ridges and shining
convex channels. — Similar in action to Dill and Anise ; used in the
37 D 3

APIACE^ OR UiMBELLIFERiE.

flatulent colic of children. The oil obtained from it enters as an adjuv-
ant or corrective into various officinal preparations, as the confection of
opium, of rue and of scammony, the compound tincture of cardamom
and of senna, &c. Pereira.

80. Carum nigrum, called " zeera seeah," is imported from
Kunawur into India as a carminative. Royle.

PIMPINELLA.

Calyx obsolete. Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed
lobe. Fruit contracted from the side, crowned by a cushion-
like disk, and reflexed somewhat capitate styles. Half-fruits
with 5 filiform equal ridges, the lateral of which are on the edge.
Channels with many vittae. — Radical leaves pinnated with
roundish toothed segments, very seldom undivided ; those of the
stem more finely cut. Involucres none. Flowers white, seldom
pink or yellow.

81. P. Saxifraga Linn. sp. 378. DC. prodr. iv. 120. Eng.
JBot. t. 407. Nees and Eberm.pl. med. t. 273. handb. iii. 1 6. Smith
Eng. Fl. ii. 89. — Dry gravelly and chalky pastures, and rocky
ground all over Europe, and the Crimea ; also in Persia. (Bur-
net Saxifrage.)

Root tough and woody, highly aromatic and pungent, not unpleasant.
Stems from 1 to 2 feet high, solid, round, striated, very slightly downy,
branched. Radical leaves stalked, oblong, pinnate; leaflets, of the
lowermost especially, ovate, veiny, deeply serrated and cut ; of the
upper ones almost entirely wanting, the leaf being represented by a
membranous convolute sheath. Umbels of many general and partial
smooth rays, drooping when young, either altogether naked, or with one
solitary bract to each. Flowers white as well as the seeds. Tumid
bases of the styles reddish. Fruit chesnut brown, scarcely more than
a line long, narrow, shining, a little tapered to the neck ; the ridges
sharp, not much paler than the channels. — Root astringent; used as a
masticatory to release toothach, and in decoction to remove freckles.
Burnett.

82. P. dissecta Retz. obs. iii. t. 2. Nees and Eberm. pi. med.
t. 274. handb. iii. 17. — P. pratensis Thuill. P. laciniata Thore.
P. magna var. s. DC. — Woods of Europe.

Segments of the upper leaves bipinnatilid, with lanceolate-linear lobes
very like the next species. — Effects as in P. Saxifraga.

83. P. magna Linn. mant. 217. Eng. Bot. t. 408. Nees and
Eberm. handb. iii. 18. — Pastures, meadows, and mountainous
woods all over Europe, and the Levant.

Radical leaves pinnated, with toothed or cut segments having an
ovate or oblong outline. — Similar in effect to P. Saxifraga.

84. P. Anisum Linn. sp. 399. DC. prodr. iv. 122. Nees and
Eberm.pl. med. t. 275. handb. iii. 1 8. S. and C. iii. 1. 1 56. Woodv.
t. 180. — Anisum officinale Maznch. meth. 100. Sison Anisum

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PIMPINELLA.

Spreng. in R. and S. vi. 407. "Avktov, Dioscorides — Egypt,
the island of Scio, the Levant. (Anise.)

Stem smooth, erect, branched. Radical leaves roundish, heart-
shaped, lobed, cut-serrated; cauline biternate with linear-lanceolate rather
cuneate acuminate segments. Umbels on long stalks, 9-10-rayed, naked ;
partial ones with a few subulate reflexed bracts. Flowers white.
Styles subulate, spreading, long, capitate. Fruit ovate, 1 -| line long,
dull brown, slightly downy, not at all shining, with the ridges equi-
distant, elevated, sometimes rather wavy, paler than the channels. Com-
missure broad and flat. — The officinal preparations, especially the aqua
anisi, are employed to relieve flatulence, colicky pains, especially of
children. Nurses sometimes take it to promote the secretion of milk.
It has also been used in pulmonary affections. Its effects are con-
dimentary, stimulant and carminative. Percira.

OENANTHE.

Calyx permanent, growing rather larger after flowering. Pe-
tals obovate, emarginate with an inflexed lobe. Disk conical.
Fruit cylindrical ovate, surmounted by long erect styles. Half-
fruits with 5 convex obtuse ridges, of which the marginal ones
are a little the broadest ; channels with single vittae. — Usually
aquatic herbs. Umbels compound. Common involucre va-
riable, often wanting ; partial many-leaved. Flowers of the ray
long-stalked, abortive ; of the disk sessile or nearly so and fer-
tile. Petals white.

85. CE. crocata Linn. sp. 365. DC. prodr.'w. 138. Eng.
Bot. t. 2313. S. and C. i. t. 35. Smith. Eng. fl. ii. 71. —
Ditches, banks of rivers, wet places, common in the west of
Europe. (Dead-tongue, Hemlock-dropwort.)

Root of many fleshy knobs, abounding with an orange-coloured, fetid,
very poisonous juice, which also exudes less plentifully from all parts
of the herb, when wounded. Stem from 2 to 5 feet high, much
branched, somewhat forked, leafy, round, furrowed, hollow. Leaves
of a dark shining green, doubly pinnate, with generally opposite,
stalked, wedge-shaped, variously and deeply cut leaflets ; those of the
lowermost leaves rather the broadest ; all veiny and smooth. Umbels
large, terminal, stalked, convex, of many general rays, and still more
copious partial ones. General as well as partial bracts various in
number and shape, either linear and undivided, or dilated and partially
leafy or almost obliterated. Flowers white, or tinged with purple,
very numerous and crowded, slightly radiant ; the outer stalked and
barren, the central sessile and fertile. Fruit very pale brown, 2 lines
long, nearly cylindrical ; calyx teeth very small, persistent, incurved ;
styles brownish purple, straight, permanent, about half the length of
the fruit, or rather shorter ; ridges convex, the dorsal ones very nar-
row, the lateral ones very broad. — • A dangerously poisonous plant,
the cause of many fatal accidents. Dr. Christison considers it the most
energetic of the narcotico-acrid apiaceae. It is difficult to conceive how
it should be mistaken for hemlock by herb gatherers, as Godefroi asserts.
The roots are usually the part eaten by those who fall victims to it,
39 d 4

APIACEiE OR UMBEL LIFERS.

mistaking it for parsnips, ground nuts, or similar roots. It has been
used in lepra and ichthyosis ; and Dr. Hope found an infusion of the
leaves useful in promoting the menstrual discharge.

86. GE. Phellandrium Spreng. prodr. 37. DC. prodr. iv. 138.
Eng. Bot. t. 684-. Nees and Eberm.pl. med. t. 287. handb. iii. 22.
& and C. i. t. 4-0. Smith Eng. Jl. ii.72. — Phellandrium aquaticum
Linn. sp. 366. — Ditches and wet places all over Europe, the
Crimea, and Siberia. (Water Dropwort.)

Root spindle-shaped, thick, with many whorled fibres. Stem 2 or
3 feet high, hollow, strict, furrowed, half immersed in the water,
very bushy, with numerous spreading, leafy branches. Leaves stalked,
spreading, repeatedly pinnate, cut, with innumerable fine, expanded,
dark-green, shining, acute segments. Umbels opposite to the leaves,
on shortish stalks, about 5-rayed, without any general bracts. Partial
umbels very dense, of numerous short rays, accompanied by many nar-
row, taper-pointed bracts. Flowers white, numerous, all fertile, the
outer ones largest and most irregular ; the innermost more certainly
prolific. Styles long, filiform, spreading, capitate. Fruit ovate, rather
compressed, purplish, smooth, oblong, crowned with the minute spread-
ing calyx, and rather short, permanent, slightly spreading styles ; the
dorsal ridges distinct, but little elevated, the lateral ones much broader
and thicker ; all confluent below the calyx. Pedicels shorter than the
fruit. — Poisonous like the last, but in a less degree.

N. B. This genus contains 20 species according to De Candolle ;
and Fee reckons them all dangerous poisons, nothwithstanding that the
fleshy tubercles of CE.pimpinelloides, and peucedanifolia have occasion-
ally been eaten.

iETHUSA.

Calyx obsolete. Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed
lobe, the outer somewhat radiating. Fruit ovate globose.
Half-fruits with 5 elevated thick acutely keeled ridges, the la-
terals forming an edge, and rather broader than the others, sur-
rounded by a somewhat winged keel. Channels with single
vittse ; commissure with two curved ones. — Annuals. Leaves
multifid. Involucre none, or 1-leaved; involucels with 1 to 3
leaflets, all on one side, and pendulous. Flowers white.

87. 2E. Cynapium Linn. sp. 367. DC. prodr. iv. 141. Eng.
Bot. t. 1192. S. and C. i. t. 8. Smith Eng.fi. ii. 64. — Culti-
vated ground, common throughout Europe. (Fools' Parsley.)

Root tapering, whitish. Herb erect, of a dark lurid green, fetid.
Stem round, striated, leafy, often purplish, a foot high. Leaves with
short sheathing footstalks, all ternate, with slender-stalked, tripartite,
cut, somewhat cuneate leaflets. Umbels stalked, terminal, spreading
and flattish, distinguishable at first sight by their 3, long, narrrow, pen-
dulous, 1-sided partial bracts, and the want of general ones. Flowers
pure white, rarely partially abortive. Fruit pale brown, ovate, 2 lines
long, without any remains of a calyx; ridges thick, corky, sharp, with

40

.CTHUSA.

no channels visible between them, the dorsal ones the narrowest. Vittae
of the commissure 2, blood red, curved, more distant at the base than
at the apex. — The leaves are poisonous, producing nausea, vomiting,
headach, giddiness, drowsiness, spasmodic pain, numbness, &c. The
leaves are dark in colour and nauseous in smell, which ought to prevent
its being mistaken for common parsley.

FCENICULUM.

Calyx a tumid obsolete rim. Petals roundish, entire, invo-
lute, with a squarish blunt lobe. Fruit nearly taper. Half-
fruits with 5 prominent bluntly keeled ridges, of which the la-
teral are on the edge, and rather the broadest. Vittae single in
the channels, 2 on the commissure. — Biennials or perennials.
Leaves pinnated, decompound, with setaceous segments. In-
volucre none. Flowers yellow.

88. F. vulgare Ga.rtn.carp. i. 105. DC. prodr.iv. 142. Nees
and Eberm. pi. med. t. 277. handb. iii. 34. Smith E71g.fi. ii. 85.
— Meum Fceniculum Spreng. prodr. 32. Anethum Foeniculum
Linn. sp. 377. — Common on sandy and chalky ground all over
Europe. (Common Fennel.)

Root tap-shaped. Herb smooth, of a deep glaucous green. Stem 3 or
4 feet high, erect, copiously branched, solid, round, striated, smooth,
leafy. Leaves triply pinnate ; leaflets thread-like, acute, long, more or
less drooping; footstalks with a broad, firm, sheathing base. Umbels ter-
minal, very broad, flat, of very numerous, smooth, angular, rather stout
rays ; the partial rays much more slender, short, very unequal. Bracts
entirely wanting. Calyx none. Petals obovate, with a broad, obtuse,
inflexed point, altogether of a golden yellow, as well as the stamens.
Styles very short, with a large, ovate pale yellow base. Fruit ovate,
not quite 2 lines long, pale bright brown, smooth ; ridges sharp, with
but little space between each, the lateral ones rather the broadest; ter-
minated by a permanent conical disk. — Oil of wild fennel, is obtained
from the fruit.

89. F. dulce C. Bauh. pin. 147. DC. prodr. iv. 142. Pe-
reira in med. gaz. xix. 685. — Italy, Portugal, &c. (Sweet
fennel.)

This is extremely like the last; only it is a very much smaller plant, and
the umbels consist, as De Candolle has truly remarked, of only 6-8
rays, not of 13-20, as in common fennel. There is also a considerable
difference in the fruit as will appear by comparing the following de-
scription with that given under the last species. Fruit narrow, oblong,
3 lines long, pale dull brown, smooth; ridges sharpish, with a space
between each for a convex line indicating the vittae, the lateral ones
rather the broadest; not a trace of calyx. Italian writers usually
consider it a cultivated variety of common fennel. — Oil of sweet fen-
nel is obtained from the fruit ; its nature is similar to that from other
apiaceae.

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APIACE^E OR UMBEL LIFERS.

90. F. Panmorium DC. prodr. iv. 142. — Anethum Panmori
Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 95. — Various parts of India.

Root white, nearly fusiform, and almost simple. Stem erect,
branched from the base to the top, from 2 to 4 feet high ; the branches
erect, round and smooth, with a uniform, pale, glaucous tinge, and not
striated. Leaves supra-decompound, divisions tapering, smooth and
filiform, but by no means so numerous as in Fceniculum vulgare.
Umbels terminal, rather concave, but not regular ; the convex partial
umbels, of which there are generally from 10 to 20, standing on pedun-
cles of very unequal lengths. Flowers small, bright, deep yellow.
Petals long, ovate, with their points rolled in. Stamens longer than
the petals. Styles scarcely any. Fruit exactly as in Fceniculum vul-
gare and with the same taste. — Used medicinally in India as a warm
aromatic and carminative, in flatulent colic and dyspepsia.

ATHAMANTA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Petals obovate, emarginate or entire, with
a very short inflexed unguiculate segment. Fruit tapering to
the neck, taper or a little compressed from the side. Half-fruits
with 5 filiform wingless equal ridges, the lateral of which are on
the edge. Channels each with 2-3 vittae. — Perennials or bi-
ennials, often villous on the stems and fruit. Leaves triternate or
pinnated ; segments cut or multifid. Involucre 1-or few-leaved ;
involucels many-leaved. Flowers white.

91. A. cretensis Linn. sp. pi. 352. DC. prodr. iv. 155.
Jacq. Jl. austr. t. 52. Fee hist. not. ii. 203. — In open,
rough, woody, mountainous spots in the middle and south of
Europe.

Stem rather villous. Leaves pinnated ; the segments trifid in linear
lobes ; the lowest hardly higher than the others. Involucre 1-or few-
leaved. Petals hairy at back. — The fruits are aromatic with a warm
agreeable flavour, and a smell like that of marjoram. They were used
in the preparation of Diaphcenix, Venice treacle, and compound syrup
of wormwood. (Semina Dauci cretici Ojficin.*)

MEUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals entire, elliptical, acute at the base
and apex. Fruit nearly taper. Half-fruits with 5 prominent
sharply keeled equal ridges, of which the laterals are marginal.
Vittae several in each channel, from 6-8 on the commissure. —
Smooth perennials. Stem nearly simple, striated. Leaves supra-
decompound or pinnated; segments multifid; lobes linear
acute thin. Involucre hardly any ; involucels many-leaved.
Flowers white or purple.

92. M. athamanticum Jacq. Jl. austr. t. 303. Eng. Dot.
t. 2249. DC. prodr. iv. 162. — Athamanta Meum Linn. sp.

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MEUM.

plant. 355. Fee cours. ii. 203. ^Ethusa Meum L. Ligusticum
capillaceum Lam. Ligusticum Meum Crantz. Meov aBapavrticov,
Dioscorid. — ■ Mountainous pastures all over Europe.

Leaves supra-decompound with capillary segments. Stem some-
what branched and leafy. Involucre with hardly more than 1 bract ;
involucels scarcely extending more than half way round the umbel. —
The roots are fusiform, and about as thick as the finger, with numerous
transverse close wrinkles. They are aromatic and sweet, something like
carrot, and contain a small quantity of essential oil. They form an
ingredient in Venice treacle. (Radi* Mei Officin.)

93. M. Mutellina Gcertn. Carp. i. t. 23. DC. prodr. iv. 162.
— Phellandrium Mutellina Linn. sp. plant. 366. Jacq.Jl. austr.
t. 56. iEthusa Mutellina Lam. CEnanthe purpurea Lam. — Sub-
alpine meadows in the middle of Europe.

Leaves twice or thrice pinnated ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute.
Stem nearly naked and simple. Involucre none ; leaflets of involucels
lanceolate. — Used like the last. (Radix Mutellina? Officin.)

ANGELICA.

Calyx obsolete. Petals lanceolate, entire, acuminated, with
the point straight or curved inwards. Fruit compressed at the
back, with a central raphe, 2-winged on each side. Half-fruits
with 3 filiform dorsal elevated ridges, the 2 laterals dilated into
a membranous wing. Channels with single vitta3. — Peren-
nials or biennials. Leaves bipinnated. Umbels terminal. Invo-
lucre none, or few-leaved; involucel many -leaved. Flowers white.

94. A. nemorosa Tenore sylloge 561. — Bracala Neapol. —
Valleys, damp woods and low watery places in the kingdom of
Naples.

Stem at the upper part and peduncles downy. Leaves 3-pinnate ;
segments ovate short bluntish serrated decurrent at base. Involucre
none. Half-fruits elliptical ; the wings as broad as the dorsal crested
ridges. Smell of the fruit hircine; root acrid. — The root is reckoned
by the Neapolitans one of their best remedies against the itch.

ARCHANGELICA.

Calyx with 5 short teeth. Flalf-fruits with thick keeled ridges.
Seed not adhering to the integument, covered all over with nu-
merous vittse. Otherwise the same as Angelica.

95. A officinalis Koch. nmb. 98. f. 17. 19. DC. prodr. iv.
169. Neesand Eberm.pl. med. 279. 280. handb.m. 60. S. andC.
ii. t. 83. Smith Eng.Jl. ii. 80. — Angelica Archangelica Linn,
sp. 360. Eng. Bot. t. 2561. — Watery places in the northern
parts of Europe.

Root large, fleshy, branched, resinous, pungently aromatic. Stem
erect, 4 or 5 feet high, and from 1 to 2 inches in diameter, leafy,
branched in the upper part, striated, polished, a little glaucous. The
43

APIACEjE OR UMBELLIFERiE.

foliage, stalks, and even the flowers, are all of a bright green. Leaves
2 or 3 feet wide, biternate, or somewhat bipinnate, very smooth ;
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, cut, sharply and closely serrated,
partly decurrent, the odd one deeply 3-lobed. Footstalks at the base
excessively dilated and tumid, pale and rather membranous, with many
ribs. Umbels, both general and partial, nearly globose, the rays of
both very numerous, spreading, nearly smooth. General bracts few,
linear, deciduous, often wanting ; partial about 8, linear-lanceolate,
short ; occasionally enlarged, leafy and notched. Fruit 3J lines
long, pale clay colour, oblong, with the ridges sharp, thin, elevated,
and rather hard, the dorsal ones approximated and forming rounded
channels between them. — Root fragrant, bitterish, pungent, sweet
when first tasted, but leaving a glowing heat in the mouth. " The
Laplanders extol it not only as food but medicine. In coughs, hoarse-
ness, and other pectoral disorders they eat the stalks roasted in hot
ashes ; they also boil the tender flowers in milk till it attains the con-
sistence of an extract which they use to promote perspiration in
catarrhal fevers and to strengthen the stomach and bowels in diarrhcea.
The leaves seeds and roots are certainly good aromatic tonics. S. and C.

OPOPONAX.

Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish entire rolled inwards, with
a rather acute lobe. Disk broad and thick. Styles very short.
Fruit flattened at the back, with a dilated convex border. Half-
fruits with 3 very fine dorsal ridges, and no distinct lateral ones.
Vittae 3 to each channel, 6-10 to the commissure. — A peren-
nial, with a thick root, and a rough stem. Leaves bipinnate ;
segments unequally cordate, crenated, obtuse. Umbels com-
pound. Involucre both universal and partial, few-leaved.
Flowers yellow.

96. O. chironum Koch umb. 96. DC.prodr.iv.170. N.andE.
handb. iii. 56. — Pastinaca Opoponax Linn. sp. 376. Waldst.
and Kit. iii. t. 21 1 . Fl. Gr. t. 288. Woodv. t. 1 1 3. S. and C.
ii. t. 98. Ferula Opoponax Rom. and Sch. syst. vi. 597.
ndvaKts fyaickhw, Dioscorid. — Dry hills, margins of fields,
thickets upon the coast in the south of Europe and Asia Minor.

A plant 6 or 7 feet high, resembling a parsnip, of a dull yellowish
green colour. Stem strongly furrowed. Leaves from 1 to 2 feet long
and more, flat, regularly bipinnate, with ovate-cordate leaflets, which
are usually oblique at the base, often confluent, and surrounded with a
cartilaginous crenated border; the petioles hispid. Umbels proliferous,
of a small number of long slender rays, and with several firm ovate-oblong,
undivided bracts ; partial umbels spreading, with no involucre or only
the rudiments of one. Flowers yellow. Calyx inconspicuous. Styles
rather short and stout. Fruit 4 lines long, oblong, flat, with a pale
thickened border; dorsal ridges filiform, but little raised, much paler
than the dull brown broad flat distinctly vittated channels; commissure
dull brown, with a closed elevated filiform raphe. — A milky juice
exudes from the root when wounded, and hardens into opoponax, a fetid
gum resin similar in its effects to assafcetida.

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FERULA.

FERULA.

Calyx a short 5-toothed border. Petals ovate, entire, acumi-
nate, with an ascending or incurved point. Fruit flattened at
the back, with a dilated flat border. Half-fruits with 3 dorsal
filiform ridges, the two lateral obsolete and lost in the dilated
margin. Vittae in the dorsal channels 3 or more, 4 or many
more on the commissure. — Root fleshy. Stem tall. Leaves
supra-decompound ; generally cut up into linear segments. In-
volucres variable. Flowers yellow.

97. F. Asafcetida Linn. mat. med. 79. Be Cand. prodr.
iv. 173. — Asa fcetida Disgunensis Kcempf. Atncen. exot. 535.
t. 536. copied in Nees and Eberm.pl. med. t. 293. — Persia;
hills and plains near Herat, mountains of Laristan, Beloochistan.*

Root perennial, fleshy, with a coarse hairy summit; either simple like
a parsnip, or with one or more forks. Leaves radical, springing up in
the autumn, growing vigorously through the winter, and withering in
the end of spring; 1^ foot long, shining, coriaceous, like those of
Lovage, glaucous-green, pinnated, with pinnatifid segments whose
lobes are oblong and obtuse; petiole terete, channelled only at the
base. Stem 6-10 feet high, solid, clothed with membranous sheaths.
General umbels with from 10 to 20 rays; partial ones 5-6-flowered.
Fruit flat, thin, reddish brown, like that of parsnip, only rather
larger and darker, slightly hairy or rough (quadamtenus pilosum
sive asperum) Kcewpfer. Fruit obovate, 6 lines long, rather con-
vex, but little thinned away at the edge ; the dorsal ridges slightly
elevated, the lateral undistinguishable ; vittas of the back about 20 or
22, interrupted, anastomosing and turgid with asafoetida : of the com-
missure 10. The irregularly elevated appearance of the vittae of the
back of the fruit gives it an uneven aspect, which I presume is what
Kcempfer means by asperum. — ■ A fetid alliaceous gum resin is obtained
by slicing the fleshy perennial roots; it is acrid, bitter, and antispas-
modic.

This is the most genuine Asafoetida plant, which is hardly known
to modern Botanists. Probably the substance is yielded by other
species of Ferula. Professor Royle says, he obtained two different
fruits from the Bazaars of India ; see also Ferula persica and
F. Hooshee. It has also been conjectured to have produced the Sil-
phium or Laser of the ancients, but I think on unsatisfactory evidence.
See Thapsia.

98. F. persica Willd. sp. pi. i. 1413. Bot. Mag. t. 2096.
Be Cand. prodr. iv. 173. Nees and Eberm. iii. 55. S.and C.
iii. t. 169. — Asafcetida Hope inphil. trans. 1785. 36. t. 3 and 4.
Ferula sagapenum Fee cours. ii. 201. — Persia.

Root perennial. Radical leaves procumbent, ternate, supra-decom-
pound ; segments decurrently pinnated with linear-lanceolate lobes,
which are dilated cut and ciliated at the end. Stem about 2 feet high,

* Lieutenant Burnes speaks of it as growing on the mountains of Hindoo Kush, at an
elevation of 7000 feet. He states that it rises to the height of 8 or 10 feet ; its milk is at
first white, then turns yellow and hardens, in which state it is put into hair bags and ex-
ported ; sheep browse upon the tender shoots, which are believed to be highly nutritious. —
(Travels, ii. 243.) But as he calls his plant an annual, it cannot be this species.

45

APIACEiE OR UMBELL1FER5J.

erect, taper, smooth, with concave membranous sheaths. Lower
branches alternate, middle ones verticillate. Rays of the general umbel
20-30, of the partial 10-20. Involucres 0. Flowers in the sessile
umbel fertile, in the stalked ones sterile. Hope and Sprengel. — This
plant is said by Willdenow, Sprengel, and Fee, to produce Sagapenum,
but without sufficient evidence. Michaux sent its fruit from Persia as
of Asafcetida. Nees and Ebermaier regard it as one of the plants
yielding the latter substance, and probably with justice.

99. F. orientalis Linn, sp.pl. 356. Tonrnef. voyage ii. 154.
De Cand. prodr. iv. 1 73. — Fashook Jackson Morocc. t. 7. ?
Ferula ammonifera Lemery diet, des dr. Fee cours. ii. 198.
'A^covixkov (the drug) 'Ayaa-vXX'^, (the plant) Discorid. — Asia
Minor, Greece ; perhaps the empire of Morocco.

Root large, as thick as the arm. Stem 3 feet high, inch thick,
purplish. Lower leaves very large, downy, 5 or 6 times pinnated, the
principal pinnae naked at the base ; all bright green, setaceous ; the
upper stem-leaves smaller, with a sheathing inflated stalk of unusual
size. Flowers yellow. Involucres subulate. Fruit oblong, or ellip-
tical, brownish, bitter, oily. — What is supposed to be this plant yields
in the state of Morocco a gum resin similar to Ammoniacum ; whence
it has been thought to be really the origin of that substance, and I
think with good reason, so far as the drug of Dioscorides is concerned ;
for certainly there is no ground whatever for regarding Ammoniacum a
corruption of Armeniacum, as Professor Don supposes; Dioscor-
ides expressly points to the meaning of the word when he says, ytvvarai
8k lv Ai€v/j Kara "Afifnova. Mr. Don seems however to have produced
evidence of the Ammoniacum of the shops being obtained from a Per-
sian plant. See Dorema.

100. F. hooshee — Beloochistan.

Fruit obovate, 9 lines long, with the dorsal ridges distinctly elevated,
the lateral more depressed, but evident and within the margin. Vittae
of each channel 3, of the commissure 8-10. — " Resembles the F. asa-
fcetida in size and appearance, and has a gum, but it is not collected ;
it is called Hooshee, and resembles the Opoponax of the European
shops." Mrs. MacnciWs letter March 1833. Apparently very near
F. Szovitziana, but its seed is smaller in proportion to the fruit, and it
has a distinct smell of asafcetida, which the former has not. This is
what is referred to in Professor Royle's Illustrations p. 231. as
resembling Opoponax ; not however in the structure of the fruit, but
in the quality of the produce.

101. F. ferulago Linn. sp. pi. 356. DC. prodr. iv. 171.
— F. nodiflora Jacq. austr. app. t. 5. F. galbanifera Lob.
Nees and Eberm. iii. 49. — Coasts of the Mediterranean, Tran-
sylvania, Galicia, the Caucasus.

Stem terete, striated. Leaves supra-decompound with pinnatifid
divaricating segments, and linear cuspidate lobes. Leaflets of involucre
numerous, oblong-lanceolate, reflexed. Rays of general umbel about
12, of the partial umbels rather more. Fruit 6 lines long, obovate;
the three dorsal ridges thick and elevated, the lateral ones less distinct,
the margin somewhat thickened. Vitta; indefinite in number on both
sides the fruit, very slender. — Yields abundantly a gum-resinous

46

FERULA.

secretion, and was thought to produce Galbanum; see Galbanum
officinale.

102. F. tingitana Linn. sp. plant. 355. DC.prodr. iv. 173.
Rivin. pentapet. iii. t. 10. — Fields in Barbary in the province
of Tangiers ; it is also said in the country of Cyrene, but this is
denied by Viviani. (Fl. Libyc. 1 7.)

Stem taper, branched. Leaves supra-decompound shining ; segments
oblong-lanceolate, cut, toothed ; the upper petioles large and sheathing.
Umbel terminal on a short stalk ; the lateral flowers few, male, on
longer stalks. Involucre 0. — Sprengel considers this the Silphion of
the ancients, from which the Laser cyreniacum or Asa dulcis was
procured ; but Viviani asserts that Ferula tingitana does not grow in
the country of Cyrene, but only occurs more to the westward. See
Thapsia.

DOREMA.

Epigynous disk cup-shaped. Fruit slightly compressed from
the back, edged ; with 3 distinct filiform primary ridges near the
middle, and alternating with them 4 obtuse secondary ridges ;
the whole enveloped in wool. Vittae 1 to each secondary ridge,
1 to each primary marginal ridge, and 4 to the commissure of
which 2 are very small.

103. D. ammoniacum D. Don. in Linn, trans, xvi. 601. —
? Peucedanum ammoniacum Nees and Eberm. iii 42. — Oshac,
or Ooshak Pers. — Persia : plains of Yerdekaust and Kumisha,
in the province of Irak ; and near the town of Jezud Khast, in
very dry plains and gravelly soil, exposed to an ardent sun.

A glaucous green plant looking like Opoponax. Root peren-
nial. Leaves large, 2 feet long, somewhat 2-pinnate ; pinna? in 3
pairs ; leaflets inciso-pinnatifid, with oblong mucronulate entire or
slightly lobed segments, from 1-5 inches long and i to 2 inches
broad ; petiole downy, very large and sheathing at the base.
Umbels proliferous, racemose ; partial umbels globose, on short stalks,
often arranged in a spiked manner. Involucre general and partial 0.
Flowers sessile, immersed in wool. Teeth of calyx acute, membranous,
minute. Petals ovate, reflexed at the point. Disk large, fleshy, cup-
shaped. Fruit elliptical, compressed, buried in wool, surrounded by a
broad flat edge ; dorsal primary ridges distinct, filiform ; lateral con-
fluent with the margin ; secondary ridges slightly elevated, rounded.
Vittae 1 beneath each secondary ridge ; 1 beneath each of the broad
marginal primary ridges ; 2 on each side of the suture of the commissure,
the external ones being very minute. Seed . . . . ? This description
is principally taken from Mr. Don's account ; what regards the fruit
has however been drawn up from an examination of a couple of
mericarps, for which I am indebted to that gentleman. — The stem and
fruits yield a great abundance of the fetid gum resin Ammoniacum;
its action is similar to that of Asafoetida. It is chiefly employed as a
discutient and expectorant.

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APIACEjE OR UMBELLIFERjE.

PEUCEDANUM.

Calyx a 5-toothed margin. Petals obovate, contracted into
an inflexed segment, emarginate or nearly entire. Fruit flat-
tened at the back, surrounded by a dilated flat border. Half-
fruits with equi-distant ridges ; the 3 dorsal filiform, the lateral
more obsolete, next the dilated border, or lost in it. Vittse
single in the channels, or in the lateral ones If to 2; usually 2
on the commissure. — Perennials generally smooth. Leaves
pinnated, more or less compound. Umbels compound, ter-
minal. Involucre variable ; involucels many -leaved. Flowers
white, yellow, or yellowish-green.

104. P. officinale Linn. sp. 353. DC.prodr. iv. 177. Eng.
Bot. t. 1767. N. and E. handb. iii. 39. — Meadows and shady
places throughout Europe. (Sulphur wort, Hog's fennel.)

Herb smooth, 3 or 4 feet high, with a resinous juice, and a strong
sulphureous smell. Leaves 4 or even 5 times ternate with linear-
lanceolate acuminate flaccid segments. Umbels sometimes slightly pro-
liferous; the general with about 20 rays and an involucre of 3 decidu-
ous setaceous bracts ; the partial extremely unequal, many of the flowers
abortive, and an involucre of many permanent setaceous bracts. Fruit
2| lines long, oblong, emarginate at each end, pale light brown, the vittae
deep chocolate colour, the primary ridges much depressed and paler, the
lateral resembling deep furrows between them and the dilated margin.
Commissure light fawn colour, with two crimson vittae very conspicuous
upon it. — Juice of the root inspissated in the sun, or before a fire, is
reputed antispasmodic and diuretic.

105. P. Oreoselinum Mbnch. meth. 82. DC.prodr. iv. 180.
Nees and Eberm. pi. med. t. 291. handb. iii. 41. — Athamanta
Oreoselinum Linn. sp. pi. 352. Jacq.Jl. austr. 68. — Open
hills of the middle of Europe and the Caucasus.

Stem taper striated. Leaves tripinnate with the petioles broken
back ; segments remote, ovate, cut, pinnatifid, divaricating, shining,
nearly pointless. Fruit roundish-oval. — The leaves and stem (Herba
Oreoselini Officin.) are bitter and aromatic, as is the fruit but in a
higher degree. They were used as powerful stimulants of the intestinal
canal, and are still esteemed in some countries.

106. P. montanum Koch. umb. 94. DC. prodr. iv. 180. N. and
E. handb. iii. 40. — Selinum palustre Linn. sp. 350. Eng. Bot.
t. 229. Smith Eng.jl. ii. 98. — Marshes and boggy meadows in
the north and middle of Europe.

Root tapering, simple, with many long fibres. Stem erect, 4 or 5
feet high, hollow, deeply furrowed, not hairy, branched and corymbose
in the upper part, bright purple at the base. Leaves about 5 or 6 on the
stem, alternate, remote, ternate with bipinnate divisions ; leaflets
opposite, deeply pinnatifid, dark green, smooth, their segments linear-
lanceolate, never quite linear, acute, entire or trifid ; petioles striated,
smooth, dilated and sheathing at the base, with a reddish membranous
margin. Umbels large, horizontal, of numerous, angular, general and
partial rays. General bracts several, lanceolate, pointed, dependent,

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PEUCEDANUM.

not half the length of the rays, their margins membranous and partly
coloured ; partial ones similar, rather longer in proportion and often
confluent. Flowers white, numerous, uniform, with involute petals.
Fruit very light straw colour, 4 lines long, shining, obovate ; the dorsal
ridges very near each other, distinctly elevated, sharp, the lateral de-
pressed and far within the broad thin margin ; vittas of the commissure
subulate, straight, about half the length of the fruit. — The root
abounds in a white bitter fetid juice, which hardens into a brown acrid
resin. The Russians employ it as ginger. A famous remedy in Cour-
land in epilepsy. (Rust's hit. repert. xii. 2. p. 281.)

IMPERATORIA.

This genus differs in nothing from Peucedanum, except in the
rim of the calyx being obsolete.

107. I. Ostruthium Linn. sp. 371. DC.prodr. iv. 183. Eng.
Bot. t. 1380. Nees and Eberm. pi. med. t. 290. handb. iii. 45.
Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 79. — Peucedanum Ostruthium Koch. umb.
95. — Moist meadows and woods throughout Europe ; also in
Newfoundland. (Masterwort.)

Root fleshy, tuberous, somewhat creeping, of an aromatic and acrid
.quality. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, erect, hollow, round, striated, smooth,
leafy, slightly branched. Lower leaves on long stalks, twice ternate ;
upper less compound, on shorter stalks, with a sheathing, membranous,
sometimes jagged dilatation at the base. Leaflets 2 or 3 inches long,
and broad in proportion, veiny, smooth on both sides, rough-edged,
finely and sharply serrated, partly cut or lobed, the middle one, some-
times all three, deeply 3-cleft, the lateral ones oblique at the base; the
uppermost leaves sometimes very narrow. Umbels broad, flatfish, of
about 40 smooth general rays, 8 or 10 inches wide when in fruit ; the
partial rays still more numerous and very slender. Flowers small,
white, or pale flesh coloured, almost perfectly uniform and regular.
Calyx obsolete. Styles short, reflexed, capitate. Fruit nearly orbicu-
lar, about 2 lines broad or something less, straw colour, smooth, thin,
shining ; the dorsal ridges elevated, stout, rather soft and undulated,
the lateral ones indistinct, far within the thin pallid margin. Vittas of the
commissure deep brown, distinct. — Root acrid and bitter ; it is used as
a masticatory in toothach, and many writers speak well of it as a febri-
fuge. Lango even affirms that it has cured agues which had resisted
the influence of Peruvian bark. Burnett.

ANETHUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish entire involute, with a
squarish retuse lobe. Fruit lenticular flattened from the back,
surrounded by a flattened border. Half fruits with equidistant
filiform ridges : the 3 dorsal acutely keeled, the 2 lateral more
obsolete, losing themselves in the border. Vittae broad, solitary,
filling the whole channels, 2 on the commissure. — Upright
smooth annuals. Leaves decompound, with setaceous linear
segments. Involucre none. Flowers yellow
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APIACEjE OR UMEELLIFERjE.

108. A. SowaRoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 96. DC. prodr. iv. 186.—
East Indies.

Root annual, in fact of only a few months' duration. Stem flexuose,
branched, smooth, striated with deeper and lighter green, and covered
with a whitish bloom, from 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves decompound,
and supra-decompound, leaflets filiform, as in Fennel. Umbels terminal,
convex, without involucres or involucels. Calyx scarcely any. Petals
ovate-oblong, inflected. Stamens longer than the petals. Styles
scarcely any. Fruit oval, compressed ; half-fruits, with three ridges on
the back, and surrounded by a membranous margin. — Fruit aroma-
tic and carminative ; used in the curries of the natives of India.

109. A. graveolens Zmw. sp. 377. DC. prodr. iv. 186. Nees
and Eberm. handb, iii. 38. Fl. Dan. t. 1572. S. and C. iii. 1. 1 37.
Woodv. t. 1 59. — " hvifiav Dioscorid. — Cornfields of south of
Europe and the Levant ; Astracan ; Egypt ; Cape of Good
Hope ; Timor. Probably migratory. ( Dill.)

All the parts quite smooth and glaucous. Stem from 1 to H foot
high, finely striated, simply branched. Leaves tnpinnated, 2-3 inches
long, with fine capillary segments, broad and sheathing at the base
which has a distinct even membranous margin. Umbels on long stalks,
without involucre; the general of about 10 rays, the partial of rather
more. Flowers yellow. Petals varnished. Fruit rather more than
2 lines long, oblong, bright shining brown and convex at the back,
paler and again convex at the edge, which is separated from the back
by a deep hollow ; dorsal ridges sharp, filiform, elevated, very distinct
but fine. Commissure dull greyish brown with the tumid vittaj only in-
distinctly seen. — The fruit is carminative and stimulant, and taken with
food may be regarded condimentary. It is used in the colic of chil-
dren and to relieve hiccough ; it has also been supposed to promote
the secretion of milk. " Aqua Anethi " is chiefly employed : the fruit
also yields by distillation a volatile oil.

HERACLEUM.
Calyx 5-toothed. Petals obovate, emarginate with an in-
flected lobe ; the outer often radiating and bifid. Fruit flattened
at the back, surrounded by a flat broad border. Half-fruits with
very fine ridges ; the 3 dorsal equidistant, the 2 lateral distant
from the others and contiguous to the dilated margin. Vitta;
solitary in the channels, generally 2 on the commissure, all
shorter than the fruit and usually clavellate. — Large coarse
herbaceous plants. Leaves pinnated, 3-parted, or lobed, with
large sheathing petioles. Umbels of many rays. Involucre
deciduous, usually of a few leaves. Involucel of many leaves.

110. H. Sphondylium Linn. sp. pi. 358. Eng. Bot. t. 939.
DC. prodr. iv. 192. — By roadsides and in hedges and dry
ditches all over Europe ; also in Siberia and Unalaschka.
(Brankursine.)

Leaves pinnated or pinnatifid, scabrous ; leaflets with 3-5-lobed seg-
ments whose divisions are incised and crenate. Bracts of the involucels
linear, setaceous. Fruit, even when young, smooth and nearly orbicular.

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HERACLEUM.

— Rind and root acrid, and will ulcerate the skin on which they are
applied. Inside of the stem eaten by the Kamtschadales : root con-
tains sugar.

H. gummiferum, Willi, enum. 312, supposed to be the same as
H. pubescens M. B. ; has been erroneously supposed to furnish opo-
ponax. (See Opoponax, p. 44.)

GALBANUM.

111. G. officinale Don. in. Linn, trans, xvi. 603. — Barzud
Arab ; Bireeja Hindust. the drug ; Kinneh and Nafeel the plant ;
according to professor Royle. XaX€d^ Dioscorid. — Syria, ac-
cording to Dioscorides. The drug comes from Smyrna and India.

Fruit compressed at the bark, elliptical; ridges 7, elevated, com-
pressed, bluntly keeled, not winged ; the lateral distinct, next the mar-
gin. Channels broadish, concave, without vittae; commissure flat,
dilated, with 2 broad curved vittae. Don. — The gum resin Galbanum is
less powerful than asafcetida, but its action is of the same kind, and
their uses the same.

Nothing is known of this plant except from the brief account of
Professor Don ; it requires to be much more investigated. Did the
fruit, found by Mr. Don upon the gum really belong to it ? It would
appear that the opinion of this drug being furnished by Bubon Galba-
num L. or Ferula Ferulago is unfounded.

CUMINUM.

Calyx-teeth 5, lanceolate, setaceous, unequal, permanent.
Petals oblong, emarginate, erect spreading, with an inflexed
lobe. Fruit contracted at the side. Ridges of half-fruits wing-
less, the primary filiform minutely muricated, the laterals forming
a border ; the secondary more prominent and aculeated. Chan-
nels under the secondary ridges with 1 vitta in each. — Annuals
with multifid leaves having setaceous divisions. Involucrum
with 2-4 simple or divided leaflets ; involucel halved, 2-4-leaved,
becoming reflexed. Flowers white, or pink.

112, C. Cyminum Linn. sp. 365. DC.prodr. iv. 201. Nees
and Ebertn. pL med. t. 288. handb. iii. 12. — Kvplvov '^tpov Dios-
corid. — Upper Egypt, Ethiopia. (Cumin.)

Stem erect, slender, branched, about a foot high. Leaves multifid,
with long filiform segments. Umbels both partial and general of about
5 rays, with the involucres consisting of 2 or 3 filiform 1 -sided bracts.
Flowers small, white, overtopped by the bracts, which after flowering
are reflexed. Fruit 2 lines long, much longer than the pedicels, nearly
taper, but little contracted at the sides, fusiform, crowned by the short
teeth of the calyx, densely covered with short rough hair upon the
channels, less densely upon the ridges, which are paler, filiform, and a
little raised. — Fruits carminative as in other plants of the order, but
the smell disagreeable. Chiefly used in veterinary surgery. Combined
with resin they make a warm stimulating plaister.
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APIACEiE OR UMBELLIFER.i£.

THAPSIA.

Calyx a 5-toothed edge. Petals elliptical, entire, acuminate,
with the point turned or rolled inwards. Fruit compressed from
the back. Half-fruits with 5 primary filiform ridges of which the
3 middle ones are at the back, the 2 lateral on the plane of the
commissure ; and 4 secondary the dorsal being filiform, the
lateral membranous winged entire. Channels beneath the se-
condary ridges each with 1 vitta. — Perennials. Leaves 1-2-3-pin-
nated, or decompound ; the petiole sheathing ; the upper leaves
often reduced to nothing but a petiole. Umbels ample, com-
pound, many-rayed. Involucres either present or absent decidu-
ous. Flowers yellow.

113. T. villosa Linn, sp.pl. 375. DC.prodr. iv. 202. Lam.
illustr. t. 206. — On hills and in thickets in Portugal, Spain,
South of France, Barbary and Cyprus.

Stem taper, smooth. Leaves tripinnated villous, as are the petioles ;
segments oblong, sinuated, pinnatifid, the lower deflexed. Involucres
scarcely any. — The roots are acrid and corrosive ; they were reputed
purgative in a high degree, but recent experiments seem to contradict
this assertion. Fee.

114. T. Silphion Viviani jft. Libyc. p. 17. — T. garganica var ?
DC. prodr. iv. 202. — On the mountains of Cyrene.

Root thick, fusiform. Stem erect, taper, furrowed, smooth. Cau-
line leaves with a large dilated amplexicaul petiole, pinnated ; leaflets
numerous, verticillate, sessile, 5-parted ; some of the segments simple,
others trifid and pinnatifid ; both leaflets and segments linear, long,
revolute at the edge, hairy on both sides. Umbels on the extremity of
the stem and branches, large, convex, many-rayed. Involucres and
involucels none when the plant is in fruit ; partial umbels many-flowered.
Peduncles slender, smooth. Fruit very large, about 10 lines long, and
6 broad. Half-fruit linear, elliptical, rather thinner near the base, with
3-4 thick elevated ridges and a broad membranous satiny margin.
Viviani. — The Laser cyrenaicum or Asa dulcis of Cyrene, was a drug in
high reputation among the ancients for its medical uses ; it had miracu-
lous powers assigned to it ; to neutralise the effects of poison, to cure
envenomed wounds, to restore sight to the blind, and youth to the aged,
were only a part of its reputed properties ; it was also reckoned
antispasmodic, deobstruent, diuretic, &c. &c. So great was its reputa-
tion, that the princes of Cyrene caused it to be struck on the reverse
of their coins ; and the Cyrenean doctors were reckoned among the
most eminent in the world. Its value was estimated by its weight in
gold. Although such extravagant powers were absurdly ascribed to the
plant, there can be no doubt that it possessed some very active prin-
ciples, and accordingly it has always been a point of much interest to
determine what the plant was. It has been successively referred to Opo-
ponax, to Ferula tingitana, to Laserpitium Siler and gummiferum, and to
Thapsia Asclepium. But the discovery of this species on the mountains

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V

THAPSIA.

of Cyrene by Delia Cella*, seems to set the question at rest. It is the
only umbelliferous plant inhabiting those regions, which will at all
answer to the figures struck on the Cyrenean coins (see frontispiece
of Viviani's Fl. Libyc, and Penny Cyclopaedia, vol. viii. p. 265.), and this
agrees as well with such rude representations as can be expected from
any plant. While, however, it may be considered certain that the
Silphion of Cyrene was yielded by Thapsia Silphion, it by no means
follows that all the? Silphion came from that species. On the contrary
Pliny (Hist. Nat. lib. xxii.c. 23.) expressly states that in his time it
was chiefly imported from Syria, the worst sort being the Parthian, the
Median of better quality, and that of Cyrene altogether lost.

LASERPITIUM.

Calyx a 5-toothed rim. Petals obovate, emarginate, with an
inflected lobe. Fruit compressed from the back or somewhat
taper, 8-winged ; namely the half-fruits with 5 primary filiform
ridges, and 4 winged secondary ones. A vitta in the channel
below each secondary ridge. — Herbaceous plants. Leaves
2-3-pinnate ; segments entire, or toothed, or cut. Umbels many-
rayed, showy. Involucres many-leaved. Flowers white, rarely
yellow. — The 8 wings of the fruit distinctly mark this genus.

115. L. glabrum Crantz austr. iii. 54. DC. prodr. iv. 204.
— L. latifolium Jacq.fi. austr. t. 146. Fee cours. ii. 209. —
On the mountains of the continent of Europe in dry and stony
places.

Leaves bipinnate, quite smooth and shining ; the segments obliquely
cordate, here and there mucronate and toothed; those of the upper
leaves entire. Bracts of the involucre setaceous. Wings of the fruit
nearly equal and rather crisp. Linnasus having applied the name of
L. latifolium both to this and L. asperum the former name has been
suppressed by De Candolle. — The root is gorged with a gum resinous
juice, which is acrid, bitter and even somewhat caustic. It is reckoned
a violent purgative. The French call it Turbith des montagnes and
Faux Turbith. Fee.

DAUCUS.

Calyx a 5-toothed edge. Petals obovate emarginate, with
an indexed point, the outer generally radiating and deeply bifid.
Fruit somewhat compressed from the back, ovate or oblong.
Half-fruits with the 5 primary ridges filiform and bristly, the
3 middle ones at the back; the lateral on the plane of the com-
missure ; the 4 secondary equal, more prominent, winged, split
into a single row of spines. Vittae solitary in the channels
below the secondary ridges. — Usually biennials. Leaves bipin-
nate. Bracts of involucrum multifid leafy ; of involucel nume-

* See Viaggio da Tripoli di Barberia alle frontiere occidentali dell 'Egitto, dail Dott.
P. Delia Cella, Genova 1819.

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APIACE^E OR UMBELLIFERiE.

rous entire or trifid. Flowers white or yellow, the central one
generally fleshy, dark purple, and sterile.

116. D. gummifer Lam. diet. i. 634. Gussone prodr. i. 321.
Ji. sicula t. 117. Nees and Eberm. handb. iii. 12. — Pastinaca
tenuifolia gummi manans Boccon. mus. t. 20. — Dry stony hills
on the sea coast of Sicily.

Hirsute. Leaves somewhat 3-pinnate rather shining ; leaflets ovate,
cut," acute. Bracts of both involucres broadish, with a membranous
margin, much shorter than the umbels. Prickles of the fruit hooked.

— The roots yield the Bdellium siculum of the old Pharmacopceias,
according to Boccone. It has a bitter balsamic taste and a weak but
unpleasant odour.

N.B. De Candolle considers the plant thus called by Lamarck the
same as our British Daucus maritimus, and he reduces it as a synonym
to the D. hispanicus of Gouan. He then refers Boccone's Bdellium
carrot to D. Gingidium, the character of which here follows ; but
Gussone, the greatest of all authorities concerning Sicilian plants,
retains D. gummifer as a distinct species.

117. D. Gingidium Linn. sp. plant. 348. DC. prodr. iv. 211.

— Rocky shores of Corsica.

Stem and petioles rough with scattered bristles. Leaves bipinnate ;
segments cut, toothed, ovate ; lobes obtuse mucronate. Bracts of
involucre striated, pinnatifid, about as long as the umbel. Fruit ovate ;
prickles as long as broad, setiform, capitate with inflexed hooks. — See
last species.

118. D. CarotaZi/m. sp. pi. 348. Eng. Bot. t. 1174. Nees
andEberm.med.pl. t. 287. handb. iii. 10. DC. prodr. iv. 211.
S. and C. i. t. 56. Woodv. t. 161. — Common in high sandy soil
all through Europe, the Crimea, the Caucasus, China, and
Cochin-China ; also in America and elsewhere probably carried.
(Common carrot.)

Root slender, yellowish, aromatic and sweetish, resembling the
Garden Carrot, which is only a cultivated variety. Stem 2 or 3 feet
high, branched, erect, leafy, hairy or bristly. Leaves alternate, on
broad, concave, ribbed footstalks, bipinnate, cut, narrow, acute, distantly
hairy. Umbels terminating the long leafless branches, solitary, large,
white, except the one central neutral flower, which is blood-red. Ge-
neral bracts pinnatifid, slender, large, but not so long as the umbel ;
partial undivided, or partly 3-cleft, membranous at the edges. Fruit
small, protected by the incurvation of all the flower-stalks, by which
the umbels are rendered hollow, like a bird's nest. Smith. Fruit 1-]^
line long, pale dull brown, oval ; primary ridges filiform, bristly, 3
near the middle of the convex back, 2 on the plane of the commissure ;
secondary ridges deeper and irregularly split into setaceous lobes.
Vittae one under each secondary ridge, and 2 on the plane of the
commissure. — A poultice for correcting the fetid discharge, allaying the
pain and changing the action of ill-conditioned, phagedenic, sloughing
and cancerous ulcers, is prepared from the root. Fruit carminative;
but supposed to act more particularly on the urinary organs. Pereira.

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ANTHRISCUS.

ANTHRISCUS.

Calyx obsolete. Petals obovate, truncate or emarginate, with
an inflexed lobe which is generally very short. Fruit contracted
at the side, beaked : the beak shorter than the seed. Half-fruits

nearly taper, without ridges except on the beak which has 5

Perennials, biennials, or annuals. Stems taper, striated or fur-
rowed. Leaves decompound; segments generally linear and
fine. Umbels opposite the leaves or terminal. Involucre none ;
involucels many-leaved. Flowers white.

119. A. sylvestris Hoffm. umbellif. t. i. f. 19. DC. prodr.
iv. 223. Nees and JEberm. med.pl. suppl. handb. iii. 30. — Chae-
rophyllum sylvestre Linn. sp. plant. 369. Eng. Bot. t. 762 — A
common weed all over Europe as far as the Caucasus.

Stem furrowed, smooth, branched. Leaves 3-cut decompound ;
segments ovate pinnatifid; lobes oblong rather obtuse, the end ones
longest. Umbels terminal ; rays smooth. Styles very short, scarcely
diverging. Fruit oblong smooth. — Recommended by Osbeck, in
1811, in the form of extract in siphilitic cases. Reputed to be
similar in its effects to Hemlock only rather less narcotic. (Herba
Cicutaria? Officin?)

120. A. vulgaris Pers. synops. i. 320. DC. prodr. iv. 224. —
Scandix Anthriscus Linn. sp. pi. 368. Eng. Bot. t. 818. — A
common annual weed, as far as the Crimea. (Rough Chervil.)

Stem naked, smooth. Leaves 3-parted decompound ; segments
pinnatifid; lobes short, obtuse; petioles hairy; sheaths ciliated. Um-
bels opposite the leaves. Fruit ovate, muricated, bristly, with a conical
beak. — Deleterious. Some Dutch soldiers who gathered it by mis-
take for common Chervil were poisoned by the soup into which it was
put. Burnett.

121. A. Cerefolium Hoffm. umb. t. i. f. 21. DC. prodr.
iv. 223. Nees and Eberm. handb. iii. 31. — Scandix Cerefolium
Linn. sp. plant. 368. Eng. Bot. t. 1268. Chaerophyllum sativum
Lam. — Cultivated grounds and waste places all over Europe.
(Chervil.)

Nearly smooth. Leaves 3-parted, decompound ; segments ovate
pinnatifid, with rather blunt lobes. Umbels opposite the leaves,
sessile. Rays from 3 to 5, downy. Fruit oblong, linear, smooth. — A
common potherb, with eatable roots.

CACIIRYS.

Calyx 5-toothed or more rarely obsolete. Petals ovate en-
tire involute or inflexed at the apex. Disk depressed, scarcely
visible in the ripe fruit. Fruit turgid, somewhat taper or double.
Half-fruits with 5 thick ridges variable in form. Commissure
nearly as broad as the half-fruit. Seed loose, covered with nu-
merous vittae, deeply rolled inwards. — Perennials. Leaves de-
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APIACEiE OR UMBELLIFERiE.

compound. Umbels numerous. Both involucres many-leaved.
Flowers yellow.

122. C. odontalgica Pall. itin. ed. gall, in 8vo. app. n. 309. t. 78.
f. i. DC. prodr. iv. 236. Fee cours. ii. 208. — The driest
deserts of Siberia, the Crimea and Caucasus.

Leaves decompound, hoary ; segments linear, hoary, somewhat
trifid. Stem naked. Both involucres with a few undivided bracts.
Fruit oblong rather compressed from the back, scarcely furrowed. —
The root excites salivation, and is said to cure pain in the teeth.

PRANGOS.

Calyx a 5-toothed rim. Petals ovate, entire, involute at the
point. Disk depressed, scarcely visible in the fruit. Fruit
nearly taper with a broad commissure. Mericarps compressed
at the back, with 5 smooth ridges, thick at the base, ending in
vertical membranous wings. Seed covered with numerous vittae.
— Perennial herbaceous plants. Stem taper. Leaves decom-
pound, with linear segments. Umbels numerous. Flowers
yellow.

123. P. pabularia Lindl. in Joum. roy. inst. 1825. p. 7. DC.
prodr. iv. 239. — Fiturasulioon Indian Bazaars according to
Professor Royle. — North of India near Draz, on the northern
face of mountains.

Root woody, perennial, with numerous clustered crowns, covered
over by the coarse fibrous bases of the leaves. Leaves supra-decom-
pound, smooth, with linear entire or 3-parted segments ; petioles
crisp at the edge near the base. Flowers unisexual. 1 Male umbels
compound, shorter than the leaves to which they are axillary; involu-
cres both general and partial, with membranous ovate-acuminate
bracts. Calyx distinctly 5-toothed. Fruit compressed at the side,
8-9 lines long, crowned with recurved styles, and with the corky
teeth of the permanent calyx. Half-fruits corky, with 5 large primary
ridges, of which the dorsal are produced into a wavy wing, and coarsely
tuberculated at the sides ; commissure narrower than the half-fruit.
Seed covered with indefinite colourless vittas, both on the back and
commissure. — Leaves dried, and eaten by cattle as winter fodder ; its
effects heating, producing fatness quickly, destructive of the Fasciola
hepatica in sheep. Moorcroft.

I introduce this plant for the following reason : Professor Royle
suggests that this was one of the kinds of Sylphion of the Greeks :
that described by Arrian as growing only with pines on Paropamisus,
where it was browsed on by numerous flocks of sheep and cattle.
" Lieut. Burnes, crossing in the direction of Alexander's route, found
this in the same situation, greedily cropped by sheep and even eaten by
his fellow-travellers (as is also mentioned by Kinnier); and he sup-
poses it to be the Silphium of Alexander's historians." Heeren applies
the greater portion of the remarks that rem?.in of Ctesias respecting the
Indians, to the high land of Tartary, where grew the Silphium grazed on
bv innumerable flocks of sheep and goats. Rot/la's Illustrations, p. 230.

56

CONIUM.

CONIUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals obcordate, somewhat emarginate,
with a very short inflexed lobe. Fruit compressed at the side,
ovate. Half-fruits with 5 prominent equal undulated ridges of
which the lateral are on the border. Channels with many striae
but no vittae. — Biennials. Root fusiform. Stem taper branched.
Leaves decompound. Both involucres 3-5-leaved, the partial
one halved. Flowers white, all fertile.

124. C. maculatum Linn. sp. 349. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 66.
DC. prodr. iv. 242. Eng. Bot. t. 1191. N. and E. pi. med.
t. 282. handb. iii. 27. -S. and C. i. t. 13. Pereira in Med. gaz.
xix. 763. — K&vtiov Dioscorid. — In waste places throughout
Europe, the East of Asia ; and the cultivated parts of America
(introduced). (Hemlock.)

Root tap-shaped, whitish, fleshy. Stem from 3 to 5 feet high, erect,
round, hollow, glaucous, polished, copiously spotted and dotted with
dull purple. Leaves very large and repeatedly compound ; leaflets
ovate, closely and sharply pinnatifid, with the lower lobes incised, of a
deep shining green, on long furrowed footstalks, sheathing at the base.
Umbels terminal, very numerous, erect, compound ; all many-rayed and
smooth. General bracts ovate, cuspidate, with membranous edges.
Flowers numerous, white, all fertile; the outermost very slightly
irregular. Fruit 1| line long, ovate, compressed, a pale sage-green;
primary ridges elevated, sharp, wavy ; commissure and channels finely
wrinkled. — A powerfully narcotico-acrid plant, occasioning stupor,
delirium, palsy, and asphixia; some authors state that it produces
death in the most dreadful convulsions, but this is at variance with the
the accounts of Dr. Christison and Mr. Pereira. It is recommended in
cancerous and scrophulous disorders, syphilis, dropsy, epilepsy, as an
anodyne, &c. &c. It is stated by Aretasus to be anti-aphrodisiac, by
Storck and Bergius to be the reverse. The leaves are the parts usually
employed but the preparations from them are frequently inert. This
may arise in part from the manner of preparing them or from the time
when they have been collected. Fothergill long since stated, what is
quite conformable to theory, that Conium was to be obtained in its
most active state when the flowers are just past, the fruit forming, and
the plant inclining to yellow, and that the quality of that collected
when the herbage is strong and succulent is very inferior. Fothergill' s
Works, 266. Mr. Pereira and Dr. Christison recommend an alcoholic
tincture of the bruised ripe fruit, instead of the leaves.

SMYRNIUM.

Calyx obsolete. Petals lanceolate or elliptical, entire, acumi-
nate, inflexed at the point. Fruit contracted at the side, didy-
mous. Half fruits almost globose, reniform, with 3 fine pro-
minent dorsal ridges, and 2 marginal ones almost obliterated.
Channels with many vittae. Seed involute. — Upright smooth
biennials. Root fleshy. Leaves various. Umbels terminal. In-
57

APIACEjE or umbel lifers.

volucres variable. Flowers yellow or yellowish green, often
polygamous.

125. S. Olusatrum Linn. sp. plant. 376. Eng. Bot. t. 230. DC.
prodr. iv. 247. — Wet places throughout Europe. (Alexander.)

Stem taper. Cauline leaves ternate, with ovate serrated segments.
Involucels very short. — Formerly cultivated in lieu of Celery ; the
leaves have a pleasant slightly aromatic flavour. The fruit is carmina-
tive and used to be officinal.

CORIANDRUM.
Calyx-teeth 5, acute, unequal, permanent. Petals obovate emar-
ginate with an inflexed segment, the exterior radiating and bifid.
Fruit globose, with 10 ribs, scarcely separating. Half-fruits
with 5 primary depressed wavy ridges and 4 secondary ones
(besides the marginals) more prominent and keeled. Channels
without vittae ; commissure with 2 vittae. Seed hollowed out in
front with a loose skin. — A smooth herb. Leaves multifid.
Umbel with 3-5 rays. Involucre none. Involucels about
3-leaved, halved.

126. C. sativum Linn. sp. 367. DC. prodr. iv. 250. Eng.
Bot. t. 67. El. GrcBc. t. 283. Nees and Eberm. pi. med. t. 286.
handb. iv. 15. Woodv. 1. 181. S. and C. ii. t. 94. Smith Eng. El.
ii. 67. — In the corn fields of Tartary (Szovitz), the Levant,
Greece, Italy, south of Europe. Not really wild in England.
(Coriander.)

Root tapering. Stem erect, 12 or 18 inches high, more or less
branched, leafy, round, striated. Lower leaves pinnate, on longish
slender stalks, their leaflets wedge-shaped, or fan-shaped, and acutely
notched ; upper leaves multifid, in fine linear segments. Umbels
stalked, of 4 or 5 general rays, rarely more ; the partial rays more
numerous. Flowers white, often with a reddish tint. Fruit pale
brown, somewhat coriaceous, spherical, 1^ line in diameter, all the
ridges indistinctly shown in consequence of their slight elevation ; the
vittae of the commissure short, lunate, just visible without dissection. —
Fruit carminative and aromatic. Cullen considered it as more power-
fully correcting the odour and taste of senna, than any other aromatic.

ARALIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 25.
PANAX.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx obsolete, 5-toothed. Petals 5.
Stamens 5, inserted with the petals under the edge of the disk
and alternate with them. Styles 2-3, short. Fruit succulent,
compressed, orbicular, 2-3-celled; cells leathery 1 -seeded.

58

PANAX.

127. P. quinquefolium Linn. sp. pi. 1512. Woodv. med. bot.
t. 58. Bot. Mag. t. 1023. Bigelow med. bot. ii. t. 29. Jartoux
in Phil, trans, xxviii. 237. DC. prodr. iv. 252. — The north-
western parts of China, in thick forests; and in similar situations
in North America.

Root of 1 or more fleshy oblong and somewhat fusiform fangs, of a
whitish colour, transversely wrinkled, and terminating in fibres ; its
upper portion slender and marked with the scars of former shoots.
Stem smooth, round, green, often with a tinge of red, regularly
divided at top into 3 petioles, with a flower-stalk in their centre.
Petioles round, smooth, swelling at base. Leaves 3, ternate, quinate,
or septenate. Leaflets pedicellate, obovate, sharply serrate, acuminate,
smooth on both sides, with scattered bristles on the veins above.
Umbel simple, on a round, slender peduncle, longer than the petioles.
Involucre of a multitude of short subulate bracts, interspersed among
the flower-stalks, which are so short as to give the appearance of a
head rather than an umbel. Calyx with 5 small acute teeth. Petals
5, oval, reflexed and deciduous. Stamens 5, with oblong anthers.
Styles 2, reflexed, persistent ; ovary large, inferior, ovate heart-shaped,
compressed. Berries kidney-shaped, retuse at both ends, compressed,
of a bright scarlet colour, crowned with the calyx and styles, and con-
taining 2 semicircular seeds. Sometimes there are 3 styles and 3 seeds.
' The outermost florets ripen first, and their berries often obtain their
full size before the central ones are expanded. The central florets
are frequently abortive. — Root an agreeable bitter sweet, with some
aromatic pungency. Has a prodigious reputation among the Chinese as a
stimulant and restorative under the nameof " Gin-seng," but by Europeans
and Americans considered nothing more than a demulcent, approaching
liquorice in its qualities. This however requires further investigation,
for we cannot believe that all the Chinese say, believe, and practise is
fabulous or imaginary. Is the Tartarian plant the same as the North
American ? Under what circumstances are they each collected ?

ARALIA.

Calyx very minute, entire or toothed. Petals 5, distinct and
spreading at the apex. Stamens 5. Styles 5, spreading. Berry
5-celled, generally rugged. Stones papery.

128. A. nudicaulis Linn. sp. pi. 393. Raf. med. bot. i. t. 8.
DC. prodr. iv. 257. — North America.

Stemless. Radical leaf solitary ; petiole trifid ; lobes pinnated with
an odd one ; segments 5, ovate, acute, serrated. Scape shorter than
the leaf, trifid at the apex. Umbels 3, many-flowered, without invo-
lucres. — An alterative and tonic, affirmed by American writers to be as
valuable a medicine as sarsaparilla.

129. A. hispida Michx.fl. am. sept. i. 185. is a sudorific.

130. A. spinosa Linn, sp.pl. 392. ; a tincture of its wood used
in Virginia to allay the spasms in colic.

59

ARALIACE/E.

HEDERA.

Calyx an elevated or toothed edge. Petals 5-10, not calyp-

trate and cohering. Stamens 5-10. Styles 5-10, converging,
or consolidated. Berry 5-10-celled.

131. H. Helix Linn. sp. pi. 292. Eng. Bot. t. 1267. DC.
prodr. iv. 261. — Common all over Europe, clinging to trees,
rocks and walls. (Ivy.)

Stem climbing with root-like fibres. Leaves coriaceous, smooth,
shining, 5-angled or 5-lobed, the upper or the old ones ovate and acute.
Umbels simple, downy. — Leaves austere and bitter ; berries bitter,
aperient, emetic. It is mentioned as a sudorific, and was once reputed
to prevent drunkenness and to dissipate the effects of wine.

132. H. umbellifera DC. prodr. iv. 262. — Aralia umbellifera
Lam. diet. i. 225. Pseudosantalum amboinense Rumf. ii. t. 12.
— Mountains of Amboyna.

Stem shrubby, unarmed. Leaves on long stalks, lanceolate, acumin-
ate, distantly serrated. Peduncles 16, trifid, umbellate. Partial um-
bels capitate, roundish. — Yields a blackish or dull brown resin with a
very powerful aromatic camphorated smell.

60

GROSSULACE^l.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 26.
RIBES.

Calyx 5-lobed, the segments more or less coloured. Petals 5,
minute, scale-like. Stamens 5, distinct, inserted in the throat
of the calyx. Styles 1-2-3-4-cleft. Berry 1 -celled, succulent,
with narrow parietal placenta?. Seeds oblong, slightly compressed.

133. R. rubrum Linn, sp.pl. 290. Eng. Bot. t. 1289. DC.
prodr. iii. 481. — Woods in many parts of Europe. (Red Cur-
rant.)

Leaves bluntly 3-5-lobed, downy beneath, smooth above. Racemes
nodding. Bracts blunt, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flattened out,
spreading, with obtuse lobes. Petals somewhat obcordate. — The juice
of the fruit is refrigerant, and very grateful to the parched palates of
persons suifering from fever.

134. R. nigrum Linn. sp. pi. 291. Eng. Bot. t. 1291. DC.
prodr. iii. 481.— Woods in some parts of Europe and Siberia.
(Black Currant.)

Leaves 3-5-lobed, with glandular dots underneath. Racemes lax.
Bracts minute, subulate or blunt, much shorter than the pedicel.
Calyx campanulate, with reflexed segments. Petals oblong. Berries large
and black. — Fruit, leaves, and wood, tonic and stimulant. A juice
prepared from the fruit is used in domestic medicine against catarrhs.

61

BERBERACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 29.
BERBERIS.

Sepals 6, with 3 exterior scales. Petals 6, with 2 glands at
the base. Stamens 6, without denticulations. Pericarp fleshy,
oblong, 2-3-seeded. Seeds erect, oblong, with a crustaceous
skin. — Primary leaves consisting of nothing but spiny ribs ;
only filling up with a web of parenchyma on the secondary
branches.

135. B. vulgaris Linn. sp. pi. 472. Ft. dan. t. 904. Eng.
Dot. t. 49. — Common throughout Europe and the North of
Asia. (Common Barberry.)

An erect, deciduous shrub. Leaves somewhat obovate, divided at
the edge by ciliated teeth, in their primary state 3-parted and spiny.
Racemes many-flowered, lax, pendulous. Petals entire. Fruit bright
red, very acid. — Bark astringent. A refreshing drink, prepared by
crushing the fruit in water, is considered serviceable in fevers.

136. B. Lycium Royle Illustr. 64. in Linn, trans, vol.xvii.p.83.
— Avkiov wIikov Dioscorid. — Mountains in the North of India.

Spines 3-parted conical. Leaves 5-8 in a cluster, pale, leathery,
veiny, oblong, lanceolate, or obovate, tapering to the base, mucronate ;
the margins spiny toothed or entire. Racemes 20-flowered, erect,
spreading, becoming pendulous in fruit. Pedicels long simple. Flowers
small. External scales lanceolate. Ovaries smooth, 4-seeded. Fruit
ovate, obtuse at each end. — In India an extract prepared by digesting
in water sliced pieces of the root stem and branches of this and other
species of Barberry, is called rusot, and is used advantageously in
cases of ophthalmia. Dr. Royle has seen it particularly useful when
the acute symptoms have subsided ; and others say that it is perhaps
the best application in ophthalmia ever employed.

63

vitace^:.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 30.
VITIS.

Calyx somewhat 5-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at the point,
separating at the base, and dropping off like a calyptra. Sta-
mens 5.- Style none. Berry 2- celled, 4-seeded; the cells or
seeds often abortive.

1 37. V. vinifera Linn. sp. pi. 293. D C. prodr. i. 633. Woodv.
t. 195. S. and C. iii. t. 140. — Wild in the South of Asia DC.
certainly so in Greece Sibth. (Common Grape-vine.)

Leaves lobed, sinuated, toothed, smooth or downy. " A variable
plant ; the leaves more or less lobed, smooth pubescent or downy, flat
or crisp, pale or deep green ; the branches prostrate climbing or erect,
tender or hard j the bunches loose or compact ovate or cylindrical ;
the berries red, yellow or purple, watery or fleshy, globose ovate or
oblong. Sweet musky or austere ; seeded or seedless. DC." — Ripe
fruit cooling and antiseptic ; in large quantities diuretic and laxative ;
very useful in bilious and putrid fevers, dysentry, and all inflamma-
tory affections. Raisins more laxative than the fresh fruit.

CISSUS.

Calyx nearly entire. Petals 4, giving way from the base to
the apex. Stamens 4. Ovary 4-celled. Berry 1-4-seeded.

138. C. setosa Boxb.fi. ind. i. 410. DC. prodr. i. 630. —
Forests and hedges in Bengal.

Root fusiform, perennial. Stems herbaceous, succulent, round,
striated, and covered with distinct, grandular, round-headed, white
bristles, as is every part of the plant, even to the fruit. Tendrils oppo-
site the leaves, generally 2-cleft. Leaves alternate, sessile, ternate,
rarely quinate ; the lateral leaflets sessile, the middle short-stalked, all
oval, waved, fleshy, irregularly and coarsely edged by bristly serra-
tures, both sides setose, as above described. Stipules cordate. Cymes
axillary, solitary. Petals revolute. — Every part of the plant ex-
ceedingly acrid. The leaves toasted and oiled are applied to indolent
tumours to bring them to suppuration.

139. C. acida Linn, sp.pl. 170, a South American plant, has
the same properties.

140. C. salutaris HBK\. 225, from New Andalusia and Cu-
mana, has a root useful in dropsical cases.

65

COMBRETACEiE.

Nat. syst, ed.2.p.38.

TERMINALIA.

Flowers often polygamous from abortion. Limb of the calyx
deciduous, campanulate, 5-cleft, the lobes acute. Petals wanting.
Stamens 10, in a double row, longer than the calyx. Ovary
2-3-ovuled. Style filiform, somewhat acute. Drupe not crowned
by the calyx, often dry, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. Seed almond-
like. Cotyledonss pirally convolute. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves
alternate or rarely opposite, sometimes crowded towards the
extremities of the branches. Flowers spiked : spikes racemose
or panicled, bisexual in the lower part of the spike, male in the
upper. TV. and A.

141. T. Chebula Retz obs. v. 31. Roxb. cor.pl. t. 197. DC.
prodr. m. t. 12. Roxb, fl. ind. ii. 434. — Myrobalana chebula
Gozrtn. ii. t. 97. ? — Forests of Bengal.

Trunk rarely straight, and but short for the size of the tree. Bark
in young trees of about 7 or 8 years' growth, of a light ash colour, and
slightly cracked ; their trunks are then from 2 to 3 feet in circumference
3 feet above ground. Branches many, spreading much in every direc-
tion, their extremities often drooping, and while young, downy. Leaves
opposite, or nearly so, short-petioled, oblong, entire, obtuse; while
young very downy on both surfaces, but when old underneath only; some
small glands on the margins near the base, and generally 2 on the edges
of the downy petioles near the apex; about 6 inches long and 3 broad.
Stipules none. Spikes in a terminal panicle or axillary, and then
generally undivided, downy. Flowers numerous, small, dull white, in
smell offensive (as inmost, if not all the other species,) all hermaphrodite.
Bracts solitary, subulate, downy, 1-flowered. Calyx cup-shaped
5-toothed, very hairy, particularly the inside; with 5 very hairy glands in
its bottom surrounding the base of the style. Filaments 10, alternately
a little shorter, twice the length of the calyx. Anthers small, oval.
Ovary inferior, oval, hairy, 1-celled, containing 2 ovules attached to the
top of the cell. Style rather shorter than the stamens. Stigma acute.
Drupe oval, about 1| inch long and 1 inch in diameter, smooth, of a
pale greenish-yellow, very obscurely 5-angled, 1-celled. Pulp in consi-
derable quantity, hard and yellowish. Nut oblong, thick, and very hard,
with the surface rough ; irregularly and obscurely 5-grooved, 1-celled.
Seed solitary, lanceolate. Integument membranous. Albumen none.
Embryo of the same shape as the seed, inverted. Cotyledons thin,
large, spirally rolled up round each other and the lower part of the
cylindrical superior radicle. — Galls powerfully astringent, as fit for
making ink as oak-galls ; they yield the chintz painters on the coast of
Coromandel their best and most durable yellow. Roxb. With a ferru-
ginous mud they strike an excellent black.
67 v 2

COMB RET ACEiE.

142. T. citrina Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 435. DC.prodr. iii. 12. —
Myrobalanus citrina Gozrln. ii. t. 97. — Forests of Bengal.

Leaves somewhat opposite, short-petioled, from broad-lanceolate to
oblong, tapering less at the base than at the apex, entire, rather obtusely
acuminate, smooth and glossy on both sides, from 4 to 6 inches long
and from 2 to 3 broad ; when the plants are young the leaves are villous.
Panicles terminal, and from the inferior axils, composed of many,
simple, erect, slightly villous spikes. Flowers numerous, small, of a
dull yellow, all hermaphrodite. Bracts solitary, 1-flowered, subulate,
smooth. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, hairy on the inside, having 5
very hairy glands at the bottom round the base of the style. Filaments
] 0, alternately shorter, but all much longer than the calyx, and inserted
into its inside. Anthers oval. Ovary 1-celled, containing 2 ovules
attached to the top of the cell. Style shorter than the stamens, smooth ;
stigma acute. Drupe oblong-lanceolate, about 2 inches long and 2 in
circumference where thickest; while fresh obscurely 5-cornered, but
more clearly so when dry, of a dull orange yellow, and smooth. Nut
oblong, deeply 5-grooved, with the 5 angles sometimes sharp, some-
times rounded, 1-celled. Seed solitary, linear-lanceolate. Testa single,
thin, of a light brown. — Fruit a common article in the Hindoo Materia
medica. Usually employed as a gentle purgative.

143. T. alata Roth. nov. sp. 379. — Pentaptera tomentosa
DC. prodr. iii. 14. Roxb. Pi. ind. ii. 440. — T. tomentosa
W. and Arnott. prodr. i. 314. — Various parts of India.

Bark deeply cracked. Leaves nearly opposite, linear-oblong, obtuse,
somewhat cordate at the base, crenulate, pubescent, but finally glabrous
above, tomentose or pubescent beneath, with some thick stalked tur-
binate glands on the midrib near the base. Fruit glabrous. W. and A.
— Bark astringent and febrifugal.

144. T. moluccana Lam. diet. i. 349. Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 433.
DC. prodr. iii. 11. — Mountainous countries north-east of Ben-
gal ; the Malayan Archipelago.

Trunk straight, about 50 feet high. Branches horizontal. Bark
pretty smooth, and of a dark brown colour. Leaves alternate, short-
stalked, oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth on both sides, beautifully reticu-
lated with minute veins ; while young coloured and villous, from 2 to
12 inches long, and broad in proportion. Petioles scarcely i the length
of the leaves, round, smooth, without glands. Spikes axillary, solitary,
shorter than the leaves. Flowers numerous, of a dull yellowish-brown
colour, and rather offensive smell ; male towards the apex, and her-
maphrodite below. Calyx flat, with the apices of the 5 divisions revo-
lute, villous on the outside, and woolly within. Filaments 10, twice or
more longer than the calyx. Ovary and style in the male small and
abortive, in the hermaphrodite larger and longer. Drupe round-ob-
ovate, somewhat villous, size of a large nutmeg. Nut the shape of the
drupe, slightly 5-grooved from the apex to the base. — Uses as in
T. belerica, for which it is substituted in India.

145. T. latifolia Swartz fi. ind. occ. ii. 747. DC. prodr.
iii. 12. — Woods in the northern mountains of Jamaica.

Leaves alternate, obovate, narrowly wedge-shaped at the base, obtuse,

68

TERMINALIA.

somewhat entire, smooth on each side. Petioles without glands. Ra-
cemes the length of the leaves. Drupe ovate, acuminate, boat-shaped,
between fleshy and leathery. Ribs of the young leaves and calyces
downy. — Root used in Jamaica in diarrhoea.

146. T. Benzoin Linn. f. suppl. — Croton Benzoe Linn,
mant. 297. — Catappa Benzoin Gcertn. ii. t. 127- T. angus-
tifolia Jacq. hort. vind. iii. t. 100. DC. prodr. iii. 11. — East
Indies.

Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat repand, attenuated at both ends,
the under side and the petioles pubescent or hairy. Glands 2, at the
apex of the petiole. Drupes compressed, 2-winged, gibbous on one
side. W. and A. — A milky juice flows from the stem, and concretes
into a fragrant substance resembling Benzoin, and used in churches in
the Mauritius as a kind of incense. Royle.

147. T. belerica Roxb. corom. ii. 198. Fl. ind. ii. 431. DC.
prodr. iii. 12. — Myrobalanus belerica Gcertn. ii. t. 97- Tani
Rheed. iv. t. 10 Mountainous parts of the Circars of India,

Leaves crowded about the extremities of the branches, petioled, oval,
entire, firm, smooth, 6 or 7 inches long, and 2J broad. Petioles
round, from 2 to 3 inches long, with two opposite glands on the upper
side of the apex, and sometimes near the base. Spikes axillary, soli-
tary, simple, erect. Flowers small, of a dirty grey colour. The male
flowers towards the apex of the spike ; the hermaphrodite ones below.
Drupe oval, somewhat pentagonal, the size of a nutmeg, fleshy, covered
with a grey silk down. — Kernels of the fruit eaten in India and reckoned
intoxicating. Bark abounding in a gum, resembling Gum Arabic, solu-
ble in water, burning away in the flame of a candle. Ainslie reckons
the fruit astringent, tonic, and attenuant.

69

ALANGIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 39.
ALANGIUM.

Calyx 5-10-toothed. Petals 5-10. Stamens twice or more
times as many as the petals ; filaments very hairy towards the
base. Ovary 1 -celled: ovule solitary. Drupel-seeded. — Some of
the branches occasionally become spinescent. Young branches,
petioles, and nerves, puberulous. Leaves obtuse or acute, and
nearly equal at the base, reticulated on the under side with
transverse veins. W. and A.

148. A. decapetalum Lam. diet. i. 174. DC. prodr. iii. 203.
— Alangi and Angolam Rheede. iv. t. 17. — Stony mountains of
Malabar.

Leaves narrow, oblong, sometimes shortly and bluntly acuminated.
Petals 6-10. — See next species.

149. A. hexapetalum Lam. 1. c. DC. prodr. iii. 203. — With
the last called Kara- Angolam and Namedou.

Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with alongish sudden acumination.
Petals 6-7. — Roots aromatic ; said by the Malays to have a purgative
hydragogue property. Royle.

71

MYRTACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 43.

MELALEUCA.

Calyx-tube nearly hemispherical ; limb 5-partite. Petals 5.
Stamens numerous, combined into 5 elongated bundles, which
alternate with the petals. Anthers incumbent. Style filiform.
Stigma obtuse. Capsule connate with and enclosed in the
thickened tube of the calyx, which is sessile on and adnate at
its base to the flower-bearing branch : 3-celled, many-seeded.
Seeds angular. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite,
quite entire, equal at the base. Flowers perfectly sessile or
somewhat combined with the branch, arranged in spikes or heads,
white or yellowish or purplish. W. and A.

150. M. Cajuputi Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 394. W. and Am. i. 326.
S. and C. ii. t. 84. — M. minor Smith in Rees. DC.prodr. iii. 212.
M. Leucadendron Lam. illustr. t. 641. f. 4. Arbor alba javanica
Rumph. ii. 74. — Moluccas.

Trunk tolerably erect, but crooked, and slender for the age of the
trees. Bark of a very light or whitish ash-colour, soft, thick, and
spongy, pretty smooth on the surface, the exterior part peeling off from
time to time in thin flakes, like that of the birch tree ; and the interior
part separable into numerous lamellae, like the leaves of a book.
Branches scattered, with the slender twigs often drooping as completely
as in the weeping willow, round and smooth ; young shoots sericeous.
Leaves alternate, projecting in every direction, but most frequently ver-
tical, short-stalked, narrow-lanceolate, while young sericeous, some-
times slightly falcate, entire, from 3 to 5 inches long and from ^ to £
of an inch broad ; on being bruised they smell strong of the balsam
they yield, yet the cells which contain this aromatic fluid, are scarcely
visible in the fresh leaves. Spikes terminal, and from the extreme
axills, downy ; while in flower there is only a scaly conic bud at the
apex, which soon advances into a leafy branchlet. Bracts solitary,
lanceolate, silky, 3-flowered, caducous. Flowers ternate, sessile, small,
white, scentless. Calyx urceolate, half-superior, sericeous ; margins of
5 rounded deciduous segments. Petals 5, orbicular, short-clawed, white,
much longer than the segments of the calyx. Filaments from 30 to 40,
united into five portions at the base, 3 or 4 times longer than the petals,
and with them inserted into the large, villous, 5-lobed rim of the calyx,
alternate with its segments. Anthers ovate-cordate, with a yellow
gland on the apex. Ovary ovate, with the lower half united to the
calyx, 3-celled, with numerous ovules attached to an elevated recep-
tacle in the inner and lower angle of each cell ; style rather longer
than the stamens ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Capsules completely
enveloped in the thick, fleshy, gibbous, permanent calyx, 3-lobed,

MYRTACEjE.

3-ceIled, 3-valved ; valves thin, hard, and elastic, opening from the
apex. Seeds numerous, angularly wedge-shaped. — This is the species
that yields Cajuputi, an irritating or stimulating, green, aromatic campho-
rate essential oil used in toothach and rheumatic affections and as an
internal remedy in hysteria and epilepsy, flatulent colic, and cholera.

151. M. Leucadendron Linn. mant. 105. by some said to
yield cajuputi oil, is asserted by Roxburgh to possess little or
no fragrance in its leaves, and not be ever employed, as far as
he could discover, in the distillation of that drug.

PUNICA.

Calyx turbinate 5-7-cleft : aestivation valvate. Petals 5-7.
Stamens numerous ; filaments distinct. Style filiform. Stigma ca-
pitate. Fruit large, globose, crowned by the somewhat tubular
limb of the calyx, baccate, indehiscent, covered with the tube of
the calyx, divided horizontally into 2 parts by a very irregular
confused dissepiment : the lower division 3-celled, the upper
5-9-celled ; dissepiments membranaceous : placentae in the
lower division at the bottom ; in the upper stretching from the
side of the fruit to the middle. Seeds numerous, nestling in a
pellucid pulp. Embryo oblong : radicle short, acute ; cotyledons
foliaceous, spirally convolute. — Small trees or shrubs with
spinescent branchlets. Leaves deciduous, opposite, rarely ver-
ticillate or alternate, often axillary and fascicled, oblong, quite
entire, not dotted. Flowers 2-3, nearly sessile on somewhat
terminal branchlets, usually scarlet. W. and A.

152. P. Granatum Linn. sp. pi. 676. Bot. mag. 1. 1832. DC.
prodr. iii. 3. Fleming in As. Research, xi. 175. Woodv. t. 58.
S. and C. i. t. 57. — Bengal, Persia, China, Barbary. There
are whole woods of Pomegranate trees in the Persian province of
Mazenderan. JBurnes' Travels, ii. 126. (Pomegranate.)

Arborescent. Leaves oblong, inclining to lanceolate. Flowers large,
red, with a pale succulent calyx. Petals much crumpled, membranous.
Fruit a round leathery pericarp, crowned by the prominent hardened
tube of the calyx, and containing several irregular cells filled with seeds
covered with a bright red, succulent, acid coat. — A decoction of the bark
of the root a powerful anthelmintic. The flowers are tonic and astringent,
as is the bark of the fruit which is used in leucorrhcea, chronic dysen-
tery, &c. The acid juice of the seeds found useful in bilious fevers.

MYRTUS.

Calyx- tube somewhat globose : limb 5 or very rarely 4-par-
tite. Petals 5 or very rarely 4. Stamens distinct. Berry
2-3-celled, somewhat globose, crowned with the segments
of the calyx. Seeds (ripe) in each cell several, or very
rarely solitary, reniform : testa bony. Embryo curved : coty-
ledons semicylindrical, very short : radicle twice the length

MYRTUS.

of the cotyledons. — Shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire,
pellucid-dotted. Peduncles axillary, 1 or rarely 3-nWered.
W. and A.

153. M. communis Lin. sp. pi. 673. DC. prodr. iii. 239. —
Rocks and heaths of the South of Europe.

Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, shining, evergreen. Pedicels
solitary 1-flowered, about as long as the leaf. Bractlets 2, linear,
deciduous, under the flower. Calyx 5-cleft. Flowers white. Fruit
oval, deep purple. — Aromatic and astringent. In many parts of
Greece, Italy and Provence the bark is used for tanning. Myrtle
buds and berries were eaten as spices by the ancients, and are still used
in Tuscany instead of pepper. The Tuscans also prepare a sort of
Myrtle wine which they call Myrtidanum. The distilled water of
Myrtle flowers i^ that very agreeable perfume known in France under
the name of ' Eau d'Ange.' Burnett.

CARYOPHYLLUS.

Tube of the calyx cylindrical ; limb 4-parted. Petals 4,
adhering by their ends in a sort of calyptra. Stamens distinct,
arranged in 4 parcels in a quadrangular fleshy hollow, near the
teeth of the calyx. Ovary 2 -celled ; ovules about 20 in each
cell. Berry 1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Seeds cylindrical, or half-
ovate. Cotyledons thick, fleshy, convex externally, sinuous in
various ways internally.

154. C. aromaticus Linn. sp. 735. DC. prodr. iii. 262. Dot.

mag t. 2749. S. and C. ii. t. 95. Woodv. t. 135 Caryophyl-

lus Rumph. ii. t. 1. 2. 3 Molucca Islands. (Clove.)

A moderately-sized tree, whose outline or circumscription is some-
what conical or pyramidal, bearing numerous opposite branches which
are more or less virgate. Whole plant everywhere glabrous. Leaves
opposite and decussate, persistent, somewhat coriaceous and shining,
minutely punctated, about four inches long, ovate-lanceolate, more or
less acute, quite entire, pale beneath, tapering gradually at the base
into a slender footstalk, which is almost 2 inches long. Panicles short,
terminal, of many flowers, and always trichotomously divided, jointed
at every division. Peduncles terete, green. Calyx of 4, ovate, concave
segments, erecto-patent, placed upon the top of the ovary, and
together with it, is first green and then red, coriaceous. Petals 4,
larger than the calyx, imbricated into a globe in bud, at length spread-
ing, roundish, concave, yellowish-red, very soon caducous. In the
centre of the calyx, and occupying the top of the ovary, is a quadran-
gular elevated line or gland, surrounding, but not embracing the base of
the shortish, obtusely subulate style. Around this gland, immediately
within the petals, the stamens are inserted ; but as their insertion does
not extend to the angles of the gland, they appear to be collected into
four bundles, numerous. Filaments much longer than the petals,
yellow. Anthers ovate-cordate, yellow, 2-celled. Ovary oblong, or
almost cylindrical, 2-celled, with many small ovules in each cell,
attached to -the sides of the dissepiment. All these become abortive;
or one proves fertile, and by its great enlargement destroys the

MYRTACEjE

appearance of the rest of the ovules, and of the second cell ; so that
the fruit which forms a rather large elliptical purple berry is only
1-seeded: this is of the same shape as the berry; its integument
thin, and of a soft texture. Embryo likewise elliptical, large, green-
ish, fleshy, dotted. Cotyledons unequal, sinuose ; the larger one
partly enveloping the smaller, including the superior radicle. Bot.
Mag. — ■ Stimulant and carminative, similar in effects to Eugenia
Pimenta. The cloves of the shops are the dried flower-buds. Oil of
cloves is a common remedy for toothach.

EUGENIA.

Calyx-tube nearly globose : limb divided down to the ovary into
4 or rarely 5 segments. Petals 4 or rarely 5. Stamens numer-
ous, distinct. Ovary 2-celled ; the cells often divided by the
large placentae reaching almost to the sides, and there split into
2 divaricating segments bearing the ovules : ovules several in
each cell. Berry nearly globose, crowned by the segments of
the calyx, eventually 1 or rarely 2-celled. Seeds 1-2, large.
Cotyledons very thick and fleshy, partially or completely com-
bined into one mass with the radicle : radicle very short, scarcely
distinguishable. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite
entire, pellucid-dotted. Peduncles axillary or terminal, solitary,
or several together, simple and 1-flowered, or racemose-cymose,
or panicled. W. and A.

155. E. acris W. and Am. prodr. i. 331. — Myrtus acris
Swartz fl. ind. occ. ii. 909. — Myrcia acris DC. prodr. iii. 243.
Bot. mag. t. 3153. — West India Islands. (Wild Clove.)

Arborescent, glabrous : young branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves
elliptic-oval, obtuse, more or less convex, coriaceous, very glabrous,
upper side reticulated with elevated veins, finely pellucid-dotted. Pe-
duncles compressed, axillary and terminal, trichotomous, corymbose,
rather longer than the leaves. Calyx-limb 5-partite ; segments round-
ish. Style filiform, acute. Berry globose, l-^-seeded. W.andA. —
Supposed to have been confounded with E. Pimenta, in whose aromatic
qualities it altogether participates.

156. E. Pimenta DC. prodr. iii. 285. — Myrtus Pimenta Linn.
sp.pl. 676. Swartz obs. 202. Bot. Mag. t. 1236. Woodv.
t. 26. S. and C. ii. t. 124. — West Indies. (Pimento or
Allspice.)

Branches round ; twigs compressed, the younger and the pedicels
downy. Leaves oblong or oval, with pellucid dots, somewhat opaque,
smooth. Panicles axillary and terminal, trichotomous. Some flowers
4-fid and subsessile in the forks of the panicle. Berry globose,
1-seeded, black, the size of a pea. Embryo roundish with thecotyledons
consolidated. — All the plant, especially the unripe fruit, abounds in an
essential oil, which is a powerful irritant and is often used to allay
toothach. The bruised berries are carminative, stimulating the stomach,
promoting digestion, and relieving flatulency.

CA LYPTRA NTHUS.

CALYPTRANTHUS.

Tube of the calyx obovate ; limb before flowering entire, at
the time of flowering cut round the base and forming a lateral
deciduous operculum. Petals none, or 2-3, very small. Stamens
numerous ; filaments capillary ; anthers small, round, 2-celled ;
cells 2-4-seeded ; style 1 ; stigma simple. Berry abortive,
1-celled, 1-4-seeded.

157. C. aromatica A. de St. H.pl. us. t. 14. DC. prodr. iii.
258. — The forests of Rio Janeiro.

A shrub. Leaves connate, oblong-elliptical, quite smooth. Peduncles
panicled, axillary or terminal, in pairs, long. Petals 2-3, small,
greenish. — Young flower-buds have much the same qualities as cloves,
for which they might be advantageously substituted according to Aug.
de St. Hilaire.

EUCALYPTUS.

Tube of the calyx obovate or globose, cup-shaped, permanent ;
limb entire, resembling a lid, cut all round the base, and wholly
deciduous. Petals none. Stamens numerous, distinct. Cap-
sule 4-celled, or by abortion 3-celled, many-seeded, opening
at the apex. — New Holland trees of a considerable size.
Leaves usually alternate, sometimes opposite.

158. E. resinifera Smith in Whites Voyage, 331. t. 25. Exot.
bot. ii. t. 84. Sot. repos. t. 400. — Metrosideros gummifera
Gozrtn. i. t. 34. f. 1. — New Holland.

Leaves with very minute and numerous little dots, ovate-lanceolate,
with long tapering points, narrowed to the base, with a vein next the
margin. Flowers umbellate, on a compressed peduncle rather longer
than the petiole. Lid conical, taper, leathery, twice as long as the
capsule. — Bark so extremely astringent as to yield a concrete juice
resembling Kino, and sold as such.

159. E. robusta Smith in Linn, trans, iii. p. 283. often con-
tains large cavities in its stem, between the annual concentric
circles of wood, filled with a most beautiful red or rich vermilion
coloured gum.

160. E. mannifera Mudie in med. bot. trans. 1834, p. 211,
in New Holland exudes a saccharine mucous substance resem-
bling manna in action and appearance, but less nauseous. It is
not produced by insects, and only appears in the dry season. Med.
Bot. trans. 1. c. Other species yield a similar secretion at More-
ton Bay and in Van Dieman's Land. Mr. Backhouse says it
coagulates and drops from the leaves in particles often as large
as an almond. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 69.

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BARRINGTONIEiE.

BARRINGTONIEtE.

BARRINGTONIA.

Calyx-tube ovate : limb 2-3-4-partite ; lobes ovate, obtuse,
concave, persistent. Petals 4, coriaceous, attached to the ring
at the base of the stamens. Stamens numerous, in several rows :
filaments filiform, long, distinct, combined at the base into a
short ring, all bearing anthers. Ovary 2-4-celled, surmounted
by an urceolus sheathing the base of the style : ovules 2-6 in
each cell. Style filiform. Stigma simple. Fruit fleshy, more
or less 4-angled, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-celled.
Seed solitary. Embryo large, fleshy, not separable into cotyle-
dons and radicles, formed of 2 concentric homogeneous combined
layers. — Trees. Leaves crowded about the ends of the branches,
opposite or verticillate, obovate, quite entire or crenated or ser-
rated, without pellucid dots. Flowers racemose. W. and. A.

161. B. racemosa Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 634. DC.prodr. iii. 288.
W. and Am. i. 333. — Eugenia racemosa Linn. sp. 673. Sam-
stravadi Rheede iv. t. 6. Stravadium racemosum Jussieu. —
Jungle of Malabar.

Leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, serrulated or crenulated. Flowers
(large) forming a long pendulous raceme; pedicels scarcely so long as
the flower, with a single bract at the base. Calyx 2-3-cleft. Ovary
2-celled ; ovules attached to the middle of the dissepiment. Fruit
ovate, bluntly Wangled ; endocarp scarcely separating from the epicarp.
W. and A. — Root slightly bitter but not unpleasant. It is considered
by the Hindoo doctors valuable on account of its aperient, deobstruent,
and cooling properties. The bark is reputed to possess properties
similar to those of Cinchona. Ainslie.

GUSTAVIA.

Tube of the calyx turbinate ; the limb entire or 4-6-8-lobed.
Petals 4-6-8, ovate, nearly equal. Stamens 00, monadelphous
at the base, and somewhat adnate to the claws of the petals.
Ovary 4-6-celled ; ovules numerous ; style short ; stigma obtuse.
Capsules ovate or subglobose, 3-6-celled, coriaceous, indehi-
scent, with an umbilicated eye, formed of the remains of the calyx.
Seeds a few in each cell, ovate, with a coriaceous integument,
suspended by a long plaited cord to a central column. Embryo
fleshy ; cotyledons 2, large, equal, plano-convex ; radicle obtuse,
scarcely prominent. — Trees. Leaves alternate, large, not dot-
ted, serrated or entire, smooth. Racemes terminal, few-flowered.
Flowers white, showy, with a pair of bracts. DC.

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GUSTAVIA.

162. G. speciosa Z>C. prodr. iii. 289. — Pirigara speciosa
HBK. 7. 200. — Near Maraquita in New Granada. (Chupa.)

Petals 6. Calyx nearly entire, together with the pedicels and ovary
downy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base,
entire, coriaceous. — Introduced here for its singular effects upon the
constitution. According to Humboldt and Bonpland children are very
fond of the fruit, and become quite yellow after eating it, but in 24-48
hours they regain their natural colour without any remedy. This is
singular enough ; but is improved in Mr. Burnett's Outlines of
Botany where it is asserted, by some strange mistake, that " after it
remains for 24 or 48 hours, nothing can erase the colour ! "

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CORNACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 49.
CORNUS.

Calyx with a very small 4-toothed limb. Petals 4, oblong, ses-
sile. Stamens 4. Style 1. Drupe baccate, marked with traces of
a calyx. Stone 2-celled, rarely 3-celled. Seeds solitary pendu-
lous. Albumen fleshy. Radicle of the embryo shorter than
the cotyledons.

163. C. florida Linn. sp. pi. 171. Bot. Mag. t. 526. Mich,
arbres forestiers iii. 138. Bigelow med. bot. ii. t. 28. DC.
prodr. iv. 273. — Moist forests in the United States, especially
on the borders of swamps.

Wood very compact, covered with a rough broken bark. Branches
smooth, covered with a reddish bark, marked with rings at the place of
the former leaves. Leaves small at the flowering time, opposite, pe-
tioled, oval, acute, entire, nearly smooth, paler beneath, and marked,
as in others of the genus, with strong parallel veins. Flowers, very
small, in heads or sessile umbels, upon peduncles an inch or more in
length, surrounded by a large spreading involucre, constituting the
chief beauty of the tree when in flower. Involucre composed of 4
white, nerved, obovate leaves, having their point turned abruptly down
or up, so as to give them an obcordate appearance. Calyx superior,
somewhat bell-shaped, ending in 4 obtuse spreading teeth. Petals 4,
oblong, obtuse, reflexed. Stamens 4, erect ; anthers oblong, with the
filaments inserted in their middle. Style erect, shorter than the
stamens, with an obtuse stigma. Fruit an oval drupe of a glossy
scarlet colour, containing a nucleus with 2 cells and 2 seeds. — Bark
a powerful bitter, with an astringent and somewhat aromatic taste. It
acts as a tonic, astringent and antiseptic, approaching Cinchona in its
general effects, and not inferior to it in the cure of intermittents.
Bigelow. The young branches stripped of their bark, and rubbed with
their ends against the teeth, render them extremely white. From the
bark of the roots the Indians extract a good scarlet colour. Barton.

164. C. sericea L'herit. corn. No. vi. t. 2. DC. prodr. iv. 272.
— C. caerulea Lam. diet. ii. 116. C. lanuginosa Mich. fl. bor.
amer. i. 92. — Moist woods in the United States.

A shrub. Branches spreading ; twigs downy. Leaves ovate acu-
^minate, with a brown silky down underneath. Corymbs depressed,
downy. Drupes globose, blue ; stone compressed. — Said to be one
of the best tonics in North America, nothing having been found in the
United States that so effectually answers the purpose of Peruvian Bark
in intermittent fevers. Barton.

81 G

CORNACEjE.

165. C. circinata L'Herit. corn. No. 8, has been recommended
in diarrhoea.

166. C. suecica Linn. sp. 172, is reputed to have tonic ber-
ries which increase the appetite, whence its Highland name
Lus-a-chrasis or plant of gluttony. Burnett.

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CUCURBITACEjE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 51.
FEUILLEA.

Flowers dioecious. $ . Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle.
Petals 5, somewhat united at base. Stamens 5, or 10, half being
sterile ; anthers 2-celled, double. $ . Calyx with a 5-cleft limb.
Petals 5, distinct, oblong. Sterile stamens 5, occasionally alter-
nate with the petals. Styles 3, with broad bluntly bifid stigmas.
Fruit globose, fleshy, with a circular scar round the middle, and
5 other scars ; 3-celled, with a solid rind, and a central fleshy
3-cornered axis. Ovules numerous, standing erect upon the axis.

— Tropical American herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate,
stalked, cordate, smooth. Flowers small. Seeds oily, bitter.

167. F. trilobata Linn, sp.pl. ed. 1. 101 L DC.prodr. iii. 298.

— F. scandens |3 Linn. sp. pi. ed. ii. 1457- F. hederacea Poir.
diet. iv. 419. Ghandirhoba or Nhandirhoba Marcgr. Bras. 46. ic.
irif. — Brazil.

Leaves somewhat glandular on both sides, 3-parted or 3-fid, the
lobes of the lower ones obtuse, of the upper acute. — The bitter seeds
of this and the following are asserted by Drapiez to be a powerful
antidote against vegetable poisons. Ed. P. J. iv. 221. They purge and
vomit with rapidity.

168. F. cordifolia Poir. diet. iv. 418. DC. prodr. iii. 298.

— F. hederacea Turp in diet. sc. nat. ic. F. scandens Linn. sp. pi.
1457 West India islands.

Leaves without glands, cordate, acuminate, undivided or somewhat
3-lobed, rather serrated.

LAGENARIA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, with subulate or
broadish segments shorter than the tube. Corolla white ; petals
obovate, spreading below the edge of the calyx* $ . Stamens
5, triadelphous, the 5th distinct. ? . Stigmas 3, subsessile,
thick, 2-lobed, granulated. Fruit 3-5 ? celled. Seeds obovate,
compressed, tumid at the margin, 2-lobed at the apex.

169. L. vulgaris Seringe in DC. prodr. iii. 299 Cucurbita

lagenaria Linn. sp. pi. 1434. Belaschora Rheede. viii. t. 1

East Indies. (Bottle gourd.)

The whole plant with a musky scent, and soft with down. Stem
climbing ; tendrils 3-4 cleft. Leaves cordate, entire, downy, somewhat
glaucous, with 2 glands at the base. Flowers stellated, very spreading
83 g 2

CUCURBITACEiE.

clustered. Anthers with their connective covered by oblong ovate
acute papilla?. Fruit downy, smooth, tapered into a long slender stalk
above the insertion of the calyx. — In the wild state this plant pro-
duces poisonous fruit. Some sailors died at one of our outports a few
years since from drinking beer that had been standing in a flask made
of a bottle gourd. Dr. Koyle says that he learned from a very respect-
able and intelligent native doctor attached to the gaol hospital at Sa-
harumpore that he had seen a case of poisoning from eating of the
bitter pulp, in which the symptoms were those of cholera.

CUCUMIS.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx tubular-campanulate, with subu-
late segments scarcely the length of the tube. Petals scarcely
adhering to each other. $ . Stamens 5, triadelphous.
2- Stigmas 3, thick, 2-parted. Fruit 3-6- celled: seeds com-
pressed, ovate, not tumid at the edge.

170. C. utilissimus Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 721. — Higher cultivated
lands of Bengal.

An annual. Stems exactly as in the common cucumber, but not
quite so extensive. Tendrils simple. Leaves broad-cordate, generally
more or less 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, toothletted ; above pretty smooth,
below scabrous, the largest generally about 6 inches each way. Floral
leaves of the female flowers sessile, and very small. Male flowers
axillary, peduncled, crowded, but opening in succession. Female flow-
ers axillary, peduncled, solitary ; both sorts yellow, about an inch or an
inch and a half in diameter. Fruit fleshy, generally a very perfect oval ;
when young, downy and clouded with lighter and darker green ; when
ripe, perfectly smooth, variegated with deeper and lighter yellow; from
4 to 6 inches long, and from 3 to 4 in diameter. — The powder of the
toasted seeds is said to be a powerful diuretic, and serviceable in pro-
moting the passage of sand or gravel. Roxb.

171. C. Colocynthis Linn, sp.pl. 1435. DC. prodr. iii. 302.
Woodv. t. 1 75. S. and C. iii. t. 1 38. — Ko\okw8i<; Diosc. —
Common on the sandy lands of Coromandel, in Egypt, Palestine,
Turkey, and all the islands of the Grecian Archipelago.

Stem prostrate, hispid. Leaves cordate, ovate, many-lobed, white
with hairs beneath : the lobes obtuse ; petioles as long as the lamina.
Tendrils short. Flowers axillary, solitary stalked ; females, with the
tube of the calyx globose, and somewhat hispid, the limb campanulate
with narrow segments. Petals small. Fruit globose, smooth, size of
an orange, yellow when ripe, with a thin solid rind, and a very bitter
flesh. — The fruit contains the intensely bitter resinoid called Colo-
cynthin; it is very acrid, and a considerable number of severe cases of
poisoning have occurred in the human subject. Nevertheless in com-
bination with other substances, the extract is one of the commonest of
cathartics.

172. C. Hardwickii Royle Illustr. 220. t. 47. f. 3. a. —
Foot of the Himalaya, and called " Puharee indrayun" or hill
colocynth.

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CUCUMIS.

Stems slender, climbing, very scabrous, with white, frequently hair-
bearing glands. Leaves cordate, acuminate, somewhat 5-lobed, or
5-angled ; angles acute; upper surface very hairy, under less so, margins
undulately crenate, minutely toothed. Male flowers 1 or 2 together ;
female solitary. Calyx of each very hairy. — Fruit oval, oblong,
rounded at both ends, from 2-3 inches long, and about half as broad,
marked with narrow white stripes ; flesh very bitter. Royle. — Similar
in quality to Colocynth.

173. C. pseudo-colocynthis Boyle Illustr. 220. t. 47. f. 2.b. —
Plains of northern India, where it is called " Indrayun " and
" Bisloombha."

Stems slender, prostrate and radiating, very scabrous. Leaves sca-
brous on both sides, with white gland-like hair-bearing tubercles,
5-lobed ; lobes as well as the angles rounded, the former slightly toothed,
the terminal one broader, cuneate, subdivided into 3 smaller lobules.
Male flowers generally solitary, as are the female, and long peduncled.
Calyx tube oblong, hispid ; segments narrow, linear, and pointed. Fruit
oblong and smooth, marked with 8 broad stripes. Flesh very bitter.
Royle. — Substituted in Northern India for the true Colocynth.

LUFF A.

$ . Flowers panicled, yellow. Tube of calyx hemi-
spherical ; segments longer than the tube. Petals distinct,
dropping off by the base. Stamens 5, distinct, anthers very
wavy. 5. Flowers solitary. Tube of calyx oblong-clavate ;
segments shorter than the tube. Stamens abortive. Stigmas
reniform. Gourd ovate, 3-celled, fibrous internally, opercu-
late.

174. L. amara Roxb.fl. ind.iii.7l5. — Cucumis indicus, &c.
Pluk. t. 172. f. 1. — Hedges and dry uncultivated places in the
East Indies.

Steins several, slender, running to a great extent, but with few
branches, pretty smooth, 5-sided. Tendrils 3-cleft. Leaves slightly
5-7-lobed, rough ; stipules axillary, solitary, cordate, with glandular
marks on one side. Male flowers pretty large, yellow, on long, erect,
axillary racemes ; the pedicels with a glandular bract near the base, and
articulated a little above it. Female flowers rather larger, axillary,
solitary, peduncled. • Fruit oblong, 3 or 4 inches long, and 1 in dia-
meter, tapering equally towards each end, 10-angled, when ripe dry,
gray, and filled with dry fibres ; the operculum deciduous. Seeds
blackish gray, with elevated minute black dots. — Every part extremely
bitter. Fruit violently cathartic and emetic. Juice of roasted young
fruit applied to the temples by the natives of India to cure headach.
Ripe seeds, either in infusion or substance used by them to vomit and
purge.

175. L. Bindaal Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 717. — Hindostan.

Dioecious, climbing. Leaves 5-angled, toothed. Male flowers in
racemes. Females solitary. Fruit round, echinate, with long firm

85 g 3

CUCURBITACE^.

straight ciliate bristles. — Considered in Northern India a powerful
drastic in cases of dropsy. Royle.

BRYONIA.

Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Petals hardly united at the
b se. $ . Calyx 5-toothed. Stamens 3-adelphous ; anthers
flexuose. ? . Style 3-fid. Fruit ovate or globose, smooth,
few-seeded. Seeds ovate, scarcely compressed, more or less
edged. Tendrils simple, seldom forked.

176. B. rostrata Rottl. n. act. berol. iv. 212. DC. prodr.
iii. 304. — Tranquebar.

Stem filiform, furrowed. Leaves cordate, obtuse, toothletted, sca-
brous. Peduncles axillary, solitary. Fruit ovate, angular, acuminate.
— Root prescribed in India as an astringent and emollient poultice in
cases of piles. It is also used as a demulcent in form of powder.
Ainslie.

177. B. alba Linn. sp. 621. Blackw. herb. t. 533. Lam, illustr.
t. 796. DC. prodr. iii. 307. — Vineyards and woods in the
middle and South of Europe.

Root large, fleshy, white. Stem climbing. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed,
angular, toothed, bristly with callosities on both sides. Flowers race-
mose, monoecious. Berries black. — Properties like those of the next
species.

178. B. dioi'ca Jacq.fl. austr. t. 199. E. Bot. t. 439. Millie.
t. 71. S. and C. i. t. 64. — B. alba Woodv. t. 189. — Common
in hedges. (Bryony ; Wild vine.)

Root large, long, fleshy, white. Stems annual, scabrous, scrambling
among bushes by aid of their tendrils. Leaves 3-4 inches broad, with
5 angular lobes, rough all over with minute callosities. Flowers white
with green veins, on panicled axillary stalks, male on one plant, female
on another, when young but when old becoming monoecious. Berries
small, scarlet, fetid when bruised. — Root acrid and purgative, owing
to the presence of an extractive matter called Bryonine. It produces
violent vomiting and purging, tormina, profuse watery evacuations, and
fainting. It is not admitted into the British pharmacopoeias, but is a
frequent instrument in the practice of quack doctors in the country.
Burnett says it is sold in Covent Garden market as a discutient to
remove the bruise of a blackened eye. Withering considers it one of
the best cathartic medicines for horned cattle.

MOMORDICA.
Flowers monoecious, yellow or white. $ . Calyx 5-cleft,
with a very short tube. Corolla 5-parted. Stamens triadel-
phous ; with connate anthers. % , Filaments 3, sterile.
Style 3-fid. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit opening with elasticity when
ripe. Seeds compressed, reticulated.

179. M. Elaterium Linn sp. pi. 1434. Bot. mag. t. 1914.
Blackto. herb. t. 108. S. and C. i. t. 34. — 2jku? crypto; Dioscor.
Ecbalium officinale N. and E. handb. iii. 101. — South of Europe.

86

MOMADRIA.

Hispid, scabrous, glaucous. Stem prostrate, without tendrils. Leaves
cordate, somewhat lobed, crenate-toothed, very rugose, on long stalks.
Fruit oblong, obtuse at each end, hispid, disarticulating from its stalk
with violence and expelling its seeds and mucus with considerable
force in consequence of the sudden contraction of the sides. — Elate-
rium, a substance obtained from the juice surrounding the seeds of this
plant is so powerful a poison that a single grain has been known to act
violently on man ; but its strength and effects are uncertain. It is
used in practice in the form of an extract, as a violent cathartic and
hydragogue. Dr. Christison quotes a case of a medical man in Paris,
who, after carrying a specimen to his lodgings in his hat was seized in
half an hour with acute pain &c. in his head succeeded by colic pains,
fixed pains in the stomach, frequent watery purging, bilious vomiting,
and some fever.

180. M. Balsamina Linn. sp. 1453 is supposed to be the plant
called Neurosperma cuspidata by Rafinesque, tbe fruit of which
is said to be a dangerous poison, but in moderate doses to act as
a powerful hydragogue.

181. M. operculata Linn. sp. 1433. DC. prodr. iii. 311.
Comm. rar. 22. t. 22. — South America ; common on the coast
of Essequibo.

1 Leaves 5-lobed, toothed. Fruit elliptical, angular, tuberculated, with
a deciduous rostrum-like lid, green, dry internally, and divided into 3
cells by a plexus of entangled fibres. Seeds compressed, black. —
One of the bitterest of all known substances. Hancock in Med. hot.
trans. 1829. p. 12.

MELOTHRIA.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx 5-toothed- Corolla campa-
nulate ; petals ciliated or toothed, not fringed. Filaments 5,
triadelphous. J. Style 1. Stigmas 3, fringed. Fruit 3-celled,
many-seeded.

182. M. pendula Linn, sp.pl. 49. Lam. illustr. t. 28. f. 3.
DC. prodr. iii. 313. — South America.

Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, toothed. Tendrils simple. Female flowers
solitary, on long stalks. Corolla somewhat hairy, toothletted. Fruits
small, ovate, roundish, pendulous. — Extremely drastic. Four ripe fruits
will purge a horse. N. and E.

TRICHOSANTHES.

Flowers monoecious, white. $ . Calyx somewhat clavate,
5-parted : lobes setaceous, appendiculate, with 5 exterior teeth
alternating with the lobes. Corolla 5-parted, ciliated. Stamens
3 ; anthers combined, their cells very wavy. $ . Calyx
5-toothed. Corolla 5-parted, with a lacerated fringed margin.
Style 3-fid ; stigmas oblong, subulate. Fruit oblong, 3-9-celled.

183. T. palmata ~Roxh.fi. ind. iii. 704. — Forests of India.

87 g 4

CUCURBIT ACE

Stem angular, very long, running over the highest trees, covered with
gray scabrous somewhat corky bark; the young green parts smooth.
Tendrils 3-cleft. Leaves petioled, generally palmate, though some-
times only from 3- to 5-lobed ; divisions acute, slightly serrate, from 3-
to 5-nerved, smooth, having frequently several round, glandular, hollow
spots on the under side. Petioles channelled. Stipules single, small,
axillary. Male flowers racemed, large, white, most beautifully fringed
with long, white, ramous filaments. Racemes axillary, longer than the
leaves. Bracts solitary, 1-flowered, oval, fringed, covered on the out-
side with dark green glandular spots. Female flowers generally
axillary, peduncled, though sometimes racemose also. Fruit globular,
smooth, of the size of a small orange, when ripe of a bright deep red,
replete with a dirty looking, dark greenish, soft pulp, in which the
seeds nestle. — Fruit reckoned poisonous. Roxb. Pounded small and
intimately blended with warm cocoa nut oil, it is considered a valuable
application in India for cleansing and healing the offensive sores that
sometimes form inside the ears. It is also supposed to be a useful
remedy poured up the nostrils, in cases of ozaena. Ainslie.

184. T. amara Linn. sp. pi. 1432. DC. prodr. iii. 315. —
Plumier descr. pi. amer. t. 1 00. — St. Domingo.

Stem taper, smooth. Tendrils simple. Leaves cordate, somewhat
triangular, sinuated, rough with dots, stalked. Female flowers solitary,
with peduncles longer than the leaves. Calyx long, tubular, with
lanceolate acute segments. Petals ovate, roundish, fringed. Fruit
obovate-oblong, 9-celled, green, with longitudinal white lines ; flesh
white, bitter. — Seeds bitter and astringent ; sometimes emetic. Martins.

185. T. villosa Blum bijdr. 934. DC. prodr. iii. 314. —
Java.

Leaves cordate, tricuspidate, obsoletely toothletted, villous. Pedun-
cles ]-flowered. Gourds roundish, with white streaks. — Fruit acts
like Colocynth. N. and E.

186. T. cordata Roxb.Jl. ind. iii. 703. — Boomee-Koomura of
the Hindoos near the mouth of the river Megna, where the plant
grows wild.

Root tuberous, perennial, growing to the size of a man's head.
Stems herbaceous, climbing to the length of some fathoms, 5-sided,
villous, or even somewhat scabrous when old. Tendrils opposite,
3-cleft. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate and cordate-lobate, finely
dentate, villous on both sides, about 6 inches each way. Petioles
channelled, a little hairy, scarcely half the length of the leaves.
Male raceme, axillary, solitary, as long the leaves. Bracts alter-
nate, sessile, cuneate, oblong, acute, serrulate, 1-flowered. Flowers
large, white, the fringe of the segments coarser than in the other species.
Female flowers axillary, solitary, short-peduncled. Gourd spherical,
of the size of an orange, and of nearly the same colour, only redder,
and, as in T. palmata, which it is much like, the cells and partitions are
very obscure. Seeds numerous, immersed in soft, gelatinous, green
pulp. — Root used by the natives of India as a substitute for Calumba
root.

187. T. cucumerina Linn. sp. pi. 1432. Blum Bijdr.
934, Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 702. DC. prodr. iii. 315. — Pada valam
Rhee.de. viii. t. 15. — Hedges in Bengal.

88

TRICHOSANTHUS.

Stem 5-sided, slightly downy. Tendrils 3-cleft. Leaves broad-
cordate, angular, and sometimes lobed, toothed, downy, very various in
size. Male flowers racemose, small, white, beautifully fringed. Racemes
axillary, erect, longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Female flowers
axillary, solitary, short-peduncled, like the male ones. Fruit oval, or
oblong, pointed, from 1 to 4 inches long, and from 1 inch to 1§ inch in
diameter, till ripe striated with white and green, when ripe red. Seeds
involved in a red pulp, lobed. — The fruit is reckoned in India an
anthelmintic.

MURICIA.

Monoecious. Sepals 5, enclosed in an ample undivided 1-flower-
ed spatha, subulate, striated, coloured, united at the base.
Corolla campanulate ; petals 5, ovate lanceolate, ribbed. Stamens
5, triadelphous and syngenesious. Style 1 ; stigmas 3, sagittate,
horizontal. Berry muricated, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds
orbicular, large, reticulated, warted at the edge.

188. M. cochinchinensis Lour. fl. coch. 596. DC. prodr.
iii. 318. — China and Cochinchina.

A large shrub. Stem thick, woody, climbing, with solitary tendrils.
Leaves 5-lobed, toothed, smooth, stalked ; the 3 upper lobes acuminate,
the 2 lower rather blunt and short. Flower lateral, solitary, pale
yellow, on a long stalk. Berry large, reddish purple both ^inside and
outside, scentless, insipid. — Seeds and leaves abstergent and aperient ;
employed by the Chinese in obstructions of the liver, tumours, and
malignant ulcers. Externally employed in fractures and dislocations &c.

*#* Von Martius states in his Travels in Brazil, Eng. ed. ii. 101.
that the seeds of a climbing plant, with large berries, perhaps akin to
Feuillsea, which are known by the name of Castanhos do Sobota, are
given pounded, in doses of 2 or 3 drachms, in dyspepsy, and weakness
of the organs of digestion.

BRASSICACE^E, or CRUCIFERiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 58.

COCHLEARIA.

Calyx spreading, equal at the base ; sepals concave. Petals
obovate, obtuse. Stamens not toothed. Silicle globose ovate
or oblong ; dissepiment thin ; valves ventricose thickish ; cells
seldom 2-seeded, usually many-seeded. Style very short. Seeds
not bordered. Cotyledons flat, accumbent. (0=)

189. C. officinalis Linn, sp.pl. 903. Eng. Bot. t. 551. Woodv.
i. t. 29. DC. prodr. i. 173. — C. renifolia Stokes bot. mat. med.
iii. 435. — Sea coast of the north of Europe; also in moun-
tainous wet situations. (Scurvy grass.)

Herbage smooth, bright green, many-stemmed, branched. Radical
leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, bluntly cordate at base, somewhat
toothed ; cauline ovate, sessile, amplexicaul, coarsely toothed, almost
incised. Racemes terminal. Pedicels 4-5 lines long. Silicles ovate,
globose, 2-3 lines long, twice as short as their pedicels, with a broad
ovate partition. — Once in great repute as an antiscorbutic. It is
stimulant and diuretic if eaten fresh, but becomes inert when dried.

190. C. Armoracia Linn. sp. pi. 904. Woodv. iii. t. 150.
Eng. Bot. t. 2223. DC. prodr. i. 173. S. and C. ii. t. 114. —
Va(pavi; aypia. Dioscorid. — Watery, somewhat mountainous parts
of Europe. (Horseradish.)

Root white, taper, thick, long, very tenacious of life, acrid. Stems
erect, about 2 feet high, branched at the top ; those branches which
flower corymbose, smooth, angular. Radical leaves stalked, very large,
oblong, crenated, veiny ; cauline sessile, smaller, the lower pinnatifid,
pectinate, with entire or somewhat toothed obtuse lobes, the upper
long lanceolate, toothed, or entire. Flowers white. Catyx spreading.
Silicles elliptical, usually abortive. — The root is stimulant, diaphoretic,
and diuretic, and externally rubefacient. It is used in paralysis, rheuma-
tism, dropsy, and some cutaneous affections. A syrup made with a con-
centrated infusion of it, removes hoarseness arising from- relaxation.
Thomson. Steeped in cold milk it is said to form one of the best
cosmetics Burnett.

CARD AMINE.

Calyx closed or somewhat spreading, equal at the base. Pe-
tals unguiculate, entire. Stamens distinct, not toothed. Pod
sessile, linear, compressed, with flat nerveless valves rather nar-
rower than the thickened dissepiment, and often separating with
elasticity ; style short or 0 ; stigma nearly simple. Seeds
ovate, in 1 row, not bordered. Umbilical cords slender. (0 = )
91

BRASSICACEjE OR CRUCIFERiE.

191. C. pratensis Linn. sp. pi. 915. Eng. Bot. t. 776. Woodv.
t. 30. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 189. DC. syst. ii. 256. — Common
in meadows, on damp commons, and by the side of water.

Root tuberous, somewhat toothed- Herbage bright shining green,
hairless or nearly so. Stem about a foot high. Radical leaves pin-
nated, on long stalks ; leaflets in one or more pairs, rounded, wavy,
cordate, angular or toothed, the terminal one much the largest ; leaves
of the stem with much narrower and more numerous subdivisions
which are usually linear and entire. Flowers pale lilac or almost white,
rather large, corymbose. Petals toothed on their unguis. — Said to
be stimulant, diaphoretic and diuretic. The dried flowers have been a
popular remedy for epilepsy in children.

SINAP1S.

Calyx equal at base, spreading. Petals obovate. Stamens
distinct, entire. Silique tapering, 2-celled, 2-valved ; cells
many-seeded ; valves concave, or keeled with a central nerve ;
style either short and acute, or rostrate subulate conical or
ensiform, seedless or 1-seeded. Seeds l-rowed,globose. (0> >)

192. S. nigra Linn. sp. pi. 933. Eng. Bot. t. 969. Woodv.
iii. t. 151. DC. prodr. i. 21. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 222. —
N<2ot Hippocrat. — Fields and banks all over Europe. (Common
Mustard.)

An annual about 2 feet high, rough with hispid hairs. Lower leaves
large, lyrate, rough, lobed, toothed ; the upper narrower, stalked and
smooth. Calyx yellowish, spreading. Petals yellow, obovate. Pods
small, bluntly quadrangular, nearly even and smooth, pressed close to
the peduncle ; tipped by a small short style, but wholly destitute of the
long sword-like beak of other species. Seeds blackish brown, veined,
round. — Seeds adHd, stimulating, and bitter. The oil is purgative,
and has been proposed as a rubefacient in paralysis, and as a vesicant.
The distilled water has been used against the itch. The flour forms
an useful local irritant in the form of a poultice.

193. S. chinensis Linn. mant. 95. DC. prodr. i. 219. —
China.

Stem erect, furrowed. Lower leaves stalked, smooth, or hispid on
the ribs underneath, slashed, pinnatifid ; the lower lobes deeper, shorter,
obtuse ; the upper more deeply pinnatifid, less stalked, with acuminate
entire, or somewhat toothed lobes. Racemes erect. Pedicels filiform,
C lines long, erect. Young siliques smooth, pointed with the style. —
Seeds considered by Mahometan and Hindoo practitioners stimulant,
stomachic and laxative.

194. S. alba Linn. sp. pi. 933. Fl. lond. t. 4-6. Eng. bot.
t. 1677. DC. prodr. i. 220. S. and C. I t. 42. — Hedges and
fields in most parts of Europe. (White Mustard.)

Stem smooth or but little hairy. Leaves almost always smooth,
lyrate, pinnatifid ; the lower lobes oblong and deeper, the terminal
larger, all either acute or obtusely sinuate-toothed, or acutely toothed.
Flowers yellow. Silique with a horn which is compressed, ensiform,

92

SINAPIS.

3-nerved, smooth or somewhat hispid, occasionally 1-seeded at the
base, ovate-oblong, knotted, hispid, 2-4-seeded on each side. Seeds
large, pale. — Seeds powerfully acrid and pungent; employed in the
state of flour in the composition of common table mustard ; used in
their entire state as stimulating cathartics. Ulceration of the intestines
has however been produced by the use of them, when they have
lodged in the vermiform appendix of the ccecum.

ERUCA.

Calyx erect. Petals obovate. Stamens distinct, not toothed.
Silique oval oblong, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves concave, smooth,
with an ensiform seedless beak, scarcely shorter than the valves.
Seeds globose. (0> >).

195. E. sativa Linn, sp.pl. 932. Fl. grcec. t. 646 and 647.
DC.prodr. i. 223. — Eruca herba Pliny. Ev^co/mv Dioscorid.
— Fields and waste places in the south of Europe. (Garden
Ilocket.)

Leaves lyrate, pinnatifid, with toothed acute lobes. Stem hirsute.
Pedicels shorter than the deciduous calyx. Petals white, or pale yellow,
with very dark veins, retuse, or somewhat emarginate. — The yellowish
brown seeds may be substituted for mustard, but are less pungent.

RAPHANUS.

Calyx erect, somewhat 2-bagged at the base. Petals ungui-
culate, obovate or obcordate. Stamens without teeth, distinct.
Silicle taper, pointed by a conical style, valveless, coriaceous, or
corky, 2-celled, or 1-celled in consequence of the partition dis-
appearing, either continuous or strangulated. Seeds 1-rowed,
globose, pendulous. (0> > )

196. R. sativus Linn. sp. pi. 935. Lam. illustr. t. 566. DC.
prodr. i. 228. — Pa^avi? Dioscorid. Rhaphanus Pliny. — China,
Japan, and the west of Asia. (Radish).

A common and very variable plant in gardens ; the roots long or
round, tender or hard and tough, red, purple, white or blackish gray,
delicate or pungent. Leaves more or less hispid, lyrate, angular,
rather fleshy. Flowers pale lilac. Siliques taper, torose, acuminate,
scarcely longer than the pedicel. — Seeds are mentioned by Von Mar-
tius as emetic. The roots are said to be diuretic and laxative ; the
expressed juice is sometimes used on the Continent.

93

CAPPARIDACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 61.
CAPPARIS.

Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Torus small. Stipes of the ovary
slender. Stamens numerous. Fruit siliquose, somewhat bac-
cate, stipitate.

197. C. spinosa Linn, sp.pl. 720. Blackw. herb. ,t. 417. —
Rocks walls and cliffs in the most southern parts of Europe ;
and in the Levant. (Caper.)

Stem half shrubby, trailing, purple, smooth. Leaves ovate, often
emarginate, flat, quite smooth, with a short stalk. Stipules straight,
spiny. Flowers solitary, axillary, with slender peduncles much longer
than the petioles. Sepals 4, spreading, oblong, obtuse, concave, imbri-
cated. Petals 4, large, white, emarginate, downy at the base, 2 adher-
ing to each other more than the others. Stamens numerous, hypogy-
nous, with long filiform filaments. Ovary oblong, deep rich crimson, on
the apex of a slender stipe as long as the stamens, having a white ovate
gland at its base ; 1-celled, with 7-8 projecting placentae, almost touch-
ing in the middle, and covered by numerous ovules. Stigma round,
sessile, concave, entire. Fruit oblong, knotty, filled with firm pulp in
which the seeds lie in as many rows as there were previously placentae.
Seeds reniform, smooth ; embryo reniform, white, destitute of albumen,
with two obovate plano-convex cotyledons. — The young flower buds
are the capers of the shops ; they are esteemed antiscorbutic, stimulant,
and aperient ; the bark of the root passes for a diuretic.

198. C. pulcherrima Jacq. amer. t. 106. DC. prodr.
i. 250. — C. arborescens Mill. diet. No. 3. — Carthagena.

Leaves smooth, oblong, obtuse, with very short stalks, destitute of
glands in the axils. Raceme terminal, simple. Sepals somewhat
linear, acute, reflexed, distant at the base. Petals cream coloured,
downy, oblong. Fruit roundish, somewhat pointed by the style. —
A poisonous fruit, called Fruta de Burro near Carthagena, is supposed
to belong to this or an allied species.

199. C. cynophallophora Linn. sp. 721. An infusion of the
acrid root has been recommended as a specific in dropsy.

POLANISIA.

Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4. Stamens 8-32. Torus small.
Silique sessile within the calyx, or hardly stipitate, terminated
by a distinct style.

200. P. icosandra Wight and Am. prodr. jl. ind. or. i. 22. —
P. viscosa /3. DC. prodr. i. 242. Cleome icosandra and dode-
candra Linn. sp. pi. 939. C. viscosa Linn. sp. 938. Burm,

94

POLANISIA.

fl. zeylan. t. 99. — Among rubbish and by the sides of walls
in the East Indies.

Stem covered with viscid glandular hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ;
leaflets obovate cuneate or oblong, pubescent, scarcely longer than the
petiole. Stamens about 20. Silique terete, striated, rough with glan-
dular hairs, sessile, acuminated. W. and A. — Used in Cochin China
as a counter-irritant, in the same same way as sinapisms in Europe,
and as a vesicant. The root is used as a vermifuge in the United
States.

CRAT.EVA.

Sepals 4. Petals 4, unguiculate, larger than the calyx ; not
closing over the stamens during aestivation. Stamens 8-28.
Torus elongated or hemispherical. Berry stalked, between
ovate and globose, pulpy within ; pericarp thin. W. and A.

201. C. gynandra Linn, sp.pl. 636. DC. prodr. i. 243. —
Thickets in Jamaica. (Garlick Pear.)

Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, acute. Stamens 20-24, longer
than the petals, inserted upon a cylindrical torus. Berry ovate. — Bark
of the root said to blister like cantharides.

202. C. Tapia Linn. sp. pi. 637. DC. prodr. i. 243. Mac-
fady.fl.jam. i. 37- — (Piso t. 69. Comm. hort. i. t. 67.) — West
Indies.

A tree about 20 feet high. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broad, ovate,
acuminate. Raceme terminal, corymbose when young. Flowers on
long stalks, purplish. Sepals spreading, deciduous. Petals about 1 inch
long, rounded at the apex. Stamens 8-16, declinate, about 3 times
as long as the petals. Stipe of the ovary as long as the stamens ;
stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, size of a small orange. — Bark
bitter and tonic, and has been used in the cure of intermittent fevers.
Burnett.

95

VIOLACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. ^.63.
VIOLA.

Sepals 5, unequal, prolonged into appendages at the base.
Corolla unequal, 2-lipped, of 5 petals, the lower calcarate. Sta-
mens 5, hypogynous, syngenesious, unequal ; the 2 anterior
having anthers that are often calcarate. Capsule bursting with
elasticity, many-seeded, 3-valved. — Herbaceous plants.

203. V. odorata Linn. sp. pi. 1324. Eng. Bot. t. 619. DC.

prodr. i. 296. S. and C. i. t. 29 Common in groves and

shady places all over the North of Europe and Asia, as far as
Japan.

Runners flagelliform. Leaves roundish cordate. Sepals ovate
obtuse. Petals blue, or white, sweet scented ; spur very blunt. Stigma
hooked, naked. Capsules turgid, hairy. Seeds turbinate, pallid. —
Petals used as a laxative for children, one drachm of which operates
pretty freely ; the seeds possess similar properties ; the root is emetic
and purgative. The aqueous tincture of the flowers is a useful chemi-
cal test : uncombined acids changing the blue to red and alkalis to
green. The Romans had a wine made of violet flowers, and it is said
they are still used in the preparations of the Grand Signior's sherbet.
By some the flowers are considered anodyne ; they certainly produce
faintness and giddiness in some constitutions as I have witnessed. Tril-
ler mentions a case in which they produced apoplexy. Pereira.

204. V. canina Linn, sp.pl. 1324. Eng. Bot. t. 620. DC.
prodr. i. 298. — Woods, thickets and hedges all over Europe,
Japan, Persia, west coast of America and in the Canaries.

Stem ascending, branched, smooth. Leaves cordate. Stipules acu-
minate, pectinate, finely lacerated. Peduncles smooth. Sepals subulate.
Stigma papillose, somewhat reflexed. Capsule lengthened, with acumi-
nate valves ; seeds pyriform, brown. — Considered a depurative, and
recommended for the removal of cutaneous affections. Root emetic.

205. V. tricolor Linn, sp.pl. 1326. Fl. dan. t. 623. Eng.
Bot. t. 1287. DC. prodr. i. 303. — Fields all over Europe.
Northern Asia and North America. (Heartsease or Pansy.)

Root somewhat fusiform. Stems branched, diffuse. Lower leaves
ovate-cordate; stipules runcinate, pinnatifid, with the middle lobe
crenated. Petals on short stalks ; spur thick, obtuse, not projecting.
Seeds oblong ovate. — When bruised the leaves smell like peach
kernels, hence they have been supposed to contain prussic acid. They
were once esteemed efficacious in the cure of cutaneous disorders, and
are still employed in Italy in tinea capitis.
97 H

VIOLACE^J.

IONIDIUM.

Sepals 5, not prolonged at the base. Corolla unequal, 2-lipped,
consisting of 5 petals, the lowest of which is very large and un-
guiculate. Stamens 5, hypogynous, unequal, the 2 anterior
having anthers that are often appendiculate. Capsule pro-
tected by the permanent sepals, petals and stamens, few or many-
seeded. — Herbaceous plants or shrubs.

206. I. Ipecacuanha Aug. de St.H. plant, us. No. W.pl. remarq.
Bres. p. 307. Bot. Mag. t. 2453. Mart. sp. mat. med. bras.
p. 14. — Viola Itoubu Aubl. guian. ii. 808. t. 318. Ionidium
Itubu HBK. n. g. and sp. v. t. 496. Pombalia Itubu DC.
prodr. i. 307. — Woods of Brazil. (Poaya branca; Poaya da
Praja.)

Leaves alternate, lanceolate-ovate, serrated, acute at each end. Sti-
pules ovate-lanceolate, acute, membranous, ribbed in the middle. Se-
pals semipinnatifid. Lower petal very large, transversely elliptical. —
The roots emetic ; collected as a substitute for true Ipecacuanha. They
are figured in Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. t. 8. f. 15. and 16.

207. I. Poaya Aug. de St. H.pl. us. No. 9. plant, rem. Bres.
p. 308. — Fields in the western parts of Minas Geraes and
elsewhere in Brazil. (Poaya do campo.)

Very shaggy. Stem suffruticose, usually simple. Leaves alternate,
subsessile, ovate, somewhat cordate at base, rather acute, obsoletely
toothed ; stipules linear, scarious, quite entire, hardly perceptible.
Lower petal very large, broadly obcordate. Filaments bearded on the
outside at the apex. Membranous process of the anthers very small. —
Roots emetic, substituted for true Ipecacuanha in Brazil, in the province
of the Mines. A. de St. H.

208. I. microphyllum HBK. nov. gen. v. 374. t. 495. DC.
prodr. i. 310. — Cuichunchulli Bancroft in comp. to Bot. mag.
i. 278. — Quito near the foot of Chimborazo.

Stems somewhat quadrangular, smooth on the angles, downy on the
sides, filiform, erect, apparently not above 1 foot high, if so much. Leaves
all opposite, ovate, wedge-shaped and entire at the base, with 2 or 3 coarse
serratures on each side towards the point, covered sparingly on each
side with short fine down. Stipules membranous, linear-ovate, acuminate,
longer than the very short petioles. Flowers small, axillary, solitary,
erect. Peduncles filiform, slightly downy, twice as long as the leaves.
Sepals ovate, acute, with a little fine down along the middle of the back.
Lip panduriform, that is, unguiculate, roundish, emarginate, with the
claw almost rhomboidal, from the projection of its sides at opposite
points. — Stated to be a specific in Elephantiasis tuberculata, the ' Mai
de San Lazaro" of the Spanish Americans, and " Cocobay " of Jamaica.
Dr. Bancroft, as quoted above, speaks most favourably of its effects in
this miserable disease. Sir W. Hooker considered the specimens of
the plant sent home by Dr. Bancroft to be identical with I. parviflorum
Vent.; what I describe from samples given me by the Hon. W. F.
Strangways under the name of" Cuchunchully de Cuen9a" is obviously
not that species, but I think the same as Humboldt's I. microphyllum,

98

IONIDIUM.

gathered among rocks at Lactacunga in Quito. This latter species
has the leaves all opposite, and the pedicels much longer than the leaves,
in both which circumstances it differs from I. parviflorum.

Along with this Cuchunchully Mr. Strangways received another
sample called Cuchunchully Colorado, which consisted of a very small
quantity of the first, mixed with some Cinchonaceous plant, not in
flower, but very like Mitchella repens, and forming the principal part of
the parcel. Independently of their Botanical distinctions the infusions
of these plants were extremely different; that of the first being a pale
bright amber colour, of the latter a cloudy dull green. Samples of both
these are deposited in the Materia Medica Museums of University
College and King's College London, and were sent to the Medico-
Botanical Society.

These Ioniclia deserve to be attentively studied with reference to
their medicinal properties. In addition to the foregoing the following
have been mentioned as furnishing active principles.

209. I. parviflorum Vent. malm. p. 27. Roots extremely
similar to Ipecacuanha in appearance and properties. Linn.

210. Maytensillo Feuill.fi. chil. iii. p. 41. t. 28, referred by
Sir W. Hooker to the last species, is considered one of the most
sovereign purgatives of Chili.

211. I. brevicaule Mart. 1. c. t. 8. f. 7. and t. 3; a Brazilian
emetic. Powder of the bark of the root, rubbed up with sugar
and milk, furnishes an agreeably sweet medicine.

212. I. urticaefolium Id. t. 4. and t. 9. f. 17. 18. An emetic
of the same country.

SAUVAGESIE^.

SAUVAGESIA.

Calyx deeply 5-parted, permanent, closing over the fruit.
Corolla in 3 sets ; the outer petals 5, ovate or oblong, spreading,
deciduous, the intermediate ones filiform, variable in number
the interior 5 opposite the outer, erect, converging into a tube,'
much smaller. Stamens 5, enclosed within the interior petals',
with which they alternate ; filaments very short. Style subu-
late ; stigma simple, inconspicuous. Capsule enclosed in the
permanent floral organs, more or less deeply 3-valved, many-
seeded. Seeds scrobiculate. — Small under shrubs or herbaceous
plants. Leaves simple, with simply pinnated veins. Stipules
ciliated.

213. S. erecta Linn. sp. pi. 294. Jacq. amer. 77. t. 51. f. 3.
Aug. de St. H. plant, rem. Bres. 63. t. 3. a. — S. erecta, Adima,
nutans, peruviana, geminiflora of authors. — Tropical parts of
99 h 2

SAUVAGESIEjE.

South America, very general. (Yerba de St. Martin, Peruv.
Adima, Yaoba Cayenne.)

Stems suffruticose, often branched, procumbent or erect. Leaves
lanceolate, acute at each end, serrulated. Flowers axillary, solitary,
twin or tern, usually nodding. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, rather
longer than the corolla. Filiform petals very numerous. — Very mu-
cilaginous. It has been used in Brazil for complaints in the eyes, in
Peru for disorders of the bowels, and in the West Indies as a diuretic,
or rather in cases of a slight inflammation of the bladder.

100

SAMYDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 64.
CASEARIA.

Calyx permanent, 4-6-lobed, imbricated. Petals 0. A disk
lining the base of the calyx. Stamens 16-30, sub-monadel-
phous, perigynous, half antheriferous, half sterile and scale-like.
Ovary with 3 parietal placentae, tapering into a simple style,
with a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule between leathery and fleshy,
3-valved. Seeds surrounded by a lacerated aril. — Leaves alter-
nate, stipulate. Flowers axillary, clustered, corymbose, or soli-
tary. Flowers whitish green, rarely pink.

214. C. ulmifolia DC.prodr. ii. 49. Aug. de St. H.fl. bras,
merid. ii. 233. — Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes.
(Marmeleiro do Mato.)

Twigs nearly smooth. Leaves oblong, acuminate, finely serrate,
rather downy. Flowers in short-stalked umbels, somewhat downy.
Fertile stamens 10, rather shorter than the calyx. Styles undivided. —
Believed by the Brazilians to be a valuable remedy against the bite of
serpents ; the leaves are applied to the wound, and an infusion of them
is also taken internally.

215. C. Lingua Aug. de St. H. fi. bras, merid. ii. 236. —
Brazil. (Cha de frade, Lingua de fin.)

Twigs downy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, acu-
minate, serrulate, smoothish. Flowers downy, in sessile umbels
Fertile stamens 10, thrice as short as the calyx. Style trifid. — A
decoction of the leaves administered internally in inflammatory com-
plaints and malignant fevers.

101

h3

MORINGACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 65.
MORINGA.

216. M. aptera Gcertn. ii. 315. DC. prodr. ii. 478. Decaisne
in ann. sc. n. s. iv. 203. t. 6. — M. zeylanica Delile fl. eg. Ba-
lanus myrepsica Belon, obs. 126. (ed. fr. 1553). — Sennaar in
Upper Egypt; Palestine ; cultivated at Cairo.

A tree resembling a willow. Petioles leafless, long, deflexed, grace-
ful, with 3 pair of similar opposite petiolules, having smooth stipitate
glands between the pairs ; leaflets in very young plants obovate, or
oblong, obtuse, glaucous. Fruit obtusely triangular, furrowed, torulose,
rostrate. Seeds roundish, or somewhat 3-cornered, turbinate, wingless.
— From the seed is obtained by pressure the oil of Ben, much
used by perfumers as the basis of various scents, and by watchmakers,
because it does not readily freeze. The seeds are acrid and have been
employed in fevers and also as rubefacients.

217. The Mouringon of Rheede vi. f. 11 or Moringa ptery-
gosperma, is commonly cultivated in India for the leaves, flowers,
and tender seed vessels, which are eaten by the natives in their
curries. The seeds do not appear to be pressed for oil. Decaisne.

103

\

PASSIFLORACE^E.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 67.

PASSIFLORA.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube very short. Corona
composed of numerous filaments in several rows. Anthers
reflexed. Berry stalked, usually pulpy, rarely somewhat mem-
branaceous. W. and A.

218. P. quadrangularis Linn. sp. pi. 1356. Jacq. pi. amer.
t. 143. Bot. reg. t. 14. — West Indies and tropical parts of
America. (Granadilla.)

Leaves smooth, cordate ovate, acuminate. Petioles with 4-6
glands. Stipules ovate. Bracts 3 under each flower, entire. Flowers
large fleshy ; crown erect, cylindrical, with numerous stout, lilac and
white, variegated rays. Fruit very large, oblong, fleshy. — Root emetic.
* Martins. Powerfully narcotic, on which account it is said by Mr.
Burnett, on the authority of a French writer, to be cultivated in several
French settlements for the sake of its root. It is said to owe its
activity to a peculiar principle called Passiflorine. The fruit, called
Granadilla, is a common article in a Brazilian dessert.

219. P. Contrajerva Smith in Rees No. 23. — (Hernand.
p. SOI. Jig. inf. — Mexico.

Leaves smooth, deeply 2-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse, scarcely diverg-
ing. Flowers multifid. — Said to be alexipharmic and carminative.

220. P. fcetidaZmrc. sp.pl. 1359. Cav. diss. x. t. 289. Bot.
Reg. iv. t. 321. DC. prodr. iii. 331. — Common in the West
Indies.

From 4 to 7 feet high, herbaceous, densely furred with upright hair.
Leaves distant, soft, yellowish green, 3-lobed, cordately hastate, about
3 inches long, repandly subdentate, the teeth headed by a small bristle
or point, 5-nerved, shining through the pubescence at the under side;
lobes acuminate ; petioles glandless, thickish, roundish, nerved, nearly
twice shorter than the blade ; stipules broadly semisagittate, herba-
ceous, short, ciliately multifid. Flowers axillary, solitary, very tender,
very fugacious, about 2 inches over; peduncles glandless, filiform, stiff,
3 times slenderer, but longer than the petioles, shorter than the leaf,
spreading. Involucre herbaceous, larger than the flower, of 3 leaflets,
yellowish green, very close to the calyx. Calyx rather tender, dinted
at the base, very shallowly urceolate, greenish on the outside, white on
the inside; segments oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved underneath, with the
middle nerve carinately prominent, hairy, and terminating in a horn-
shaped point. Petals very tender, all white, placed at the mouth of
the tube of the calyx, equal to and of the same shape as the segments
of that. Crown radiantly outspread, variegated with white and violet :
105

PASSIFLORACE^.

outer rays of 2 rows, longest, filiform, flexuose ; inner ones placed at
their base, very short, of several rows, subulate compact. Nectary
slightly 2-chambered ; outer wall springing from the foot of the shaft
of the fructification, slightly coloured, deepish, quite entire, converging
obliquely towards the short white denticulated operculum or cover.
Shaft of the fructification yellowish green, dotted with purple. Styles
whitish, wide-spreading, clavate; stigmas nearly globular, green, nu-
tant. Germen ovate, green, quite smooth, but little larger than the
stigmas. Ker . — Esteemed an emmenagogue, and is thought to be
serviceable in hysteria ; the infusion of the flowers is also taken as a
pectoral medicine in the West Indies.

106

PAPAYACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 69.

CARICA.

221. C. Papaya Linn, sp.pl. 1466. Bot. reg. t. 459. Bot.
Mag. tt. 2898, 2899. Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 824. W. and A. i. 352.
— (Rheed. i. t. 15. 1. 1 and 2. Rumf. i. t. 50.) — Tropical parts
of America ; cultivated commonly in India.

An upright unbranched tree, with the foliage large and confined to
the top of the tree; every part yielding a slightly acrid and somewhat
milky juice. Stem 20 feet high and more, cylindrical, or generally
thickened towards the base, with a pale greyish, rather smooth, scarred
bark. Leaves spreading, often a foot in length, stalked, heart-shaped
in their circumscription, cut into 7 oblong, sinuated, or laciniate and
almost pinnatifid, rarely entire lobes, acute at the points, the middle
one the longest and the most divided, glabrous on both sides, dark
green above, beneath much lighter, with prominent veins. Petiole 1
or 2 feet long, glabrous, cylindrical. Flowers (male), axillary, in
slightly compound racemes or panicles, several inches long. Peduncles
and pedicels terete, glabrous. Calyx very minute, a little concave,
with 5 very small teeth. Corolla infundibuliform, 1-1^ inch long,
yellowish white, thickish, subcoriaceous ; tube cylindrical; limb cut
into 5 imbricated oblong laciniae. Stamens 10, inserted into the mouth
of the tube, and all on the same line, 5 nearly sessile opposite the
segments, the 5 others with evident filaments, which are white, hairy,
thickened upwards : anthers of 2, linear-oblong, channelled cells.
Abortive pistil small. Ovary oblong : style subulate : stigma none.
Female flowers in short simple racemes, upon a different tree from the
male, or occasionally on the same ; and, indeed, according to Trew, the
flowers are sometimes hermaphrodite. Calyx as in the male. Corolla
much longer than in the male, of a yellower colour, cut nearly to the
base into 5, oblong, moderately spreading segments, or, if we may trust
the figures, pentapetalous. Ovary large, ovate, oblong, green : stigmas
nearly sessile, of 5, radiate, cuneated and fimbriated, yellowish-green
lobes. The corolla falls away, and the ovary, in coming to maturity
becomes pendent : the tree, too, advancing in height, casts its lower
leaves from beneath the flowers; and the fruit constituting a large
oblong pepo, rests suspended upon the leafless part of the trunk, very
much in the same way as that of the Artocarpus. The surface, when
the fruit is ripe, is a pale and rather dingy orange yellow, obscurely
furrowed, and often rough with little elevated points. The flesh is very
thick, coloured, but paler than the outside ; and there pass through it,
longitudinally, 5 bundles of vessels. In the centre is a considerable
cavity, with 5 longitudinal ridges ; and these are thickly clothed with
numerous seeds about as large as those of hemp, roundish, compressed,
almost black, but covered with a transversely wrinkled, loose, greyish
skin or aril, and enveloped in mucus. Albumen fleshy. Embryo

PAPAYACE/E.

rather large, compressed. Radicle inferior. Hooker. — The milky
juice a powerful vermifuge ; the powder of the seeds has the same
property. Fibrine is contained in the juice in such abundance that
the latter bears a most extraordinary resemblance to animal matter.
Water impregnated with the milky juice makes meat washed with it
tender : the same effect is produced when meat is suspended among
the branches of the tree ; it first becomes tender and then passes into
a state of putridity. Vauqelin says that a sample of the juice which he
examined had the smell and taste of boiled beef. The leaves are
used by negroes to wash linen instead of soap, and the fruit is eaten as
a vegetable.

108

FLACOURTIACE./E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 70.

CHAULMOOGRA.

Dioecious. $ . Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 5, with a scale
at the base of each. $ . Calyx and corolla as in the male.
Ovary superior, 1 -celled, with numerous ovules upon 5 parietal
placenta? ; styles 5. Fruit succulent, dry, 1 -celled, many-seeded.

222. C. odorata Roxb.fi, ind. iii. 836. — Silhet.

Trunk and large branches covered with tolerably smooth, ash-
coloured bark ; young shoots, round, smooth and green. Wood light
brown, close-grained. Leaves short-stalked, alternate, bifarious, droop-
ing, lanceolate, entire, acuminate, smooth, from 6 to 10 inches long,
and from \\ to 2^ broad; stipules none. Peduncles from the sides of
the ligneous branchlets of from one to several years' growth, generally
several together, from 1 to 2 inches long, 1-flowered. Bracts minute
round the base of the peduncles. Male flowers 1^ inch in diameter,
when expanded, of a pale yellow, and powerfully fragrant. Calyx
1-leaved, bowl-shaped ; border from 4< to 5 lobed. Petals 5, sessile-
oblong, inserted into the receptacle round the filaments. Disk 5
ciliate, oblong scales, or smaller petals of a deeper yellow colour, over
the lower half of the true petals, and attached to them. Filaments
about 100, woody, inserted into the disk. Anthers linear, erect, about
the length of the filaments, 2 together, rather shorter than the petals.
Ovary none. Female on a distinct tree. Peduncles in bundles from
tuberosities over the trunk, and larger branches, 1-flowered as in the
male. Flowers larger than the male ones, and fragrant. Stamens
none; but round the base of the ovary are inserted about 10 pinnatifid,
villous bodies. Ovary superior, round, slightly 5-lobed, 1-celled, con-
taining numerous ovules attached to 5 parietal receptacles. Styles 5,
shorter ; stigmas large, sagittate-cordate. Berry globular, of the size
of a shaddock, 1-celled. Rind thick, rough, ash-coloured on the sur-
face, internally brown, and composed of rays pointing to the centre of
the berry. Seeds numerous, of the size of large filberts, immersed in
pulp, various in shape, but in general nearly oval, smooth, light grey.
Albumen conform to the seed, fleshy, of a whitish gray. Embryo
white. Cotyledons sub-reniform. — Seeds employed extensively by
the natives of India in the cure of cutaneous disorders. When freed
from the integuments they are beaten up with clarified butter, into a
soft mass, and in this state applied thrice a day to the parts affected.
Chaulmoogra and Petarkura are the native names. Roxb.

223. Hydrocarpus venenata Gcertn. i. 288. t. 60. f. 3, a
Cingalese plant related to this order, bears a poisonous fruit,
which when eaten, occasions giddiness and dangerous intoxica-
tion.

109

BIXACEiE.

Nat. sgst. ed. 2. p. 72.
BIXA.

Sepals 5, orbicular, tuberculate at the base, deciduous. Pe-
tals 5, obovate, entire. Stamens numerous, distinct : filaments
filiform : anthers ovate. Style single, elongated, so compressed
at the apex as to be almost ligulate. Capsule 2-valved, valves
prickly on the outside, bearing a linear placenta internally along
their middle. Seeds 8-10, attached to each placenta, surrounded
by a farinaceous coloured pulp. Albumen fleshy. Trees with
broad cordate leaves, and dichotomous panicles of large flowers.
W. and A.

224. B. Orellana Linn. sp. 730. DC.prodr. i. 259. — Urucu
Shane ii. p. 52. t. 181. f. i. — The tropical parts of America,
especially near springs and rivulets. (Arnotto.)

A small tree with a stem 10 or 12 feet high. Leaves cordate pel-
tate, taper-pointed, smooth and shining, on long stalks. Flowers in
terminal panicles, pale pink; petals oblong, fleshy; stamens very
numerous, with roundish purple anthers. Fruit hard, bristly, heart-
shaped, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds angular, covered with an orange
red waxen pulp or pellicle. — The latter substance is the arnotto of
the shops ; it is separated from the seeds by washing. It is chiefly
used for staining cheese, and in the preparation of chocolate ; but was
reckoned an antidote to the poison of the manioc or Janipha Manihot.

Ill

clusiacejE or guttifer^:.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 74.

HEBRADENDRON.

Flowers unisexual. Sepals 4, membranous, perma-

nent. Petals 4. Stamens monadelphous, with a quadrangular
column, anthers terminal, with an umbilicated circumscissile
operculum. ? . unknown. Berry many-(4) celled ; cells
1-seeded; surrounded by a few abortive distinct stamens and
crowned by a sessile lobed muricated stigma. Cotyledons thick,
consolidated. Radicle central, filiform. Graham.

225. H. Cambogioides Graham in Comp. to Bot. mag.
ii. 199. t. 27. — Cambogia gutta Linn. zeyl. 87. Mangostana Mo-
rella Gozrtn. ii. 106. t. 105. Garcinia Morella Desr. in Lam.
encycl. hi. 701. DC.prodr. i. 561. — Ceylon. (" Gokatu" or
" Kana Goraka" Cing.)

A tree of moderate size. Leaves opposite, petiolate, obovato-ellip-
tical, abruptly subacuminate, coriaceous, smooth, shining, dark-green
above, paler below, veins in the recent state inconspicuous, especially
above ; in the dried state, distinct on both sides. Flowers unisexual,
monoecious (or dioecious ? ). Male small (8 to 9 lines across), clustered
in the axils of the petioles, on short single-flowered peduncles. Se-
pals 4, subequal, imbricated, concave, membranous, veined, the outer
subentire, and somewhat coriaceous in the bud, the inner sparingly
denticulato-ciliate, yellow on the inside, yellowish-white on the outside.
Petals 4, spathulato-elliptical, coriaceous, crenulate, longer than the
calyx, yellowish-white, red on the inside near the base, deciduous.
Stamens monadelphous ; column 4-sided ; anthers in a roundish
capitulum, terminal upon a short clavate free portion of the filament,
opening by the circumcision of a flat umbilicate lid ; pollen yellow,
granules elliptical. No trace of an ovary. Female flower unknown.
Berry about the size of a cherry, round, with a firm reddish-brown
external coat, and sweet pulp, 4-locular, surrounded at the base by the
persisting calyx and a few free abortive stamens, crowned with the
4-lobed tubercled sessile stigma ; loculament single-seeded. Seeds large
in relation to the berry, reniform-elliptical, compressed laterally ; integu-
ments yellowish-brown, easily separable into two layers ; cotyledons
thick, cohering into an uniform cellular mass ; radicle central, filiform,
slightly curved. Graham, I.e. — This plant has now been proved to
yield a kind of gamboge not distinguishable chemically or medicinally
from that of Siam. But as no gamboge is imported from Ceylon there
remains some doubt whether the Siamese and Cingalese plants are
identical. Dr. Christison inclines to the opinion that they are, and
that the notion of Murray is admissible who supposed that the tree
yielding gamboge was carried from Siam to Ceylon along with the
113 i

CLUSIACE^: OR GUTTIFERiE.

Bhoodist religion, in which the sacred colour is the yellow produced by
the Gamboge tree.

The idea that this valuable substance was produced by Stalagmitis
Cambogioides, Garcinia Cambogia, and Xanthochymus pictorius, has
been refuted by Drs. Graham and Christison, the latter of whom
found the gambogioid exudations from the two last trees to be different
from the real drug in texture, effects, colour, and chemical constitution.
See Companion to the Botanical Magazine, vol. ii. pp. 193. and 233.

226. H. pictorium ? Graham 1. c. p. 199. col. 1. — Garcinia
pictoria Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 627. — Highest parts of Wynaad in
India.

Tree tall, say 60 feet high, of a conical shape, and very full of
branches. Bark pretty thick, scabrous and ramous on the outside, of
a dark ferruginous colour, intermixed with many yellow specks, and
through its substance, particularly on the inside, considerable masses of
gamboge are found. Young shoots somewhat angular, smooth, polished,
of a deep green. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong-ventricose,
rather acute, entire, smooth on both sides, and of a firm texture, from 3
to 4 inches long by \\ or 2 broad. Hermaphrodite flowers axillary,
over the axils of the former year, solitary, sessile, of a middling size,
and yellow colour. Bracts some very short, obscure scales, round the
insertion of the flowers. Calyx of two unequal pairs of concave,
obtuse leaflets, permanent. Petals 4, oval, longer than the calyx.
Filaments united into 4 bodies, which are again united at the base into
a narrow ring, round the bottom of the young ovary ; above each body is
divided into from 2 to 6 single, unequal, short filaments. Anthers from
10 to 15, oblong, 2~lobed, and seemingly fertile. Ovary superior, round,
4-celled, with 1 ovule in each attached to the axis, a little above its
middle. Style 0. Stigma 4-lobed, permanent. Berry size of a large
cherry, oval, smooth, very slightly marked with 4 lobes, crowned with
the sessile, 4-lobed, verrucose, permanent stigma. Rind leathery,
pretty thick, and rather spongy, 1-celled. Seeds 4 when all ripen,
oblong-reniform. Male flowers : calyx and corolla as in the female.
Filaments numerous, inserted on the crown of a square fleshy receptacle,
in the centre of the flower, clavate, angular. Anthers peltate. Roxb. —
Roxburgh says he received frequent samples of the Gamboge of this tree
from a correspondent at Tellicherry, and uniformly found it even in its
crude unrefined state, superior in colour, while recent, to any other kind
he had tried, but not so permanent as that from China. Dr. Christison
was unable to procure this for examination.

STALAGMITIS.
Flowers polygamous or bisexual. Sepals 4-5, persistent,
without bracteoles. Petals 5, alternate with the sepals. Sta-
mens (in both male and female flowers) 4-5-adelphous ; bundles
flat, elongated and divided at the apex into several short anther-
iferous portions, opposite to the petals, alternating with 5 large
truncated glands : anthers 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Ova-
rium (only in the bisexual flowers) 3-5-celled, with 1 ovule in
each cell. Style scarcely any. Stigma 3-5-lobed. Fruit bac-
cate, 3-5-celled. Seeds 1 in each cell, or fewer by abortion.
Trees. W. and A.

114

STALAGMITIS.

227. Stalagmitis ovalifolia Brown and Graham in Comp. to
JB. M. ii. 197. col. 2. — Xanthochymus ovalifolius Roxb. fl.
ind. ii. 632. W. and A. 102. — Southern provinces of India;
Ceylon. Wight.

Leaves oval, shining. Flowers lateral, fascicled, male and herma-
phrodite mixed. Anthers 6-8 to each bundle. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit
oval, ]-3-seeded. — Dr. Wight persists in the opinion that this yields
one kind of true Gamboge in Ceylon. See Bot. Mag. comp. vol. ii.

MAMMEA.

Sepals 2, deciduous, equal. Petals 4-6, coriaceous, some-
what equal, deciduous. Stamens distinct or slightly united at
the base, indefinite, deciduous ; filaments short ; anthers adnate,
2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary 4-celled ; ovule solitary,
erect. Style short ; stigma 4-lobed, with emarginate lobes.
Fruit pointed by the remains of the style, with a hard putamen
and fleshy rind, 4- or by abortion 2-3-celled. Seeds large, thick.
— Trees having leaves containing pellucid dots. Flowers usu-
ally solitary.

1 228. M. americana Linn. sp. pi. 731. DC. prodr. i. 561.
Cambessed. mem. p. 56. — Sloane ii. 123. t. 217. f. 3. — West
India Islands. (Mammee Eng. Abricot-sauvage Fr.)

A tall tree. Leaves oval or obovate, entire, blunt, shining, leathery,
opposite, short-stalked, 5-8 inches long. Flowers solitary, white, sweet,
1^ inch in diameter. Fruit roundish, 3-7 inches in diameter; it is co-
vered with a double rind, the outer leathery, 1 line thick, tough, brown-
ish yellow, scored crosswise ; the inner thin, yellow, adhering firmly to
the flesh which is firm, bright yellow, with a pleasant singular taste"and a
sweet aromatic smell. Skin and seeds very bitter and resinous. — Bark
abounds in a strong resinous gum, used by negroes for extracting
chigoes from their feet. Melted down with a little lime juice and
dropped into sores it is effectual in destroying maggots at the first
dressing. A bath of the bark hardens the soles of the feet like Mangrove
bark. Lunan.

CALOPHYLLUM.

Flowers often by abortion polygamous. Sepals 2-4, petaloid,
deciduous. Petals 2-4, alternating with the sepals. Stamina
usually numerous, or sometimes definite, more or less distinctly
4-adelphous at the base or distinct : filaments short : anthers
dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary ovate, 1-celled : ovule solitary,
attached to the bottom of the cell. Style longish, flexuose.
Stigma large, peltate, irregularly lobed. Fruit drupaceous,
1-celled, 1-seeded. Trees with leaves furnished with numerous
transverse parallel slender nerves. Flowers disposed in axillary
racemes or panicles. W. and A.

115 i 2

CANELLEiE.

229. C. Inophyllum Linn. sp. pi. 732. DC. prodr. i. 562.
W. and A. i. 103. — (Rheede. iv. t. 38. Rumf. \\. t. 1 \ .) —
East Indies.

Branches terete. Leaves elliptical or obovate, obtuse or retuse.
Racemes longer than the leaves, lax, from the axils of the upper leaves,
or in a terminal panicle. Sepals and petals 4. Drupe spherical, large.
W. and A. — Seeds yield an oil. Resin of the roots supposed by some
authors to be the same as the Tacamahaca of the Isle of Bourbon.

230. C. Calaba Linn. sp. pi. 732. Burnt, ind. 120. —
C. apetalum Willd. C. spurium Choisy TV. and A. i. 103. —
Rheede iv. t. 39. Burm.fl. zeyl. t. 60. — Travancore.

Young branches square, Leaves cuneate obovate, obtuse or emar-
ginate. Racemes lax, about as long as the leaves, axillary near the
ends of the branches. Sepals and petals 2. Drupe oblong, small,
W. and A. — Produces the true East India Tacamahaca.

§ ? CANELLE^.
Nat. sj/st. ed. 2. p. 75.

CANELLA.

Sepals 5. Petals 5, somewhat coriaceous, glaucous twist-
ed in aestivation. Stamens combined in a tube; anthers 15,
resembling furrows. Stigmas 3. Berry 3-celled, or by abortion
sometimes 1-celled ; cells 1-2-seeded. Embryo surrounded by
fleshy albumen, curved, with linear cotyledons.

23 1. C. alba Murr. syst. 443. Browne Jam. 215. t. 37. f. 3.
Swartz act. linn. lond. i. 96. t. 8. S. and C. ii. t. 66. Woodv.
t. 117. N. and E. iii. 327. plant, med. t. 418. — Winterana
Canella Linn. sp. pi. 636. — Woods, mountains and rocky hills
in the West Indies, and main land of America. (Wild Cin-
namon.)

Tree from 40 to 50 feet high. Inner bark thick, smooth, pale, with
a biting aromatic taste, something like cloves, dry and crumbling between
the teeth. Leaves scattered, shining, yellowish green, obovate, cuneate
at base, dotted when young, opaque when old. Flowers small, clus-
tered, purple ; petals concave, erect, thick, deciduous. Berry the size
of a pea, fleshy, smooth, blue or black, hot and biting while green.
Seeds generally 2. — All parts of the tree when fresh are hot aromatic
and pungent. Bark yields by distillation a warm aromatic oil reckoned
carminative and stomachic. It is often mixed with oil of cloves, in the
West Indies. In this country it is principally employed as an aromatic
addition either to tonics or purgatives in debilitated conditions of the
digestive organs. Canella bark has also been employed in scurvy.
Pereira.

116

HYPERICACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 77.
HYPERICUM.

Sepals 5, more or less connected at the base. Petals 5. Sta-
mens usually very numerous, united at the base into 3-5 bun-
dles, rarely somewhat distinct. Styles 3-5, distinct or rarely
combined, persistent. Capsules unilocular, or with several cells,
membranaceous, 3-5-valved, many -seeded. Seeds roundish ;
seed-coat double : albumen none : embryo with semicylindrical
cotyledons. — Herbaceous or shrubby plants. Leaves opposite,
or very rarely alternate, sessile or nearly so. Flowers either
solitary, in threes, cymose, corymbosely panicled, or umbellate,
usually yellow. W. and A.

232. H. perforatum Linn. sp. pi. 1105. E. Bot. t. 295.
Fl. Lond. t. 57. Woodv. t. 10. DC. prodr. i. 54-9. — Common
in groves and hedges in Europe.

Root woody, tufted, somewhat creeping. Stem tall, and bushy, in
consequence of the length of its axillary leafy branches ; its form round,
with only 2 opposite ribs or angles. The whole herb dark green, with
a powerful scent when rubbed, staining the fingers with dark purple,
from the great abundance of coloured essential oil, lodged in the herb-
age and even in the petals. Leaves very numerous, elliptical or ovate,
obtuse, various in width. Flowers bright yellow, dotted and streaked
with black or dark purple, numerous, in dense, forked, terminal panicles.
Sepals narrow. Styles short, erect. Capsules large, ovate. — Leaves
astringent ; an infusion has been used in gargles and lotions.

ANDROSiEMUM.

Sepals rather unequal, reflexed. Petals deciduous, reflexed.
Stamens in 5 very short deciduous parcels. Ovary incompletely
3-celled, with distinct placentae ; ovules in many rows ; styles 3.
distinct ; stigmas minute. Capsule baccate, indehiscent, be -
coming brittle and 3-partite; placentae elliptical, somewhat
membranous, stipitate.

233. A. officinale All. ped. n. 1440. DC. prodr. i. 543.—
Hypericum Androsaemum Linn, sp.pl. 1102. E. Bot. t. 1225.
Fl. Lond. t. 48. — Woods in Europe.

Anundershrub. Branches quadrangular, somewhat compressed. Leaves
ovate or cordate, sessile. Panicles terminal, forked, many-flowered,
with angular smooth peduncles. Flowers 1 inch wide, yellow. Fruit
117 I 3

HYPERICACEiE.

purplish black, fleshy. — The leaves once much esteemed as vulnerary,
and still employed with great confidence in the cases of recent wounds
by rustic nurses.

VISMIA.

Berry membranous. Styles 5; stigmas peltate. Stamens
numerous in 5 parcels, alternating with 5 glands. Sepals 5.
Petals 5, usually shaggy internally. — Shrubs or trees, with
quadrangular branches. Leaves usually protected by rusty
down, rarely with pellucid dots. Flowers in branched panicles.
Leaf-buds round or oblong.

234. V. guianensis Pers. synops. ii. 86. D C. prodr. i. 542. —
Hypericum guianense Aubl. ii. 784. t. 311. — Guiana.

A small tree, with a stem about 8 feet high. Stem quadrangular.
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, dilated at the base, rufous beneath,
smooth above, filled with transparent dots. Petiole short. Calyx
ovate, blunt, villous. Flowers corymbose, yellow. Berry yellowish,
ovate, soft, somewhat 5-cornered. — Bark when wounded yields a gum
resin, which when dry resembles Gamboge. The leaves and fruit equally
yield such a secretion. It is purgative in doses of 7-8 grains. A decoc-
tion of the leaves taken internally is valued as a cure for intermittent
fevers. AuV.et.

Several other species of Vismia yield a similar secretion, which has
found its warv to Europe under the name of American Gamboge.

118

TERNSTROMIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 79.

COCHLOSPERMUM.

Calyx of 5 oval, oblong, unequal sepals, at length reflexed ;
the two exterior smaller : bracteoles none. Petals 5, emargin-
ate, unequal-sided: aestivation twisted. Stamens numerous:
anthers linear-acuminated, attached by the base, opening by a
pore at the apex. Ovary seated on an elevated disk. Styles
united up to the apex into 1 long and filiform. Capsules shortly
obovate, 3-5-celled, 3-5-valved : valves bearing incomplete dis-
sepiments in the middle. Seeds numerous, somewhat reniform,
covered with cotton : albumen fleshy : embryo slender. Trees
or shrubs. Leaves lobed. Flowers large, yellow, panicled, with
the peduncles jointed at the base. TV. and A.

; 235. C. Gossypium DC. prodr. i. 527. Wight in Hooker's
JBot. misc. ii. 357. t. 18. TV. and A. i. 87. — Bombax Gossy-
pium Linn. syst. veg. 517. Cav. diss. 5. t. 157. — Coromandel,
Travancore, Ceylon, on low coast ground.

A large tree. Shoots downy. Leaves 5-6 inches long, 5-lobed, hoary
beneath, on cylindrical downy stalks. Panicle terminal. Flowers large,
bright yellow. — The trunk yields the gum Kuteera, which in the north-
western provinces of India is substituted for Tragacanth. Royle.

236. C. insigne Aug. de St. H.fi. bras. i. 297. pi. us. No. 57
— Wittelsbachia insignis Mart. nov. g. et sp. i. 81. ,t. 55. Maxi-
miliania regia Mart, in hot. zeit. 1819. p. 452. — Brazil in the
plains on the western desert part of the province of MinasGeraes,
and also in the Catingas of Minas Novas. ( Butua do curvo.)

Leaves coriaceous, palmate, 5-lobed ; the lobes folded together,
coarsely and sharply double-serrated, when full grown nearly smooth. —
A decoction of the roots employed in internal pains, especially such as
are produced by falls or accidents ; it is also asserted to heal abscesses
already commenced.

THEA.

Calyx without bracts ; the sepals imbricated, equal. Petals
5-9, unequal, the outer shorter. Stamens adhering to the very
base of the petals, indefinite in number, smooth. Style simple
at the base, trifid upwards. Capsule spheroidal, 3-celled, often
by abortion 1-2-celled ; cells opening at the apex, 1- or rarely
2-seeded. Seeds spheroidal, wingless.
119 i 4

TERNSTROMIACE-iE.

237. T. viridis Linn. sp. pi. 735. Lettsom. mon. ic. — China.
(Green tea.)

An evergreen shrub. Branches bright brown, smooth, green and
downy when young. Leaves bright deep green, oval or oval-lanceolate,
short-stalked, very convex, serrated, entire towards the base, and at the
apex which is acuminate and emarginate ; shining on both sides, and
blistered when old, slightly downy beneath. Flowers small, white, axil-
lary, solitary ; with a rather heavy odour.

238. T. Bohea Linn. sp. pi. 743. Bot. mag. t. 998. Lettsom.
mon. ic. — China. (Black Tea.)

Very much like the last; but the leaves are flatter, smaller, darker
green, with small serratures, and terminating gradually in a point, not
at all acuminate or emarginate.

120

SAPINDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 81.

CARDIOSPERMUM.

Sepals 4, the two exterior the smallest. Petals 4, with a
scale above their base. Two hypogynous glands. Stamens 8,
unequal, excentric. Pistil also out of the centre. Ovary
3-celled, with a trifid style, and 1 ascending ovule in each cell.
Fruit bladdery, septicidal, very thin. Seeds with a thick funi-
culus which often expands into a short aril.

239. C. Halicacabum Linn, sp.pl. 925. DC. prodr. i. 601.
Lam. ill. t. 317. W. and A. i. 109. — Rumf. vi. t. 24. f. 2.
Jtheede. 8. t. 28. — East Indies.

Annual. Stem petioles and leaves nearly glabrous. Leaves biter-
nate ; leaflets oblong, much acuminated, coarsely cut and serrated.
Glands of disk roundish. Fruit broadly pyriform. W. and A. — Root
aperient.

SAPINDUS.

Calyx 4-5-partite. Petals as many as the sepals, rarely one
of them abortive, naked or hairy, or with a scale above the
claw. Torus a disk occupying the bottom of the calyx, entire
or crenulated. Stamens 8-10, inserted between the margin of
the disk and the ovary. Ovary 3-, rarely 2-celled : ovule 1,
erect, at the base of each cell. Style crowned with a 3-, rarely
2-lobed stigma. Fruit externally fleshy, 1-2-lobed from abor-
tion, rarely 3-lobed ; lobes globular, indehiscent, 1-seeded.
Seeds without an arillus. Embryo curved or straight. Trees.
Leaves without stipules, usually abruptly pinnate, sometimes
unequally pinnate, or from abortion having only 1 leaflet.
Flowers racemose. Berries saponaceous. W. and A.

240. S. saponaria Linn. sp. pi. 526. DC. prodr. i. 607.
Commel. hort. i. 94. — West Indies. (Soapberry.)

A small tree. Leaves pinnated ; leaflets entire, lanceolate, in 3 or
4 pairs, the terminal ones with very taper points ; petiole decurrent,
winged. Flowers small, white, in terminal panicles. Fruit as large as
a cherry, baccate, containing a single shining black seed. — Fruits de-
tersive and very acrid ; they lather freely in water and are used in the
West Indies instead of soap ; " a few of them will cleanse more linen
than 60 times their weight of soap." Pounded and thrown into water
they intoxicate fish. A tincture of the berries has been recommended
in chlorosis.

241. S. inaequalis is said to have similar detersive qualities.
(Linncea vi. 419.)

121

SAPINDACEjE.

PAULLINIA.

Sepals 5, or 4 in consequence of the cohesion of 2 ; the 2 ex-
ternal the smallest. Petals 4, with a scale inside, above their
base. Hypogynous glands 2-4. Stamens 8, out of the centre.
Ovary out of the centre, 3-celled, with a trifid style, and 1 as-
cending ovule in each cell. Capsule pyriform, 3-cornered, often
with 3 short wings at the point, 3-celled, rarely 1-2-celled,
3-valved. Arillus 2-lobed.

242. P. australis Aug. de St. B. pi. remarq. p. 236. t. 24. B.
Fl. bras. i. 375. — Brazil, on the banks of the River Uruguay.

Leaves unequally pinnated, in 3 pairs ; the lower in 2 pairs ; the inter-
mediate trifoliolate ; the upper simple ; leaflets oblong, wedge-shaped,
coarsely incised and serrate, smooth. Petiole naked ; rachis winged.
Capsule pyriform, very obtuse. — Supposed by M. Auguste de St.
Hilaire to be the plant from which a species of Polistes prepares a veno-
mous honey in the woods of Brazil. (See an account of this poison
and its effects in the " Plantes remarquables" p. 192.

MAGONIA.

Flowers polygamous. $ . Calyx 5-parted, unequal, re-
flexed. Petals 5, linear, unequal. Disk unequal, between
the petals and stamens ; on one side long and double, in the
other short, simple and rugose. Stamens 8, declinate. g .
As in the male, but stamens much smaller and not decli-
nate. Ovary 3-celled, many-seeded ; style curved ; stigma
3-lobed. Capsule large, woody, 3-valved, loculicidal. Seeds
large, flattened, surrounded with a wing. Hilum in the edge.
— Trees with a corky bark. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate,
without stipules. Flowers panicled.

243. M. pubescens Aug. de St. H. pi. rem. tt. 23 and 24
A. Fl. bras. i. 394. — Phsocarpus campestris Mart. n. g. and sp.
pi. i. 62. tt. 37 and 38. — Common in the western deserts of
the province of Minas Geraes in Brazil. (Pao de Tinguy.)

A small tree. Branches downy. Leaflets 8, ovate or oblong, sessile,
deeply emarginate, downy. Flowers in a terminal sessile or stalked
panicle from 9 to 16 inches long. Calyx downy, yellowish-green.
Petals linear, obtuse, above in the middle smooth and dark purple, at
the edges and point downy and green. Fruit a large, woody, globose,
3-cornered, somewhat depressed capsule, with 3 valves, 3 cells, and
many seeds. — Ashes extremely alkaline. Bark used for subduing the
swellings produced in the hides of horses by the stings of insects.
Leaves lethal to fish.

SCHMIDELIA.

Sepals 4, unequal. Petals 4, either naked on the inside or
usually furnished with a scale above the unguis, the fifth or
superior one deficient. Disk incomplete, with 4 glands opposite

122

SCHMIDELIA.

the petals. Stamens 8, connate round the ovary at its base.
Ovary usually 2-, sometimes 3-lobed : style from between the
lobes of the ovary ; stigmas 3, recurved. Fruit indehiscent,
1-2- or rarely 3-lobed: lobes somewhat globose, fleshy or dry,

1- celled. Seeds with or without an arillus. — Trees or shrubs
usually trifoliate, rarely with simple, exstipulate leaves. Flowers
white, small, in axillary racemes.

24-4. S. serrata DC. prodr. i. 610. W. and A. i. 110. —
Ornitrophe serrata Roxb. corom. i. t. 61. fi. ind. ii. 266. — Com-
mon on the coast of Coromandel and in Bengal.

Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, serrate, generally blistered,
with frequently reflected margins, smooth on the back, from 2 to 3
inches long, and about 1| broad. Racemes axillary, single, erect.
Flowers numerous, small, white, fascicled. Males and hermaphrodites
mixed on the same tree, and sometimes on separate ones. Herma-
phrodite : Calyx 4-leaved. Petals 4, unilateral. Hypogynous scales
lacerated. Filaments very woolly near the base. Ovary superior,

2- lobed, with a single ascending ovule in each cell. Style single. Stigma
2-cleft. Berry succulent, generally single, the second lobe of the ovary
being for the most part abortive, obovate, the size of a pea, smooth,
bright red, 1-celled. — Root astringent; employed by the Telinga phy-
sicians in substance to stop diarrheea. Ripe berries eaten by the
natives of Coromandel.

SCHLEICHERA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 0. Disk occupying the bottom of
the calyx. Stamens 6-10, inserted between the margin of the
disk and the ovary. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 erect ovule in each
cell. Stigma 3-cleft. Fruit an indehiscent drupe, with 1-2 or
rarely 3 cells. Seeds solitary in each cell, covered with a
pulpy arillus. Embryo much curved. — Trees. Leaves exsti-
pulate, abruptly pinnate : leaflets opposite or nearly so. Flowers
small, disposed in spike-like racemes. W. and A.

245. S. trijuga Willd. sp. iv. 1096. Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 277.
W. and A. i. 114. — Melicocca trijuga Juss. in mem. mus.
iii. 187- t. 8. DC. prodr. i. 616. Stadmannia trijuga Spr. syst.
ii. 243. Cussambium pubescens Hamilt. in Wern. trans.
v. 357. — Various parts of insular and continental India.

Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, abruptly pinnate, from
8 to 16 inches long ; leaflets from 2 to 4 pair, opposite, sessile, broad-
lanceolate or oblong, entire, pretty smooth on both sides ; the lower
pairs the smallest ; from 3 to 8 inches long. Petioles a little down)',
from 6 to 16 inches long. Stipules wanting. Racemes axillary, or
below the leaves, round the base of the young shoots solitary ; in the
male simple ; in the hermaphrodite often compound ; from 2 to 4 inches
long. Male. Calyx cup-like, 5-toothed. Corolla 0. Filaments from
6 to 10, erect, many times longer than the calyx. Anthers oval, erect.
Pistil a mere rudiment. Hermaphrodite flowers on a separate tree.
Calyx as in the male. Corolla 0. Disk a fleshy, yellow ring surround-
123

JESCULACEiE.

ing the insertions of the filaments. Stamens as in the male. Ovary
superior, ovate, 3-celled, with one ascending ovule in each cell. Style
short. Stigma 3-cleft, recurved, slender, downy. Drupe the size of a
nutmeg, a little pointed, covered with a tender, dry, grey pericarp.
Seeds ], 2, or 3, oblong, smooth, at the base obliquely truncate, and
there affixed, each surrounded with its proper, whitish, pulpy aril, which
is of a pleasant acid taste, and most grateful during dry weather. —
Bark astringent ; rubbed up with oil the natives of India use it to cure
the itch. The pulpy subacid aril is edible and palatable.

mscvlacem.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 84.
^SCULUS.

Calyx campanulate. Petals 4-5, expanded, with an ovate
limb. Filaments curved inwards. Capsules prickly. — Leaflets
sessile or nearly so.

246. M. Hippocastanum Linn. sp. pi. 488. DC. prodr. i. 597.
JY. and E. handb. iii. p. . pi. med. t. 375. S. and C. ii. t. 68.
— North of India ? Persia ? More likely some of the north-
eastern provinces of Turkey.

A middle sized round-headed tree. Leaves opposite, long-stalked,
digitate ; leaflets obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rather thin and rugose,
coarsely and irregularly serrated, increasing in size from the end to
the centre. Calyx light green, campanulate, obtusely 5-toothed. Petals
5, white, oblong, unguiculate, fringed, wavy, with a small red spot
above the claw. Filaments shorter than the petals, subulate ; anthers
reddish brown, oblong. Capsule roundish, prickly, thick and tough,
3-valved, 1-2-3-celled, containing 1-2-3 large, oblong, deep chesnut-
brown seeds, with a large broad space forming a hilum. Embryo curved ;
radicle bent down towards the hilum upon the thick fleshy cotyledons
which are wrinkled and firmly consolidated. — Bark recommended as a
valuable febrifuge in intermittent and other fevers ; it deserves to be
the subject of a series of well-conducted experiments ; a decoction has
been recommended in gangrene; and its powder as an errhine.

124

POLYGALACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 84.
POLYGALA.

Sepals 5, persistent, the alse large and petaloid. Petals 3 ;
their claws all united with the staminiferous tube, the lower one
(carina) keel-shaped, the two additional ones abortive. Stamens
united into a tube at the base, which is cleft in front : anthers
opening by a pore. Ovary 2-celled : ovules solitary, pendulous
from the apex of the cell. Capsule 2-locular, loculicidal, com-
pressed. Seeds pendulous from the apex of the cells, pube-
scent, with a carunculate arillus at the hilum : albumen abundant,
fleshy. Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Flowers arranged in ter-
minal or axillary racemes. W. and A.

247. P. Senega Linn. sp. pi. 990. Woodville med. bot.
ii. ,t. 93. Bot. Mag. t. 1051. Bigelow med. bot. ii. t. 30.
N. and E. pi. med. t. 412. S. and C. ii. t. 103. — Moun-
tainous parts of the United States, where it is called " Seneca
snake root."

Root perennial, firm, hard, branching, consisting of a moderately
solid wood, and a thick bark ; it sends up a number of annual stems,
which are simple, smooth, occasionally tinged with red. Leaves alter-
nate, nearly or quite sessile, lanceolate, with a sharpish point, smooth,
paler underneath. Flowers white, in a close terminal spike. Sepals 5,
the two largest, or wings, roundish-ovate, white, and slightly veined.
Corolla small, closed, having 2 obtuse lateral segments, and a short-
crested extremity. Capsule obcordate, invested by the persistent
calyx, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds 2, oblong-obovate, acute at
one end, slightly hairy, curved, blackish, with a longitudinal, bifid,
white strophiola on the concave side. The spike opens slowly, so that
the lower flowers are in fruit while the upper ones are in blossom. —
Root unpleasant, somewhat acid and acrid. It acts as a sudorific and
expectorant in small doses, and as an emetic and cathartic in large ones.
Employed in pneumonia, asthma, croup, dropsy, chronic rheumatism,
and especially in such uterine complaints as amenorrhaea. Dr. Archer
has extravagantly praised it in Cynanche trachealis.

248. P. caracasana HBK. has a root with a taste similar to
that of P. Senega, but not altogether equal to it. Linnaa
v. 230.

249. P. uliginosa Bchb.pl. crit. i. t. 40. 41. fl. excurs. i. 350.
N. and E. pi. med. t. 411. — P. amara Bot. mag. t. 2437.
not Jacq. according'to Rchb. — Moors and mountains in various
parts of Germany.

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POLYGALACEiE.

Root slender, almost insipid. Lower leaves large, rosulate, obovate;
upper cauline acute. Flowers numerous, blue or white. Lateral
sepals cuneate, elliptical, about as long as the fringed corolla. Capsule
obcordate, oblong, longer and broader than the sepals, distinctly nar-
rowed to the base. Rclib. — Whole plant bitter. It is much extolled
by Van Swieten and others in pulmonary complaints and spitting of
blood.

250. P. rubella Muhlb. cat. Willd sp. pi. iii. 875. Bigelow
med. hot. iii. t. 54. — P. polygama Walt. fl. car. 179. — Dry,
sandy, gravelly soils in many parts of the United States.

Root somewhat fusiform, perennial, branching. Leaves, smooth, the
lower obovate, smaller ; the upper linear-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronated,
sessile. Flowers purple, short-crested, in terminal racemes. Bracts
small, ovate-lanceolate, caducous. Wings of the calyx rhomboid-oval,
obtuse, with a slight middle nerve. Corolla small, closed, of three
segments, the middle one largest and crested by the division of its sides
and extremity. Anthers 8, forming a double row, the filaments coal-
escing. Ovary compressed, inversely heart-shaped ; style deflexed ;
stigma bearded inside, with a prominence below it. Capsule inversely
heart-shaped, nearly smooth, margined, and invested with the wings of
the calyx. Seeds 2, obovate, hairy, with a transparent appendage or
strophiole on the inside. From the base of the stems proceed a
number of prostrate shoots situated upon, and sometimes nearly
under the ground, bearing a row of incomplete fertile flowers. These
flowers are furnished with a calyx without wings, acuminate corolla
and stamens, and a short style. The ovary and fruit precisely
resemble those of the more perfect flowers. Bigelow. — A strong bitter
taste pervades all the parts. In small doses its infusion is found useful
as a tonic, and stimulant to the digestive organs. In large doses it
opens the body and excites diaphoresis.

251. P. sanguinea Linn. sp. 991. — A supposed antidote to
the bite of poisonous reptiles.

252. P. Poaya Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. t. 2. and t. 8. f. 6.
Aug. de St. H. pi. us. No. 71. fi- bras. ii. 20. — Brazil ; common
in the plains ofMinas Geraes and Goyaz.

Stem suffruticose, 5-angled. Leaves leathery, 5-nerved. Racemes
spicate. Wings of the calyx oblong-elliptical or obovate, obtuse, some-
what longer than the keel. Corolla crested. Seeds clavate, very
shaggy. — An active emetic ; its root used successfully in the bilious
fevers of Brazil ; when fresh, scarcely inferior to Ipecacuanha Martins.

253. P. crotalarioides DC.prodr. i. 327 Nepal.

Stem branched from the base, suffruticose, decumbent, downy.
Leaves obovate-wedge shaped at the base, stalked. Racemes 8-10,
flowered. Wings roundish-obovate, as long as the orbicular ciliated
capsule. — A reputed cure for the bite of venomous reptiles.

254. P. Chamaebuxus Linn. sp. 989 has properties similar to
those of P. Senega.

255. P.venenosa Juss. in Poir. diet. v. 493. is said by Commer-

126

TOLYGALA.

son to be a poisonous plant so much dreaded by the Javanese
that they are unwilling to touch it.

256. P. glandulosa HBK. v. 404. t. 510. is emetic. Martins.

SOULAMEA.

Sepals 5, the 3 outer very small, the 2 inner larger, concave.
Petal 1, concave. Stamens 6? Capsule samaroid, indehiscent,
compressed, corky, orbicular, emarginate, 2-celled.

257. S. amara DC.prodr. i. 335. — Rex amaroris Rumf. Amb.
ii. 129. t. 41 Coast of the Moluccas.

A shrub or small tree. Branches few and brittle. Leaves oval,
stalked, smooth, 12 or 13 inches long, 3± wide. Racemes axillary,
erect, rather longer than the petioles. Flowers the size of those of
the vine, whitish. Fruit compressed, thin at the edges, obcordate,
dry ; seeds 2 in each cell, resembling cucumber seeds, but smaller ;
each lying in a small cavity of the cell. — All the parts, especially the
roots and fruit, intensely bitter (horrenda amarities Rumf.). Employed
in the Malayan Archipelago with extraordinary success in cholera, and
pleurisy, and most valuable as a febrifuge.

; MONNINA.

Flowers resupinate. Sepals 5, deciduous ; the 2 inner wing-
like ; the 3 outer ovate, 2 of them being often connate. Petals
connate at the base, concave in the middle, often 3-toothed.
Stamens 8, with somewhat diaddelphous hairy filaments. Drupe
2-celled, 2-seeded, or by abortion 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, sometimes
surrounded by a membranous border. Seed pendulous. — Herbs
or under shrubs of Tropical America.

258. M. polystachya Ruiz, in Lamb, cinch. 144. t. 3.

DC. prodr. i. 33 On the Peruvian Andes, among small

shrubs, bushes and herbaceous plants, in cold situations.
(Yallhoy Masca Peruv.)

A downy shrub. Root about 2 feet long, simple, fusiform, very pale;
bark about 2 lines thick, readily separating from the wood. Stem
erect, about 6 feet high ; branches drooping, when young very downy,
and slightly purple. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate-lanceolate, or
ovate, acute, or oblong and obtuse, quite entire, smoothish above,
villous beneath, about 2 inches long by 1 broad. Racemes compound,
terminal, nodding, villous. Calyx small, pale blue, deciduous; the
upper sepal ovate, acute, cymbiform, the 2 lower half-connate, shorter,
but of the same form, the 2 others roundish-obovate, flat, much larger.
Corolla keel-shaped, ventricose at the upper end, white, yellow at the
point. Phalanges of stamens 2, tetrandrous, inserted into the base of
the corolla. Ovary superior, ovate; style simple, clavate, incurved ;
stigma simple, truncate. Drupe pendulous, ovate, shining, polished,
juicy, monospermous, about the size of a large pea. Stone bony,
tawny, oblong-ovate, somewhat 2-edged, uneven with excavated dots ;
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KRAMEUIACEJE.

kernel ovate, white. — The bark of the root when fresh pounded and
moulded into balls, or the dry bark is detergent ; it readily froths
when agitated in water, and is used by the Peruvians as a substitute
for soap; the silversmiths of Huanuco employ it for cleansing and
polishing wrought silver. Antidysenteric ; used with great success in
the cure of dysenteries and irritating diarrhoeas in Peru, where it is
preferred to Quassia. Ruiz.

259. M. salicifolia Fl. Peruv. has the same properties.

§ ? KRAMERIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 8 7.

KRAMERIA.

Sepals 4-5, irregular, coloured, spreading, deciduous. Petals 5,
or 4, irregular, smaller than the calyx, the 3 inner unguiculate.
Stamens, 1, 3, 4, hypogynous, unequal. Ovary 1-celled, or incom-
pletely 2-celled ; style terminal ; stigma simple ; ovules in pairs,
suspended. Fruit between hairy and leathery, globose, covered
with hooked prickles, by abortion 1-seeded, indehiscent. —
Spreading many-stemmed undershrubs. Leaves alternate,
simple, entire or 3-foliolate, spreading. Racemes simple,
spiked.

260. K. triandra Fl. peruv. i. t. 93. DC. prodr. i. 34-1.
N. and E. pi. med. t. 413. *S". and C. ii. t. 72. — Dry gravelly
and sandy hills in Peru, flowering all the year round. (Ratanhy
root.)

A suffruticose plant. Root horizontal, very long and branched ;
with a thick bark reddish brown outside, red inside. Stem procumbent,
much branched, taper. Branches 2-3 feet long, when young silky.
Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong and obovate, acuminate, entire, hoary
on each side. Flowers solitary, axillary, stalked. Calyx silky exter-
nally, smooth and shining inside, of the colour of lac. Two upper
petals separate, spathulate; 2 lateral roundish, concave. Drupe dry
hairy, burred with dull red hooks. — The extract is styptic and tonic ;
operates powerfully upon tumours, resolving and restoring tone to
those parts ; corrects and cures all kinds of ulcers when applied to
them in plasters. When administered internally extract of Ratanhia is
apt to be rejected by the stomach till 3 or 4 doses have been taken ; if
the stomach will not retain it the extract should be given in pills, the
patient immediately chewing a little lemon and drinking and gargling
with vinegar diluted with water. Ruiz. Commonly used in Peru as
tooth-powder.

128

LINACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 89.
LINUM.

Sepals 5, distinct, quite entire or serrated. Petals 5.
Stamens 5. Styles 3-5, distinct from the base, or combined to
the middle or apex. W. and A.

261. L. usitatissimum Linn. sp. pi. 397. E. Bot. t. 1357.
Fl. Lond. t. 22. Woodv. t. 1 1 1. S. and C. i. t. 61. — Found
in cultivated fields commonly all over Europe and Asia ; even
on the Neelgherry hills of India.

Root slender. Herb very smooth. Stem 18 inches or 2 feet high,
round, straight, leafy, corymbose. Leaves alternate, sessile, acute,
3-ribbed, rather glaucous ; the lowermost short and blunt. Flowers
several, erect, in a corymbose panicle. Calyx with 3 prominent ribs,
and a membranous irregular margin. Petals thin, delicate, roundish,
wedge-shaped, readily dropping off, blue, glossy, and with numerous
veins. — The meal of the seeds is used for cataplasms. The infusion
is demulcent and emollient. The oil mixed with lime-water has been a
favourite application to burns.

262. L. catharticum Linn. sp. pi. 401. E. Bot. t. 382.
Fl. Lond. t. 19. — Dry pastures in Europe.

Root very small and tapering. Herb smooth. Stems 1 or more»
slender and delicate; in the former case very straight and upright; in
the latter curved, and ascending obliquely ; seldom more than a foot
high ; all bearing many pairs of upright, obtuse, bright green leaves,
and a spreading, forked, terminal panicle. The little white tremulous
flowers are pendulous before expansion. Calyx leaves serrated, single
ribbed. Petals acute, entire. Stigmas capitate. Smith. — This plant
is bitter, and powerfully, but, as it seems, not dangerously, cathartic.
Dr. Withering found 2 drachms, or more, in a dose, of the dried herb,
useful in obstinate rheumatisms. Smith. A drachm of the dried plant
is a convenient purgative, or we may employ an infusion of a handful of
the recent plant. Pereira.

263. L. selaginoides Lam. diet iii. 525. DC.prodr. i. 424.
Aug. de St. H.fl. bras. i. 131. — Rocks near Monte Video and
in Chili.

Smooth. Stem short, suffruticose, corymbosely branched. "Leaves
scattered, close together, small, linear, very narrow, terminated by a
hair-like mucro. Flowers terminal, subsessile. Petals shorter than
the calyx, whitish, or somewhat pink. Ovary completely 10-celled. —
Considered bitter and aperient. DC.

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K

CISTACE^l.

Nat. syst. ed. % p. 91.
CISTUS.

Sepals 5, nearly equal. Petals 5, much crumpled. Capsule
superior, 5 or 10-celled, loculicidal.

264. C. creticus Linn. syst. veg. 497. DC.prodr.i. 264. Jacq.
let rar. i. 95 Dry hills in the southernmost parts of Europe.

A shrub, with evergreen leaves, emitting a balsamic odour when
rubbed, or after damp warm weather in the summer. Leaves spathu-
late ovate and oblong, somewhat downy, hairy, dull green, somewhat
wavy at the edge, stalked ; petioles furrowed, nearly distinct. Pedun-
cles 1-3. Sepals with a long taper point and peduncles villous.
Flowers purple. — The gum resin Ladanum is produced principally by
this species ; it has been much esteemed as a stimulant and emmena-
gogue ; it has also been recommended in chronic catarrh.

265. C. ladaniferus Linn. sp. 737.

266. C. Ledon. Lam. diet. ii. 17.

267. C. laurifolius Linn. sp. 736

are also said to furnish the same substance.

131

REAUMURIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 91.

REAUMURIA.

Calyx 5-parted, involucrated. Petals 5, permanent, furnished
at the base on each side with a ciliated appendage. Stamens
numerous, pentadelphous. Stigmas 5-6. Capsule 5-celled,
5-valved, with valves easily separating from the septa. Seeds
shaggy.

268. R. vermiculata Linn. sp. pi. 754. Desf. atl. i. 431.
DC. prodr. iii. 456. — Desert barren places in Sicily, Bar-
bary, Egypt.

A shrub resembling Salsola fruticosa, erect, branched and smooth.
Leaves like those of a Sedum, numerous, scattered, glaucous, fleshy,
terete, linear-subulate. Flowers stalked, solitary, white. Petals rather
longer than the calyx. — Used at Alexandria as a cure for the itch ;
when bruised applied externally : in the form of a decoction taken
internally.

133

STERCULIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 92.
CAV ALLIUM.

Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate, erect. Stamens united into a short
cup, which is contracted in the middle and at the end decan-
drous, half the stamens being longer than the others. Styles short
consolidated. Stigma 5-lobed. Follicles 5, coriaceous, few-
seeded. Seeds large. — Indian trees with cordate lobed leaves,
and panicles of numerous small flowers.

269. C. urens Schott. meletem. 33. — Sterculia urens Roxb.
Corom. pi. i. t. 24. DC. prodr. i. 483. W. and A. i. 63. —
Mountainous parts of the coast of Coromandel, Hindostan, &c.
(Bulee, Hind.)

Trunk erect, very straight, top large and shady. Bark light ash-
coloured, very smooth ; its outer coat thin, transparent, covered with
a farinaceous substance, and peeling off like the exterior pellicle of the
birch bark ; inwardly fibrous, and netted. Leaves about the extre-
mities of the branches, alternate, petioled, 5-lobed, 5-nerved; lobes
acute, very downy, from 9 to 12 inches each way. Petioles nearly as
long as the leaves, round, downy. Panicles terminal, pretty large,
covered with a glutinous, farinaceous, yellow down. Bracts lanceolate.
Flowers small, numerous, yellow, male and hermaphrodite mixed.
Hermaphrodite ; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, leathery ; divisions
acute ; with an obcordate hairy gland on the inside of each division
near the base. Corolla none. Filaments 10, alternately longer,
united below into a thin sheath. Anthers 2-lobed, alternately larger.
Ovary 5-lobed. Style single, short, thick. Stigma 5-lobed. Follicles
covered with yellow down, and many stiff stinging hairs. Seeds 3-6.
— Yields a gum extremely like Tragacanth, as which it has actually
been imported. Royle.

STERCULIA.

Calyx deeply 5-parted, spreading. Tube of stamens long,
cylindrical, expanded at the apex into a 5-lobed cup, each lobe
having 3 teeth and 3 anthers. Styles united, abruptly recurved.
Follicles subsessile, many-seeded. — An Indian tree with pal-
mate leaves, and red stinking racemose flowers.

270. S. fcetida ZzVm. sp.pl. 1431. DC. prodr. i. 483. W.and
A 63. Schott. meletem. 32.— (Rumf. iii. 1. 107.) — Continent and
islands of India.

Leaves compound, peltate ; leaflets 7-9, oblong, lanceolate, acu-
minate, when young slightly pubescent, when old smooth. Flowers
135 K 4

STERCULlACEiE.

panicled. Calyx deeply divided ; the teeth spreading, lanceolate,
nearly smooth on the outside, slightly velvety within. Anthers 15.
Carpels oblong, many-seeded. W. and A. — Fruit employed in gonor-
rhoea in Java. Leaves repellent and aperient. A decoction of the
fruit mucilaginous and astringent. Ainslie.

SOUTHWELLIA.

Calyx campanulate, 5-7-cleft; the segments cohering at the
point. $ stamen-tube cylindrical, enclosed in the calyx, with
the stamens free at the point, and bearing irregularly a heap of sta-
mens. ? stamen-tube like the male, with 15-30 sessile an-
thers arranged in a simple sinuated row. Ovaries united. Styles
adhering, recurved; stigmas somewhatpeltate, cohering, radiating.
Follicles sessile, few-seeded. — Tropical trees of the old world ;
leaves usually simple. Flowers usually with a yellowish cast.

271. S. Tragacantha Schott. meletem. 62. — Sterculia Traga-
cantha Lindl. in Hot. Reg. t. 1353. — Sierra Leone.

Branchlets downy, ferruginous. Leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong,
cuspidate, generally rounded at each end, quite entire except at the
apex which is sometimes bifid or trifid, smooth upon the upper surface,
downy on the under and on the petiole; down stellate. Panicles
densely downy, contracted, axillary, either shorter or longer than the
leaves. Calyx campanulate, downy, brownish purple, 5-cleft, the seg-
ments shining at the apex. — Known at Sierra Leone as the Tragacanth
tree, a gum resembling Gum Tragacanth being copiously exuded by it
when wounded.

WALTHERIA.

Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, with a 3-leaved lateral deciduous
involucel. Petals 5, equal, attached by their claws to the sta-
minal column. Filaments united into a nearly entire or 5-cleft
tube. Ovarium oblique, 1-celled (by the obliteration of 4 cells) :
ovules 2, superposed. Style single, slightly lateral. Stigma
penicillate. Capsule consisting of 1 coccus, nearly globose,
membranaceous, 1 -seeded, 2-valved. Embryo in the axis of a
fleshy albumen. Herbaceous plants, shrubs, or little trees, with
stellate pubescence. Leaves entire, serrated. Flowers yellow,
axillary and terminal, capitately or spicately conglomerated,
with many interposed bracteoles. W. and A.

272. W. Douradinha Aug. de St. Hit. pi. us. No. 36.fi. bras.
i. 153. — Rocky banks of the Uruguay in Brazil.

Stems suffruticose, ascending. Leaves ovate or roundish ovate,
obtuse, cordate, the lower hairy, the upper downy and glaucous.
Heads of flowers terminal, or a few of them axillary. Calyx downy.
Petals bearded above the claw. Stamen-tube nearly entire. — Mucila-
ginous. Brazilians use it in complaints of the chest, and they also be-
lieve it serviceable in venereal complaints.

136.

GUAZUMA.

GUAZUMA.

Calyx 5-sepaled, deciduous, the sepals sometimes united 2 or
3 together. Petals 5, concave below, linear-ligulate and deeply-
bifid at the apex. Stamens very slightly connected at the base :
sterile ones 5, lanceolate : fertile ones united into 5 trifid fila-
ments, each opposite to a petal, and bearing 3 anthers. Styles
5, connivent. Stigmas simple- Fruit indehiscent, woody, ex-
ternally muricated with club-shaped variously-connected tuber-
cles, 5-celled, polyspermous. Seeds ovate-roundish. Albumen
very thin, fleshy. Cotyledons plaited. Trees with stellate
pubescence. Leaves entire. Peduncles axillary and terminal,
somewhat dichotomously branched, many-flowered. W. and A.

273. G. ulmifolia Lam. encycl. iii. 52. D C. prodr. i. 485.
Aug. de St. H. pi. usuelles t. 14. — Theobroma Guazuma
Linn, sp.pl. 1100. Pluk. aim. t. 77. f. 5. Bubroma Guazuma
Willd. enum. 806. — South America and West India Islands.

Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate, unequally toothed, the younger
slightly downy, the old ones smooth on both sides. — Old bark es-
teemed in Martinique a sudorific and useful in cutaneous diseases.
Young bark used, on account of the quantity of its mucilage, to clarify
sugar. A. de St. H.

KYDIA.

Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, persistent, surrounded by and
united at the base with a 4-6-leaved involucel. Petals 5,
obliquely obcordate, longer than the calyx, attached by their
claws to the base of the staminal column. Samens monadel-
phous, the tube split about the middle into 5 segments, each
bearing 4 anthers closely placed together at the apex : sterile
filaments none. Ovarium single, 3-celled : ovules 2, collateral,
erect, at the base of each cell. Style 1, 3-cleft. Stigma dilated,
peltate, fleshy. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, 1-2 cells being occa-
sionally abortive ; perfect cells 1 -seeded. Seed erect. Trees,
with alternate 5-nerved, somewhat 5-lobed leaves. Flowers
white, panicled. W. and A.

274. K. calycina Roxb. corom.pl. iii. 11. t. 215. DC. prodr.
i. 500. W. and A. 70. — Coromandel, Nepal, the Neelgherry
mountains and other parts of India.

Leaves roundish, cordate, angularly sinuated, with about 7 palmate
veins, sometimes oblique, the uppermost often 3-lobed ; downy on the
underside. Panicles downy, axillary, in flower shorter than the leaves,
in fruit longer. Calyx of the fruit downy, reticulated, with obovate
obtuse segments. — Bark used in India in the same way as that of
Guazuma ulmifolia in Martinique. Royle.

STERCULIACEiE.

THEOBROMA.

Calyx 5-sepaled. Petals 5, vaulted at the base, ligulate and
strap-shaped above. Stamens 15, connected into an urceolus
at the base ; sterile filaments 5, alternate with the petals, linear,
subulate, elongated ; fertile ones short, united into 5 filaments,
each opposite to a petal and bearing 2 anthers. Style 5-cleft
at the apex : stigmas simple. Fruit indehiscent, between cori-
aceous and woody, ovate-oblong, 5-celled. Seeds imbedded in
a buttery pulp (arillus?). Albumen none. Cotyledons thick,
wrinkled, full of oil. Small trees. Leaves large, entire. Pe-
duncles axillary, lateral after the fall of the leaves ; sometimes
simple, 1 -flowered, and fascicled, sometimes branched and many-
flowered. W. and A.

275. T. Cacao Linn. sp. pi. 1100. DC. prodr. i. 484.—
Cacao Shane, ii. 15. t. 160. — West Indies and Continent of
America.

A small upright tree. Leaves lanceolate oblong, bright green, entire,
stalked. Flowers clustered, axillary, reddish, scentless. Fruit clus-
tered on the old branches, smooth, yellow, or red, oval, about 3 inches
long, with a fleshy rind nearly half an inch thick ; filled with a whitish
pulp, of the consistence of butter (an aril ?), sweet, and subacid. Seeds
about 25 in each fruit, flesh-coloured. — The torrefied seeds rubbed
down with arnotto, vanilla and other ingredients form chocolate, the
nutritive restorative properties of which are well known.

ERIODENDRON.

Calyx without bracteoles, irregularly 5-lobed ; lobes usually in
pairs. Petals 5, united at the base with each other, and with
the column of stamens. Filaments joined together into a short
tube at the base, but divided upwards into 5 filiform bundles
each bearing 2-3 linear or serpentinely bent (anfractuose) an-
thers, the latter combined and resembling a simple anther.
Style crowned by a 5-6-cleft stigma. W. and A.

276. E. anfractuosum DC. prodr. i. 479. W. and A. i. 61.
— Bombax pentandrum Linn, sp.pl. 959. Cav. diss. v. t. 151.
(Rumf. i. t. 80. Rheede. iii. t. 49-51.) — East Indies, both on
the continent and islands.

A very large tree. Trunk prickly at the base. Leaves palmate;
leaflets 5-8, quite entire, or serrulated towards the point, lanceolate,
mucronate, glaucous beneath. Flowers large, woolly, yellowish. An-
thers versatile, anfractuose. — Trunk yields a gum which is given in
conjunction with spices in certain stages of bowel complaints. Ainslie.

HELICTERES.

Calyx tubular, somewhat 5-cleft. Petals 5, ligulate-unguiculate,
slightly toothed at the apex. Stamens 5-10-15, united into a

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HELICTERES.

long column that is urceolate and multifid at the apex, the fer-
tile ones mixed with some hair-like sterile filaments. Ovarium
on a long stalk. Styles 5, united at the base. Carpels 5,
1 -celled, many-seeded, dehiscing on the inside, sometimes
straight, usually twisted together spirally. Seeds without albu-
men : cotyledons spirally convolute. — Shrubs and trees, usually
clothed with stellate tomentum. Leaves simple, unequally cor-
date. Peduncles axillary, few-flowered. W. and A.

277. H. Sacarolha Aug. de St. H.fi. us. t. 64. fi. bras. i. 276.
— Common in Brazil. (Sacarolha, Rosea paras malas.)

Leaves roundish ovate, or sharply ovate, hardly cordate, serrate,
toothed, covered with rufous down. Petals narrow, hardly longer than
the calyx. Stamen-tube octandrous, twice as long as the calyx.
Carpels but little twisted. — A decoction of the roots administered in
Brazil in venereal complaints.

ADANSONIA.

Calyx without bracteoles, deciduous, 5-partite. Petals 5,
united almost to the middle. Urceolus of stamens dilated and
expanded upwards. Style very long. Stigmas many, stellate.
Capsule woody, indehiscent, 10-celled; cells many-seeded, filled
with a farinaceous pulp enveloping the seeds. A spreading
large tree. Trunk thick, spongy. Leaves digitate, with 3
leaflets on the young plant, and 5-7 on the adult. Flowers on
long axillary solitary pedicels, large, white, with purplish anthers.
W. and A.

278. A. digitata Linn. sp. pi. 960. Cav. diss. v. 298. t. 15.
Lam. illustr. t. 588. DC. prodr. i. 478. W. and A. i. 60.
JBot. Mag. t. 2791 and 2792. — A. Baobab Goertn. ii. t. 135.
Baobab Alpin. (Egypt. 66. t. 67. — Senegal, Sierra Leone,
(Lalo.)

A tree of moderate elevation, but whose trunk is of vast thickness,
from 20 to 30 feet in diameter, soon dividing into branches of great size,
and bearing a dense mass of leaves, which are digitate, quinate, gla-
brous, petiolated ; leaflets elliptical, scarcely acuminated, veined : petiole
cylindrical, downy. Flowers axillary, solitary, very large, pendent.
Peduncle 4-6 inches long, terete, pubescent, with about 2 linear-lan-
ceolate bracts near the top ; calyx very large, cup-shaped, externally
green and pubescent, within pale and silky, cut into 5, large, revolute
segments : its substance thick, and somewhat coriaceous. Petals 5
spreading, at length deflexed, white, roundish, waved, faintly striated.
Tube of the stamens long, thick, united to the base of the petals, ter-
minated by very numerous, spreading, afterwards recurved filaments,
each bearing a 1-celled anther, of a reddish-brown colour. Ovary ovate,
silky, tapering upwards into a very long, thickish, filiform style, which is,
in age, bent down at an angle : stigma of 7 to 10, spreading, pubescent
rays. Fruit, a large, oblong or obovate, indehiscent, downy, pericarp ;
8 or 10-celled; but in a dry state, the partitions seem to be only formed
139

STERCULIACEiE.

by tough, stringy fibres. Each cell is filled with a pulpy substance,
which, when old and dry, becomes pithy, and in this the seeds are
immersed. These are kidney-shaped, brown, shining, hard, with a few
pale dots, filled within by the white fleshy embryo, whose cotyledons
are foliaceous, and singularly convoluted around the inferior radicle.
Hooker. — Mucilaginous. Dried leaves in powder found serviceable in
diarrhoea, fevers, and other maladies. Pulp of the fruit subacid ; its juice
considered a specific in the putrid pestilential fevers of the Gold Coast.
Fruit a common article of consumption among the negroes.

140

MALVACEAE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 95.
SIDA.

Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involucel. Ovarium
5- or many-celled, with a solitary ovule in each cell. Styles 5,
or more, according to the number of cells. Stigmas capitate.
Capsule consisting of 5 or more 1 -seeded, often 2-valved cocci.
Radicle superior. W. and A.

279. S. cordifolia Linn, sp.pl. 961. Cav. diss. i. 19. 1. 13. f. 1.
DC.prodr. i. 464. W. and A. i. 58. — (Rheede. x. t. 54.) —
East Indies.

Shrubby. Leaves cordate, roundish or ovate, obtuse, or scarcely
acute, bluntly serrated, velvety or tomentose. Pedicels jointed near
the flower, axillary, solitary, from twice as short to twice as long as the
petiole, occasionally arranged in very short axillary almost leafless
young branches. Carpels 9-10, with 2 setaceous downward-point-
ing hairy beaks, as long as the carpel itself. W. and A. — The leaves
mixed with rice are given in India to alleviate the bloody flux.

280. S. acuta Burm. ind. 147. Cav. diss. i. t. 2. f. 3. DC.
prodf. i. 460. W. and A. i. 57. — S. lanceolata Willd. sp. pi.
iii. 736. S. Stauntoniana DC. prodr. i. 460. {Rheede. x. t. 53.) ■

— East Indies.

Shrubby. Branches without tubercles under the leaves : leaves nar-
row lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, or slightly sprinkled above and
on the nerves beneath with bristly hairs, coarsely simply serrated, the
serratures patent : stipules [linear-acuminate, stiffish, striated with
several longitudinal nerves, ciliated, often longer than the petiole:
pedicels axillary, solitary, not shorter than the petiole, nor longer than
the stipules ; jointed above the middle ; sometimes arranged in a short
axillary almost leafless branch : carpels 5-9, birostrate. W. and A. —
Root intensely bitter and considered a valuable stomachic. Ainslie.

%* Various species of this genus, especially Sida carpinifolia, are
used in Brazil in the same way as Marsh Mallow in Europe.

ABUTILON.

Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involucel. Ovary 5- or
many-celled, with 3, rarely more, ovules in each cell. Styles 5
or more. Stigmas capitate. Capsule composed of 5 or more, 3-
or rarely 4-6-seeded, 2-valved cocci. Leaves cordate. Pe-
duncles axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs, 1-2 or many-flowered ;
sometimes by the abortion of the upper leaves forming terminal
spikes. W. and A.

281 . A. indicum G. Don Mill. diet. i. 504. W. and A. i. 56.

— Sida indica Linn. sp. pi. 964. Cav. diss. i. t. 7. f. 10.

141

MALVACEAE.

S. populifolia Lam. Beloere L'Herit. Heteromischos Cav. diss.
v. t. 128. f. 2. (Rheede.y\. t. 65. Rumf. iv. t. 11.) — Common
in most parts of India.

Leaves cordate, somewhat lobed, soft, shortly tomentose, unequally
toothed: stipules reflexed.- Pedicels erect, longer than the petiole,
jointed near the flower. Calyx-segments ovate, acute. Corolla spread-
ing. Capsule truncated, evidently longer than the calyx ; carpels
1 1-20, acute, not awned, hairy. W. and A. — This and other allied spe-
cies, used generally in India as a substitute for marsh-mallow, as an
emollient.

SPH.ERALCEA.

Involucre 3-leaved, deciduous. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5,
obliquely emarginate. Stamen-tube shorter than the petals,
polyandrous. Ovary many-celled ; cells 3-seeded; styles chiefly
consolidated ; stigmas capitate. Capsule globose, umbilicated,
downy : cells dehiscent at the back, finally separable, 1-2-seeded.
— Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs. Peduncles axillary.

282. S. cisplatina Aug. de St. H. pi. us. t. 52. fl. bras. i. 210.
— Not uncommon in the western part of the Cisplatine province
of Brazil. (Malvavisco.)

Stem shrubby, slender. Leaves ovate, somewhat 3-lobed, dentate
or crenate, hoary underneath. Flowers axillary, racemose, secund.
Leaves of involucre setaceous, deciduous. — A decoction used in Brazil
in inflammations of the bowels, and generally for the same purposes as
marsh mallows in Europe.

PAVONIA.

Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, surrounded by a 5-1 5- leaved invo-
lucel. Ovarium with 5, or rarely 4, 1-ovuled cells. Style 1,
8-10-cleft at the apex. Stigmas 8-10. Carpels 5, or rarely 4,
capsular, connivent, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Radicle inferior.
W. and A.

283. P. diuretica Aug. de St. H.pl. us. t. 53. fl. bras. i. 234.
— Grassy plains near Mangahy, in the western desert part of the
province of Minas Geraes in Brazil.

Leaves cordate, acuminate, tooth-serrated, velvety on both sides
with transparent dots. Flowers axillary, solitary, sulphur coloured.
Involucre 6-7-leaved, shorter than the calyx. Carpels angular, mucro-
nate at the point. — A decoction is employed in Brazil with success in
cases of dysury.

MALVA.

Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, surrounded by an involucel of usually
3, rarely 1-2 or 5-6, more or less oblong or setaceous bracteoles.
Ovarium with many cells, each with 1 ovule. Styles as many
as the cells. Carpels several (rarely only 5), capsular, indehi-

MALVA.

scent, 1 -seeded, circularly arranged round the axis. Radicle in-
ferior. W. and A.

284. M. sylvestris Linn. sp. pi. 969. E. Bot. t. 671. Fl.
Lond. t. 51. Woodv. t. 54. DC. prodr. i. 432. — Common in
waste places all over Europe. (Common Mallow.)

Root tapering, branching, whitish. Leaves deep green, soft and downy,
serrated, plaited, with 7 acute lobes ; the uppermost with fewer, but
deeper, and more acute, lobes, than the lower ones. Flowers numerous,
of a shining purple, veiny, on simple, aggregate, hairy, axillary stalks.
Pollen whitish, large. Ripe carpels reticulated at the back. — Mucila-
ginous and emollient like the marsh-mallow. In tenesmus it is employed
as a clyster ; in external inflammations as a poultice.

ALTKLEA.

Calyx surrounded by a 6-9-cleft involucel. Carpels numer-
ous, capsular, closely and circularly arranged round the axis.
W. and A.

285. A. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 966. E. Bot. t. 147. Woodv.
t. 53. DC. prodr. i. 436. S. and C. i. t. 51 . — Common in most
parts of Europe near the sea. (Marsh Mallow.)

Root tap-shaped, rather woody. Herb of a hoary green, peculiarly
soft and downy, with fine starry pubescence. Stems several, about 1
yard high, simple, round, leafy, tough and pliant. Leaves ovate or
heart-shaped at the base, various in breadth, plaited, 5-ribbed, un-
equally serrated, soft and pliable, more or less deeply divided into 5
acute lobes. Flowers in very ! short, dense, axillary panicles, rarely
solitary, of a delicate uniform blush colour. Involucre with 8, 9, 10
or 12 divisions. Smith. — The whole plant, especially the root, yields
in decoction a plentiful tastless colourless, mucilage, very salutary in
cases of irritation. It is used as a demulcent for children and is a
favourite medicine with the French who employ it constantly in poul-
tices, lozenges &c. under the name of Guimauve.

URENA.

Calyx persistent, surrounded by a 5- (or rarely 10) -cleft per-
sistent involucre. Style 1, 10-cleft at the apex. Carpels 5
(or by abortion 4), capsular, connivent, indehiscent, 1-seeded,
usually echinated externally with numerous prickles having mul-
tifid reflexed points (glochidate). Radicle inferior. Leaves
usually bearing beneath glandular pores on one or more of the
nerves near the base. W. and A.

286. U. lobata Linn. sp. pi. 974. DC. prodr. i. 441.
W.andAMm.—{Dill.elth.t.3\9. f. 412. Rumf. vi. t. 25. f. 2. A.)
— East Indies.

Herbaceous. Leaves roundish, with 8 or more short sometimes
obsolete acute or obtuse lobes, more or less velvety, 5-7-nerved, with 1
or sometimes 3 glands. Segments of the involucre 5, oblong-lanceolate,
equal to the expanded calyx. Carpels densely pubescent, echinate.
143

MALVACEiE.

W. and A. — Decoction of the root and stem used in Brazil as a remedy
in windy colic ; flowers as an expectorant in dry and inveterate coughs.

ABELMOSCHUS.

Calyx 5-toothed, spathaceous, deciduous, surrounded by a
5-10-leaved often very caducous involucel. Ovarium 5-celled ;
cells with many ovules. Style 1, 5-cleft at the apex. Stigmas
5. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, loculicidal, polyspermous. Seeds
naked.

287. A. esculentus W. and A. i. 53 Hibiscus esculentus

Linn, sp.pl. 980. Cav. diss. t. iii. 61. f. 2. DC. prodr. i. 450.
H. longifolius Hoxb.jl. ind. iii. 210. — West Indies : cultivated
all over the warmer parts of the world. (Okra, Bendee, Gombo.)

An annual. Stem erect, branched, 3-6 feet high, round, towards the
base somewhat woody, and in a good soil, as thick as a man's wrist ;
tender parts covered with sharp bristles, and often spotted with pur-
plish specks. Leaves alternate, stalked ; inferior ones only angular,
about the middle of the plant palmate, while the superior ones are sub-
digitate, with the divisions lanceolate-oblong; all serrate, and some-
what bristly. Petioles round, bristly, as long as the leaves. Flowers
axillary, solitary, on short stalks, very large, pale yellow, with a dark
crimson bottom. Involucre 1 from 6 to 12-leaved ; leaflets linear,
bristly, deciduous. Calyx spathiform, bursting on 1 side, of a remark-
ably soft texture. Stigmas as many as the cells in the capsule. Cap-
sule from 6 to 12 inches long, and about 1 in diameter, somewhat
bristly, particularly the ridges, their number corresponding with that of
the cells, and valves, with a single row of round, smooth seeds in each
cell. — Abounds in a copious mucilage ; a valuable emollient and demul-
cent. Constantly used in hot countries as a means of thickening
soup. Leaves are used to form emollient poultices.

288. A. moschatus W. and A. i. 53. — Hibiscus moschatus
Linn. sp. pi. 980. DC. prodr. i. 452. H. longifolius Willd.sp.pl.
iii. 827. DC. 1. c. 450. Rheede. ii. t. 38.

Stem herbaceous, hispid with spreading hairs, not prickly. Leaves,
and long petioles, hispid with rigid hairs, but otherwise glabrous, un-
equally and coarsely toothed, deeply 5-7-lobed ; lobes all spreading,
oblong or lanceolate, acuminated. Pedicels harshly pubescent, axillary,
about as long as the petioles. Involucral leaves 6-10, linear, hairy,
somewhat'persistent. Capsule oblong, acuminated, hairy. W. and A.
— Dr. Wm. Hamilton quotes an instance of its powerful effects in
counteracting the fatal influence of the bite of venomous reptiles. The
bruised seeds were rubbed on the wound, and a considerable quantity
forced down the throat of the animal in question. Trans, med. dot.
soc. 1834, p. 72. Musky seeds considered cordial and stomachic and
by the Arabs mixed with coffee.

144

DIPTERACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 98.
VATERIA.

Calyx 5-partite : segments sometimes afterwards enlarged,
equal. Petals 5. Stamens 15-30: anthers tapering. Ovary
3-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell. Seed solitary :
cotyledons stalked : radicle superior. — Trees. Leaves oblong,
entire, coriaceous, glabrous. Panicles axillary or terminal, with
white flowers. W. and A.

289. V. indica Linn, sp.pl. 734. Gartn. iii. t. 189. Roxb.
fl. ind. ii. 602. W. and A. i. 83. — Elceocarpus copalliferus
Retz. obs. iv. n. 85. Paenoe Rheede iv. t. 15. — Malabar.

A large tree. Young shoots downy. Leaves oblong, stalked, entire,
emarginated or obtuse,smooth, leathery, 4-8 inches long; stipules oblong.
Panicles terminal. Flowers distant, stalked, rather large. Bracts oblong,
1-flowered. Calyx 5-parted, villous. Petals 5, oval, emarginate. Sta-
mens 40-50 ; anthers beaked. Ovary downy, conical, 3-celled ; cells
each containing 3 ovules, pendulous ; style longer than the stamens;
stigma acute. Pericarp coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, 1-seeded, 1-celled,
3-valved, about 2| inches long and li inch broad. — Tree exudes an
abundance of a resin like copal, which hardens of a deep amber colour ;
in its fluid state it is the Pbney varnish of the South of India; in its
solid state it is the Gum Animi of the shops.

DIPTEROCARPUS.

Calyx of 1 piece, 5-cleft : 2 of the segments, when in fruit,
expanded into long ligulate scarious wings. Petals 5. Sta-
mens numerous, membranous at base, distinct ; anthers long,
linear, tapering. Ovarium 3-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in
each cell. Seed solitary : cotyledons crumpled : radicle su-
perior. — Large trees. Flowers in racemes, white tinged with
red.

290. D. trinervis Blume Fl. Jav. sub Dipteroc. No. 1. p. 11.
t. 1. — Ancient forests of Java, 2000-3000 feet above the sea.

A tree 150-200 feet high. Leaves oval, rather acute, somewhat
rounded at the base, smooth, as well as the linear attenuated leafbuds.
Petals pale yellow with a pink stripe in the middle, united at the base,
lepidote on the outside. Calyx of the fruit with the larger segments
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. — Like others of this genus the tree abounds
in a resinous secretion ; which, in this species, is spoken of by Blume
as an excellent material as salves for inveterate ulcers, when it is
desirable to excite the wound, and to correct the pus. Dissolved in
spirits of wine, or formed into an emulsion with yolk of egg, it has the
145 L

DIPTERACEjE.

same effect as Balsam of Copaiva upon the mucous membranes.
Hence it is recommended in cases of secondary gonorrhoea, when all
symptoms of inflammation have gone off.

Other species of Dipterocarpus and some Shoreas yield the substance
known in India as Wood-oil, a thin liquid balsam, much used in paint-
ing ships, houses, &c. ; but I do not find them spoken of medicinally.

DRYOBALANOPS.

Calyx leathery, 5-parted ; segments equal. Petals convoluted
in aestivation. Stamens numerous ; their filaments consolidated in
2 rows into a cylindrical fleshy tube longer than the ovary; anthers
almost sessile on the tube, linear, mucronate. Ovary superior,
3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous ; style filiform ; stigma
obscurely 3-lobed, papillose. Calyx of the fruit cup-shaped,
with the foliaceous permanent divisions equal, distant and much
shorter than the 3-valved nut.

291. D. aromatica Gcertn. Blume Fl. Jav. sub Dipteroc.
p. 6. — Shorea camphorifera Roxb. Ji. ind. ii. 616. D. Cam-
phora Colebrouke As. research, xii. 535. Jig. Jack in Comp. Bot.
mag. i. 264. (Grimm, epfiem. nat. cur. dec. ii. 1683 obs. 163.
p. 371. Houtt. verhandel. van. te holl. maatsch. te Haarl. 1784.
*xxi. p. 266-274. t. 8.) — Sumatra and Borneo.

A large tree. Upper leaves alternate, lower opposite, all elliptical, ob-
tusely acuminate, entire, smooth, with strong pinnated veins, 3-7 inches
long, 1-2 broad ; their petioles short. Stipules in pairs, deciduous.
Nut 1-celled, 3-valved, woody, fibrous, seated in a permanent hemi-
spherical calyx whose segments are enlarged, equal, spathulate, rigid,
reflexed, very distant at the base, and much shorter than the nut. — The
trunk contains both oil and camphor in a cavity or cavities occupying
the centre of the tree. The camphor-oil is supposed to be the incipient
condition of the camphor itself ; the latter is found in pieces as long as
a man's arm, weighing from 1 1 to 12 lbs.

This kind of Camphor is extremely valuable, but on account of its
high price, it does not find its way to Europe; it is chiefly exported
to China and Japan, where it is highly valued for its stimulant tonic
properties. It is obtained from fissures in the bark and wood, as well
as by means of incisions; the texture is much firmer than that of com-
mon camphor, and therefore it is not volatilised by exposure to the air.
Hence it is much slower in its operation medicinally than common
camphor, but much more durable and certain. Blume.

The botanical account of this rare plant is made up in part from the
writings of Gcertner, Blume and Colebrooke, and partly from dried flowers
given me by the late Mr. Colebrooke. It is no doubt a genus quite dis-
tinct from Dryobalanops, as Dr. Blume, who had not examined the
flowers, has rightly asserted. The figure in S. and C. iii. 1. 170 can hardly
be intended for this ; I therefore do not quote it.

292. Shorea robusta Roxb. yields the resinous substance
called Dammer in India, used for various economical purposes ;
not used so far as I know in medicine.

146

TILIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 99.
TILIA.

Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, naked, or furnished with
a scale in the inside near the base. Stamens numerous; filaments
distinct or slightly polyadelphous. Ovary globose, villous, with
1 style, andfive 2-seeded cells. Nut leathery, by abortion 1-2-cel-
led, 1-2-seeded.

293. T. europaea Linn. sp. pi. 733. E. Bot. t. 610. — A
common tree all over the north of Europe. (Lime or Linden
Tree.)

A tall and handsome, hardy tree, with smooth, round, brown, leafy,
spreading branches, green while tender. Leaves 3 or 4 inches broad,
and rather more in length, undivided; unequal, and somewhat heart-
shaped, as well as entire, at the base ; the margin acutely and rather
unequally serrated; the point elongated, acute, serrated at its base;
upper surface quite smooth, of a bright pleasant green ; under paler, or
slightly glaucous, likewise smooth, except small depressed tufts of
brown woolly hair, where the lateral ribs branch off from the 5 princi-
pal ones. Stipules oval, smooth, in pairs at the base of eachfootstalk,
soon deciduous. Footstalks cylindrical, slender, smooth, not half so
long as the leaves. Flower-stalks axillary, cymose or imperfectly
umbellate, smooth, hardly so long as the leaves, drooping, with from
6 to 10 flowers; each bearing an oblong, smooth, pale, flat, entire,
membranous bract, originating above the base of the flower-stalk, and
for about half its length firmly united therewith, its blunt point nearly
on a level with the flowers, or longer. Flowers greenish, delightfully
fragrant, especially in an evening. Petals obovate, pale lemon-coloured,
destitute, like all our European species, of the scales attached to the
petals of the American ones. Stamens spreading, shorter than the
corolla. Ovary densely hairy ; stigma 5-lobed. Capsule downy, lea-
thery, not woody, uncertain in the number of perfect cells and seeds.
Smith. — Flowers, separated from the large leafy bracts, are used as an
infusion in Austria with much success in vertigo and spasms ; they pro-
mote perspiration and alleviate coughs. But if the bracts and fruit are
mixed with the flowers, the infusion then becomes astringent and con-
fines the bowels. Host.

TRIUMFETTA.

Sepals, 5, obtuse, or apiculate beneath the point. Petals 5,
or occasionally 0. Stamens 10-30, free or scarcely united except
at the very base. Ovary roundish. Style 1. Carpels 4, more
H7 i> 2

TILIACEjE.

or less closely combined into a capsule bristling with setae
hooked at the point. Seeds 2, or solitary, in each cell. DC.

293. a. T. Lappula Linn, sp.pl. 637. DC.prodr. i. 506. —
West Indies and Brazil. -

Leaves cordate, roundish, unequally toothed, somewhat villous,
5-nerved, 3-lobed ; lobes acuminate. DC.

293. b. T. semitriloba Linn. mant. 73. DC.prodr. i. 507. — ■
West Indies and Brazil.

Leaves ovate at the base, 3-lobed, with callous serratures, velvety on
each side; the lower almost 5-lobed, the upper oblong, undivided.
Calyx pubescent ; sepals apiculate. Fruit globose, hairy, echinate, with
the setae hairy backwards. DC. — The mucilaginous, and at the same
time astringent, properties of the leaves and fruit of these shrubs, called
Carapixo da Calcada in Brazil, which grows everywhere, especially on
the road-side and in the vicinity of dwellings, render it serviceable for
injections in inveterate gonorrhoea.

148

LYTHRACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 100
AMMANNIA.

Calyx bracteolated at the base, more or less campanulate,
4-7-lobed ; lobes flat or incurved, the angles usually expanding
into spreading accessory teeth or horns. Petals 4-5, or wanting.
Stamens as many or twice as many as the calycine lobes.
Ovary 2-3-4-celled. Style shortish or elongated. Stigma ca-
pitate. Capsule ovate-globose, membranaceous, either bursting
transversely, the upper part falling away with the style, or open-
ing by valves. Seeds numerous, attached to thick central pla-
centas. — Herbaceous plants growing in wet soil or in water,
all nearly quite glabrous. Stems 4-angled or occasionally te-
rete, when old. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Flowers axil-
lary, sessile, or shortly peduncled, bracteolated at the base.
W. and A.

294. A. vesicatoria Roxb.Ji. ind. i. 426. — Common in Hindo-
stan in cultivated ground. (Daud-maree Beng.)

Stem erect, from 6 to 36 inches high, obsoletely 4-sided, much
branched. Lower branches opposite, decussated ; upper frequently
alternate. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, smooth ; those next
the flowers much smaller than the others. Corolla 0. Pericarp
1-celled, 1-valved, half covered with the calyx. — The whole plant has
a strong muriatic smell. Leaves acrid; universally employed by the na-
tives of India to raise blisters in rheumatic pains, fevers, &c. The fresh
leaves bruised, perform their office effectually in half an hour. Roxb.

HEIMIA.

Calyx hemispherical-campanulate, bracteolated at the base,
with 6 erect lobes, and as many alternating horn-shaped patent
angles. Petals 6, alternate with the erect lobes. Stamens 12,
somewhat equal. Ovary sessile, nearly globose, 4-celled. Capsule
included within the calyx. Seeds numerous, minute, wingless.
— Glabrous herbaceous plants. Peduncles 1-flowered, shorter
than the calyx.

295. H. salicifolia Link, and Otto 'abbild. t. 28. DC.prodr.
iii. 89. — Nesaea salicifolia HBK. n. g. amer, vi, 192. — New
Spain on the volcano of Jorullo.

Leaves ternate or opposite, the upper often alternate, on very short
stalks, lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the base. Petals obovate. —
A powerful sudorific and diuretic. The Mexicans consider it a patent
medicine in venereal disorders, and call it Hanchinol,
149 l 3

LYTHRACE.35.

LYTHRUM.

Calyx cylindrical, striated, with 4-6 broad teeth, and the
same number of alternate smaller subulate diverging ones.
Petals 4-6, alternate with the erect teeth of the calyx. Sta-
mens in the middle or at the base of the calyx, twice as nume-
rous as the petals or equal to them in number, or even fewer.
Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, enclosed in
the calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. Placentae thick, adhering to
the dissepiment. — Leaves entire. Flowers purple or white.

296. L. Salicaria Linn, sp.pl. 640. EB. t. 1061. Fl. Lond.
t. 28. DC.prodr. iii. 82. S. and C. iii. t. 146. — Ditches and
wet places in Europe, the West of Asia, New Holland, and
North America.

Root woody, branching at the crown. Stems from 2 to 4 feet high,
erect, acutely quadrangular, either smooth or downy, leafy, generally
simple. Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, acute, entire, various in
length, the upper ones diminished to bracteas ; all mostly opposite ; but
there are occasionally 3, or even 4, in each whorl ; in which cases the
number of angles in the stem is likewise increased. Flowers in numer-
ous axillary whorls, 6 in each, of a variable crimson or purple, compos-
ing long leafy spikes. Six of the calyx-teeth are long and reddish ; the
others minute. Anthers conspicuous, red, with green or yellow pollen.
Capsules elliptical, small. The herbage, generally almost smooth and
of a dark green, becomes in dry situations hoary and downy, or in
some degree hairy, as well as more dwarf in stature. Smith. — An astrin-
gent, which has been recommended in inveterate cases of diarrhoea.

150

MELIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed.2.p.\0\.
MELIA.

Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, patent. Stamen-tube 10-cleft at
the apex, with 10 anthers in the throat; segments 2-3-partite ;
anthers opposite to the segments and a little shorter, oblong,
slightly apicuiate. Ovary seated on a short disk, 5-celled;
cells each with 2 superposed ovules. Style columnar, breaking
off from the top of the ovary : stigma 5-lobed. Fruit a drupe,
with one 5-celled bony nut: cells 1-seeded. — Trees. Leaves
alternate, bipinnate : leaflets in pairs with an odd one, toothed.
Peduncles axillary, simple below, above panicled, branched and
many-flowered. The number of parts of the flower occasion-
ally increased by a fifth. W. and A.

297. M. Azedarach Linn. sp. pi. 550. Cav. diss. p. 363.
t. 207. DC. prodr. i. 621. — Syria, East Indies ; now common
in the South of Europe.

A bush 8-10 feet high. Leaves alternate, unequally bipinnate; leaf-
lets opposite, ovate, acute, serrated, sometimes incised. Flowers in
terminal panicles. Petals pale pink inside, deep lilac outside. Tube
of the stamens deep violet ; anthers yellow. Fruit the size of a small
olive. — Root bitter and nauseous, used in North America as an an-
thelmintic ; the pulp that surrounds the seeds is said to be deleterious,
but this is denied by Turpin.

TRICHILIA.

Calyx short, 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, distinct. Filaments
8-10, united at the base, or occasionally altogether into a tube ;
anthers erect, exserted. Ovary 3-2-celled, with two pendulous
ovules in each cell ; seated in a fleshy annular disk of variable
depth ; stigma capitate, 2-3-lobed. Capsule loculicidal, 3- or
rarely 2-valved. Seeds with a fleshy aril. — Trees or shrubs,
with unequally pinnated leaves. Flowers panicled or racemose,
axillary.

298. T. emetica Vahl. Ad. de Juss. Meliac. 84. — Elcaja
Forsk.fl. <Bg. arab. 127. — Common on the mountains of Yemen ;
also in Senegal. (Roka.)

A tree. Branches villous. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnated,
with a taper villous stalk ; leaflets in 4 pairs, oval-oblong, silvery with
down on the under side. Flowers like those of an orange, in axillary
corymbs collected into a panicle. Calyx campanulate, villous. Petals
villous outside, linear, recurved. Filaments 10, white, linear. Capsules
obovate, 3-valved, an inch long. Seeds enveloped in a red aril. —
151 l 4

MELIACEiE.

The fruit used by the Arabs as an emetic under the name of Djouz
elkai. Ripe seeds formed with Sesamum oil into a salve against the itch.

299. T. trifoliolata Linn. sp. pi. 551. Jacq.amer. 129. t. 82.
A. de Juss. Meliac. p. 84-. — Dry grassy places in Curacao.

A small tree, or rather large bush, with a slight unpleasant odour.
Leaves ternate, shining, on a stalk about an inch long ; leaflets obovate,
wedge-shaped at the base, entire, obtuse, the middle one the largest.
Racemes axillary, very short. Flowers small. Calyx campanulate,
5-toothed. Petals whitish, erect. Capsules green, with grey spots ;
seeds solitary, with a scarlet aril. — The female slaves in Curacao use a
decoction of the roots to procure abortion ; the Dutch call the tree
Kcrseboom, the Spaniards Ceraso macho.

GUAREA.

Calyx short, 4-toothed. Petals 4, distinct. Filaments 8,
united into aprismatical cylindrical tube, having 8 anthers below
its apex inside. Ovary on a disk, sometimes like a stalk, 4 celled,
with 1-2 ovules in each cell ; stigma discoidal. Capsule smooth,
ribbed or warted, loculicidal, 4-valved, with 1-2 seeds in each
cell. — Trees or shrubs, with pinnated leaves and axillary
panicles.

300. G„ trichilioides Cav. diss. 366. t. 210. A. de J. Meliac.
88. — Melia Guara Jcscy. amer. 126. t. 176. f. 37. — Mountainous
woods of Cuba.

A small tree. Leaves pinnate, alternate, shining, H foot long; leaflets
7-14, oblong, obtuse, attenuated at the point, quite entire. Racemes
lax, C inches long. Flowers scentless, on very short stalks. Petals
greenish white. Tube of the stamens white. Fruit the size of a
hazel nut. — Juice of the bark purgative and violently emetic.

301. Guarea Aubletii A. de J. (Trichilia Guara of Auhlet)
is very nearly related to the last, and perhaps not really distinct.
Its bark is a violent emetic and purgative ; a decoction of it is
said to produce similar effects, but in a milder manner.

XYLOCARPUS.

Calyx urceolate, 4-cleft. Petals 4, distinct, reflexed. Sta-
men-tube urceolate, 8-cleft at the apex, the segments acute,
bipartite : anthers 8, included, erect, opposite to the segments.
Ovary seated on a disk broader than itself and concave, 4 fur-
rowed, 4-celled ; cells 1-5 ovuled. Style short, with a broad
concave discoid stigma. Fruit (large) spherical, 6-12-seeded :
pericarp splitting into 4 valves opposite to the dissepiments ;
the dissepiments attenuated into membranes, and nearly obli-
terated. Seeds inserted on the remains of the central axis,
ascending, angled, with a spongy integument. Cotyledons very
thick, combined : radicles short, dorsal. Trees. Leaves abruptly

152

XYLOCARPUS.

pinnated. Panicles axillary or terminal. Flowers few, lax.
W. and A.

302. X. Granatum " Konig. naturf. 20. p. 2." Roxb.fi. ind.
ii. 240. W. and A. i. 1 21 . A.de J. Meliac. 92. — Carapa mo-
luccensis Lam. diet. i. 261. DC.prodr. i. 626. (Bumf. iii. t. 61. ?)
— Various parts of the East Indies.

Leaves from 6-12 inches long, with the leaflets in 2 pairs, elliptical,
obtuse, sometimes slightly acute at base, smooth, about 4 inches long ;
petioles round, smooth, dark brown. — Extremely bitter.

303. X. obovatus A. de J. Meliac. p. 92. — Carapa obovata
BlumeJSjjdr. p. 179. — Coast of Java. (Nirie.)

Leaflets in 1-2 pairs, opposite, obovate, rounded, coriaceous, rather
convex. Calyx urceolate, 4-cleft. Petals 4, oval, concave. — Like
the last.

SANDORICUM.

Calyx shortly 5-lobed. Petals 5, spreading. Stamen-tube
cylindrical, 10-toothed, bearing 10 anthers on the inside below
the apex. Disk expanding upwards into a short membranaceous
tube, sheathing the base of the style, torn and 5-toothed at the
apex. Ovary half immersed in the bottom of the calyx : ovules
2 in each cell, collateral, pendulous. Stigma long, simple and
globose at the base, above 5-lobed ; with the lobes emarginate
and slightly diverging. Fruit baccate, apple-like, 3-5-celled.
Seeds solitary, with a parchment-like arillus, pulpy on the out-
side. — Trees. Leaves trifoliolate. Panicles axillary. Flowers
crowded on the partial peduncles.

304. S. indicum Cav. diss. 359. tt. 202, 203. Lam. ill. t. 350.
DC.prodr. i. 621. A. de J. Meliac. 80. W. and A. i. 119.
(Rumf. i. t. 61.) — Philippines, Moluccas, and various parts of
the East Indies.

A tree. Leaves ternate, on long stalks, alternate ; leaflets ovate,
acuminate, entire, smooth above, downy below, as is the common pe-
tiole. Flowers small, in racemes, about 6 inches long. Fruit the size
and form of an apple, with an acid alliaceous flavour, and a tender
whitish flesh. — Root aromatic, stomachic and antispasmodic. It is
employed in Java against leucorrhaea, combined with the bark of the
root of Xylocarpus obovatus, which is extremely bitter. Blumc.

153

CEDRELACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 103.
SWIETENIA.

Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals reflexed. Filaments 10,
united into a campanulate cup, having the anthers below the
apex, inside. Ovary surrounded by an annular disk, with 5 cells
and about J 2 ovules in each cell; stigma discoidal. Capsule
egg-shaped, 5-celled, septicidal, 5-valved ; the sarcocarp woody,
very thick, separating from the endocarp ; and both from a large
5-cornered permanent axis. Seeds imbricated, winged.

305. S. Mahagoni Linn, sp.pl. 271. Jacq. amer. 127. Cav.
diss. 365. t. 209. A.deJ. Meliac. 97. — Hotter parts of America.
(Mahogany tree.)

A large tree, with a very rough tuberculated bark when young.
Leaves equally pinnated ; leaflets opposite, very smooth, ovate, lanceo-
late, acuminate, oblique, and as it were falcate. Flowers in axillary
panicles. Flowers small, whitish. Fruit the size of a hen's egg. —
Bark used in the West Indies as a substitute for Peruvian Bark, but
inferior to it.

SOYMIDA.

Sepals 5. Petals spreading, unguiculate. Stamen-tube cup-
shaped, 10-lobed, each lobe with 2 teeth at the apex, and an
anther between the teeth, below them. Ovarium seated on the
disk, which is broader than itself, and covers the bottom of the
tube, 5-celled: ovules 12 in each cell. Style short, equal,
5-angled : stigma thick, peltate 5-angled. Capsule, oblong-
obovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal:
the thin woody sarcocarp in each valve becoming detached from
the endocarp, and both from the large persistent 5-angled axis.
Seeds pendulous, winged all round, especially upwards and
downwards. — Leaves abruptly pinnate: leaflets opposite,
3-6-pair, oval-oblong, obtuse. Panicles large, terminal, or in
the axils of the uppermost leaves.

306. S. febrifuga A. de J. Meliac. p. 98. t. 26. W. and A.
i. 122. — Cedrela febrifuga Ttoxb. corom. i. t. 17. fi. ind. ii. S9h.
DC. prodr. i. 625. Swietenia febrifuga S. and C. ii. t. 81. —
Mountains of India.

A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnated, in 3-4
pairs, about a foot long ; leaflets opposite, ovate, obtuse or emarginate,
unequal at the base, smooth, shining, 3-4 inches long by 2-3 broad.
Panicle terminal, large, diffuse, smooth. Sepals 5, ovate, deciduous,
Petals 5, ovate, obtuse, concave, spreading. Stamen-tube urceolate,
155

CEDRELACE^E.

10-toothed ; each tooth bifid ; anthers 10, oval, arising from inside the
tube below its crenatures. — Bark an efficient remedyfor the dangerous
jungle fever of India, when Cinchona produces no effect. It has also
been employed successfully in India in bad cases of gangrene, and in
Great Britain in typhus fever, and as an astringent. (See Duncan
tentam. inaug. de Sogmida, 8vo. Edinb. 1794.)

CEDRELA.

Calyx short, 5-cleft. Petals 5, erect, keeled or plaited in the
inside down the middle. Stamens and pistil on a common stalk.
Disk adnate with the stalk, glandular, 5-ribbed, concrete between
the ribs with the interposed plaits of the petals, 5-lobed. Fila-
ments 10, inserted on the summit of the disk; the 5 alternate
with the petals subulate, fertile ; the other 5 very short, sterile
or wanting. Ovary on the top of the stalk and disk, 5 celled:
ovules 8-12 in each cell. Style short, deciduous: stigma pel-
tate, obscurely 5-angled. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing
from the apex; valves separating from the persistent 5-angled
axis by the dissepiments. Seeds pendulous, winged downward.

— Leaves pinnated ; leaflets opposite or nearly so, many-paired,
unequal-sided. Panicles terminal, large, pyramidal. Parts of
flowers occasionally quaternary and senary.

307. C. Toona JRoxb. corom. iii. t. 238. ft. ind. i. 635. DC.
prodr. i. 624. A. de J. Meliac. 103. W. and A. i. 124. —
C. febrifuga Blume Bi/dr. 199. Forsten diss, de Cedrel. c. ic. opt.

— Bengal, Java.

Trunk erect, of a great size and height. Bark smooth, gray.
Branches numerous, forming a large, beautiful shady head. Leaves
alternate, abruptly pinnate, drooping, from 12 to 18 inches long. Leaf-
lets in from 6-12 pairs, opposite, or nearly so, obliquely lanceolate,
waved at the margins, smooth, tapering to a long acute point, quite
entire, or slightly and distinctly toothed. Panicles terminal, nearly as
Jong as the leaves, pendulous, divaricating, much branched, smooth.
Bracts minute, deciduous. Flowers very numerous, small, white,
fragrant like honey. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, oblong, ciliated, curved
over the stamens, and keeled inside near the base. Hypogynous glands
5, large, hairy, orange-coloured ; filaments erect, inserted into the
centre of these, rather shorter than the petals. Ovary superior, oblong ;
stigma large, flat, 5-lobed. Capsule oblong, rather larger than a field
bean, 5-celled, 5-valved; the valves opening from the apex and falling
off with tlie seeds. Seeds numerous, imbricated, winged. — The bark
a powerful astringent, and though not bitter, a tolerably good substi-
tute for Peruvian Bark in the cure of remitting and intermitting fevers;
particularly when joined with a small portion of the powdered seed of
Csesalpinia Bonduccella (Kutulegee of the Bengalese), which is a most
powerful bitter. Roxb. The bark was used in Java by Dr. Blume,
with much success in the worst epidemic fevers, diarrhoea, and other
complaints ; Horsfield also applied it in various cases of dysentery,
but in the last stage, when the inflammatory symptoms had disappeared.

156

CEDRELA.

Forsten considers it especially useful in bilious fevers, and inveterate
diarrhoea arising from atony of the muscular fibre.

CHICKRASSIA.

Calyx short, 5-toothed. Petals 5, erect. Stamen-tube cylin-
dric-oblong, with 10 crenatures, each bearing 1 terminal exserted
anther : ovary oblong, seated on a short disk of its own breadth,
3-celled : ovules numerous in each cell. Style thick, scarcely
distinct from the ovary : stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Capsule
ovoid, 3-celled, 3-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal :
the woody sarcocarp separating from the endocarp,and both from
the large persistent axis, which is 3-wingedby the dissepiments.
Seed numerous, imbricated horizontally in a double row. —
Leaves abruptly pinnated, occasionally bipinnate in luxuriant
plants : leaflets nearly opposite. Panicles terminal. Flowers
pretty large. Sometimes the number of parts of the flower is
diminished by a fifth.

308. C. tabularis A. de J. Meliac. 99. W. and A. i. 123. —
Plagiotaxis Chickrassa Wall. cat. 1269. Swietenia Chick -
rassa Roxb. jl. ind. ii. 399. — Mountainous country eastward
from Bengal.

Leaves alternate, abruptly-pinnate, in luxuriant plants often bipin-
nate, from 6-18 inches long ; leaflets nearly opposite, in from 2 to
10 pairs, subsessile, obliquely-ovate, with a pretty long tapering point,
entire, smooth on both sides, increasing in size towards the apex of the
leaf; petioles round, with here and there a small scabrous speck.
Stipules none. Panicles terminal, erect, rather large. Flowers nu-
merous. Bracts minute. Calyx inferior, small, 5-parted; the lobes
spreading, linear, cuneate, slightly emarginate. Stamen-tube subcylin-
drical, rather shorter than the petals, striated ; with 10 short antheri-
ferous teeth. Anthers cordate. Ovary oblong, striated, a little hairy.
Style just long enough to raise the large peltate stigma even with
the mouth of the stamen tube. Capsule oval, somewhat pointed,
scabrous, the size of a small pullet's egg, 3-celled, 3-valved, with
double integuments, and a 3-winged placenta. Seeds numerous,
winged and imbricated in a double series across the cells. — Bark
powerfully astringent without bitterness. Roxb.

KHAYA.

Sepals 4, imbricated. Petals 4, spreading. Filaments 8,
united in a ventricose tube, with 8 contorted teeth, having 8 an-
thers inside. Ovary 4-celled, with 16 ovules in each cell ; stigma
discoidal. Capsule globose, 4-celled, septifragal, with 4 woody
valves separating from a 4-winged axis.

309. K. senegalensis A. de J. Meliac. 98. Fl. senegamb.
i. 130. t. 32. — Swietenia senegalensis Lam. diet. iii. 679. DC.
prodr. i. 625 Borders of the Gambia, a common forest tree.

157

CEDREI-ACEjE.

A large tree 80-100 feet high. Leaves equally pinnated ; leaflets
ovate-oblong, acute, undulated, leathery, entire, in about 3 pairs,
smooth on both sides. Flowers numerous, in terminal and axillary
panicles. Petals whitish. Capsule the size of a peach. — Bark very
bitter, called Cail-Cedra, febrifugal. The Blacks use it in infusion and
decoction, never in powder. Leprieur says it is called Karson Khayi,
and employed as a remedy for the fevers so common in the damp dis-
tricts of the Gambia. Forsten, p. 12.

310. Juribali or Euribali Hancock in med. hot. trans. 1834.
p. 36.

A small tree. Leaves alternate, oblong, pointed, on short compressed
channelled petioles ; stipules often so much developed as to resemble the
leaves, auriculate, rounded, obtuse, stalked. Panicles long, lax, diva-
ricate. Calyx entire. Petals 4, lanceolate-ovate, white, spreading.
Tube of the stamens campanulate, inflated, 8-toothed, with 8 anthers
in its notches. Ovary obtusely conical, pubescent ; style short; stigma
capitate. Capsule ovate, 1 -celled, 3-valved, containing a single seed,
which is roundish and crowned with a trifid wing,arillate on one side only;
it is veined, and resembles the nutmeg in shape, but is only half its size
with a fleshy albumen and foliaceous cotyledons. — Bark a potent
bitter and astringent ; it appears to be far superior to Peruvian bark
in fevers of a typhoid and malignant nature. It is cordial and purgative;
and is also a powerful diaphoretic, especially if taken warm. Hancock, I.e.
It is not known to what genus this belongs. The description given by
Dr. Hancock is not sufficient to enable a botanist even to be certain
that it belongs to either this order or the last.

158

HUMIRIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 104.
HUMIRIUM.

Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Fertile stamens 20; filaments mona-
delphous at the base ; anthers with an appendage at the apex,
and distant cells. Sterile stamens about half the number, sur-
rounding the base of the ovary in the form of hypogynous scales.
Stigma with 5 rays. Drupe with an 8-celled stone ; of which
the cells are 1 -seeded, 4 cells being placed over the other 4.

311. H. floribundum Mart. gen. and sp. pi. ii. 145. t. 199. —
Various parts of Brazil.

A tree 20 — 30 fett high. Branches slightly winged, purplish brown.
Leaves alternate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, obscurely emarginated,
narrowing into a very short petiole. Cymes axillary, on long stalks
little shorter than the leaves. Flowers small. Calyx with rounded
lobes. Petals white, erect, lanceolate, obtuse. Anthers fringed, with
a tongue- shaped appendage much longer than the lobes. Hypogynous
scales bifid, adhering into a toothed cup. Drupe 4-5 lines long,
purple, with a soft sweet eatable flesh.- — This plant, the Umiri of the
people of Para, yields from its trunk when wounded a valuable, fragrant,
limpid, pale yellow balsam called Balsam of Umiri, possessing the same
medicinal qualities as Balsam of Copaiva, "immo nobiliorem et balsamo
peruviano cemulum." Martius.

312. H. balsamiferum Aubl. 565. t. 225. — Myrodendron am-
plexicaule Schreb. gen. No. 901. — A Guiana plant, with ovate
or ovate-oblong acute sessile half-amplexicaul leaves, yields a
similar balsam, which Aublet compares to that of Peru ; it is the
Houmiri or Touri of the Caribs.

159

AURANTIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 105.
BERGERA.

Flowers and carpels unsymmetrical. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals
5, spreading. Stamens 10: filaments distinct, subulate, com-
pressed below : anthers ovate. Ovary oval, 2-celled ; with one
ovule in each cell, attached by its middle to the middle of the
axis. Style long, thick. Fruit baccate, usually I -celled and
1-seeded. Seed surrounded with mucilage : seed-coat mem-
branous, glabrous : cotyledons glabrous, conspicuously auricled

at their base : radicle villous A small tree with pinnate

leaves. W. and A.

313. B. Konigii Linn. mant. 565. Roxb. corom. ii. t. 112.
ind. i. 375. DC. prodr. i. 537. W. and A. i. 94. — Moun-
tainous coast of Coromandel.

A small tree, with the bark of an alder. Leaves stalked, unequally
pinnate; leaflets alternate, short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, rhomboidal,
oblique, smooth or downy, somewhat serrated. Corymbs terminal,
compound, shorter than the leaves, spreading. Bracts pressed close
to the pedicels, small, solitary, lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers small
white. — Bark and root used as stimulants by the native physicians of
India; externally employed against the bites of poisonous animals; green
leaves prescribed to be eaten raw in dysentery : also bruised and
applied externally to cure eruptions. Roxb.

FERONIA.

Flowers often polygamous. Calyx flat, 5-toothed. Petals 5
(occasionally 4 or 6) spreading. Stamens 10: filaments dilated
and united at the base : anthers linear-oblong, tetragonal. Ovary
seated on the elevated disk, 5- (occasionally 6-) celled : ovules
numerous in each cell. Style scarcely any. Stigma oblong.
Fruit baccate, with a hard rind, 5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds
immersed in a fleshy pulp. — Trees. Leaves pinnated : leaflets
5-7, nearly or quite sessile, obovate, very slightly crenulated,
pellucid-dotted along the margin, inconspicuously so elsewhere ;
common petiole slightly winged. Racemes lax, few-flowered,
terminal and axillary. W. and A.

314. F. elephantum Corr. in Linn, trans, v. 224. Roxb. corom.
ii. t. 141. DC. prodr. i. 538. W. and A. i. 96. — Anisifolius

Rumph. ii. t. 43 East Indies. (Elephant- or wood-apple ;

Capittha As. Res.)

161 M

AURANTIACEiE.

Branches armed with simple spines. Leaflets 5-7, small, obovate,
smooth. When young very thin, when old firm, and almost coriaceous,
common petiole with a narrow margin, jointed. Calyx teeth pink ;
petals paler; anthers crimson. Fruit fleshy, extremely acid before
maturity, when ripe filled with dark brown agreeable subacid pulp,
large, spheroidal, rugged, often warted externally, containing 5 parcels
of roundish-oblong, flat, woolly seeds adhering to the branched pla-
centae, by means of long cords. — Both leaves and flowers exhale a
powerful odour of Anise.

jEGLE.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4- 5-toothed. Petals 4-5,
spreading. Stamens 30-40 ; filaments distinct : anthers linear-
oblong. Ovary 8-15-celled: ovules numerous in each cell;
style very short and thick ; stigma capitate. Fruit baccate, with
a hard rind, 8-15-celled : cells 6-lb-seeded. Seed-coat woolly,
covered over with a slimy liquid. — Trees with simple spines.
Leaves pinnate : leaflets 3, occasionally but very seldom 5,
oblong or broad-lanceolate, crenulated, inconspicuously dotted,
unequal, the terminal one the largest. Peduncles axillary, few-
flowered : pedicels long. Flowers large. W. and A.

315. M. Marmelos Corr. in Linn, trans, v. 222. Roxb. corom.
ii. t. 143. fi. ind. ii. 579. DC. prodr. i. 538. W. and A.
i. 96. — Feronia pellucida Roth. nov. sp. p. 384. DC. prodr.
i. 538. Crataeva Marmelos Linn. sp. pi. 637. (Rheede iii. t. 37.
Rump/i. i. t. 81.) — All parts of the East Indies. (Bilva or
Mahura As. res.)

Trunk pretty erect. Bark ash-coloured. Branches few and irregular.
Thorns axillary, in pairs, single, or none, very sharp and strong. Leaves
ternate. Leaflets oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, attenuated to a bent
point, crenulate, differing much in size, but the exterior one is always
the largest. Panicles small, terminal, and axillary. Flowers large and
white hermaphrodite. Calyx 4- or 5-toothed. Petals 4-5. Filaments
about 40, short. Anthers linear, erect. Berry large, spheroidal,
smooth, with a hard shell, and 10-15 cells, which contain besides the
seeds, a large quantity of a tenacious transparent gluten, which on dry-
ing becomes very hard, but continues transparent ; when fresh it may
be drawn out into threads of 1 or 2 yards in length, and so fine as to
be scarcely perceptible to the naked eye, before it breaks. Seeds from
6 to 10 in each cell, oblong, a little compressed, woolly, attached to the
inner angle of their cell. — Fruit nutritious, warm, cathartic, delicious.
Its aperient and detersive quality, and efficacy in removing habitual
costiveness have been proved by constant experience. Root, bark, and
leaves reckoned refrigerants by the Malabar physicians.

CITRUS.

Flowers usually in a quinary proportion. Calyx urceolate,
3-5-cleft. Petals 5-8. Stamens '20-60 : filaments compressed
at the base, and there more or less united and polyadelphous :

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CITRUS.

anthers oblong. Ovary many-celled : ovules 4-8 in each cell
one above the other in a double row, pendulous. Style terete
Stigma hemispherical. Fruit baccate, 7-9-celled : cells with
several seeds, filled with a fleshy substance composed of numer-
ous irregular pulpy bags or vesicles, which are mere cellular
extensions of the sides of the carpels. — Trees or shrubs with
axillary solitary spines. Leaves reduced to one terminal leaflet
jointed with the apex of the petiole : petiole often winged.

Linnaeus admitted but two species of this genus, the Citron and the
Lemon; and no one knows what the real limits are between those
additional species recognised by modern Botanists. They seem to have
originated in the northern parts of India and in China where wild plants
abound ; but the latter are extremely different from those known in a
cultivated state, and no better course seems to present itself than to
follow the views of M. Risso, wlio has paid much attention to the clas-
sification of the species in Italy and whose distinctions are adopted by
M. De Candolle. Dr. Hamilton indeed declares that the only distinct
species in his opinion are the Shaddock on the one hand, and all the
remainder on the other. But I think few persons would be disposed
to believe in the identity of the Orange and the Lemon.

3J6. C. Aurantium Risso ann. mus. xx. 181. t. 1. f. 1 and 2.
DC. prodr. i. 539. (The Sweet orange.)

Stem arborescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, a little serrulated,
with the stalk more or less winged. Flowers white. Fruit roundish,
very seldom pointed, golden yellow or tawny. Cysts in the rind
convex. Pulp sweet. — Leaves are feebly bitter and contain a volatile
oil. They have been used, in the form of powder, or infusion, in
spasmodic diseases. The young unripe fruit dried and turned in a
lathe are the issue peas of the shops. The rind is a mild tonic and
aromatic ; large quantities are said to be sometimes productive of
mischief. Juice refreshing in fevers. Orange flowers yield the officinal
oleum aurantii or Oil of Neroli.

317. C. Bigaradia Daham. ed. nov. vii. 99. Risso Orang.
p. 148. — C. vulgaris Risso ann. mus. xx. 190. DC. prodr.
i. 539. C. aurantium Bot. Reg. t. 346. S. and C. i. t. 14. —
(The Seville Orange.)

Branches spiny. Leaves elliptical, acute, with a winged stalk.
Flowers very white. Fruit uneven, more or less globose, deep yellow,
with an acid and bitter pulp. Tree smaller and flowers sweeter than
in the sweet orange. — Rind of the fruit more bitter and tonic than
that of the last species, and therefore more employed medicinally.

318. C. Limetta Risso ann. mus. xx. 195. t. 2. f. 1. DC.
prodr. i. 539. — (The Lime.)

Leaves ovate, obovate and oblong, placed upon a wingless stalk.
Flowers small and white. Fruit ovate or roundish, pale yellow, with a
boss at the point. Cysts in the rind concave. Pulp subacid, flat,
slightly bitter. — The fruit yields the oil of bergavwt of the shops ; it
is used in medicine on account of its odour.
163 m 2

AURANTIACE3S.

319. C. Limonum Risso ann. mus. xx. 201. DC. prodr.
i. 539. — (The Lemon.)

Leaves ovate-oblong, usually serrulated, pale green, with a winged
stalk. Flowers middle-sized, purple externally. Fruit oblong, very
uneven, now and then almost round, with a pale yellow rind. Cysts in
the rind concave. Pulp juicy, very acid. — Juice of the fruit yields
citric acid ; when properly diluted and slightly sweetened it is a most
agreeable and refreshing beverage. The essential oil of the rind is
recommended by Mr. Foote as a stimulant in various inflammations of
the eye. Med. hot. trans. 1834. p. 79. The peel itself is aromatic and
stomachic ; but it does not agree with all stomachs.

SPONDIACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 106.

SPONDIAS.

Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft, coloured. Petals
5, oblong, spreading, somewhat valvate. Stamens 10, inserted
on a crenated glandular disk. Styles 5, distant. Drupe crowned
by the points left by the styles ; with a 5-celled fibrous nut.
Seeds by abortion solitary, without albumen ; embryo straight,
cotyledons fleshy; radicle inferior. — Trees with the leaves
unequally pinnated, rarely simple. Racemes axillary, simple
or panicled.

320. S. Mangifera Pers. syn. i. 509. DC. prodr. ii. 75. Roxb.
fl. ind. ii. 451. — Sp. amara Lam. diet. iv. 245. Mangifera pin-
nata Linn, suppl. 56. Amarataca As. res. iv. 284. Ambalam
Rheede i. t. 50. — Mountains of Coromandel.

Trunk straight, 1-2 feet in diameter. Bark smooth, ash-coloured,
astringent. Branches nearly horizontal. Leaves alternate about the
extremities of the branches, pinnate with an odd one, 12-20 inches
long. Leaflets about 5 pairs, opposite, oval, pointed, entire, smooth,
veined ; 3-6 inches long, 2-2^ broad ; petioles round, smooth. Sti-
pules 0. Panicles terminal, very large, diffuse and thin. Flowers very
numerous, small, white, mostly barren, though no male flower (appa-
rently so) is to be found. Calyx small, 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong,
spreading. Disk a large, fleshy, notched ring surrounding the ovary.
Filaments 10, subulate, alternately shorter, incurved, scarcely half the
length of the petals ; anthers small. Ovary ovate, 5-celled, with 1
pendulous ovule in each cell; styles 5, short, erect, distant. Stigmas
simple. Drupe oval, fleshy, smooth, the size of a pullet's egg ; when
ripe, yellow. Nut oblong, woody, very hard, outwardly fibrous,
5-celled, but seldom more than 1 , 2 or 3 of the cells produce seed. —
Trunk when wounded yields large quantities of a mild insipid gum,
exactly like gum Arabic. Iloxb.

164

RHAMNACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 107.
ZIZYPHUS.

Calyx patent, 5-cleft. Petals obovate, unguiculate, convolute.
Stamens exserted : anthers ovate, 2-celled, opening longitu-
dinally. Disk flat, pentagonal, expanded, adnate to the tube of
the calyx. Ovary 2-3-celled, immersed in the disk and adnate
to it. Styles 2-3, diverging or combined. Fruit fleshy, contain-
ing a 1-2-celled nut. Seeds sessile, compressed, very smooth.

— Shrubs or trees, with flexuose branches. Stipules usually
thorny, sometimes caducous. Leaves alternate, 3-nerved.
Cymes axillary, few-flowered, usually much shorter than the
leaf, often sessile. W. and A.

321. Z. CEnoplia Mill. diet. No. 3. DC. prodr. ii. 21.
W. and A. i. 163. — Z. Napeca Roxb.fi. ind. i. 613. not of
Willd. — Common all over India.

Branches many, large, straggling, too weak to support themselves.
Bark dark rust-coloured, pretty smooth ; young shoots downy. Prickles
stipulary, large, and exceedingly sharp, the lower one much recurved,
the upper one straight. Leaves short-stalked, bifarious, very obliquely
ovate, serrate, 3-nerved ; downy underneath, from 1 to 2 inches long.
Corymbs axillary, many-flowered. Style 2-cleft. Drupe the size of a
pea, smooth, shining, black, marked round the base with a circular
scar. Nut rugose, obcordate, 2-celled ; one of the cells often obliter-
ated. Seed solitary, erect. — The fruit is eaten by the natives; the
taste is a very pleasant acid. A decoction of the bark of the fresh root
is said to promote the healing of fresh wounds. Roxb.

322. Z. .Tujuba Lam. enc. meth. iii. 318. DC. prodr. ii. 21.
Roxb. fi. ind. i. 608. W. and A. i. 162. — Rhamnus Jujuba
Linn. sp. 282. (Rumph. ii. t. 36. Rheede iv. t. 41.) — Various
parts of the East Indies and China.

A small tree. Prickles short, often wanting. Leaves elliptical, or
oblong, obtuse, sometimes with a few coarse teeth at the apex, rather
sharp, or blunt, or slightly cordate; glabrous on the upper side, covered
with a close short down on the under. Cymes sessile or very shortly
stalked. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, half combined. Drupe spheroidal ;
nut rugose, hard and thick, 2-celled. — From this and the next the
pleasant pectoral lozenges called Pate de Jujube are prepared when
genuine. Bark employed in the Moluccas as a remedy for diarhcea.

323. Z. vulgaris Lam. illustr. t. 1*85. f. 1. DC. prodr. ii. 19.

— Rhamnus Zizyphus Linn. sp. pi. 282. Pall.fi. ross. ii. t. 59.

— Syria,, Persia, Hindostan.

165 m 3

KHAMNACEiE.

A tree about the size of an apple tree. Prickles absent, or in pairs,
one of them being recurved. Leaves ovate, retuse, toothletted, quite
smooth as well as the branches. Flowers green, axillary, 3-5 together,
on short stalks. Drupe oblong, the size of an olive, dull red, with a
soft mealy pulp.

BERCHEMIA.

Calyx 5-cleft, with a hemispherical tube; segments erect.
Petals 5, convolute. Stamens inclosed within the petals ; an-
thers ovate, 2-celled. Disk fleshy, annular, flattish. Ovary half
immersed in the disk but free from it, 2-celled ; style short,
bifid at the apex ; stigmas convex. Fruit drupaceous, with a
bony 2-celled nut. Seed-coat fibrous, closely adhering above
and on the side next the axis to the putamen, free below and.
on the outer side. — Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves alter-
nate, many-nerved : nerves oblique, almost simple, pretty close
to each other. Flowers in short corymbs or umbels from the
axils of the upper leaves, or nearly sessile and fascicled along
slender leafless branches, which form a terminal panicle.
W. and A.

324. B. volubilis DC. prodr. ii. 22. — CEnoplia volubilis R.andS.
v. 332. Rhamnus volubilis Linn, suppl. 152. Jacq. ic. t. 336.
— In Carolina and Virginia.

A twining shrub, with a stem not thicker than a quill. Leaves
elliptical, stalked, rounded at the base, rounded and acuminate at the
point, smooth on each side, shining on the upper side, with strong
parallel pinnated veins. Flowers small, in short terminal racemes.
Calyx greenish ; petals white. Drupe oblong, black, 1-celled. — Roots
prescribed in cachectic disorders ; said to be antisiphilitic.

CEANOTHUS.

Calyx 5-cleft, campanulate, cut round after flowering, with the
base permanent and adhering to the fruit. Petals hooded,
with long spreading claws. Fruit dry, 3-celled, loculicidal, with
papery valves; cells 1-seeded. — Spineless shrubs.

325. C. americanus Linn.sp.pl. 284. JBot. Mag. t. 1479.
Mill. ic. t. 57. DC. prodr. ii. 31. — United States of Ame-
rica.

A small bush. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated, 3-nerved, downy
on the under side. Flowers white in long thyrses ; with a downy axis.
Fruit bluntly 3-cornered. — An infusion of the twigs has been named as
useful, on account of its astringency, to stop gonorrhceal discharges ;
its root is said to be antisiphilitic.

RHAMNUS.

Calyx urceolate, 4-cleft. Petals either wanting or 5 ; either
nearly flat, or slightly convolute and emarginate at the apex.

166

RHAMNUS.

Stamens with ovate 2-celled anthers. Torus thin, lining the tube
of the calyx. Ovary free from the calyx, and not immersed in
the torus, 2-3-4-celled. Styles 2-4, more or less connected or
distinct. Fruit fleshy, containing 2-4 indehiscent cartilaginous
nuts ; one of them occasionally abortive. — Shrubs or small
trees. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, stipuled, short-
stalked, feather-nerved. W. and A.

326. R. catharticus Linn. sp. pi. 279. Eng. Bot. t. 1629.
Woodv. 1. 1 1 4. DC. prodr. ii. 24. S. and C. t. 1 1 9. — Hedges
and woods throughout Europe. (Buckthorn.)

Branches alternate, or nearly opposite, spreading, straight, round,
smooth, hard, and rigid, each terminating in a strong spine, after the
first year. Leaves deciduous, bright green, smooth, ribbed ; the young
ones downy: the earlier ones in tufts from the flowering buds ; the
rest opposite, on the young branches. Footstalks downy. Stipules
linear. Flowers yellowish-green, on the last year's branches, numerous ;
the fertile ones with narrow petals, rudiments of stamens, and a deeply
4-cleft style ; barren ones with an abortive ovary, and broader petals.
Berries globular, blueish-black, nauseous, with 4 cells, and as many
seeds ; by which last character they are easily known, by druggists,
from the fruit of R. Frangula, which is supposed to be less active. The
unripe berries dye yellow. Smith. — Fruits violently purgative, but pro-
duce colic; they are powerful hydragogue cathartics, 15 or 20 causing
abundant evacuation : only given in some kinds of dropsy. The syrup
usually prescribed in doses of 1 to 2 ounces.

327. R. Frangula Linn, sp.pl. 280. E. Bot. t. 250. or Black
Alder, a common wild shrub, has emetic fruit.

328. R. infectorius Linn. mant. 49. DC. prodr. ii. 24. —
(Clus. hist. i. 111. ic.) — Wild places in the South of Europe,
among rocks.

A dwarf shrub, with a tough woody root ; branches much entangled,
procumbent. Flowers and leaves all out of the same bud. Leaves ovate-
lanceolate, short-stalked, smooth ; with very narrow, subulate, deciduous
stipules. Flowers small, always unisexual, each on a long slender
stalk. Calyx yellowish green, tubular, half 4-cleft. Petals 4, of the
same colour, very narrow, half bifid. Fruit black, obovate, 2-3-celled,
2-3-seeded. — The unripe fruit is dried and sold under the name of
French berries, or Graines D' Avignon ; it is used for dying Maroquin
leather yellow, and is purgative like R. Frangula.

329. R. saxatilis Linn. sp. pi. 1671. Jacq. austr. t. 53, a
nearly allied species, with more erect branches, or more probably
a mere variety, has similar properties ; so have

330. R. amygdalinus Desf. atl. i. 198.

331. R. oleoides Linn. sp. 279.

332. R. buxifolius Poir. diet. iv. 463.

333. R. pubescens Poir. diet. iv. 464.

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BURSERACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 110.
PtfOTIUM.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx campanulate, 4-toothed, persist-
ent. Petals 4, linear-oblong, inserted under the margin of the
torus ; aestivation valvular, the margin curved in. Stamens 8,
shorter than the corolla, glabrous, inserted under the margin of
torus. Torus cup-shaped, fleshy, deeply crenated. Ovary ses-
sile, 2-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, suspended from
the middle of the axis. Style very short : stigma obtuse,
4-lobed. Drupe globose or ovate ; nut thick and very hard,
bony, 2-celled (one of the cells by abortion often obliterated,)
at length divisible into 2 nuts. Seed solitary in each perfect
cell. — Trees giving out balsam. Leaves unequally pinnated :
leaflets 3-7, without dots. W. and A.

334. P. gileadense W. and A. i. 177- — Balsamodendron Gile-
adense DC. prodr. ii. 76. Amyris gileadensis Linn. mant. 65.
Vahl. symb. i. 28. 1. 11. Amyris Opobalsamum Forsk. descr. 79.
BaXo-apov levhpov Theoph. BaXa-afA-ov Dioscorides. — Arabia ; neigh-
bourhood of the Caravanserai of Oude, not far from Hses Forsk.
East Indies Wight. Beder in Ethiopia Bruce.

A middle-sized tree, with divaricating branches and a smooth ash-
coloured bark. Leaves ternate ; leaflets smooth, flat, entire, the lateral
ones ovate, the middle ones obovate. Flowers monoecious. Pedun-
cles solitary or several together, terminal, filiform, 1-flowered. Calyx
campanulate, 4-toothed. Petals 4, linear, erect, obtuse. Stamens 8,
shorter than the corolla. Disk annular, cup-shaped, fleshy, with an
elevation on the outside between each stamen. Fruit fleshy, ovate,
acute, smooth, with 4 sutures, 1-2-celled, with a tenacious viscid pulp.
Seed solitary. — The wounded bark yields opobalsamum according to
Forskal. This, which is'also called Balsam of Mecca, is reckoned by the
Orientals a perfect panacea ; being according to them stomachic, vul-
nerary, alexipharmic, &c. &c. According to Prosper Alpinus its
different qualities depend upon its mode of preparation. I have taken
up an abridgment of Forskal's account of this plant ; but it is thought
by some that the Indian and Arabian species may be different. A
supposed variety from Mecca is mentioned with bipinnate leaves.

335. P. Kafal. — Amyris Kafal Forsk. 80. Balsamodendron
Kafal Kunth. gen. tereb. 16. DC. prodr. ii. 76. — Arabia.

Young leaflets villous, acute, serrated at the point, old ones smooth,
often obtuse. Branches slightly spiny. Fruit compressed, with an
elevated ridge on each side, and a black prominent point at the apex.
— A very fragrant balsam is obtained from the fruit of this tree. The
gum resin is purgative. Forsk.
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BURSERACEiE.

336. P. Kataf. — Amyris Kataf Forsk. 80. Balsamodendron
Kataf. Kunth 1. c. DC. prodr. ii. 76. Balsamodendron Myrrha
N. and E. handb. iii. 122. PI. med. t. 357. — Arabia, near
Beit el fakih ; Gison on the borders of Arabia Felix.

A white-wooded tree without spines. Leaflets ternate, blunt or
acute, serrated at the end. Peduncles corymbose at the ends of the
branches, filiform, for the space of an inch simple, afterwards dichoto-
mously branched. Teeth of calyx lanceolate, the length of the tube.
Fruit globose, with a depressed umbilicus at the point, Forsk. short-
stalked, smooth, brown, ovate, rather larger than a pea, N. and E. —
According to Ehrenberg this is the plant that yields myrrh, which
exudes from the bark, like gum from the bark of a cherry tree ; it
promotes the appetite, creates an agreeable warmth in the stomach,
and occasions slight constipation.

It is supposed that the Indian Bdellium, a gum resin resembling
Myrrh, is obtained from some tree of this genus. For African Bdellium
see Heudelotia africana.

CANARIUM.

Flowers polygamous- dioecious. Calyx campanulate, 3-lobed ;
lobes unequal. Petals 3, inserted under the disk, twice as long as
the calyx, oblong, concave : aestivation imbricative. Stamens 6,
inserted under the disk, shorter than the petals, unequal,
Torus an urceolate disk at the bottom of the calyx. Ovary
sessile, ovate-globose, 3-celled. Style very short, or wanting.
Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a drupe : sarcocarp thin, somewhat fleshy :
nut very hard, 3-angled, 3-celled (2 of the cells often abortive).
Seed solitary in each perfect cell. Cotyledons intricately folded,
deeply 3-cleft. — Trees. Leaves unequally pinnated, upper
ones with large deciduous stipules. Flowers panicled bracteo-
lated. W. and A.

337. C. commune Linn. mant. 177. Konig. in ann. hot.
i. 260. t. 7. f. 2. Roxb. ft. ind. iii. 137. DC. prodr. ii. 79.
W. and A. i. 175. — Amyqs zeylanica lletz. obs. iv. 25. Bal-
samodendron zeylanicum DC. prodr. ii. 76. Colophonia mauri-
tiana DC. prodr. ii. 79. Bursera paniculata Lam. encycl. ii. 768.
— Continent of India ; Indian Archipelago and islands. (Bois
de Colophane in the Isle of France.)

A small tree. Leaflets 7-11, on long stalks, ovate-oblong, acute or
shortly acuminated, quite entire, smooth ; stipules oval. Panicle
terminal, divaricating. Flowers 2-3 together, almost sessile, when
young covered over by broad ovate concave silky bracteoke. Calyx
externally silky. Drupes oblong, black. — The bark yields an abun-
dance of limpid oil, with a pungent turpentine smell, congealing in a
buttery camphoraceous substance ; it has the same properties as
balsam of copaiba. Raw fruit eatable, but apt to bring on diarrhoea.
Said to yield East Indian Elcmi.

170

BURSERA.

BURSERA.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, 3-5-parted, with obtuse
lobes. Petals 3-5, spreading, valvate. Stamens 6-8. Annular
disk, with about 8 crenatures. Ovary ovate, 3-celled ; style
short trifid. Drupe oblong, with 3 stones of which 2 are abor-
tive ; a succulent 3-valved rind. — American balsamiferous trees,
with unequally pinnated or simple leaves. Racemes axillary and
terminal.

338. B. acuminata Willd. sp.pl. iv. 1120. DC. prodr.W. 78.

— Porto Rico and St. Domingo.

Leaflets oblong, acuminate, acute at the base. Racemes axillary. —
A yellow concrete essential oil is yielded by this plant, Royle.

339. B. gummifera Jacq. amer. 94. t. 75. also abounds in a
turpentine-like secretion which hardens as it dries. This plant
is found in Cuba, St. Domingo, Jamaica and on the adjoining
continent, and appears to be not very different from the last.

BOSWELLIA.

Flowers bisexual. Calyx small, 5-toothed, persistent. Petals
5, obovate-oblong, very patent, acute at the base, inserted under
the margin of the disk: aestivation slightly imbricative. Stamens 10,
inserted under the disk, alternately shorter : filaments, subulate,
persistent : anthers caducous. Torus a cup-shaped disk, fleshy,
larger than the calyx, crenulated on the margin. Ovary oblong,
sessile. Style 1, the length of the stamens, caducous. Stigma
capitate, 3-lobed. Fruit capsular, 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-valved,
septicidal: valves hard. Seeds solitary in each cell, surrounded by
abroad membranaceous wing. Cotyledons intricately folded, mul-
tifid. — Trees producing balsam and resin. Leaves deciduous,
alternate towards the top of the branches, unequally pinnated :
leaflets opposite, serrated. Stipules none. Racemes terminal or
axillary. Flowers on short pedicels, white. W. and A.

340. B. thurifera Colebr. in As. research, ix. 317. and xi. 158.
Hoxb.fl. ind. ii. 383. W. and A. i. 174. — B. serrata S. and C.
iii. t. 147. Pereira in med. gaz. xx. 676. Aitavoq Dioscorid.

— Mountainous parts of Coromandel, Bundulkund, &c.
Leaflets oblong, obtuse, serrated, pubescent. Racemes axillary,

single, shorter than the leaves. W.aud A. — Resin is called Olibanum ;
chiefly used as an incense in Indian temples, but also stimulant, astrin-
gent, and diaphoretic. Prescribed by the native Indian doctors, mixed
with clarified butter, in gonorrhoea and bloody flux. ,

ICICA.

Catyx small, obtusely 5-toothed. Petals 5, inserted under the
disk, recurved, sessile, valvate. Stamens 10, inserted with
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burseracejE.

the petals and shorter than them. Disk cup-shaped, 10-cre-
nated at the margin. Ovary sessile, 5-celled : ovules 2 in each
cell, collateral, pendulous. Style very short. Stigma 5-angled.
Drupe globose, obtuse, 1-3-celled, the dissepiments (when pre-
sent) thick and fleshy; sarcocarp coriaceous, splitting into valves:
nuts (seeds ?) bony, very hard, solitary in each cell, covered
with an adhering arilliform fibrous pulp, marked externally with
a depression or hilum, swollen internally opposite to the hilum
or point of attachment of the placenta. Cotyledons foliaceous,
thin, intricately folded and chrysaloid : radicle superior, cylin-
drical, thick. — Trees, producing resin or balsam. Leaves un-
equally pinnated, not dotted. Stipules none. Racemes or
panicles axillary. Flowers small, white, or yellowish-brown.
W. and A. chiefly.

341. I. heptaphylla Aubl. guian.i. 337. t. 130. Hancock in
meal. gaz. xx. 196. DC. prodr. ii. 77- — Amyris ambrosiaca
Willd. sp. pi. ii. 335. — Woods of Guiana.

A good sized tree. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnated ; leaflets in
2 or 3 pairs, ovate, acuminate, smooth, entire. Flowers axillary,
corymbose. — The trunk yields a liquid limpid resinous fragrant sub-
stance, which according to Dr. Hancock is a valuable remedy for
coughs; it hardens into a whitish resin. This writer gives Hyawa or
Haiawa for the native name ; according to Aublet it is Arou aou with
the Caribs.

34-2. I. Aracouchini Aubl. 1. c. i. 345. t. 133. N. and E.
handb. iii. 128. — I. heterophylla DC. prodr. ii. 77. — Woods
of Guiana, near the source of the river Courou.

A small tree. Leaves ternate or unequally pinnated with 5 pairs ;
leaflets ovate, smooth, entire. Fruit in axillary and terminal racemes,
somewhat shorter than the leaves. Fruit greenish, with 2-3-4 coria-
ceous valves, enclosing a white sweet pulp which divides into 2-3-4
lobes each enveloping an angular stone. — The wounded branches
yield an abundance of a yellowish, balsamic, aromatic liquid of a tere-
binthinous nature, which preserves its fluidity a long time, and consti-
tutes the Balsam of Acouchi. The Caribs esteem it highly as a vulne-
rary.

343. I. Icicariba DC. prodr. ii. 77. N. andE. handb. iii. 126.
— Amyris ambrosiaca Linn.f. suppl. 216 ? — Brazil.

Leaflets 3-5, short-stalked, oblong, acuminate. Flowers clustered
in the axils, subsessile. — The fragrant fennel-scented resin of Brazil
called Elemi is said to be produced by this tree, of which however little
appears to be known. De Candolle says Resin ofCoumia comes from
it ; but I do not find such a substance in books.

344. I. Carana HBK. nov. gen. vii. 34. with trifoliolate and
pinnate leaves, and oblong acuminate smooth leaflets, shining on
the upper, white and mealy on the under side, found in the
missions of the Oronoco, yields the fragrant balsamic substance
called Caranna, according to most writers. Dr. Hancock is

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however of opinion that the Aniba of Aublet or Cedrota of
Schreber, the affinity of which is unknown, really produces it. \
345. I. Tacamahaca HBK. vii. 33. DC. prodr. ii. 77.
with 5 elliptical oblong shining coriaceous acuminate leaflets,
axillary panicles 3 times shorter than the petiole, and octandrous
flowers ; common near Calabozo in los Llanos ; produces one
of the bitter resins called Tacamahaca.

346. Another supposed species of this genus is the Copal of
the Mexicans of Papantla and Misantla. Linneea v. 601.

ELAPHRIUM.

Calyx 4-parted, deciduous. Petals 4. Stamens 8, length of
calyx. Style 1, short. Stigma bifid. Capsule roundish, 1-celled,

1- seeded. Seed covered by pulp. — Trees with alternate, un-
equally pinnated leaves.

347. E. tomentosum Jacq. amer. 105. t. 71. Jigs. 1, 2, 3.
DC. prodr. i. 723. N. and E. handb. iii. 130. — Fagara octan-
dra Linn. mant. 40. — Rocky places in Curacao and the neigh-
bouring islands.

An inelegant tree about 20 feet high. Leaves downy on each side;
leaflets in about 4 pairs, ovate, obtuse, crenated, hardly an inch long.
Racemes crowded, terminal, simple, \—\\ inch long. Flowers small,
yellowish. Fruit the size of a pea, distilling balsam when the valves
separate. Seed black, partly enclosed in a scarlet pulpy aril. — The
tree abounds in a fragrant, balsamic, glutinous resin, which is believed
to furnish one of the sorts of Tacamahaca.

348. E. excelsum HBK. vii. t. 611. a Mexican plant very
nearly related to the last, is also stated to produce a similar
substance.

? COMMIPHORA.

Calyx 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8 ; with 8 glands alter-
nating with the filaments. Berry drupaceous, with a 2-celled

2- seeded stone.

349. C. madagascarensis Jacq. hort. sclionb. ii. 66. t. 249. —
Amyris Commiphora Roxb. Ji. ind. ii. 244. — Silhet, Assam,
Madagascar.

Trunk of small trees crooked, and clothed with many spreading and
drooping, crooked branches down to the ground ; branchlets often
ending in thorny points. Bark of the young shoots green and smooth,
that of the larger branches, and trunk, covered with a light coloured
pellicle as in the common birch. Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, or
elliptic, serrulate, smooth on both sides ; at the base or apex of the
petiole on each side, is generally found a small leaflet tending to give
the whole the appearance of a ternate leaf. Flowers short-stalked,
small, red, collected in little bundles on the small protuberant buds left
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by the former year's leaves. Disk consisting of 8 glands alternate with
the insertion of the filaments. Berry drupaceous, the size of a black
currant, red, smooth. Nut 2-celled, with a single seed in each cell. — The
whole plant very odoriferous, with a fragrance resembling that of
Myrrh ; but not the myrrh of commerce. Certainly not a Caoutchouc
tree as Jacquin asserts. Roxb. Produces Indian Bdellium, a substance
resembling myrrh, according to Professor Royle. See Heudelotia.
Guggul or Bengal Elemi according to Guibourt. (ii. 540.)

I have not seen this plant, and it is still very incompletely described.
I presume however there can be little doubt of its belonging to this
natural order.

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Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 112.
BUXUS.

Flowers monoecious, clustered or racemose. Sepals 4, brac-
teate. $ . Stamens 4. ? . Styles and stigmas 3. Capsule

3- horned, tricoccous, 6-seeded. A. de J.

350. B. sempervirens Linn. sp. pi. 1394. E. Sot. t. 1341.
— Dry chalky hills in Europe and the west of Asia.

A small dense-leaved, hard-wooded, evergreen tree. Leaves ovate,
deep shining green, becoming red in the autumn, quite smooth and
entire, with the cuticle of the under side readily stripping off ; petioles
and young branches slightly downy. Flowers aggregate, axillary, pale
yellow. Capsule globular, bursting elastically. Seeds parallel, oblong,
slightly compressed, externally rounded. — Leaves bitter and nauseous ;
sudorific and purgative. Chips of the wood have the same properties,
and have been prescribed in syphilitic diseases and chronic rheumatism.
A foetid empyreumatic oil, Oleum Buxi, was formerly sold in the shops ;
but for all the purposes of box-oil, preparations of Guaiacum are
now employed in preference. The oil has been occasionally employed
with success in tooth ache. Camels are poisoned by browsing on the
leaves in some parts of Persia.

CICCA.

Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Calyx 4-parted. $ . Sta-
mens 4. 2 . Styles 4-5, bifid. Capsule somewhat fleshy, with

4- 5 cocci, and 8-10 seeds.

351. C. disticha Willd. iv. 332. — Phyllanthus longifolius
Jacq. h. schtinb. ii. t. 194. Roxb. jl. ind. iii. 673. (Rheede
iii. t. 47. 48. jRumph. vii. t. 33. f. 2.) Averrhoa acida Linn. sp. pi.
613. — Islands of India. (Cheramella of Europeans.)

A small tree. Leaves pinnated 1-2 feet long, often flower-bearing ;
leaflets numerous, alternate, stalked, nearly orbicular, 1-3 inches long,
1-1^ broad; petioles" round, smooth, tapering, sometimes ending in a
short raceme of male flowers. Racemes numerous, terminal, axillary
and from the old buds on the naked branches. Flowers numerous,
small, reddish, in globular beads. Drupe 3-4-lobed, 4-6-8-grooved, the
size of a gooseberry. Nut (according to Roxb.) 3-4-parted, each part
1-celled and 1-seeded, which is at variance with the character assigned
to the genus by A. de J. — Leaves sudorific, seeds cathartic. Fruit
subacid, cooling and wholesome.
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EMBLICA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx 6-parted. $ . Stamens 3, combined.
2 . Styles 3, dichotomous. Fruit fleshy, 3-coccous, 6-seeded.
A. de J.

352. E. officinalis Gcertn. ii. 122. — Phyllanthus Emblica
Linn. sp.pl. 1393. Myrobalanus Emblica Bauh.pin. 445. Humph.
vii. p. 1. t. 1. (Nilicamaram Hheede i. t. 38.) — Most parts
of India.

Trunk generally crooked, when large as thick as a man's body.
Branches thinly scattered in every direction ; male branches spreading
and drooping. Bark ash-coloured, scabrous. Leaves alternate, spread-
ing, bifarious, pinnate, flower-bearing, 1-2 feet long, and about 1^-2
inches broad ; leaflets very numerous, alternate, linear-obtuse, entire,
smooth, about f inches long, and a broad ; petioles striated, round.
Stipules small, withering. Flowers minute, greenish yellow. £ very
numerous in the axils of the lower leaflets, and round the common
petiole below the the leaflets, peduncled. Calyx 6-parted. Anthers
3-5 surrounding the upper part of a columnar filament. % few,
solitary, sessile, mixed with some males in the most exterior axils that
bear flowers. Calyx as in the male. Disk cup-formed, embracing
half the ovary, border ragged. Ovary superior, ovate. Style scarcely
any. Stigmas 3, 2-cleft. Drupe fleshy, globular, smooth, 6-striated.
Nut obovate, obtusely triangular, 3-celled. Seeds 2 in each cell. —
Bark used in India in diarrhoea. Fruit extremely acid and astringent ;
when dry a mild purgative.

PHYLLANTHUS.
Flowers moncecious or dioecious. Calyx 5-6-parted. 6* • Sta-
mens 3, seldom more, united at base. 5 . Styles 3, bifid. Cap-
sule 3-coccous, 6-seeded. A. de J.

353. P. Niruri Linn, sp.pl. 1392. Iloxb.fi. ind. iii. 659.—
Urinaria indica Burm. zeyl. t. 93. — A common weed in Indian
gardens and waste places.

Root annual. Stem erect, from 1 to 2 feet high, round, smooth.
Branches numerous in large plants, the lower spreading to a consider-
able extent. Leaves scattered, spreading, pinnate, 1-3 inches long:,
flower-bearing. Leaflets alternate, bifarious, nearly sessile, oval,
smooth ; about \ [inch long, and ^ broad. Stipules of the petiole
3-fold, forming a 3-toothed cup round their insertion, each tapering to a
fine point ; those of the leaflets similar, but 1 on each side. Flowers
axillary to the leaflets, generally 1-2 male, and 1 female, on short
stalks. J1. Disk small, saucer-shaped, 6-toothed. Stamens, 1 short,
columnar filament and 3 pairs of anthers. °. . Calyx and disk as
in the male. Capsules smooth, umbilicated, opening with an elastic
jerk, 3-celled, 6-valved ; cells 2-seeded. — Root bitter and astringent;
when fresh employed successfully in Jaundice. Half an ounce rubbed
in milk and given night and morning completed a cure, according to
Dr. John, in a few days, without any sensible operation of the medicine.
Roxb. Root, leaves and young shoots deobstruent, diuretic and healing.
Leaves very bitter and a good stomachic. Ainslic. A decoction of the

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bruised herbage and seed a specific against diabetes, according to Mar-
tius ; who says it is called Erva Pombinha in Brazil.

354. P. urinaria Linn. sp. pi. 1393. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 660.
— Herba maeroris rubra Humph, vi. t. 17 f- 1. Tsjeru Kirganeli
Rheede x. t. 16. — Common in India, growing under the shade
of trees.

Young plants of a deep dull dark red colour. Leaflets linear-oblong.
Flowers all sessile. Capsule scabrous, 3-celled, 6-valved. Otherwise
like P. Niruri. — A powerful diuretic.

355. P. simplex Retz. obs. v. 29. Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 654

Dry cultivated ground in the East Indies.

Root frequently perennial. Stem somewhat woody. Branches
numerous, diverging from the base of the little stem, spreading closely
to the earth, with their apices ascending, many times longer than the
stem, striated from the insertions of the leaves, which gives them a
compressed appearance. Leaves simple, alternate, spreading, bifarious,
sessile, linear-lanceolate, smooth, entire; about J inch long, and a
broad. Stipules 2, obliquely cordate, withering. Flowers, male and
female mixed, axillary, generally from 1 to 3 of each. Females long-
stalked. Males nearly sessile. Three distinct filaments united at the base.
Disk of the female with 12 notches. — Fresh leaves, flowers and fruit
mixed with equal parts of cumin seeds and sugar and made into an
electuary are administered by the natives of India, in doses of a tea-
spoonful a day in cases of gonorrhoea. Fresh leaves bruised and mixed
with buttermilk make a wash to cure the itch in children. Roxb.

356. P. virosus Willd. sp. pi. iv. 578. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 659. —
Forests and mountains of India.

Trunk erect. Branches numerous, ascending ; branchlets bifarious.
Leaves simple, alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, oval, entire, smooth,
1-2 inches long, and from J to 1 inch broad. Stipules minute.
Flowers very small, dioecious, axillary, crowded, short-stalked, when in
flower erect. Calyx 5-leaved ; sepals oblong, concave. Disk 5

yellow glands surrounding the base of the style and alternating with 5,
spreading filaments. Pistil a style-like column with a stellate top.
£ . Calyx as in the male. Disk a 5-sided ring surrounding the
base of the ovary. Styles 3. Stigma 2-cleft. Berry the size of a pea,
covered with a white, fleshy pulp, 3-celled. Seeds 2 in each cell. —
Bark a strong astringent, intoxicating fish when thrown into water.

CLUYTIA.

Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. $ . Stamens 5,
united into the stalk of an abortive pistil. $ . Styles 3, bifid.
Capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded. A. de J.

357. C. collina Roxb. corom. ii. 36. t." 169. fl. ind. iii. 733. —
Hilly parts of the Circars of India.

Leaves alternate, short-stalked, bifarious, the smaller ones orbicular,
the larger obovate, entire, smooth, shining. Stipules small, acute,
hairy, deciduous. Flowers short-stalked, middle sized, green, monoe-
cious, intermingled or separate, or dioecious, axillary. Bracts several,

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very minute. Calyx 5-parted; divisions tapering, withering.

Petals 5, very minute, lanceolate. Disk saucer-shaped. Stamens ad-
hering to a columnar abortive pistil, from which, near the apex, there
issue 5 ascending filaments. Anthers oblong, erect. j . Calyx
and corolla as in the male. Disk cup-formed, closely embracing half
the ovarj', slightly notched at the edge. Styles 3, each 2-cleft ; stigmas
simple. Capsule somewhat 3-lobed, smooth,, very hard, 3-celled,
6-valved, the size of a nutmeg. Seeds solitary, round, smooth, of the
sizeof a pea. — Rind of the capsule reputed to be exceedingly poisonous.

BRIEDELIA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, minute. $ .
Stamens 5, united into the stalk of an abortive pistil seated upon
a disk lining the base of the calyx. ? . Styles 3, bifid. Ovary
surrounded by a 5-cleft tube. Fruit fleshy, 2-celled, 2-4-seeded.
A. de J.

358. B. spinosa Willd. sp. pi. iv. 979. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 735.

— Cluytia spinosa Roxb. corom. ii. 38. t. 172. — Circar moun-
tains of India and various parts of Bengal.

Trunk straight. Branches numerous, spreading. Thorns a few
over the larger branches, large and strong. Leaves alternate, oblong,
pointed, entire, firm, smooth, strongly veined, about 5 inches long, and
2\ broad. Spikes axillary or terminal, clustered; flowers in inter-
rupted parcels, small, greenish yellow, male and female mixed.
Calyx 5-parted, withering. Petals 5, minute, orbicular, crenulate.
Disk double, the exterior saucer-shaped; the interior cup-shaped,
sitting on the exterior, and divided to near the base, into 5 segments ;
divisions narrowing towards the point, with the extremities 3-toothed.
Filaments 5, inserted into an erect column. 9 . Calyx and
corolla as in the male. Disk surrounding the ovary entirely, and
leaving only a small opening for the styles to pass through, and there
5-toothed. Styles 2, bifid. Stigmas simple. Berry globular, of the
size of a pea, succulent, black. Seeds 2. — Bark a powerful astringent.
Leaves eaten by cattle ; said to destroy worms in their bowels. Roxb.

CROZOPHORA.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens
5-10, with unequal connate filaments. ? . Calyx 10-parted. Petals
0, styles 3, bifid. Capsule 3-coccous. A. de J.

359. C. tinctoria A. Juss. Euphorb. 27. Nees gen. pi. eur. c. ic.

— Croton tinctorium Linn. sp. pi. 1 425. — Basin of the Medi-
terranean.

A small hoary annual, all covered with stellate hairs. Leaves ovate-
rhomboidal, repand, toothed, plaited and curled at the edges, tapering
gradually to a stalk which is nearly as long as themselves. Flowers
monoecious, in axillary racemes, the upper male, the lower female
Maes subsessile, crowded, erect. Calyx 5-parted, conical, smooth
inside. Stamens 5 or more, united in a column. Females on long,
drooping, 1-3-flowered stalks. Calyx 10-parted, spreading, with

CROZOPHORA.

subulate segments. Capsule sound, leprous with starry scurf, tri-
coccous. Seeds somewhat angular. — An acrid plant, with emetic,
drastic, corrosive properties. Its seeds, ground into powder and mixed
with oil, are employed as a cathartic medicine. It is cultivated for the
deep purple dye called Turnsole which is obtained from it.

CROTON.

Flowers moncecious or very rarely dioecious. Calyx 5-part-
ed. $ . Petals 5. Stamens 10 or more, distinct. ? . Petals 0.
Styles 3, divided into 2 or more partitions. Capsule tricoccous.
A. de J.

360. C. Cascarilla Linn. sp. pi, 1424. Willd. iv. 531.—
C. lineare Jacq. amer. 256. t. 162. f. 4. (Sloane i. t. 86. f. 1.) —
West India islands ; Jamaica, St. Domingo.

Young branches covered with a fine close scaly yellowish down,
which disappears with age. Leaves^ to 1£ inch in length, variable in
breadth, linear, quite entire, obtuse at each end, mucronate at the
point, quite smooth on the upper side, closely covered with a fine
silvery or yellowish scaly down on the under side, with 2 or 3 glands at
the base, very much hidden by the fur. Flowers dioecious, in short
dense terminal downy spikes, about the size of common shot. — The
bark called Cascarilla, a most valuable bitter, aromatic, tonic stimulant,
abounding in volatile oil, is by some believed to be produced by this
tree, which occurs in apart of the West India islands : St. Domingo and
Jamaica for example. M. Fee states positively that such is the case,
but he adds that Cascarilla is brought from Paraguay as well as the
West Indies ; and Croton Cascarilla has not been recorded as a
Paraguay species. Schiede assigns the bark to C. Pseudo-china : an
opinion adopted by Mr. Don, who declares that Cascarilla is not imported
either from Jamaica or the Bahamas; Edinb. new phil. journ. xvi. 368 ;
which is going back to the old assertion that the bark is imported from
the Spanish main. But Mr. Pereira has clearly proved, upon the best of
all evidence in this case, viz., the customs entries, that Cascarilla prin-
cipally comes from the Bahamas, as has always been asserted by the
most original authorities ; and then, taking the authority of Catesby, the
author of a " Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Is-
lands," who assures us that a plant which he figures and describes (2. 46.
t. 46.) under the name of Ricinoides elseagni folio, produces the Chacrilla
or Ilateria of the Bahamas, Mr. Pereira comes to the conclusion that
this plant, called C. Cascarilla by Linnaeus, is the true source of the
officinal bark of that name. To this however there are several objec-
tions ; in the first place Catesby speaks of a bark exported from the
Bahamas a century ago, and I do not know that any evidence exists to
prove that Ilateria and Cascarilla are identical ; moreover it appears
that at the time when this author visited the Bahamas (1722-4) the
plant was already becoming scarce from the quantity of its bark that
had been consumed, and it would not be unreasonable to conclude that
the supply has in fact ceased. It is also to be noticed that it is impos-
sible to say what the plant is that Catesby figured; for I know of
no Croton, nor indeed any other plant to which it can belong. If, as
is universally believed, it was intended for the C. Cascarilla of Linnaeus,
I can only say in that case that it bears that plant the smallest possible
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resemblance, and might almost as well have been intended for C. Eleu-
teria ; in fact I do not see how any argument can be sustained by
reference to so wretched a figure. Admitting however that it was
intended for the plant it is universally quoted for, still I cannot look
upon it as evidence of much value, for Catesby was not an observer
upon whose testimony implicit reliance could be placed, in Botany at
least. This Croton Cascarilla is undoubtedly the wild Rosemary bush
of Jamaica, and is common in other West India islands, as St. Domingo;
yet Dr. Wright, a good authority, distinctly asserts that it has none of
the sensible qualities of Cascarilla. Then Sloane, an excellent observer,
says nothing about its bark being of any use ; and again the elder Jacquin,
who described it under the name of C. lineare, and who was a close
enquirer into the uses of plants, is equally silent ; he says indeed
" tota planta aromatica et odorifera, " but this would be true of a
large part of the genus Croton. The evidence therefore that Casca-
rilla bark is furnished b^ C. Cascarilla Linn, is reduced to the single
testimony of Catesby. Opposed to this we have the comparatively
recent and equally direct evidence of Woodville, who has figured a
plant from specimens sent from the Bahamas as those of the tree
supplying Cascarilla, and this plant he rightly determined to be C. Eleu-
teria, thus confirming the account of Dr. Wright that the C. Eleu-
teria of Jamaica also yielded Cascarilla. For these reasons, and for
another mentioned under C. Pseudo-China, I am obliged to dissent
from the very high authority of Mr. Pereira, and to give my opinion in
favour of those who assign the bark to the next species. While how-
ever it seems certain that at all events the College of Physicians have
erred in taking C. Pseudo- China for the officinal bark of this country,
is not M. Guibourt right in suggesting that several different species
may produce it ? I observe that in the bills of entry quoted by Mr.
Pereira, two imports came from Lima ; now so far as we know none of
the species here named have been found in Peru.

361. C. Eleuteria Swartz.fl. ind. occ. ii. 1183. Woodv.suppl.
t. 211. copied in S. and C. t. 150. (Sloane ii. t. 174. f. 2.) —
Thickets in Jamaica and other West India Islands.

A small tree. Branches and twigs angular, rather compressed,
striated, downy, ferruginous. Leaves stalked, alternate, ovate, with a
short but obtuse point, quite entire, slightly nerved, green on the
upper surface, with a few scattered leprous dots, beneath silvery and
densely downy," about 2 inches long ; petioles scarce £ inch long, scurfy.
Racemes axillary and terminal, branched or compound; the branches
short, divaricating, covered with numerous, closely parted, subsessile,
monoecious flowers. Males uppermost and smallest ; females lowest,
few, and on short stalks. Filaments 10-12. Capsule roundish, mi-
nutely warted, scurfy, not much bigger than a pea, with 3 furrows,
3 cells and 6 valves. — I have already stated why I consider it certain
that this species is the true origin of Cascarilla Bark, as has been af-
firmed by Drs. Wright and Woodville.

362. C. Pseudo-china Schlecht. in Linn. v. 84. — C. Casca-
rilla Don in Edinb. new phil. Journal xvi. 368. — Near Plan
del Rio, and Actopan, in the hot country of Mexico.

Young shoots covered with a close brown scurf. Leaves large (4 in.
X 3.) cordate-ovate, obtusely acuminate, 3-5-nerved, nearly or quite

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entire, silvery and scaly on the under side, bright green and smooth on
the upper, except a few scattered minute scurfs ; about twice as long
as their scurfy silvery taper petioles. Racemes axillary, quite simple,
covered with ferruginous scurf, monoecious. Flowers all 5-sepalous and
5-petalous; males with 10-15 stamens. — A very distinct species from
C. Eleuteria, and according to Deppe beyond all doubt the true Quina
blanca or Copalchi of the druggists of Xalapa, and in his opinion pro-
bably the plant yielding the Cascarilla of Europe. Another bark is
also called Copalchi in Mexico, which according to Virey and Guibourt
is furnished by Strychnos Pseudo Quina. Professor Don considers it
quite certain that this C. Pseudo-China is what furnishes the Cascarilla
for Apothecaries' Hall ; and he proposes to shift the name of C. Cas-
carilla to it; a proposition which is inadmissible: firstly, because there is
no end to such changes, and secondly because Mr. Pereira has satis-
factorily shown that Professor Don is wrong in his statement. I
however regard the admitted fact of the bark of this species being
extremely like true Cascarilla as an additional reason for referring that
bark to C. Eleuteria, because the two species are very similar, and for
not referring it to C. Cascarilla, which is a totally different species.
Mr. Pereira has traced the importation of this bark and shown that it
resembles Ash Cinchona bark in appearance, and very different in many
respects from the officinal Cascarilla of this country. Med. Gaz. xx. 850.

363. C. Tiglium Lam. encycl. ii. 208. Roxb.jl. ind. iii. 682.
S. and C. i. t. 4. — C. Jamalgota Hamilt. in Linn, trans.
xiv. 258. — Continent of India, Ceylon.

A middle-sized tree. Young branches terete, smooth, shining, a
little furrowed towards the ends. Leaves oval-oblong, acute and 3-5-
nerved at the base, acuminate at the point, with shallow glandular ser-
ratures ; thin, membranous, with 2 glands at their base, covered when
young with extremely minute stellate scattered hairs ; petioles chan-
nelled, about a the length of the leaf, when quite young furnished with
stellate hairs, but soon losing them. Racemes terminal, erect, male at
apex, female below. Flowers downy ; Calyx 5-cleft; petals 5,

lanceolate, woolly; stamens 15, distinct. Calyx 5-cleft perma-

nent. Styles long, bifid. Capsules oblong, obtusely triangular, the
size of a hazel nut, closely covered with minute stellate hairs ; the cells
completely filled with the solitary seeds. Skin of the seeds pale dull
brown, overlaying a harder dark integument. This is one of the plants
from which the violently drastic substance called Croton oil or Oil of
Tiglium is prepared. The seeds are the part used. Dr. Francis
Hamilton has indeed shown that the original Grana Dilla, or Grana
Tilli, or Grana Tiglia were produced in all probability by a different
species, C. Pavana, and he proposes to do away with the name of
C. Tiglium, substituting the latter and C. Jamalgota for it. I do not how-
ever see the necessity for the alteration. Dr. Hamilton admits that
many, and it is probable that most, of the Botanists who have spoken
of C. Tiglium meant his C. Jamalgota, and therefore with that species
the name can without inconvenience remain. It is clearly the plant of
Roxburgh, and 1 know, from Ceylon specimens, that it is the C. Tiglium
of that island.

364. C. Pavana Hamilt. in Linn, trans, xiv. 259. — Granum
Moluceum Rumph. iv. t. 42. ? — Ava, North-eastern parts of
Bengal ; Amboyna ?

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Very like C. Tiglium, but leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, quite
destitute of stellate hairs, hardly ever 3-nerved, the principal basal veins
being alternate with each other. Flowers larger ; males decandrous.
Capsule dotted, hispid, with the seeds much smaller than the cells that
contain them. — This is supposed to have been the original Tilly-seed
plant; but it is doubtful whether the figure quoted from Rumphius belongs
to it. There is no question about its being a distinct species ; and in all
probability others equally allied to it will yield an oil of similar quality.

365. C. Draco Schlecht in Linn. vi. 360. — Woods near
Papantla in Mexico.

A tree with the leaves, flowers, and young shoots covered all over
with a coarse hoary starry fur. Leaves cordate, acuminate, minutely
toothed or entire, longer than their footstalks, as they grow older
losing their hoariness a little ; the larger about 5x3 inches ; petioles
with 4 wart-like glands at the apex, so hidden by the fur that they
cannot be seen till it is scraped away. Racemes 1-2 feet long, with the
hoary flowers clustered at regular intervals all along it. Male flowers
with 20-24 stamens. — According to Schiede this abounds in a sanguine
juice, which hardens into the finest kind of Dragon's blood (Sangrc del
drago of the Mexicans), used in Mexico as a vulnerary and astringent.

366. C. sanguineus HBK. ii. 89. of New Andalusia; and
367- C. hibiscifolius HBK. ib. of New Granada ; have similar

properties, and are equally called Sangre del Drago.

368. C. polyandrum Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 682. — Jatropha mon-
tana Willd. sp. pi. iv. 563. — Borders of rills and moist places in
the Circar mountains.

Stems several from the same root, shrubby, straight. Branches few ;
young shoots a little downy and round, 3-6 feet high. Leaves alter-
nate, stalked, oval, sometimes lobed, deeply toothed, or coarsely and
remotely serrate, a little hairy, 3-nerved, with 2 projecting brown
glands at the base ; from 2 to 6 inches long. Petioles round, about 1
inch long. Stipules 0, but 2 glands in their place. Male flowers race-
mose, small, dull yellow. Racemes axillary, erect, interrupted. Calyx
5-leaved. Corolla 0. Disk a membranaceous, yellow ring, surrounding
the base of the filaments. Filaments shorter than the calyx, numerous,
distinct, compressed, clavate, with the points bifid, and bearing each 2
oval anthers. Female flowers stalked, axillary. \ Calyx cylindrical,
5-toothed. Corolla 0. Disk as in the male. Seeds exactly like those
of Ricinus communis, but much smaller. — Seeds reckoned by the
Hindoos a good purgative ; one seed bruised in water administered for
each evacuation. Roxb.

N.B. The true genus of this plant doubtful.

369. C. lacciferum Linn. sp. pi. 1426. N. and E. handb.
i. 378. — C. aromaticum Spreng. iii. 869. — Aleurites laccifera
Willd. iv. 591 . (Burm. Zeyl. t. 91 .) — Ceylon.

Branches densely furred. Leaves stalked, oblong, downy, serrulate,
acute at each end, or obtuse at the base, with a pair of kidney-shaped
glands at the base. Racemes long, terminal, loose, leafless except
quite at the base. Flowers single, downy. Fruit tomentosc, round-
ish, the size of a large pea. — Bark of the root aromatic and purgative.
The branches yield very fine lac in grains, in small quantities.

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370. C. suberosum HBK. ii. 86. — Salt places near Acapulco.

Branches corky. Leaves ovate-roundish, acute, cordate, entire,
thickish, hoary and downy above, shaggy and white beneath, with no
glands. Flowers dioecious. — Employed in Peru as an aromatic purgative.

371. C. balsamiferum Linn. Mant. 125. Jacq. amer. 255.
t. 162. f. 3. — Common in Tortola, Martinique and Caracas, on
rocky stony cliffs.

A branched diffuse shrub 3-4 feet high, abounding in every part in a
thick balsamic brownish balsam. Branches closely covered with rust-
coloured fur. Leaves tomentose, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate,
slightly cordate, with 2 urceolate glands at the base underneath. Spikes
terminal, compact, chiefly male, female at the base. — A spirituous liqueur
called Eau de Mantes, used in irregular menstruation, is distilled from it.

372. C. perdicipes A. de St. H. pi. us. 59. used in Brazil as a
cure for syphilis, and as a useful diuretic.

373. C. campestris Id. 60. has a purgative root, and is em-
ployed in syphilitic disorders.

*#* Several kinds of Croton, called Orelha d' Onca in Brazil —
low hairy shrubs, which grow on elevated grassy plains, — furnish in
their roots a good substitute for Senega. They stimulate and pro-
mote the secretions especially of the pituitous membranes. They are
administered with success in atonic catarrhs, asthma, and even in phthisis
tuberculosa. — Martins.

RICINUS.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx 3-5-parted, valvate. Petals 0.
$ . Filaments numerous, unequally polyadelphous ; cells of the
anther distinct, below the apex of the filament. $ . Style short ;
stigmas 3, deeply bipartite, oblong, coloured, feathery ; ovary
globose, 3-celled, with an ovule in each cell. Fruit generally
prickly, capsular, tricoccous. — Trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants
sometimes becoming arborescent. Leaves alternate, stipulate,
palmate, peltate, with glands at the apex of the petiole. Flowers
in terminal panicles, the lower male, the upper female ; all arti-
culated with their peduncles, and sometimes augmented by
biglandular bracts. A. de J. chiefly.

374. R. communis Linn, sp.pl. 1430. Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 689.
Woodv. 171. t. 61. S. and C. i. t. 50. — (Rheede ii. t. 32.) —
Cultivated all over India.

A glaucous plant, extremely variable in size : when cultivated in Great
Britain an annual 3 or 4> feet high ; in India sometimes becoming a pretty
large tree "of many years' duration, atieast such is Roxburgh's statement.
Clusius saw it in Spain with a trunk as large as a man's body, and 15-20
feet high, and Ray found it in Sicily as big as our common alder trees,
woody and long lived; but Willdenow considers the arborescent
kinds which are more than annual as distinct species, which he calls
R. viridis, africanus, lividus and inermis ; they do not appear however to
be anything more than mere varieties. Root perennial or annual,
long, thick, and fibrous. Stems round, thick, jointed, channelled,
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EUPHORBIACEjE.

glaucous; of a purplish-red colour upwards. Leaves large, deeply
divided into 7 segments, on long, tapering, purplish stalks. Flowers in
long, green, and glaucous spikes, springing from the divisions of the
branches ; the males from the lower part of the spike, the females the
upper. Capsules prickly. Seeds ovate, shining, black dotted with grey.
— The seeds of this plant yield by expression the well-known valuable
cathartic substance called Castor oil.

JATROPHA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx 5-parted or lobed. Corolla
5-parted or 0. $ . Stamens 8-10, with unequal monadelphous
filaments. $? . Styles 2, bifid or dichotomous. Capsule 3-coccous.

375. J. Curcas Linn. sp. pi. 1429. Willd. sp. pi. iv. 560.
As. researches xi. 169. Roxb.Jl. ind. iii. 686. Pereira in Med.
Gaz. xx. p. 821. fig. 202. — A very common small tree or bush
on the coast of Coromandel. (Physic nut.)

Bark smooth, light ash-coloured. Leaves scattered, stalked, broad-
cordate, 5-angled, smooth, about 6 inches each way. Petioles round,
smooth, 4-6 inches long ; Stipules 0. Panicles terminal, or from the
exterior axils, cymose, bearing many small, yellow flowers. The male
flowers at the extremities of the ramifications, on short, articulated
pedicels, and the female ones in their divisions, with their pedicels not
articulated. Bractes a small one below each subdivision of the pan-
icle, and generally one pressing on the calyx. $ . Calyx 5-leaved.
Corolla 5-petaled, campanulate, somewhat hairy. Disk of 5 glandular
bodies, round the base of the filaments. Filaments 6, the central one
very thick, columnar ; the 5 exterior ones filiform, towards the base
adhering to the central one, all erect, and a little longer than the calyx.
Anthers 10, sagittate, equal; 5 supported by the large central filament,
and 1 by each of the others. $ . Calyx, corolla, and disk as in
the male. Ovary oblong, smooth ; Styles 3, short ; stigma bifid, some-
what hairy. — The leaves rubefacient and discutient ; warmed and rubbed
with castor oil are applied by the natives of India to inflammations
when suppuration is wished for. Seeds are violently emetic and
drastic ; their expressed oil reckoned a good external application in itch
and herpes ; it is also used a little diluted, in chronic rheumatism.
Milky juice reckoned detergent and healing ; it dyes linen black.
The oil boiled with oxyde of iron forms a varnish used by the Chinese
for covering boxes. In large doses the seeds are energetic poisons.
According to Martius this produces in Brazil the Pinkdes de Purga, one
of the strongest known drastics; in a fresh state 1 seed is sufficient
for a dose.

376. J. glauca Vald. symb. i. 79. Willd. sp. pi. iv. 558. —
Croton lobatum Forsk. 162. (PluLt. 220. f. 4.) — Arabia felix.

Leaves 3-5-lobed, mucronate, serrate, toothed. Petioles naked.
Stipules palmate, with setaceous branched divisions glandular at the
apex. — Seeds yield stimulating oil recommended by the Hindoos as
an external application in cases of chronic rheumatism and paralytic
affections. Ainslie.

377. J. glandulifera Roxb.Jl. ind. iii. 688. — East Indies.
Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, alternate, petioled,

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JATROPH A.

generally palmate ; lobes from 3 to 5, oblong, serrate, with each serra-
ture ending in a short, green, glandular-headed bristle. Stipules bristly,
many-cleft, each division ending in a glandular head. Panicles terminal,
about as long as the leaves. Male flowers most numerous and termi-
nal, small, of a pale greenish yellow colour. Female flowers few, and
subsessile in the divisions of the panicle. — The pale or whey-coloured
thin juice which exudes from a fresh wound is employed by the Hindoos
as an escharotic to remove films from the eyes. Roxb.

377 a. J. multifida Linn, sp.pl. 1429. {Dill. elth. 217 '. t. 173.
f. 213.) — Tropical America.

Leaves palmate, 1 1-lobed, smooth ; the segments wedge-shaped and
pinnatifid. Stipules setaceous, multifid. Flowers corymbose, scarlet,
with coloured pedicels. — The seeds are one of the best of all eme-
tics and purgatives, acting briskly, but without inconvenience ; their
effects are readily stayed by the administration of a glass of good
white wine.

377 b. Omphalea triandra Linn, sp.pl. 1377. Anbl. t. 328,
a native of tropical America, although not used for medical
purposes, deserves to be noticed here as producing, in a poison-
ous family, the most delicious and wholesome of all known nuts.

JANIPHA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, 5-parted. Petals 0.
$. Stamens 10; filaments unequal, distinct, arranged around
a disk. $ . Style 1. Stigmas 3, consolidated into a rugose mass.
Capsule 3-coccous. A. de J.

378. J. Manihot HBK. ii. 85. Bot. Mag. t. 3071. — Ja-
tropha Manihot Linn. sp. pi. 1428. Manihot utilissima Pohl.
pi. bras. ic. i. 32. t. 24. — Brazil.

Root oblong, tuberous, as big as one's fist, full of a wheyish, venom-
ous juice. Stems white, crooked, brittle, having a very large pith, and
several knobs sticking out on every side like warts, being the remains
of the footstalks of the leaves, which have dropped off", usually 6 to 7
feet high, with a smooth, white bark ; branches crooked, and have, on
every side, near their tops, leaves irregularly placed on long terete
petioles, broadly cordate in their outline, divided nearly to their base
into 5 spreading, lanceolate, entire segments, attenuated at both ex-
tremities, dark green above, pale glaucous beneath ; the midrib strong,
prominent below, and there yellowish red : from it there branch off*
several oblique veins, connected by lesser transverse ones. Stipules
small, lanceolate, acuminate, caducous. Panicles or compound ra-
cemes, axillary and terminal, 4 to 5 inches long, bearing sometimes all
male or all female flowers, at other times these are mixed on the same
peduncle. Pedicels with small, subulate, bracts at their base. Male
flowers smaller than the female. Calyx purplish on the outside, fulvous-
brown within, cut about half way down into 5 spreading segments.
Disk orange-coloured, fleshy, annular, 10-rayed. Stamens 10, alter-
nate with the lobes of the disk. Filaments shorter than the calyx,
white, filiform, free. Anthers linear-oblong, yellow. Female flower
of the same colour as the male, deeply .5-parted, the segments lanceo-
kte-ovate, spreading. Disk an annular, orange-coloured ring, in
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EUPHORBIACEZE.

which the purple, ovate, furrowed ovary is embedded ; style short ;
stigmas 3, reflexed, furrowed, and plaited, white. Capsule ovate,
3-cornered, tricoccous. Seeds elliptical, black, shining, with a thick,
fleshy funiculus. — Expressed juice dangerously poisonous. Fecula
of the root harmless when separated from the juice and exposed to heat,
becoming Cassava, a principal article of diet in South America. The
nutritious substance called Tapioca is the cassava differently prepared
and granulated. These preparations are obtained by crushing the roots,
after the bark has been removed and straining off' the water, when the
mass is gradually dried in pans over the fire.

ANDA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals
5. S • Stamens 8 ; filaments unequal, monadelphous at base.
? . Style bifid ; stigmas 2. Fruit fleshy, containing a loopholed
2-celled stone.

379. Anda Gomesii A. de J. mon. euph. 39. — Brazil.

A large lactescent tree. Leaves quinate, with entire, ribbed, shining,
stalked leaflets ; with the petioles furnished with 2 sessile glands at the
division. Flowers panicled, terminal ; the males on stalks having each
2 bracts and 2 glands ; the females somewhat sessile. — Bark used for
intoxicating fish. Seeds a safe and useful purgative in doses of 2 seeds;
they have the taste of hazel nuts. The Brazilians use them instead of
castor oil. The bark roasted passes as a certain remedy for diarrhoea
brought on by cold. According to Martius it is called Anda-acu, Inda-
yacu, Purga de Gentio, Cocca, or Purga dos Paulistas, Frutta d'Arara in
Brazil. — Two or three seeds prepared as an emulsion, act as a very
powerful and safe purgative ; they seldom excite vomiting. It has been
found extremely efficacious in weakness of the lymphatic system, and
particularly in general dropsy.

HEVEA.

Flowers monoecious. Calyx 5-cleft or parted. Petals 0.
$ . Stamens columnar, 5-10, with the anthers below the apex.
2 . Stigmas 3, 2-lobed. Fruit somewhat fleshy, tricoccous.
A. de J.

380. H. guianensis Aubl. ii. 871. t. 3315. — Siphonia Cahuchu
Willd. iv. 567. Siphonia elastica Pers. syn. ii. 588. Jatropha
elastica Linn, suppl. 422. Poa Seringa Act. Par. 1751. t. 20. —
Woods of Guayana.

A tree with a trunk 50-60 feet high, and 2-2J in diameter.
Leaves alternate, approximated, 3-foliolate, articulated at the top of a
long slender stalk, convex below, furrowed above, and swelled at its
base; leaflets smooth, oval, acute, green above, cinereous beneath.
Fruit oblong, greenish, 3-cornered, broadest at the base, tricoccous,
each coccus opening with 2 valves. Seed ovate, brownish variegated
with black, with a thin brittle testa, and a sweet nut-like pleasant
kernel. — Seeds are said to produce no inconvenience when eaten.
This plant produces the common Dcmerara and Surinam Caoutchouc,
which is imported in bottles and other forms. The cheese Caoutchouc
is probably furnished by some other tree or trees.

186

ALCHORNEA.

ALCHORNEA.

Flowers dioacious. . Calyx 2-5-parted. Stamens 8 ; with
the filaments united in a ring at the base. ? . Calyx 3-5-toothed.
Style bipartite. Stigmas 2. Capsule baccate, dicoccous. A.deJ.

381. A. latifolia Swartz prodr. 98. fi. ind. occ. ii. 1154. —
Mountains in the South of Jamaica.

A tree 20 feet high. Leaves stalked, ovate, acuminate, obtuse,
remotely toothletted, very smooth and shining, rugose beneath ; pe-
tioles long, reflexed, smooth. Racemes axillary and terminal, 6-10
inches long, compound, somewhat panicled. Males in alternate clusters
of 4-5, yellow-green. Sepals ovate, concave, equal, coloured. Female
racemes longer, drooping, generally lateral, not axillary, simple, angular,
smooth ; flowers subsessile, alternate, remote, solitary. Capsule black-
ish, the size of a large pea. — Nees and Ebermaier refer the Alcornoco
bark to this plant; but it appears upon Humboldt's authority to be the
produce of Bowdichia, which see in Fabaceas.

CATURUS.

Flowers dioecious. $ . Calyx 3-fid. Stamens 3. % .
Calyx 3-parted. Styles 3, lacerated. Capsule 3-coccous. A.
de J.

382. C. spiciflorus Linn. Mant. 127. Boxb.fi. ind. \\\. 760. —
Acalypha hispida Burm. ind. t. 61. f. 1. (Bumph. iv. t. 37. ff.
1. 2.) — East Indies.

A shrub. Leaves on long stalks^ cordate, serrate. Flowers axillary,
spiked, pendulous, longer than the leaves. — Flowers said to be a spe-
cific in diarrhoea and similar disorders : boiled in water or administered
in the form of a conserve.

ACALYPHA.

Flowers monoecious or dioecious. $ Calyx 4-parted, sta-
mens 8-16; cells of the anther distinct, vermiculate. ?.
Calyx 3-parted. Styles 3, lacerated. Capsule 3-coccous.
A. de J.

383. A. indica Linn. sp. pi. 1424. Willd. sp. pi. iv. 525.
Boxb.fi. ind. iii. 675. — Cupameni Rheede 10. t. 81. and 83. —
A common annual in gardens in India.

Stem 1-2 feet high, round, smooth, branched. Leaves stalked,
ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, serrate, smooth, 2 X 1 J inches ; petioles as long
as leaves ; stipules small, subulate. Spikes axillary, usually solitary,
stalked, erect, as long as the leaves, many-flowered, crowned with a
body in the form of a cross. Male flowers numerous, crowded round
the upper part of the spike. Sepals 4, cordate. Filaments numerous
and very minute. Females remote, enclosed in a cup-shaped involucre,
which has an opening on the inner side and is striated, smooth, toothed,
2-4-flowered. Sepals 3. — Root bruised in hot water cathartic. De-
coction of leaves laxative.
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EUPHORBIACEiE.

MERCURIALIS.

Dioecious, or occasionally monceccious. Calyx 3-parted. $ .
Stamens 9-12. ? . Ovarium double, with 2 opposite furrows
and 2 sterile filaments proceeding from either furrow. Styles
2, forked. Fruit dry, consisting of 2 cells bursting with elasti-
city, and containing each 1 seed.

384. M. perennis Linn. sp. pi. 1465. E. Bot. t. 1872.
S. and C. ii. t. 78. — Cynocrambe Ger. em. 333. f. — Common
in bushy places all over Europe.

Root creeping. Herbage rough, fetid. Stems unbranched, square,
a foot high, leafy in the upper part. Leaves ovate, acute, serrated,
2 or 3 inches long, with small stipules. Flowers on axillary stalks, in
uninterrupted, erect spikes ; the barren ones most numerous. Sterile
filaments very narrow, rising above the styles. — Very poisonous,
though, as appears from the accounts of ancient writers, it may be
eaten boiled, as a pot-herb, if mixed with mucilaginous plants, and oily
substances. Instances are, however, recorded of the fatal consequences
of its use occasionally in this country. Smith. According to Sloane
it has sometimes produced violent vomiting, incessant diarrhoea, a
burning heat in the head, a deep and long stupor, convulsions, and
even death.

385. M. annua Linn. sp. pi. 1465. E. Bot. t. 559. — Com-
mon in waste ground in various parts of Europe.

Root much branched; simple at the crown. Stem from 6 to 12
inches high, erect, bushy, smooth, of a bright shining green, disposed
to turn blueish after drying, like M. perennis. Branches numerous,
crossing each other. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrated. Flowers
green, the males in small tufts, ranged in interrupted spikes ; females
fewer, stalked, axillary, destitute of sterile filaments. — The qualities of
this are like those of M. perennis, though supposed to be rather less
virulent. Smith.

TRAGIA.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx 3-parted. Stamens 2-3.
$ . Calyx 5-8-parted. Style 3-fid. Capsule 3-coccous. A. de J.

386. T. involucrata Linn. sp. pi. 1391. Jacq. ic. rar. i. 1. 1 90.
Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 576. — (Burm. Zeyl. t. 92. RheedeW. t. 39.) —
Shady places and hedges all over India.

A perennial twiner. Branches covered closely with hair. Leaves
stalked, oblong, acuminate, serrate, 3-nerved, very hairy and rough ;
stipules cordate. Racemes stalked, erect, many-flowered, with 1 female
to each. Hairs of all the parts stinging. — Roots according to the
Hindoo docters useful in altering and correcting the habit in ca-
chexia and old venereal complaints attended with anomalous symptoms.
Ainslie.

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SAPIUM.

SAPIUM.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx 2-fid. Stamens 2. $> .
Calyx 3-toothed. Style 3-fid. Capsule 3-coccous. A. de J.

387. S. aucuparium Willd. sp. pi. iv. 572. Jacq. amer. 249.
t. 158. — Hippomane biglandulosa Linn. sp. pi. 1431. (Pluk.
t. 229. f. 8.) — Woods of Carthagena.

A tree 30 feet high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate, with
an intermixture of larger and rounder teeth, coriaceous, shining, about
6 inches long. Spikes terminal, lax, thick, green, about 6 inches long,
male above, female below. Males about 14, clustered, sessile, with 2
oblong, obtuse, large, flattish, greenish-yellow glands at their base.
Females solitary, with 2 similar glands at their base. Calyx of both
sexes dark purple. — The inspissated juice furnishes a kind of bird-lime,
which is venomous. The vapours from this juice highly dangerous,
producing erysipelatous inflammation.

388. S. indicum Willd. iv. 572. Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 692. —
(Rheede iv. t. 61.) — Delta of the Ganges.

Leaves alternate, stalked, somewhat pendulous, broad-lanceolate,
serrate, smooth, of a deep shining green, 2-4 inches long, and broad in
proportion ; stipules small, deciduous. Male flowers on terminal,
cylindrical catkins. Scales glandular, 3-4-flowered. Calyx 3-parted ;
divisions somewhat cordate, expanding. Corolla 0. Filaments longer
than the calyx ; anthers ovate. Female flowers at the base of the
catkins often solitary. Calyx from 3 to 4-parted. Corolla 0. Styles
3-cleft, divisions entire, and recurved ; stigma enlarged. Capsule, or nut
globular, of the size of a nutmeg, 3-celled, 6-valved, thick and exceed-
ingly hard. Seed solitary, affixed by the apex, oval, smooth. — Juice
highly poisonous. Seeds used for intoxicating fish.

HIPPOMANE.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx turbinate, 2-fid. Stamens 2.
5 . Calyx 3-parted. Style 1. Stigmas 7. Fruit fleshy, con-
taining a 7-celled nut. A. de J.

389. H. Mancinella Linn, sp.pl. 1431. Jacq. amer. 250. t. 159.
— (Sloane ii. 1. 159. Comm. hort. i. t. 68.) — Sea coast of the
West India islands, and neighbouring continent.

A very large tree. Leaves ovate, serrate, acute, shining ; their stalk
with a roundish, depressed, brownish gland. Spikes terminal, lax,
green, erect. Male flowers about 30, collected in a concave scale-like
deciduous bract, having 2 lateral, orbicular, depressed, large glands at
the base. Females solitary, sessile, with similar glands at the base.
Fruit very like a little apple, with a white milky flesh. — The whole
tree abounds in a white, caustic, venomous juice. A drop of it on the
back of the hand, produces instantaneously like a fire, a blister. All
the other parts are acrid in a similar manner. It is uncertain whether
sleeping in its shade is so dangerous as popular rumour represents.
Jacquin doubts if the stories of land-crabs fed on the fruit becoming
poisonous can be true.
189

EUPHORBIACEjE.

HURA.

Flowers monoecious, amentaceous. <? . Calyx truncate. Sta-
mens numerous, united into a solid colnmn. 5 . Style 1. Stigma
with 12-18 rays. Capsule with 12-18 cocci.

390. H. crepitans Linn, sp.pl. 1431. Willd. xiv. 592. —
(Sort, cliff, t. 34. Trew. tt. 34— 35.) — West India Islands,
Mexico and Guayana. (Sandbox.)

A tree abounding in milky juice. Leaves cordate, acuminate, entire,
or very slightly toothed, stalked, smooth, coriaceous, with simple veins
passing from the midrib to the margin, in a curved direction within a
i of an inch or so of each' other, and connected by numerous oblique
veinlets ; stipules large, ovate, leafy, deciduous ; petioles as long or
rather longer than the leaves, with 2 glands at the apex. Male flowers
arranged in an erect long-stalked axillary conical catkin, composed of
imbricated 1 -flowered scales. Calyx short, urceolate, truncate.
Column of stamens surrounded in the middle by 2 or 3 rows of tuber-
cles, each of which bears an anther on its under side. Female flower
solitary, at the base of the male peduncle or near it. Calyx urceolate,
entire, or dividing eventually into 3 parts. Stigma very large, discoidal,
peltate. Fruit a depressed umbilicated woody capsule, about the size
of a middling apple, with from 12-18 furrows, which separate into as
many cocci, which fly asunder, each opening into 2 valves, with great
elasticity when dry and fully ripe. — Milk so venomous as to produce
blindness a few days after touching the eye. Seeds a violent drastic
dangerous purgative. Aublet states that negro slaves to whom 1 or 2
seeds had been administered in the form of an emulsion were nearly
killed by them. Martius reckons the plant an emetic.

EXCECARIA.

Flowers monoecious or dioecious, amentaceous. $ . Nothing
but staminiferous bracts. Stamens 7-9, united into about 3
parcels, all connected at the base. 5 . Calyx 3-fid, or 0.
Style 3-parted. Capsule 3-coccous. A. de J. in part.

391. E. Agallocha Linn.sp.pl. 1451. Swartz jl. ind. occ.
ii. 1121. Itoxb.fi. ind. iii. 756. — Arbor excsecans Rumph.
ii. tt. 79, 80. — Common in various parts of the continent and
islands of India, especially on the coast.

A small, crooked, stunted tree. Leaves alternate, about the ex-
tremities of the brunchlets, stalked, ovate or cordate, but usually acute
at the base, smooth on both sides, remotely and slightly serrate,
pointed, with 2 glands at the base, and about 2 inches long. Petioles
about an inch long, smooth, channelled. Stipules small, fine pointed.
(J. Aments axillary, often crowded, cylindric, while young im-
bricated with five spiral rows of 1-flowered, reniform bracts, which
lengthen by age, when the flowers become distinct. Calyx 0. Five
small scales round the base of the filaments. Anthers with 2 large
lobes. °. . Aments solitary, axillary, the lower half containing

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from 2 to 4, or even 6, rather remote, 1-flowered scales, the remaining
part imbricated with numerous, small, neuter scales. Sepals 3, cordate,
pointed. Ovary 3-lobed. Styles 3, recurved ; stigmas simple. Capsule
tricoccous. — Trunk abounding in a most dangerous virulent acrid
milk. Wood-cutters upon whom this juice has flown after a stroke of
their axe reported to Roxburgh that it produced inflammation and
ulceration. Rumph. states that the Dutch sailors who were sent ashore
in Amboyna to cut timber, sometimes became furiously mad from the
pain produced by the juice that fell on their eyes, and that some of them
altogether lost their sight. Agallochum or Aloesiuood is not produced
by this tree, but by Aquilaria Agallochum.

COMMIA.

Flowers dioecious. $ . Amentaceous. Bracts staminiferous.
Stamens several, united into a column. ? . Racemiferous-
Calyx 3-parted. Styles 3. Capsule 3-lobed.

392. C. cochinchinensis Lour, cochinch. 742. — Cochin-
china.

A small tree with resinous juice. Leaves alternate, entire, smooth.
Male flowers amentaceous; catkins consisting of imbricated 1-flowered
scales^ axillary, short. Female racemes somewhat terminal, small,
numerous. — This tree yields a white tenacious gum of an emetic, pur-
gative, deobstruent nature. If prudently administered it is useful in
obstinate dropsy and obstructions. Lour.

EUPHORBIA.

Flowers collected in monoecious heads, surrounded by an
involucrum, consisting of 1 leaf with 5 divisions, which have
externally 5 glands alternating with them. $ . Naked, monan-
drous, articulated with their pedicel, surrounding the female,
which is in the centre. I ? . Naked, solitary. Ovarium stalked.
Stigmas 3, forked. Fruit hanging out of the involucrum, con-
sisting of 3 cells, bursting at the back with elasticity, and each
containing 1 suspended seed.

§ 1. Succulent leafless, or nearly leafless, Species.

393. E. Tirucalli Linn. sp. pi. 649. Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 470.
— Rheede ii. t. 44. Rumph. vii. t. 29. — A native of various parts
of India.

Branches erect, naked, round, succulent, polished, abounding in
milky juice. Leaves small, linear, fleshy, sessile, at the ends of the
twigs. Flowers crowded, subsessile, terminal and axillary. Lobes of
the involucre 5, roundish, smooth, peltate ; tube woolly on the inside.
Capsule villous. — Milk introduced into the eye produces severe in-
flammation and even blindness. According to Sonnerat the milk
mixed with flour is taken in India in doses of a drachm a day as a
remedy for syphilis, and successfully in cases that are not inveterate.
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The same milk thickened by boiling has been used as a cathartic and
emetic : but its action is so violent as to render its use very dangerous.

394. E. tribuloides Lam. encycl. ii. 412. Willd. ii. 835. —
Canaries.

Stem almost 2 inches high and 1 inch broad, ovate, fleshy, quad-
rangular, having 2 opposite, stalked, ovate, spathulate leaves growing
from its base. Prickles in pairs, white, clustered on the margin of the
angles. — Said to be a sudorific.

395. E. antiquorum Linn. sp. pi. Blackw. herb. t. 339. —
(R/wede. ii. t. 42. Comm. hort. i. t. 12.) — Common on barren
uncultivated land all over India, and Arabia-Felix.

Stem shrubby, leafless, succulent. Branches spreading, triangular,
or quadrangular ; angles sinuated and armed with double spines at the
protuberances. Peduncles solitary, or in pairs ; 3-flowered. Stamens
only 5. — Bark of the root bruised and taken in water is purgative.
Rheede. It is supposed by some that this plant yields the drug Eu-
pkorbium, a resinous substance, possessing acrid irritant poisonous pro-
perties. In all probability, however, it is obtained from E. officinarum.
Dr. Christison assigns the substance to the latter ; Guibourf to this
species, officinarum and canariensis. According to Hamilton and
Royle, no euphorbium is obtained from this, at least in India.

396. E. canariensis Linn. sp. pi. 646. Willd. ii. 882.
Blackwell t. 340. f. \. — {Comm. hort. ii. 207- t. 104.) — In the
Canary Islands.

Stems shrubby, succulent, erect, branched, leafless, very open and
simple. Branches with from 3-4 angles, armed with double, hooked,
dark, shining spines. Flowers somewhat sessile, below a pair of spines,
supported on each side by an ovate, concave, green bract. Lobes of
the involucre sessile, fleshy, entire, very obtuse, dull purple. — Pro-
perties the same as those of E. officinarum, but weaker. Forsk.
Martius regards this as the source of Euphorbium, but Mr. Pereira
says that he is certainly in error, as all our Euphorbium comes from
Mogador.

397. E. heptagona Linn. sp. pi. 647. Willd. ii. 883. —
(Bradl. succ. ii. t. 13. Boerh. lugdb. i. t. 258.) — Cape of Good
Hope.

Stem succulent, leafless, naked, with 7 rounded angles, and very long
solitary subulate flower-bearing spines. — Virey says the ^Ethiopians
tip their arrows with the milk, which is a mortal poison.

398. E. officinarum Linn. sp. pi. 47. Forsk. p. 94.
DC.pl. grass, t. 647. Willd. ii. 884. Blackw. t. 340. f. 2.
S. and C. iii. t. 142. — {Comm. hort. i. t. 11.) — Arabia, and
the hotter parts of Africa.

Stems short, tufted, succulent, leafless, naked, prickly, with many
angles; prickles in pairs, short, thick and strong. — Milk purgative ;
7 or 8 drops mixed with flower are made into pills, or taken in cow's
milk, as a dose, according to Forskahl. Mr. Pereira considers that the
Dergmuse of Mr. Jackson, from which according to the latter author

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Mogadore Euphorbiura is obtained, is a species nearly related to this.
Mr. Jackson's account of the plant is this : — " Its stem is at first soft
and succulent, but after some years becomes hard ; the branches are
scalloped, and have on their sides small knots, from which grow 5
extremely sharp-pointed thorns, about £ of an inch in length. The
branchlets bear each on its top a vivid crimson flower. The general
form of the plant, with its branches, is that of a goblet." Med.
Gaz. xx. 745.

§ 2. Species with permanent conspicuous Leaves.

399. E. Ligularia Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 465. — Ligularia Humph, iv.
t. 40. — Bengal, and the Indian Archipelago.

Trunk when old about 20 feet high and 1 foot in diameter. Branches
succulent, 5-sided, angled, with the angles divided into coarse teeth
armed with a pair of short hard black spines. Leaves alternate, about
the summits of the branches, short-stalked, inserted singly on the teeth
of the branches, wedge-shaped, entire, waved, fleshy, smooth on both
sides, almost veinless, from 6 to 12 inches long, and 2 or 3 broad,
deciduous. Peduncles solitary in the sinuses between the teeth of the
branchlets, short, once twice or thrice dichotomous, with a sessile
flower , in the forks, that is, bearing 3, 7, or 15 flowers. The sessile
flower which is the largest, is often entirely male, the lateral, or ter-
minal peduncled ones have always been found to contain 1 pistil, and
male florets. Flowers greenish yellow. Bractes reniform, opposite,
embracing the base of the pedicels on the outside, withering. Involucre
with 5 round-cordate fringed lobes, with a finely ragged margin. —
Root mixed with black pepper used in India as a cure tor the bite of
the rattlesnake.

400. E. nereifolia Linn. sp. pi. 648. Willd. ii. 884. Roxb.
fl. ind. ii. 467. — (Rheede ii. t. 43.) — Dry barren hills in
India.

A tree of small stature ; branches round, armed with stipulary spines.
Leaves subsessile, wedge-shaped. Peduncles 3-flowered. — Roxburgh
considers this and the last to have been confounded by botanists, and
gives the above as a discriminating character of the present species.
Juice of the leaves prescribed by Indian native practitioners internally
as a purge and deobstruent, and externally, mixed with Margosa oil,
in such cases of contracted limbs as are induced by ill-treated rheumatic
affections. The leaves no doubt diuretic. Ainslie.

401. E. Gerardiana Jacq. fl. austr. v. t. 4366. Roper,
euphorb. 65. — E. Cajogala Ehr. beitr. ii. 102. E. linariaef'olia
Lam. enc ii. 102. E. glaucescens Willd. enum. suppl. 28. —
Middle Germany, and Hungary.

Root perennial. Leaves membranous, rigid, lanceolate, sessile,
acute or obtusish, mucronate, entire, smooth. Flowering branches
collected under the whorl into a multifid false umbel, or arranged in a
5-cleft whorl. Lobes of the involucre obtusely triangular. Ovaries
convex at back, smooth, beset with elevated minute points. Seeds
obovate-cylindrical, smooth, opaque, whitish. — Bark of the root ca-
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thartic and emetic ; it is said by Loiseleur Deslongchamps, to be the
best of the European Euphorbias, and to vomit easily in doses of
18-20 grains.

402. E. Lathyris Linn, sp.pl. 655. E. Bot.t. 2255. Willd.
ii. 506. Roper, euph. 61. — Common in cottage gardens, and
occasionally as if wild ; its native country is not exactly known.

Biennial, very glaucous. Stem strong, erect, 2-4 feet high, smooth
and round. Leaves somewhat coriaceous, linear-oblong, sessile, rather
acute, or obtuse, mucronate, entire, smooth, of a dark glaucous green.
Whorl 4-cleft, rarely bifid, still more rarely 5-cleft. Bracts heart-
shaped, entire, tapering. Lobes of the involucre lunate, 2-horned ; the
horns dilated and obtuse. Ovaries convex at the back, with a deep
longitudinal furrow, even, smooth. Seeds obovate, truncate at the
base, rough, brown, not shining. — This plant, the Cataputia minor of old
Pharmacopoeias, has drastic seeds ; country labourers are said to take 1
as a purge, and women several to procure abortion. Bark of the root
and stems reduced to powder are cathartic and emetic. It was one of
the plants directed by Charlemagne, in his Capitularies, to be grown in
every garden; no doubt as the most ready purge then to be procured.

403. E. Esula Linn, sp.pl. 660. E. Bot. t. 1399. Roper,
euph. 64. — Various parts of Europe, in woods.

Perennial. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, sessile, bluntish, muri-
cate, entire, or with a few roughish teeth towards the point, smooth.
Flowering branches either arranged under the whorl, in a sort of mul-
tifid false umbel, or occasionally in a 5-cleft whorl. Lobes of the
involucre lunate, somewhat 2-horned. Ovaria convex, smooth, and
round, with dots at the back. Seeds obovate, smooth, greyish brown,
not shining. — A dangerous poison. A woman is stated by Scopoli to
have died half an hour after swallowing 30 grains of the root.

404. E. Cyparissias Linn. sp. pi. 661. E. Bot. t. 840. —
Various parts of Europe in thickets and barren places.

Perennial. Leaves membranous, stiff, linear, sessile, obtuse, or rather
pointed, entire, smooth. Flowering branches either arranged under the
whorl, in a sort of multifid false umbel, or occasionally in a 5-cleft whorl.
Lobes of the involucre lunate, somewhat 2-horned. Ovaria smooth,
convex at the back, roughish, with dots. Seeds obovate, smooth,
greyish-brown or whitish, not shining. — A virulent poison. A woman
is said to have died in half an hour after taking a dose of the root ;
and in other cases the skin of the face has peeled off in consequence
of its use. Nevertheless, the powder of the root in doses of 6-20
grains, or even from a scruple to a drachm, has been given without bad
consequences.

405. E. thymifolia Linn, sp.pl. 651. Forsk. p. 94. Willd.
ii. 898.— (Pluk. t. 113. f. 2. Burm. Zeyl. t. 105. f. 3.) —
Gravelly places all over India.

A little annual plant. Branches quite prostrate, hairy, coloured red.
Leaves small, opposite, oblique, ovate, serrate. Flowers axillary,
crowded, on short stalks. Lobes of the involucre white and red,
crenulated. — Juice made into a paste with wheat-flour, and formed
into pills, is a violent purgative in doses of 5 pills. The fresh plant

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bruised, is applied to wounds among the Arabs. Forsk. Leaves and
seeds given by the Taniool doctors of India in worm cases, and cer-
tain bowel affections of children.

406. E. Ipecacuanha Linn. sp. pi. 653. Bot. mag. t. 1494.
Bigclow. med. bot. iii. t. 52. — Sandy soils in the middle and
northern states of North America.

Root irregular and fleshy, very large in proportion to the plant it
bears, running deep into the sand, sometimes extending to the depth of
6 feet. The stems from 1 root, are numerous, erect, or procumbent,
forming large branches on the surface of the ground. They are smooth,
regularly dichotomous, and jointed at the forks. The leaves are in-
serted at the joints, opposite, sessile, smooth, having most frequently
an oblong shape, though different plants possess every intermediate
variety in the form of the leaf, from circular to linear. Their size and
colour are likewise variable. Flowers solitary, on long peduncles from
the forks of the stem. Calyx spreading, divided into 5 obtuse seg-
ments. Inner segments or nectaries 5, small, gibbous. Stamens
numerous, in 5 parcels, appearing at different times 2 or 3 together,
with double anthers. The fertile flowers have a large, roundish,
drooping, pedicelled germ, crowned with 6 revolute stigmas. Capsule
3-celled. — Root acts powerfully as an emetic ; in doses of from 10 to
20 grains it is both an emetic and cathartic; it is more active than
Ipecacuanha m proportion to the number of grains administered.
It wants, however, the peculiar mildness of that drug.

407. E. Peplis Linn. sp. pi. 652. E. Bot. t. 2002. — n£irX.«
Dioscorides. — Sea coast of the south of Europe, and even of the
south-west of England.

Branches firm. Leaves oblong, deeply cordate on one side at the
base, entire or slightly toothed towards the base, between fleshy and
membranous, very smooth. Lobes of the involucre externally sup-
ported by membranous processes. Fruit ovate, 8-cornered, polished
and quite smooth. Seeds obovate, somewhat 4-cornered, smooth,
whitish. — Properties the same as in E. falcata.

408. E. Peplus Linn, sp.pl. 653. E. Bot. t. 959. — A com-
mon weed in cultivated ground.

Leaves membranous, roundish, tapering into the petiole, very blunt,
entire, smooth. Whorl trifid, very seldom 5-fid. Glands lunate, with
very long horns. Ovaria with a double-winged keel at the back,
wrinkled and scabrous, smooth. Seeds obovate cylindrical, bluntly
6-cornered ; 4 of the sides dotted in rows, 2 with a longitudinal furrow,
greyish white, not shining. — Qualities the same as in E. falcata.

409. E. falcata Linn. sp. pi. 654. Jacq. austr. 1. 121. Roper
euph. 67. — E. acuminata and mucronata Lam. E. arvensis
Schleich. UevXot; Dioscorides. — Fields, and cultivated places in
the middle and south of Europe.

An annual. Leaves membranous, rigid, lanceolate, sessile, acute or
mucronate, with rough toothings at the edge, smooth. Whorl 3-4-5-
fid. Lobes of the involucre lunate. Ovaries convex at the back,
smooth, naked. Seeds obovate-cylindrical somewhat 4-cornered ;
their sides wrinkled transversely, opaque, whitish, cinereous or brown,
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— The herb dried and salted was preserved by the ancient Greeks as a
powerful purge.

410. E. corollata Linn. sp. pi. 658. Bigel.med. hot. iii. t. 53.

— Dry fields in the United States.

Root large, branching. Stems numerous, from 2 to 5 feet in height,
erect, round, and in most instances simple. Leaves scattered, sessile,
oblong, obovate or linear, a little revolute at the margin, smooth in
some plants, very hairy in others. Umbel 5-rayed, supported by as many
bracteal leaves. Not unfrequently a small axillary branch or two arise
from the sides of the stem below the umbel. Rays of the umbel
repeatedly trifid or dichotomous, each fork being attended by 2 leaflets
and a flower. Involucre large, rotate, white, with 5 obtuse petal-like
segments ; alternate segments 5, very small, obtuse. A great portion
of the plants are wholly staminiferous. — A good emetic, in the opinion
of Dr. Zollickoffer of Baltimore, not inferior to Ipecacuanha ; it is
also an expectorant and cathartic. The bruised root when recent
excites inflammation and vesication.

411. E. linearis Retz. called Erva do Andourinha in Brazil.
The milky juice is employed for syphilitic ulcers. Martius
says it is singular that there is a notion throughout Brazil, that
this juice dropped into a fresh wound in the apple of the eye,
immediately effects a cure. We were often assured, that this
experiment had been tried with success upon fowls.

PEDILANTHUS.

Common involucre slipper-shaped. $ . Several in the cir-
cumference. Pedicels bracteolate, each articulated with a naked
anther. ? . One in the centre. Calyx 0. Style 1 . Stigmas
3. Capsules 3-coccous. A. de J.

4-12. P. tithymaloides Poit. ann. mus. xix. 388. t. 19. Kunth
synops. i. 391. Rot. Reg. t. 837 — Euphorbia tithymaloides Linn,
sp. pi. 649. Jacq. amer. 149. t. 92. E. myrtifolia Lam. enc.
ii. 416. ( Comm. hort. i. t. 16.) — Various parts of the West
Indies in stony bushy places, near the coast. (Jew bush.)

A shrub throwing out runners, erect, about 6 feet high, abounding
in white bitter milk. Stems numerous, weak, soft, as thick as the
finger, when old cinereous, when young green. Leaves ovate, obtuse
or acute, coriaceous, entire, alternate, stalked, distichous, when young
downy on each side, and wavy at the edges ; becoming at last quite
smooth and flat. Peduncles 1-flowered, short, clustered about the
extremities of the branches. Involucre slipper-shaped, bright red, with
a green back. — The practitioners of Curacao give a decoction of the
whole plant, especially of the stem, as the ordinary beverage, and in
arbitrary doses, to patients with venereal complaints. The American
women also employ it in suppression of the menses. The plant is
moreover known and used as Ipecacuanha.

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Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 119.

ELiEODENDRON.

Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, expanding, linear-oblong. Disk
5-angled, very thick, fleshy. Anthers 5, inserted into the mar-
gin of the disk : filaments at length recurved : anthers with a
thick connective, roundish, opening longitudinally. Ovary im-
mersed in the disk, 2-celled : ovules 2 in each cell ; style short,
conical. Stigma simple, obtuse. Fruit drupaceous, dry or
pulpy: nut 1-2-celled. Seeds usually solitary, rarely in pairs,
with a membranaceous or spongy integument, erect. — Small trees.
Leaves opposite, entire, glabrous. Peduncles axillary, branch-
ing dichotomously.

413. E. Roxburghii W. and A. i. 157- — Neereeja dichotoma
Roxb.fl. ind. i. 646. — Mountainous parts of India.

Branches numerous, spreading in every direction ; twigs opposite,
round, and smooth. Leaves opposite and alternate, petiolate, oval,
and oblong, serrato-crenate, hard, smooth ; about 4 inches long, and 2
broad. Petioles round, § inch long. Cymes axillary, globular, thin,
throughout dichotomous, with the divisions standing at right angles.
Peduncles 3 times the length of the petioles, round, smooth. Flowers
small, yellow, not very numerous. Sepals orbicular, unequal, deciduous.
Petals oblong, spreading. Disk a large, fleshy, pentagonal ring sur-
rounding the base of the ovary, with the filaments inserted into its
angles. Filaments 5, shorter than the petals, spreading. Anthers
2-lobed. Ovary conical. Style shorter than the stamens, thick. Stigma
simple. Drupe oblong, succulent, red, smooth, 1-celled. Stone some-
what crustaceous and soft. — The fresh bark of the root rubbed with
plain water is by the natives of India applied externally to almost every
sort of swelling. It is a very strong astringent, possessing scarcely any
other sensible quality. Roxb.

CELASTRUS.

Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, sessile. Disk fleshy, orbicular.
Stamens 5, inserted into or under the margin of the disk : an-
thers opening longitudinally. Ovary sessile, on or half immersed
in the disk, 2-3-celled ; ovules usually in pairs, rarely 5-6 in
each cell. Styles thick, entire, or 2-3-cleft. Capsule 2-3-celled,
the dissepiments sometimes incomplete or evanescent. Seeds
1-2 in each cell. — Shrubs with alternate leaves. Peduncles
many-flowered, axillary or arranged in terminal panicles.
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414. C. paniculatus Willd. sp. i. 1125. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 621.
DC.prodr. ii. 6. W. and A. i. 158. — C. nutans Roxb.fi. ind.

i. 623. DC.prodr. ii. 6. C. Rothianus DC. prodr. ii. 8

Circar mountains, Mysore, &c.

Unarmed, climbing. Young shoots and flower- bearing branches
pendulous. Leaves broadly oval or ovate or obovate, usually with a
sudden short acuminatum, slightly serrated, glabrous. Racemes ter-
minal, compound or supra-decompound, elongated, much longer than
the uppermost leaves. Calyx-lobes rounded, ciliated. Margin of the
disk thin, free. Capsule globose, 3-celled, 3-6-seeded. Seed with a
complete arillus. W. and A. — A stimulant and useful medicine according
to Dr. Royle. (Illustr. 167.)

MAYTENUS.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-cleft, small, permanent. Petals
5, spreading. Stamens 5. A fleshy disk round the ovary.
Capsule 1-4-valved, loculicidal. Seeds a few in the bottom of
the cells, furnished with an aril. Embryo plane, in fleshy albu-
men. DC.

415. M. chilensis DC.prodr. ii. 9. Dot Reg. xx. 1. 1702

Senacia Maytenus Lam. ill. n. 2712. Celastrus Maytenus Willd.
i. 1127. — Mayten Feuill. obs. iii. 39. t. 27. — Chili.

A small tree. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, evergreen, ovate-
lanceolate, tapering a little at the base and very much at the apex,
serrated. Flowers axillary, fascicled, herbaceous, minute. Petals
oblong, obtuse, concave, much larger than the teeth of the calyx.
Stamens shorter than the petals. Capsules the size of a pea, turbinate,
cinereous, coriaceous, 2-valved, 2-seeded. Seeds 2, erect, with an
orange-coloured aril. — A decoction of the young branches used in
Chili as a wash for swellings produced by the poisonous shade of the
tree Lithi. DC.

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MALPIGHIACE.E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 121.
BYRSONIMA.

Calyx 5-parted, with 10 coarse glands on the outside at the
base. Petals unguiculate. Filaments shortly monadelphous.
Styles 3, distinct. Drupe with a 3-celled, 3-seeded stone.

416. B. crassifolia DC. prodr. i. 579. — Malpighia crassi-
folia and Moureila Aubl. tt. 182. 183. — Mountains and savannahs
of Guayana.

A small tree. Leaves ovate, thick, entire, glabrous, but covered
with stinging hairs above, rufous and downy beneath. Stipules oblong,
acute, villous. Flowers in a long terminal spike, yellow. Fruit green
and villous. — According to Aublet the bark is employed as a febrifuge
in Guayana. Under the name of Chapara Msnteca it is used in infusion
as an antidote to the bite of the rattle-snake. It is also said to be em-
ployed successfully as a remedy for abscesses in the lungs. Ed. new.
ph. journ. June, 1830. p. 169.

ERYTHROXYLEjE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 122.

ERYTHROXYLON.

Calyx 5-parted, 5-angled at the base. Styles 3, distinct from
the very base, not consolidated.

417. E. Coca Lam. diet. ii. 593. Cav. diss. 402. t. 229.
Comp. to Bot.Mag. i. 161 and ii. 25. t. 21. — Cultivated on the
Andes of Peru from 2000 to 9000 feet above the sea.

Leaves alternate, l£-2 inches long, membranous, flat, opaque, acute
at both ends, the apex almost mucronate ; quite entire, dark green
above, pale beneath, 3-nerved in the middle, with fine connecting veins.
Petiole 2-4 lines long, with a pair of intra-petiolary ovate-lanceolate
brown acute stipules, upon the back of the outside of which, indeed,
the petiole is articulated, and from which the leaf readily falls away,
leaving the branches scaly with the persistent stipules. Flowers
numerous, in fascicles from the branches where the leaves have fallen
away, bracteated. Peduncles about as long as the flower, sharply
angled. Calyx 5-cleft; segments acute. Petals alternate with the
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calycine segments, oblong, concave, wavy, with a lacerated and much
plaited membrane arising from within and above the base. Stamens 10 ;
filaments longer than the pistil, combined below into a rather short
cylindrical tube. Ovary oval. Styles 3, about as long as the ovary.
Stigmas thickened. Fruit a 1-seeded, oblong drupe, in a dry state
obscurely furrowed. Nut of the same shape and furrowed. — A powerful
stimulant of the nervous system, affecting it in a manner analogous to
opium. Less violent in its effects than that drug, but more permanent
in its action. The Peruvians chew the leaves with finely powdered chalk,
and the government of Potosi alone derived a revenue of as much as
500,000 peso duros in the year 1583 from their consumption.

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SILENACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 124.
SILENE.

Calyx tubular, not angular, 5-toothed, naked. Petals 5, with
long claws, which are often crowned with scales at the top ;
limb bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 3. Capsule 3-celled at the
base, opening at the top by 6 teeth.

418. S. virginica Linn. sp. 600. Willd. ii. 703. DC.
prodr. i. 379. Elliott i. 516. Torrey fl. i. 450. — S. cheiranthoides
Poir. diet. vii. 176. S. coccinea Monch. suppl. 306. S. Cates-
baei Walt. car. 142. Willd. ill 06. DC. prodr. i. 379. (Pluk.
t. 203. f. i. — Various parts of the southern and western parts of
the United States.

Root perennial, creeping. Stem mostly erect, simple, about a foot
high, viscid and downy. Radical leaves oblong-spathulate ; petioles
villous ; stem leaves lanceolate, scabrous on the margin. Panicle
dichotomous, few-flowered. Calyx clavate, with the teeth a little spread-
ing. Petals crimson, deeply 2-cleft, much longer than the calyx ; lobes
entire or divided. Stamens unequal, exserted. — Root said to be
anthelmintic.

419. Saponaria Vaccaria Linn. sp. pi. 585. is said to increase
the lacteal secretions of cows fed upon it.

420. Saponaria officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 584,

421. Gypsophila Struthium Linn. sp. pi. 582. are sapona-
ceous, and have been used in washing.

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TAMARICACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 126.
TAMARIX.

Sepals 5, distinct. Petals 4-5. Stamens 4-10, equal, inserted
each on and connecting 2 of the teeth of the disk, distinct with-
out any intermediate gland or membrane. Disk fleshy, scu-
telliform, supporting the ovary, with twice as many teeth on the
margin as there are stamens. Styles 2-4, usually 3. Seeds
not beaked, with a simple pappus-like coma at their extremity.

— Flower-bearing branchlets, usually arranged in panicles.
W. and A.

422. T. gallica Linn. sp. pi. 386. Ehrenb. in Linn. ii. 266.
DC. prodr. iii. 96. — T. indica Willd. act. berol. 1812-1813.
No. 5. DC. prodr. iii. 96. T. epacroides Smith in Reess Cyclop.

— Banks and beds of torrents, or sandy islands in large rivers
along the basin of the Mediterranean, through Egypt and Pale-
stine to Bengal.

A shrub or large tree, from 6-12 feet high. Branches numerous,
slender, erect, gracefully drooping, bright brown, quite smooth. Leaves
minute, sessile, smooth, pressed close to the branches. Flowers small,
pink or nearly white, in terminal drooping racemose panicles. Stamens
5. Disk 10-toothed. Styles 3, rather long. Capsules tapering. —
From this species is collected in the vicinity of Sinai, an abundance of a
white sweet gummy substance, resembling Manna, which however is said
to contain no Mannite, but chiefly to consist of pure mucilaginous sugar.
Ehrenberg considers it as an exudation produced by a species of Coccus
(manniparus) which inhabits the tree, and this is confirmed by Mr.
Malcolmson, who in a note I received from him some time since ob-
serves that the Persian manna known by the name of " gen," is formed
by an insect in that way, and is not found on the upper branches or
leaves, but only on the larger branches covered by those minute
insects, and none is formed near wounds or cracks in the bark. This was
particularly observed by Colonel Frederick in Persia, in a latitude not
much south of Mount Sinai, and his account corresponds with that of
a traveller who saw it in the same country both on a Tamarisk and
on the small oak of Kermanshaw,

It is remarkable that the secretion should be unknown in Egypt and
Arabia, where the T. gallica would seem to be common. Forskahl, who
says it is the Tarfa of the Arabs, takes no notice of any manna being
produced by it, and Mr. Malcolmson informs me that he could gain no
intelligence of manna being produced by the Tamarisk in any of the
south and west coasts of Arabia and Upper Egypt. He observed the
trees frequently secreting salt, but not sugar. I must however add,
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that the plant this gentleman found the Arabs calling Turfa was
T. orientalis, not T. gallica, as appeared from the specimens he brought
home. The bark of T. gallica is slightly bitter and astringent. The
galls and young shoots of this and some other species or varieties are
highly astringent and used both in medicine and in dyeing in India.

204

OCHNACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 129.
GOMPHIA.

Petals 5. Stamens 10 : filaments scarcely any : anthers long,
pyramidal, erect, opening at the apex by a double pore. Ovaries
distinct. — Racemes from the apex of a leaf-bearing branch.
W, and A.

423. G. angustifolia Vahl. symb. ii. 49. DC. prodr. i. 736.
W. and A. i. 152. — G. zeylanica DC. 1. c. Ochna mala-
barica DC. 1. c. Ochna zeylanica Lam. Walkaera serrata
Willd.\. 1145. DC. prodr. i. 737. Meesia serrata Gcertn.
i. 344. t. 70. (Burnt. Zeyl. t. 56. Rheede v. t. 48.) — Ceylon
and continent of India.

Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, slightly serrated,
shining. Racemes compound. Sepals broad, oval, shorter than the
petals. Carpels obovate, reniform. IV. and A. — Root and leaves bitter ;
employed in Malabar in decoction in milk or water, as a tonic, stomachic,
and anti-emetic.

205

SIMARUBACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 129.
QUASSIA.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx short, 5-parted. Petals 5,
much longer, arranged in a tubular form. Stamens 10, longer
than the petals. Ovaries 5, placed on a receptacle broader
than themselves ; styles the same number, distinct at the base,
there united into 1 very long one, terminating in a nearly equal
5-furrowed stigma. Fruit drupaceous. A. de J.

424. Q. amara Linn.f. suppl. 235. Amcen. acad. vi. 421. t. 4.
Woodv. t. 77. S. and C. iii. t. 172. D C. prodr. i. 733. Lodd.
hot. cab. t. 172. — Surinam, Guayana, Colombia, Panama.

Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate ; leaflets in 2 pairs, opposite,
entire, smooth, elliptical, acute at each end; petiole winged, jointed,
with the joints obovate. Racemes long, 1-sided, simple, terminal,
rarely branched. Flowers large, scarlet, distant; pedicels bracteate at
the base, jointed below the apex, and there having 2 little bracts. —
Wood intensely bitter. Lund and others assert that this does not yield
the Quassia chips of the European druggists, but refer them to Picraena
excelsa. But Guibourt says that the wood of both the root and stem
of this Quassia is imported in the form of white scentless very light
cylinders 1-2 inches in diameter ; and that the Picraena wood is inferior
in quality. I learn however from Mr. Lanae who resided for many
years in Surinam, that although large quantities of Quassia were ex-
ported 20 or .30 years since, yet that for many years none has been
collected for that purpose, and he did not hear of a single instance of
its shipment during the 10 years he passed in Surinam. Quassia wood
is in fact no longer used even in that Colony as a medicine, being
thought to have some bad properties along with its intense bitter. The
flowers are however still infused in wine or water as a stomachic.

SIMARUBA.

Flowers unisexual. Calyx small, cup-shaped, 5-toothed or
parted. Petals 5, longer, spreading. $ . Stamens nearly equal
to the petals, arranged around a receptacle bearing at its apex
5 very minute lobes (rudiments of ovaries) or sometimes none.

9 . Ovaries 5, placed on an even disk, surrounded at the base by

10 short hairy scales (rudiments of stamens). Styles the same
number, short, distinct at the base, there united into one crowned
by a broader 5-lobed stigma. Fruit 5 drupes.

425. S. amara Aubl. guian. t. 331 and 332. p. 860. — Quassia
Simaruba Linn, suppl. 234. Lam. ill. t, 343. f. 2. S. and C.

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iii. t. 171. Wbodv. t. 76. Simaruba officinalis DC. diss,
ochn. ann. mus. xvii. 323. prodr. i. 733. Macfady. Jamaica
i. 198. — Sandy moist places in Guayanaand Cayenne ; common
on the Port-Royal Mountains, Jamaica.

A tree with long horizontal creeping roots and a trunk 60 feet high
branched at the summit. Leaves alternate, pinnated ; leaflets alternate
2-9 on each side, oval, smooth, firm, mucronate ; petiole of the largest
leaves as much as 14 inches long. Flowers some male others female,
mixed upon branched scattered panicles, very small. Petals stiff,
sharp-pointed, whitish, fixed between a membranous disk and the
calyx. Filaments each arising out of a small rounded velvety scale.
Capsules 5, ovate, blackish, disjoined, placed on a fleshy disk, with a
rather fleshy pericarp. Aubl. — Bark of the root and stem yields a
whitish juice. The bark of the root is stripped off, and sent to Europe
for sale. In Cayenne the decoction which is bitter, purgative, and even
emetic, is used in fevers and diarrhoea. The wood has similar proper-
ties but is less active. The Jamaica plant which being dioecious may be
another species, although Dr. Macfadyen represents it as agreeing with
Aublet's figure, has an inodorous bitter bark which yields its properties
to both alcohol and water. It has been remarked that the infusion is
more bitter than the decoction. It acts as a tonic and is used in
dyspepsia, diarrhoea, chronic dysentery and all cases of impaired tone of
the alimentary canal. Macfadyen. 1 see no justification for changing
Aublet's specific name of amara into officinalis.

426. S. versicolor Aug. de St. Hil.pl. us. No. 5.fi. bras. i. 70.

— Plains of Brazil in the western part of the province of Minas
Geraes. (Paraiba.)

Leaves pinnated ; leaflets oblong-elliptical, very obtuse, retuse, with
a downy midrib. Panicle terminal, lax. Flowers dioecious, decandrous.

— So intensely bitter that no insects will attack the wood.

PICRjENA.

Flowers polygamous. Sepals 5, minute. Petals 5, longer
than the sepals. Stamens 5, about as long as the petals, rather
shaggy ; anthers roundish. Ovaries 3, seated on a round tumid
receptacle. Style 3-cornered, trifkl : stigmas simple, spreading.
Fruit 3, globose, 1 -celled, 2-valved drupes, which are distant
from each other, and placed on a broad hemispherical recep-
tacle.

427. P. excelsa, — Quassia excelsa Swartz.fi. ind. occ. ii. 742.
S. and C. iii. t. 173. Simaruba? excelsa DC. prodr. i. 733.
Macfady. fi. jam. i. 198. Quassia polygama Lindsay in act.
Edin. iii. 205. — Common on the plains and lower mountains of
Jamaica.

A tree, 50-60 feet high. Leaves alternate, unequally-pinnate ; leaf-
lets opposite, short-stalked, oblong, acuminate, unequal at the base,
blunt at the apex, veiny glabrous. Racemes towards the ends of the
branchlets, axillary, very compound, panicled, subcorymbose, dichoto-
mously branched, spreading, many-flowered. Peduncle compressed,

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rufescent, downy. Flowers small, pale, polygamous. Filaments of the,
male flower much larger than the petals : in the fertile, of the same
length. In the male, merely the rudiments of the pistil : in the fertile,
ovaries 3 : style longer than the stamens, 3-quetrous, 3-fid. Drupes 3,
but only one coming to perfection, size of a pea, black, shining, fixed
on a hemispherical receptacle : nut solitary, globose, with the shell
fragile. The intensely bitter timber furnishes the Quassia chips of the
shops, so extensively employed on account of their tonic stomachic
properties. It has been used as a substitute for hops in the manufac-
ture of beer. An infusion of the chips is employed to poison flies.

Mons. Adr. De Jussieu has long since shown that this plant is not a
Simaruba. It appears better at once to give it a name than to let it
remain as a spurious species in a genus to the character of which it
does not answer.

NIMA.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-parted, permanent. Petals
5, oblong. Stamens 5, with the filaments dilated at the base.
Ovaries 5, united, hairy, placed on a thick receptacle bearing
the petals at the base. Styles 5, united, distinct and revolute
at the apex. Capsules 5, or by abortion 2-3, roundish, 1 -seeded.
Embryo large, without albumen. A. de J.

428. Nima quassioides Hamilt. A. de J. rutac. 1 34. — Si-
maba quassioides Don. prodr. 248. — Nepal, Himalaya Moun-
tains.

Leaves unequally pinnated, in 4 pairs ; leaflets oblong, acuminate,
serrated. Flowers in corymbose panicles. — As bitter as the Quassia
of South America. Royle essay, fyc. p. 8.

RUTACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 130.

RUT A.

Calyx 4-partite, at length deciduous. Petals 4, longer than
the calyx, unguiculate : the limb vaulted, usually waved or
jagged. Stamens 8, longer than the petals : filaments subulate,
glabrous : anthers ovate, obtuse. Receptacle usually broader
than the ovary, marked round with 8 nectariferous pores, bear-
ing the petals and stamens at the base. Carpels 4, partly com-
bined by means of the central axis into one 4-lobed ovary :
ovules 6-12 (or rarely 2 collateral), in each cell. Styles 4, dis-
tinct at the base, where they spring from the inner angle of the
carpels above the common axis, united upwards into a single
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RUTACEiE.

pistil, which is attenuated towards the apex. Stigma 4-furrowed
not thicker than the style. Capsules 4, partly united, dehiscing
internally at the apex. Seeds dotted. — Perennial or suffrute-
scent herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnated,
or decompound, with pellucid dots. Flowers yellow or rarely
white, disposed in terminal corymbs or racemes : the number of
parts occasionally augmented by a fourth.

429. R. graveolens Linn. sp. pi. 548. DC. prodr. i. 710.
Duh. arb. ii. t. 61. S. and C. ii. t. 71. — Common in sterile waste
places in many parts of the South of Europe. (Common Rue. )

A glaucous, hairless, erect, herbaceous or half-shrubby plant, with a
strong, heavy, unpleasant smell, growing about 2 feet high. Leaves
and all the other parts filled with transparent dots, supradecompound,
alternate ; their lateral lobes linear or nearly so, the terminal ones
obovate; the uppermost leaves simply pinnate. Carpels terminal, leaf-
less, trichotomous, cymose. Petals 4, yellow, unguiculate, concave,
wavy, a little irregularly toothed. Fruit roundish, warted, 4-lobed,
each lobe opening into 2 valves. — Once in repute as an emmenagogue,
antispasmodic and anthelmintic. It is still used in the form of " Rue
tea " in domestic medicine. It is acrid and stimulant.

EVODIA.

Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, equal. Stamens 4-5, smooth ;
filaments subulate ; anthers heart-shaped, moveable. Disk cup-
shaped, sinuated. Ovary single, deeply 5-lobed, with 2 col-
lateral ovules in each cell. Style single, very short ; stigma
terminal, obtuse. Cocci 2-valved, 1 -seeded, with a separable
2-valved endocarp.

230. E. febrifuga Aug. de St. H. plant, us. No. 4. pi. rem.
bres. '\. 149. y?. bras. i. 79. DC. prodr. i. 724. Esenbeckia
febrifuga Mart. n. g. t. 233. — Forests of the province of Minas
Geraes in Brazil.

A tree. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate elliptical somewhat
acuminate. Panicle terminal, downy. Petals 5. Ovary simple, warted.
— Bark and young wood extremely bitter and astringent : used with
great success in Brazil as febrifuges.

GALIPEA.

Calyx short, cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, longer, some-
what unequal, combined or converging into a pseudo-monopeta-
lous corolla. Filaments adhering to the tube of the corolla,
either 5-8, of which 2-4 are sterile, or 5 all fertile ; anthers
oblong, sometimes revolute after flowering. Ovaries more or
less united, surrounded at the base by a cup-shaped disk. Styles
5, either distinct or consolidated, each terminated by an obtuse
stigma. Capsules by abortion 1-2.

431. G. Cusparia^M^. de St. H. in DC. prodr. i. 731.—

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GALIPEA.

Cusparia febrifuga Humb. tail, geogr. Bonplandia trifoliata
Willd. act. berol 1802. p. 24. MB. plant. a>q. ii. t. 57.
S. and C. iii. t. 149. Angostura Cuspare R. and S. iv. 188. —
Forests of tropical America.

A tree 60-80 feet high, evergreen, with an ash-coloured bark and a
pale yellow box-like wood. Leaves alternate, long-stalked ; leaflets 3,
sessile, unequal, ovate-lanceolate, acute, smooth, entire, bright-green,
gratefully fragrant, with scattered glandular dots. Flowers in axillary
and terminal racemes, on a peduncle as long as the petioles. Calyx
and corolla white, with fascicles of hairs, seated on glandular bodies
on the outside. Anthers with two short appendages. — Said by Hum-
boldt to produce Angostura bark, but denied by Dr. Hancock, who as-
signs it to the following species.

432. G. officinalis Hancock in med. hot. trans. 1 829. p. 25. t. 2.
— Higher lands of the missions of Carony, between 7° and 8°
N. lat. It is also well known in the missions of Tumeremo,
Uri, Alta Gracia, and Cupapui, which are the southern and
back missions of the Orinoko. It lines the roadside in many-
places between the missions of St. Antoni and Villa Upata.
Hancock. (Orayuri of the natives.)

Bark smooth. Leaves alternate, 3-foliate ; petiole about the length
of the leaflets, slightly channelled; leaflets oval, acute at the base,
acuminate at the apex, smooth, glossy, bright green, smelling when
bruised and fresh like Tobacco, 6-10 inches long, 2-4 broad ; some of
the leaflets are marked with small whitish round spots. Panicles cylin-
drical, contracted, stalked, longer than the leaves, with the branches
about 3-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, hairy. Corolla white,
somewhat curved before expansion, nearly an inch long, downy on both
sides ; of the 5 petals, two larger than the others. Sterile stamens 5,
subulate, tipped with a pellucid watery gland. Fertile stamens 2. Car-
pels 5, or fewer by abortion, becoming villous as they mature, 2-seeded
with a strong elastic separable 2-valved endocarp. — According to Dr.
Hancock this, which he found to yield the true Angostura or Carony
bark,is essentially different from the Cusparia febrifuga of Humboldt. An
excellent account of that bark is given by Dr. Hancock in the transac-
tions of the Medico Botanical Society ; " I am fully convinced, " says
this experienced physician, " from ample experience of the virtues of
this bark, that it is one of the most valuable febrifuges we possess, being
adapted to the worst and most malignant bilious fevers, while the fevers
in which Cinchona is chiefly administered are simple intermittents, for
the most part unattended with danger. The natives also use the bruised
bark as a means of intoxicating fishes, which affords a very singular
coincidence with what is mentioned by Dr. Saunders, of the same use
being made of Cinchona bark by the Peruvian Indians."

433. Malambo Bark, an aromatic bark with very active bitter
astringent febrifugal properties, native of Columbia, the tree of
which is unknown, is described by Dr. Wm. Hamilton in the
Med. bot. trans. 1834. p. 67. It is supposed by Bonpland to be
furnished by some plant allied to Galipea.

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RUTACEiE.

TICOREA.

Calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla monopetalous, funnel-
shaped; tube long; limb 5-cleft, equal or unequal. Stamens
5-8, of which 2-6 are often sterile ; filaments monadelphous,
united to the tube; anthers often partly combined, somewhat
exserted. Disk cup-shaped, surrounding the ovary ; style 1 ;
stigma 5-lobed. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled with 2 ovules in each cell.

434. T. jasminiflora Aug. de St. Hil. pi. rem. i. 141. t. 14. D.
— Woods of Rio Janeiro, especially near the town of Tagoahy,
and in the province of Minas Geraes.

A shrub 7-8 feet high. Leaves ternate, stalked ; leaflets 1-6 inches
long, lanceolate, tapering to the base, acuminate, obtuse, sometimes
emarginate, smooth, deep-green, with pellucid dots. Panicles 3-6
inches long, terminal or axillary, with each branch bearing about 6
flowers. Calyx rather downy. Corolla white, downy, glandular, with
pellucid dots. — A decoction of the leaves drunk by the Brazilians as
a cure for frambcesia.

435. T. febrifuga Aug. de St. H. 1. c. 142. — Province of
Minas Geraes.

Very like the last from which it differs in its stem being generally
arborescent, its panicles contracted, its flowers not more than half the
size, the bracts more numerous and somewhat foliaceous, and the style
more protruded. — Bark intensely bitter, astringent, febrifugal.

BAROSMA.

Calyx 5-cleft or parted, dotted. Disk lining the bottom of
the calyx, generally with a short scarcely prominent rim. Petals
5, with short claws. Filaments 10; the 5 opposite the petals
sterile, petaloid, sessile, ciliated, obscurely glandular at the
apex ; the other 5 longer, smooth or hispid, subulate, with the
anthers usually furnished with a minute gland at the apex.
Style as long as the petals. Stigma minute, 5-lobed. Ovaries
auriculate at the apex, usually glandular and tuberculated.
Fruit composed of 5 cocci covered with glandular dots at the
back.

436. B. crenulata Willd. enum. suppl. 12. Bot. Mag.
t. 3413. — Diosma crenulata Linn, amcen. ac. iv. 308. D. cre-
nata Linn. sp. pi. 287. D. serratifolia Burchell and others.
Bucco crenata R. and S. v. 414. D. odorata DC. prodr.\.1\^.
D. latifolia Lodd. Bot. cab. t. 290. — Cape of Good Hope.

An upright shrub, between 2 and 3 feet in height, with twiggy
branches of a brownish purple tinge. Leaves decussate, spreading,
about an inch long, oval-lanceolate, on very short petioles, very obtuse,
delicately and minutely crenated, quite glabrous, rigid, darkish green,
and quite smooth above, with a few very obscure oblique nerves, beneath
paler, dotted with glands which are scarcely pellucid, while at every

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crenature is a conspicuous pellucid gland; there is also a narrow,
pellucid margin round the whole leaf. Peduncles about as long as the
leaf, axillary and terminal, chiefly from the superior leaves, single-
flowered, often (but not always) bearing a pair of small opposite leaves
or bracteas above the middle, each of which has a flower in its axil.
Beneath the calyx are 2 or 3 pairs of small imbricated bracteas. Calyx
of 5 ovate-acuminate leaflets, green, tinged with purple. Corolla of 5
ovate petals, purple in bud, blush-coloured when fully expanded.
Stamens 5, at first erect, then recurved, about as long as the petals.
Filaments slightly villous. Anthers oblong. Barren filaments 5, lan-
ceolate, white, rather villous, tipped with a gland, the lower part erect,
the upper half spreading. Hypogynous disk, an annular, dark green
gland. Ovary very short, abortive (?) covered with 5 lanceolate, fleshy,
slightly spreading appendages. Style filiform, curved. Stigma minute.
Hooker. — One of the plants whose leaves are collected in South
Africa by the Hottentots under the name of Bucku. They are found
to be an excellent aromatic stomachic and very efficacious as a diuretic.
The infusion is much praised as a remedy in chronic inflammations of
the bladder and urethra and in chronic rheumatism. Several species are
collected by the Hottentots according to Thunberg, especially B. betu-
lina and pulchella, and even Adenandra uniflora, to which some Aga-
thosmas and many others may no doubt be added. Sir W.Hooker takes
this as the one to which preference is given.

437. B. serratifolia Willd. 1. c. — Diosma serratifolia Sot.
mag. t. 456. — Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulated, smooth, glandular at
the edges, 3-nerved. Flowers lateral, white, upon short axillary bracteate
peduncles. — The leaves of this are commonly sold in the shops as
Bucku leaves.

438. B. crenata Eckl. and Zeyhar. enum. i. 102. — D. crenata
DC. prodr. i. 714. Lodd. Hot. cab. t. 404. copied in S. and C.
t. 121. — Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves ovate and obovate, acute, serrated, dotted, glandular at the
edge. Flowers pink, terminal, on short lateral leafy branches. — This is
the sort of Bucku to which De Candolle applies the name of D. cre-
nata, and which is figured by Messrs. Stevenson and Churchill as the
true officinal plant.

ZYGOPHYLLACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 133.

ZYGOPHYLLUM.

Calyx deeply 5-parted, rather unequal. Petals equal to the se-
pals in length, or larger, unguiculate. Stamens 10, somewhat
unequal, scaly at the base. Ovary 5-cornered, 5-celled, placed on
a short convex or concave receptacle ; the cells containing 2 or

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ZYGOPHYLLACEjE.

many ovules. Style simple, tapering into a minute stigma.
Fruit capsular, 5-cornered or winged, with a loculicidal dehi-
scence ; rarely indehiscent.

439. Z. Fabago Linn. sp. pi. 551. Lam. ill. t. 345. f. 1.
DC. prodr. i. 705. — Syria, the Crimea, Barbary.

A smooth, jointed, bright green, herbaceous plant about 2 feet high.
Leaves conjugate, opposite ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, sessile, oblique.
Flowers solitary or in pairs and axillary, or terminal in small clusters,
nodding. Sepals with a pale membranous margin. Petals obovate,
longer than the calyx, white, with a deep saffron-coloured base. Stamens
as long as the petals, with deep saffron-coloured filaments. Fruit pen-
dulous, long, clavate, 5-cornered. — Esteemed in Syria as a vermifuge.

GUAIACUM.

Calyx deeply 5-parted, unequal. Petals 5, longer, unguicu-
late. Stamens 10, without scales. Ovary stipitate with 2-5
angles, 2-5 cells, and about 8 suspended ovules in a cell. Styles
short, acute. Fruit on a very short stalk, somewhat fleshy,
angular. Seeds solitary by abortion, smooth, pendulous.

440. G. officinale Linn. sp. 546. Lam. ill. t. 342. Swartz.
obs. 168. DC. prodr. i. 707. Woodv. t. 16. S. and C.

ii. t. 90. Macfady. jam. i. 187 Various parts of the West

Indies.

A tree seldom more than 12 feet high : branches crowded, knobby,
short-jointed, flexuose. Leaves opposite, bijugate or trijugate : leaflets
sessile, more or less obovate, rounded at the apex, nerved, glabrous ;
common petiole terete, channelled above. Peduncles axillary, several
together, an inch long, 1-flowered, filiform, minutely downy. Sepals 5;
two exterior, somewhat broader than the others ; all obtuse and hoary
with down. Petals 5, light blue,thrice the length of the sepals, oblong,
bluntish, internally downy. FilamentslO, twice the length of the sepals,
grooved on the back : anthers bifid at the base, curved. Ovary 2-celled,
with numerous suspended ovules, compressed ; stigma simple. Capsule
obcordate, succulent, glabrous, yellow, 2-5-celled. Seeds solitary,
roundish, compressed. — Wood excessively hard and compact, yielding
Guaiacum, a bitter acrid stimulant gum resin partially soluble in water
and wholly in alcohol, and employed as a diaphoretic and alterative.
It has been found useful in rheumatism, diseases of the skin, leucorrhcea
and scrofula. Its action is stimulant and tonic and in large doses
purgative. The common tincture of Guaiacum has been employed,
diluted with water, to cleanse the mouth, strengthen the gums, relieve
toothach, &c.

PORLIERIA.

Calyx deeply 4-parted. Petals 4, rather longer, somewhat un-
guiculate. Stamens 8, scaly at the base. Ovary placed on a
short receptacle, 4-furrowed, 4-celled, with 4 suspended ovules
in each cell. Style 4-cleft. Fruit fleshy, globose, 4-lobed,
4-celled. Seeds solitary, smooth, pendulous.

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PORLIERIA.

P. hygrometrica JR. mid P. syst. 94. DC. prodr.
i. 707. A. de J. rutac. 74. — Waste places in Chili and Peru.
(Turucasa.)

A hard-wooded, rigid, scrubby, grey-barked bush. Leaves opposite,
usually as if fasciculated in consequence of the shortness of the lateral
branches, with 2 short spiny stipules, abruptly pinnated ; leaflets closing
at the approach of rain, in 4-6 pairs, very small, linear-oblong, emar-
ginate, smooth, sessile ; petiole slightly downy. Peduncles clustered
and solitary, terminal, downy, 1-flowered. — Properties similar to those
of Guaiacum.

XANTHOXYLACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 135.

PTELEA.

Flowers unisexual. Calyx short, 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5,
longer than the calyx, spreading. $ . Stamens 4-5, longer than
the petals ; filaments thickened and hairy at the base, inserted
round a receptacle bearing an abortive pistil. 5 . Stamens 4-5,
very short, with abortive anthers. Ovary upon a convex recep-
tacle, compressed, 2-celled. Fruit compressed, membranous inde-
hiscent, turgid in the middle, surrounded by an orbicular wing.

442. P. trifoliata Linn. sp. pi. 173. Willd. i. 670.
Torrey fl. i. 1 89. Dull. arb. t. 43. — Shady moist hedges and
edges of woods, among rocks in the United States.

A shrub 6-8 feet high. Leaves ternate, with pellucid dots ; leaflets
oblong, acuminate, sessile, downy beneath, crenulate or obscurely
toothed. Flowers greenish white in terminal spreading panicles. —
Young green shoots anthelmintic. Fruit aromatic and bitter, and a
good substitute for hops.

XANTHOXYLON.

Dioecious. Calyx short, 3-4-5-partite. Petals as many and
longer than the sepals, very rarely wanting. $ . Stamens as
many as the petals, equal to or longer than them, inserted round
the base of the gynophore. Pistillum rudimentary, simple or
compound. $ . Stamens usually wanting, sometimes very short,
and either with or without abortive anthers. Ovaries (1-5) as
many as the petals or fewer, seated on a globose or cylindrical
gynophore : ovules 2 in each cell, suspended, collateral. Styles
1 from the apex of each ovary, either distinct or united at the
apex, sometimes very short or scarcely any. Capsules 1-5,
215 p 4

XANTHOXYLACEiE.

sessile, or stalked on the gynophore (receptacle), 2-valved,

1- 2-seeded. Seeds when solitary globose, when in pairs hemi-
spherical, shining and black. Embryo straight, or slightly
curved. — Trees or shrubs, usually with prickles on the branches,
petioles, and nerves of the leaves. Leaves usually pellucid-
dotted, alternate or opposite, simple, ternate, or pinnated either
with or without an odd one. Flowers small, inflorescence axil-
lary or terminal, various. W. and A.

443. X. AvicenniE DC. prodr. i. 726. — Fagara Avicennae
Lam. diet. ii. 445. (Lobel. ic. ii. t. 133. f. 2.) — China.

Prickly. Leaves unequally pinnated; leaflets 9-13, lanceolate, some-
what entire, smooth, on short stalks. Racemes panicled, shorter than
the leaves. — Used in China as an antidote against all poisons ; un-
doubtedly a powerful stimulant.

444. X. fraxineum Willd. iv. 757. Smith in Reess cyclop.
No. 12. Bigelowmed. hot. iii. t. 59. DC. prodr. i. 726. — Z. ra-
miflorum Michx.fi. ii. 235. — Woods and moist shady declivities
in the United States. (Prickly Ash.)

* Branches covered with strong sharp prickles arranged without order,
though most frequently in pairs at the insertion of the young branches.
Leaves pinnate, the common petiole sometimes unarmed and sometimes
prickly on the back. Leaflets about 5 with an odd one, nearly sessile,
ovate, acute, with slight vesicular serratures, somewhat downy under-
neath. Flowers before the leaves, in sessile umbels about the origin of
the young branches, small and greenish, polygamous. In the males
the calyx is 5-leaved, the sepals oblong, obtuse, erect. Stamens 5 with
subulate filaments and sagittate ,4-celled anthers. Ovary abortive.
Hermaphrodite ; calyx and stamens like the last , ovaries 3 or 4, pedi-
celled, with erect, converging styles nearly as long as the stamens.
Females apetalous, on a separate shrub. Calyx smaller and more
compressed. Ovaries about 5, pedicelled ; styles converging into close
contact at top, and a little twisted. Stigmas obtuse. Capsules stipi-
tate, oval, covered with excavated dots, varying from green to red,

2- valved, 1-seeded; the seed oval, blackish. — Bark slightly aromatic
with a strong pungency ; leaves more aromatic resembling those of the
lemon in smell. Has a good deal of reputation in North America as a
remedy in chronic rheumatism ; generally given in decoction. Has
also been employed as a topical stimulant, producing a powerful effect
when applied to secreting surfaces and to ulcerated parts.

445. X. Clava HerculisLinnsp.pl. 1455. DC. prodr. i. 727.
Macfady.fi. 194. — X. Caribaeum Lam. X. Carolinianum
Gcertn. (Sloane ii. 28. t. 172.) — Common in the West
Indies.

A tree about 20 feet high. Stem erect, prickly ; branches downy at
the extremities. Leaves unequally pinnated in 7-8 pairs ; leaflets
opposite, oblong-lanceolate, blunt, entire, with a row of pellucid dots
near the margin ; smooth and shining above, hairy along the veins on
the under surface ; petioles occasionally prickly. Flowers white, in
terminal leafy panicles, — Bark much used in the West Indies in malig-

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XANTHOXYLON.

nant ulcers, both internally administered and externally applied. An
infusion reckoned antispasmodic. Tincture found by Dr. Gillespie, a
West India practitioner, to be a good febrifuge ; according to others
the decoction is antisiphilitic.

446. X. alatum Roxb.Jl. ind. iii. 768. — Nepal and other moun-
tainous countries north of Bengal.

Trunk short. Branches covered with dark brown bark, spotted with
small, scabrous, white dots. Prickles stipulary, straight, dark-coloured
and sharp. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from 2 to 4 inches
long; leaflets from 3 to 13, 5or7 the most usual, opposite, sessile,
lanceolate, in young plants crenulate, pretty smooth on both sides, with
a few pellucid points containing a fragrant juice. Petioles winged.
Stipules 0. (?. Racemes axillary, often compound, shorter than
the leaves. Flowers minute, pale yellow. Calyx small, with from 6 to
8 acute divisions. Corolla 0. Filaments 6, 7, 8, much longer than
the calyx. A hemispherical gland, with 2 or 3 elevations in the centre,
like so many stigmas, in the room of the pistil. $ . Racemes as
in the male. Flowers very minute, greenish yellow. Calyx as in the
male. Corolla 0. Stamens 0. Ovaries as many as 5, 3 or 4 more
common, 1-celled, containing 2 ovules, attached to the top of the inner
angle of the cell. Styles single, shorter than the ovary. Capsules I,
2, or 3, roundish, reniform, or ovate, of the size of a small pea when
recent, when dry wrinkled, and much smaller, short-pedicelled, 1-celled,
2-valved, opening round the apex. — All parts of the plant aromatic
and pungent. Seeds used medicinally by the natives. Roxb.

447. Z. piperi turn DC. prodr. i. 725. — Fagara piperita Linn,
sp. 172. (Kcempf. t. 893.) — Japan (Seo and Sansjo).

A prickly shrub. Leaves unequally pinnated, in 4-5 pairs : leaflets
ovate-oblong, crenated. Petiole somewhat winged, jointed. Prickles
erect, short, stiff, brown, in the place of stipules. Cymes few-flowered,
terminal. Flowers greenish, the size of coriander seeds. Capsules
the size of pepper-corns, roundish, finely tuberculated, brown when
ripe. Seeds black, shining, solitary, insipid. — A powerful aromatic,
used by the Japanese as a condiment in the room of Ginger or Pepper.
The active principle chiefly in the fresh leaves, the dry bark and the
pericarp. The doctors of the country apply a poultice made of the
bruised leaves and rice flour to sore throats.

TODDALIA.

Flowers unisexual. Calyx short, 4— 5-toothed. Petals 4-5,
longer than the calyx, spreading. $ . Stamens 4-5, longer
than the petals, inserted round the base of the gynophore (recep-
tacle.) Pistil rudimentary, prism-shaped, 5-angled. $> . Fila-
ments 5, sterile, very short. G}'nophore short, 5-furrowed,
gland-like. Ovary 1, ovoid, fleshy, 5 (or fewer?) celled:
ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Stigma nearly sessile, pel-
tately 5-lobed. Fruit fleshy, dotted, 2 ?-5-celled (some of the
cells occasionally abortive). Seed solitary in each cell, some-
what angled-reniform. Embryo curved. — Shrubs. Leaves
alternate, digitately trifoliate, more or less pellucid-dotted,
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XANTHOXYLLACE/E.

with sometimes 2 glands at the base of the leaflets. Flowers
in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles. W. and A.

448. T. aculeata Pers. synops. i. 249. DC. prodr. ii. 83.
W. and A. i. 149. — Paullinia aculeata Linn. sp. pi. 524.
Scopolia aculeata Smith ic. ined. 34. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 616.
(Rheede v. t. 41. Burm. Zeyl. t. 24.) — A common bush in many
parts of India.

Stem irregular, corky, climbing. Prickles innumerable, scattered
over every part of the younger branches, tender shoots, petioles, and
nerves of the leaflets, recurved, very acute. Leaves alternate; leaflets
ternate, oblong, or broad-lanceolate, notched, emarginate, smooth, \\
inch long, and a or £ broad. Petioles channelled. Racemes axillary,
generally compound, length of the leaves. Flowers small, white.
Calyx inferior, small, glandular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong, spread-
ing. Filaments 5, nearly as long as the petals, spreading. Anthers
oblong, incumbent. Ovary ovate, 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell.
Style short, thick. Stigma 5-lobed. Berry the size of a small cherry,
compressed, 5-grooved, orange-coloured, 5-celled. Seed 1 in each
cell. — All the parts very pungent, especially the roots when fresh cut.
The fresh leaves are eaten raw for pains in the bowels; the ripe berries
are fully as hot as black pepper, and with nearly the same kind of
pungency ; they are pickled by the natives. The fresh bark of the
root is administered by the Telinga physicians, for the cure of that sort
of remittent commonly called the hill fever. " I conceive every part
of this plant to be possessed of strong stimulating powers, and have
no doubt but under proper management it might prove a valuable
medicine where stimulants are required." Roxb.

BRUCEA.

Flowers unisexual. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4, hardly so long
as the calyx. $ . Stamens 4, short, arranged round a central
glandular body. $ . Stamens 4, sterile. Ovaries 4, placed on
a 4-lobed receptacle ; each with an acute reflexed style. Drupes
4, each 1 -seeded.

449. B. sumatrana Roxb, fi. ind. i. 449. DC. prodr. ii. 88.

— Gonus amarissimus Lour. coch. ii. 809. (Rumph. vii. t. 15.)

— Sumatra, the Moluccas and Cochinchina.

Leaves alternate, unequally-pinnate, from 12 to 18 inches long.
Leaflets from 4 to 6 pair, opposite, short-stalked, obliquely ovate-
lanceolate, coarsely and obtusely serrated, pointed, villous underneath,
from 3 to 6 inches long, very bitter, and somewhat foetid. Petioles
round and villous. Stipules none. Racemes axillary, solitary, from
1 to 6, or 8 inches long, somewhat compound, dark purple, and clothed
with a few white hairs. Flowers numerous, very minute, dark purple.
Bracts subulate, hairy, very small, and deciduous. Calyx 4-leaved, or
deeply 4-parted. Segments small, ovate-lanceolate, deep purple, hairy
on the outside, and with the petals becoming reflexed. Petals 4,
longer than the calyx, lanceolate, dark purple, and hairy on the outside.
Disk a dark purple, 4-lobed, fleshy cup surrounding the base of the
ovaries. Filaments 4, short, purple, inserted under the margin of the

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BRUCKA.

disk. Anthers oval, large, deep purple. Ovaries 4, 1 -celled, with 1
ovule in each cell attached to the upper and inner side. Styles
single, short, recurved, 1 to each ovary. Stigmas simple. Drupes 4,
when all come to maturity, size of a small grain of black pepper,
smooth, dark purple, 1-celled. — Roxburgh expected the bark of this
to be fully equal in efficacy to that of Br. antidysenterica. Dr. Hors-
field thinks it would be as serviceable a tonic as Quassia.

450. B. antidysenterica Mill, icfasc. t. 25. D C. prodr. ii. 88.
— B. ferruginea ISHerit. stirp. 1. 10. Wooginoos Bruce s travels,
vol. v. p. 69. with a figure. — In Abyssinia.

Leaflets entire, covered with ferruginous hair on the nerves. Ra-
cemes simple, spike-shaped. — Considered in Abyssinia a most valuable
remedy in dysentery and severe cases of diarrhoea, but not known in
Europe. It has been supposed that a poisonous bark called False
Angostura, was yielded by this plant ; but it now turns out that it is
nothing but the bark of the Nux vomica (Strychnos). Guibourt, ed. 3,
i. 4. All the statements therefore that have been made concerning
the danger of Brucea bark and Brucine, belong to Strychnos, and have
nothing to do with Brucea itself.

219

GERANIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 137.
GERANIUM.

Sepals and petals each 5, equal. Stamens 10, of which the
5 fertile ones are alternate with the others and larger. Nectari-
ferous glands at the base of the larger stamens. Awns of the
carpels with their inner sides glabrous, at length separating
elastically from the base of the axis upwards, and becoming cir-
cinately revolute. — Herbaceous or rarely suffrutescent plants.
Leaves palmately lobed. Peduncles 1 -2 flowered.

451. G. maculatum Linn, sp.pl. 955. Cav. diss. vi. t. 86. f. 2.
Bigelow med. hot. i, t. 8. DC. prodr. i. 64-2. — Common in the
United States, in low grounds.

Root perennial, horizontal, thick, rough and knobby. Stem erect,
round, clothed with reflexed hairs. Leaves spreading, hairy, palmate,
with 3, 5 or 7 lobes, variously cut and toothed at their extremities ;
those of the root on long petioles, those at the middle of the stem,
opposite and petioled, those at the top, opposite and nearly sessile.
Stipules and bracts subulate. Peduncles round, hairy, tumid at base,
generally 2-flowered. Sepals 5, oblong, ribbed, mucronate ; the outer-
most hairy. Petals 5, obovate, not emarginate, light purple, marked
with green at the base. Stamens 10, erect or curving outward, the
alternate ones a little longer, with nectariferous glands at the base ;
filaments dilated and monadelphous at base ; anthers oblong, decidu-
ous, so that the number frequently appears less than 10. Style
straight, as long as the stamens ; stigmas 5, at first erect, afterwards
recurved. — Root a most powerful astringent, containing considerably
more tannin than Kino. According to Bigelow, particularly suited
to the treatment of such diseases as continue from debility after the
removal of their exciting cause. Tincture an excellent local application
in sore throat and ulcerations of the mouth. May be used in powder,
extract or tincture. .

452. G. Robertianum Linn. sp. pi. 955. E. Bot. t. 1486.
Curt.fl. Lond. i. t. 52. DC. prodr. i. 644. — A common weed
in waste ground, under walls, banks, and everywhere.

Root tapering. Stems several, spreading in every direction, round,
leafy, branched, red, brittle and succulent, a little hairy, chiefly on 1
side. Leaves opposite, shining, more or less hairy, on long stalks,
ternate, cut in a pedate manner, their outline unequally 5-angled. Pe-
duncles lateral and terminal, each bearing 2 bright crimson or occa-
sionally white flowers. Calyx brownish, hairy, with 10 angles when
closed. Petals obovate, entire. Stamens awl-shaped, smooth. Capsule
obovate, downy, carinate, curiously marked at the outer edge with
elevated interbranching wrinkles. Seeds perfectly smooth and even. —
A popular remedy in Wales in nephritic complaints.
221

OXALIDACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 140.

OXALIS.

Sepals 5, distinct or united at the base. Petals 5. Stamens
10; filaments slightly monadelphous, the 5 exterior alternately
shorter. Styles 5. Stigmas pencilled or capitate. Capsule
5-cornered, oblong or cylindrical.

453. O. Acetosella Linn. sp. pi. 620. Eng. Bot. t. 762.
S. and C. i. t. 63. Woodv. t. 20. — Common in groves and
shady places. (Woodsorrel.)

A small perennial, with a subterranean root-stock, consisting of many
scaly joints. Leaves ternate, inversely heart-shaped, hairy. Pedun-
cles radical, single-flowered. Stamens all simple. — This plant is a
refrigerant ; taken as a salad it forms a good scorbutic; infused in milk
to form whey, or in water, it forms a grateful drink in fevers and
inflammatory cases. Pereira.

222

CORIARIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 141.

CORIARIA.

The character the same as that of the order.

454. C. myrtifolia Linn. sp. pi. 1467. Lam. ill. t. 822.
Duham. arb. i. t. 73. DC. prodr. i. 739. — Various parts of
the basin of the Mediterranean.

Leaves opposite ovate-lanceolate, acute, triple-nerved, rather stalked,
smooth. Racemes nearly erect. Sepals 5, ovate, acute, smooth,
naked, in a broken whorl. Petals 5, ovate, rigid, fleshy, keeled inside,
applied closely to the carpels, green. Stamens 5, about as long as the
petals, and alternate with them. Ovaries 5, obliquely converging,
opposite the petals, adhering by means of a gynobase, with no style, but
each with a long recurved linear stigma ; ovules solitary, suspended. —
Fruit a dangerous poison, exciting violent fits of tetanus, giving place
to apoplectic coma. Senna adulterated with the leaves equally dan-
gerous. Many fatal cases on record.

223

ROSACEA.

Nat. st/st. ed. 2. p. 143.

POTENTILLA.

Calyx concave, 4-5-cleft, with 4-5 bractlets. Petals 4-5.
Stamens numerous. Achenia numerous, collected into a head
on the flattish persistent dry receptacle. Style lateral. Seeds
suspended. — Herbaceous or suffrutescent plants. Leaves com-
pound. Stipules adnate to the petiole. Flowers white or yel-
low, rarely red.

455. P. reptans Linn. sp. pi. 714. E. Bot. t. 862. Woodv.
t. 59. DC. prodr. ii. 574. Smith Eng. Flu. 423. — Common
in meadows, pastures and elsewhere.

Root perennial. Stems prostrate, hairy, round, rooting. Leaflets
5, obovate, strongly serrated, hairy, rough. Flowers large, bright yellow,
on long hairy axillary stalks. Calyx most hairy at the base ; leaflets
ovate, about as long as the segments of the calyx but more leafy.
Receptacle hairy. — Properties like those of the next species.

456. P. Tormentilla Sibth.fl.ox. 162. — Tormentilla erecta
Linn, sp.pl. 716. Woodv. t. 9. S. and C. i. t. 26. T. officinalis
E. Bot. t. 863. — Common in barren pastures, heaths, &c.

Root woody, internally red. Stems slender, weak, often procumbent or
scrambling among bushes. Leaves almost sessile; leaflets 3, oblong, acute,
deeply serrated, somewhat hairy ; stipules smaller than the leaflets,
deeply cut. Flowers small, bright yellow, with the parts of the calyx
and corolla in fours, on slender hairy stalks much longer than the leaves.
Carpels corrugated when ripe. — Root very astringent ; in the opinion
of some writers it is one of the best medicines of its class, as it produces
its astringent effects without causing excitement. Dr. A. T. Thom-
son recommends it in some kinds of diarrhoea. It was once considered
a specific in syphilis.

GEUM.

Calyx flat, permanent; limb in 10, acute, deep segments; 5
alternate ones much the smallest. Petals 5, rounded, undivided
or cloven, attached by their claws to the rim of the calyx oppo-
site to its smaller segments, being about equal to the longer
ones. Filaments numerous, awl-shaped, from the rim of the
calyx, shorter than the corolla. Carpels superior, ovate, com-
pressed, very numerous, in a round head; styles long, lateral,
with a joint above the middle ; lower part permanent ; upper
225 a

ROSACEA.

deciduous ; stigmas simple. Achenia ovate, compressed, hairy,
each with a long lateral tail, formed of the enlarged, hardened,
lower part of the style, terminating in a hook. Receptacle cy-
lindrical, dry, hairy, seated on the permanent reflexed calyx.
Smith.

457. G. rivale Linn. sp. pi. 111. Eng. Bot. t. 106. Smith
Eng. jl. ii. 430. DC. prodr. ii. 551 . — Meadows and woods
throughout Europe.

Root somewhat woody, blackish, creeping, and running deep into
the ground ; astringent, with the flavour of cloves. Herbage hairy,
deep green. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, slightly panicled, otherwise
simple. Radical leaves stalked ; their terminal lobe very large, rounded,
lobed, and sharply crenate ; stem-leaves few, stalked, ternate or 3-
lobed ; stipules of the latter ovate, acute, cut, purplish. Flowers
almost pendulous, singularly elegant, growing upright as the fruit ripens.
Calyx of a rich purplish brown, erect ; subsequently reflexed. Petiole
erect, cloven, of a tawny brown. Smith. — This and the next are
stomachic, and said to be useful medicines in diarrhoea.

458. G. urbanum Linn. sp. pi. 716. Eng. Bot. t. 1400.
Woodv. t. 259. Smith Eng. fi. ii. 429. DC. prodr. ii. 551.
S. and C. i. t. 36. — Common in hedgerows and woods through-
out Europe. (Avens. Herb Bennet.)

Root of many stout brown fibres, astringent, and in some degree
aromatic, said to give an agreeable clove-like flavour to beer, and even
to wine. Stem 2 feet high, erect, round, rough and finely hairy ;
branched at the upper part, bearing several flowers. Radical leaves on
long stalks, interruptedly pinnate, somewhat lyrate, the odd leaflet
rounded, often deeply 3-lobed; stem-leaves ternate, stalked; upper
simple, 3-lobed, wedge-shaped ; all variously notched and serrated,
grass-green, veiny, hairy. Stipules of the stem-leaves very large,
rounded, lobed, serrated, leafy. Flowers terminal, solitary, stalked ;
commonly small, bright yellow, erect. Calyx spreading, reflexed as the
fruit advances. Achenia in an ovate head, numerous, ovate, downy,
besides a few long coarse hairs about the summit, each tipped with a
rigid, purplish, deflexed awn or tail, which is quite smooth, ending in a
small sharp hook. Smith.

459. Geum canadense Jacq. hort. ii. 1. 175 ? (Chocolate Root,
Blood Root.)

Root principally, but leaves also, employed in Prince Edward's
Island as a mild tonic. It is agreeably bitter and is found particularly
useful in the diarrhoea of children. Med. bot. trans. 1829. p. 8.

AGRIMONIA.

Calyx inferior, tubular, permanent, with 5 small, acute, per-
manent marginal segments ; the tube subsequently hardened,
closed over the seeds and burred with hooks. Petals 5, flat,
spreading, notched, each with a small narrow claw attached to
the rim of the calyx. Filaments capillary, from the rim of
the calyx, shorter than the corolla, indeterminate in number,

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AGRIMONIA.

from 7 to 20. Carpels 2, sometimes 3, in the bottom of
the calyx, ovate, compressed ; style lateral, simple, the length
of the stamens ; stigmas obtuse, undivided. Achenia 2, occa-
sionally 1, or 3, ovate, smooth, compressed, pointed, erect,
inclosed in the hardened tube of the calyx.

460. A. Eupatoria Linn. sp. pi. 643. Eng. Bot. t. 1335.
Woodv. t. 258. Fl. Dan. t. 588. DC. prodr. ii. 587. Smith
Eng.fi. ii. 346. — Common among bushes throughout Europe.
(Agrimony.)

Root tapering, reddish, branched at the summit, not creeping ; its
flavour very astringent. Herb deep green, covered with soft silky
hairs, and when slightly bruised exhaling a peculiar, but grateful, aro-
matic scent. Stem about 2 feet high, scarcely branched. Leaves alter-
nate, a span long, of several pair of coarsely serrated leaflets, with
various small intermediate ones; the terminal leaflet more or less
stalked, the size of the former ; stipules of the upper leaves _rounded,
palmate. Flowers very numerous, yellow, in a dense tapering spike,
with lobed bracts. Calyx of the fruit encircled with a thick whorl of
hooked prickles, which attach themselves to any thing that comes in
their way, like burs. Smith. — Celebrated as a vermifuge; also used in
decoction as an astringent gargle and lotion. A common ingredient in
«' herb teas."

RUBUS.

Calyx flattish at the bottom, 5-cleft, without bracteoles.
Petals 5. Stamens numerous, inserted on the calyx along with
the petals. Achenia numerous (sometimes only 6), collected into
a head on an evidently protuberant and spongy but not fleshy
receptacle, at length becoming juicy, and resembling little drupes.
Styles slightly lateral from near the apex of the achenia. Seed
inverted. — Shrubs, or rather perennial herbaceous plants. Stems
usually biennial, often rooting, sometimes unarmed, but more gener-
ally prickly. Leaves petioled, sometimes pinnate or palmate,
sometimes simple. Fruit eatable.

461. R. villosus Ait. hort. Kew. ii. 210. Bigelow med. bot. ii.
t. 38. DC.prodr.ii.56S. — Common in fields in the United States.

Stem tall, branching, prickly, more or less furrowed and angular.
Leaves mostly in threes on a channelled hairy petiole ; a few solitary,
and some quinate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate, sharply and unequally
serrate, covered with scattered hairs above, and with a thick soft
pubescence underneath : the terminal stalked, the two sides one sessile;
petiole and back of the midrib commonly armed with short recurved
prickles. Flowers in erect racemes with a hairy, prickly stalk ; pedicels
slender, an inch or 2 in length, with glandular hairs and lanceolate
bractes. Segments of calyx ovate, hairy, ending in an acuminate point
or a lanceolate leaflet. Petals white, ovate, or oblong, concave,
contracted into a short claw at base. Fruit black and shining. —
Bark of the root a pure strong astringent. Professor Chapman of
Philadelphia considers it among the most active and decidedly efficacious
in cholera infantum, diarrhoea, &c.

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ROSACEA.

ROSA.

Calyx inferior, tubular, contracted at the summit, permanent,
finally succulent ; limb in 5, deep, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, con-
cave, imbricated, permanent or deciduous segments ; either all
simple, or 2 of them more or less pinnate. Petals 5, inversely
heart-shaped, about as long as the segments of the calyx, and
attached by broad claws to the rim of its tube, deciduous. Fila-
ments numerous, capillary, much shorter than the petals, from
the rim of the calyx within the corolla. Carpels numerous, ob-
long, lining the tube of the calyx, interspersed with dense silky
hairs ; styles 1 to each, lateral, smooth or hairy, all passing
through the contracted mouth of the calyx ; in some cases united
into a cylinder ; stigmas obtuse. Fruit globular or ovate, formed
of the permanent, pulpy, coloured tube of the calyx, closed at
the summit, and containing numerous, oblong, angular, hard,
bristly achenia, interspersed with rigid hairs. — Shrubs with
pinnated leaves and large showy flowers.

462. R. canina Linn. sp. 704. Lindl. mon. ros. 98. Woodv.
t. 139. S. and C. ii. t. 100. Eng. Bot. tt. 992, 2367.— Common
all over Europe and the North of Asia.

A soft branched smooth bush, with long green curved rootshoots,
covered with equal hooked prickles, without any intermixture of setas.
Leaflets ovate, firm, without glandular pubescence, serrated, with con-
verging teeth. Flowers with leafy bracts. Sepals partly pinnated,
usually naked as well as the tube of the calyx. Petals white or pink,
Throat of the calyx thick and quite closed up. Fruit red, succulent,
truncated in consequence of the fall of the sepals. — From the pulpy
fruit of this and probably other allied species the officinal conserve of
Roses is prepared.

463. R. centifolia Linn. sp. 704. Lindl. mon. ros. 64. Re-
dout, ros. i. tt. 1. 7. 26. &c. — R. provincialis Mill. diet. No. 18.
— Woods in the eastern parts of the Caucasus.

An erect bush, with the branches pretty closely covered with prickles
and glandular bristles of different forms and sizes ; the large ones falcate.
Shoots erect. Leaflets oblong or ovate, rugose, fringed with glands.
Flowers several together, large, drooping, with leafy bracts. Sepals
leafy, compound, viscid. Fruit oblong. — The petals are collected for
the distillation of Rose water ; they are laxative and used in infantile
diseases.

464. R. gallica Linn. sp. 704. Lindl. mon. ros. 68. Redout,
ros. tt. 25. 52. &c. — R- pumila Linn, suppl. 262. Jacq.jl. austr.
t. 198. — Hedges and thickets in various parts of Austria, and
the Crimea, &c.

A dwarfish stiff short-branched bush, with the shoots armed with
nearly equal uniform prickles and glandular bristles intermixed. Leaflets
stiff, elliptical, rugose. Flowers several, together, large erect, with leafy
bracts. Sepals ovate, leafy, compound. Fruit oblong. — The petals
are astringent and tonic, and are dried for various officinal preparations.

228

GILLENIA.

GILLENIA.

Calyx tubular, campanulate, contracted and 5-cleft at the
edge. Petals 5, ligulate, rather unequal, inserted in the apex
of the tube. Stamens 10-20, very short, enclosed in the tube.
Carpels 5, almost united into a 5-celled capsule ; style filiform,
erect, capitate. Seeds 2 in each cell.

465. G. trifoliata Moznch. metli. suppl. 286. Bigelow med. bot.
iii. t. 41. DC. prodr. ii. 546. — Spiraea trifoliata Linn. sp. pi.
702. Bot. mag. t. 489. — Woods in a light soil in the United
States.

Stems a foot or two in height, several from the same root, erect,
slender, flexuose, smooth, reddish-brown, and branched. Leaves
alternate, trifoliate, subsessile, furnished with small lanceolate, slightly
toothed stipules at the base ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, sharply
and unequally toothed, the upper ones often single. Flowers few in
number, scattered, terminal, nodding, forming a sort of panicle, with
long peduncles, occasionally furnished with minute lanceolate bractes.
Calyxi subcampanulate, or tubular, with the lower half narrowest, the
border divided into 5 reflexed acute teeth. Petals 5, the 2 upper ones
separated from the 3 lower, white, with a reddish tinge on the edge,
lanceolate, unguiculate, contracted, and approximated at base. Sta-
mens about 20 in a double series within the calyx. Capsules 5,
diverging, oblong, acuminate, gibbous without, sharp edged within,
2-valved, 1-celled, 1 or 2 seeded ; seeds oblong, corresponding in shape
to the capsule. — The root is emetic, and possesses properties analo-
gous to those of Ipecacuanha. It requires, however, a larger dose, and
is considered uncertain in its operation.

466. G. stipulacea Nutt. gen. amer. i. 307. Barton med. bot.
71. t. 6., with large ovate-cordate, leafy, gashed and serrated
stipules, but otherwise extremely like the last, is reputed to
possess the same properties.

SPIRAEA.

Calyx inferior, nearly flat at the base, with 5 acute segments.
Petals 5, roundish or oblong, attached by their claws to the rim of
the calyx. Filaments more than 20, from the rim of the calyx, capil-
lary ; nearly as long as the corolla. Carpels 5, or more, superior,
ovate or oblong, compressed, each terminating in a short stout style.
Stigmas spreading, obtuse. Capsules as many as the carpels,
oblong, pointed, more or less compressed, each of 2 rather mem-
branous valves, and I cell. Seeds few, small, oblong, pendulous
from the outer margin of each valve.

467. S. Ulmaria Linn, sp.pl. 702. E. Bot. t. 960. Fl. Lond.
t. 33. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 368. DC. prodr. ii. 545. — Common
in meadows and along ditches. (Meadow Sweet.)

Root fibrous, without knobs. Stems 3 or 4 feet high, leafy, branched,
furrowed, angular, smooth. Leaves of a few large, pointed, unequally
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ROSACEiE.

serrated, veiny leaflets ; the terminal one deeply 3-lobed ; intermediate
ones very small ; all „white and densely downy beneath. Stipules
rounded, deeply toothed. Flowers extremely numerous, cream-colour-
ed, with a sweet but oppressive hawthorn-like scent, in dense, compound
cymose panicles. Calyx reflexed. Petals roundish. Stamens nume-
rous. Carpels 6 or 8, sometimes more, spirally contorted, with short
styles, and large capitate stigmas. Smith. — Taste of the herbage and
scent of the flowers aromatic ; a fragrant water, forming an agreeable
aromatic beverage, may be distilled from the flowers.

468. S. Filipendula Linn. sp. pi. 702. Eng. Bot. t. 284.
Fl. Ban. t. 635. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 368. BC. prodr. ii. 546.
— Common in pastures in elevated situations.

Root woody, with many hard elliptical knobs, through which the
fibres are continued ; these are black externally, white and farinaceous
within. Stem a foot or more in height, round, smooth, leafy prin-
cipally in the lower part ; panicled in a cymose manner at the summit.
Leaves chiefly radical, spreading or depressed, smooth, dark green,
elegantly pinnate, with oblong, narrow, opposite or alternate leaflets,
and as many, or more, small intermediate ones ; all deeply, sharply,
and unequally cut. Stipules linear, acute, entire, united laterally to
the base of each radical footstalk, the stem leaves being furnished with
a pair of rounded cut lobes in their stead. Panicle forked, cymose.
Flowers on short partial stalks, without bracteas, erect, cream-coloured,
tinged externally with red. Petals obovate. Carpels 10 or more,
hairy, with short recurved styles, and large blunt stigmas. Smith. —
Both this and the last are accounted tonics on account of their bitter
astringent qualities.

BRAYERA.

Calyx campanulate ; limb 10-parted, membranous; half the
segments with pinnate veins and thrice as large as the other 5
with 3 veins each. Petals minute, subulate, opposite the larger
segments of the calyx. Stamens 12-20, short, inserted into the
throat of the calyx. Disk conical, projecting from the throat of
the calyx and pierced at the apex to allow the styles to pass
through. . Ovaries 2, stipitate, each with 1 suspended ovule ;
stigmas dilated, slightly lacerated.

469. B. anthelmintica Kunlh in Brayer's dissert, p. 6.
BC. prodr. ii. 588. — Abyssinia, where it is called Cabotz.

A tree. Peduncles branched, taper, softly hairy, zigzag, bracteate ;
branches alternate. Bracts solitary entire. Down simple. Flowers
in fours, pedicellate, surrounded by an involucre of 4 bracts. Bracts
roundish oblong, obtuse, concave, thin and membranous. Kunih. —
Reported to be a most powerful anthelmintic. Small packets of the
dried flowers are sold by the Abyssinians ; and according to M. Brayer
are an effectual remedy for taenia when all other medicines have failed.

230

AMYGDALEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 146.

AMYGDALUS.

Calyx tubular or campanulate. Petals 5, spreading : Stamens
numerous, inserted into the mouth of the calyx. Drupe velvety,
with a separable fleshy epicarp, and a stone which is rugged and
pitted. — Young leaves folded flat. Flowers subsessile, solitary
or in pairs, earlier than the leaves, proceeding from scaly buds.

470. A. communis Linn. sp. 677. Woodv. t. 83. S. and
C. i. t. 43. DC. prodr. ii. 531. — Hedges of Barbary, Syria,
and the chalky cliffs of Sicily. (Almond Tree.)

A small tree with a pale brown rugged bark. Leaves lanceolate,
acuminate, thin, bright light green, serrated, glandular near the base.
Flowers sessile, appearing before the leaves, pink or white. Calyx
reddish, with blunt segments. Petals variable in size, always much
larger than the calyx, ovate, concave, irregularly notched. Stamens
spreading, about A the length of the petais. Ovary woolly ; style
simple. Fruit a leathery hoary drupe, with the sarcocarp spontaneously
cracking and dropping off the putamen. Stone oblong, or ovate, acute,
hard in various degrees, always rugged and pitted with irregular holes.
Seed oblong, compressed, ovate, with a brown testa, at the apex of
which there is a broad round brown chalaza. Cotyledons very large,
plano-convex. — This species produces both the sweet and bitter
almonds of the shops, which are only varieties of each other chiefly
differing in the quantity of prussic acid their seeds contain. Sweet Al-
monds are scentless and farinaceous, containing a large proportion of oil ;
they are used in emulsion and confection, and are a common article
of food, but are apt to prove indigestible, and to bring on urticaria
febrilis. Their skin is irritating, and should always be removed before
the almond is eaten. Bitter Almonds yield an oil like that of the last
variety, which is extremely poisonous. Its distilled water furnishes
prussic acid in abundance; and the effects of bitter almonds taken
into the stomach are dangerous. Many fatal cases of poisoning from
the incautious use of these seeds are recorded by medical writers.
Bitter almonds have nevertheless been recommended as a remedy for
intermittent fever when mixed with decoction of bark. A liqueur
called Mandel amara is fabricated from them by the Italians ; but it
is unsafe for persons out of health or with weak stomachs to drink
it. They also produce urticaria, and have the reputation of being an
antidote to intoxication.

47 1 . A. persica Linn. sp. 677., the common Peach, abounds
in the oil of bitter almonds, especially the flowers and kernels,
and these parts are dangerous. Dr. Christison quotes a case

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AMYGDALEjE.

of a gentleman who died in consequence of having swallowed a
salad of the flower in order to purge himself ; and another of a
child which perished after taking a decoction of the flowers to
destroy worms.

CERASUS.

A genus differing from Prunus only in its fruit being destitute
of bloom, with the stone round instead of acute, and the leaves
when in bud folded flat, not rolled up. The leaves are generally
flat and smooth. (Cherries and Bird-cherries.)

472. C. Laurocerasus Lois. Desl. in. Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 6.
DC.prodr. ii. 540. — Prunus Laurocerasus Linn.sp. pi. 678.
Woodv. ed. ii. 185. S. and C. ii. t. 117. — Neighbourhood of
Trebizonde, now common in gardens every where. (Cherry
Laurel, Common Laurel.)

A small evergreen tree, smooth in every part, with pale green shining
shoots. Leaves short-stalked, oblong, acuminate, recurved at the point,
serrated, coriaceous, shining; with 2 or 4 small yellow glands at the
base on the under side. Racemes axillary, erect, stalked, shorter or as
long as the leaves, quite simple. Segments of calyx obtuse. Petals
concave, roundish, spreading, white. Stamens 20, spreading, as long
as the petals. Fruit a round black drupe the size of a small cherry. —
The leaves, bark and seeds abound in prussic acid, which exists in great
abundance in the distilled water. This is a deadly poison, producing
vomiting, great loss of strength, convulsions and death. The oil of
laurel is also a virulent poison.

473. C. virginiana Mich. bor. am. i. 285. DC.prodr. ii. 539.

— Prunus rubra Ait. Kew. ed. 1. ii. 162. Willd. arb. 238.
f. 5. t. 1. — Woods of Virginia and Carolina, Alleghany
Mountains.

A small slender tree, perfectly smooth in every part. Shoots
slender, brownish. Leaves deciduous, ovate-oblong, acuminate, finely
serrated, on rather long stalks having 2-A glands at the apex ; no hairs
whatever on the under side. Racemes long, erect, terminal, with a
solitary flower now and then in the axil of the leaves next the raceme.
Bracts inconspicuous. Calyx with sharp shallow segments. Petals
white. Drupes small, bright red. — Leaves considered poisonous.
Bark a good febrifuge.

474. C. Padus DC. — Prunus padus Linn. sp. 677. E. Bot.
t. 1383. (the common Bird-cherry) abounds in the oil of bitter
almonds, and consequently is a dangerous poison.

475. C. Capollim DC. prodr. ii. 539 Cool regions of

Mexico.

A small tree quite smooth in every part. Leaves evergreen, ellip-
tical, acuminate, finely serrate, with 2 or 3 larger teeth near the base;
petioles glandless, or with not more than 1 gland. Flowers as in
C. virginiana. Fruit round, black/shining, the size of a Corone cherry.

— Bark considered a good febrifuge.

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CERASUS.

476. C. capricida Wall. cat. No. 718. — Primus undulata
Don. prodr. 239. C. undulata DC. prodr. ii. 540 Hima-
laya Mountains.

Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, finely glandular-serrate, decidu-
ous, thin, quite smooth on each side, light green and shining beneath ;
petioles without glands. Racemes very finely downy, axillary, but
little longer than the leaves. Flowers small, white. Segments of
calyx obtuse. — So poisonous as to kill goats in Nepal.

PRUNUS.

Calyx inferior, bell-shaped, deciduous, with 5 obtuse concave
segments. Petals 5, roundish, concave, spreading, larger than
the segments of the calyx, their short claws proceeding from its
rim. Filaments 20-30, awl-shaped, nearly as long as the co-
rolla, from the rim of the calyx within the petals. Anthers
short, of 2 round lobes. Ovary superior, roundish ; style thread-
shaped, terminal, the length of the stamens ; stigma orbicular,
peltate. Drupe roundish or elliptical. Nut very hard, some-
what compressed, of 1 cell and 2 more or less distinct sutures
with an intermediate furrow. Leaves rolled up when young.

477. P. Cocumilia Tenore prodr. suppl. ii. 67. DC. prodr.
ii. 538. Att. r. ist. incoragg. iv. 444. c. ic.fi. neap. t. 144. —
Woods of the lower mountains of Calabria.

Peduncles short, in pairs. Leaves elliptical obovate acuminate at
each end, smooth, crenulate ; crenatures and peduncles covered with
deciduous glands. Fruit ovate-oblong, mucronulate, austere. — The
bark of this plant, which seems to be nothing more than a wild state of
our domestic Plum, is spoken of in the highest terms as a remedy for
the intermittent fevers of Calabria. In Neapolitan hospitals it has been
found superior to Cinchona.

478. P. spinosa Linn. sp. pi. 681 . Eng. Bot. t. 842. Woodv.
t. 84. DC. prodr. ii. 532. Smith Eng. Flu. 357. —Com-
mon in the woods and hedges of all Europe. (Sloe.)

A rigid bushy shrub, with sharp spinous branches ; the bark blackish,
a little glaucous and polished. Leaves scarcely an inch long ; the
earlier ones obovate ; all smooth, except when very young. Flowers
pure white, copious, earlier than the leaves, solitary, on short simple
stalks, each from a small bud at the bases of the leaf-buds. Calyx
spreading. Petals with scarcely any claws. Fruit globular, black,
rather larger than a black currant, acid, astringent, and very austere,
not eatable except when baked or boiled with a large proportion of
sugar. — The juice, inspissated over a slow fire, is a substitute for
Catechu. In some form or other, this juice is said to be used in fac-
titious or adulterated Port wine. The leaves also are reckoned among
the adulterations of tea in England. They possess, in fact, a portion
of that peculiar aromatic flavour which exists in Spifaea Ulmaria, the
American Gualtheria, and some other plants, and which resembles the
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AMYGDALE/E.

more delicate perfume of green tea. A water distilled from the blos-
soms of the sloe is said to be used as a medicinal vehicle in Switzerland
and Germany. Smith.

POMEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 145.

PYRUS.

Calyx superior concave, in 5 deep, spreading, permanent
segments. Petals 5, roundish, concave, much larger than the
calyx, and proceeding from its rim, with short claws. Filaments
20, from the rim of the calyx within the petals, awl-shaped,
shorter than the corolla. Anthers oblong, of 2 lobes. Ovary
inferior ; styles 2-3 to 5, filiform, about the length of the sta-
mens. Stigmas simple, bluntish. Apple roundish or somewhat
oblong, umbilicated, fleshy, of as many cartilaginous or mem-
branous cells as there are styles. Seeds 2 in each cell, ascending,
obovate, flattened at one side.

479. P. Aucuparia Gcertn. ii. t. 87. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 364.
DC. prodr. ii. 637. — Subus Aucuparia Linn, sp.pl. 683. Eng.
Bot. t. 337. Fl. Dan. t. 1034. — Mountainous woods and
hedges. (Mountain Ash.)

A handsome tree, of slow growth, with a tough, close-grained, not
very hard wood ; the branches smooth, round, grayish. Leaves scarcely
a span long; leaflets narrow, firm, downy beneath, not cottony when
young ; afterwards smooth on both sides. Panicles corymbose, broad
and flattish, with downy stalks. Flowers white, numerous, with a slight
almond-like scent. Petals very concave. Styles 3, or 4, with small
obtuse stigmas. Apples like berries, scarlet, globose, very juicy, sour
and bitter, of as many cells as there are styles ; the sides of the cells
pliant and leathery, not cartilaginous or rigid. Seeds 2 in each
cell, though only 1 in general becomes perfect. — Flowers bark and
root contain so much of the peculiar essential of almonds as to yield
fully as much hydrocyanic acid as that procurable from an equal weight
of cherry-laurel leaves. Buchn. rep. 27. 238.

CYDONIA.

All the characters of Pyrus ; except that the cells of the fruit
are many-seeded, and the seeds enveloped in a thick soluble
mucus.

480. C. vulgaris Pers. synops. ii. 40. Lindl. in Linn, trans.
xiii. 97. DC. prodr. ii. 638. — Pyrus Cydonia Linn, sp.pl. 687.
Woodv. t. 79.Jacq.Jl. austr. t. 342. S. and C. ii. t. 115. — South
of Europe, introduced originally from Candia. (Quince.)

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CYDONIA.

A small tree, with dark smooth branches. Leaves ovate, obtuse at
the base, quite entire, cottony on the under side. Flowers large
solitary, with a cottony calyx and bright pink petals. Fruit a turbinate
or roundish angular pome, covered with a thin cottony down,
extremely austere, but having a peculiar fragrance. — The seeds are
officinal for the sake of the mucus they are covered with, and which
can be extracted by hot water. The fruit forms an agreeable marma-
lade, and is sometimes used in the preparation of a domestic wine of
some excellence.

SANGUISORBEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 148.

ALCHIMILLA. '

Calyx inferior, tubular, permanent ; the limb spreading,
in 8 segments ; 4 outer alternate ones smallest. Corolla
none. Filaments 4, from the mouth of the calyx, opposite to
the smaller segments, awl-shaped, short. Carpel in the bottom
of the calyx, generally solitary ; style from the base of the
ovary, about the length of the stamens ; Stigma capitate. Ache-
nium 1, occasionally 2, elliptical, compressed, naked, covered by
the closed permanent calyx. — Flowers small, green, often in-
conspicuous.

481. A. vulgaris Linn, sp.pl. 178. Eng. Bot. t. 597. Smith
Eng. Fl. i. 223. DC. prod?: ii. 589. — In dry subalpine Euro-
pean pastures.

Root woody, with long fibres. Stems from 4 to 8 inches high, more
or less procumbent, alternately branched, round, hairy,leafy, terminating
in numerous little corymbose clusters of green flowers, on smooth,
almost capillary, stalks. Radical leaves numerous, on long footstalks,
large, roundish-kidney-shaped, bluntly lobed, plaited, serrated; of a
fine green above ; most hairy beneath ; stem-leaves of the same form,
but a great deal smaller, alternate, on short stalks, with a pair of large
notched stipules to each. Flowers small, green, in erect dichotomous
hairy corymbs. — The decoction slightly tonic.

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FABACE^}, or LEGUMINOSiE.
Nat. sy 'St. ed. 2. p. 148.

Tribe I. Papilionaceje.
ANAGYRIS.

Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, slightly 2-lipped. Stamens 10,
distinct. Vexillum and wings shorter than the dipetalous long
carina. Legume shortly stipitate, compressed, many-seeded,
2-valved, irregularly interrupted by contractions. — Shrubs, with
ternate leaves. Stipules united into a single one opposite the
leaf. Flowers yellow in short racemes.

482. A. fcetida Linn. sp. 534. Lodd. hot. cab. t. 740. Sibth.
fi. grcBc. iv. 59. t. 366. Gusson. fl. sic. i. 477. DC. prodr. ii. 99.
— Calcareous hills and rocks in the southern parts of Europe,
common.

A large bush. Leaflets lanceolate-elliptical, rather blunt, with a
very short mucro. Standard spotted, streaked beneath. Legumes
curved, variously bent, or straight, acuminate, containing from 2 to 7
seeds. Seeds reniform, violet. Gussone. — Seeds said to be poisonous
like those of Cytisus Laburnum.

BAPTISIA.

Calyx half 4-5-cleft, 2-lipped. Petals 5, nearly equal ; the
standard bent back at the sides. Stamens 10, distinct, decidu-
ous. Legume ventricose, pedicellate, many-seeded. — North
American herbaceous plants. Flowers racemose. DC.

483. B. tinctoria RBr. in hort. Keiv. iii. 5. Elliott, i. 467.
Torrey fl. i. 441. DC. prodr. ii. 100. — Podalyria tinctoria Willd.
ii. 503. Bot. Mag. t. 1099. Sophora tinctoria Linn, sp.pl.
534. — Common in open sandy woods in the United States.

Root perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, very much branched, somewhat
glaucous. Leaves alternate ; common petiole scarcely a line long,
without stipules at the base; leaflets about £ of an inch long, rounded
at the extremity, cuneate at the base ; stipules minute, deciduous.
Flowers in a loose terminal spike or raceme ; pedicels articulated at
the base. Calyx subcampanulate, 4 cleft ; the upper segment broader.
Corolla bright yellow ; vexillum roundish, crenulate, reflexed on the
sides ; wings obovate ; keel of 2obovate petals slightly united. Stamens
nearly equal, as long as the keel; filaments slender, smooth; anthers

FABACEjE, OR LEGUMINOS.SS.

small, oblong, incumbent. Ovary smooth, pedicellate, tapering into a
slender style ; stigma simple. Legume short, inflated, gibbous, on a
long stipe, of a dark blueish colour. Seeds small subreniform. Torrey.
— Yields indigo of indifferent quality. Roots and herbage antiseptic,
subastringent, cathartic and emetic. Barto?i. ii. 57.

GENISTA.

Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip 2-partite, the lower 3-toothed ;
or 5-lobed, the 3 lower being united almost up to the tip. Vex-
illum oblong ; keel oblong, straight, not completely enclosing the
stamens. Stamens monadelphous. Legume flat, compressed,
or occasionally rather turgid, with many or sometimes few seeds,
not glandular. — Shrubs with yellow flowers.

484. G. tinctoria Linn. sp. pi. 998. Smith Eng.fi. iii. 263.
DC. prodr. ii. 151. Eng. Bot. t. 44. Fl. Dan. t. 526.—
Common in meadows and groves in many parts of Europe.

Root woody, creeping widely. Stems depressed, with numerous
ascending, rarely recumbent, straight, furrowed, leafy, smooth branches.
Leaves scattered, nearly sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, convex, of a
deep shining green, a little hairy at the edges and midrib, at least
while young. Flowers on short axillary stalks, crowded about the
summits of the branches, with a pair of small awl-shaped bracts, a
little below the base of the deeply cut, smooth, angular calyx. Petals
of a uniform bright yellow. Odd stamen very deeply separated.
Legume nearly cylindrical, with numerous seeds. — Chiefly employed
in dyeing. The whole plant affords a good yellow colour, and with woad
a good green. Ray says the milk of cows feeding upon it is rendered
bitter, which flavour is communicated to butter and cheese. Smith.

CYTISUS.

Calyx bilabiate ; the upper lip generally entire, the lower
somewhat 3-toothed. Vexillum ovate, broad. Carina very ob-
tuse, enclosing the stamens. Stamens monadelphous. Legume
piano-compressed, many-seeded, not glandular. — Small trees
or shrubs, with ternate leaves and yellow, purple or white
flowers.

485. C. Laburnum Linn. sp. pi. 104-1. Jacqfi. austr. t. 306.
DC. prodr. ii. 153. Bot. Mag. t. 176. (Hall. helv. n. 360.) —
Mountains of Switzerland and Savoy. (Common Laburnum.)

A small green-branched tree. Young shoots downy. Leaves on
long stalks ; leaflets rather glaucous, ternate, nearly sessile, oval, mucro-
nulate, a little downy on the underside, the terminal one larger than
the others ; petioles and subulate stipules downy. Racemes pendulous ,
6 inches long, terminal, many-flowered, fragrant, downy. Calyx cam-
panulate, oblique, pushed inwards at the base, downy. Corolla large,
clear yellow. Legumes downy, linear, flat, thickened at each suture,
rather contracted between the seeds. Seeds oblong, compressed,
shining, smooth, deep greenish black. — Seeds highly poisonous, pos-
sessing narcotico-acrid properties. This is supposed to be owing to the
presence of an active principle called Cytisin.

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CYTISUS.

486. C. alpinus Mill. diet. No. 2, the Scotch Laburnum of
gardens, perhaps a variety of the last, has no doubt similar pro-
perties.

487. C. scoparius Link enum. ii. 241. DC. prodr. ii. 154. —
Spartium scoparium Linn. sp. pi. 996. fl. dan. t. 313. Eng.
Bot. t. 1339. Fl Lond. v. t. 52. Woodv. t. 89. S. and C.
ii. t. 67. Genista scoparia Lam. diet. ii. 623. — Common in dry
sandy thickets, hedges, and fields. (Common Broom.)

A large bushy shrub, with copious, long, straight, angular, dark-green,
smooth, tough branches. Leaves deciduous, scattered, stalked, ternate ;
the upper ones generally simple; leaflets uniform, obovate, obtuse,
entire ; silky when young. Fl. axillary, solitary, or in pairs, on simple
stalks, longer than the leaves, large and handsome, of a deep golden
yellow ; sometimes tinged with orange ; more rarely of a uniform pale
lemon-colour. The swelling ovary soon splits the tube of the fila-
ments. Legume brown, flat, above an inch long, nearly smooth at the
sides, but fringed with harsh hairs at each margin. Seeds about 15 or
16. Smith. — Decoction of the young tops diuretic and cathartic; seeds
said to be emetic. Mead and Cullen found them useful in dropsy.

ANTHYLLIS.

Calyx tubular, 5- toothed, permanent after flowering, more
or less bladdery and inflated. Wings and keel of the corolla
about the same length as the vexillum ; stamens monadelphous.
Legume ovate, 1-2-seeded, rarely oblong-linear, and many-
seeded, always covered by the permanent calyx. DC.

488. A. Hermanniae Linn. sp. pi. 1014. Bot. mag. t. 2576.
DC. prodr. ii. 169. — Aspalathus creticus Linn. sp. 1002.
Spartium spinosum Alp. exot. t. 26. Cytisus graecus Linn. sp.
1043. — Syria, Candia, and other Mediterranean islands.

A much branched spiny smooth shrub. Leaves subsessile, simple
and trifoliate ; leaflets oblong cuneate smooth or with close-pressed
hairs. Heads few-flowered, nearly sessile in the upper axils. Flowers
small, yellow. — Roots diuretic.

489. A. vulneraria Linn. sp. 1012. has had a great reputation
as one of the best of styptics.

TRIGONELLA.

Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Vexillum and alas nearly equal,
spreading in the form of a 3-petalous corolla : keel very small,
spreading. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Legume conti-
nuous, oblong, compressed or cylindrical, acuminated, many-
seeded. — Herbaceous plants, with a heavy penetrating odour.
Leaves trifoliolate, the terminal leaflet stalked. W. and A.
239

FABACE7E, OR LEGUMINOS-ffi.

490. T. Fcenum Graecum Linn. sp. pi. 1402. Ach. Rich. hot.
med. 549. DC. prodr. ii. 182. W. and A. i. 195. — South of
Europe, and India ; but in the latter only known in a culti-
vated state.

Annual. Stem erect, simple. Leaflets obovate, obsoletely toothed ;
stipules lanceolate, falcate, entire. Flowers sessile, solitary or in pairs.
Calyx hairy, the teeth subulate, the length of the tube. Legumes
elongated, compressed, longitudinally reticulated, falcate, with a long
beak about half the length of the legume. Seeds large, ovate, and
wrinkled ; the radicle prominent. W. and A. — A decoction of the seeds
used as an emollient, poultices are made with their flour. Only used in
veterinary medicine.

MELILOTUS.

Calyx tubular, softly 5-toothed. Corolla deciduous : keel
simple ; alae shorter than the vexillum : the keel and the alae co-
hering, free from the stamen-tube : vexillum free. Stamens dia-
delphous (9 and 1). Style terminal filiform. Legumes globose
or ovoid, longer than the calyx, coriaceous, scarcely dehiscent, 1-
or few-seeded. — Herbaceous annual or perennial plants. Leaves
trifoliolate ; leaflets often toothed, the terminal one stalked.
Stipules connate with the petiole. Peduncles axillary. Flowers
racemose, shortly pedicellate, white or yellow. Fruit pendu-
lous. W. and A.

491. M. officinalis Willd. enum. 790. DC. prodr. ii. 186.
Ach. Rich. lot. med. 550. W. and A. i. 196. — Trifoliuin Me-
lilotus officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 1078. Fl. dan. t. 934. — Common
in hedges in the midland and southern parts of Europe.

Stem erect branched ; branches very much spreading. Leaflets
lanceolate oblong, obtuse, remotely serrated ; stipules setaceous. Teeth
of the calyx unequal, the length of the tube. Vexillum brown, striated,
and with the wings as long as the keel. Legumes 2-seeded, obovate,
deeply pitted and wrinkled, somewhat hairy, becoming black, and rather
gibbous ; style filiform, the length of the legume. Seeds unequally
cordate, DC. — The decoction is emollient and occasionally employed
on the continent in lotions and enemas. The odoriferous principle
very fugacious ; it was asserted by Vogel to be benzoic acid, but ac-
cording to Guibourt and others it is Coumarine the aromatic principle
of the Tonka Bean.

TRIFOLIUM.

Calyx tubular, permanent, glandless, 5-cleft, with subulate
segments. Keel shorter than the wings and vexillum, and all
growing into a monopetalous corolla. Stamens diadelphous.
Legume small, scarcely dehiscent, often ovate, 1-2-seeded,
shorter than the calyx and covered by it ; rarely oblong ; 3-4-

240

TRIFOLIUM.

seeded, and something longer than the calyx. — Herbaceous
plants. Leaflets 3-nate or quinate. Flowers capitate, some-
times with a cup-shaped involucre.

4-92. T. alpinum Linn. sp. pi. 1080. Sturm deutschl.fi. i.
fasc. 15. DC. prodr. ii. 204. Hall. helv. n. 369. — Alps of
Europe.

Quite smooth. Stems very short, thick, subterraneous. Petioles
long; leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, toothletted ; stipules
very long and narrow, linear, acute. Heads umbellate, on long stalks ;
pedicels very small, rather whorled. Calyx campanulate ; the segments
equal, very long, setaceous," much shorter than the corolla. Legumes
2-seeded. DC. — The roots possess the same properties as liquorice.

PSORALEA.

Sepals 5, combined to the middle into a permanent 5-cleft
calyx ; the tube usually covered with glands ; divisions acumi-
nated, the lowest one sometimes longer than the others. Sta-
mens 10, usually diadelphous (9 and 1), the tenth sometimes
connected with the others at the base. Legume the length of
the calyx, indehiscent, 1-seeded, sometimes ending in a beak. —
Shrubs or herbaceous plants, usually warted from glandular tu-
bercles. Leaves of various forms. Stipules adnate to the base
of the petiole. Inflorescence various. Flowers blue, white, or
purple. W. and A.

493. P. corylifolia Zmrc. sp.pl. 1075. Burm.fi. ind. 172 t. 49.
DC. prodr. ii. 218. W. and A. i. 198. — Various parts of
India.

Herbaceous, erect. Leaves simple, roundish-ovate, occasionally
slightly cordate at the base, repand-toothed ; stipules narrow-lanceolate,
recurved. Racemes dense, spike-like, usually short and capituliform,
on long axillary solitary peduncles. Pedicels much shorter than the
calyx, about three together from each bractea. W. and A. — Seeds con-
sidered in India stomachic and deobstruent.

INDIGOFERA.

Calyx 5-cleft ; segments acute. Vexillum roundish, emargi-
nate : keel furnished with a subulate spur on both sides, at
length often bending back elastically. Stamens diadelphous
(9 and 1). Style filiform, glabrous. Legume continuous, 1 or
more-seeded, 2-valved. Seeds usually truncated, separated by
cellular spurious partitions. — Herbaceous cr shrubby. Stipules
small, free from the petiole. Peduncles axillary. Flowers ra-
cemose, purple, blue, or white ; many of the upper ones of each
raceme frequently becoming abortive. Leaves various, usually
unequally pinnated or digitate : hairs, either all or some of
them, adpressed and attached by their middle. W. and A.
241 r

FABACE^, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

494. I. tinctoria Linn, sp.pl. 1061. Willd. iii. 1237. DC.
prodr. ii. 224. Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 379. W. and A. i. 202. —
Ind. indica Lam. enc. iii. 245. illustr. t. 626. f. i. I. suma-
trana Gazrtn. t. 148. f. 2. — East Indies ; common in Liguarea
in the West Indies according to Dr. Macfadyen.

Suftruticose, erect, branched, sprinkled with short whitish pubes-
cence. Branches terete, firm. Leaves pinnated; leaflets 5-6-pairs,
oblong-obovate, cuneate at the base, slightly decreasing in size towards
the apex of the leaf ; stipules subulate, erect or incurved. Racemes
shorter than the leaves, sessile, many-flowered. Flowers small, ap-
proximated at the base of the raceme, more distant and deciduous
towards the apex. Calyx-segments broad, acute. Legumes approx-
imated towards the base of the rachis, nearly cylindrical, slightly
torulose, deflexed and more or less curved upwards : sutures thick-
ened. Seeds about 10, cylindrical, truncated at both ends. W. and A.
— A decoction of the root used as a lotion effectually destroys vermin ;
the juice of the young branches mixed with honey is recommended
for aphthae of the mouth in children ; and Indigo in powder, sprinkled
on foul ulcers is said to cleanse them. The disease in poultry, known
by the name of yaivs, is cured by the application of a solution of Indigo
by means of a rag. Macfady. fl.jam. i. 251. Indigo is also used in
epilepsy, and erysipelas. Med. Gaz. xx. 172. Moreover the valuable
dye obtained from it is a highly dangerous vegetable poison. It is,
however, by no means confined to I. tinctoria. The following are
equally important in regard to their dyeing qualities : —

495. 1. Anil Linn. Mant. 27c2. yields much of the Indigo of
the West Indies. The powdered leaf used in hepatitis. Ainslie.

496. I. argentea Linn. Mant. 27. is the species cultivated for
Indigo in Egypt.

497. I. cserulea Roxb. Jl. ind. iii. 377. was said by Roxburgh
to produce the finest indigo he knew.

CLITORIA.

Calyx 5-cleft, furnished at the base with pretty large very
obtuse bractlets. Vexillum large, rounded. Stamens diadel-
phous (9 and l), inserted with the corolla a little above the
base (not into the bottom) of the calyx. Style somewhat di-
lated at the apex. Legumes linear, compressed, straight,
2-valved, united with the base of the style, 1-celled, many-
seeded, often with cellular partitions between the seeds. —
Climbing herbaceous plants. Leaves unequally pinnated : leaf-
lets often 1 pair, more rarely 2-3 pairs, generally furnished with
partial stipules at their base. Flowers axillary, pedicellate,
large, white or blue or purple, often resupinate. W. and A.

498. C. Ternatea Linn. sp. pi. 1026. Bot. Mag. t. 1542.
DC. prodr. ii. 233. — Ternatea vulgaris HBK. vi. 415. (Rumpk.
v. t. 31 . Rhcede viii. t. 38.) — Various parts of both the East
and West Indies.

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CLITORIA.

Stem twining, pubescent. Leaflets in 2-3-pairs, oval or ovate ;
partial stipules setaceous. Peduncles short, axillary, solitary, 1-
flowered. Bractlets large, roundish. Flowers resupinate. Legumes
slightly pubescent. W. and A. — Roots are emetic.

PUERARIA.

Calyx campanulate, with two deciduous bractlets at its base,
somewhat 2-lipped: the upper lip entire or slightly 2-toothed;
the lower trifid. Corolla papilionaceous : keel straight, obtuse :
vexillum obovate. Stamens monadelphous below the middle,
the tenth often free upwards. Legume flat, compressed, atten-
uated at the base, pointed with the style, 2-valved, continuous.
Seeds several. — Twining shrubs. Stipules deciduous, free
from the petiole. Leaves trifoliolate : leaflets large, ovate,
acute, reticulately veined, with partial stipules at their base.
Racemes compound, branched. Flowers pedicellate, in pairs or
threes. W. and A.

4-09. P. tuberosa DC. prodr. ii. 240. W. and A. i. 205. —
Hedysarum tuberosum Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 363. (Banks ic. Kcempf.
t. 25.) — Circar mountains.

Root tuberous, very large. Stems twining, woody, running over
high trees, &c. Leaves alternate, stalked, ternate. Leaflets roundish,
pointed, entire, downy, from 6 to 12 inches each way. Petioles chan-
nelled, from 6 to 12 inches long; Stipules of the petioles cordate;
those of the leaflets subulate. Racemes simple or branched, as long as
the leaves, from tuberosities caused by the cicatrices of the old leaves,
erect, round, smooth. Flowers numerous, ternate, pretty large, blue.
Legumes from 2 to 6-jointed, pendulous, compressed, pointed, much
contracted at the joints, very hairy. — The root peeled and bruised into
a poultice is employed by the natives of the mountains where it grows
to reduce swellings of the joints.

GLYCYRRHIZA.

Calyx naked, tubular, 5-cleft, bilabiate; with the 2 upper
lobes united more than the others. Vexillum ovate-lanceolate,
straight; keel 2-petalous or 2-parted, straight, acute. Stamens
diadelphous. Style filiform. Legume ovate or oblong, com-
pressed, 1-celled, 1-4-seeded. — Perennial herbaceous plants,
with extremely sweet roots. Leaves unequally pinnated. Ra-
cemes axillary. Flowers blue, violet, or white.

500 G. glabra Linn. sp. pi. 1046. Ach. Rich. lot. med. 557.
DC. prodr. ii. 247. Woodv. t. 169. S. and C. iii. t. 134.—
Liquiritia officinalis Moznch. meili. 132. — South of Europe, in a
light deep soil. (Liquorice).

Root cylindrical, running to a considerable length and depth, bright
brown on the outside, yellow inside, soft and succulent. Stem erect,
2 feet high, smooth, of a dull glaucous gray colour. Leaves unequally
243 R 2

fabacejE, or leguminos^:.

pinnate; leaflets generally about 13, oval, entire, obtuse, slightly emar-
ginate, viscid ; stipules inconspicuous. Flowers pale lilac in axillary,
erect, stalked racemes. Legumes compressed, smooth. — The roots
abound in a saccharine mucilaginous matter, which is slightly bitter,
and readily soluble in water. A powder and the well known common
extract, are prepared from it ; the decoction in different forms is a
common remedy for coughs, and hectic or phthisical cases.

501. G. echinata Linn. sp. pi. 1046. has a root with similar
properties, but in a less degree.

TEPHROSIA.

Calyx without bractlets, about equally 5-toothed or 5-cleft.
Vexillum large, roundish, usually silky or pubescent on the out-
side, spreading or reflexed : keel obtuse, cohering with the alae.
Stamens variously united, monadelphous, or diadelphous, the
upper filament sometimes half-united with the others. Style
filiform. Stigma terminal. Legume generally sessile, and flatly
compressed, linear, many-seeded: valves usually flat. Seeds
compressed. — Shrubs or herbaceous plants, erect, or rarely
climbing ? Stipules free from the petiole, lanceolate or subu-
late, never sagittate. Leaves unequally pinnated, sometimes
reduced to a single leaflet. Racemes terminal, axillary, or op-
posite to the leaves. Flowers white or purplish. W. and A.

502. T. purpurea Pers. synops. ii. 329. DC. prodr. ii. 250.
TV. and A. i. 213. Galega purpurea Linn, amcen. iii. p. 19.
(Burm. zeyl. lxxvii. t. 32.). — Sandy lands on the coast of Co-
romandel.

Shrubby, somewhat erect, much branched ; branches glabrous, pu-
bescent, or slightly villous. Leaves pinnated ; leaflets cuneate-oblong
or lanceolate ; upper side usually glabrous, under more or less pu-
bescent ; stipules subulate from a broad base. Racemes opposite the
leaves peduncled, often longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Flowers
on pedicels longer than the bracteas, 2-3 together. Calyx pubescent ;
segments about the length of the tube, subulate. Corolla about 3 times
the length of the calyx tube : vexillum silky, bent back from near its
base. Legumes slightly compressed, spreading, linear, slightly falcate,
obtuse with a short point, at length pubescent or glabrous. W. A.
— Root bitter ; a decoction prescribed by Indian doctors in dyspepsia,
lientery and tympanitis.

503. T. Apollinea DC. prodr. ii. 254. — Galega Apollinea
Delil. cegypt. 144. t. 53. f. 5. — Egypt and Nubia.

Suffruticose, spreading, covered with close-pressed down. Leaflets
in 2-3 pairs, obovate-oblong, emarginate, silky underneath. Racemes
opposite the leaves and of the same length. Legumes erect-spreading,
6-7-seeded, minutely downy. DC. — The leaves often found mixed
with those of Senna. It is commonly cultivated for its indigo in Nubia,
according to Mr. Hoskins.

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TEPHROSIA.

504. T. Senna HBK. vi. 458. DC. ii. 253.— Popayan, on the
banks of the river Cauca.

Branches somewhat angular, smooth. Leaflets in 4 pairs, obovate*
oblong, emarginate, mucronate, slightly downy and glaucous. Racemes
opposite the leaves, 1-leaved at the base. Flowers in fascicles. Legumes
nearly erect, and the calyxes rough with down. — Leaves used instead
of Senna by the people of Popayan.

505. T, toxicaria Pers. synops. ii. 328. DC. prodr. ii. 249.
Macfady. fl.jam. i. 225. — Galega toxicaria Swartz Ji. ind. 1278.
Tussac,Jl. antill. t. 20. {Plum. ic. t. 135.) — Cayenne; com-
mon in Jamaica; supposed to be of African origin.

An erect shrubby plant, 4-5 feet high ; extremities of the branches
angular-furrowed, covered with brown down. Leaflets stalked, nearly
2 inches in length, and 4 lines broad ; stipules subulate, \ of an inch
in length. Racemes terminal : axis triangular, velvety. Flowers
shortly pedicelled, in clusters of 4-6, white with a purplish tinge.
Calyx bilabiate, with acute divisions; upper lip 2-fid; under 3-partite.
Standard externally covered with a brown silky pubescence. Stamens
sub-monadelphous, i. e. the 10th stamen adhering to the rest for only a
short distance above the base. Legume sessile, 2-3 inches long: seeds
oblong, light brown, variegated with black. — Employed in Jamaica for
the purpose of poisoning fish in rivers. The young branches with the
leaves pounded, and sometimes mixed with quick lime, are thrown into
a pool of some mountain stream, and have an almost immediate effect.
The fish are observed to become stupified, and as it were intoxicated,
and to rise to the surface, floating there with their belly upwards, so as
to be readily taken by the hand. It has been remarked that the larger
fish recover gradually from the effects of the poison, but that the
younger fry perish. The practice has therefore been generally discoun-
tenanced. It has been suggested that the action of the plant upon the
human system would resemble that of Digitalis, and might prove, in a
climate where that plant does not grow, a desirable substitute. As the
roots of Tephrosia leptostachya, and the leaves of T. Senna, are purga-
tive, it is probable that the plant before us may act as an evacuant,
combined with some peculiar depressing influence on the nervous
system. Macfadyen.

SABINEA.

Calyx cup-shaped, campanulate, truncate and nearly entire.
Corolla papilionaceous ; keel very blunt, rather shorter than the
vexillum, compelling the stamens to roll up in a gyrate manner.
Stamens diadelphous ; the free one and 4 others half as short
again as the remainder. Style filiform, smooth, rolled up with
the stamens. Legume stipitate, compressed, linear, long, many-
seeded, mucronate with the style. — West Indian unarmed
shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets smooth, mucronate.
Pedicels fascicled, 1 -flowered. Flowers purplish. DC.

506. S. florida DC. prodr. ii. 263. — Robinia florida Vahl.
symb. iii. p. 89. t. 70. — The West India islands of St. John, St.
Thomas, Tortola and Crab island.

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FABACEiE, OR LEGUMINOSjE.

Leaflets 8-9 pairs, elliptical-oblong. Flowers appearing before the
leaves. — The violet flowers are reckoned poisonous. Schomburgh in
Linneca, ix. 512.

AGATI.

Calyx campanulate, slightly 2-lipped ; upper lip with 2, under
with 3 short obtuse broad teeth. Corolla papilionaceous. Vex-
illum oval, oblong, shorter than the oblong alae : keel large, fal-
cate, obtusely acuminated, its petals free at the base and apex.
Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), slightly protruded : sheath with
large auricles at the base. Style filiform. Legume attenuated
at the base into a stalk, linear, elongated, a little compressed,
many-seeded, much contracted between the seeds, but not
jointed. Seeds separated by cellular partitions. W. and A.

507. A. grandiflora Desv. journ. hot. iii. 120. DC. prodr.
ii. 266. W. and A. i. 215. — iEschynomene grandiflora Linn.
sp.pl. 1050. Coronilla grandiflora Willd. iii. 1145. Sesbana
grandiflora Pers. syn. ii. 316. (Rheede i. t. 51. Rumph. i. t. 76).
■ — Common in all the hot parts of India.

A small tree of rapid growth and short duration. Stipules lanceolate.
Leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets many pairs. Racemes axillary, 2-4-
flowered. Flowers very large. Legumes pendulous, upwards of a foot
long. — Bark powerfully bitter and tonic.

PISCIDIA.

Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadel-
phous, with the tenth free at the base. Style filiform, smooth.
Legume stipitate, linear, furnished with 4 longitudinal membra-
nous wings, interrupted by contractions between the seeds.
Seeds oval, compressed : hilum lateral ; embryo curved ; radicle
bent down upon the cotyledons.

508. P. Erythrina Linn. sp. 993. Jacq. amer. 206. Swartz.
obs. 277. HBK. vi. 382. DC. prodr. ii. 267. Macfady.jam.
i. 258. — Erythrina piscipula Linn. sp. ed. 1. 107. {Shane ii.
t. 176. f. 4 and 5. Lam. illustr. t. 605. f. A.) — Spanish Main,
West Indies, common. (Jamaica Dogwood.)

A tree about 20 feet high. Leaflets 3-4 pairs, with an odd one,
oblong or obovate, rounded at the base, downy on both sides when
young, but smooth when old. Racemes compound, axillary and ter-
minal, with a 3-cornered downy stalk. Flowers whitish, tinged with
purple, a little earlier than the leaves, with 2 oblong scarious deci-
duous bracts about the middle of each stalk. Calyx minutely
downy. Vexillum emarginate, greenish in the middle. Stipe of the
legume much longer than the calyx ; its wings undulated and irregularly
lacerated. — Tincture of the bark most powerfully and remarkably nar-
cotic and diaphoretic. A specific in the removal of pain produced by
carious teeth. Bark astringent and irritating. See Dr. Hamilton in
Burnett's outlines p. 684 for an account of this very energetic plant ;
the bark of whose root is a common fish-poison in Jamaica.

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COLUTEA.

COLUTEA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Vexillum spread open, with 2 callosities,
larger than the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous. Stigma
lateral, below the apex of a hooked style. Style bearded longi-
tudinally at the back. Legume stipitate, ovate, boat-shaped,
inflated, membranous. — Unarmed shrubs. Stipules small, on
the stem. Leaves unequally pinnate. Racemes axillary, few-
flowered; rather shorter than the leaves. DC.

509. C. arborescens Linn. sp. 1045. Dot. mag. t. 81. DC.
prodr. ii. 270. — Hedges and thickets in the middle and south
of Europe. (Bladder Senna.)

A large loose-branched bush, with thin deciduous ash-gray bark.
Leaves smooth or nearly so ; leaflets in 3-4 pairs, short, oblong, retuse,
equal-sized, very slightly stalked ; stipules triangular, acuminate, mem"
branous. Racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, 3-4-flowered
near ,the apex. Bracts minute, acute. Pedicels about the length of
the calyx. Calyx campanulate, tapering to the base, slightly pubescent ;
with shallow acute teeth. Flowers bright yellow, whole-coloured.
Pods distinctly stipitate, smooth, pale green or becoming purple at the
side most exposed to light ; cracking with a slight report when suddenly
and violently compressed. — Leaves purgative ; used for adulterating
Senna.

ASTRAGALUS.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla with an obtuse keek Stamens
diadelphous. Legume 2-celled or \ 2-celled, in consequence of
the dorsal suture being turned inwards. DC.

510. A. verus Oliv. voyage, iii. t. 44. DC. prodr. ii. 296. — >
A. gummifer, /3 hispidulus DC. astr. 85. — Persia.

Leaflets 16-18, linear, hispid; stipules at first downy, afterwards
smooth. Flowers in clusters of 2-5, axillary, sessile. Calyx tomentose,
obtusely 5-toothed ; otherwise according to De Candolle this differs
little from the next species. — The principal part of the Tragacanth
used in Europe is said by Olivier to be furnished by this.

511. A. gummifer Lab. jour n. phys. 1790. p. 46. ic. DC,
astr. 85. prodr. ii. 296. — On Lebanon.

Stem shrubby, about 2 feet high, slender, nearly erect, smooth,
branched ; branches straggling, taper, hoary with wool. Petioles hard,
rigid, spiny, smooth, permanent ; stipules 2, adhering to the petiole,
smooth, sheathing, broad, ovate, somewhat acute; leaflets 8-12, op-
posite or alternate, sessile, smooth, oblong, acute. Flowers 3-5, sessile,
axillary, produced all round the branches. Bracts withinside the
stipules, solitary, keeled, membranous, smooth. Calyx very woolly,
cylindrical, 5-cleft; segments acute, woolly, equal. Corolla yellowish,
scarcely longer than the calyx ; vexillum oblong, broad, emarginate,
247 R 4

FABACE^E, OR LEGUMINOS.35.

father longer than the wings ; wings stipitate, auricled at the base of
the limb ; keel obtuse, shorter than the wings. Ovary villous, style
straight. Legumes woolly, inflated, flattened on the upper edge, ending
in a mucro recurved downwards. DC. — Labillardiere reported that
this produces Gum Tragacanth on Lebanon ; but it is found that its gum
is white and more transparent than that of commerce ; neither does it
dissolve so well in water, and therefore is inferior in quality. It now
appears upon the testimony of Olivier that the gum of commerce is ob-
tained from A. verus.

512. A. Tragacantha Linn. sp. pi. 1073, which is A. massi-
liensis Lam. diet. ii. 320, is said by De Candolle to yield no
Tragacanth.

513. A. creticus Lam. diet. i. 321. DC. astr. n. 91. t. 33. —
Candia, on Mount Ida.

Leaflets 10-16, oblong, acute, downy; petioles permanent, spiny.
Flowers streaked, purple, axillary, sessile, clustered. Calyx 5-parted
with feathery setaceous lobes rather longer than the corolla. — A small
quantity of Tragacanth is furnished by this species ; M. Th. Martius
thinks it is the sort that is received in the form of threads or slender
strips ; while he ascribes the cake Tragacanth to A. verus.

CORONILLA.

Calyx campanulate, short, 5-toothed ; the superior teeth ap-
proximated and partially united. Claws of the petals distinctly
longer than the calyx ; keel acute. Stamens diadelphous. Le-
gume tapering, slender, finally separating into oblong 1 -seeded

joints. Seeds ovate or cylindrical Shrubs or herbaceous

plants. Leaves unequally pinnated. Peduncles axillary, bearing
an umbel of stalked flowers. DC.

514. C. Emerus Linn. sp. pi. 1046. Willd.m. 1149. DC.
prodr. ii. 309. (Hall. helv. 389. Mill. diet. ic. t. 132. f. 1.) —
Common all over the South of Europe. (Scorpion Senna).

A small bush. Branches deep green, strongly furrowed, quite
smooth. Leaflets 2-3 pairs, obovate, retuse or obtuse, when young
rather downy ; stipules ovate, acute, very much shorter than the first
joint of the petiole. Peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered, slender, erect,
as long as the leaves. Calyx slightly downy, only half the length of
the claws of the petals. Corolla deep bright yellow. Legume a long
while before its joints drop in pieces. — Leaves cathartic like those of
Senna, but less active.

515. C. varia Linn. sp. 1048. Crantz austr. t. 432. Willd.
iii. 1153. DC. prodr. ii. 310. Bot. Mag. t. 258. — (Clus. hist.
ii. 237. f. 2.) — Meadows and waste places of the south of
Europe and the Crimea.

A smooth, spreading herbaceous plant. Leaflets 9-13, oblong, mu-
cronate ; the lowest close to the stem ; stipules very small, acute.
Umbels 16-20-flowered. Legumes erect. — Leaves diuretic and ca-
thartic. Juice said to be even poisonous.

248

ARTHROLOBIUM,

ARTHROLOBIUM.

Calyx ebracteate, tubular, nearly equally 5-toothed. Keel of
the corolla very small, compressed. Stamens diadelphous. Le-
gume taper, consisting of numerous, 1 -seeded, indehiscent,
cylindrical, truncated joints. — Smooth European herbaceous
plants. Leaves unequally pinnated. Stipules 0, or concrete
into a single bideutate one opposite the leaf. Flowers yellow,
capitate, without a leafy bract. D C.

516. A. scorpioides DC. prodr. ii. 311. — Ornithopus scor-
pioides Linn. sp. pi. 1049. Cav. ic. i. t. 37. — South of France,
Italy and Spain, in corn-fields and similar places.

An annual erect plant. Leaves ternate ; leaflets at the side very
small, roundish, placed close to the stem, terminal one very large and
oval ; stipules concrete, sheathing. Peduncles longer than the leaves,
with about 4 flowers. Legumes somewhat incurved and knotted. —
Leaves vesicant.

ORMOCARPUM.

Calyx furnished with 2 persistent bracteoles at its base, 5-cleft,
and more or less evidently bilabiate ; all the segments acute.
Corolla papilionaceous ; vexillum broad, entire : keel obtuse,
the petals slightly cohering at the back. Stamens diadelphous
(9 and 1, or 5 and 5). Legume stalked, composed of several
joints ; joints oblong, attenuated at both ends, a little com-
pressed, marked longitudinally with striae and warts, separating
readily from each other, 1-seeded. — Shrubs. Leaves simple,
or unequally pinnated : leaflets not furnished with a prickly
point, glabrous. Racemes short, few-flowered, axillary. W.
and A.

517. O. sennoides DC. prodr. ii. 315. W. and A. i. 216. —
Hedysarum sennoides Willd. iii. 1207. Roxb.Jl. ind. hi. 364.
— Forests, hedges, uncultivated lands, &c. in India.

Branches numerous, irregular ; young shoots, petioles, peduncles,
pedicels and calyx, covered with a soft kind of glutinous hair; the
gluten is of a bright gold colour, and is frequently seen in small, beau-
tiful, distinct, globules at the extremities of the hairs. Leaves pinnate,
with an odd one, about 2 inches long. Leaflets alternate, from 4 to 6
pairs, obovate, retuse, slightly mucronate, smooth ; stipules of the
petioles chaffy, mucronate. Racemes axillary, short, curved, from 3 to
6-flowered. Flowers pretty large, yellow. Calyx evidently 2-lipped.
Legumes pendulous, compressed, from 2 to 5-jointed, much contracted
at the joints, muricate, glutinous, striated. — Root tonic and stimulant.

249

FABACE.SE, OR LEGUMlNOSiE.

ALHAGL

Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth small and nearly equal in size.
Corolla papilionaceous : petals about equal in length ; vexillum
obovate, folded together ; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens dia-
delphous (9 and 1). Ovary linear, with several ovules. Style
filiform, glabrous, acute. Legume stalked, somewhat woody,
terete, contracted here and there irregularly with partitions, not
separating into distinct pieces when ripe. Seeds reniform. — ■
Suffrutescent or herbaceous spiny plants. Leaves simple.
Stipules very small. Flowers few, reddish, arranged singly
along the axillary spines.

518. A. Maurorum Tourn. cor. t. 489. DC. prodr. ii. 352.
W. and A. i. 232. — Hedysarum Alhagi Linn. sp. pi. 1051.
Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 344. Manna hebraica Don prodr. fl. nep. 246.
- — Deserts of Egypt, Syria, Persia, Mesopotamia, India. (Camel's
thorn.)

An erect, spiny shrub, when allowed to grow uninjured, but so con-
tinually eaten to the ground by cattle as to be more frequently spreading
and herbaceous. Leaves in strong plants oblong or obovate, thick,
entire, covered with a fine down, as long or longer than the spines ; in
weaker or starved specimens, the leaves are much narrower, very much
tapering to the base, and considerably shorter than the spines ; some-
times the leaves are reduced to mere scales ; stipules linear, subulate,
ciliated. Spines axillary, in strong plants very straight and rigid, in
weak plants slender and flexuose. Flowers alternate, scattered singly
upon the spines, red. Calyx silky, with triangular acuminate teeth.
Ovary tomentose. Legumes silky, extremely uncertain in size, some
with a single joint, others with 2, and some with as many as 9 or 10,
contracted between the seeds in a most irregular manner, stipitate or
sessile. — From the branches of this plant there exudes a sweet sub-
stance of the nature of Manna, the Terengjabim of the Arabs, which is
gathered by merely shaking the branches. Some writers are of opinion
that this was the Manna on which the children of Israel were fed in the
wilderness. See Tourn. voy. Levant, i. '247, 248.

ERVUM.

Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; segments nearly equal, linear, acute,
about as long as the corolla. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens
diadelphous (9 and 1 ) : alae longer than the keel but shorter
than the vexillum. Style filiform. Stigma glabrous. Legume
oblong, 2-4-seeded. Seeds orbicular or globose. — Leaves ab-
ruptly pinnated, terminated by a tendril.

519. E. Ervilia Linn. sp. pi. 1040. DC. prodr. ii. 367.
Sturm. Deutschl.fi. i.fasc. 32. ic. — Vicia ervilia Willd. iii. 1103.
■ — South of Europe. (Bitter vetch.)

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ERVUM.

Smooth, annual. Leaves somewhat cirrhose; leaflets numerous,
oblong, mucronulate. Flowers stalked, in pairs. Stipules somewhat
lanceolate, toothed. Segments of the calyx equal, very narrow, much
longer than the tube. Legumes torulose, 4-seeded, smooth, trans-
versely and finely netted. Seeds roundish, angular. — 'Seeds poisonous ;
mixed with flour and made into bread they produce weakness of the
extremities, especially of the limbs; horses become almost paralytic.
Virey quoted by Ckristison, 841.

LATHYRUS.

Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; the 2 upper lobes the shortest
Stamens diadelphous. Style flattened, dilated at the apex,
shaggy or downy in front. Legume oblong, many-seeded,
2-valved. Seeds globose or angular. — Usually climbing her-
baceous plants. Stipules half-sagittate. Leaves cirrhose. Leaf-
lets 1-3 pairs. Peduncles axillary.

520. L. Aphaca Linn, sp.pl. 1029. Eng. Bot. t. 1167. Fl.
Lond. t. 51. Srn. Eng. Fl. iii. 274. DC.prodr, ii. 372. — A
common European field-plant.

A little, smooth, pale glaucous-green annual, branching from the
root into several weak stems, either procumbent, or climbing by means
of numerous, alternate, simple tendrils, each of which springs from
between a pair of large stipules, of a broad arrow-shape, nearly entire.
There are no true leaves or leaflets, except that now and then, on
young plants, near the root, a pair of an elliptical shape, on 1 or 2
rudiments of tendrils, very rarely on a real tendril, may be observed ;
but these soon wither away. Flowers solitary, on long simple stalks,
accompanying some of the tendrils, small, drooping, lemon-coloured.
Bracts in pairs, awl-shaped. Teeth of the calyx long and lanceolate,
ribbed. Legume about an inch in length, somewhat cylindrical, smooth,
with about 6 round seeds. Smith. — Seeds narcotic, producing ex-
cessive headach, if eaten abundantly in the ripe state. Young and
tender they are served sometimes at table like green peas, and then are
harmless.

521. L. Cicera Linn, sp.pl. 1030. Jacq. eel. t. 115. Willd.
iii. 1079. DC. prodr. ii. 373. — Spain.

Nearly smooth. Stems spreading, winged. Leaflets 2, linear-oblong;
tendrils 3-4-fid ; stipules half-sagittate, lanceolate, somewhat toothed,
ciliated, the length of the petiole, which is not membranous at the edge.
Peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the stipules. Bractlets very small.
Calycine segments lanceolate, leafy, almost 3 times as long as the tube.
Corolla red. Legumes broad oblong, irregularly reticulated, channelled
not winged at the back. Seeds 3-cornered, somewhat truncate, brown,
smooth. — Flour with which the seeds have been ground up is poison-
ous. See Christison, p. 841.

ABRUS.

Calyx campanulate, obsoletely 4-lobed, with the upper lobe
the broadest, or 4-toothed with the upper tooth bifid. Corolla
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FABACEjE, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

papilionaceous; vexillum ovate. Stamens 9, monadelphous, co-
hering at the base with the claw of the vexillum, the 10th
wanting. Style short. Stigma capitate. Legume oblong,
compressed, 4-6- seeded. Seeds roundish, separated by cellular
partitions. — Twining or diffuse shrubs. Leaves abruptly pin-
nated, with many pairs of leaflets. Pedicels springing several
together from large alternate, terete, glandular tubercles along
the racemes. W. and A.

522. A. precatorius Linn. syst. 533. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 258.
DC. prodr. ii. 381. W. and A. i. 236. — Glycine Abrus Linn,
sp. pi. 1025. (Rheede viii. t. 39. Humph, v. t. 32.). — Various
parts of India, whence it is thought to have been carried to Africa
and America.

Stem woody, twining ; bark smooth ; young shoots with a few white
depressed hairs. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate, from 2 to 6 inches
long. Leaflets opposite, sub-sessile, from 8 to 15 pairs, linear-oblong,
smooth, entire, both ends obtuse, the lower pairs smaller. Stipules of
the leaves lanceolate, of the leaflets minute. Racemes axillary, solitary,
long-stalked ; their peduncle horizontal, thick, and strong, often leaf-
bearing. The raceme or flower-bearing part, erect, secund, with the
apex projecting in a curve. Flowers numerous, short-stalked, inserted
on 2 rows of large, alternate, round, glandular tuberosities, growing on
the exterior side of the raceme, pretty large, and of a pale pink colour.
Calyx campanulate, obscurely 5-toothed. Vexillum ovate ; sides de-
flected ; apex ascending, the length of the wings ; wings falcate, pro-
jecting horizontally ; keel cymbiform, the length of the other petals.
Filaments 9, united into a cylinder, with a fissure on the upper side,
the distinct portions erect, and alternately shorter. Anthers ovate,
small. Ovary minute, hid in the base of the tube of the stamens.
Ovary hairy ; style very short ; stigma headed. Legume of a long
rhomboidal shape, protuberant at the seeds, divided by transverse
membranes, into as many cells as there are seeds. Seeds generally 4-
or 5, spherical, smooth, of a bright shining red, or white, with a black
mark at the eye, or more rarely black with a white eye. — Root
employed both in the East and West Indies as a substitute for Liquorice.
The leaves also have a similar taste, and an extract, resembling that of
the Liquorice, and an infusion, much used as a diluent drink, may be
prepared from them. The seeds have been incorrectly characterised
by Dr. Patrick Browne, as very deleterious; 2 or 3, according to
Herman, an author from whom he quotes, being a mortal dose. They
are on the contrary, perfectly innocuous, and though hard and indi-
gestible, form, according to Prosper Alpinus, an article of food in
Egypt. Macfadyen.

PHASEOLUS.

Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; or bilabiate, the upper lip
2-toothed, the lower 3-partite. Corolla papilionaceous : keel,
with the stamens and style, spirally twisted or circinnate. Le-
gume compressed or cylindrical, 2-valved, many-seeded, with
more or less conspicuous cellular partitions between the seeds.

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PHASEOLUS.

Hilum of the seed oval-oblong. — Herbaceous or suffrutescent
plants. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets with partial sti-
pules. Racemes axillary. Pedicels usually in pairs, 1 -flow-
ered. W. and A.

523. P. radiatus Linn. sp. pi. 1017. DC. prodr. ii. 395.
W. and A. i. 246. — {Dill. elth. t. 315. f. 304.) — East Indies.

Stems diffuse, flexuose, and with the petioles and peduncles verv
hairy ; the hairs long and pointing downwards. Leaflets hairy ; lateral
ones obliquely ovate, pointed ; terminal one rhomboid-oblong, the
angle on each side rounded and resembling a small lobe; stipules
oblong-lanceolate, pointed, attached below their middle. Peduncles
about the length of the petioles. Flowers capitate. Legume very
hairy, cylindrical, about 2 inches long and 2 lines broad, 6-8-seeded,
spreading. W. and A. — Roots narcotic. Royle.

524. P. trilobus Willd. iii. 1035. DC. prodr. ii. 394. W.
and A. i. 246. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 298. — Dolichos trilobus Linn,
mant. 101. DC. prodr. ii. 399. Burnt, fi. ind. t. 50. f. 1.
D. stipulaceus Lam. enc. meth. ii. 300. — East Indies.

Herbaceous, procumbent, diffuse. Petioles long; leaflets much
shorter, roundish and entire, or 3-lobed ; middle lobe cuneate-ovate or
obovate, narrowed towards the base ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, at-
tached below their middle ; peduncles long, ascending. Flowers few,
small, somewhat capitate. Legume cylindrical, glabrous, or slightly
hairy. W. and A. — Leaves considered by Hindoo practitioners cooling,
sedative, antibilious and tonic, and useful as an application to weak eyes.

MUCUNA.

Calyx with 2 very caducous bracteoles as long as the tube,
campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip broad, entire or emarginate :
lower trifid, the middle segment the longest. Corolla papilio-
naceous : vexillum cordate, incumbent on the alas, much shorter
than them and the keel, without callosities: alae oblong- linear,
connivent, sometimes slightly cohering together by their spurs
between the vexillum and keel : keel straight below, slightly
falcate in the upper part, terminated by a smooth polished acute
beak. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), alternately longer : an-
thers alternately longer and ovate. Style long and slender ; its
lower part hairy, upper glabrous. Stigma small. Legume li-
near, oblong, or roundish, few (l-8)-seeded, with partitions be-
tween the seeds, polished within. Seeds oval, roundish, or
reniform, with a narrow oblong or linear hilum. — Twining plants.
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets with partial stipules. Ra-
cemes elongated or short and umbel-like, often pendulous when
in fruit. Legumes usually densely clothed with rigid brittle
sharp hairs. W. and A.

525. M. Prurita Hook. hot. misc. ii. 348. — Muc. pruriens Ld.
suppl. t. 13. W. and A. i. 255, — Carpopogon pruriens Roxb.
253

FABACE.ffi, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

jl. ind. iii. 283. (JRkeede viii. t. 35. Rumph.v'i. t. 142.) —
Hedges and banks all over the East Indies.

Leaflets hairy underneath ; the middle one rhomboidal and obtuse,
the lateral ones dilated on the outer edge. Flowers purple, in compact
ovate racemes. Teeth of the calyx short, triangular. Legumes oblong,
curved, compressed, not keeled, covered all over with a thick coating
of erect, white, stinging hairs, which usually turn black in drying and
brown when ripe.

526. M. pruriens DC.prodr. ii. 405. Macfad. fl.jam. i. 294.
Sot. reg. 1838. t. 18. — Dolichos pruriens Linn. sp. pi. 1020.
Jacq. amer. 201. t. 122. S. and C. iii. t. 179. — Common in
woods in the West Indies, along river courses, upon fences, and
in waste neglected places.

Leaflets entire, ovate, acute, smooth above, hairy beneath ; the lateral
ones oblique at the base, the middle one slightly rhomboidal. Racemes
lax, many-flowered, interrupted, 1-1J foot long. Calyx hairy, pink,
with narrow lanceolate segments. Flowers with a disagreeable alliaceous
smell ; vexillum flesh-coloured, wings purple or violet, keel greenish
white. Legume about 3 inches long, the thickness of the finger,
closely covered with strong, brown, stinging hairs. Seeds oblong,
variegated, with a white hilum. — The hairs of these two species con-
stitute the substance called Cowitch, a mechanical anthelmintic. It is
administered in mixture with thick syrup, honey or some such substance,
in doses of a dessert spoonful, and should be followed by a brisk
purgative.

BUTEA.

Calyx campanulate, bilabiate ; upper lip almost entire ; lower
3-fid. Corolla papilionaceous ; petals equally long : vexillum
ovate, recurved : keel and alae incurved. Stamens diadelphous.
Style ascending. Stigma small, glandular. Legume stalked,
compressed, thin, membranous, with a large solitary compressed
seed at the apex. — Unarmed trees or twining shrubs. Leaves
pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets large, roundish-ovate, pubescent
or tomentose on the under side, with partial stipules. Racemes
many-flowered. Flowers in threes, pedicelled, with 2 bracteoles
at or near the base of the calyx. W. and A.

527. B. frondosa Roxb. corom. i. t. 21. fi. ind. iii. 244. DC.
prodr. ii. 415. W. and A. i. 261. — Erythrina monosperma
Lam. encyc. i. 391. (Rheede vi. t. 16. and 17.) — Circars, Tra-
vancore, Negapatam.

A tree. Branches very irregularly bent in various directions. Young
shoots downy. Leaves alternate, spreading, ternate, from 8 to 16 inches
long ; leaflets emarginate, or rounded at the apex, leathery, above shining,
and pretty smooth ; below slightly hoary, entire, the lateral ones obliquely
oval, from 4 to 6 inches long, and from 3 to broad, the terminal one
obovate, and considerably larger. Petiole round, when young downy,
as long as the leaflets. Stipules of the petioles small, recurved, downy,
those of the leaflets subulate. Racemes terminal, axillary, forming
tuberosities over the naked woody branchlets, rigid, covered with a

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BUTEA.

soft, greenish-purple down. Flowers papilionaceous, pendulous, nu-
merous, stalked, fascicled, very large, their ground colour a beautiful
deep red, shaded with orange and silver-coloured down, which gives
them a most elegant appearance. Pedicels round, about an inch long,
jointed near the apex, and covered with the same greenish, velvet-like
down. Bractes lanceolate, deciduous, one below the insertion of each
pedicel, and two smaller, pressing on the calyx. Calyx campanulate,
leathery, 2-lipped ; the upper lip large, scarcely emarginate ; the under
one 3-toothed, covered with the same dark-green down that the racemes
and pedicels are covered with. Vexillum reflexed, ovate, pointed,
very little longer than the wings ; wings ascending, lanceolate, the length
of the keel ; keel 2-parted, ascending, large, semilunate, the length of
the wings and vexillum ; filaments 1 and 9, ascending in a regular semi-
circle, about as long as the corolla. Anthers equal, linear, erect.
Ovary short, thick, stalked, lanceolate, downy. Style ascending, a
little longer than the filaments. Stigma small, glandular. Legume
stalked, pendulous, linear, thin, downy, about 6 inches long. Seed I,
lodged near the point of the legume, oval, much compressed, smooth, brown,
about li inch long, and about 1 broad. — Juice, which naturally exudes
from cracks and wounds in the bark, hardens into a most beautiful
ruby-coloured brittle astringent gum. It dissolves perfectly in water
and partially in spirit. Infusions of the flowers dye cotton cloth, pre-
viously impregnated with a solution of alum, of a beautiful bright yellow ;
a little alkali changes it to a deep reddish orange. Lac insects are
frequent on the small branches and petioles. Guibourt considers that
this plant produces the Cachou en masse or Cachou lucide ; but Mr.
Pereira doubts it. Med. gaz. xx. 103.

528. B. superba Roxb. cor. i. t. 22. fi. ind. iii. 247. DC.
prodr. ii. 415. W. and A. i. 261. — Circar mountains.

Root fusiform, very large. Stem twining, as thick or thicker than a
man's leg, woody, very long, running over large trees. Bark ash-
coloured, pretty smooth. Branches like the stem, but with a smoother
bark. Leaves alternate, terminal, remote, very large ; leaflets downy,
in other respects as in B. frondosa, but much larger ; the exterior one
is often about 20 inches long, and broad in proportion, the lateral ones
somewhat less. Racemes as in the former, but much larger. Flowers
also the same, only much larger, and more numerous. Calyx with the
divisions longer and much more pointed. Corolla the same. Legumes
and seed rather larger. — Sensible properties altogether the same as in
B. frondosa.

PTEROCARPUS.

Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Corolla papilionaceous,
glabrous : keel-petals distinct or slightly cohering. Stamens
10, variously combined. Ovary long-stalked. Legume inde-
hiscent, irregular, somewhat orbicular, surrounded by a wing,
woody, and often rugose in the middle, 1-3-celled. Seeds soli-
tary in each cell, reniform. — Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves
unequally pinnated. Racemes axillary or forming terminal pani-
cles. W. and A.
255

FABACEJE, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

529. P. Marsupium Roxb. corom. ii. t. 116. fi. ind. iii. 234.
DC. prodr. ii. 418. W. and A. i. 266. — P. bilobus G. Don syst.

ii. 376. — Circar mountains.

Trunk erect, very high, scarcely ever'found straight. Bark, with the
outer coat brown, spongy, falling off in flakes ; inwardly red, fibrous,
and astringent. Branches spreading, horizontal, numerous, extending
far. Leaves sub-bifarious, alternate, pinnate with an odd one, 8 or 9
inches long. Leaflets 5, 6, or 7, alternate, elliptic, emarginate, firm,
above shining, and deep green ; below less so, from 3 to 5 inches long
and 2 or 3 broad; petioles round, smooth, waved from leaflet to leaflet,
5 or 6 inches long ; stipules none. Panicles terminal, very large ; rami-
fications bifarious, like the leaves. Peduncles and pedicels round, a
little downy. Bractes small, caducous, solitary below each division and
sub-division of the panicle. Flowers very numerous, white, with a
small tinge of yellow. Vexillum with a long slender claw, very broad ;
sides reflexed, waved, curled, veined; keel 2-petalled, adhering slightly
for a little way near the middle, waved &c. as the vexillum. Filaments
10, united in 1 body near the base, but soon splitting into 2 bodies
of 5 each. Anthers globose, 2-lobed. Ovary oblong, pedicelled, hairy,
generally 2-celled ; cells transverse, and 1 -seeded. Style ascending.
Legume f-orbicular, the upper remainder, which extends from the
pedicel to the remains of the style, straight, the whole surrounded with
a waved, veined, downy, membranous wing, swelled, rugose, and woody
in the centre, where the seed is lodged, not opening; generally 1, though
sometimes 2-celled. Seed solitary, kidney-shaped. — Roxburgh sus-
pects this to be the tree that produces gum kino, a well-known astrin-
gent. The red juice hardens into a dark red very brittle gum-resin,
which on being powdered changes to a light brown not unlike powdered
peruvian bark. Its taste is strongly but simply astringent. The real
kino tree appears however to be the next.

530. P. erinaceus Lam. diet. v. 728. illustr. t. 602. f. 4. DC.
prodr. ii. 419. Fl. senegamb. i. 229. t. 54. — P. Adansonii
DC. 1. c. P. senegalensis] Hooker in Grays trav. in west,
afr. 395. t. D. Drepanocarpus senegalensis N. and E. handb.

iii. 184. — Woods of the Gambia, about Albreda and Isle aux
chiens ; in Senegal, near Cacundi. (Wegne of the natives.)

A tree 40-50 feet high. Leaves unequally pinnate, smooth above,
downy beneath ; leaflets 1 1-15, alternate, distant, on short stalks, ovate-
oblong, obtuse or emarginate, wavy at the edge ; stipules lanceolate,
villous, deciduous. Racemes solitary or clustered, downy, from the
old wood, below the young branches, much shorter than the leaves.
Flowers yellow. Legume stipitate, compressed, membranous, velvety,
sinuated and undulated, prickly on the centre. — When the branches
are wounded a red juice flows which hardens upon exposure to the air
and becomes a dark-coloured brittle, glittering, astringent substance,
the real original gum, kino of the shops.

531. P. Draco Linn. mant. 438. DC. prodr. ii. 415. —
P. officinalis Jacq. amer. 283. t. 183. f. 92. P. hemipterus Gcertn.
1. 156. f. 2. — Woods of Tierra Bomba near Carthagena, Guade-
loupe, &c.

256

PTEROCARPUS.

A tree 30 feet high. Leaflets alternate, shining, about 5 on each
side and an odd one, oval, rather obtuse, entire, veined, smooth, pale
green below ; petioles rather shaggy. Legumes nearly smooth. — Bark
when wounded yields drops of red juice which soon harden into crimson
tears; these are collected under the name of Dragon' 's Blood, but
Jacquin states that, although large quantities were once exported from
Carthagena to Spain, yet when he was in the former place (middle of
the last century) the commerce had almost ceased.

532. P. santalinus Linn.f. suppl. 318. Willd. iii. 906. DC.
prodr. ii. 419. W. and A. i. 266. — Mountains of Coromandel
and Ceylon.

A lofty tree. Leaves alternate, stalked, ternate, rarely pinnate ;
leaflets alternate, petiolate, the uppermost larger, ovate-roundish, or
oblong, entire, emarginate or retuse, smooth above, hoary beneath;
stipules 0. Racemes axillary, simple or branched, erect. Bracts 0.
Calyx brown. Standard yellow with red veins. Filaments 10, dia-
delphous. Legume roundish, stalked, falcate upwards, compressed,
smooth, keeled on the lower edge : the keel being membranous and
undulated. — From this is obtained Red Sandal wood, a timber chiefly
used by the dyers and colour manufacturers of the present day ; but
also employed to colour several officinal preparations, such as the com-
pound tincture of Lavender.

Tribe II. C^esalpjnje/e.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 1 53.

ANDIRA.

Calyx turbinate-campanulate, 5-toothed; the teeth nearly
equal, acute, erect. Corolla papilionaceous, with a roundish
emarginate vexillum longer than the carina. Stamens diadel-
phous. Ovary containing 3 ovules. Legume stipitate, roundish,
hard, 1-celled, 1-seeded, when ripe 2-valved according to Swartz.
DC.

533. A. inermis HBK. DC. prodr. ii. 475. Maefady.fl.jam.
i. 323. — Geoffraea inermis Swartz jt. ind. occ. 1255. Wright
phil. trans. 1777. 512. t. 70. Woodv. 1. 1 12. S. and C. iii. 1. 144.
— Guayana and many of the West India Islands.

A tree of moderate height ; branches suberect at their extremities
terete, glabrous, ash-coloured. Leaves alternate, about 1 foot in length,
unequally pinnate ; leaflets 5-8-paired, on short roundish ferruginous
downy stalks, oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, for
the most part rounded at the base, entire, glabrous, thin, with the
nerves scarcely prominent, about 4i inches long, and 1 broad ; petioles
minutely downy. Stipules lanceolate, persistent. Panicles terminal,
257 s

FABACEiE, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

and axillary, erect ; branches subdivided, spreading, angular, brownish
purple, covered with ferruginous down ; pedicels very short, 1-flowered,
numerous, crowded. Flowers reddish-lilac. Calyx turbinate-campa-
nulate, covered with ferruginous down. Standard and wings unguicu-
late ; keel composed of 2 petals, smaller than the standard. Stamens
purple. Ovary stipitate : style subulate, curved : stigma simple. Le-
gume size of a large plum. — Bark anthelmintic ; it has a disagreeable
smell and a sweet mucilaginous taste. Its effects are drastic, emetic,
purgative and narcotic ; poisonous in large doses, producing violent
vomiting with fever and delirium.

534. A. retusa HBK. and DC. 1. c. from Cayenne, has similar
properties.

CASSIA.

Sepals 5, combined at the base, more or less unequal. Pe-
tals 5, more or less unequal. Stamens 10, distinct ; the 3 upper
rarely fertile, usually with anthers of a different shape from the
others and abortive ; very rarely only 4-7, and all fertile : an-
thers dehiscing at the apex by 2 pores or clefts. Ovary stalked.
Legume compressed, many-seeded. — Trees, shrubs, or herba-
ceous plants. Leaves simply and abruptly pinnated ; leaflets
opposite. Petioles often bearing glands.

535. C. elongata Lemaire Lisanc. Journ. pharm. vii. 345. —
C. lanceolata Royle illustr. t. 37. W. and A. i. 288. Wallich
in Madras Journ, Ap. 1837. p. 354. — Interior of India Roxb. ;
perhaps only naturalised, W. and A.

An annual, but with care, it may be made to live through the year,
and to assume a suflruticose habit. Stem erect, smooth. Leaves
narrow, equally pinnated ; leaflets 4-8 pairs, lanceolate, nearly sessile,
slightly mucronulate, smooth above, rather downy beneath, with the
veins turning inwards and forming a flexuose intramarginal line ;
petioles without glands ; stipules softly spinescent, semihastate, spread-
ing, minute. Racemes axillary and terminal, erect, stalked, rather
longer than the leaves ; pedicels without bracts. Sepals linear, obtuse.
Petals bright yellow. Of the stamens the 5 lowest sterile and small,
the 2 next large, curved and perfect, the 3 uppermost minute and
gland-like. Ovary linear, downy, falcate, with a smooth recurved style.
Legumes pendulous, oblong, membranous, about 1| inch long, and §
broad, quite straight, tapering abruptly to the base, and rounded at the
apex, deep brown, many-seeded.— The dried leaves form the finest
senna of commerce, known by the name of Tinnevelly senna. In the
great uncertainty that exists concerning the species from which the
acute-leaved sennas are obtained, I take this as the type, partly because
I happen to have pretty good specimens for description, and partly
because it is possibly the same as the common acute-leaved senna of
Alexandria, altered by climate. I cannot think it the C. lanceolata of
Forskahl, because it wants the gland upon the petiole of that species, a
character of great importance in this genus. It is more probable that
this is the " Senna Mecca; Lohaias foliis 5-7-jugis lineari-lanceolatis"
of Forskahl; which if so will account for its having been raised in
India from Mecca senna seeds.

258

CASSIA.

536. C. acutifolia Delile (Egypt, t. 27. f. 1. — C. Senna
S. and C. i. t. 30. good. C. medica Forsk. fl. arab. p. cxi. —
Arabia felix Forsk. ; Upper Egypt and Nubia, between the Nile
and Red Sea.

The only differences that I perceive between this, which furnishes
Alexandrian senna, and the last species, consist in the leaflets being
ovate not lanceolate, and the legumes much shorter and rounder. — It
furnishes the principal part of the senna consumed in this country, and
when unadulterated it is one of the best of all purgatives ; but is very
much mixed, in some samples it is said to the extent of 20 per cent,
with leaves of Tephrosia Apollinea, and Cynanchum Argel, and it is
even reported to be mixed with Coriaria myrtifolia. All such adulter-
ations are, however, readily detected by any careful observer. The leaves
of T. Apollinea are obovate, almost wedge-shaped, of Cynanchum
Argel thick, veinless, longer, downy or smooth, and of Coriaria ribbed.

537. C. lanceolata Forsk. p. 85. — Surdud, Mohr, and Abu
Arisch in Arabia. (Siina of the Arabs.)

Leaflets 1 inch long, in 5 pairs, on short stalks, lanceolate, green ;
with a sessile gland above the base of the petiole. Racemes terminal,
long, pale yellow. Pods linear, villous, compressed, incurved ; not
seen ripe. — Such are the words of Forskahl, who asserts positively
that this is the true Senna of Mecca. It is obvious that the villous
pods and glandular petiole are quite at variance with both C. elongata
and acutifolia.*

538. C. ifithiopica Guibourt hist. abr. ed. 3. ii. 219. — C. ovata
Merat. diet. mat. med. vol. vi. p. 311. Sene de Nubie Nectoux
voyage dans la haute Egypte t. 2. — Nubia, Fezzan, south of
Tripoli.

I cannot doubt the propriety of distinguishing this kind of Senna,
which has not only a gland at the base of the petiole, but another
between each pair of leaflets. About 18 inches high; leaflets in 3-5
pairs, pubescent, oval-lanceolate, 7-9 lines long, 3—i broad, and con-
sequently smaller, shorter and less acute than in C. acutifolia. Legumes
flat, smooth, not reniform, rounded, 11-15 lines long, tawny, containing
3-5 seeds. Guibourt. — This furnishes exclusively the Senna of Tripoli
which according to Guibourt is extremely uniform in its appearance.

539. C. obovata Coll. mon. 92. DC.prodr. ii. 492.— C. Senna
Linn. sp. pi. 539. Lam. illustr. t. 332. C. obtusa Wall. herb.
No. 5319. and consequently W. and A. i. 288. Senna obtusa
Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 344. C. Porturegalis Bancroft according to
W. and A. C. Burmanni Wallich in Madras Journal, April
1837, p. 354. Wight 1. c. July p. 71. t. 5. — High dry unculti-
vated lands of Mysore ; Egypt ; desert of Suez, Nubia, Central

* As this sheet was about to be printed off I was so fortunate as to meet with the
C. lanceolata of Forskahl, in a collection of Arabian plants (No. 71), collected by Dr. S. Fischer,
in Palm grounds in the valley of Fatme, flowering at the end of February. The leaflets
are in 4 or 5 pairs, never more ; oblong and either acute or obtuse, not at all ovate or lan-
ceolate, and perfectly free from downiness even when young ; the petioles have constantly
a small round brown gland a little above the base. The pods are erect, oblong, tapering to
the base, obtuse, turgid, mucronate, rather falcate, especially when young, at which time
they are sparingly covered with coarse scattered hairs. The species is therefore quite dis-
tinct from C. elongata, as I at first supposed ; and consequently, excellent as the Tinnivelly
Senna is, a sort of still finer quality may be expected from India, as soon as this, the true
Senna of Mecca shall have been introduced into the Peninsula.

259 s 2

FABACEiE, OR LEGUMINOSJE.

Africa (Oudney ), Cape de Verds. Only an introduced plant in
the West Indies.

A perennial herbaceous plant, with erect or procumbent smooth
stems. Leaves equally pinnate, quite smooth, with no gland upon the
petiole ; leaflets 4^6 pair, obovate, rounded, but mucronate at the apex,
unequal at the base, the uppermost gradually the largest ; stipules
narrowly triangular, rigid, acute, spreading. Racemes erect, rather lax,
axillary, stalked, either longer or shorter than the leaves. Flowers like
those of C. lanceolata. Legumes oblong, falcate, membranous, smooth,
rounded at each end, with an elevated ridge upon the valves over each
side, so as to have an equally interrupted ridge along the middle ;
towards this ridge the veins of each suture are directed nearly at right
angles. — The leaves of this furnish the inferior Senna known by the
name of Aleppo and Italian. A comparison of authentic specimens
has quite satisfied me that the C. obtusa of Roxburgh from the Mysore
is identical with the C. obovata of Africa.

540. C. Tora Linn. sp. pi. 538. DC. prodr. ii. 493. W.
and A. i. 290. — C. obtusifolia Burm.fi. ind. 95. C. Galli-
naria Coll. mon. 96. Senna Tora Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 340. C. Ta-
gera Lam. enc. i. 643. not of Linn. DC. prodr. ii. 494. Senna
toroides Roxb.fi. ind.'u. 341. (Rumph. v. t. 97. f. 2. Dill. elth. t.
63. f. 73. Rheede ii. t. 53). — Mysore, Arabia.

Annual. Stem nearly simple, about a foot high. Leaves abruptly
pinnated ; leaflets in 3 pairs, obovate-cuneate, mucronulate, slightly
hairy, ciliated, shortly stalked, dull deep green above, pale and almost
glaucous beneath; a single yellowish cylindrical gland between the
lowest pair of leaflets. Racemes short, 3-flowered, axillary. Petals
dull yellow, slightly tinged with green. Legumes from 3 to 4 inches
long, slender, straight, quadrangular, about 3 or 4-seeded, slightly con-
tracted between the seeds. — Leaves used to adulterate C. obovata,
to which it bears a good deal of resemblance. It may however be
readily known by its leaflets never being in more than 3 pairs, by their
distinctly cuneate form and ciliated margin, by the gland between the
lowest pair, and especially by the pods, which are long slender and
quadrangular, instead of being flat and falcate.

541. C. medica Velloz.fi. fium. t. 62. Vogelin Linn. ii. 656.
— Brazil.

A shrub. Branches angular, downy or smooth. Leaflets in 2 pairs,
ovate or oblong, unequal at the base, acuminate, emarginate, at first
covered beneath with a bright gold-coloured down, above very smooth
and shining ; an acute compressed gland between each pair of leaflets.
Racemes corymbose, minutely downy. Legume nearly taper. — Root
called " Febra fuge," used instead of Cinchona. Vogel.

542. C. alata Linn. sp. 541. DC. prodr. ii. 492. W. and A.

i. 287. — C. herpetica Jacq. obs. ii. t. 45. f. 2. C. bracteata
Linn./, suppl. 232. DC. prodr. 1. c. Senna alata Roxb.fi. ind.

ii. 349. {Rumph. vii. 1. 18. ). — Gardens of India, but apparently
not indigenous.

Stem erect, often as thick as a man's leg, marked by the cicatrices of
the fallen leaves, and the permanent stipules, which appear like prickles.

260

CASSIA.

Leaves scattered, abruptly pinnate, 2 feet long. Leaflets opposite, from
8 to 14 pair, the exterior largest, linear-oblong, obtuse, or emarginate,
with a point, smooth, entire, veined ; from 3 to 6 inches long, and from
2 to 2^ broad; the lower pair more distant from the next pair than the
others above, nearly round and reflexed back on the stem or branches.
Petioles channelled, the channel large and formed by 2 thin, firm yellow
borders ; there is a cross-bar between each pair of leaflets, covered
with small dark-coloured bristles and there is no other gland. Stipules
auriculate, rigid, pointed, persistent. Racemes terminal and from the
exterior axils, long, sometimes bifid, nearly erect. Flowers numerous,
simple, large, yellow. Bracts large, 1 -flowered, oval, concave, yellow,
deciduous. Calyx coloured like the corolla. Legume horizontal, from
5 to 6 inches long, with a broad crenulated wing on each side. — The
Telinga and Tamul physicians say that this plant cures all poisonous
bites and venereal outbreakings, and also strengthens the body. Fresh
leaves often employed to cure ringworm.

543. C. occidentalis Linn. sp. 539. Swartz obs. 159. DC.
prodr. ii. 497. Bot. reg. t. 83. Macfady. JJ. jam. i. 344. —
{Shane ii. t. 175. f- 3, 4.) — West Indies ; common in Jamaica.

An erect shrub, 3-4 feet high : branches few, simple, angular, with
2 furrows passing down from each side of the insertion of each petiole,
slightly scabrous from minute curved asperities situated in the furrows.
Leaflets shortly stalked, mucronate : petiole angular, furrowed, chan-
nelled above, with a small sessile gland near the insertion ; stipules
lanceolate, falcate. Racemes axillary and terminal, short, usually
3-flowered. Flowers yellow, stalked ; bracts lanceolate. Pedicels \
an inch in length, downy. Legume 4-5 inches long. — A decoction of
the root said to be diuretic; that of the leaves, taken internally,
and applied externally, to be useful in the cure of the itch, and other
cutaneous diseases, in the human subject, and of mange in dogs and
horses. The Negroes employ it in the preparation of their baths and
fomentations; and apply the leaves, smeared with a little candle grease,
to slight sores, as a substitute for adhesive plaster. Macfadyen. It is
called Gajamarioba, in Brazil, and with C. falcata, L. and the Fedegozo,
or Cassia hirsuta, L.,is an extremely common plant, growing every where
near habitations, and spreading rapidly. The root greatly stimulates
the lymphatic system, and is therefore very beneficial in obstructions
and weakness of the stomach, and incipient dropsy, against which dis-
ease it is used as a diuretic. Martins.

544. C. marilandica Linn. sp. pi. 541. Bigelow med. bot.
ii. t. 39. DC, prodr. ii. 498. — (Dill hort. elth. t. 359.) — Rich
soils near water from Carolina to New England.

Sterns 5 or 6 feet high, round, striated, slightly hairy. Petioles
with from 8 to 10 pairs of leaflets, which are oblong, smooth, mucronate,
somewhat hairy at the edges. On the base of the petiole is a large
ovate shining green gland, terminating in a dark point at top, which
is sometimes double. Flowers in axillary racemes, extending quite to
the top of the stem. Peduncles slightly furrowed, and marked with
minute, blackish, glandular hairs. Sepals yellow, oval, obtuse, the
lateral ones longest. Petals 5, bright yellow, concave, very obtuse.
Stamens 10 ; the 3 upper have short abortive anthers ; to these suc-
ceed 2 pairs of deflexed linear anthers ; the remaining 3, or lower-
most, taper into a sort of beak, the middle one being shortest. Legumes
long, Dendulous, linear, curved, swelling at the seeds, and furnished
261 s 3

FABACE^E, OR LEGUMINOSjE.

with slight hairs. — Nearly resembles Senna in its properties. Ac-
cording to Bigelow about f more of the leaves of this plant than of
true Senna is required to produce a given effect.

CATHARTOCARPUS.
The flowers of Cassia. Legume terete, indehiscent, divided
into a number of spurious cells by transverse hard phragmata ;
cells 1 -seeded, filled with pulp. Embryo with an excessively
thick bony covering (testa ? albumen ?). — Trees. Leaves pin-
nated. Flowers in drooping racemes.

545. C. Fistula Pert, synops. i. 459. — Cassia fistula Linn. sp.
pi 540. Gcertn. ii. t. 147. f. 1. Woodv. t. 163. DC.prodr.
ii. 490. S. and C. hi. t. 155. Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 333. — Various
parts of the East Indies ; tropical Africa ; introduced into the
West Indies.

A tree from 20 to 30 feet high. Leaves pinnate, from 12 to 18
inches long, deciduous. Leaflets from 4 to 8 pair, opposite or nearly
so, the lower broad-ovate, the upper oblong, entire, generally obtuse or
emarginate, polished on both sides, from 2 to 6 inches long and from
1 \ to 3 broad. Petioles round, without glands. Racemes pendulous,
simple, from 1 to 2 feet long. Flowers large, bright yellow, fragrant,
on long, slender, smooth pedicels. Sepals 5, nearly equal, oval, smooth,
much shorter than the corolla. Petals oval, unequal. The 3 lower
filaments much longer than the others and having a double curve, but
no swelling. Anthers on the 3 long filaments oblong, opening by 2 lines
on the face, the other 7 clavate, with pores at the small end. Ovary
filiform, smooth, one-celled, containing numerous seeds, which at this
period are without any sign of separation, that appearing in the ad-
vanced state ; style short incurved ; stigma conical, smooth. Legume
cylindrical, 9-12 inches long, dark blackish brown, terete, smooth, blunt,
filled with a viscid black sweetish pulp, interposed between the seeds
and the transverse diaphragms. — An extract of the pulp gently laxa-
tive ; seeds in the dose of 4-6 drachms purgative ; roots reputed an
excellent febrifuge.

(LESALPIN1A.

Sepals 5, unequal, combined at the base into a somewhat per-
sistent cup, the lower one the larger and slightly vaulted. Pe-
tals 5, unequal, unguiculate ; the upper one shorter than the
others. Stamens 10, distinct: filaments villous and ascending
at the base ; anthers all fertile. Style filiform. Legume un-
armed, compressed, 2-valved, wingless. Seeds roundish, oval,
or oblong, compressed. — Trees or shrubs, prickly or unarmed.
Leaves abruptly bipinnated. Flowers yellow, racemose, or pani-
cled. W. and A.

546. C. Nuga Ait. hort. Kew. iii. 32. DC. prodr. ii. 481. —
Guilandina Nuga Linn. sp. pi 546. {Humph, v. t. 50.) — Mo-
luccas.

262

CiES ALPINIA.

A climbing plant, if it grows among trees. Stem unarmed, not
thicker than the arm, even at the base. Pinnae 3-+ pairs ; leaflets 2-3
pairs, ovate, acute ; their petioles and back ribs all over prickly.
Flowers yellow in racemose panicles. Standard with a few red spots.
Legumes roundish, oblong, mucronate. Seeds 1-2, flat, black, 4-cor-
neretl. — A decoction of the roots used, according toRumph in calculous
and nephritic complaints.

GU1LANDINA.

Sepals 5, nearly equal, combined at the base into a short ur-
ceolate tube. Petals 5, sessile, nearly equal. Stamens 10, dis-
tinct : filaments villous at the base. Style short. Legume
ovate, ventricose-compressed, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded, covered with
straight prickles. Seeds bony, shining, nearly globose. — Trees
or shrubs with hooked prickles on the stem and petioles. Leaves
abruptly bipinnated. Flowers spicately racemose. Bracteas
elongated. — W. and A.

5^7- G. Bonduc Linn. sp. 545. DC. prodr. ii. 480. W.
and A. i. 280. — G. Bonduccella Linn. 1. c. Ceesalpinia Bondu-
cella Flem. in As. res. ii. 159. Roxb. Jl. ind. ii. 357. {Rheede
ii. t. 22. Rumph. v. t. 48, 49. f. i.) — Both East and West In-
dies. (Nicker tree.)

A climbing plant, armed with many sharp, small, recurved prickles.
Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae 7 pairs ; leaflets 3-8 pairs, ovate oblong, more
or less downy, with 1-2 small recurved prickles between them on the
underside; stipules large pinnatifid. Bracts lanceolate, reflexed.
Racemes simple, above the axils. Legumes prickly, 2-seeded. — The
seeds in powder are a powerful tonic.

POINCIANA.

Sepals 5, equal or unequal; united below into a cup -shaped
somewhat persistent base. Petals 5, stipulate ; the upper one
shaped differently from the others. Stamens 10, distinct, much
longer than the petals, all fertile, filaments ascending and hairy
at the base. Style very long. Legume ■ unarmed, flat-com-
pressed, wingless, 2-valved, several-seeded, intercepted internally
between the seeds. Seeds obovate, compressed. Cotyledons
flat. — Shrubs or trees, prickly or unarmed. Leaves abruptly
bipinnated. Flowers large and very elegant, corymbosely pani-
cled. W. and A.

548. P. pulcherrima Linn. sp. 554?. DC. prodr. ii. 484.
W. and A. i. 282. — Csesalpinia pulcherrima Swartz obs. 165.
(Rheede vi. t. 1.) — East Indies, whence it was carried to the
West Indies. (Barbadoes Flower fence.)

Shrubby, armed, quite smooth. Leaflets obovate-oblong, retuse or
emarginate. Flower-buds obovate, obtuse. Calyx smooth on both
sides; sepals obtuse, unequal, the lower one arched; aestivation imbricative.
Petals fringed, bright orange, very large and long, on long claws. Ovary
263 s 4

FABACEiE, OR LEGUMINOSiE.

smooth. — A decoction of the leaves and flowers has been employed
with success against the fevers of Tortola. Root acrid and even poi-
sonous. Schomburgk in Linn. ;x. 512. The wood makes the best of all
charcoal.

The leaves when bruised have a smell resembling that of savine, and
the infusion, of either them or the flowers, is considered a powerful
emmenagogue, so as even to bring on abortion. The leaves are also
said to be purgative, and to have been used as a substitute for senna.
The seeds, in powder, are stated to form a remedy for the belly-ache.
Macfadyen.

HiEMATOXYLON.

Sepals 5, united at the base into a permanent tube. Petals 5,
scarcely longer than the sepals. Stamens 10 ; filaments hairy
at the base ; anthers without glands. Style capillary. Legume
compressed, flat, lanceolate, acuminate at each end, 2-seeded;
the sutures indehiscent, the valves bursting longitudinally.

549. H. campeachianum Linn. sp. pi. 549. DC.prodr. ii. 485.
Macfady. fi. jam. 332.— {Shane ii. t. 10. f. 1—4.) — Cam-
peachy, common all over the West India Islands. (Logwood.)

A low spreading tree; stem generally crooked and deformed, seldom
thicker than a man's thigh ; branches somewhat flexuose, terete, covered
with whitish dots ; in mountain and moist situations unarmed ; in the
plains or where the tree is stunted, furnished with spines below the
leaves. Leaves 2-4 from the same point (an irregular rough tubercular
prominence), pinnate, sometimes dividing in a bipinnate manner, at the
lowest pair of leaflets ; leaflets 4-paired, shortly stalked ; obovate or
obcordate. Racemes at first about the length of the leaf, afterwards, as
the pods form, elongating. Flowers on pedicels half an inch in length,
yellow, slightly fragrant. Calyx deeply 5-parted ; lobes unequal, thin,
membranous, purplish, deciduous; tube short, green, bell-shaped. Petals
nearly equal, obovate, wedge-shaped at the base, scarcely longer than
the sepals. Stamens alternately short, inserted, as also the petals, on
the inside of the margin of the persistent tube of the calyx ; anthers
ovate. Ovary lanceolate, compressed, 3-seeded ; style projecting beyond
the stamens and petals ; stigma capitate, expanded. Pods compressed,
flat, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 2-seeded, not opening at the
sutures, but bursting longitudinally by a division passing down through
both the valves. Macf. — Chiefly used by dyers. It is a powerful
astringent and may be employed as a substitute for Kino, Catechu, &c.
In diarrhoea and dysentery the decoction is used with benefit. Macf.

BOWDICHIA.

Calyx turbinate-campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth acute, erect,
the upper approximated. Petals 5, distinct ; the lateral ones
longest, arranged in a somewhat papilionaceous manner. Sta-
mens 10? distinct. Legume stipitate, with 10 ovules, com-
pressed, membranous, with a winged border on the seed-edge,
1-celled, indehiscent. Embryo straight. DC.

550. U. virgilioides HBK. vi. 376. DC. prodr. ii. 519. —

264

BOWD1CHIA.

Near Barbula, between New Valentia and Portocapello ; in the
Llanos of Barcelona, near Villa del Pao ; and on the banks of
the Oronoco between Carichana and its confluence with the
ocean.

A tree. Young branches downy, ferruginous. Leaves unequally
pinnated ; leaflets about 13, lanceolate-oblong, rounded at eacli end,
often emarginate, entire and rather revolute at the edge, netted, coria-
ceous, downy on each side, ferruginous on the ribs beneath, 6-7 lines
long, 5-5^ lines broad. Racemes terminal, 3 inches long and more,
downy. Flowers violet, the size of those of Cercis siliquastrum,
Calyx coloured, downy. Petals 5, somewhat papilionaceous, smooth,
crisp at the edge. Legumes linear-oblong, somewhat falcate, compressed,
tumid in the region of the seeds, membranous, transversely netted, with
a narrow membranous margin on the ventral suture, about 2± inches
long by 7 lines broad.

BAUHINIA.

Calyx either 5-cleft, or split up on the lower side and spatha-
like. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, slightly unequal. Anther-
bearing stamens either 1 and distinct, with 9 monadelphous
sterile filaments ; or 3-5, with or without 1-7 sterile ones, all
united at the base, or distinct. Ovary stalked, containing 2 or
more ovules. Style ascending, rarely wanting. Stigma capitate
or dilated. Legume 1-celled, 2-valved, several- (rarely 1-)
seeded. Seeds compressed, oval ; inner seed-coat tumid. Em-
bryo straight ; radicle ovate : cotyledons flat. — Trees or shrubs.
Leaves consisting of 2 opposite distinct, or united leaflets.

551. B. tomentosa Linn. sp. pi. 536. DC. prodr. ii. 514.
Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 323. W. and A. i. 295. — (Burm. zeyl. 44.
t. 18.) — Ceylon, Malabar, Coromandel mountains.

Trunk straight. Branches numerous forming a compact bush.
Young shoots shaggy. Leaves hilarious, stalked, roundish, deeply 2-
lobed; lobes oval, obtuse, parallel, 3-nerved, softly shaggy underneath;
stipules filiform, villous. Peduncles forked, 2-flowered. Flowers large,
pale sulphur colour, drooping. Bracts 3, on the outside of the base of
each pedicel. Petals oval, the upper one smaller, and sometimes marked
on the inside with an oblong deep purple spot. Filaments 10, all
fertile. Legume lanceolate, villous, 5-6 seeded. — Dried buds and
young flowers prescribed in dysentery, in India.

*#* The leaves of several species are employed in Brazil, under the
name of Unha de Boy, or Oxhoof, as mucilaginous remedies. Martins.

TAMARINDUS.

Calyx tubular at the base : limb bilabiate, reflexed : upper lip
3-partite ; lower broad, 2-toothed. Petals 3, alternating with
the segments of the upper lip of the calyx ; 2 of them ovate, the
middle one cucullate. Stamens 9-10 ; 7 very short and sterile ;
265

FABACE.3?,, OR LEGUM INOSjE.

the other 2-3 longer, monadelphous, bearing anthers. Style
subulate. Legume stalked, linear, more or less curved, slightly
compressed, 1 -celled, 3-12-seeded, the endocarp pulpy. Seeds
compressed, bluntly 4-angled, obliquely truncated at the hilum.
— Trees. Leaves abruptly pinnated; leaflets many pair. Flowers
racemose. W. and A.

552. T. indica Linn. sp. pi. 48. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 215. DC.
prodr. ii. 488. W. and A. i. 285. Woodv. t. 166. S. and C.

11. t. 88 T. occiden talis Gartn. t. 146. DC. 1. c. 489.

(Rheede i. t. 23. Humph, ii. t. 23.) — East Indies, and West
Indies. (Tamarind Tree.)

Leaves pinnate. Leaflets from 10 to 15 pair, opposite, sub-sessile,
tapering a little, entire, obtuse, smooth on both sides, the inferior pair
larger; petioles channelled, from 4 to 6 inches long; stipules small,
deciduous. Racemes terminal and lateral. Bractes obovate, coloured,
I -flowered, deciduous. Calyx 4-leaved, cruciate, expanding, deciduous.
Corolla somewhat papilionaceous, erect, unilateral, the length of the
calyx. Vexillum, or middle petal oblong, its margins involute and
curled; wings oval, margins curled; all 3 are beautifully variegated with
red and yellow ; keel 2 short subulate processes under the stamens ;
filaments 3, combined, inserted under the ovary, ascending. Anthers
incumbent. There are the rudiments of 4 more filaments in the fissures
and outsides of the 3 fertile ones. Ovary stalked, linear, with the style
much incurved. Legume pendulous, nearly linear, generally curved,
somewhat compressed, filled with firm, acid pulp, covered with a hard
scabrous bark, which never separates into valves; under the bark
run 3 fibres, 1 down the upper concave margin, and the other 2
at equal distances from the inferior, or convex edge. Seeds from 6 to

12, somewhat trapeziform, compressed, covered with a smooth, hard,
brown shell, and inserted into the convex side of the pericarp. — The
pulp of the fruit is cooling and laxative. The leaves are subacid and
according to Prosper Alpinus were employed by the Arabians as an
anthelmintic.

HYMENvEA.

Calyx with 2 bracts at the base ; tube turbinate, coriaceous ;
limb 4-5-parted, deciduous, with 2 lobes sometimes united in 1.
Petals 5, nearly equal, glandular. Stamens 10, distinct, inflated
in the middle. Style filiform. Legume woody, oblong, many-
seeded, containing faecula. Embryo straight. — Trees. Leaves
bifoliolate. Flowers corymbose.

553. H. Courbaril Linn sp. pi. 537. Vahl. eel. ii. 30. Lam.
illustr. t. 330. f. 1. DC. prodr. ii. 511. Macfady. fl. jam.
i. 349. — Tropical parts of America ; common in Jamaica.

A lofty spreading tree. Extremities of the branchlets terete, marked
with long, ferruginous, reticulated scales. Leaves alternate, stalked,
binate ; leaflets oblong, unequal at the base, entire, obtusely acuminate,
coriaceous, nerved, somewhat veiny, dark green above, paler with
minute dark green dots beneath. Panicles terminal, stalked. Bracts
somewhat membranous, deciduous. Sepals 4, deciduous, one of them

266

HYMENiEA.

capable of being divided into 2 ; the 2 exterior thickish, coloured with
purple, the others partially so, ovate, obtuse. Petals 5, white, ovate,
thin, with pellucid dots. Stamens 10, distinct, filiform, subulate, nearly
1§ inch long, white ; anthers oblong. Ovary stipitate, oval, compressed ;
style filiform, curved ; stigma simple. Legume woody, ovate-oblong,
1-celled, containing fascula, about 3-seeded; valves of a chocolate-
colour, hard, convex and rough. — The meally substance in which the
seeds are embedded is sweet and pleasant, but apt to purge when
recently gathered ; it loses this property as it becomes old. A decoc-
tion of the pulp, allowed to ferment, forms an intoxicating drink
resembling beer. A fine transparent resin of a yellowish or red colour
exudes between the principal roots. It is the Gum Animi of the shops.
It burns readily, emitting a fragrant smell, and has been employed by
way of fumigation in attacks of spasmodic asthma, and other embarrass-
ments of respiration. In solution, it is given internal^' in doses of a
tea-spoonful, as a substitute for Gum Guaiacum, for rheumatic and
pseudo-siphilitic complaints, and employed externally as an embrocation.
The resin, called Jatahy, Jatchy, or Copal, and in Minas Geraes Jatobd,
is used, not only for various kinds of varnish, but also against tedious
coughs, weakness of the lungs, spitting of blood, and incipient phthisis
pulmonalis. The curadores have a method of mixing it with sugar and
rum, so as to make a very agreeable emulsion, or syrup. Martius.
A decoction of the inner bark is said to act as a vermifuge. Macfadyen.

ALOEXYLON.

Sepals 4, acute, deciduous, the lower falcate, incurved, twice
as long as the others. Petals 5, unequal, longer than the calyx.
Stamens 10, distinct. Ovary compressed, curved. Style fili-
form. Legume woody, smooth, falcate, 1 -seeded. Seed ob-
long, curved, arillate. Lour.

554. A. Agallochum Lour. coch. i. 267. DC. prodr. ii. 518.
— Highest mountains of Cochin-china, near the great river
Laoum, which flows between that kingdom and Laos.

A large tree. Bark tough, fibrous, brown, smooth. Leaves lanceo-
late, 8 inches long, entire, flat, smooth, somewhat coriaceous, alternate,
stalked. Flower terminal ; peduncles many-flowered. Lour. ■ — This
tree produces one of the two sorts of Calambac, Eagle-wood, or Lign-
aloes, a fragrant substance, which Loureiro states consists of a concre-
tion of the oily particles into a resin in the centre of the trunk ; it is
brought on by some disease, and the tree in time dies of it. The
aromatic fragments are taken out of the trunk. Of all perfumes the
most grateful to Oriental nations ; " stimulant, corroborant, cephalic,
cardiac." Its scent is used against vertigo and paralysis. Powder
prevents vomiting and stops diarrhoea by its tonic, but astringent pro-
perties. Lour.

According to Dr. Royle Eagle-wood is a corruption of the Malayan
agila, which in Sanscrit is aggura and in Hindu aggur, the name of the
substance. Aloe-wood is supposed by Sprengel to have gained its
name from allowat or allieh Arabic names of the plant, converted into
a\or)v. Aloe-wood has nothing to do with aloes.

267

FABACEifc, OR LEGUMINOSjE.

Tribe III. Mimose^e.
ACACIA.

Flowers polygamous, bisexual, and male. Calyx 4-5-toothed.
Petals 4-5 either distinct, or united into a gamopetalous 4-5-
cleft corolla. Stamens various in number (8-200). Legume
continuous, dry, 2-valved. Seeds without pulp. — Shrubs or
trees, unarmed, or armed with stipulary thorns or scattered
prickles. Leaves pinnated or bipinnated ; sometimes absent and
represented by dilated petioles or phyllodia. Flowers yellow,
white, or rarely red, in globular heads or longish spikes.

555. A. gummifera Willd. iv. 1056. DC. prodr. ii. 455. —
Sassa gummifera Gmel. syst. — Africa about Mogador.

Smooth. Leaflets on 2 pinnae, in about 6 pairs, linear, obtuse, with
a sessile gland between the pinnae ; spines stipulary, straight. Spikes
oblong, axillary. Legume somewhat moniliform, white with down. —
It is by no means certain that the Sassa Gum, mentioned under Inga
sassa, No 569, is not produced by this plant. Mr. Pereira refers
Barbary Gum to it.

556. A. ferruginea DC. prodr. ii. 458. W. and A. i. 273. —
Mimosa ferruginea Roxb. jl. ind. ii. 561. — Mountainous parts
of India.

Thorns stipulary, recurved, strong, short and very sharp, sometimes
absent. Leaves bipinnate, from 2 to 3 inches long; pinnae from 3 to 6
pair, opposite, 1 or \\ inch long; leaflets from 8 to 12 pair, linear-
oblong, smooth, small ; petioles now and then armed with a few small
prickles on the under side, Spikes axillary and terminal, erect, cylin-
drical, stalked, pale yellow. Filaments many, monadelphous. Legumes
membranous, rust-coloured, about 6 inches long and 1 broad. Seeds
from 5 to 7. — Bark strongly astringent ; added to jagghery water in
India it forms an intoxicating liquor.

557. A. Catechu Willd. iv. 1079. DC. prodr. ii. 458. S.
and C. ii. t. 76. Macfady. fi. jam. i. 314. W. and A. i. 272.
— A polyacantha Willd. 1. c. DC. 459. A. Wallichiana DC.
458. Mimosa Catechu Linn, suppl. 439. Woodv. t. 66. Roxb.
jl. ind. ii. 563. Cor. plants, ii. t. 175. M. Catechuoides Roxb.
jl. ind. ii. 562. — Various parts of the East Indies, now com-
mon in Jamaica.

A tree, 15-20 feet high ; branches spreading, armed with strong black
stipulary spines, downy towards their extremities. Leaves bipinnate ;
pinnae 10-17 pairs; leaflets 30-50 pairs, linear, bluntish, unequal and
auricled on the lower side at the base, ciliated ; petiole angular, chan-
nelled above, downy, with 1 orbicular urceolate green gland below the
lowest pair, and smaller ones between each of the 2, 3, or 4 terminal
pairs of pinnae. Spikes axillary, 1-2 together, cylindrical, on downy
stalks. Flowers numerous, white, sessile. Calyx externally downy,
5-fid ; teeth erect. Corolla rather longer than the calyx, 5-fid, glabrous.
Stamens twice the length of the corolla, very numerous, distinct.

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ACACIA.

Ovary green, glabrous, shortly stipitate ; style capillary, length of the
stamens. Legumes flat, linear, thin, straight, glabrous, with about 6
seeds or fewer: seeds orbicular, flattened. — Yields Bengal Catechu,
according to Mr. Pereira, of bad quality.

558. A. vera Willd. iv. 1085. DC. prodr. ii. 461. S. and C.
ii. t. 77. — Mimosa nilotica Linn. sp. pi. 1506. (Lob. ic.
ii. 95. f. 1.) — Africa from Senegal to Egypt.

Leaves bipinnate, smooth, as well as the branches ; pinna? 2 pair ;
leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-linear; a gland between the pinnae. Spines
in pairs. Flowers in globose heads ; heads about 2 together, stalked,
axillary. Legume moniliform. — From this the best gum Arabic is said
to be obtained.

559. A. arabica Willd. iv. 1084. DC. prodr. ii. 461. W.
and A. i. 277. — A. nilotica Delil. (Egypt, p. 31. Mimosa ara-
bica Lam. enc. meth. i. 19. Roxb. eorom. pi. ii. t. 149. Ji. ind.
ii. 557. (Pluk. t. 221. f. i.) — Common all over India and Arabia.

A small tree, with taper glabrous thorny branches. Thorns stipulary,
sometimes long, sometimes short or almost wanting : leaves bipinnate ;
pinnae about 5 pairs, with a gland between the first ami last pairs ;
leaflets 15-20 pairs, glabrous. Peduncles aggregated, axillary or
forming a terminal raceme by the abortion of the leaves. Flowers in
globose heads. Corolla 5 cleft. Stamens numerous, distinct. Legumes
stalked, compressed, thickish, contracted on both sutures between the
seeds. — In the opinion of Ehrenberg this is a mere variety of A. vera.
Bark a powerful tonic.

560. A. Seyal Delil. fl. cegypt 142. t. 52. f. 2.

561. A. tortilis Forsk. descr. 176.

562. A. Ehrenbergii Hayne N. and E. pi.
med. t. 413.

563. A. Senegal Willd. iv. 1077.

564. A. brfota — Mimosa orfota Forsk. descr. 177. — Dahhi
in Arabia.

Leaves twin, bipinnate ; pinnae of 4-5 pairs ; the last separated by a
scale. Leaflets 6-9 pairs, oval-linear, oblique at the base, half a nail
long. Spines 2 under each axil, in the room of stipules, very spreading,
as long as the leaf. Legumes not jointed, compressed, attenuated at the
base. — Leaves prevent fresh camel's milk from becoming acid for
several days. Fumigation with the wood and resin employed with
success by the Arabs in epilepsy. Forsk.

565. A. leucophlaea Willd. iv. 1083. DC. prodr. ii. 462.
W. and A. i. 277. — Mimosa leucophlaea Roxb. eorom. pi. ii.
t. 150. fl. ind. ii. 558. A. alba Willd. 1. c. DCA. c. — Coast
of Coromandel.

A tree ? armed with stipulary thorns. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae
7-12 pairs, with a gland below the first, and between some of the last
pairs ; leaflets 16-30 pairs, oblong-linear, pubescent or nearly glabrous.
Panicles large, terminal or from the upper axils; branches and peduncles
shortly tomentose. Flowers in globose, shortly pedunculate heads.
Corolla 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, distinct. Legume narrow, linear,
269

are other spe-
cies yielding a
"gum like Gum
Arabic.

FABACEiE, OR LEGTJMINOSjE.

long, curved, shortly tomentose (at least when young). W. and A.

Bark like that of A. ferruginca in its properties.

*#* Besides these several New Holland Acacias yield a substance simi-
lar to Catechu, especially 566. A. mollisima, 566 a. A. decurrens, and
566 b. A. melanoxylun. The extract of this bark has been exported
in considerable quantity under the name of extract of " Mimosa bark"
from Van Diemen's Land.

I find in a recent work on that Island, that in consequence of the
bark having been boiled in iron vessels in the process of manufacturing
the extract, the latter although of great strength did not answer in
England, as it was found to impart a colour to the leather, which it also
rendered brittle. This was in the year 1828. Accordingly in the fol-
lowing years 1829, 30 and 31, bark alone was shipped at Hobart Town
for England, in quantities as follows : viz.

1829. 1830. 1831.

Cwt. qr. lb. ! Cwt. qr. lb. Cwt. qr. lb.

3,700 1 12 I 24,472 3 20 39,264 0 20

VACHELLIA.

Flowers polygamous, bisexual, and male. Calyx 5-toothed.
Corolla tubular, gamopetalous, 5-(occasionally 6-) toothed,
Stamens very numerous, distinct. Legume cylindrical, turgid,
scarcely dehiscent, filled with pulp, and a double row of seeds.
W. and A.

567. V. Farnesiana W. and A. i. 272. — Mimosa Farnesiana
Linn. sp. 1506. Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 557. Acacia Farnesiana
Willd. iv. 1083. DC. prodr. ii. 461. A. indica Desv. journ.
hot. 181 4-. i. p. 69. DC. prodr. ii. 462. — East and West In-
dies and Africa.

A large shrubby or small tree, armed with stipulary straight thorns.
Leaves bipinnated : pinnae 4-8 pair, with a gland between the lower
pair and often between the uppermost ; leaflets 10-20 pair, linear, nearly
glabrous. Petioles and peduncles more or less pubescent. Flowers
capitate; heads globular, 2-3 together, each on an axillary peduncle.

— Bark exudes a considerable quantity of gum. Flowers distilled,
yield a delicious perfume. W. and A.

PROSOPIS.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, distinct.
Stamens 10; filaments scarcely united at the base. Legume
continuous, pulpy inside, linear, compressed, often knobby where
the seeds are, and almost separable between them. — Trees or
shrubs, armed or unarmed. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae 1-4 pairs ;
leaflets many pairs, oblong-linear^ Spikes axillary, stalked, long ;
flowers rather distant, smooth, greenish or yellowish. Pods eat-
able. DC.

568. P. iuliflora DC. prodr. ii. 447. Macfady.fi. jam. i. 312.

— Mimosa iuliflora Swartz. prodr. 85. M. piliflora Swartz.fi.
ind. occ. 986. — Driest plains of Jamaica. (Cashew.)

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PROSOPIS.

A tree often 30 feet high, or a large bush. Branches very long,
straggling, spiny, smooth ; spines stipulary, in pairs, 4-5 lines long,
strong, pointing upwards. Leaves bipinnate ; 2 pairs of pinnae ; 18-20
pairs of leaflets, oblong, obtuse, veiny, smooth. A roundish, depressed,
solitary gland at the base, between the petioles of the partial leaves.
Spikes axillary, 2-3 from the same bud as the leaves, stalked, 2-3
inches long, many-flowered, sub-cylindrical, yellow, fragrant. Corolla
villous inside. Pod 3-5 inches long, compressed, often twisted, smooth,
many-seeded. Seeds separated by fleshy contractions, oblong, brown.
— Leaves and twigs fatal to cattle which browse upon them, unless
they are accustomed to them. Legumes although sweet also held to be
noxious. Swartz. This is however denied by Dr. Macfadyen, who says
that the young shoots leaves and pods are very nutritious, and are
browsed upon with impunity by stock of every kind, during dry weather,
and the pods are said to be as nutritious as corn. After rains he states
that the pods do become pernicious, and are fatal to horses. This he
ascribes to the seeds, at that time prepared to sprout, germinating in
the stomach and giving off carbonic acid which induces inflammation
of the stomach and bowels. Great quantities of "gum having all the
properties of gum arabic " may be obtained by wounding the stem and
large branches.

INGA.

Flowers polygamous, hermaphrodite and male. Calyx 5-
toothed. Petals 5, united into a 5-cleft corolla. Stamens nu-
merous, protruded, monadelphous at the base or sometimes for
nearly their whole length. Legume broadly linear, compressed,
1 -celled. Seeds covered usually with pulp, more rarely with a
pellicle or farinaceous matter. — Shrubs or trees, usually un-
armed. Flowers spiked or capitate, red or white. W. and A.

569. I. Sassa Willd. iv. 1027. DC. prodr. ii. 440. — Sassa
Bruce trav. abyss, v. t. 4, 5. — Abyssinia.

Leaves 2-pinnate ; 3 or 4 pairs of pinnae; 12 pairs of leaflets which
are oblong-obovate. Flowers in panicled umbels. Stamens mona-
delphous beyond the corolla ; in some flowers short, in others very
long. — According to Bruce this tree exudes gum in such quantity as
to appear deformed by the size of the concretions. Guibourt says he
met with a case of it called Gum Tragacanth and he reckons it among
the false Tragacanths.

570. I. fagifolia — Mimosa fagifolia Linn. sp. 1498. Inga
marginata Willd. iv. 1015. Mimosa Bourgoni Aubl. ii. t. 358.
I. Bourgoni DC. prodr. ii. 434. — Guiana and some of the West
India Islands, as Barbadoes.

A tree 30-40 feet high. Leaflets 2-3 pairs, ovate, shining, smooth ;
petiole somewhat winged, with distinct glands at the ends of the joints.
Spikes axillary, about 4 together, short. Flowers white. Legume
dry, 2-valved, containing many, green, compressed, quadrangular seeds
enveloped in a white membrane. — Bark acrid and astringent.

571. I. Unguis Cati Willd. iv. 1006. DC. prodr. ii. 436.
Macfady. i. 306. — Mimosa Unguis Cati Linn. sp. pi. 499.
Jacq. schdnbr. ii. t. 34. Descourt. jl. ant. i. t. 11. (Quamochitl
Hernandez 94.) — West Indies and adjacent mainland, common.

271

FABACEiE, OR LEGUMINOS^.

A bush, about 10 feet high : branches terete, ash-coloured, sometimes
unarmed ; branchlets flexuose, glabrous ; spines stipulary, short, straight.
Leaves bipinnate : leaflets 1-paired sessile, very obtuse or subemarginate
at the apex, nerved, glabrous : petiole subulate, channelled above. A
minute gland at the extremity of the common, and another at that of
the partial petioles. Racemes terminal, of 2-3 simple branches. Pedun-
cle angular, minutely downy. Flowers greenish yellow, sessile, fur-
nished at the insertion with a minute ovate bractlet. Calyx small, 5-
toothed, with the teeth rather indistinct. Corolla more than twice the
length of the calyx, 5-fid, with the teeth acute. Filaments capillary,
yellow, matted, three times the length of the corolla. Legumes red,
torulose, twisted in a spiral manner : seeds 5-6, black, shining,
roundish, compressed, half-buried in a snow-white fleshy arillus-like
pellicle. — A decoction of the bark very astringent. It has the reputa-
tion of acting as a diuretic, and has been employed externally as a lotion
and injection in cases of relaxation of the parts. Macfadyen.

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SAXIFRAGACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. ^.162.
HEUCHERA.

Calyx permanent, 5-cleft, with an imbricated aestivation. Pe-
tals undivided, somewhat unequal. Stamens 5. Styles 2, very
long, distinct, the length of the stamens, eventually diverging.
Capsule crowned by the withered flower, at the lower part united
to the calyx, 1 -celled, dehiscing between the styles.

572. H. americana Linn. sp. pi. 328. Elliott i. 337. Torrey fi.
i. 290. DC. prodr. iii. 51. — H. viscida Pursh i. 187. H. Cor-
tusa Michx. jl. bor. am.'\.\1\. H. reniformis and H. glauca
Bqf. med.fl. i. 244.? — Shady rocky situations in North America.
(Alum root.)

Root perennial. Leaves all radical, on very long downy stalks,
roundish-cordate, hispidly pilose, about 7-lobed ; the lobes with dilated
mucronate teeth. Scape erect, naked, 2-3 feet long. Panicle thin,
at length divaricating. Calyx obovate, striated, with very blunt seg-
ments. Petals minute, spathulate, purple, inserted into the margin of
the calyx, between its segments. Filaments as long again as the petals,
inserted opposite the segments of the calyx, persistent. Capsule ovate.
Seeds minute, oblong, black, very hispid. — Root a powerful astringent.

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Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. \ 63.

SEMPERVIVUM.

Calyx concave, permanent, with from 6 to 12, more or less
deep, uniform, fleshy, rather acute, segments. Petals as many
as the segments of the calyx, and somewhat larger, lanceolate,
acute, channelled, equal, spreading, withering. A small lacer-
ated scale, at the base of each carpel. Filaments as many, or
twice as many, as the petals, opposite to them, but not so long,
when more numerous, alternate, awl-shaped, spreading ; car-
pels as many as the stamens, oblong, pointed, compressed, each
terminating in a spreading style, with a blunt stigma ; when ripe
bursting along their inner margins.

573. S. tectorum Linn. sp. pi. 664. Eng. Bot. t. 1320. Fl.
Lond. t. 29. DC. prodr. iii. 413. — Common on roofs and walls.
(Houseleek; Hauslaub Germ.)

Root fibrous, crowned with several rosaceous tufts of numerous, ob-
long, acute, keeled, fringed, extremely succulent leaves. Stem from
the centre of one of these tufts, a foot high, erect, round, downy,
clothed with several, more narrow, sessile, alternate leaves, and termi
nating in a sort of many-flowered cyme, with spiked branches. Flowers
large, pale rose-coloured, without scent. Segments of the calyx 12 or
more, with a similar number of petals, stamens and pistils. — The
leaves are cooling, when applied externally, and frequently renewed.
They possess moreover an astringent property, which is rather salutary
in many cases. The Dispensatory describes a beautiful white highly
volatile coagulum, formed of the filtrated juice of these leaves, with an
equal quantity of rectified spirit of wine. Smith.

SEDUM.

Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens twice as many. Hypo-
gynous scales entire or nearly so. Carpels 5. — Succulent her-
baceous plants or undershrubs.

574. S. Telephium Linn. sp. pi. 616. E. Bot. 1. 1319. Smith
Eng.fi. ii. 316. DC. prodr. iii. 402. — Various parts of Eu-
rope in fields, hedges, and bushy places. (Orpine.)

Root of several oblong, tapering, white knobs. Herb smooth. Stems
2 feet high, erect, simple, leafy, round, spotted with red. Leaves scat-
tered, sessile, ovate, spreading, fleshy, more or less bluntly toothed or
serrated, with a stout midrib. Flowers crimson, rarely white, in
dense, corymbose, terminal or partly axillary, tufts, interspersed with
fleshy toothed bracts. Smith. Stamens not longer than the corolla. —
Refrigerant, and slightly astringent. Leaves boiled in milk are com-
mended in diarrhoea.

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CRASSULACEjE.

575. S. acre Linn. sp. pi. 619. E. Bot. t. 839. Woodv.

t. 231. Eng. Bot. ii. 317. DC.prodr. iii. 407 Common on

walls, dry roofs and old ruins all over Europe.

Root fibrous, subdivided. Herb smooth, succulent, and tender,
grass-green, very hot and pungent to the taste, composing lax, wide-
spreading tufts. Stems entangled, branched; the branches leafy, erect,
round, 2 or 3 inches high. Leaves imbricated on the barren branches;
scattered on the flowering ones ; obtuse, convex at the back, flattened
above, spurred at the base. Flowers of a golden yellow, more or
less numerous, in 3-branched leafy, or bracteated, cymes. Capsules
membranous. Smith. Petals lanceolate, acuminate. — Leaves acrid.
Has been recommended in cancerous cases, and also in epilepsy.

*#* The Crassula pinnata Loureiro, with an intensely bitter taste, and
used against dropsy, &c, which Dierbach admits into this order, is
evidently, as De Candolle has remarked, not a Crassulaceous plant at
all, but belongs to some entirely different natural order.

276

AMYRIDACE/E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 165.
AMYRIS.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-toothed, permanent. Pe-
tals 4, lrypogynous, cuneate, unguiculate, imbricated in aestiva-
tion. Stamens 8, shorter than the petals. Ovary 1-celled,
seated on a thick disk-like receptacle ; stigma sessile. Drupe
with a thin-sided 1 -seeded stone. — Trees or shrubs containing
a resinous juice. Leaves compound, with pellucid dots. Flowers
panicled, white. Drupes abounding in aromatic oil.

576. A. balsamifera Linn, sp.pl. 496. Willd. ii. 338. Swartz.
obs. 149. Macfady. jam. i. 232. — A. toxifera Willd. ii. 336.
DC.prodr. ii. 81. (Pluk. t. 201. f. 3. Catesby car. i. t. 40.) —
West Indies.

A small tree or bush. Branches rough with small asperities. Leaves
unequally pinnated ; leaflets in 2 pairs, slightly stalked, ovate, rounded
at the base, acuminate, nearly entire, with pellucid dots. Panicles ter-
minal, sessile. Flowers numerous, white, slightly fragrant, in threes. Di-
visions of calyx ciliated. Petals reflexed. Ovary slightly downy; stigma
sub-sessile, capitate. — Branches when bruised or broken exhale a strong
smell. Said to be poisonous according to De Candolle.

577. A.? hexandra Hamilt. prodr. ind. occ. p. 34. — Woods
in damp cool alpine places on the central mountain of Nevis.

A good sized tree. Leaves unequally pinnate, in 3 pairs ; leaflets
entire, ovate, shortly, obtusely, and rather obliquely acuminate, decurrent
at the base into a short petiole ; smooth on each side, netted beneath.
Flowers panicled, small, greenish, always hexandrous. Panicles axillary
and terminal. Calyx cyathiform, entire. Petals 3, greenish, entire.
Stamens 6, very short. Ovary oblong, smooth (inferior according to
Hamilton, but this I suppose to be an error of the press for superior) ;
style short ; stigma obtuse. Fruit (the stone of the drupe?) mem-
branous, elliptical, acuminate at each end, 1-valved. — Mr. William
Hamilton from whom the above imperfect account is taken says that
this plant produces the fragrant fennel-scented substance called Gum
Elemi, on Nevis. He adds that it is a large tree yielding a fragrant re-
sinous juice which flows in abundance when the smooth ash-coloured
bark is wounded.

*#* The genera Copaifera and Myrospermum, included in this order
here and in my Introduction to the Natural System, hold a sort of middle
place between Amyridaceae and Fabaceae (Leguminosae), and are usually
referred to the latter. I think however that the balance of reasoning
upon the subject upon the whole turns this way, and they accordingly
remain where I have already placed them.
277 t 3

AM YRIDACEiE.

COPAIFERA.

Calyx 4-parted ; segments diverging, the lowest the nar-
rowest. Corolla 0. Stamens 10, declinate. Ovary roundish,
compressed, with 2 ovules. Fruit pedicellate, oblique, obovate,
rounded, compressed, between woody and leathery, 2-valved,
1-seeded. Seed enclosed in a 1-sided aril. — Trees or shrubs
inhabiting tropical America ; their trunk yielding balsam by in-
cision. Leaves alternate, pinnated equally or unequally ; leaflets
opposite or alternate, either dotted or not. Stipules generally 0.
Bracts extremely fugacious. Flowers arranged in compound
axillary and terminal spikes.

578. C. Jacquini Desf. mem. mus. vii. 376. Hayne in Lin-
ncea i. 426. — C. officinalis Jacq. amer. t. 86. S. and C. iii.
t. 158. — West Indies.

Leaves generally equally pinnated; leaflets in 2-5 pairs, incurved,
ovate, unequal-sided, obtusely acuminate with pellucid dots. Hayne.
— From this is obtained the Copaiva balsam of the West Indies.

579. C. multijuga Hayne 1. c. — Para.

Leaves equally pinnated ; leaflets 6-10 pairs, somewhat incurved, un-
equal-sided, with a long tapering point, and pellucid dots ; the lower
ovate oblong, the upper lanceolate. Hayne. — According to Hayne
this yields the Copaiva exported from Para.

580. C. Langsdorfii Desf. in mem. mus. vii. 376. Hayne 1. c.
DC.prodr. ii. 509. — Province of S. Paul, in Brazil.

Leaflets in 3-5 pairs, equal-sided, obtuse, with pellucid dots ; the lower
ovate, the upper elliptical. Petioles and peduncles slightly downy. —
Copaiva balsam of Brazil is furnished by this and the next species ac-
cording to Spix and Martius.

581. C. coriacea Martius in Isis 1824. p. 589. Hayne 1. c. —
Province of S. Paul, in Brazil.

Leaflets in 2-3 pairs, elliptical, equal-sided, emarginate, not dotted.
Petioles and peduncles nearly smooth. — The balsam of Copaiva an
acrid, bitter, nauseous liquid resin with stimulant, diuretic, and cathartic
properties, is apparently furnished by all the species of this genus : the
above are given upon, the authority of Hayne, who discontinues the
name of Copaifera officinalis which appears to have been applied indis-
criminately to many different species.

MYROSPERMUM.

Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, the upper largest.
Stamens 10, distinct. Ovary stipitate, oblong, membranous,
with 2-6 ovules. Legume with a winged stalk terminating in
an oblique, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-2-seeded samara. — Trees
with dotted leaves.

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MYROSPERMUM.

582. M. peruiferum DC.prodr. ii. 95. S. and C. ii. t. 102.
— Myroxylum peruiferum Linn. f. suppl. 233. Lamb, illustr.
cinch. 92. t. 1. M. pedicellatum Lam. diet. iv. 191. illustr.
t. 341. f. 1. — Forests of Peru; low, warm, sunny situations
near the river Maranon. (Quinquino.)

A tree, with a thick, straight, smooth trunk. Bark grey, coarse, com-
pact, heavy, granulated, pale straw-colour inside, filled with resin which,
according to its quantity, changes the colour to citron, yellow, red, or
dark chesnut ; smell and taste grateful, balsamic and aromatic. Leaves
pinnated ; leaflets alternate, of 2, 3, 4 or even 5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate,
acute, coriaceous, at the apex somewhat emarginate, shining above,
hairy on the underside, marked with transparent spots, the terminal
one the same size as the others. Racemes axillary, longer than the
leaves. Calyx campanulate, nearly equally five-toothed, with the odd
tooth remote from the others- Petals 5, white ; the upper reflexed,
broad, roundish, emarginate ; the other 4 distinct, linear-lanceolate
reflexed, spreading. Stamens 10, distinct, spreading, shorter than the
petals ; anthers mucronate. Samaras pendulous, straw-coloured, pe -
dicellate, linear-oblong, about 2 inches in length, compressed, mem-
branous, except at the apex which is obliquely rounded, clavate,
1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed reniform, lying in yellow liquid balsam,
which hardens into resin. — The stem yields the fragrant bitter aroma-
tic balsam, called Balsam of Peru, having stimulant tonic expectorant
properties, and employed in palsy, chronic asthma, gleet, leucorrhoea
&c. Applied externally in the form of plaster it mitigates headach
and toothach : the balsam closes recent wounds. Ruiz.

583. M. toluiferum Ach. Rich. ann. sc. 1824. ii. p. 172.
DC. prodr. ii. 95. — Toluifera Balsamum Mill. diet. No. 1.
Woodv. iii. 526. t. 193. bad. Myroxylon Toluifera HBK.
vi. 375. — Mountains of Turbaco near Carthagena ; and extremely
common in the high savannahs of Tolu, near Corozol and Villa
Tacasuan.

Very like the last but different as follows. Leaflets thin, mem-
branous, obovate, taper pointed ; the terminal one larger than the
others. — The warm, sweet, fragrant, solid stimulant balsam called
Balsam of Tolu is obtained from this tree. It is used in coughs,
chronic pulmonary complaints and on account of its flavour. In the
last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia it is said to be the concrete
Balsam of the last species ; and this agrees with the statement of
Ruiz. Guibourt however and most other writers consider the Balsam
of Tolu the produce of this species.

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ANACARDIACEiE.

Nat. sysl. ed. 2. jt?. 166.
MANGIFERA.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partite, deciduous. Petals
4-5, inserted under the disk, furnished on the inside with a
lobed glandular scale or crest : aestivation imbricative. Stamens
arising from the disk : 1 (or occasionally 2) fertile, ascending,
opposite to one of the lower sepals, with a subulate fleshy fila-
ment about as long as the style : the others sterile (usually 3 or
4, sometimes more), slender, minute, tipped with a small gland.
Disk thick fleshy 4-5-lobed. Ovary with its base immersed in
the disk, oblique, consisting of a solitary carpel, 1-celled, 1-
ovuled : ovule attached a little above the base to the upper side
of the ovary. Style 1, from the upper edge of the ovary, curved
downwards. Stigma simple. Drupe somewhat compressed ;
sarcocarp fleshy; stone compressed, woody, 1-celled, 2-valved,
covered on the outside with fibrous filaments. Seed solitary.
— Trees. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire and quite en-
tire. Panicles terminal, much branched. Flowers small. W.
and A. chiefly.

584. M. indica Linn. sp. pi. 290. Roxb.fl. ind. i. 641. W.
and A. i. 170. — (Rheede iv. t. 1, 2. Rumph. i. t. 25.) — Conti-
nent and islands of the East Indies, whence it has been carried
into other tropical countries. <

Tree of great size, with an erect trunk, covered with dark-coloured,
cracked bark. Leaves alternate, stalked, lanceolate, entire, often a
little waved at the margin, firm, smooth, shining, generally from 6 to 12
inches long, and from 2 to 3 broad; petioles round, smooth, 1 to 2
inches long. Panicles terminal, erect or ascending, a little downy.
Pedicels short, thick, rigid. Bracts oval, concave, a little downy.
Flowers small, yellow, with some stripes of red near the base of the
petals ; polygamous. Sepals 5, oblong, concave. Petals 5, lanceolate,
spreading, twice the length of the calyx. Disk very large, yellow,
fleshy, of 5 concave lobes. Filament single, subulate, ascending, half
the length of the petals, inserted between the lower lobe of the disk
and the ovary. Anther oval, purple. Sterile stamens 2, 3, 4, or more,
very minute. Ovary obliquely oval, 1-celled, with a single ovule attached
to the side of the cell, opposite to the fertile stamen, and under the
style. Style from the side of the ovary, the length of the stamen,
subulate, incurved. Drupe oblong or kidney-formed, a little compressed,
fleshy, smooth, when ripe, yellow ; in general about as large as a goose's
egg. Stone of the same form as the drupe, but more compressed, covered
with a ragged fibrous coating, woody, 1-celled, 2-valved. — The drupe
is to the inhabitants of India what the peach is to Europeans ; the most
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ANACARDIACEjE.

grateful of all fruits. Its flesh is filled with a rich luscious juice ; but
the inferior kinds have also so much turpentine flavour as to be uneat-
able. From wounds made in the bark, there issues a soft reddish, brown
gum resin, which age hardens, and renders exceedingly like bdellium.
Burnt in the flame of a candle, it emits a smell like that of Cashew
nuts when roasting. It softens in the mouth, and adheres to the teeth.
Its taste is slightly bitter with some degree of pungency. It dissolves
almost entirely in spirits, and in a great measure in water ; both solutions
are milky with a small tinge of brown. Roxb.

HOLIGARNA.

Flowers polygamous-dioecious. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5,
from a broad base, contiguous, oblong, spreading. Stamens 5,
shorter than the corolla. Ovary (in the hermaphrodite flowers)
connate with the tube of the calyx, 1-celled, 1-ovuled; ovule
suspended on one side from near the apex of the cell. Styles
1-3 from the top of the ovary. Fruit inferior, oval ; pericarp
thick, somewhat fleshy, containing cells full of thick acrid juice.
Seed with a transverse embryo. — Trees. Leaves stalked, al-
ternate, oblong, acute or acuminate, entire, glabrous, or when
young with a short rusty-coloured pubescence. W. and A.
chiefly.

585. H. longifolia Roxb. corom. iii. t. 282. fl. ind. ii. 80. DC.
prodr. ii. 63. TV. and A. i. 169. — (Rheede iv. t. 9) — Tra-
vancore and Malabar.

Leaves cuneate, oblong or acute; petioles usually with a subulate
soft, incurved, thorn-like, deciduous process on each side about the
middle. Panicles terminal and axillary ; styles recurved ; stigmas
crescent-shaped. IV. and A. — Similar in its properties to Stagmaria
verniciflua, No. 594.

ANACARDIUM.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, deciduous ; seg-
ments erect : aestivation imbricative. Petals 5, linear, acumi-
nate, recurved. Receptacle filling up nearly the whole tube of
the calyx, and combining the bases of the stamens and petals.
Stamens about 9 or 10, 1-4 of them in the male flowers fertile,
and twice as long as the others, which are usually sterile : fila-
ments connate at the base and with the base of the petals.
Ovary free, sessile, oblique, 1-celled. Style solitary, somewhat
on one side, filiform, curved. Fruit compressed, somewhat co-
riaceous, on the top of the enlarged elevated stalk-like pyriform
receptacle : pericarp containing in its substance cells full of an
acrid juice. Seed erect. Cotyledons semi-lunate, fleshy, plano-
convex. Radicle curved.

586. A. occidentale Linn. sp. 548. Jacq. amer. i. 1. 181. f. 35.

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ANACARDIUM.

DC. prodr. ii. 62. Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 312. W. and A. i. 168.
— (Rheede in. t. 54. Ramph. i. t. 69.) Cassuvium pomiferum
Lam. Acajuba occidentalis Gcertn. t. 40. f. 2.) — A common
tree in the East and West Indies, in sandy soil.

Trunk short and very crooked. Young shoots smooth. Leaves alter-
nate, rather short-stalked, obovate, with a rounded or emarginate apex ;
smooth on both side's and of a hard texture, from 4 to 8 inches long.
Panicles terminal, bearing small barren and fertile hermaphrodite
flowers intermixed, Bracts gibbous, lanceolate. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft
nearly to the base ; divisions oblong, acute, and nearly smooth. Petals
5, linear-lanceoiate, revolute, of a pale yellow colour, with longitudinal
pink stripes. Filaments generally 9, united at the base into a ring
round the ovary, 1 of them, particularly in the sterile flowers, more than
double the length of the others. Anthers apparently all fertile, that of
the major filament large. Ovary in the males minute, with a very short
style, in the females obliquely obcordate, 1 -celled, with 1 reniform seed
attached to the side of its cell. Style long, becoming convolute. Fruit
a kidney-shaped ash-brown nut standing upon a pear-shaped crimson
fleshy receptacle. — In the coats of the nut is an abundance of a caustic
thick oil, which blisters when applied to the skin and has been used as
a caustic for warts, corns, obstinate ulcers, ringworms, &c. The fleshy
peduncle is an agreeable fruit. The vapour of the oil when roasting
will often produce violent swelling and inflammation. A gum resembling
gum Arabic and called Cashew gum is exuded from the bark. Pereira.
This gum, which in its properties almost entirely agrees with gum
arabic, but is rather more astringent, is used in Brazil in the same
manner as that substance. The bookbinders in the principal towns
sometimes wash books with a solution of it, which is said to keep
off the moths and ants. The fresh acid juice of the flower-stalks is
used in Lemonade; wine and vinegar too are made of it by ferment-
ation. The sympathetic effect which the nut, borne about the person,
has upon chronical inflammations in the eyes, especially such as are of
a scrophulous nature, is remarkable. Martins.

SEMECARPUS.

Flowers polygamous-dioecious. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals5, inserted
under the margin of the disk, sessile, very spreading : aestivation
imbricative. Stamens 5, inserted under the margin of the disk,
equal, distinct. Disk cup-shaped. Ovary free, sessile, 1 -celled.
Styles 3. Stigmas clavate, retuse. Fruit somewhat cordate,
sessile on the enlarged receptacle; pericarp hard and thick,
containing between the inner and outer lamina cells full of a
corrosive resinous juice. Seed suspended. Cotyledons thick,
fleshy, plano-convex. Radicle superior, minute, concealed
within the apex of the cotyledons.

587. S. Anacardium Linn.f. suppl. 182. Roxb. corom. i. t. 12.

ind. ii. 83. DC. prodr. ii. 62. W. and A. i. 168. — Ana-
cardium latifolium Lam. enc. i. ] 39. illustr. t. 208. A. offi-
cinarum Gcertn. — Mountainous parts of the East Indies.
(Marking nut.)
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ANACARDIACE^.

Trunk straight, covered with grey scabrous bark ; the bark of the
younger parts smooth, light ash-coloured ; its inner substance contains
in crevices, a quantity of white, soft, almost insipid gum. Branchlets
numerous, spreading. Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets
alternate, stalked, somewhat wedge-shaped or oblong-obovate, rounded
at the apex, entire, firm above, pretty smooth, yet harsh, and whitish
underneath ; from 9 to 18 inches long, and from 4 to 8 broad. Petioles
1| or 2 inches long, half round. Panicles terminal, very large, com-
posed of many simple spikes ; that of the male tree much more slender,
but as large, or larger, and branched. Bracts many, small, deciduous.
Flowers numerous, small, of a dull greenish yellow colour. Receptacle
erect, fleshy, pear-shaped, smooth, when ripe, yellow, about the size of
the nut. Fruit a single nut, resting upon the receptacle, cordate,
flattened on both sides, smooth, shining, black ; the pericarp composed
of two lamina? ; the inner one hard, the outer one less so, and leathery;
between them are cells which contain a black corrosive resinous juice.
The juice is of a pale milk colour till perfectly ripe, when it becomes
black. Male flowers on a separate tree, smaller than the hermaphro-
dite. Filaments 5, the length of the petals. Anthers much larger than
in the hermaphrodite. Pistil 0, or small and abortive, and in form of a
semi-globular, hairy, glandular body. — Wood contains much acrid
juice which renders it dangerous to those who work upon it. Recep-
tacles eaten like apples when roasted. The pure black acrid juice
employed externally by the natives of India to remove rheumatic pains,
aches and sprains : a little being rubbed over the parts affected ; and
is an efficacious remedy except in such constitutions as are subject
to inflammations and swellings. Universally used to mark linen.
Employed by the Telinga physicians mixed with garlic and other
substances in almost every sort of venereal complaint. Bark mildly
astringent.

RHUS.

Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 5-par-
tite, persistent. Petals 5, ovate, spreading, inserted under the
margin of the disk : aestivation imbricative. Stamens 5, inserted
into the disk, equal, free. Disk orbicular. Ovary sessile, ovate
or globose, 1 -celled : ovule solitary, suspended from a longish
curved funiculus rising from the base of the cell. Styles 3 from
the top of the ovary, distinct or combined. Stigmas distinct,
obtuse or capitate. Fruit almost a dry drupe : nut bony 1-celled.
Seed solitary, suspended from a funiculus that rises from the
base to the apex of the cell. Embryo inverted : cotyledons fo-
liaceous : radicle opposite to the hilum, bent downwards along
the margin of the cotyledons. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves alter-
nate, simple or compound. Peduncles axillary or terminal.
W. and A.

588. R. venenata DC. prodr. ii. 68. — R. vernix Linn. sp.
pi. 380. Bigelow med. hot. i. t. 10. — Common in North Ame-
rica in swamps and meadows ; vulgar name " Poison tree, Poison
wood, Poison ash, Poison sumach."

Trunk from 10 to 30 feet high and 1 to 5 inches in diameter, branch-
ing at top, and covered with a pale greyish bark. The ends of the

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young shoots and petioles usually of a fine red. Leaves pinnate ;
leaflets oblong or oval, entire, or somewhat slightly sinuated, acuminate,
smooth, paler underneath, nearly sessile, except the terminal one.
Flowers dioecious and polygamous, very small, green, in loose axillary
panicles. The panicles of barren flowers downy, largest and most
branched. Sepals 5, ovate. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens longer than the
petals, and projecting through their interstices. The rudiment of a
3-cleft style in the centre. In the fertile flowers, the panicles of which
are much smaller, the sepals and petals resemble the last, while the
centre is occupied by an oval ovary, terminated by 3 circular stigmas.
Fruit a bunch of dry berries or rather drupes of a greenish white, some-
times marked with slight purple veins, and becoming wrinkled when
old ; roundish, a little broadest at the upper end, and compressed,
containing one white, hard, furrowed seed. — The juice or even air
impregnated with the volatile principle of this plant is to many persons
a serious poison producing severe and dangerous erysipelatous swellings.
Kalm mentions a person who by the simple exhalation was swollen to
such a degree that " he was as stiff as a log of wood and could only be
turned about in sheets." Some constitutions are however but slightly
or not at all affected by it.

589. R. Toxicodendron Linn, sp.pl. 381. DC. prodr. ii. 69.
S. and C. iii. t. 167. Dot. Mag. t. 1806. ■ — R. radicans Linn.
sp.pl. 381. Bigelow med. hot. iii. t. 42. DC. prodr. ii. 69. —
Common in woods in the United States. (Poison ivy.)

A creeping shrub with long cord-like shoots, emitting strong lateral
fibres. Leaves ternate, on long semicylindrical petioles. Leaflets
ovate or rhomboidal, acute, smooth and shining on both sides, the
veins sometimes a little hairy beneath. The margin is sometimes
entire and sometimes variously toothed and lobed, in the same plant.
Flowers small, greenish white. They grow in panicles or compound
racemes on the sides of the new shoots, and are chiefly axillary. The
barren flowers have a calyx of 5 erect, acute segments, and a corolla
of 5 oblong recurved petals. Stamens erect with oblong anthers. In
the centre is a rudiment of a style. The fertile flowers, situated on a
different plant, are about half the size of the preceding. The calyx
and corolla are similar, but more erect. They have 5 small, abortive
stamens, and a roundish ovary surmounted with a short, erect style,
ending in 3 stigmas. The berries are roundish and of a pale green
colour, approaching to white. — Yields abundantly a yellowish narcotic
acrid milky juice, which becomes black when exposed to the air, and
forms an indelible ink when applied to linen. This juice, and even
the exhalations from the plant are extremely poisonous, to many
persons, though not to all. They bring on itching, redness and tume-
faction of the affected parts, particularly of the face, succeeded by
blisters, suppuration, aggravated swelling, heat, pain and fever. Symp-
toms though often highly distressing are rarely fatal. It is employed
in powder, infusion and extract internally ,in certain diseases. Dr.
Horsfield administered it with success in the dose of a teacup of the
infusion to consumptive and anasarcous patients ; it has been em-
ployed with supposed benefit in consumption, and is well spoken of in
cases of herpetic eruption, palsy, mania, and paralysis.

De Candolle follows Nuttall in considering Rhus radicans and Toxi-
codendron distinct species ; but I am persuaded that the supposed
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ANACARDIACEjE.

differences relied upon by those authors are of no specific importance.
It is said that R. radicans has the leaflets quite entire and smooth, while
R. Toxicodendron has them angular, gashed and downy.

The general character of this genus is to be poisonous. The follow-
ing species in particular have been named : —

590. R. glabra Linn, sp.pl. 380.

591. R. pumila Michx.fl. i. 182. the most venomous of all.

592. R. perniciosa HBK. vii. 10.

HEUDELOTIA.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, 4 toothed, coloured.
Petals 4, linear, obtuse, longer than the calyx. Stamens 8,
the 4 alternating with the petals longest. Ovary minute, in the
bottom of the calyx ; stigma obscurely 2-lobed, subsessile.
Drupe dry, pisiform, acute, 1-celled, with 1 suspended seed.

593. H. africana Guillem. and Perrott. fl. senegamb. i. 150.
t. 39. — Niouttout Adans. — Sandy wastes in the interior of
Senegal.

A bush 8-10 feet high, armed with axillary spines. Leaves downy,
ternate, stalked ; leaflets oval, rather rhomboidal, coarsely and un-
equally cut, rugose, tapering to the base. Flowers very small, reddish,
appearing upon the naked branches before the leaves. — According to
Guibourt this should be the plant that yields the African Bdellium,
" only the tears of Bdellium collected on the bush by M. Perrottet are
hardly bigger than peas; therefore the Bdellium of commerce is either
produced by a different species, or the Niouttout must become a larger
tree than M. Perrottet saw." (ii. 498.) It must be remarked that
nothing is said about Bdellium in the Flora Senegambia? of Perrottet
and Guillemin.

STAGMARIA.

Calyx inferior, tubular, deciduous, irregularly ruptured at
the edge. Petals 5, inserted on the stipe of the ovary. Stamens
5, alternate with and as long as the petals. Carpels 3,
1-seeded; part often abortive. Styles terminal, shorter than
stamens ; stigmas blunt. Berry reniform, furrowed on 1 side,
1-seeded, with a varicose bark. Embryo erect ; cotyledons con-
solidated ; radicle incurved.

594. S. verniciflua Jack in Comp. to BM. i. 266. — Arbor
vernicis Humph, ii. t. 86. Kayo Rangas Malay. — Eastern
islands in the Indian Archipelago.

Tree of considerable size; branches and branchlets smooth, round,
and marked with small dots. Leaves alternate or scattered, petiolate,
elliptic-lanceolate, about 8 inches long, subattenuate to the base,
rather acute, sometimes obtuse, or even retuse at the point, very entire,
very smooth, firm and shining, with lucid nerves. Petioles about an
inch long, flattened above ; stipules none. Panicles axillary, on rather
long peduncles. Flowers numerous, pedicellate, white, having rather a

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STAGMARIA.

narcotic smell. Calyx tubular, deciduous, bursting into 2 or 3 irregular
segments. Corolla much longer than the calyx, spreading, somewhat
reflexed, 5-petaled ; petals oblong, rather obtuse, adnate at the base to
the column which supports the ovary. Stamens 5, inserted on the
same column above the petals, alternating with them, and nearly of the
same length ; filaments thread-shaped ; anthers short, oblong, 2-celled.
Carpels on a pedicel or column, sometimes 3, but more frequently
there is only 1, whose position on the pedicel is rendered oblique by
the abortion of the other 2; each carpel contains a single ovule
attached to the inner angle. Styles terminal, shorter than the stamens.
Stigmas obtuse. Berry as large as a fresh walnut, reniform or some-
what spheroidal, but rather irregular in shape, generally furrowed on
one side ; the rind is rough and brownish, of a spongy texture, often
exhibiting on the surface the appearance of varicose veins, and when
cut, exuding an acrid juice ; it contains a single seed, similar in form to
the fruit, and equally abounding with a corrosive gum or resin. Em-
bryo exalbuminous, erect. Cotyledons united, having a fissure on one
side ; radicle at the base of the fruit, short, incurved upon the cotyle-
dons at the lower part of the fissure. Jack. — Resin copious, ex-
tremely noxious and acrid, causing excoriation and blisters when applied
to the skin ; the exhalations from the tree are so deleterious as to render
it unsafe to remain beneath its shade. It yields one of the celebrated
hard black lackers or varnishes of China. See Comp. B. M. 1. c.

SCHINUS.

Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. $ . Stamens
10. Filaments sterile. Ovary 1, sessile ; style 0; stigmas
3-4, capitate. Drupe small, with a thin epicarp, a moderately
fleshy sarcocarp, and a 1 -seeded bony stone, having 6 empty
cavities in its circumference. Seed suspended by a cord origi-
nating in the side of the lining, compressed, without albumen ;
cotyledons flat ; radicle inferior. — American balsamiferous
shrubs or trees with a peppery flavour. Flowers in axillary ra-
cemes or panicles. Leaves unequally pinnated.

595. S. Molle Lin. sp. pi. 1467. Lam. illustr. t. 822. DC.
prodr. i. 74. Bot. Mag. t. 3339. — Mexico and Peru.

A small graceful tree. Leaves evergreen, pinnated. Leaflets linear-
oblong in 4-9 pairs, coarsely serrated, the terminal leaflet generally the
longest and quite sessile. Flowers small, in axillary and terminal
panicles. Calyx bluntly 5-cleft. Petals 5 obovate-lanceolate, spread-
ing, pale yellow-green. Ovary globose. Styles 3, each tipped with a
large capitate stigma. — Bark and leaves filled with a resinous matter
which exudes from the trunk when wounded and concretes into a
substance resembling Mastich. A white odoriferous substance, re-
sembling Gum Elemi is also procured from the leaves, and, dissolved
in milk, is used in diseases of the eye. Of the bark boiled in water,
lotions are made for healing tumours and reducing inflammations.
Hooker.

S. Aroeira Linn. sp. pi. 1467. is in the opinion of Sir William
Hooker, a variety with the leaflets entire. It is said by Aug. de St.
Hilaire, to cause swellings in those who sleep beneath its shade. The
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ANACARDIACEiE.

fresh juicy bark is used in Brazil for rubbing newly-made ropes with,
which it covers with a very durable bright dark-brown coating. It is
said by Prince Maximilian of Wied Neuwied, to be employed by the
Indians in diseases of the eye.

PISTAC1A.

Howers dicecious, apetalous. $ . Raceme amentaceous with
1 -flowered bracts. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 5 ; anthers subsessile
4-cornered. J . Raceme more lax. Calyx 3-4-cleft. Ovary
1-3-celled. Stigmas 3, rather thick. Drupe dry, ovate, with
a somewhat bony nut, usually 1-celled and 1-seeded; sometimes
bearing 2 abortive cells at the side. Seeds solitary, erect, with-
out albumen. Cotyledons thick, fleshy, oily, with a superior
lateral radicle. — Trees with pinnated leaves.

596. P. vera Linn. sp. pi. 1454. Lam. illustr. t. 811. f. 1, 2.

Ach. Rich. bot. med. 596. DC. prodr. ii. 64 Syria; now

naturalised all over the South of Europe. (Pistacia Nut.)

A small scrubby tree. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, coria-
ceous, smooth ; leaflets in 3-5 pairs, oval, obtuse. Flowers borne on
wood 2 years old, and proceeding from a scaly bud, the parts of which
are woolly at the edge. Males arranged in a branched raceme. Calyx-
lobes erect, membranous, linear-lanceolate, or subulate. Stamens 5,
larger than the calyx. Female flowers in little simple or 3-flowered
spikes. Calyx much as in the male. Ovary ovate, slightly stipitate,
1-celled, containing a single ovule borne by a long umbilical cord
springing from the bottom of the cell. Stigmas 3, nearly sessile, thick,
blunt, reflexed. Drupe oval, elongated, dry, opening into 2 valves
when quite ripe and about the size of an olive ; kernel large, fleshy,
of a bright pale green colour. — Fruit commonly employed in the South
of Europe at dessert, for confectionary. It contains a considerable
quantity of fixed oil, and makes an excellent emulsion for irritation of
the urethra and for other purposes.

597- P. Terebinthus Linn. sp. 1455. DC. prodr. ii. 64.
Woodv. t. 153. S. and C. iii. t. 129. — Syria and the Greek
Archipelago.

A rather smaller plant than the last, but very much like it. Leaflets
7-9, oval, lanceolate, acute, smooth, entire, deep-green and shining
above, whitish beneath. The scales from amongst which the male
flowers escape are closely covered with brown hairs. Fruit purple,
almost round, much smaller than in the preceding. — Cyprus turpen-
tine is obtained from the trunk by incision. When pure this is very
thick, yellowish, sweet-scented, resembling Lemon or Fennel in some
degree, with an agreeable and by no means acrid taste. Follicular
horn-like galls are produced on this species in the South of Europe,
which have been used according to Clusius in the manufacture of a
" sanative and glutinous " balsam. Linncea, x. 58. and 442.

598. P. Lentiscus Linn sp.pl. 1455. Duham. ed. nov. iv. t. 18.
DC. prodr. ii. 65. Ach. Rich. bot. med. 598. — P. massiliensis
Mill. diet. P. chia Desf. cat. hort. par. — In all the basin of the
Mediterranean.

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PISTACIA.

A mere bush. Leaves evergreen, equally pinnate. Leaflets 8-12
usually alternate, with the exception of the 2 upper which are opposite,
oval, lanceolate, obtuse, often mucronate, entire and perfectly smooth.
Flowers very small, in axillary panicles, similar to those of the other
species. Fruits very small, pea-shaped, reddish when ripe. — The sweet,
fragrant stimulant resin called Mastich is obtained from the trunk by
incisions made in the month of August. It is used to strengthen and
preserve the teeth, in old obstinate gleet, chronic diarrhoea, &c.

COMOCLADIA.

Flowers $ or monoecious. Calyx 3-4-parted, permanent. Pe-
tals 3-4, long, larger. Stamens 3-4, short. Ovary 1. Style 0.
Stigma 1. Drupe ovate, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed somewhat
pendulous from a curved funiculus originating at the base of
the cavity. Albumen 0. DC.

598 a. C. dentata Jacq. amer. xiii. t. 173. f. 4. DC. prodr.
ii. 65. — Cuba and St. Domingo. (Guao.)

A tree. Stem erect, not much branched. Leaves pinnated, shining
and green above; with a round rachis 6 inches long; leaflets 6-10 on
each side, with an odd one, oblong, acuminate, spiny-toothed, veiny and
somewhat downy at the back. — Juice milky, glutinous, becoming black
by exposure to the air, staining the linen or the skin of the same co-
lour, only coming off with the skin itself, and not removable from linen
by washing, even if repeated for many years successively. It is supposed
by the natives of Cuba, that it is death to sleep beneath its shade, es-
pecially for persons of a sanguine or fat habit of body. This is firmly
believed, and there can be no doubt that it is the most dangerous plant
upon the Island.

289

u

CORYLACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 170.
QUERCUS.

$ lax, amentaceous, deciduous. Bract membranous in 4, 5,
or more, deep, often divided, segments. Filaments about 8 or
more, sbort, awl-shaped. ? separate. Involucre hemisphe-
rical, coriaceous, imbricated, single-flowered, entire, much en-
larged in the fruit, and externally scaly, or tuberculated. Calyx
in 6, minute, deep, sharp, downy segments, closely surrounding
the base of the style. Ovary globose, of 3 cells, with 2 ovules
in each. Style solitary, short, conical. Stigmas 3, obtuse, re-
curved. Nut solitary, oval, coriaceous, not bursting, of 1 cell,
attached by a broad scar to the inside of the capsule. Embryo
solitary, rarely 2, with large plano-convex cotyledons, and a su-
perior radicle.

599. Q. pedunculata Willd. sp. pi. iv. 450. — Q. robur Eng.
hot. t. 1342. Woodv. t. 126. S. and C. iii. t. 151. Smith
Eng.jl. iv. 149. — Woods and hedgerows in most parts of Eu-
rope. (Oak.)

A large tree, with smooth greyish-brown twigs. Leaves deciduous,
sessile or on short stalks, of a thin texture, obovate-oblong, sinuated,
with the lobes entire and nearly blunt, diminishing towards the base,
each with a single green midrib, proceeding from the common rib; a
little blistered and scarcely glossy, with some down occasionally on the
under side. Acorns oblong, obtuse, much longer than the hemi-
spherical scaly cup, placed on long peduncles. — Bark powerfully
astringent ; the powder employed in passive haemorrhages and diarrhoea,
and the infusion or decoction as an astringent gargle, and for injections
or fomentations when such applications are requisite. The French used
it extensively during the last war as a substitute for Cinchona.

600. Q. sessiliflora Salisb. prodr. 392. has similar properties.

601. Q. infectoria Oliv. voyage t. 14. 15. Willd. sp.pl. iv. 436.
S. and C. iii. t. 152. — Asia Minor. (Gall oak.)

A small bush. Leaves on short stalks, 1-1 ^ inch long, oblong, with
a few coarse mucronate teeth on each side, bluntly mucronate, rounded
and rather unequal at the base, smooth, shining on the upper side.
Acorns solitary, long, obtuse, with a hemispherical scaly cup. — From
this the oak galls of the shops are all obtained. It appears to have been
a mistake to ascribe them to Q. Cerris.

602. Q. coccifera Linn. sp. pi. 1413. is infested by an insect
belonging to the genus Coccus, and yielding the Kermes dye,
from which scarlet cloths are often prepared.

291 u 2

CORYLACEM.

603. Q. falcata Mich. bor. amer. ii. 199. chines t. 28. —
Q. elongata Willd. nov. act. berol. iii. 400. sp. pi. iv. 444. —
Southern parts of the United States.

A large tree. Leaves deciduous, 3-lobed or sinuated, on long stalks,
downy underneath ; the lobes divaricating, falcate, with setaceous
points, the terminal one longest and straight. — Leaves employed in
North America, on account of their astringency, externally, in cases of
gangrene.

292

BETULACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. Ml.
BETULA.

$ . Catkins cylindrical, lax, imbricated all round, with ter-
nate, concave scales; the middle one largest, ovate. Filaments
10-12, shorter than the middle scale, to which they are at-
tached. 2 . Catkins similar, but more dense ; scales horizontal,
peltate, dilated outwards, 3-lobed, 3-flowered. Ovary com-
pressed, bordered, of 2 cells. Styles 2, awl-shaped, downy.
Stigma simple. Nut oblong, deciduous, winged on each side, of

1 cell, with a solitary seed.

604. B. alba Linn, sp.pl. 1393. Eng. Bot. t. 2198. Smith

Eng. Fl. iv. 153 Woods and rocks in moist mountainous parts

of Europe. (Birch.)

A tall tree, with the epidermis of the trunk whitish and peeling off
readily in thin slips. Branches long, slender, nearly erect, covered
when young with a short close down. Leaves ovate or slightly deltoid,
acuminate, unequally serrated, slightly downy on the underside.
Catkins terminal, stalked, pendulous. — Independently of many useful
purposes to which the bark of this plant is [applicable, it has also been
employed as a febrifuge, and yields by distillation a pyrogenous oil of
a very peculiar kind to which Russia leather, dressed with it, is said to
owe its remarkable odour.

ALNUS.

$ . Catkin lax, imbricated all round with ternate scales, the

2 lateral of which are minute, the central 3-flowered. Calyx
tubular, 4-lobed. Filaments 4, opposite the lobes of the calyx.
2 . Catkin firm, ovate, composed of 2-flowered simple scales.
Calyx 0. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 parallel, tapering, deciduous
styles. Nut ovate, bony, angular, not winged, 2-celled, 2- seeded.

605. A. glutinosa Gcertn. ii. 54. Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 132

Betula Alnus Linn, sp.pl. 1394. E. Bot. t. 1508. — Meadows
and wet places all over Europe. (Alder.)

A small crooked tree, with spreading, round smooth, dark brown
branches, glutinous when young. Leaves roundish-wedge-shaped, ob-
tuse, plaited, serrated, glutinous, deep green, with numerous parallel
veins, having bundles of hairs in their axils ; stipules roundish, entire.
— A decoction of the bark is employed as a gargle in relaxation of the
mucous membranes of the fauces ; and in double the dose of cinchona
it has been administered with success in cases of ague.
293 u 3

URTICACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 175.
URTICA.

$ . Calyx of 4 roundish, concave, obtuse, equal sepals. Sta-
mens 4, awl-shaped, spreading, opposite to the sepals, and about
as long ; surrounding the rudiment of an ovary. 2 . Sepals 2,
equal, roundish, concave. Ovary superior, ovate ; stigma ses-
sile, downy. Achenium ovate, rather compressed, polished, em-
braced by the permanent calyx.

606. U. crenulata Roxb. Ji. ind. iii. 591. — Eastern parts of
Bengal.

Stem erect, shrubby. Bark smooth, ash-coloured, armed with acute
burning hairs. Leaves alternate, short-stalked, oblong, acute, crenulate,
or slightly dentate, both sides armed with a few burning white hairs ;
stipules cordate, small, caducous. 2 . Spikes axillary, solitary, dicho-
tomous, with alternate lateral divisions. Flowers numerous. Calyx
4-parted. Ovary ovate, 1-seeded ; style 0. Stigma long, villous,
fleshy and tapering. — This nettle is reported to be one of the most
venomous of the genus. M. Leschenault de la Tour mentions his
having been dangerously affected by their sting (see Nat. syst. ed. 2.
p. 176), of which however Roxburgh says nothing.

607. U. dioica Linn. sp. pi. 1396. E. hot. t. 1750. Smith
Eng.Jl. iv. 135. — Common in waste ground. (Common nettle.)

Root branching and creeping with fleshy shoots and many fibres.
Herb dull green, 2-3 feet high, erect, covered with rigid stinging hairs.
Leaves opposite, on long stalks, cordate, spreading, pointed, coarsely
serrated, armed with stings. Racemes numerous, much branched,
many-flowered. Some plants g ; others 2 • — Independently of its
well-known stinging properties, which indicate the presence of a virulent
poisonous principle, a decoction strongly salted, will coagulate milk
without giving it any unpleasant flavour; the whole plant is esteemed
astringent and diuretic. Burnett.

608. U. heterophylla Willd. sp. pi. iv. 362. Roxb. fi. ind.
iii. 586. — (Rheede ii. t. 41.) — Mountains of Malabar.

An annual. Stem erect, angular, with small white specks, in which
are inserted strong stiff acute rigid bristles, pointing in every direction.
Leaves alternate, long-stalked, cordate, lobed, towards the top of the
plant almost palmate, all coarsely serrate, armed with the same bristles
as the stem and branches, and some harsh pubescence besides ; from
4 to 8 inches long, and nearly as broad ; petioles about half the length
of the leaves, channelled and armed ; stipules large, cordate, ending in
1 or 2 acute points. Peduncles axillary, the lower supporting the male
flowers ; those towards the apex of the plant, the female ones, in large
295 u 4

URTICACE.S.

glomerate, variously divided spikes. °. . Calyx cymbiform, tridentate.
— Very severe, but not permanent, pain is produced by the sting of
this species.

BOHMERIA.

& . Calyx 4-parted. Hypogynous cup 0. Filaments 4, sub-
ulate ; anthers roundish, didymous. ? . Calyx 0, except a single
oblong scale or bractlet, of which several are clustered together.
Ovary 1, obovate, to each scale. Style long, filiform, feathery.
Achenium crowned by the permanent style.

608 a. B. caudata Swartz fl. ind. occ. i. 279. Willd.
iv. 340. — Woods of Jamaica [Swartz) of Brazil (Martins).

Stem suffruticose. Leaves very large, opposite, ovate, acute, veiny,
serrated. Racemes very long, pendulous. Flowers dioecious. — This
plant is called Asapeixe in Brazil, according to Von Martius, who states
that " A decoction of its leaves in baths, is prescribed in hemorrhoidal
complaints, and is said to produce extraordinary effects. In the
northern parts of Brazil, where that plant does not grow, they use,
instead of it, several kinds of Bohmeria and of Urtica. The family of
the Urticaceas seems, from the favourable results of the general use
made of it, to be very useful in disorders affecting the vena porta
perhaps from the combination of viscous, acrid, and alkaline parts in
their stalks and leaves." Martius Travels, Eng. Trans, ii. 94.

HUMULUS.

<? . Sepals 5, oblong, concave, obtuse. Filaments 5, capillary,
very short. Anthers vertical, oblong, of 2 cells, opening by 2
lateral slits. J . Catkin of numerous, membranous, imbricated,
concave bracts, 1 to each floret. Calyx none, except a bractlet
which embraces the ovary and grows with it after flowering. Stig-
mas 2, awl-shaped, spreading, downy. Achenium attached to
the base of each enlarged, membranous, dry scale of the catkin,
roundish ; pericarp hard, brittle, covered by roundish aromatic
superficial glands, or lupuline.

609. H.Lupulus Linn. sp. pi. 1457. E. Bot. t. 427. Mill,
illustr. t. 88. Smith Eng. fl. iv. 240. Bigelow Amer. Bot. iii.
t. 164. — Common in hedges in many parts of Europe. — Often
wild in the United States. (Hops.)

A perennial plant, with annual stems, climbing to a great height,
twining from right to left, angular, rough, with minute reflexed hairs.
Leaves opposite on long winding petioles, the smaller ones heart-
shaped, the larger ones 3- or 5-lobed, serrated, veiny and extremely
rough. Flowering branches axillary, angular and rough. Stipules
2 or 4, between the petioles, ovate, reflexed. Flowers numerous and
of a greenish colour. Those of the males very numerous and panicled.
Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse, spreading, concave. Stamens short ; anthers
oblong, bursting by 2 terminal pores. The female flowers, growing on
a separate plant, are in the form of a catkin, having each pair of flowers
supported by a bract, which is ovate, acute, tubular at base. Sepal
solitary, obtuse, smaller than the bract and infolding the ovary. Ovary

296

HUMULUS.

roundish, compressed ; stigmas 2, long, subulate, downy. The bracts
enlarge into a persistent catkin, each bract enclosing a nut enveloped
in its permanent bractlet, and several grains of yellow lupuline. — The
ripe catkins are said to be narcotic and extremely bitter; pillows stuffed
with them have been used as agreeable sedatives. The infusion and
tincture act as pleasant aromatic tonics ; but Mr. Pereira doubts the
existence of the narcotic effects that have been ascribed to hops.
Certain yellow grains called Lupuline, found sticking to the surface of
the fruit, are considered to be the seat of the active principle.

FICUS.

Flowers monoecious, placed all over the inside of a large
fleshy hollow receptacle, which is closed up with a few scales.
<y irregular, of several unequal membranous segments. Stamens
1-5. 2 . Calyx about 5-parted, membranous, converging over
a simple carpel, containing 1 suspended ovule, and terminated
by a subulate style and bifid stigma. Achenium lenticular, hard,
dry. Embryo curved, in the midst of fleshy albumen.

610. F. Daemona Vahl. enum. ii. 198. Roxb. JL ind. iii. 562.
— Seacoast of Tanjore.

Young shoots densely clothed with thick, soft, appressed, white hairs.
Leaves in general opposite, stalked, oblong, and oblong cuneate, acute,
serrate, above smooth, and hard, downy underneath, and elegantly
reticulated with numerous, soft, hairy veins, from 2 to 12 inches long,
often oblique, with a smooth green gland in the axils of the veins on
the under side; petioles round, pubescent, with a green gland on each
side, at the base ; stipules within the leaves, deciduous. Fruit usually
in pairs, in radical withering racemes, which are frequently of great
length, with their apices penetrating the earth. In their native soil the
whole raceme, and fruit are often entirely under ground; the fruit is
also found singly or in pairs on the trunk and branches, though less
frequently than on the root. It is generally about the size of a large
nutmeg, obovate, very hairy ; the mouth shut with numerous scales,
the exterior ones glandular and more remote ; several obscure, equi-
distant ridges run from the eye towards the base. Male florets monan-
drous. — Juice extremely poisonous.

611. F. indica Linn. sp. pi. 1514. Willd. iv. 1147. Roxb.
fl. ind. iii. 539. — (Rheede i. t. 28. Rumph. iii. t. 84. bad.) —

East Indies. (Banyan Tree.)

Branches spreading, sending down roots which strike into the earth
and, enlarging in diameter, become new trunks, by means of which the
tree gradually extends over a large extent of ground. Leaves stalked,
ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, entire, when young downy on both sides, when
old less so ; petiole with a broad smooth greasy gland at the apex,
compressed, downy ; stipules sheathing downy. Fruit in axillary pairs,
the size of a cherry, round and downy. — Gum lac is obtained from
this in abundance. The white glutinous juice is applied to the teeth
and gums to ease the toothach ; it is also considered a valuable appli-
cation to the soles of the feet when cracked and inflamed. The bark
is supposed to be a powerful tonic, and is administered by the Hindoos
in diabetes.

297

URTICACE^.

612. F. elastica Roxb. Jl. ind. iii. 541. — Mountains on the
North of Silhet.

A tree, the size of a sycamore. Leaves alternate, stalked, smooth,
oval or oblong, quite entire, acute, glossy, with numerous fine diverging
veins; midrib strong, smooth, deeply stained with red; stipules sheath-
ing, tapering, convolute, bright red. Fruit sessile, in pairs, oval,
greenish-yellow, about the size of a fig. — A great quantity of tenacious
juice flows from the branches when wounded, and inspissates into an
excellent kind of Caoutchouc, which is now imported. There is no
reason to doubt that many other species of this genus yield a juice with
quite the same properties. It is believed that the Java Caoutchouc is
produced exclusively by figs.

613. F. racemosa Linn. sp. 1515. Willd. iv. 1 146. — (Rumph.
iii. tt. 87, 88. Rheede i. t. 25.) — East Indies.

Leaves 3 inches long and more, covered with white dots, oblong-
lanceolate, acute, but little narrowed to the base, 3-nerved, veiny, on
the upper side dark-green and shining, on the under very much marked
with green dots ; petiole § an inch long and more. Fruit racemose. —
The bark is slightly astringent, and has particular virtues in haematuria,
and menorhagia. The juice of the root is considered a powerful tonic.

614. F. septica Forst. prodr. ii. 407. Leaves emetic.

615. F. toxicaria Linn. mant. 305. Juice a virulent poison.

616. F. religiosa Linn, sp.pl. 1514. Willd. iv. 1134. Roxb.
Jl. ind. iii. 547. — (Rheede i. t. 27.) — Common all over the East
Indies.

A very large tree, with a rent rugged trunk. Leaves stalked, cor-
date, ovate, very much acuminate, with the margins scolloped, smooth
on both sides, bright green above ; stalks long, round, smooth. Fruit
sessile, in pairs, depressed, when ripe the size and colour of a small
black cherry. — Seeds considered by the doctors of India to be cooling
and alterative.

617. F. CaricaZmw. sp.pl. 1513. Willd. iv. 1131. Roxb.Jl.
ind. iii. 528. Woodv. t. 130. S. and C. iii. t. 154. — Persia
and Asia Minor. (Common Fig.)

A small crooked tree or large bush. Branches round, green or
russet, covered with a coarse short down. Leaves rough on the upper
side, coarsely downy beneath, cordate, 3-5-lobed, or almost entire,
coarsely serrated. Fruit solitary, axillary, more or less pear-shaped or
almost round, succulent, sweet and pleasant to the taste. — All the
parts abound in an acrid milky juice which produces a disagreeable
burning sensation in the fauces. When quite ripe this disappears in
the fruit, which become sweet high-flavoured wholesome and delicious.
Eaten in moderation they are digestible ; but in too great quantity they
occasion flatulence and diarrhoea. They are pectoral and demulcent,
and occasionally eaten to remove habitual costiveness. Roasted and
split they are sometimes used as poultices for gum-boils and other
circumscribed maturating tumours. They are employed in making the
Confection of Senna and similar preparations.

298

CANNABIS.

CANNABIS.

Flowers dioecious. $ . Flowers racemose. Calyx 5-parted,
imbricated. Stamens 5 ; anthers large, pendulous. ? . Flowers
in spikes. Bract acuminate, rolled round the ovary in the room
of a calyx. Ovary roundish ; with 1 pendulous ovule, and 2 long
filiform glandular stigmas. Achenium ovate, 1-seeded; embryo
doubled up, with the radicle parallel with the plano-convex
cotyledons and separated from them by a small quantity of al-
bumen.

618. C. sativa Linn. sp. pi. 1457. Willd. iv. 768. Woodv.
t. 27. — (Rumph. v. t.77. Rheedex. t. 60 and 61.) — Persia; hills
in the north of India ; whence it has been introduced into other
countries. (Hemp.)

An annual, about 3 feet high, covered all over with an extremely fine
rough pubescence, which is hardly visible to the naked eye. Stem'
erect, branched, bright green, angular. Leaves alternate or opposite,
on long weak petioles, digitate, scabrous, with linear-lanceolate sharply
serrated leaflets, tapering into a long smooth entire point ; stipules
subulate. Clusters of flowers axillary, with subulate bracts ; the males
lax and drooping, branched and leafless at the base, the females erect,
simple and leafy at the base. S . Calyx downy. $ • Calyx covered
with short brownish glands. — A very powerful stimulating narcotic,
much used in some countries as an intoxicating drug. Under the
names of Banga, Bang, or Ganga in India, of Kinnab (the root of the
word Cannabis) or Hashish in Arabia, Malach among the Turks,
Dacha with the Hottentots, the dried leaves are universally em-
ployed either mixed with Tobacco for smoking or in the form of
powder which is swallowed in some fluid. The male flowers are
employed in a similar manner. In Nepal a narcotic gum resin called
Cherris is supposed to be obtained from Hemp. The best of all
cordage is manufactured from the tough woody tissue of the stems.
Hemp seed is nutritious and not narcotic ; it has the very singular
property of changing the plumage of bullfinches and goldfinches from
red and yellow to black if they are fed on it for too long a time or in
too large a quantity. Burnett.

MORUS.

Flowers monoecious. $ spiked. Calyx 4-parted, spreading,
membranous. Stamens 4, longer than the calyx, with the rudi-
ment of an ovary between their bases. $ clustered. Sepals 4,
scale like, imbricating each other ; 2 being opposite and external
to the other 2. Stigmas 2, linear, glandular ; ovule solitary,
suspended. Fruit consisting of the female flowers become fleshy
and grown together, each enclosing a dry membranous pericarp.
Seed pendulous ; embryo curved like a horse shoe, amongst
fleshy albumen, with the radicle directed to the hilum. — Trees.
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619. M. nigra Linn. sp. pi. 1398. Willd. iv. 369. Woodv.
t. 243. — Mop«e vj a-vKafuvia.. Dioscor. — Persia ; whence it has
been carried to other parts of the world. (Mulberry.)

A small tree, with a very rugged bark. Young shoots downy, round.
Leaves roundish-cordate, pubescent, coarsely serrated, rough to the
touch, slightly acuminate; stipules oblong, membranous, downy, the
length of the petiole or longer, deciduous. Fruit oblong, changing
from red to deep purple, succulent, subacid, juicy and pleasant. —
Fruit cooling and laxative ; when not too ripe allays thirst and proves
exceedingly grateful in febrile diseases. When eaten too freely , as an
article of food, it is apt to occasion diarrhoea. Thomson. Bark said to
be cathartic and anthelmintic.

620. M. alba Linn, sp.pl. 1398. — China and Persia.
Leaves deeply cordate, unequal at the base, ovate or lobed, unequally

serrated, nearly smooth. — Root said to be an excellent vermifuge.

DORSTENIA.

Monoecious ; flowers arranged upon a fleshy receptacle usually
flat and expanded and extremely variable in form. $ . on the
surface of the receptacle 2-lobed, fleshy, diandrous. ? im-
mersed in the receptacle, also 2-lobed in most species. Ovary
1-2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each cell ; style 1 ;
stigma 2-lobed. Achenia lenticular, imbedded in the fleshy
receptacle ; from which they are projected with elasticity when
ripe. — Dwarf herbaceous plants with scaly rhizomata.

Under the name of Contrayerba or Contrayerva there is im-
ported from the West Indies an officinal root, which has stimulant
sudorific and tonic qualities. It is used in malignant eruptive diseases,
dysentery, some kinds of diarrhoea, atonic gout, chronic rheumatism
and the fever attending dentition in weak infants. According to the
last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia this drug is produced by
Dorstenia Contrayerva ; Dr. Houston however asserted that it came
from D. Houstoni and another species referred by Botanists to
D. Drakena. Guibourt says there are two kinds, one furnished by
D. brasiliensis, and the other by D. Contrayerva, D. Houstoni and
D. Drakena. Finally Dr. Theodore Martius refers the drug to D. bra-
siliensis, Contrayerva, Houstoni, and an undescribed species which he
calls D. opifera, a sort which is more farinaceous than the others.
The only conclusion from all which is I think that Contrayerva is pro-
duced by several species.

621. D. Contrayerva Linn. mat. med. 53. Willd. i. 683.
JBlackw. t. 579. Jacq. ic. iii. t. 614. — New Spain, Mexico, Peru,
Tobago, St. Vincent's, Willd.

Caulescent; stem covered with spreading green scaly stipules. Leaves
palmate; the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely serrated and gashed,
occasionally almost pinnatifid. Receptacle on avery long stalk, quad-
rangular, wavy or plaited.

622. D. brasiliensis Lam. encycl. ii. 314. Willd. i. 682. —
D. cordifolia Swartz.fi. ind. occ. 275. Willd. 1. c. D. tubicina

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DORSTENtA.

Hooker in Sot. mag. t. 2804. Caa-apia Marcgr. bras. 52. ic. —
Jamaica, Brazil, Trinidad.

Root oblong, woody, praemorse, powerfully aromatic. Stemless.
Leaves cordate, oblong, obtuse, crenulated, serrated, or toothletted,
cucullate at the base. Scape as long as the petioles. Receptacle
orbicular, somewhat cupshaped, crenated at the margin. — The tuberous
root is used like the Serpentaria against nervous fevers and general
debility, as well as against the bite of serpents, and when quite fresh,
is said to operate more powerfully than that, but more speedily to lose
its virtue. Sometimes also it serves as a gentle emetic. This plant is
frequently confounded with other species of Dorstenia, all which,
however, are inferior to it in salutary virtue. It is not to be doubted
that the Contrayerva of the druggists' shops would always have re-
tained the reputation it once enjoyed, if, instead of the weaker Mexican
and West Indian species, this Brazilian kind had become an article of
commerce. It grows in strong clayey soils, in the mountainous parts
of S. Paulo and Minas, whereas the other species prefer the shade of
moist woods, and rich mould. In this plant, as is the case with several
in Europe, which grow both on low grounds and on eminences, it is
observed that those from the mountains are more powerful. Martius.

623. D. Houstoni Mill. diet. No. 2. Willd. i. 682. — Houston
inphil. trans. No. 421. p. 195. fig. 5. — High rocky ground near
Campeachy.

Stemless. Leaves cordate, entire, or palmately angular, acute. Re-
ceptacle quadrangular, wavy.

624% D. Drakena Mill. diet. No. 3. Willd. i. 683. — Houston
1. c. fig. 4. — High ground near Vera Cruz.

Stemless. Leaves cordate, interruptedly pinnatifid with the segments
ovate, acute, entire. Receptacles oval, entire.

ANTIARIS.

Monoecious. ^ on a convex fleshy receptacle, scaly on the
under side and there attached by a stalk in the middle. Sepals
3-4, imbricated. Anthers 3 or 4, nearly sessile. ? solitary on
a scaly peduncle. Calyx 0. Ovary 1 -celled; ovule inverted.
Style 2-parted. Fruit a fleshy 1 -seeded drupe. Embryo in-
verted, without albumen.

625. A. toxicaria Lesch. in ann. mus. xvi. 476. t. 22. Blume
Rumphia i. tt. 22, 23. p. 56. — (Humph, ii. t. 87.) — Islands of
the Indian Archipelago, particularly Java, Baly, and Celebes.
(Antsjar or Upas.)

A very large tree. Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, or rather acute,
unequally cordate, when young toothletted and hairy on both sides.
Peduncles simple. $ . Flowers turbinate, downy, pedicellate. <? .
Receptacle fungus-like, green, and downy. — One of the most virulent
of known poisons. Some persons are exposed to danger when they
only approach the trees ; Leschenault de la Tour sent a man up into a
tree, he became very ill, his body swelled, and for several days he
suffered severely (dirissime excruciabatur) by vertigo, nausea and
vomiting; others nevertheless experience no inconvenience from the
301

URTICACEjE.

exhalations of the tree. It is asserted that tumours, pustules attended
by intolerable itching, and severe inflammation of the eyes attack those
who fell the trees. Blume considers it to act chiefly upon the vascular
system, and he describes the symptoms attending its administration in
the following words: — The poison of the Antjar acts differently upon dif-
ferent animals, which may be owing more to certain peculiarities of organis-
ation or to the chemical nature of their fluids, than to the quantity of
poison they absorb. Thus the more robust mammalia, such as the
JBos Karabouw, are killed more slowly than dogs ; and these resist the
action of the poison longer than apes, cats, bats, and some kinds of
birds even of the larger kinds which perish rapidly, while fowls, &c,
are little affected by it, and either recover or die after a much longer
time than any of the above-mentioned animals, even mammalia. The
peculiar nature of different kinds of animals will explain this in a great
degree ; and renders the symptoms attending the operation of the
poison far from being always the same. Those observed in mammalia
are as follows : in a short time, only a few minutes after the animal
has been wounded with either the prepared or the crude poison, it
becomes anxious and restless, is attacked by frequent shiverings, and
expresses its pain by moanings and loud cries, while the intestines are
in the meanwhile emptied of their contents. This is followed by faint-
ness, panting, contraction of the extremities, a flow of mucous saliva
from the mouth, attempts at vomiting, violent spasmodic contractions
of the pectoral and abdominal muscles, and then a vomiting of a yellow
or whitish frothy matter occasionally mixed with faeces. At last breath-
ing becomes much interrupted, the debility of the muscles and the pain
reach their highest point, urine and other excrements are discharged
involuntarily, and in the midst of convulsions death ensues. Dissection
exhibits the following symptoms : — Traces of inflammation are per-
ceptible where the poison has reached among the muscles, which appear
bloodshot. The skin and the muscles of many animals destroyed by
this poison, especially the pectoral muscles, tremble under the dissecting
knife. The colour of the muscles, especially at the extremities, is paler
than when healthy. A small quantity of serous fluid is found in the
cavity of the abdomen. More blood than usual is injected into the
vessels of the intestines, especially of the liver, and, if the poison has
been absorbed slowly, and not with sudden violence, of the stomach
also ; but the vessels of the latter are less distended with blood when
death has taken place among violent convulsions without previous
vomiting. In that case also the stomach is not so much distended with
gas as when the poison has been slow in its operation, nor is its
interior lining so much covered with a yellow frothy substance. But
it is principally in the pectoral cavity that a morbid appearance is
observable, the blood being congested in the lungs and all the larger
vessels, as the aorta, the vena cava, and the arteries and veins of the
lungs. The colour of the lungs is healthy; the blood of the aorta
and arteries is duly oxydated, and spirts out with violence when they
are punctured, congealing presently afterwards. The colour of the
blood of the veins is dull as usual. The brain exhibits no trace of the
poison, unless a slight congestion of blood in the dura mater is to be
ascribed to it.

Notwithstanding its virulence the concrete juice has been used
medicinally: but even in minute doses it produces violent vomiting
and purging, and seems to be too dangerous to be employed except with
extreme caution.

302

ULMACEjE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 178.
ULMUS.

Calyx turbinate, shrivelled, permanent ; in 4, 5 , 6, or more, up-
right segments, coloured on the inner side. Filaments as many
as the segments of the calyx, and twice as long, inserted into the
tube opposite each segment. Anthers erect, short, with 4* fur-
rows, and 2 cells, bursting lengthwise externally. Ovary com-
pressed, cloven at the summit ; stigmas 2, terminal, spreading,
downy, shorter tban the calyx, finally indexed. Fruit membra-
nous, compressed, orbicular or somewhat oblong, with a notch
at the extremity. Seed solitary, roundish, slightly compressed.

626. U. effusa Willd. sp. pi. i. 1325. N. and E. plant, med.
t. 103. — U. pedunculata Fougeroux. Poir. encycl. ii. p. 610. —
Woods in the southern parts of Europe.

A small tree. Branches erect, when old a bright chesnut brown and
smooth, when young densely clothed with down. Leaves smooth and
rather shining on the upper side, soft with down on the under ; obovate,
acuminate, sharply and doubly serrated, extremely unequal at the base.
Flowers small, on long slender stalks.^ Fruit ovate, bifid, coarsely
reticulated, bordered with a deep thick fringe of hairs, on smooth slender
stalks twice as long as themselves. — See the next species.

627. U. campestris Linn. sp. pi. 327- E. Bot. xxvii. t. 1886.
Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 20. — Woods and hedges.

Trunk rather crooked, with a rugged bark, and spreading, round»
zigzag, brown, leafy branches. Leaves about 2 inches long, and 1 broad
in the middle, doubly serrated, contracted towards each end ; unequal
at the base, as in every known species ; dark green, and verj' rough
to the touch, on the upper side; paler and smoother beneath, with
a prominent midrib, and several transverse parallel ribs, which have
each a small tuft of downy hairs at the origin. Flowers much ear-
lier than the foliage, and from inferior buds, in numerous dense,
round, dull purple tufts, each flower almost sessile, with an oblong
fringed bractea at its base. Limb of the calyx in 4 oblong obtuse seg-
ments, of a light brownish-red, minutely fringed. Stamens 4, equal,
with dark purple anthers. Stigmas a downy line along the upper edge
of each style, which line is never elongated but becomes incurved, from
the great dilatation of the opposite margin, running down into the
bordered, oblong-wedgeshaped, or nearly obovate, flat, pale brown,
somewhat shining, capsule, which has a deep sinus at the extremity,
bordered with the styles, and extending towards the seed. Smith. —
The inner bark of the Elm is demulcent and diuretic ; it is also slightly
astringent and therefore a feeble tonic. It has been used in some skin
diseases, but is rarely resorted to. Mr. Pereira mentions U. glabra as
another species officinally employed. The bark should be stripped in
the spring.

303

MYRICACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 179.
MYRICA.

$ . Catkins ovate-oblong, consisting of bracts loosely im-
bricated in every direction. Calyx 1 or 2 subulate scales.
Bracts ovate, bluntish, concave, each containing 4, rarely more,
short, capillary, erect filaments. Anthers vertical, large, of 2
divided lobes. ? . Catkins as in the 3 but more compact.
Sepals 2, ovate, acute, scale-like. Ovary ovate, flattish, superior.
Stigmas 2, thread-shaped, spreading, longer than the sepals.
Fruit baccate, 1-celled, various in substance. Seed 1, erect.

628. M. Gale Linn, sp.pl. 1453. Eng. Bot. t. 562. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 239. — Bogs and marshes. (Sweet Gale.)

Stem upright, bushy, 3 or 4 feet high, with numerous alternate
branches. Leaves alternate, on short stalks, obovate-lanceolate, acute,
serrated in their upper parts, H inch long, deciduous ; green and smooth
on both sides ; the under side palest. Catkins numerous, sessile, formed
during summer in the bosoms of the leaves, and remaining through the
winter. In the following March they are full-grown, expanding in
May. Scales of a red shining brown ; the lower ones of the female
catkins hairy towards the tip. Smith. Fruit extremely fragrant, con-
sisting of an achenium placed between 2 succulent, ovate fleshy sepals,
which adhere to its sides, all covered with waxy aromatic granulations.
Seed solitary, erect. — The infusion has been used to cure the itch, and
also as a vermifuge. The leaves are used in Sweden as a substitute for
hops in brewing.

629. M. cerifera Linn. sp. pi. 1453. Willd. iv. 745. Bige-
low med. bot. iii. t. 43. — Woods in the United States. (Wax
myrtle or Bayberry.)

A branching half-evergreen bush from 1 to 12 feet high. Leaves
cuneate-lanceolate, sometimes entire, but more frequently toothed,
particularly toward the end, somewhat pubescent, a little paler beneath,
and generally twisted, or revolute in their mode of growth. The flowers
appear in May before the leaves are fully expanded. The males grow
in catkins, which are sessile, erect, about half an inch or three quarters
long ; originating from the sides of the last year's twigs. Every flower
is formed by a concave rhomboidal scale, containing 3 or 4 pairs of
roundish anthers on a branched footstalk. The females, which grow
on a different shrub, are less than half the size of the males, and consist
of narrower scales, with each an ovate ovary, and two filiform styles.
To these catkins succeed clusters or aggregations of small globular
fruits resembling berries, which are at first green, but finally become
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MYRICACEiE.

nearly white. They consist of a hard stone inclosing a dicotyledonous
kernel. This stone is studded on its outside with small black grains
resembling fine gunpowder, over which is a crust of dry white wax,
fitted to the grains and giving the surface of the fruit a granulated
appearance. Bigelow. — Bark of the root acrid and astringent, in large
doses producing vomiting accompanied by a burning sensation ; costive-
ness generally follows its use. The powder stimulating and very acrid.
The fruit is covered with a waxy aromatic secretion which may be
collected and purified, and which is used for many of the purposes for
which beeswax and candles are employed. It has occasionally been
used in pharmacy in various compositions intended for external use,
and is mild or stimulating according as it is more or less pure. Bigelow.

COMPTONIA.

$ . A cylindrical loosely imbricated catkin, with deciduous
1 -flowered bracts. Sepals 2. Stamens 6, adhering in pairs.
J . Catkins ovate, densely imbricated, with 1 -flowered bracts.
Sepals 6 larger than the bracts. Styles 2, capillary. Nut
1-seeded.

630. C. asplenifolia Ait. Kew. iii. 334. Willd. iv. 320. Pursh.
fl. am. sept. ii. 635. — Liquidambar asplenifolium Linn. sp.
pi. 1418. — Mountains and woods of the United States. (Sweet
fern.)

A small bush, 3-4 feet high, yielding a powerful aromatic fragrance
when rubbed. Leaves long, linear, pinnatifid, browji and rather downy
on the under side, shining on the upper, the lobes almost in the form of
a right angled triangle the apex of which has been rounded off' with the
perpendicular next the upper end of the leaf. — A tonic and astringent.
In North America it is a favourite domestic remedy in the cure of
diarrhcea.

306

JUGLANDACE^l.

' Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 1 80.
JUGLANS.

Flowers monoecious. $ amentaceous. Bracts scale-like,
adhering to the sepals and thus having the appearance of being
toothed. Stamens 18-24 ; filaments \ery short ; anthers with a
broad connective, opening longitudinally. $ clustered, or soli-
tary. Calyx superior, 4-toothed. Petals 4, minute. Ovary
1 -celled, with a single erect ovule ; stigmas 2, recurved. Drupe
inferior, with the sarcocarp fleshy and spontaneously splitting
off the bony 2-valved furrowed stone. Seed erect with deeply
corrugated cotyledons.

631. J. cinerea Linn, sp.pl. 1415. Jacq. ic. rar. i. t. 192. —
Bigelow med. hot. iii. t. 32. — J. cathartica Mich, arbres forest.
i. 165. — Forests in the United States. (Butternut.)

Leaves pinnate, very long, of 15-17 leaflets, each of which is
2 or 3 inches long, rounded at base, acuminate, finely serrate and
downy. The flowers appear in May before the leaves are expanded to
their full size. The barren flowers hang in large catkins from the sides
of the last year's shoots, near their extremities. The scales which com-
pose them are oblong and deeply cleft on each side into about 3 teeth
or segments. The anthers are about 8 or 10 in number, oblong and
nearly sessile. The fertile flowers grow in a short spike at the end of
the new shoot; they are sessile and universally pubescent and viscid;
when fully grown, they seem to consist of a large oblong ovary and a
forked feathery style. The top of the ovary, however, presents an
obscurely 4-toothed calyx. Within this is a corolla of 4 narrow
lanceolate petals growing to the sides of the style. The style divides
into 2 large, diverging, feathery stigmas nearly as long as the ovary.
These flowers are somewhat later than the catkins in their appearance.
Fruit sessile, several together on the sides and extremity of a long
peduncle, of a green colour, brown when ripe, oblong oval, pointed,
hairy, and extremely viscid. The nut is of a dark colour, carinated on
both sides, sharp pointed, its whole surface roughened by deep indent-
ures and sharp prominences. The kernel is more regular than in
most nuts of its kind, is very oily, pleasant to the taste when fresh, but
acquires a rancid taste by age. JBigeloiv. — Inner bark, especially of
the root, a very mild, innocent and efficacious laxative ; usually em-
ployed in America in the form of an extract. Bark of the stem said to
be rubefacient.

632. J. regia Linn. sp. pi. 1415. Willd. iv. 455 Persia.

(Common Walnut.)

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JUGLANDACE7E.

A large tree. Branches even when young quite smooth, angular,
and a little speckled. Leaves pinnated, smooth, when bruised having
a strong heavy and yet aromatic smell ; leaflets about 9, oval, smooth,
somewhat serrated, nearly all of the same size. Fruit quite smooth,
globose or oblong. — In Circassia the tree is pierced in the spring and
a spigot left for some time in the hole. When the spigot is withdrawn
a clear sweet liquor flows out, which is left to coagulate ; and on some
occasions they refine it. The Circassians consider it a most valuable
medicine for diseases of the lungs and general debility. Spencer's
Circassia. The very young fruit, bruised and formed into a conserve
by boiling in coarse sugar, forms an agreeable and effectual purgative,
without griping.

308

CHLORANTHACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 183.

CHLORANTHUS.

Flowers spiked, each with a bract. Calyx 0. Anther soli-
tary and 2-celled, or triple and 4-celled, with a thick fleshy
connective ; seated on the exterior side of the ovary. Stigma
sessile. Drupe baccate, 1 -seeded.

633. C. officinalis Blume enum. i. p. 79. Fl. Jav. ic. — Moist
woods of Java, at the elevation of 1500 — 3000 feet above the
sea.

A smooth shrub, 3-4 feet high. Branches opposite, straggling,
tumid at the articulations, fistular when young. Leaves spreading,
opposite, stalked, oblong, acuminated at each end, with glandular
serratures, thin, shining, and somewhat blistered ; petioles short,
taper, combined at the base along with the intrafoliaceous stipules
into a membranous sheath, which has 2 setaceous teeth on each side.
Spikes terminal, branched. Bracts dotted with glands. Anther
white, changing to yellow, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe 2-celled, the
laterals each 1-celled. Drupes straw-coloured. — All the parts power-
fully aromatic ; the leaves and stems become insipid by keeping, but
the roots, if quickly dried and carefully preserved retain their pro-
perties for a long time. They have a fragrant camphor-like smell
and an aromatic bitterish taste, and resemble in appearance those of
Aristolochia serpentaria: like which they are among the most effica-
cious] medicinal stimulants which the Vegetable Kingdom produces.
The mountaineers of Java employ the roots in infusion or rubbed up
with the bark of Cinnamomum Culilawan as a remedy for spasms in
pregnant women. In like manner, mixed with such carminative sub-
stances as Anise and Ocymum they are employed with the greatest
success in the malignant small-pox in children. An infusion of the
dried root is successfully employed in fevers attended with great
muscular debility and a suppression of the functions of the skin. In a
typhus which ravaged certain districts of Java, in consequence of
long continued rains, following an unusually protracted dry season, the
symptoms attendant upon which were extreme debility, a languid
pulse, stupor, violent vomiting and bilious evacuations, the roots of this
Chloranthus were of the greatest service. It was again employed
most beneficially in a malignant intermittent fever which visited Java
in the year 1824. In such cases the infusion was usually combined
with a decoction of Cedrela Toona. This root has the great
merit of preserving its active properties for a long time if properly
prepared, and there can be no doubt that it is one of the most effica-
cious of all known remedial agents wherever there is a necessity for
continual and active stimulants. Blume.
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CHLORANTHACE.35.

633 a. C. brachystachys Blume fi. jav. ic. — Ascarina ser-
rata Blume enum. i. 80. — High woods on the coast of Java.

An upright bush about 3 feet high, quite smooth in all its parts.
Leaves obovate-lanceolate, tapering very much into the petiole, sharply
serrate. Spikes short, terminal, branched. Bracts glandular. Anther
simple, 2-celled, growing from the side of the ovary. — Properties like
those of the last species.

PIPERACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 185.

PIPER.

Stamens varying in number between 1 and 10. Stigma
3-lobed. Fruit baccate.

634. P. nigrum Linn. sp. pi. 40. Bot. mag. t. 3139. Nees
and Eberm. Jiandb. i. 98. plant, med. 21. — P. aromaticum Poir.
enc. meth. suppl. v. 458. Fee cours. ii. 618. (JRheede hort. mal.
vii. t. 12. Marsden's hist, of Sumatra 105.) TlEnzpi Dioscor. —
Cultivated in various parts of India and its islands; also in the
West Indies. (Black Pepper.)

Stem trailing or climbing, shrubby, flexuose, and dichotomously
branched, jointed, swelling at the joints, and often throwing out
radicles there which adhere to bodies like the roots of Ivy, or be-
come roots striking into the ground. Leaves from 4 to 6 inches
long, alternate, distichous, broadly ovate, acuminated, of a full green
and glossy colour, paler beneath, 5 to 7-nerved, the nerves connected
by lesser transverse ones or veins, and prominent beneath. Petioles
rounded, from half an inch to nearly 1 inch long. Spikes opposite the
leaves, chiefly near the upper ends of the branches, stalked, from 3 to 6
inches long, slender, drooping, apparently some male, others female,
while sometimes the flowers are furnished with both stamens and pistil;
stamens 3. Fruit ripening irregularly all the year round, sessile, the
size of a pea, at first green, then red, afterwards black, covered by
pulp. — The hot acrid black pepper of the shops consists of the berries
dried with the pulp adhering ; the white pepper is the same thing only
the pulp is washed off before the fruit is dried. It is principally used
as a condiment to stimulate the stomach and promote digestion. As a
medicine it is employed in the form of ointment mixed with lard,
against taenia capitis ; in affections of the mouth and throat requiring a
powerful acrid such as relaxed uvula, or paralysis of the tongue it may
be employed as a masticatory. In spirit and water it is a popular
remedy for preventing the return of a paroxysm of intermitting fever.
Pepper is the active ingredient in a quack medicine called Ward's
paste, employed in cases of fistula, piles and ulcers about the rectum.
A crystalline substance called Piperin, obtained from this spice, has

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been recommended and employed by the Italians as a febrifuge in
intermittent fevers. It is said to be more certain and speedy, and
also milder in its operation than the Cinchona alkalies. See Pereira
in Med. Gaz. xx. 180. In excessive doses Pepper is a dangerous
stimulant.

635. P. trioicum Ttoxb. fl. ind. i. 151. — Mountains of India
in the Raja-mundri Circar ; delighting in a moist rich soil, well
shaded with trees.

Roots long, striking deep into the earth. Stem jointed, winding,
when old woody, and scabrous, running along the ground to a great
extent, or up trees, &c. when trained to them ; from each joint issue
roots which take firm hold of whatever they meet with. Branches
numerous, alternate ; the young ones smooth, the old ones woody,
and scabrous like the stem. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate,
broad-oval, ovate, or oblong, pointed, glaucous, from 5 to 7-nerved,
smooth and glossy. Stipules sheathing, deciduous. Flowers dioeci-
ous. (J. Spikes opposite the leaves, stalked, filiform, pendulous,
closely imbricated with 5 spiral rows of fleshy, oval, scales. Fila-
ments 3, very thick, and very short, scarcely elevating the anthers
above the margins of the scales. Anthers 4-lobed. °. • Spikes
opposite the leaves, shorter, thicker, and more rigid than in the male,
imbricated with 3 spiral rows of scales. Ovary sessile, globose, im-
mersed in the substance of the spike. Fruit succulent, small, round,
red. Flowers sometimes hermaphrodite. — Fruit exceedingly pungent,
reckoned by pepper merchants at Madras equal if not superior to the
best pepper of the Malabar coast or Ceylon. See Roxb. 1. c. for important
matter relating to the Pepper vines.

636. P. longum Linn. sp. pi. 41. Nees. and Eberm. handb.
i. 101. plant.med. t. 23. Roxb. Jl. ind. i. 154. — (Rheede vii. 1. 14.)
— India, wild among bushes on the banks of water-courses,
up towards the Circar mountains ; much cultivated. (Long
Pepper.)

Root woody, perennial. Stems many, creeping, jointed, round,
downy when young. Branchlets bearing the fruit erect, with the leaves
sessile or nearly so. Leaves on the creeping branches largest, stalked,
broad-cordate, 7-nerved; on the erect fruit-bearing branchlets am-
plexicaul, oblong-cordate, 5-nerved ; all smooth, somewhat wrinkled;
below pale green. Stipules of the petioled leaves 2, adhering to the
petiole and lanceolate ; of the sessile leaves intrapetiolar, single, spa-
thiform. °. . Spike sessile, opposite a leaf, stalked, erect, cylindrical,
imbricated with 5, or more spiral rows of small, orbicular, scales.
Ovaries 'sessile, sub-orbicular. Stigma 3 or 4-lobed. Spike of ripe
fruit, sub-cylindrical, composed of firmly united 1-seeded drupes. —
Female spikes dried form the long pepper of the shops. Root and
thickest part of the stems cut into small slices and dried, are much
consumed for medical purposes in India under the name of " Pippula
Moola." See Roxb. 1. c. The effects of long pepper are analogous to
those of black pepper ; some consider it less powerful, others are
agreed in its being the more acrid of the two. N. B. Woodville's fig.
of P. longum, according to Roxb. answers neither to this nor to
P. Chaba, the island Long Pepper.

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PIPERACEiE.

637- P. Chaba W. Hunter in As. res. ix. 391- JSlume in act.
bat. xi. 168. f. 7. Roxb. fi. ind. i. 156. Dietr. sp. pi. i. 672. —
Piper longum Rumph. amboin. v. t. 116. f. 1. — Islands of the
Indian Archipelago. (Island Long Pepper.)

Stem suffruticose, climbing, rooting. Leaves stalked, ovate or oval-
oblong or lanceolate, taper-pointed, unequal at the base, triple or even
quintuple ribbed, netted, membranous, smooth. Spikes stalked, the
males filiform, the females cylindrical-conical, erect at first, afterwards
pendulous. Berries small, globose, reddish, grown together. Blume.
— Called in Sanscrit Chavica and in Hindi Chab ; its properties appear
to be the same as those of Piper longum.

638. P. sylvaticum Roxb. fl. ind. i. 156. — Mountains on the
North-west border of Bengal, where it is called Pahari peepul, or
Mountain Long pepper.

Root perennial. Branches creeping on the ground, or rooting on
trees like Ivy ; all the young parts polished. Leaves alternate, pe-
tioled, equally-cordate, obtuse, from 5 to 7-nerved, smooth.
Spikes opposite a leaf, short-stalked, slender. Filaments generally 4,
oval, fleshy, very short. Anthers 1-celled. $ . Spikes on- a different
plant, opposite the leaves, short, stalked, cylindrical. — Used in Bengal
both green and ripe as long pepper.

639. P. Amalago Mill. diet. No. 3. Swartz. obs. 19. —
(Shane hist. i. t. 87. f. 1.) — Hilly parts of Jamaica.

Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, equal at the base, 5-nerved, rugose,
smooth on each side. Spikes erect, as long as the leaves or nearly so.
Fruit black, pungent, size of a mustard seed. — Extremely like black
pepper in quality. Should be collected before it is quite ripe. Leaves
and young shoots discutient; root in infusion resolutive, sudorific,
diaphoretic. See Lunan hort.jamaic. i. 51.

64-0. P. anisatum HBK. n. g. et sp. pi. i. 58. — South
America on the banks of the Oronoko.

Branches round, striated, smooth. Leaves roundish, ovate, acumi-
nate, deeply cordate, netted, 9-nerved, thin, membranous, with pellucid
dots, with appressed hairs on the upper side, downy on the veins
beneath, fringed with hairs at the edges. — Leaves and fruit have the
smell and taste of Anise; a decoction of the latter used to wash ulcers.

641. P. Siriboa Linn. sp. pi. 40. Blume act. bat. xi. 208.
f. 24. — (Rumph. v. t. 117. f. 2. Siriboa) — East Indies ; conti-
nent and islands.

Stem climbing. Leaves stalked ovate-oblong, acuminate, scarcely
unequal somewhat cordate at the base, with from 5 to 7 ribs, reticu-
ated, smooth. Spikes long, pendulous. — Used in the same way as the
following species.

642. P. Betle Linn, sp.pl. 40. Roxb. ft. ind. i. 158. Bat.
mag. t. 3132 — (Burm. zeyl. t. 82. f. 2. Rheede vii. t. 15.
Rumph. v. t. 116. f. 2.) — Cultivated all over India and the
Malay countries ; also in the West Indies. Once found wild by

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Blume in the island of Java, in a marsh between the mountains
of Burangrang and Tankuwang Prahu.

Stems shrubby, much branched, running along the ground or climbing
to a great height, throwing out roots from the numerous joints. Leaves
alternate, distichous, cordate-ovate, oblique at the base, acuminated,
4 to 7 inches long, glabrous, 5 to 7-nerved ; nerves connected by trans-
verse veins, the veins and nerves prominent beneath : petioles rounded,
grooved on the upper side, while young having a pair of lanceolate
stipules, which are deciduous. Spikes opposite the leaves, peduncled,
at first shorter than the leaf, slender, cylindrical, tapering, in fruit
greatly enlarged, pendent. Scales dense, peltate ; stigma sessile di-
vided. The plant is said to be dioecious. — Leaf chewed by the Malays
with lime and slices of the nut of Areca oleracea or the Pinang. It
produces intoxicating effects, stimulates powerfully the salivary glands,
and digestive organs, and diminishes the perspiration of the skin. A
copious account of this by Sir W. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 1. c.

643. P. methysticum Forst. prodr. n. 21. plant, esc. austr. 76.
— Society, Friendly and Sandwich islands where it is called
" Ava."

Leaves cordate, acuminate, many-nerved. Spikes axillary, solitary,
very short, pedunculated, spreading. — Rhizoma thick, woody, rugged,
aromatic. Used in tincture against chronic rheumatism. Macerated
in water it forms an intoxicating beverage, of which the Otaheitans
make use to cure venereal affections ; they make themselves drunk,
after which very copious perspiration comes on ; this lasts three days, at
the end of which time we are told that the patient is cured.

643 a. P. reticulatum Linn. sp. pi. 40. Vahl. enum. i. 330.
Dietrich sp.pl. i. 691. — West Indies, and Brazil.

Stem as high as a man, erect. Branches compressed, smooth, with
knotty joints. Leaves large, cordate, acuminate, 5-9-nerved, very
smooth, reticulated ; petioles amplexicaul, half an inch long, channelled
above. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Spikes 5-6 inches long,
the thickness of a goose quill. — The roots of this plant, called Jabo-
randi in Brazil (and in a less degree the ripe catkins) are used as
stimulants on account of their aromatic pungent qualities. The root
is a very powerful sialagogue, and often cures nervous toothach.
The leaves bruised are applied with success to the bite of serpents.

644. P. Cubeba Linn, suppl. 90. N. and E. handb.i. 102.
Blume in act. bat. xi. 200. f. 21. — Java and Prince of Wales's
island.

Stem climbing ; branches round, the thickness of a goose-quill, ash-
coloured, smooth, rooting at the joints ; when very young as well as
the petioles minutely downy. Leaves 4-6J inches long, 1A-2 inches
broad, stalked, oblong, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or obliquely
cordate at base, strongly veined, netted, coriaceous, very smooth.
Spikes at the end of the branches, opposite the leaves, dioecious, on
peduncles the length of the petioles. Fruit rather longer than black pep-
per, globose, on pedicels from A to | inch long. — This is the P. Cubeba
of the Linnaean Herbarium, and is readily known from the next by the
leaves being coriaceous, smooth, and shining, with the veins proceeding
from the side of the midrib, not from its base. Dr. Wallich distributed
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PIPERACE^E.

specimens from Singapur and Penang under the name of P. pedicellosum.
No. 6646. The ripe fruit is called Cubebs in the shops; dried and
pounded it is aromatic, pungent, stimulant and purgative, and acts as a
specific in arresting gonorrheal discharges. Blume says that the fruits
of this, although of good quality, are not sent to Europe : the follow-
ing species furnishing the officinal Cubebs. I must however remark
that I cannot perceive any difference in the flavour of the dried fruit of
this species and of the Cubebs sold in the London shops.

645. P. caninum Rumph. v. t. 28. f. 2. Blume act. bat.
xi. 214. f. 26. — P. Cubeba Roxb. fl. ind. i. 161. — Java and
Prince of Wales's island.

Stem rooting, climbing; the young shoots slightly downy. Leaves
3J-5 inches long, l|-3 inches wide, ovate or ovate-oblong, sometimes
obliquely subcordate at the base, with about 5 ribs, stalked, when
young rather downy ; the terminal ones occasionally lanceolate, triple-
ribbed, membranous, downy beneath. Peduncles about the length of
the petioles. Spikes monoecious, from a to 2 inches long, curved, and
about the thickness of a crow's quill. Fruit red, oval, stalked ; the
pedicels 2-3 lines long. Blume. — It is considered by Dr. Blume
probable that the Cubebs of commerce are chiefly furnished by this
species, which is quite distinct from P. Cubeba ; the fruit is smaller
and shorter stalked, having a distinct Anise flavour, and is less pungent
than in that species.

646. P. Afzelii. — Sierra Leone. (Guinea Cubebs.)

A plant with the habit of P. Cubeba ; but the racemes of fruit are
twice as long, and the stalks of the fruit are much longer also. Leaves
quite smooth, coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, tapering to
the base, which is slightly and obliquely cordate, triple-ribbed, the
lateral ribs placed close to the margin and anastomosing with about 3
lateral veins set upon the midrib at an acute angle ; petiole short and
quite smooth. — This is the plant which has given rise to the statement
that Cubebs are obtained from Guinea ; asserted by Smith in Rees's
Cyclopaedia, and repeated by Nees and Ebermaier and others. It is
extremely different from either P. Cubeba or caninum, and the quality
of its fruit has still to be ascertained.

*#* Most writers on Materia medica speak of a kind of Cubebs from
the Mauritius or Bourbon, and Dr. Theodore Martius says its fruits
are not larger than grains of Millett. Fee refers the Bourbon cubebs
to P. caudatum Vahl; but that is a Brazilian species.

PEPEROMIA.

Stamens 2. Style simple, very small. Stigma like a dot,
or peltate. Fruit baccate, always sessile.

647. P. umbellata Kunth synops. i. 124. Dietrich sp. pi.
i. 142. — Piper umbellatum Linn. sp. pi. 43. HBK. n. g. et.
sp. i. 59. — Various parts of South America.

Stem erect, 3-4 feet high, woody at the base; branches smooth.
Leaves very large and rugose, roundish, acute, cordate, membranous,

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many-nerved, smooth, with pellucid dots. Petioles and peduncles
shaggy. Spikes in umbels, 3-4 together. — The roots of this plant
(the Periparaba, of Rio de Janeiro and S. Paul's, Caapeba, in Minas
Geraes) have a distinguished place among the domestic remedies of
Brazil. They have been used with great effect in obstructions of the
abdominal organs, which, together with general debility, are a frequent
consequence of intermitting fevers. They increase the activity of the
lymphatic system in particular, produce a speedy effect, and promote
all the secretions. The leaves are often prescribed as tea, for swellings
of the glands. Martius travels, ii. 93.

647 a. P- peltata Dietrich sp. pi. i. 142. or Piper peltatum
Linn. syst. veg. 75. The fruit of this plant, called Caa-peba or
Broad-leaf in Brazil, is used in decoction as a powerful diuretic.
Martius.

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SALICACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed.2. p. 186.
SALIX.

Catkins many-flowered, imbricated ; composed of a single-
flowered, flexible bract. $ . A small, lateral, abrupt gland, some-
times double. Filaments 1-2-3-5, or more, longer than the
bract ; in some partly combined. Anthers 2-lobed ; opening
longitudinally. $. A nectariferous gland. Ovary ovate, 1 -celled,
many-seeded. Style terminal, permanent ; stigmas 2, notched
and obtuse, or cloven and acute, spreading. Capsule ovate, of
1 cell, with 2 revolute, concave valves. Seeds numerous, mi-
nute, oval, tufted with soft, simple, upright hairs.

Willow bark has been found to contain a substance called Salicine,
which is an efficacious substitute for sulphate of quinia, as the bark
itself, which is an astringent tonic, is for cinchona. It is by no means
satisfactorily ascertained what species contain this principle in the
greatest abundance. Mr. Pereira believes the best practical rule to
follow is to select those willows whose barks are most intensely bitter.
I give those species which have been spoken of most favourably.

648. S. Russelliana Smith, fl. brit. 104.5. Eng. Bot. 1. 1808.
Eng. Fl. iv. 186. — Marshy grounds in various parts of Europe.

Branches long, straight and slender, not angular in their insertion
like S. fragilis, and the trees, when stripped of their leaves, may always
be distinguished by these marks. They are polished, very tough,
flexible, round and smooth. Leaves lanceolate, firm, very smooth,
except a little silkiness in the bud ; their base tapering, not rounded,
nor do they at any period approach to the broad ovate form of
S. fragilis ; they are strongly, and rather coarsely, serrated throughout;
the midrib stouter than S. fragilis. Footstalks smooth, channelled,
glandular, either along their edges, or about the summit, where they
occasionally bear 2 or more small lanceolate leaflets. Stipules half-
ovate, toothed or cut, not constantly present. Fertile catkins,
more lax and tapering than those of S. fragilis, their common re-
ceptacle less downy. Scales oblong, either smooth or hairy, deciduous.
Ovary lanceolate, tapering, smooth, on a smooth stalk, at whose base
on the inside, is a large, abrupt, solitar}', glandular nectary. Style
equal in length to the deeply divided stigmas. The ovary protrudes,
beyond the scale, nearly half its own length. Smith. — Sir James
Smith tells us that this is the most valuable officinal species, and that
if practitioners have been sometimes disappointed in its use, they pro-
bably chanced in such cases to give S. fragilis : an allied but different
species which is almost inert.
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649. S. fragilis Linn, sp.pl. 1443. Eng. Bot. t. 1807. is said
to yield good bark, but this is denied by Smith as has just been
stated. It is however included in some pharmacopoeias.

650. S. purpurea Linn. sp. pi. 1444. Eng. Bot. t. 1388.
Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 187. — S. monandra Ehr. arb. 58. Fl.
Lond. t. 71. f. 5. S. helix Linn. sp. pi. 1444. Eng. Bot. t. 1343.
Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 188. — Low meadows.

A tree of humble growth, about 10 feet high, or a trailing bush
smooth in every part ; the branches smooth and polished, of a purplish
colour, tough and pliable. Leaves as well as catkins, often opposite
and alternate upon the same plant; the former lanceolate, pointed,
much drawn out, as it were, into a linear shape towards the base;
finely serrated, chiefly upwards ; their colour, a light, rather glaucous,
green, turning blackish in drying. Footstalks short and stout. Stipules
none, except on very vigorous shoots, from the roots of trees that
have been felled, where they are sometimes of considerable size, half-
heart-shaped, wavy and obtuse. Bracts obovate, hairy ; their upper
half dark brown ; those of the females notched. Gland tumid, opposite
the bract. Stamen solitary, scarcely longer than the bract. Anthers
of 4 lobes, and 4 cells. Ovary silky, ovate ; style smooth, full as long
as the linear, cloven, not ovate, stigmas. Capsule ovate, silky, light
brown, accompanied by the permanent styles, stigmas and blackened
scales. — If the medicinal qualities of Willow bark are dependent
upon its bitterness, this species, which is the most bitter should furnish
the best.

651. S. alba Linn. sp. pi. 1449. Eng. Bot. t. 2430. Eng.
Fl. iv. 231.— -S. ccerulea Eng. Bot. t. 2431.— Moist woods,
meadows and pastures.

A tall tree, whose bark is thick, and full of cracks. The branches
are numerous, spreading widely, silky when young. Leaves all alter-
nate, on shortish footstalks, lanceolate, broadest a little above the
middle, pointed, tapering towards each end, regularly and acutely ser-
rated, the lower serratures most glandular ; both sides of a greyish,
somewhat glaucous, green, beautifully silky, with close-pressed silvery
hairs, very dense and brilliant on the uppermost, or youngest, leaves ;
the lowermost on each branch, like the bracteas, are smaller, more
obtuse, and greener. Stipules variable, either roundish or oblong,
small, often wanting. Catkins on short stalks, with 3 or 4 spreading
leafy bracteas, for the most part coming before the leaves, but a few
more often appear after Midsummer; they are all cylindrical, rather
slender, obtuse, near 1J inch long. Scales fringed, rounded at the
end; those of the barren catkins narrower towards the base; of the
fertile dilated and convolute in that part. Two obtuse glands, one
before, the other behind the stamens. Filaments hairy in their lower
part. Anthers roundish, yellow. Ovary very nearly sessile, green,
smooth, ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, longer than the scale. Style short.
Stigmas short, thickish, cloven. Capsule ovate, brown, smooth, rather
small. Smith. — According to Smith the bark of this species, although
valuable in the treatment of agues, is inferior to that of S. Russelliana.
It is nevertheless the kind recommended by Mr. Stone in 1763.

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SALIX.

652. S. pentandra Linn. sp. pi. 1442. Eng. Bot.t. 1805.
Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 171. — Chiefly in the north of Europe, often
in subalpine stations. (Sweet Willow.)

A handsome upright tree, about 15 or 20 feet high, exhaling a
fragrant bay-like scent from the resinous notches of its leaves, as well
as from the barren catkins. The branches are smooth and shining.
Leaves on stout, rather short, footstalks, with very small stipules, or
none at all, ovate, with a taper point ; their length 2 or 3 inches ;
breadth 1 inch, or l| inch ; both sides finely veined, perfectly smooth ;
the upper of a full, rich, shining green ; under paler, and more opaque;
their edges finely and copiously crenate throughout, discharging a
yellow resin, whence the scent originates. This resin, as Linnasus
observes, stains paper between which the leaves are pressed, with
rows of permanently yellow dots. About the top of each footstalk,
in front, are several glands, likewise resinous. Catkins solitary,
at the ends of leafy shoots of the present year, the barren ones
large, dense, yellow, with oblong, obtuse, hairy scales, half the length
of their 5 or 6, sometimes 8 or 9, filaments, which are more or less
densely bearded at the base ; the common stalk or receptacle is also
hairy. Fertile catkins about the same size, often 2 inches long; their
receptacle, and base of the scales, hairy. Ovary smooth, ovate,
elongated and contracted in the upper part, much longer than the
scales, on a very short stalk ; style thick, scarcely so long as the
deeply-cloven stigmas. Smith. — Nees v. Esenbeck prefers the bark of
this to that of any other species ; there is an aroma in it which the
others want.

653. S. Caprea Linn. sp. pi. 1448. Eng. Bot. 1. 1488, under
which name it is probable that all the " Sallows " should be
comprehended, is officinal in the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, and
was contained in that of London for 1824.

POPULUS.

<y . Catkin oblong, cylindrical, loosely imbricated every way,
many-flowered. Bract a single-flowered, wedge-shaped, flat
scale, unequally jagged at the summit. Calyx turbinate and
tubular below ; dilated, undivided, and obliquely cup-shaped in
the border. Filaments 8, or more, capillary, very short. An-
thers drooping, large, quadrangular. ? . Catkin as in the <y but
generally shorter. Bract and calyx as in the $ . Ovary ovate,
pointed ; style none ; stigmas 4 or 8, awl-shaped. Capsule ovate,
of 2 concave valves, and 1 cell. Seeds numerous, small, ovate,
each crowned with a tuft of fine hairs.

654. P. nigra Linn. sp. pi. 1464. Eng. Bot. t. 1910. Smith

Eng. Fl. iv. 245 Watery places, about the banks of rivers.

(Black Poplar.)

A tall umbrageous tree, without suckers. Wood tough and close-
grained. Bark thick, blackish, somewhat spongy. Branches smooth;
rarely hairy when young. Leaves twice the length of their footstalks,
deltoid, or unequally quadrangular, deep green, very smooth, pointed,
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SALICACEiE.

serrated ; the base more entire, the under side palest. Catkins
all long, loose and pendulous, measuring 3 or 4 inches. Bracts of
both kinds palmate, hairy, occasionally smooth. Stamens 8, scarcely
more with us, though Linnaeus and Leers describe 16. Ovary
ovate, but slender, closely sheathed at the base only with the regular
cup-like calyx. Stigmas 4, awl-shaped, simple, moderately spreading,
reddish. Smith. — The young leafbuds have a strong aromatic bitter
taste, and when fresh crushed are occasionally used in the preparation
of an ointment (Unguentum populeum) for tumours, wounds, and
burns. They are also employed as the basis of a Balsam and tincture
used for colic, headach, &c.

655. P. dilatata Hort. Kew. iii. 406 (the Lombardy poplar)
is employed like the last.

656. P. balsamifera Linn. sp. pi. 1464. Willd. iv. 805. —
P. Tacamahaca Mill. diet. No. 6. — North America, and Siberia.
(The Tacamahac Poplar.)

A large tree. Branches smooth, round, deep brown ; buds acuminate,
smooth, covered in the spring with an abundance of fragrant viscid bal-
samic juice. Leaves ovate-oblong, quite smooth, with fine glandular
serratures, deep green above, almost white, but smooth underneath.
Sometimes 2 glands at the apex of the petiole. — The buds are ga-
thered for medicinal purposes; their resinous secretion, collected in
shells, is brought to Europe from Canada, and is said to be diuretic
and antiscorbutic.

657. P. candicans Hort. Kew. iii. 406.
658.

ross. i.

659. P. tremuloides Mich. fl. am. sept. ii. 243. arb. t. 8. f. 1 .

— P. trepida Willd. iv. 803 Swamps of the United States.

(American Aspen.)

A tree from 20 to 30 feet high. Leaves roundish ovate, very acute,
very slightly tapering into the petiole, without any glands at the base,
finely serrated, 3-nerved, distinctly ciliated ; petioles compressed,
smooth, almost as long as the leaf. — Bark esteemed as a febrifuge
in the United States.

, P. candicans Hort. Kew. iii. 406. "1 ^ rQ ..
. P. laurifolia Ledeb. fl. alt. Pall. jl. ^ j

t. 41. J

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BALSAMACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 188.

LIQUID AMBAR.

Catkins of distinct sexes, monoecious, having a common 4-leaved
deciduous involucre. <? . Catkins conical or globose, composed
of extremely numerous subsessile anthers. ? . Catkins globose,
composed of small scales, which surround the ovaries, grow to-
gether and gradually enlarge. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, subu-
late. Capsules oblong, 2-lobed, immersed in sockets formed by
the scales, 2-celled, opening at the apex between the styles,
many-seeded. Seeds compressed, with a membranous wing,
attached to the middle of the dissepiment. Blume.

660. L. Altingia Blume bijdr. S11.fl.jav. c. ic Altingia

excelsa Noronha in act. bat. V. p. 1-20. — Forests of Java at an
elevation of from 2000 to 3000 feet above the sea. (Ras-sa-
ma-la.)

A gigantic tree. Buds large, ovate, imbricated. Leaves alternate,
stalked, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, somewhat rounded at the
base, coriaceous, smooth, with glandular serratures ; stipules subulate,
deciduous, with 2 very small teeth or glands at the side, near the apex.
Catkins terminal, racemose, globose ; the upper 6-8 males, the lower
females and fewer. Leaves of the involucre covered with yellowish
silky down. ■ — Bark with a hot and bitterish taste, yielding when
wounded a fragrant honey-like balsam. The latter is liquid storax,
a stimulating expectorant substance acting in the same way as solid
storax, that is to say influencing the mucous membranes, especially that
which lines the air passages But although this tree undoubtedly
produces the fine liquid storax or Rasamala of the Malayan archipelago,
it is probable that the principal part of that in use is obtained from
L. orientale, for Mr. Pereira ascertained by inspecting the books of a
wholesale druggist that all the storax imported for 7 years came from
Trieste.

661. L. orientale Mill. diet. No. 2. — L. imberbe Hort. Kew.,
iii. 365. Platanus orientalis Pocock trav. ii. 230. t. 89. — Cy-
prus and other parts of the East of Europe.

A small tree. Leaves bright green, perfectly smooth even at the
axils of the veins on the under side, shining above, pallid beneath ;
palmate, with serrated obscurely 3-lobed divisions. — Dr. Pocock
found this tree in Cyprus, where it is called Xylon EfFendi (the
wood of our Lord); he says it produces an excellent white Tur-
pentine, especially by incisions made in the bark. The common
Cypriots toast and suck morsels of the wood and bark, esteeming them
a specific remedy in fevers.

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662. L. Styraciflua Linn. sp. pi. 1418. ; a native of the United
States, appears, notwithstanding its name, to yield scarcely
any storax. Michaux the younger says that he could only suc-
ceed in procuring a very small quantity by incision.

S22

SANTALACE^E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 193.
SANTALUM.

Calyx urceolate, 5-parted. Stamens 4, opposite the sepals.
Sterile stamens 4, alternate with the sepals. Ovary occupying
the whole tube of the calyx. Ovules solitary, erect. Drupe
with a rim at the apex.

Two species of this genus principally yield the Sandal wood of
commerce, a kind of timber much esteemed for its fragrance. " It is
made into musical instruments, cabinets and curious boxes, for which
it is valued, as no insect can exist, it is said, nor iron rust, within its
influence." It is used in Eastern Countries as an incense. White
Sandal wood is the young timber, yellow Sandal wood the old. It is
here introduced because the native doctors of India consider it sedative
and cooling. It is also used by French Apothecaries ; its oil is said to
be used to adulterate oil of Roses.

663. S. myrtifolium Spreng. syst. i. 489. Decaisne herb'
Timor. 41. — Sirium myrtifolium Linn, mantiss. 200. Roxb.
corom. i. t. 2. Santalum album Willd. sp. pi. i. 691. (Breyn.
ic. 94. t. 5. f. 1.). — Continent of India ; Timor.

A small tree. Leaves narrow, oval, hardly ovate, acute at each end,
quite smooth, on petioles about a their own length. Flowers small,
yeliow, in stalked, capitate, 3-fid, axillary cymes, shorter than the
leaves. A cluster of hairs at the back of each stamen. Ovary £
superior. — This is the plant with which the Portuguese are reported
to drive, or to have driven, a great trade. The Sandal wood of Malabar
is from the same species, but is considered of better quality.

664. S. paniculatum Hooker and Arnott in Beecheys Voyage,
p. 94. — Owhyhee on the Volcano.

A small tree. Leaves oblong, obtuse, acute at base, quite smooth
and shining on the upper side, covered with an excessively short nap
on the under, and apparently glaucous. Flowers in panicled axillary
cymes as long as the leaves; branches covered with a fine down.
Calyx glaucous. Stamens with a tuft of hairs at the back. Ovary
superior just at the point. — This is unquestionably the Sandal wood
of Owhyhee, as was ascertained by the late Mr. Macrae, from whose
collection I have specimens.

665. S. Freycinetianum Gaudich. is also said to produce San-
dal wood in the Sandwich islands.

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THYMELACEtE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 194.
DAPHNE.

Calyx tubular, withering ; tube cylindrical, coriaceous, longer
than the limb, imperforate at the base, containing the stamens ;
limb in 4 deep, ovate, spreading, coloured segments. Filaments
short, in 2 rows, from about the middle of the tube ; anthers
roundish-oblong, of 2 cells, simple, enclosed within the tube.
Ovary ovate ; style short, terminal ; stigma capitate, depressed,
entire. Berry oval, of 1 cell. Seed solitary, suspended, oval,
large, with a thin brittle skin.

666. D. Mezereum Linn. sp. pi 509. Eng. Bot. t. 1381.

Woodv. t. 23. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 228. Fl. Dan. t. 268

In woods in various parts of Europe, especially in the central
countries. (Mezereum.)

Stem bushy, 4 or b feet high, with upright, alternate, smooth, tough
and pliant branches ; leafy while young. Leaves scattered, stalked,
lanceolate, smooth, 2 inches long, appearing after the flowers, and
soon accompanied by flower-buds for the next season. Flowers highly,
and to many persons too powerfully, fragrant, seated in little tufts on
the naked branches, with several brown, smooth, ovate bracteas under-
neath. Calyx like a corolla in texture, crimson all over; the tube
externally hairy. Berries scarlet. Smith. — In Germany the bark of
the stem and larger branches is removed in spring, folded in small
bundles, and dried for medicinal use. In this country the bark of the
root is employed. Its taste is at first sweetish, but afterwards highly
acrid. All the parts are excessively acrid, and act as a local irritant
poison. Voigt says that it vomits and purges and affects the urinary
organs, and that death takes place from its local operation. As a local
irritant, Mezereum bark is employed in France, under the name of
Garou, to produce vesication. In this country it is frequently employed
as a topical remedy for toothach. Dr. Withering cured a case of diffi-
culty of swallowing, by Mezereum, which he directed to be chewed
frequently. It has been recommended internally in venereal com-
plaints, but it appears not to have any influence over such maladies.
Dr. Cullen says he has employed it with success in some cutaneous
diseases. Pereira.

667. D. LaureolaZmw sp.pl. 510. Eng. Bot. t. 119. Jacq.
Fl. austr. t. 1 83. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 229. — Woods of all Europe,
as far south as Sicily. (Spurge Laurel.)

Whole plant very smooth. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, with round, pale
brown, upright, tough and pliant branches, crowned with tufts of
evergreen leaves, elegantly drooping in all directions, and about 2 or 3
inches long, on short footstalks. Flowers deep green, with orange

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anthers, 4 of which are just visible in the throat of the calyx. Their
scent, resembling saffron, with an overpowering sweetness, is percep-
tible in an evening only, and has been observed by very few people.
An oval, concave bract accompanies each short partial stalk, at the
base. Berry oval, black. — Every part is very acrid, producing like
the Mezereum, a burning heat in the mouth and throat. Smith.

668. D. Gnidium Linn, sp.pl. 511. Fl. grcec. t. 356 Hills

and barren plains in the southern parts of Europe.

A small bush. Leaves linear-lanceolate, clustered, acuminate, cus-
pidate, quite smooth. Flowers numerous, small, white, with a fragrant
smell, in terminal panicled racemes. — Properties like those of Meze-
reum.

LAGETTA.

Flowers dioecious. Calyx coloured, tubular, quadrifid. Eight
setaceous linear scales in the bottom of the calyx. Stamens 8,
attached in 2 rows to the tube of the calyx ; filaments very
short. Style simple ; stigmas 2, capitate. Drupe dry, sur-
rounded by the permanent calyx.

669. L. lintearia Lam. enc. iii. 363. t. 289. — Daphne Lagetto
Swartz.fl. ind. occ. ii. 680. (Browne jam. t. 31. f. 5. Sloane
ii- 22. 1. 168. f. 1-3. 169. f. 1.) — High mountains of Jamaica,
St. Domingo, Mexico. (Lace Bark.)

A tree 30 feet high. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate, or somewhat
cordate, acute or acuminate, evergreen, smooth and shining. Calyx
white, ventricose, coriaceous, filled with white wool, with a small 4-parted
limb. Flowers in smooth, terminal, panicled racemes. — The bark
possesses properties similar to that of Mezereum ; and is used for the
same medical purposes. It is remarkable for separating readily into a
great number of thin white layers, which being stretched laterally
assume the appearance of the finest lace work. It may even be washed
with soap like linen.

DIRCA.

Calyx campanulate, with an obsolete unequal limb. Fila-
ments 8, capillary, projecting, inserted into the middle of the
tube ; alternately longer. Style incurved at the apex.

670. D. palustris Linn, amcen. ac. iii. 12. 1. 1. f. 7. Bige-
low med. hot. ii. t. 37. Duham. arb. i. t. 212. — A marshy
shrub, frequenting low woods in North America, bearing the se-
verest cold and the greatest heat of the different parts of the
Union.

An irregular shrub, with a tendency to a horizontal direction in its
branches. The branches interrupted or jointed. Leaves alternate,
with very short petioles, oval, entire, rather acute, downy when young,
smooth and membranous when fully grown, and pale on the under side.
The flowers appear long before the leaves. When young they are
enclosed within a small hairy bud, occupying a sheath or cavity in the
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THYMEL ACEiE.

end of each flowering branch, usually in bunches of 3 together, with
their peduncles cohering. Calyx yellow, funnel-shaped, a an inch long,
with a contraction near the base and another in the middle, its border
dilated, and slightly and irregularly toothed. Stamens 8, much longer
than the calyx. Ovary ovate, placed obliquely, the style appearing to
issue from one side ; style capillary, curved, and longer than the
stamens. Fruit a small oval, acute, red, 1-seeded berry. — Bark acrid ;
in the dose of 6 or 8 grains it produces heat in the stomach and brings
on vomiting, especially when fresh. It sometimes acts also as a
cathartic. The bark is a vesicatory in a very slow degree ; the fruit is
narcotic, producing effects like those of Stramonium. Bigelow.

HERNANDIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 195.

HERNANDIA.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Calyx petaloid, 6-parted, with the
segments in 2 rows. Glands (sterile stamens) 6, stipitate,
placed around 3 stamens united at the base. Filaments short,
erect; anthers opening laterally. ? . Calyx double; exterior
inferior, short, urceolate ; interior petaloid, contracted above the
ovary, more than 8-parted, deciduous. Sterile filaments 4,
gland-shaped, arising from the bottom of the segments of the
calyx. Style included ; stigma broad, funnel-shaped. Ovary
with a single pendulous ovule. Fruit (according to Gaertner)
drupaceous, clothed with the inflated calyx, 8-furrowed, fungous
internally, with a 1-seeded kernel. Embryo without albumen,
inverted, with large lobed cotyledons.

671. H. sonora Linn. hort. cliff. 4-85. t. 23. Jacq. amer. 245.

— (Pluk. aim. t. 208. f. 1.) Various parts of both East and

West Indies.

A tall erect tree. Leaves cordate, peltate, smooth. Flowers yel-
lowish, panicled. Fruit a dry, ovate, obtuse drupe, with 8 furrows and
an umbilicus. Calyx very large, inflated, roundish, depressed, succu-
lent, coriaceous, shining, coloured, with a small roundish entire mouth.
— The bark, seed, and young leaves are all slightly purgative. Rumph
says that the fibrous roots chewed and applied to wounds caused by
the Macassar poison, form an effectual cure. The juice of the leaves
is a powerful depilatory; it destroys hair, wherever it is applied,
without pain.

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AQUILARIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 196.
AQUILARIA.

Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed ; teeth reflexed. Ten hairy scales
closing up the orifice of the calyx. Anthers 10, sessile, alter-
nate with the scales, and inserted at their base. Stigma capi-
tate ; ovary half 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each
cell. Capsule 2-valved, 2-seeded.

672. A. Agallocha Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 422. Boyle illustr. t. 36.
f. 1. — Forests of Sylhet ; Molucca; Cochin-china.

An immense tree, perfectly free from hairs excepting on the young
leaves, twigs and flowers. Leaves alternate, subsessile, oval, acumi-
nate, glossy, with fine, numerous, parallel veins, running in a gentle
curve from the midrib to the margin, very much in the way of an
endogen ; stipules 0. Flowers small, in compact, simple, terminal and
axillary clusters. Fruit obovate, mucronate, reddish brown, 2-valved.
— This both Roxburgh and Professor Royle consider the true Calam-
bac, Agallochum, Lign-Aloes, or Aloes wood of oriental writers ; a
fragrant substance contained in the interior of the trunk. It is regarded
as a cordial by some Asiatic nations, and has been prescribed in Europe
in gout and rheumatism. Ainslie.

Y 4

LAURACEiE.*

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 200.

CINNAMOMUM.

Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, panicled or fascicled,
naked. Calyx 6-cleft ; with the limb deciduous. Fertile sta-
mens 9, in 3 rows ; the 3 inner with 2 sessile glands at the base ;
anthers 4-celled, the 3 inner turned outwards. Three capitate
abortive stamens next the centre. Fruit seated in a cup-like
calyx. — Leaves ribbed. Leaf buds not scaly.

*#* No question was ever more vexed with doubts and difficulties
than that which relates to the trees producing the different kinds of
Cinnamon. I follow the elaborate paper of Dr. Blume, as being the
newest as well as the most complete account of these trees, so far as he
has examined them.

673. C. zeylanicum Nees Laur. 45. Nees and Eberm. handb.
ii. 420. — Laurus Cinnamomum Linn. sp. pi. 528. L. Cassia
Sot. Mag. t. 1636. C. nitidum Nees laurin. 43. not Hooker. —
Ceylon, Java ; cultivated in many parts of both the new and old
world.

Branches somewhat 4-cornered, smooth. Leaves ovate or ovate-
oblong, tapering into an obtuse point, triple-nerved or 3-nerved,
reticulated on the under side, smooth, the uppermost the smallest.
Panicles terminal and axillary, stalked. Flowers hoary and silky;
segments oblong, deciduous in the middle. — This is the true Ceylon
Cinnamon, furnishing bark of the best quality. It varies, however,
according to the season of the year when it is collected. It is the
plant usually called Laurus Cassia in the gardens, where also it is some-
times found under the name of Laurus Cinnamomum and Cinnamomum
aromaticum.

674. C. zeylanicum, var. Cassia Nees Laurin. 47. — Laurus
Cassia Linn. syst. not. ed. Hall. a. 1760. p. 1010. Cassia lignea
Blackw. herb. t. 391. — Apparently naturalised on the continent
of India.

Leaves oblong or elliptical much tapering to the point, acute at the
base ; otherwise the same as C. zeylanicum. — Nees v. Esenbeck re-
gards this, the plant that produces the Cassia lignea, as a degenerate
variety of C. zeylanicum, palmed off upon foreigners as true Cinnamon
by the Dutch when they held Ceylon, and thus carried to the continent
of India, where it has naturalised itself.

* The characters of almost all the plants of this order are taken from the excellent
Systema Laurinarum of the President C. G. Nees von Esenbeck.

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675. C. aromaticum Nees Laurin. 52. — C. Cassia Nees and
Eberm. pi. med. t. 129. handb. ii. 424. Laurus Cassia Sort.
Kew. ii. 427. Laurus Cinnamomum Bot. Repos. t. 595. — China.

Branches angular, and petioles covered with broken downiness.
Leaves oblong, rather acute at each end, triple-nerved, the nerves
vanishing at the point of the leaf ; with curved veinlets on the under
side. Panicles narrow, silky. — According to Nees v. Esenbeck this
is the plant which furnishes the valuable Chinese Cinnamon. The
agreeable but powerfully aromatic flavour and odour of the bark does
not however seem to exist also in the leaves ; for they, in the stoves of
Europe at least, are almost insipid, mucilaginous and somewhat as-
tringent, with no taste of either Cinnamon or Cloves. Nees. Cassia
bark is supposed by some to come from this, but Mr. Marshall asserts
that it is only a coarse Cinnamon obtained from the thick roots or
large branches of the Cinnamon Tree.

676. C. Tamala Fr. Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 426. Nees
Laurin. 56. — Tai, Tadsch or Tedsch Bengal. — Continent of
India ; wild in Derwanee and Gongachora ; cultivated in the
gardens of Rungpur.

Branches nearly round, the younger rough with downiness. Leaves
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, smooth, triple-nerved>
the midrib without any lateral veins at the apex. Panicle somewhat
terminal and axillary, stalked, divaricating. Calyx campanulate; seg-
ments obovate, rather sharp pointed, hoary and silky on each side,
deciduous below the middle. — Taste of the dried leaves warm,
aromatic, at first like Cinnamon, afterwards like Cloves mixed with
Camphor. These leaves are sold under the name of "Folia Malabathri,
Tamalapathri, or Indi," in the shops, according to Nees ab Esen-
beck ; but Blume says he never found this in any samples he examined,
although the latter are always mixed up of various species.

677. C. Loureirii Nees Laurin. 65. — Laurus Cinnamomum
Lour. jl. cochin, i. 305. Ni-Kei Japan. Kio Kui Chinese. —
The lofty mountains of Cochin-china, to the west towards Laos;
Japan.

Branches compressed-quadrangular, smooth. Leaves somewhat oval,
tapering to both ends, acuminate or blunted, most minutely scaly on
the under side, triple-nerved, the midrib having lateral veins below the
apex. — The Flowers of Cassia are produced by this species. Accord-
ing to Loureiro the old and young branches are equally worthless ;
but the middle sized shoots furnish a bark about a line thick, of the best
quality, superior to that of Ceylon, and sold at a much higher price.

678. C. Kiamis Nees in Wall. pi. as. rar. ii. p. 75. laurin. 67-
— C. Burmanni Blume bijdr. 569. Nees and Eberm. handb.
ii. 424 ; is said to produce one of the sorts of Massoy bark ; but
according to Blume that article is not furnished by any species
of Cinnamon.

679. C. Culilawan Blume bijdr. p. 571. Rumphia p. 26. t. 9.
f. 1. and t. 10. f. 1. Tydsch. nat.gesch. i. 62. not Nees v. E. —
Laurus Culilawan Linn. sp. 530. L. Culilawang N. v. E. disp. de
cinn. p. 61. excl. descr. pi. jav. — Amboyna, especially in Leitimor
near the villages of Saya, Rutton and Ema; probably in other

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parts of the Moluccas as well ; not found in Java, or the Papuan
islands. Blume.

Bark when rubbed aromatic, like cloves, but less pungent and
sweeter, when chewed rather bitter and mucous. Leaves ovate or
lanceolate-oblong, finely acuminate, rather acute at the base, smooth,
obscurely netted underneath, with the lateral nerves vanishing at the
point. Racemes compound, or rather cymes trichotomous, terminal or
axillary, few-flowered. Segments of the calyx deciduous below the
apex. Bl. — This is the tree that yields the true Culilawan bark of
which Dr. Blume has given a medical account in the "Tydschrift voor
natuurlijke Geschiedenis van J. Van der Hoeven, en W. H. De Vriese,
Amst. 1834. p. 46." This learned Botanist speaks of the " egregiae
hujus remedii virtutes in quibusdam morbis sanandis." For the following
memorandum concerning it I am indebted to Mr. Pereira: — "Culilawan
bark is an aromatic stimulant like Cassia, with some astringency and a
flavour of cloves, it owes its medicinal activity to a combination of
volatile oil, resin, and bitter extractive. It is useful, as a carminative
and stomachic, in dyspeptic complaints, especially when given in com-
bination with the bitter tonics. It has been used in atonic gout, in
old diarrhoeas, &c. The dose of it in substance is from 10 grains to ^
a drachm. The tincture of the Wirtemberg Pharmacopoeia is prepared
by digesting 4 ounces of bark in l<| pint of spirit : the dose is 1 or 2
fluid drachms. The oil prepared by distillation may be used as the oils
of cloves, cassia, &c. — The natives of Amboyna employ it internally
in paralysis of the bladder, and externally as a stimulating liniment in
contusions, paralysis, and arthritic complaints." It appears, from the
investigations of Blume, that the CulilaWan bark of the shops consists
of a mixture of several Indian Barks, especially those of C. Sintoc
javanicum and xanthoneurum ; a confusion of no great importance
however, since " tales cortices inter se quam maxime sint similes et
magis etiam virtutibus medicis congruant."

680. C. rubrum Blume Iiumphia xxix. t. 11. f. 1. — Laurus
Caryophyllus Lour, cochinch. i. 308.? — Along with the last,
and probably also in Cochin-china.

A middle sized tree. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, very long-pointed,
acute at the base, 3-nerved or shortly triple-nerved, smooth, with the
nerves running nearly through to the point. Racemes compound, or
rather cymes trichotomous, terminal or axillary, few-flowered. Seg-
ments of the calyx permanent in the fruit. Bl. — Bark similar to
that of C. Culilawan, and hardly inferior. Loureiro says it contains
much more essential oil than that of Cinnamon, and smells of cloves,
but is not so agreeable.

681. C. Sintoc Blume bijdr. 571. Rumphia xxx. t.xii. 2V. ah E.
laurin. 61. — Nilgherry Mountains ; higher mountains of Java.

A tree 80 feet high. Leaves ovate or lanceolate-oblong, bluntly
acuminate, (those next the flowers ovate and obtuse), scarcely acute at
the base, triple-nerved, smooth, obscurely netted beneath; the lateral
nerves often bifid at the base, and vanishing towards the point. Panicle
or compound cyme terminal, spreading, covered with a brown velvety
nap. Segments of the calyx deciduous at the base. — The bark is in
quality very like that of the true Culilawan, aromatic in the same
degree, but less agreeable, and with a more bitter after-taste ; it is
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also drier and more powdery when chewed. The smell moreover is
less agreeable, not so purely that of cloves, but with a strong odour of
nutmegs.

682. C. xanthoneuron Blume Rumphia xxxiii. t. 13. f. 1. —
Papuan islands, and Moluccas.

A tree. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate,
acute at the base, shortly triple-nerved, netted and hoary underneath ;
nerves above their middle furnished with branching veins. — A kind of
Culilawan bark of great fragrance, clove-scented, and more pungent
than the true sort, when fresh, but losing its quality by time. It is so
extremely like Massoy bark, as to be confounded with it, although the
latter is not the produce of any Cinnamon, according to Blume.

683. C. nitidum Hook, exot.fl. 1. 176. Blume Rkmphiastxxv.
t. 15. — Laurus malabathrica Roxb. hort. Calc. p. 30. Cinnamo-
mum eucalyptoides Nees in Wall.pl. as. ii. p. 73. — Continent
of India ; Ceylon ; Java.

A shrub, or small tree. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, tapering
a little to each end, usually withering at the point, shortly triple-nerved,
nearly veinless, smooth ; the nerves running nearly through to the
point. Racemes, or rather a terminal compound cyme, branched,
panicled, subterminal, about as long as the leaves. Flowers silky.
Segments of the calyx deciduous in the middle. Blume. — This is the
plant which furnished the principal part of the " Folia Malabathri " of
the old pharmacologists, a mixture of the leaves of several species of
Cinnamon, and once used as an aromatic substitute for Cinnamon.

684. C. javanicum Blume bijdr. p. 570. Rumphia p. 42. 1. 19.
— Laurus Malabathrum Horsfield in act. bat. viii. — Java and
Borneo.

A tree with a trunk 20-30 feet high. Leaves unusually large,
elliptical-oblong, acuminate, obtuse at the base, 3- or shortly triple-
nerved, transversely netted ; the nerves confluent at the apex, on the
under side densely downy, as well as the petioles, branches, and spread-
ing terminal panicle. Blume. — Bark a deep cinnamon brown, more
bitter than Culilawan bark ; and the leaves when rubbed have a very
sharp aromatic odour. Blume says the bark deserves the serious
attention of medical men, on account of its powerful effects in spas-
modic colic, and the after-pains attending parturition.

C AMPHORA.

Flowers hermaphrodite, panicled, naked. Calyx 6-cleft, pa-
pery, with a deciduous limb. Fertile stamens 9, in 3 rows ; the
inner with 2, stalked compressed glands at the base; anthers
4-celled ; the outer turned inwards, the inner outwards. Three
sterile stamens shaped like the first, placed in a whorl alternat-
ing with the stamens of the second row ; 3 others stalked, with
an ovate glandular head. Fruit placed on the obconical base of
the calyx. — Leaves triple-nerved, glandular in the axils of the
principal veins. Leaf buds scaly.

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685. C. officinarum Nees Laurin. 88. — Cinnamomum Cam-
phora Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 430. pi. med. 127. Laurus
Camphora Linn. Mat. med. p. 107. Laurus camphorifera Kcempf.
amcen.p. 770. t. 771. — Japan, and China ; cultivated in most of
the warm parts of the world.

A tree with lax smooth branches. Leaves somewhat coriaceous,
bright green and shining above, paler beneath ; with a sunken gland at
the axils of the principal veins, projecting at the upper side, opening
by an oval pore beneath. Petioles from 1 inch to lk inch long,
slender, smooth. Panicles axillary and terminal, corymbose, naked.
Flowers smooth on the outside. — Chinese Camphor is obtained from
the wood, branches and leaves, by means of dry distillation. It is a
kind of Stearoptine remaining after the Elaeoptene or aethereal oil of
the live tree is evaporated. (Nees.) The Camphor of commerce is
chiefly produced in the island of Formosa, and brought by the Chin-
chew junks in very large quantities to Canton, whence foreign markets
are supplied. Reeves in Med. bot. trans. 1828. p. 26.

PERSEA.

Hermaphrodite ; a few flowers unisexual. Calyx deeply 6-
parted, perishing down to the base. Fertile stamens 9, in 3 rows ;
the 3 inner with 2 globose glands at the base ; filaments filiform,
villous ; anthers oblong, 4-celled, the 6 outer turned inwards,
the inner turned outwards. Sterile stamens 3, with a distinct
cordate, triangular head. Fruit placed on a pedicel more or less
thickened and fleshy. — Flowers panicled. Leafbuds 2-valved,
compressed. Leaves ribbed, with pinnate veins.

686. P. gratissima Gcerin. de fr. et sem. iii. p. 222. Nees
Laurin. 1 28. — Laurus Persea Linn. sp. pi. 529. Shane Jam.
ii. 132. t.222. f. 2. — The tropical parts of America. (Avocado
Pear.)

A large tree. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong or obovate, rather acute
at each end, reticulated, and downy beneath, 9-veined, glaucous.
Calyx with nearly equal oblong segments, in downy panicles, 3 or 4
inches long. Fruit about as large as a pear, at first surrounded at the
base by the permanent calyx, but when ripe placed on a thick succulent
peduncle. — The fruit abounds in a fixed oil of a buttery substance,
and is much esteemed as a dessert fruit in the West Indies. The
leaves are reckoned balsamic, pectoral and vulnerary. The seeds are
very astringent.

N. B. If there is such a plant as Laurus caustica, it probably belongs
to this genus ; as Nees v. Esenbeck suggests. But I suspect it is
nothing but the tree " Lithri," or Lithrea caustica.

CARYODAPHNE.

Flowers hermaphrodite, corymbose-panicled. Calyx funnel-

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shaped, with an obconical equal deciduous* tube. Fertile sta-
mens 9, in 3 rows, the 3 inner furnished with a distinct stalked
gland on each side. Anthers oblong, glandular at the point,

2- celled, the 6 outer looking inwards, the 3 inner outwards.
Sterile stamens 3, stalked, with a long sharp head, belonging to
the inner whorl. Stigma discoidal ; ovary immersed in the tube
of the calyx. Caryopsis covered by the lobeless closed tube
of the calyx, and united to it. Leaf buds with a few coriaceous
keeled scales. Leaves 3-nerved, or 3-plenerved.

687. C. densiflora Blume in Nees Laurin. 228. — Kiteja or
Kitedja Javanese. — Woods from 1400 to 1800 feet above the
sea on the West of Java.

A tree 60-80 feet high. Young branches round, smooth, very dark
green ; at first covered with a short ochre-coloured downiness. Leaves

3- nerved or triple-nerved, elliptical-oblong, bluntly cuspidate, smooth,
glaucous beneath. Panicles corymbose, axillary, dense. Fruit globose,
furrowed on the summit. — Bark brownish, tonic, containing a great
quantity of bitter somewhat balsamic extractive matter. Leaves grate-
fully aromatic ; they are used in infusion, like tea, against spasms of
the bowels, and the convulsive affections of pregnant women. Blume.

ME SPILOD APHNE.

Dioecious? Calyx 6-cleft ; tube obconical, segments equal,
permanent. Fertile stamens 9, in 3 rows, the 3 inner with
2 sessile globose glands at the base. Anthers 4-celled ; the 6
outer ovate and looking inwards, the 3 inner narrower and
looking outwards. Sterile stamens in 1 species forming a fourth
row, with a distinct stalk and a cordate-lanceolate head. Stigma
depressed, capitate. Fruit succulent, enclosed from the first in
the thick corky fleshy tube of the calyx, and covered over by
its converging segments ; eventually exposed at the point by
the falling or rubbing off of the segments. — Flowers panicled.

688. M. pretiosa Nees Laurin. 237. — Laurus Quixos Lam. enc.
iii. 455. — Woods near Para ; Maypure. Pao or Casca pretiosa
Portuguese.

A tree. Branches smooth, when young angular ; their bark when
old split lengthwise and cracked across till it looks as if tessellated.
Leaves from 5-7 inches long, 1J-2 inches broad, oblong, tapering into
an obtuse point, acute at the base, smooth, papery, shining, with pin-
nated veins. Flowers and flower-stalks all smooth. Ripe fruit small,
marked at the vertex by a circular scar denoting the place from which
the limb of the calyx fell ; very much like a small fig. — Inner bark
and the rind of the calyx of a most sweet odour and agreeable taste,
resembling Cinnamon mixed with Orange-flowers, or oil of Bergamot.

* Nees v. Esenbeck states the character thus " tubo obconico a?quali deciduo;" but I
cannot reconcile it with the tube of the calyx eventually enclosing the fruit.

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AYDENDRON.

Flowers hermaphrodite, panicled. Calyx funnel-shaped,
6-cleft ; segments of the limb unequal deciduous. Fertile sta-
mens 9, in 3 rows ; filaments thick, short, hairy; anthers 6-celled,
the outer broader and very short, with pores below their apex
and directed inwards, the interior smaller facing outwards, with
their pores more at the side. Glands in pairs, sessile, com-
pressed. Sterile stamens in a fourth row, compressed, subulate,
obtuse, sessile, scale-like. Ovary tapered into a short style ;
stigma truncated narrow. Fruit at first covered over by the
calyx ; eventually only surrounded by it at the base in the form
of a cup, acorn- like. — Panicles before expansion covered by
deciduous scale-like bracts.

689. A. Cujumary NeesLaur. 247. — Ocotea Cujumary Mar-
tins in Buchn. repert. a. 1 830. xxxv. 1 78. Feruss. Bull. 1 83 1 .
Jan. p. 63. — Woods of Brazil especially in the province of Rio
Negro.

Leaves oblong, acuminate, shining on the upper side, finely downy
on the under side. Panicles of fruit very stiff. Cups waited, trun-
cated, with 2 furrows at the edge. — Seeds aromatic. Their oily
cotyledons are employed in powder mixed with wine or water, in cases
of indigestion.

690. A. Laurel Nees Laurin. 249. — Ocotea Pichurim Humb.
Bonpl. and Kunth. n. g. and sp. pi. ii. 166. — Marshy grounds
near Cano de Berita by Calobozo in the province of Venezuela,
where it is called " Laurel."

Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, taper-pointed, with very fine
down underneath. Racemes of fruit axillary, twice as short as
the leaves. Cups truncated, with a simple sharp margin. Fruit about
the size of an olive, seated in the cup. — Seeds similar in quantity to
those of the last species. Humboldt inquires whether this may not
be the plant which produces the Pichurim or Puchury Beans, once
celebrated for their febrifugal power ; and it appears that both the
species here mentioned possess similar properties. But Frederick
Nees v. Esenbeck asserts positively, from an inspection of a specimen
of Ocotea Pichurim sent him by Kunth, that it is by no means the
origin of these Beans (Handb. ii. 436.), which he suspects are rather
the produce of some Lauraceous plant of the genus Sassafras. His
brother refers them to Nectandra Puchury, which see. These Beans were
imported from Brazil into Stockholm in the middle of the last cen-
tury, and were found a valuable tonic and astringent medicine ; during
the continental war they were used as a bad substitute for nutmegs.
They are now obsolete.
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NECTANDRA.

Hermaphrodite. Calyx 6-parted, rotate ; segments deci-
duous, the 3 outer rather the broadest. Anthers 9, ovate, nearly
sessile, with 4 cells arranged in a curve, and distinct from the
tip of the anther ; cells of the interior anthers inverted. Glands
in pairs, globose, sessile, at the base of the 3 interior stamens
next their back. Sterile stamens either tooth-shaped and bi-
glandular at the base, or eglandular and then with a small oval
head. Fruit succulent, more or less immersed in the tube of
the calyx changed into a truncated cup. — Flowers panicled or
corymbose, axillary, lax, pretty ample.

691. N. cymbarum Nees Laurin. 305. — Ocotea cymbarum
HBK. n. g. et. sp. pi. ii. 166. Ocotea amara Mart. in. Buchn.
Repert. 1830. xxxv. 180. Feruss. bull. 1831. Jan. p. 63. —
Woods of the Oronoko near S. Fernando de Atabapo, where it
is called " Sassafras;" in the ancient forests of the Rio Negro in
Brazil.

A tree 100 feet high. Branches and all the parts smooth. Leaves
oblong-lanceolate, papery, shining above, they and the peduncles of the
fruit, which are short at the base of the branches and new shoots, quite
smooth. Cup large, with a double edge. — Bark aromatic, bitter,
stomachic. Martius suspects that it is one of the ingredients in the
famous Woorary poison of Guiana.

692. N. Cinnamomoides Nees Laurin. 307. — Laurus Cinna-
momoides HBK. n. g.et. sp. pi. ii. 169. Cinnamomum sylvestre
americanum Seba Thesaur. ii. p. 90. t. 84. f. 6. — Temperate
shady country of New Grenada, where it is called " Canela ; "
cultivated about Mariquita.

Leaves oblong tapering into a fine point, acute at the base, between
papery and leathery, naked, smooth and shining above, finely downy
beneath, with numerous distinct narrow costal veins. — Bark with the
flavour and smell of cinnamon, as which it is used in New Grenada.

693. N. Puchurymajor Nees Laurin. 328. — Ocotea Puchury
major Martius in Buchn. repert. 1830. xxxv. 171. Feruss. bull.
1831. Jan. p. 62. Puchury, Puchery, Puchyry of the Brazilians.
— Woods of Tabatinga in the province of Rio Negro in Brazil.

Leaves oblong or elliptical, tapering to a narrow point, between
papery and leathery, smooth, reticulated, of the same colour on both
sides. Peduncles axillary short. Cup of the fruit very large and
spongy. — Martius assigns the Pichurim beans to this plant (see
Aydendron Laurel). The fruit, in the early months of the year drop
from their cups to the ground, when they are collected by the natives,
cleaned of their flesh and pericarp and dried by a gentle heat. They
are used in dysentery, diarrhoea, cardialgia, spasmodic colic, strangury,
incontinence of urine and other disorders. The bark has the smell of

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fennel mixed with cloves according to Nees, of camphor according to
Martius ; its taste is alomatic, not hot.

N. B. Another species, the Nectandra Puchury minor of Nees,
is said also to yield seeds having similar qualities ; its bark is de-
scribed as resembling Sassafras when fresh, but tasteless and scentless
when dry. The cotyledons smell like Balsam of Peru. It yields the
Sassafras nuts of the London shops according to Humboldt.

DICYPELLIUM.

Dioecious. Calyx deeply 6-parted, spread out, with equal
permanent segments. $ unknown. ? ; sterile stamens in 3
rows ; the 3 outer perfectly petaloid ; the 3 next petaloideo-
unguiculate, inflexed at the point, with 4 pits below the point ;
the 3 inner compressed, sessile, truncate, with 2 pits on each
side below the point and 2 glandular protuberances at the back.
Fruit dry, seated in the enlarged, fleshy, shrivelled calyx, and
among the enlarged hardened sterile stamens. — Inflorescence
simple few-flowered racemes.

694. D. caryophyllatum Nees Laur. 344. — Persea caryophyl-
lacea Martius in Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 435. Licaria gui-
anensis Aubl. guian. i. 313. t. 121. Bois de Rose French settlers
in Cayenne ; Licari Kanali Caribs. — Woods of Brazil, Guiana.

A tree. Leaves alternate, oblong, tapered to a very fine point
which is nevertheless bluntish, acute at base, papery, smooth, netted
on the under side. Racemes 1 or 2 together at the base of a terminal
bud, from 1 to 1£ inch long, their peduncle included, 3-6-flowered.
Fruit drupaceous, ovate, depressed at the apex and plaited in a stellate
manner. — Bark smelling of cloves, with a hot clove-like peppery taste,
and powerful tonic properties. Nees v. Esenbeck inquires whether this
may not be the " Linharea aromatica, Canella do Mato, Arruda in
Koster's travels, p. 493 ? "

OREODAPHNE.

Hermapnrodite. Dioecious or polygamous. Calyx 6-parted
or 6-cleft, nearly equal ; the limb eventually disappearing. Sta-
mens 9 ; anthers oblong, with narrow filaments, 4-celled, the
3 inner looking outwards. Sterile stamens in a fourth row, none,
or subulate, or incomplete. Fruit succulent, more or less im
mersed in a deep thick cup, formed out of the altered tube of
the calyx. — Flowers panicled or racemose, axillary, occasionally
umbellulate.

695. O. opifera Nees Laurin. 390. — Ocotea opifera Mart, in
Buchn. repert. 1830. xxxv. 179. Feruss. bull. 1831. Jan. p. 63.
— Woods of Para, and the Rio negro.

Leaves oblong, cuspidate, tapering into the petiole, silky on the
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LAURACE.7E.

under side. Panicles compact, divaricating, silky. Fruit oval. — The
fruit yields upon distillation a limpid volatile oil of a yellow wine-
colour, an aromatic acrid taste, and smell as if old oil of Orange peel
had been mixed with oil of Rosemary. Used in Brazil in contractions
of the joints, pains in the limbs and similar cases.

696. O. cupularis Nees Laurin. 438. — Laurus cupularis Lam.
enc. iii. 447. ill. gen. t. 321. Bois de Canelle Aubl. guian. i. p. 363.
and 364. — Woods of the Isles of France, Bourbon, and Mada-
gascar.

A very large tree, with a strong scented wood. Leaves ovate-
elliptical, acute at each end (sometimes blunt at the apex), ending in a
channelled stalk, obsoletely netted, smooth ; the axils of the costal
veins without pores. Racemes in clustered few-flowered rough hoary
racemes below the axillary and terminal bud. Calyx of fruit nearly
globose. — This is the Cinnamon of the Isle of France.

SASSAFRAS.

Dioecious. Calyx 6-parted, membranous; segments equal,
permanent at the base. $ . Fertile stamens 9, in 3 rows, the
3 inner with double stalked distinct glands at the base. Anthers
linear, 4-celled, all looking inwards. Female with as many ste-
rile stamens as the male, or fewer ; the inner often confluent.
Fruit succulent, placed on the thick fleshy apex of the peduncle,
and seated in the torn unchanged calyx. — Flowers yellow, be-
fore the leaves. Leaves deciduous.

697. S. officinale TV. and E. handb. ii. 418. pi. med. t. 131.
Nees Laurin. 488. — Laurus sassafras Linn. sp. pi. 530. Mich.
Fl. bor. am. i. 244. Arbres forest, iii. p. 173. t. 1. — Woods of
North America from Canada to Florida.

A small tree or bush, flowering before the leaves. Leaves mem-
branous, bright green, smooth above, finely downy beneath, very
variable in form, some being obovate, others deeply 3-lobed, and some
lobed only on 1 side, all however tapering in a wedge-like manner into
the petiole. Racemes naked, downy, with subulate deciduous bracts.
Fruit bright blue, rather larger than a pea, upon red clavate peduncles.
— The bark of the root, which is thick and blood red, contains a great
quantity of essential oil. It has a high reputation as a powerful
sudorific, and combined with guaiacum and sarsaparilla in cutaneous
affections, chronic rheumatism, and old siphylitic maladies. The dried
leaves contain so much mucilage that they are used in Louisiana for
thickening soup, like Hibiscus esculentus. The bark of the branches
as well as the wood have been employed : but they are inferior to the
bark of the root. Martius says {Travels ii. 96.), that this plant is
found commonly in the forests of S. Paul, in Brazil, where it is
employed as a diuretic and sudorific ; but he probably means some
other plant.

698. S. Parthenoxylon Nees Laurin. 491. — Laurus Parthe-
noxylon Jack. mal. misc. in Bot. misc. ii. p. 76. — Laurus por-
recta Roxb. hort. calc 30. Laurus pseudosassafras Blume bydr.

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573. — Forests of Sumatra, where it is called " Kayo Gadis" or
Virgin tree. Java.

A lofty timber tree. Bark brown and rough. Leaves alternate,
rather long-petioled, ovate, acute, often acuminate and varying in
breadth, about 3 inches long, entire, with somewhat revolute edges,
smooth, glaucous beneath ; nerves lateral and irregularly alternate.
Petioles round, 1 inch long. Peduncles from the young snoots at the
extremity of the branches, axillary or lateral, terminated by a short
few-flowered panicle, and generally longer than the young leaves from
whose axils they spring. Bracts none. Perianth funnel-shaped,
6-parted, yellowish. Jack. — The fruit has a strong balsamic smell
and yields an oil considered useful in rheumatic affections. An infusion
of the root is drunk as Sassafras and with similar effects. (May this
not be the " Oriental Sassafras wood " mentioned under the article
Laurus in Rees's Cyclopaedia ? Jack.)

BENZOIN.

Flowers dioecious, involucrated. $ . Calyx 6-parted with
equal permanent segments. Fertile stamens 9, in 3 rows.
Anthers ovate, 2-celled, looking inwards. Glands 6-9 in 2 or 3
rows, with a reniform compressed head, alternate either with the
stamens of the second and third row, or with those of the first
and second row, added obliquely to the third row. $ flowers
smaller than the male with (12 ?) sterile stamens, among which
spathulate bodies are dispersed. Fruit succulent, seated on the
permanent 6-cleft calyx. — Flowers before the leaves, in sessile
umbels. Leaves membranous, deciduous.

699. B. odoriferum Nees Laurin. 497. — Laurus Benzoin Linn,
sp. pi. 530. Barton mat. med. ii. t. 33. Laurus pseudo Benzoin
Mich.fi. bor. am. i. 243. — Low moist places, damp shady woods
from Canada to Florida. (Spice wood, spice berry, Fever
wood,) &c.

A bush, 8-10 feet high. Leaves oblong or elliptical wedge-shaped,
membranous, green on each side, slightly downy beneath. Flowers
yellow, in little naked umbels on the naked branches. Fruit the size
of an olive, bright red, in clusters. — Bark highly aromatic, stimulant and
tonic ; given in decoction or powder in intermittents. An infusion of
the twigs a vermifuge. Oil of the berries, which are aromatic, a stimu-
lant; these berries are said to have been used in the United States
during the American war as a substitute for allspice.

TETRANTHERA.

Flowers dioecious, some hermaphrodite, involucrated. Calyx
6-parted ; segments nearly equal, deciduous or wanting, or only
3, 4 or 5 and those small and petaloid. Fertile stamens in the
6-cleft flowers 9 in 3 rows; in the petaloid or naked flower
12-15-21 ; anthers ovate, 4-celled, all looking inwards. Sterile
stamens 6, sessile or stalked, gland-like, attached in pairs to the
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LAURACEiE.

3 interior stamens. Stigma peltate. Fruit berried, placed on
the expanded tube of the calyx. — Involucres deciduous. Leaves
variable, with pinnate veins, in some nearly opposite.

700. T. Roxburghii Nees Laurin. 515. — Sebifera glutinosa
Lour cochin, ii. 783. Litsea sebifera Pers. synops. ii. p. 4. To-
mex sebifera Willd. sp. pi. ii. 840. Tetranthera apetala JRoxb.
corom.pl. ii. t. 147. — Mountains of India; the Circars, Goal-
para, Monghir, Chittagong, Sylhet, Cochin-china, Java.

A variable plant. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute at the base, smooth
and shining above, more or less downy beneath. Umbels rather com-
pound, nearly white. Flowers apetalous. Stamens more than 9.
Involucre 4-leaved : the leaves roundish, concave, hoary on the outside.
Fruit globose, black, about the size of a pea. — The fruit yields a greasy
exudation, from which the Chinese manufacture candles of bad quality,
and which serves as the basis of salves. The leaves and branches are
full of a glutinous matter which is readily communicated to water in
which they are bruised.

LAURUS.

Flowers dioecious or hermaphrodite, involucrated. Calyx
4-parted; segments equal, deciduous. Fertile stamens 12 in
3 rows ; the outer alternate with the segments of the calyx ; all
with 2 glands in the middle or above it. Anthers oblong,
2-celled, all looking inwards. ? with 2-4 castrated males
surrounding the ovary. Stigma capitate. Fruit succulent, seated
in the irregular base of the calyx. — Umbels axillary, stalked.
Leaf buds with valvate papery scales. Leaves evergreen.

701. L. nobilis Linn. sp. pi. 529. N. and E. handb.
ii. 416. pi. med. t. 132. Nees Laurin. 579. La.fvi\ Dioscor.
— Asia Minor, Basin of the Mediterranean, Greece, Italy,
Spain and Portugal. Common ingardens. (Sweet Bay.)

An evergreen bush or tree from 15 to 25 feet high. Branches
smooth, green, densely leafy, with an aromatic rather bitter bark.
Leaves alternate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate,
wavy at the edge, rather leathery, quite hairless on both sides ; with a
small pore and fine beard at the axils of the lower veins, on the
under side. Umbels 4-6-flowered, somewhat globose, in small axillary
clusters; enclosed in papery, scarious, roundish, concave scales.
Flowers yellowish-white, glandular-dotted, membranous. Stamens
smooth. Fruit the size of a very large pea, ovate, black, covered with a
succulent coat. — Leaves and fruit are both aromatic; the latter enter
into the composition of the emplastrum cumini of the London Pharma-
copoeia. The fixed oil is sometimes employed externally as a stimulant.

*** Daphnidium Cubeba Nees. Launis Cubeba Lour, is an obscure
plant, known to no one since the time of Loureiro. Its fruit, the size of
a pepper corn, is reported to be a powerful aromatic. See Nees p. 616.

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Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 205.

ARISTOLOCHIA.

Calyx superior, tubular, coloured, permanent ; tumid, and
nearly globose, at the base ; limb dilated ; either lobed and
equally spreading, or unilateral and undivided. Filaments
consolidated into a notched cup, crowning the ovary within the
calyx ; anthers 6, sessile on the outer surface of the cup, each
of 2 oblong, separated, parallel, bivalve, cells. Ovary inferior,
oblong, angular. Style scarcely any. Stigma nearly globular,
with 6 deep lobes; the summit concave. Capsule with 6 angles,
6 cells, and 6 valves, with double partitions from their inflexed
margins. Seeds numerous in each cell, depressed, horizontal,
lying over each other, triangular, with a dilated or thickened
winged margin.

702. A. bracteata Retz. obs. v. No. 80. Roxb.fi. ind. iii.490.
— Cultivated ground on the coast of Coromandel.

Root perennial, long, slender, simple, perpendicular, waved, with
many small fibres issuing from every part of it. Stems or branches
several, weak, resting on the ground, waved, striated, from 12 to 18
inches long. Leaves alternate, petioled, kidney-formed, beautifully,
though slightly, curled round the margin, a little rugose, glaucous
underneath ; about 2 inches each way ; petioles channelled. Flowers
axillary, single, peduncled. Peduncles drooping, with a kidney-shaped,
curled, sessile bract near the base. Calyx with the upper part of the
tube and tongue erect; the latter has its margins revolute; the colour
a most beautiful dark purple ; covered on the inside with hairs of the
same colour. Anthers 6 pairs. Capsules ovate. Roxb. — Every part
nauseously bitter ; in India, for a purging with gripes, two of the fresh
leaves are rubbed up with a little water and given to an adult for a
dose, once in 24 hours. Roxb. An infusion of the dried leaves is
given as an anthelmintic ; fresh bruised and mixed with castor oil they
are considered a valuable remedy in obstinate cases of itch.

703. A. indica Linn. sp. pi. 1362. Roxb. fi. ind. iii. 489. —
(Rheede viii. t. 25.). — Copses and jungles in India, in poor soil.

Root much like that of Sarsaparilla, perennial. Stem twining, below
woody. Leaves stalked, wedge-shaped or obovate, 3-nerved, pointed,
waved, scolloped, smooth, 2-4 inches long, 1-2 broad. Racemes
axillary, shorter than the leaves, with bracts. Flowers erect. Anthers
in 6 pairs. Anthers oblong, pendulous. Roxb. — Root nauseously
bitter; the Hindoos suppose it to possess emmenagogue and antar-
thritic virtues.

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ARISTOLOCHIACE^E,

704. A. grandiflora Swartz prodr. fl. ind. occ. iii. 1566.
Willd. iv. 155. — Mountain thickets in Jamaica.

Stem twining, woody at the base. Leaves stalked, alternate, cordate,
rather acute, entire, nerved, veiny, smooth on each side, 4-5 inches
long. Flowers solitary, axillary, very large. Calyx narrow and 6-
angled at the base, downy externally ; above the base ventricose and
compressed; in the middle contracted, round, angular; higher up
reflexed ; finally dilated into a large, ventricose, oblique limb, which is
entire, somewhat cordate, flaccid, wavy, velvety purple, marked with
white, terminated by a linear acuminate appendage a foot long. — The
whole plant emits a powerful narcotic unpleasant smell, which Swartz
compares to that of Chenopodium vulvaria. It is poisonous to hogs,
according to the same author.

704 a. A. cymbifera Mart. n. g. et. sp. i. 76. t. 49. Lindl. in
Bot. Reg. xviii. t. 1543. — A. grandiflora Gomez in act. olyssip.
1812. p. 64. c. ic. A. ringens Martins trav. Eng. ed. ii. 91. not
of Vahl. — Shady thickets in the province of S. Paul, and near
Rio Janeiro.

Stem twining, covered with a corky cracked bark. Leaves very
large, cordate-reniform, smooth, with a very open sinus at the base,
bordered by the bases of the lateral ribs. Flowers very large, yellow
mixed and spotted with purple, hairy inside, with an obovate tube, and
an abruptly reflected 2-lipped limb ; upper lip short, ovate, carinate,
acute ; lower four times as long, inflated and cymbif'orm at the base,
gradually extended into a broad, plaited, roundish, membranous ex-
tremity. — The root, which has a very penetrating, disagreeable smell,
like that of rue, and a strong, bitter, aromatic taste, produces almost
entirely the same effects as the Virginia snake-root (A. serpentaria).
It is very frequently used in Brazil against ulcers, paralytic affections
of the extremities, dyspepsy, impotentia virilis, in nervous and inter-
mitting fevers, especially those in which a predominant disorder of the
pituitous membrane, or the whole lymphatic system has been observed,
and, lastly, against the bites of serpents. According to Gomez, the
powdered root is given in doses of a scruple, from 4 to 6 times a
day ; the decoction is ordered in doses of 4 to 6 ounces, and the
juice expressed from the leaves, of 1 or 2 drachms daily. Martius's
Travels, ii. 91.

704 b. A. macroura Gomez 1. c.Martius 1. c. p. 79 Woods

of Brazil. (Jarrinha.)

Stem twining, smooth, angular, furrowed ; stipules reniform. Leaves
cordate at the base, 3-lobed. Peduncles ] -flowered. Tube of the
calyx obovate; limb deflexed, cylindrical, enlarged at the throat,
1-lipped ; lip cordate-deltoidal from the base, thrice as broad as the
throat, extended into a crenulated point above a foot long. Martius.
— The root and herb are similar in their effects to those of the last,
but more potent.

705. A. fragrantissima Ruiz in Lamb, cinch. 175. t. 4. — In
the woods of the Peruvian Andes. (Star reed.)

A climbing shrub. Root fusiform, very long, as much as 6 inches
thick, greyish brown ; bark 1-4 lines thick ; wood radiated in a trans-
verse section, whitish, easily separating into numerous flexible plates.

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ARISTOLOCHIA.

Stems climbing to the tops of trees, taper, flexuose ; shoots stri-
ated, downy or woolly. Leaves on long stalks, cordate, entire, with
a long point, smooth and roughish above, downy beneath. Peduncles
axillary, solitary, in pairs, or in threes, four times shorter than the
petioles. Calyx brownish pink, 2 inches long, tubular, villous inside,
bluntly hexagonal ,• with an oblique 1-lipped, tongue-shaped, glandular
limb which is reflexed at the apex. Capsule oblong, bluntly hex-
angular. The stems when stripped of their bark resemble cords, and
are employed in Peru as ropes. — Used by the Peruvian Indians as a
remedy for dysenteries, malignant inflammatory fevers, colds, rheumatic
pains, and various diseases arising from fatigue. Antiseptic, odontalgic,
sudorific. Flavour bitter, camphorous, balsamic. The Indians also
apply it pounded or bruised fresh to the bites and stings of reptiles and
insects, as a powerful antidote to their poison. Ruiz.

706. A. trilobata Linn, sp.pl. 1361. Willd. iv. 151. Swartz

obs. 341. Jacq. eclog. t. 26. Bot. reg. xvii. t. 1399 A. trifida

Lam. enc. ii. 249. — Woods in the West Indies.

Stem shrubby, twining, round. Leaves on long stalks, cordate,
3-lobed; the lobes oblong, obtuse, nearly equal; stipules combined
into 1 large, cordate, roundish leaf. Flowers solitary; the pe-
duncle and ovary taken together shorter than the petiole, large, pale-
yellow. Tube of the calyx inflated, cylindrical, angular, with 6 short
obtuse unequal spines at the base ; broken inwards in the middle,
2-lipped; one of the lips being very large, cordate, brown-purple,
puckered, with a very long, twisted linear point or tail. — Reputed to
be an antidote to the bites of serpents. If taken in doses of from 6-20
grains it is a sudden and powerful sudorific.

707. A. anguicida Linn. sp. pi. 1362. Jacq. amer. 232. t. 144.
— Thickets of Carthagena.

Roots branched, pithy, filled with a bitter orange nauseous fetid
juice. Stems round, at the base corky, at the upper part smoothish,
striated, twining; about 10 feet high. Stipules large, solitary, con-
verging. Leaves cordate-acuminate, entire, flat, smooth on each side,
netted underneath, with a short downy stalk. Peduncles axillary, solitary.
Flowers greenish, with purple veins ; the limb on one side lanceolate
acuminate. — The juice of the root chewed and introduced into the
mouth of a serpent so stupifies it that it may for a long time be handled
with impunity; if the reptile is compelled to swallow a few drops it
perishes in convulsions. The root is also reputed to be an antidote to
serpent-bites. Jacquin, 1. c.

708. A. Serpentaria Linn, sp.pl. 1363. Woodv. t. 106. BL
gelow med. bot. iii. t. 49. — A. officinalis N. and E. handb. ii. 400.
pi. med. t. 144. — Woods in the southern and middle parts of
the United States.

Height most commonly under a foot. Root extremely fibrous, and
sending up a number of stems, which are simple or slightly branched,
jointed, flexuose, and often with a reddish tinge. Leaves alternate, on
short petioles, oblong, entire, acuminate, heart-shaped, at base 3-nerved.
The flowers grow close to the ground, like those of Asarum ; they
have a stiff leathery texture, and a dull brownish purple colour. The
peduncle which supports them has one or more bracts, and gradually
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ARISTOLOCHI ACEiE.

enlarges into a furrowed obovate ovary. The calyx, like others in this
singular genus, consists of a long contorted tube, bent in the form o.
the letter S, swelling at its two extremities, having its throat surrounded
by an elevated edge or brim, and its border expanded into a broad irre-
gular margin, forming an upper and under lip, which are closed in a
triangular manner in the bud. The anthers are 12 in number, growing
in pairs to the sides of the fleshy style, which is situated in the bottom
of the calyx, and covered by a firm, spreading convoluted stigma,
which extends over the anthers. Capsule obovate, 6-angled, 6-celled,
with numerous small flat seeds. Bigelow. — The root has a penetrating
resinous smell, and a pungent bitter taste. It acts as a stimulant, tonic,
diaphoretic, and in certain cases as an antispasmodic and anodyne. It
is peculiarly useful in supporting the strength and in allaying the irre-
gular action which attend great febrile debility. Dr. Chapman considers
it " admirably suited to check vomiting and to tranquillise the stomach,
more particularly in bilious cases."

709. A. pallida Wffld. sp.pl. iv. 162.;

710. A. longa Linn. sp. 1364. ;

711. A. boetica Linn. sp. 1363.;

712. A. sempervirens Linn.sp. 1363.; and

713. A. rotunda Linn. sp. 1364., are slightly aromatic stimu-
lating tonics useful in the latter stages of low fever ; the taste
is bitter and acrid ; the odour strong and disagreeable. They
are said to be sudorific, and have been employed as emmena-
gogues in amenorhcea. They are supposed to be the plants
with which the Egyptian jugglers stupify the snakes they play
with.

714. A. Clematitis Linn. sp. pi. 1364. Eng. Bot. t. 398. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 377. — Waste places in a few localities in England,
common on the continent. (Birthwort.)

Root perennial. Stem erect, smooth, about 3 feet high, simple,
flexuose, emitting an Elder-like disagreeable smell when bruised, tumid
and polished at the nodes. Leaves alternate, smooth, roundish-ovate,
entire, obtuse, reniform at the base, with pedate veins ; petiole as long
as the lamina, furrowed, smooth. Flowers pedicellate, clustered, axil-
lary, erect or pendulous, shorter than the petioles. Calyx dull pale
yellow, inflated at the base, with a straight cylindrical tube, slightly
hairy internally, and an oblique, ovate, emarginate, obtuse concave limb.
Column very small, roundish, depressed, slightly triangular, with 1-ses-
sile 2-celled anther on each angle and face. — The roots are powerfully
stimulating, when fresh they have a very disagreeable smell. They have
been chiefly employed as aids to difficult parturition.

715. The Guaco of the Caraccas, reported to be a powerful
remedy for the bites of serpents, is said by Dr. Hancock to be
some plant of this genus.

ASARUM.

Calyx bell-shaped, coriaceous, coloured, permanent, In 3 rather
deep, upright segments, with incurved points. Filaments 12,

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awl-shaped, half the length of the calyx. Anthers attached to
the inner side of the filaments, below the summit, each of 2
round, separated cells. Ovary turbinate. Style columnar, fur-
rowed, nearly as long as the stamens. Stigma in 6 deep, stel-
lated, recurved segments. Capsules coriaceous, of 6 cells, not
bursting. Seeds several in each cell, obovate, with a pale lon-
gitudinal crest.

716. A. europaeum Linn. sp. pi. 633. Woodv. t. 86. Eng.
Bot. t. 1083. Eng. Fl. ii. 342. — Mountainous woods in various
parts of England. (Asarabacca.)

Roots creeping, entangled, with numerous, branching, stout fibres,
their scent when bruised very peculiar, partaking of pepper and ginger
Stems very short and simple, round, each bearing 2 dark green, shining,
kidney-shaped, rather downy, leaves, 2 inches wide, on long, downy
stalks, and 1 drooping flower, not an inch long, fleshy in substance, of a
lurid and singular aspect. — The powdered leaves are used to provoke
sneezing ; a lew grains at a time may be safely taken, and they produce
a considerable discharge of fluid by the nostrils. Smith. — Roots pur-
gative, emetic, and diuretic. Called Cabaret in France, because, as
is said, drunkards use it to produce vomiting.

717. A. canadense Linn. sp. pi. 633. Bigelow med. bot.
i. t. 15. — Woods and mountainous tracts from Canada to Caro-
lina. (Canada snakeroot, wild ginger.)

Rhizoma creeping, fleshy, and somewhat jointed. Leaves kidney-
shaped, pubescent on both sides, with long, round, hairy petioles.
Flower solitary, growing from the fork of the stem, on a pendulous
hairy peduncle. Calyx very hairy or woolly, consisting of 3 broad, con-
cave leaflets, which are mostly of a brownish or dull purple on the in-
side at top and bottom, and terminated by a long, spreading, inflected
point, with reflexed sides : the colour varies greatly according to the
amount of light which the plant enjoys, being sometimes nearly green.
Subulate processes 3, below the sinuses of the calyx in the inside of the
tube. Stamens 12, inserted on the ovary at a distance from the calyx,
the alternate ones longer. Anthers adnate, shorter than the subulate
filaments. Ovary inferior, somewhat hexagonal; style conical, striated,
parted at top into 6 recurved, radiating stigmas. — Rhizoma agreeably
aromatic, very unlike that of A. europaeum. A warm stimulant and
diaphoretic, acting like Aristolochia Serpentaria ; not emetic as has been
asserted.

345

AMARANTHACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 207.

GOMPHRENA.

Bractlets 2, coloured, carinate, enveloping the 5 sepals. Tube
of stamens 5-cleft ; segments 2- or 3-cleft or denticulate, having
in their middle cylindrical 1 -celled anthers. Style single ; stig-
mas 2, cylindrical. Utricle closed, 1 -seeded.

718. G. officinalis Mart, nov.gen. and sp. ii. t. 101, 102. Aug.
de St. Hil.pl. us. No. 31. — South and middle of Brazil.

Root perennial, tuberous, sometimes as large as the fist, rather
woody internally. Stems ascending, from a span to a foot high, reddish-
green, very hairy or shaggy. Leaves in 3 or 4 pairs on each stem,
ovate or oval, short stalked, mucronulate, shaggy like the stems.
Flowers capitate, deep-red, shining. Heads terminal, sometimes as much
as 3 inches in diameter, hemispherical, compact, surrounded by an
involucre of several rows of acute bracts. An external bractlet to each
flower, long, acuminate-triangular, dry, membranous, scarlet in the
middle ; inner bractlets deep scarlet. Calyx of the same colour. —
The Brazilians employ the root for nearly the same purposes as Aristo-
lochia Serpentaria is employed in North America ; it appears to be a
stimulating tonic. The thick clubshaped root is chiefly used in spasms,
dyspepsy, intermittent fevers, diarrhoea, &c, and is called Paratodo.

718 a. * Amaranthus viridis L. and melancholicus L. respect-
ively called Caruru and Caruru vermelho in Brazil, are used in
that country for emollient poultices.

* * Amaranthus obtusifolius is mentioned as a diuretic : but such a
species is not to be found in systematical works.

CHENOPODIACEZE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 208.

CHENOPODIUM.

Calyx inferior, in 5 deep, ovate, concave, permanent segments,
membranous at the edges. Filaments awl-shaped, opposite to
the segments, and about as long. Anthers of 2 round lobes.
Ovary orbicular, depressed.- Styles short. Stigmas obtuse. Seed
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CHENOPODIACE^E.

solitary, lenticular, crustaceous, enveloped in a very thin, mem-
branous, close utricle, and covered by the permanent, 5-angled
calyx.

719. C. olidum Curt, lond.v.t. 20. Eng. Bot. t. 1034. Eng.
Fl. ii. 14. — C. vulvaria Linn. sp. pi. 321. Woodv. t. 145. —
Waste ground, common in many places, especially near the sea.
(Stinking goosefoot.)

Root small. Stems several, branched, spreading or prostrate. Whole
herb of a dull greyish-green, covered with a greasy mealiness, which,
when touched, exhales a strong, permanent, nauseous odour, like stale
salt-fish. Leaves stalked, acute, entire, ovate, or slightly rhomboid,
not an inch long. Flowers small, in oblong, interrupted spikes. Seed
dotted. — According to Chevallier this plant exhales pure ammonia,
during its whole existence. Notwithstanding its nauseous odour it is
still employed as an antispasmodic and emmenagogue, and is constantly
to be found in the herb-shops of Covent Garden market.

720. C. baryosmon Rom. and Sch. vi. 269. — Salsola fcetida
Delile descr. de I'Egypte n. 310. — Upper Egypt.

An undershrub: Branches spreading rather downy; twigs fascicu-
late, filiform, whitish, hoary, flattish, about 3-4 inches long, and stand-
ing in the room of leaves. Flowers occasionally solitary, but more
frequently arranged in slender leafless spikes, which are very numerous,
from 2 to 4 lines long, and either spreading or erect. Bracts to each
flower 2-3, very small, obtuse, downy. Filaments twice or thrice as
long as the calyx, with large yellow anthers. Style simple ; stigma
small, bifid. — An excessively foetid plant : which Mr. Burnett supposed
may be used for the same purposes as the last.

721. C. Botrys Linn, sp.pl- 320. Homer and Sch. vi. 259.
Sibthorp Fl. Grcecat. 253. Torrey fl. amer. i. 296. — Southern
parts of Europe, Siberia, Pennsylvania, in sandy waste places.
(Jerusalem oak.)

An annual. Stem about a foot high, branched, downy, and a little
viscid. Leaves stalked, 2 inches long, deeply sinuate, with the seg-
ments toothed. Racemes panicled, very large; branches somewhat
one-sided. Flowers distinct, on very short pedicels. Seeds smooth,
not shining. Torrey. — The whole plant is powerfully and agreeably
fragrant. It is reported by French physicians to be a valuable expec-
torant, and to have been employed with much advantage in catarrh
and humoral asthma.

722. C. anthelminticum Linn. sp. pi. 320. Bart. mat. med.
ii. t. 44. Rom. and Sch. vi. 261. Torrey fl. am. i. 296. —
Sandy fields in the United States. (Wormseed.)

A perennial. Stem 2 feet high, erect, much branched, often
reddish, furrowed. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, toothed,
and somewhat sinuate, sprinkled beneath with resinous atoms. Ra-
cemes long, slender, axillary and terminal. Style 3-cleft. Torrey. —
The whole plant has a strong, heavy, disagreeable odour. It yields
from the seeds an abundance of oil, which, under the name of wormseed
oil, is powerfully anthelmintic. The expressed juice, or the leaves or
seeds in powder, have similar properties.

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CHENOPODIUM.

723. C. ambrosioides Linn. sp. pi. 320. Bom. and Sch.
ii. 260. Torrey fl. amer. i. 295. — Common in waste places
in the United States. (Mexican tea.)

An annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, much branched, often spread-
ing, green, a little downy. Leaves lanceolate, 1| inch long, on
short stalks, acute at the base, remotely toothed ; the upper ones
almost linear. Racemes simple, axillary, leafy ; about 2 inches long,
erect. Flowers green. — All the plant has an agreeable penetrating
smell. It has been used with advantage in the treatment of nervous
diseases, and Plenck commends it in chorea.

ATRIPLEX.

Polygamous. $ . Calyx inferior, concave, permanent, in 5
deep, equal, ovate, segments, thin or membranous at the edges.
Filaments 5, awl-shaped, from the bottom of the calyx, opposite
to its segments, and about as long. Anthers of 2 round lobes.
Ovary superior, orbicular, often very imperfect. Style short,
deeply divided. Stigmas simple, spreading. Seed 1, orbicular,
depressed, wrapped in a thin close utricle, and covered by the
closed, permanent, 5-angled calyx. J . Sepals 2, large, flat,
compressed, cordate, closely enclosing a 1 -seeded utricle.

724. A. angustifolia Smith fl. brit. 1092. Eng Bot. t. 1774.

Eng.fl. iv. 258 A. patula Huds. Fl. angl. 443. — Common

in waste places.

An annual, with a dull greyish green aspect. Stem herbaceous,
spreading. Leaves lanceolate, entire ; the lower ones partly 3-lobed.
Calyx of the fruit hastate, slightly warted at the sides. — Seeds said to
be emetic.

725. A. hortensis Linn. sp. pi. 1493. Lam. enc. i. 276. illustr.
t. 853. f. 1. Schhuhr. t. 349. Bo'mer and Schultes vi. 282. —
Tartary. (Garden Orache.)

An annual. Stems 4-5 feet high, striated, smooth, bluntly angular,
branched. Leaves generally alternate, rather large, triangular, toothed,
of the same colour on both sides, acute, when young mealy. Flowers
small, in terminal, interrupted, branched spikes. Sepals of the fruit
ovate, reticulated, entire. — Seed reputed to be emetic. The leaves
an old-fashioned potherb, once cultivated in lieu of Spinach.

SALSOLA.

Flowers hermaphrodite, bracteate. Sepals 5, acquiring a trans-
verse appendage at the back. Hypogynous scales 0. Stamens 5
(seldom 3) inserted into an hypogynous ring or cup. Stigmas 2,
usually combined at the base, rarely 1, subsessile and capitate.
Utricle depressed, somewhat papery. Seed horizontal, without
albumen, with membranous integuments. Embryo spiral. Ra-
dicle dorsal. — Leafy or leafless herbaceous plants and shrubs,
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CHENOPODIACEJE.

with succulent sub-cylindrical leaves. Flowers axillary and ses-
sile. Dorsal appendages of the sepals wing-like. Utricle occa-
sionally slightly baccate.

*#* According to Guibourt the sodas of commerce are furnished by
the following plants. Soda of Alicant which is the finest, by S. sativa,
Kali, Soda and Tragus ; it contains from 25 to 40 per cent of Carb.
of Soda. Soda of Narbonne, by Salicornia annua L., it con-
tains 14-15 per cent, of Carbonate of Soda. Blanquette or Soda of
Aignesmortes, procured from a mixture of salt plants, with from 3-8
per cent, of the carbonate; finally Normandy Soda, obtained from
Fucus.

726. S. Kali Linn. sp. pi. 322. Eng. Bot. t. 634. Woodv. t. 143.
El. Dan. t. 818. Eng. El. ii. 18. — Common in Europe and the
colder parts of Asia either on the sandy sea shore, or in arid
deserts.

An annual plant, forming a bushy stem, covered with rigid spiny
channelled leaves, which are a little dilated, membranous and notched
at the base. Flowers solitary, each with 3 leaf-like bracts. Calyx
dilated, membranous, reddish, converging over the fruit, each sepal
with a small leafy appendage on the outside. Fruit turbinate, winged.

727. A. sativa Lsfl. it. 132. Cavan ic. iii. 46. t. 291. Willd.
i. 1311. R. and S. vi. 236. — Coast of Spain, in the kingdom of
Valentia.

An annual, with a succulent root. Stem herbaceous, about a foot
high, with spreading, taper, reddish branches, and scattered, numerous,
smooth, sessile leaves like those of Sedum. Flowers sessile, axillary,
5-7, with 3 minute ovate scales at the base. Calyx very small, but
larger than the bracts, with its lobes by degrees dilated into small
rounded spreading lobes. Seeds small, compressed, spiral. Poiret.

728. S. Soda Linn. sp. pi. 323. Willd. i. 1311. Desfont.
ail. i. 216. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 68. — South of Europe, north
of Africa, salt-plains of the Crimea, &c.

An annual often growing 3 or 4 feet high and falling prostrate by its
own weight. Leaves long, spreading, fleshy, ash-coloured, with 3
narrow green lines on the upper side. Within the axil of each leaf are
two smaller ones which are triangular and keeled. Sepals 5, lanceolate,
whitish. Stamens rather longer than the calyx. Styles 2. Ovary
rapidly growing into an urceolate fruit which is depressed at the apex.
The full grown calyx very hard, half oval, flattish above, and bordered,
5-parted in the middle, falling away with the fruit.

729. S. Tragus Linn, sp.pl. 322. Pall, illustr. ii. 37. t. 29. f. 2.
R. and S. vi. 227. — (Lobel. ic. 797. f. 2.) — South of Europe,
north of Africa, Caspian and Euxine seas on the sandy shore.

A species resembling S. Kali from which it chiefly differs in having
the calyx after flowering furnished with short dorsal appendages, which
in Kali are longer than the calyx, very broad, round, membranous and
transparent.

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PHYTOLACCACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 210.

PHYTOLACCA.

Calyx 5-parted, coloured, permanent. Stamens and styles
10, or more. Fruit depressed, furrowed, 10- or more-celled,
covered with a succulent flesh. Seeds solitary.

730. P. decandra Linn. sp. pi. 631. Bot. Mag. t. 931. Bi-

gelow med. bot. i. t. 3 North America. Supposed to have

been introduced to the south of Europe, where it is now a com-
mon weed. " Pocan" is the Virginian name, whence " Poke"
the vulgar name ; also " Garget, Cocum, Jalap, Pigeon-berries"
in North America.

Root of a large size, frequently exceeding a man's leg in thickness,
usually branched, fleshy, fibrous, and easily cut or broken ; inter-
nally distinctly marked with concentric rings of considerable thickness,
while its outer surface is covered with a very thin brownish bark,
which seems to be little more than a cuticle. Stems, which are annual,
frequently 6, or even 9 feet high, round, smooth, and very much
branched ; when young, their usual colour is green ; but in most plants
after the berries have ripened, they are of a fine purple. Leaves scat-
tered, stalked, ovate-oblong, smooth on both sides, ribbed underneath,
entire, acute. Flowers on long pedunculated racemes opposite to the
leaves. Peduncles nearly smooth, angular, ascending. Pedicels diva-
ricated, sometimes branched, green, white, or purple, furnished with a
small linear bract at the base, and two others in the middle. Calyx
whitish, consisting of 5 round-ovate, concave, incurved sepals. Sta-
mens 10, rather shorter than the sepals, with white, roundish, 2-lobed
anthers. Ovary round, depressed, 10-furrowed. Styles 10, short, re-
curved. Berries in long clusters, dark purple, almost black, depressed
or flattened, and marked with 10 furrows on the sides. — Root an
emetic, approaching nearly to Ipecacuanha. Bigelow says, that " from
abundant experience, the result of many trials made in dispensary
practice, I am satisfied that, when properly prepared, it operates in the
same doses and with the same certainty " as that drug. Its exhibition
sometimes attended by slight narcotic symptoms. Externally applied it
excites a sense of heat and smarting ; it cures psora, and taenia ca-
pitis.

351

POLYGONACEjE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. ^.211.
COCCOLOBA.

Calyx 5-parted, permanent, eventually becoming succulent.
Filaments 5, inserted into the base of the calyx, and forming a
short ring by their union. Style 3 ; stigmas simple. Nut 1-
seeded, bony, covered with the succulent enlarged calyx. Em-
bryo in the middle of the albumen.

731. C. uvifera Linn. sp. pi. 523. Jacq. amer. 112. t. 73.
Bot. mag. t. 3130. — {Shane ii. 129. t. 220. f. 3.) — Sea coast
of the West India Islands and the adjoining coast of America.
(Sea side grape.)

A tree 20 feet or more in height, much branched, the branches flexu-
ose. Leaves very beautiful, ample, orbicular-cordate, coriaceous, entire,
obtuse, waved, of a full bright and glossy green, with the principal
nerves red, especially at the base. Petioles short, with combined
sheathing stipules at their base. Racemes terminal, long, erect in
flower, afterwards cernuous ; pedicels short, in many closely placed
fascicles, with little scales or bracts at their base. Flowers fragrant.
Calyx small, white, in 5 deep spreading segments, uniting into a fleshy
attenuated base, which is jointed upon the pedicel. Stamens 5, com-
bined at the base into an annulus which surrounds the germen. Ovary
superior, ovate. Styles 3. Stigmas obtuse. As the fruit advances to
maturity, it becomes enveloped by the enlarged and fleshy perianth,
which thus forms an obovate, reddish, purple berry, resembling a small
pear, with a scar at the top where the segments of the perianth had
been attached : within is 1 cell, divided at the base into 3 imperfect
cells, whose dissepiments enter into the base of the nut. Nut roundish,
very acute, longitudinally wrinkled, 3-lobed at the base below, and
attached by the centre. Albumen copious, marked with numerous
clefts and fissures at the margin. In the middle of this, or nearly so,
is the foliaceous embryo, with its radicle pointing upwards. Hooker. —
The leaves, wood and bark are excessively astringent ; the decoction, pre-
pared by evaporation, forms Jamaica kino. The fruit is eatable, and
commonly sold in the West India markets, but is not much esteemed.
The wood yields a red dye.

RHEUM.

Calyx petaloid, 6-parted, withering. Stamens about 9, in-
serted into the base of the calyx. Styles 3, reflexed. Stigmas
peltate, entire. Achenium 3-cornered^ winged, with the with -
ered calyx at the base. Embryo in the centre of the albumen.

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*** This genus is very important, on account of the officinal rhubarb
being produced by some of the species. It is, however, not a little
curious that up to the present time no one should have ascertained with
certainty from which of the many known species any of that which finds
its way to Europe through Turkey and Russia, is really obtained.

The species inhabit the plains of Tartary, the wastes of Siberia, and
the lofty mountains cutting off India from the high and cold table land
to the north. They are all similar in their flowers, but their leaves,
particularly the leafstalks, afford excellent marks of distinction when
the plants are wild. In the gardens they hybridise so readily, that it
hardly possible to say to which of the wild types the many culti-
vated sorts are referable. In the following account, I have included
every species with which I am acquainted, or of which an account can
be found in books. There is some confusion in the synonymy, which
I have endeavoured to adjust ; but the genus requires all the care of a
skilful monographist. Guibourt seems to me to have studied the
subject with more attention than any one ; and I have accordingly
incorporated his opinions in the following short history of the spe-
cies.

It will be seen that the whole subject is involved in the greatest
obscurity : and it is probable that Professor Royle is correct in his
opinion that the officinal drug, obtained in the heart of Thibet, whither
no botanist has ever penetrated, is the produce of some species still
unknown. I extract the following account of the origin of officinal
rhubarb from this gentleman's excellent Illustrations of the Botany of
the Himalaya Mountains, Sfc. " The rhubarb of commerce is well known
to be brought by the Chinese to the Russian frontier town of Kiachta,
according to the treaty formed between those powers in 1772. The
Chinese obtain the rhubarb produced in China Proper, from that part
of the province of Shensee now called Kansu, situated between N.
lat. 35° and 40° ; but the best, according to the missionaries, who say it
is called Tai-hoang, in the province of Letchuen, from the moun-
tains called Sue-chan, or of snow, which extend from N, lat. 26° to 33°
and from about 100° to 105° of E. longitude. That from the latter
province probably forms much of what is called China rhubarb : the
missionaries met large quantities of it, brought down in the months of
October and November. That from Kansu may afford some of what
is called Russian rhubarb ; but both Pallas and Rehman have ascer-
tained that the greater portion, if not the whole of this, is obtained in
April and May from the clefts of rocks in high and arid mountains
surrounding lake Kokonor. Bell also learnt that it was the produce of
Mongolia, and Marco Polo of Succuir, in Tanguth. Dr. Rehman
ascertained that the trade is in the hands of one Bucharian family, who
farm the monopoly from the Chinese government, and reside at Si-ning,
a Chinese town on the very frontiers of Tibet, 3000 verstes from Kiachta,
and 20 days journey from Kian-sin and Schan-sin, Tangutian towns,
where the Bucharians go to purchase rhubarb. This would bring the
rhubarb country within 95° of E. long, in 35° of N. latitude, that is in
the heart of Thibet.

732. R. Emodi Wallich MSS. Cat. herb. ind. No. 1727.
Hooker in Bot. mag. t. 3508. — R. australe Donprodr.Jl. nep. 75. ;
id. in Sweet Fl. Gard. t. 269. — Mountains of Gossain Than,
Kamaon.

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RHEUM.

Stems 6 to 10 feet high, much branched and sulcated, very thick
below, gradually attenuated upwards into large panicles, and there
rough with minute warts or excrescences : the colour yellow-green,
streaked with red-brown. Leaves very large, but gradually smaller up-
wards, roundish-cordate, entire, somewhat wavy, slightly rough upon
the surface and the margin. Petioles thick, angled and furrowed, rough,
embracing the stem by means of the large, bifid, sheathing membranous
stipules. Panicles, or rather compound racemes, terminal, very long,
the branches erect, virgate, rough. Pedicels solitary or clustered,
somewhat verticillate, short, spreading in fruit, deflexed. Flowers very
small, of a deep blood-red colour. Calyx of 6 spreading, ovate, deep seg-
ments, 3 alternate ones smaller. Stamens 9, shorter than the perianth.
Filaments subulate, monadelphous at the base. Ovary short, trique-
trous, often abortive. Styles 3, spreading. Stigmas large, warty.
Fruit pendent, dark blood-coloured, shining, cordate, triangular, the
angles sharply winged, covered at the base with the persistent perianth,
of which the 3 smaller segments are applied to the 3 winged angles.
Seed ovato-triquetrous. Hooker. To the foregoing description by
Sir W. Hooker, I add, for the sake of a better contrast with other
species, the following more exact character of the leaves and pe-
tioles : — Leaves cordate, acute, dull green, but little wavy, flattish,
very much wrinkled, distinctly rough, with coarse short hairs on
each side ; sinus of the base distinctly open, not wedge-shaped but di-
verging at an obtuse angle, with the lobes nearly turned upwards.
Petioles very rough, rounded-angular, furrowed ; with the upper side
depressed, bordered by an elevated edge, and very much narrower at
the upper than the lower end. It was stated by Professor Don (Edinb.
Phil. Journal), when this plant was first made known, that it was the
undoubted origin of the Russian and Turkey rhubarbs. But Mr. Pereira,
who had samples of the root from Dr. Wallich, found that the specimens
had hardly any resemblance to the rhubarb of the shops. The roots
of this and R. Webbianum nevertheless appear to be valuable as medi-
cines ; for Mr. Twining reported that, after an experience of 43 cases
in the general hospital at Calcutta, he found them, as tonic and astrin-
gent, superior to corresponding quantities of the best rhubarb, but not
on the whole so eligible in obstinate costiveness on account of their aroma
and astringency. They are less disagreeable to take than the best Tur-
key rhubarb, nearly as efficacious as a purge, and very superior in small
doses as a tonic and astringent inprofluvia. Royle's Illustr., p. 316.

733. R. Webbianum Boyle illustr. 318 R. Emodi Meisner

in Wall. pi. as. rar. iii. 65. not of Wall. — Gossain Than ; Niti.

Root leaves large, long-stalked, cordate, acute; cauline obtuse;
rather downy above, veiny beneath and margin hairy ; petioles rounded.
Upper branches and peduncles round, smooth, slightly striated. Axil-
lary racemes clustered, terminal, panicled; pedicels in threes, twice as
short as the ripe fruit. Sepals entire, broadly oval, obtuse. Achenium
somewhat cordate at the base, entire or a little emarginate at the point.
Royle. — See the last species. This is possibly what Mr. Moorcroft
found at Niti, at the height of 12,000 feet above the sea.

734. R. spiciforme Royle illustr. 318. t. 78. — Northern face
of the Himalayas, at the Kherang pass, and several places be-
yond.

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Leaves thick, leathery, cordate, blunt, red and netted beneath, and
covered with stellate down on each side ; petioles and peduncles smooth.
Racemes arising from the very root, spicate. Pedicels numerous, clus-
tered, as long as the ripe fruit. Sepals oblong, obtuse, the alternate
ones narrower and petaloid. Fruit rounded at the base and apex. —
Nothing is said of the quality of the roots, except that they are lighter
coloured and more compact than those of R. Emodi. It appears that
the rhubarb of Tartary grows at the height of 1 6,000 feet above the sea ;
and Dr. Royle says that rhubarb sent by the late Mr. Moorcroft from
near Ludak, lat. 34° N„ long. 77±° E,, was, for compactness of texture,
colour and properties, as fine as any he has ever seen ; it is not impro-
bable that it may have been furnished by this species.

735. R. Moorcroftianum Royle illustr. p. 318 Wall. herb.

ind. n. 1727. (" Small stalked rhubarb.")

This plant has not been described. Professor Don has obliged me
with the following notes upon the differences between it and R. spiei-
forme : — " R. Moorcroftianum has the petioles more deeply furrowed ;
the stipules as long as the petioles, and much more membranous. The
imperfect rudiments of leaves (scales) at the base are even longer than
the stipules, and are extremely thin and much torn, especially towards
their summits. The fruits are larger, and angles broaderandmore winged.
R. spiciforme has the lamina of its leaf of a thicker and firmer texture ;
the stipules twice or thrice shorter than the petioles. The imperfect
rudiments of leaves (scales) on the collum are short, entire, and less
membranous, and imbricated. These scales in the former (Moorcrofti-
anum) are often longer than the petioles. The leaves and stems of both
species are clothed with short scabrous pubescence, and the sepals
agree in size and form. — Root of this is said to be more purgative than
the last.

736. R. leucorhizum Pall. n. act. petrop. x. 381. 1 792. Willd.

sp. pi. ii. 491. Ledebour ic. pi. ross. t. \9\. fl. altaic. ii. 92 '•

R. nanum Sievers in Pall. n. nord. beitr. vii. 264. R. tataricum
Linn. Suppl. 229. ? — Stony places on the mountains of Dolen-
kara, Tschingistau and Arkalyki in the Soongorian Kirghese
desert ; also near the rivers Dschargurban and Kurtschum.

A small plant for this genus. Root white, branched, about 3 inches
in diameter next to the stem. Radical leaves about 3, short-stalked,
coriaceous, 4-6 inches long, 5-9 inches broad, transversely elliptical,
scarcely hollowed out at the base ; with 3, thick, branched nerves pro-
jecting very much beneath ; smooth on both sides, toothletted at the
edge, with here and there a few scattered roughish warts ; no cauline
leaves, or scarcely ever one ; petioles about an inch long, compressed,
solid, with a narrow channel on the upper side. Flowering stem about
2 inches high, when in flower, afterwards becoming 10-12 inches high,
about as thick as the finger, simple as high as the middle, then divided
into several rigid divaricating branches. Flowers much fewer than in
other species ; the alternate segments of the calyx 3 or 4 times smaller
than the others. Fruit very large, 6 lines broad and 4 lines long, or even
longer, deep red. Ledebour. — Ledebour says nothing of the roots.
" When Pallas was at Kiachta, the Buchanan merchants who supplied
the crown with rhubarb, brought some pieces of rhubarb, which had a

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white taste, and was equal in its effects to the best sorts." Pereira. It
is said to have been the produce of this plant.

737. R. rhaponticum Linn. sp. pi. 531. Ait. Kew. ii. 41.
Willd. sp. pi. ii. 488. — Rhaponticum Alp. rhapont. i. t. 1. —
Thrace Linn. ; borders of the Euxine sea ; more abundantly-
north of the Caspian, in the deserts between the Volga and the
Yaik ; also Siberia on the mountains of Krasnojar. Guibourt.

Leaves roundish-ovate, cordate, obtuse, pale green, but little wavy,
very concave, even, very slightly downy on the under side, especially
near the edge, and on the edge itself; scabrous at the margin ; sinus
quite open, large and cuneate. Petiole depressed, channelled on the
upper side, with the edges regularly rounded off, pale green, striated,
scarcely scabrous. Panicles very compact and short, always rounded
at the ends, and never lax as in the other common garden species.
Flowering stem about 3 feet high. — According to Guibourt the root
of this is bitter, astringent, and aromatic ; when chewed mucilaginous
and not at all gritty ; the smell like that of rhubarb, but more dis-
agreeable. It is cultivated in large quantities at a place called
Rheumpole, near Lorient in the department of Morbihan. The pre-
pared root is said to be extremely like Rhubarb in appearance, and to
be what was analysed by M. Henry as French Rhubarb. {Bull, de
Pharmacie, vol. vi. p. 87.)

738. R. undulatum Linn, sp.pl. 531. Amcen. acad. 'in. 212. t. 4.
Willd. sp. pi. ii. 489. S. and C. 1. 177. — R. rhabarbarum Linn,
syst. veg. 385. — China, Ammann ; Siberia, Guibourt.

Leaves oval, obtuse, extremely wavy, deep green, with veins purple
at the base, often shorter than the petiole, distinctly and copiously
downy on each side, looking as if frosted when young, scabrous at the
edge ; sinus open, wedge-shaped, with the lower lobes of the leaves
turned upwards. Petiole downy, blood red, semicylindrical, with
elevated edges to the upper side, which is narrower at the upper than
the lower end. — A Tartarian merchant, a dealer in rhubarb, gave what
were, or what were said to be, seeds of the genuine Rhubarb plant to
Kauw Boerhaave, first physician to the Emperor of Russia, about the
year 1750, and those seeds produced both R. undulatum and palmatum.
Georgi further states that a Cossack pointed out to him the leaves of the
former as the true species. Hence it was once regarded as the real
officinal plant, and cultivated as such by the Russian Government ; but
the culture is discontinued, and Guibourt states that he never could
make" real Rhubarb from it. It is cultivated in France, and forms a
part of the French Rhubarb. Stevenson and Churchill say that what is
sold in the herb shops under the name of English Rhubarb is this ; but
I have great doubt of the accuracy of this latter assertion ; for the
species is but little known in this country. R. rhaponticum, hybri-
dum, compactum, and hybrid varieties of them are the common garden
Rhubarbs.

739. R. caspicum Fischer. — R. rhaponticum Ledebour Jl.
altaic. ii. 91. ? — Caspian ? ; (stony places on the lower of the
Altaic mountains, never in the plains Ledebour. ?)

Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse, cordate and inflexed at the base ;
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very wavy, deep green, of a thick texture, glossy and rather even on the
upper side, scabrous at the edge, slightly downy on the under side, but
quite smooth above ; sinus a little open ; the lobes of the leaves quite
rolling inwards. Petiole pale green, with scarcely a tinge of red,
minutely downy, semicylindrical, with elevated edges to the flat upper
side, which is of equal breadth at each end. — The plant described by
Dr. Ledebour in his Flora Altaica is certainly not R. rhaponticum, as is
proved by the form of its petiole ; nor can I see how it differs from
R.. caspicum of which there exists a plant from Dr. Fischer himself, in
the Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea.

740. R. compactum Linn. sp. pi. 531. Mill. diet. t. 218.
Willd. sp. pi. ii. 489 Tartary, China. Linn.

Leaves heart-shaped, obtuse, very wavy, deep green, of a thick tex-
ture, scabrous at the margin, quite smooth on both sides, glossy and
even on the upper side; sinus nearly closed by the parenchyma.
Petiole green, hardly tinged with red except at the base, semicylindrical,
a little compressed at the sides, with the upper side broad, flat, bordered
by elevated edges, and of equal breadth at each end. — Guibourt says
that the root of this is a pretty good imitation of Chinese Rhubarb ;
but when cleared of the yellow powder that covers it, there is no
difficulty in recognising it by its reddish or whitish red colour, its smell
of " rhapontic " (in which respect it corresponds with undulatum), its
close radiated marbling, its staining the saliva yellow only in a slight
degree, and in its not being gritty.

741. R. palmatum Linn. sp. pi. 531. Ait. Kew. ii. 41. Willd.
sp. pi. ii. 489. Woodv. t. 46. S. and C. t. 25. — Country
about the great wall of China, Linn. ; a long chain of mountains,
partly naked of forests, which, skirting Chinese Tartary on the
west, commence to the North not far from the town of Selia,
and extend to the South as far as Lake Kokonor, near Thibet,
Murray.

Leaves roundish-cordate, half palmate ; the lobes pinnatifid, acumi-
nate, deep dull green, not wavy, but uneven and very much wrinkled
on the upper side, hardly scabrous at the edge, minutely downy on the
under side ; sinus completely closed : the lobes of the leaf standing
forwards beyond it. Petiole pale green, marked with short purple
lines, terete, obscurely channelled quite at the upper end. Flowering
stems taller than those of any other species. — I have already men-
tioned under R. undulatum how this has obtained the character of being
at least one of the sources of Tartarian Rhubarb. Pallas was however
assured by the Bucharian Rhubarb merchants that they knew nothing
of such leaves as those of this species, and that the leaves of genuine
Rhubarb were round and much cut at the edges. Pallas considered
this account to agree best with R. compactum, whose leaves however
are more wavy than cut. Nevertheless the opinion that R. palmatum
is the source of the true officinal rhubarb continues to be generally
entertained. In the last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia this is
asserted ; and M. Guibourt declares that of all the cultivated kinds
R. palmatum alone resembles exactly, in its odour and smell, the
rhubarb of China. It is stated by Stevenson and Churchill that R. pal-
matum is extensively cultivated near Banbury for the supply of the
London Market.

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742. R. crassinervium Fischer. — Native country not known
to me.

Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, obtuse, wavy, excessively bullate,
deep green, quite smooth on both sides, rather glossy on the upper
side, scabrous at the edge; the ribs slightly coloured red, and the
central ones above \ an inch deep at the base ; sinus open, cuneate,
with the lobes of the leaf inflected. Petiole dull red, rounded, rather
angular, with a narrow flattened upper side, the edges of which are
raised, and which is narrower at the point than at the base. — This is
undoubtedly quite distinct from any other species, but has not yet
flowered ; the form of the petiole approaches that of R. Emodi, but
the leaf is quite different. It was sent by Dr. Fischer from the Imperial
Garden at St. Petersburgh with this name, and is now growing in
the Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea. Mr. William Anderson, the
gardener there, states that the roots, when 3 years old, being ac-
cidentally uncovered, were found as thick as the wrist, and brittle ;
and when examined at Apothecaries' Hall were found to possess the
peculiar colour and odour of the best Turkey Rhubarb.

R. hybridum Murray, and R. Ribes Gronov., are not medicinal speciesi

RUMEX.

Calyx of 3, obtuse, spreading, permanent external leaves, more
or less combined at the bottom, and of 3, ovate, larger internal
ones, similar in colour, though thinner in texture, and more
veiny ; subsequently enlarged, converging round the fruit, and
permanent, bearing, in some species, a dorsal grain or tubercle.
Filaments capillary, very short. Anthers erect, oblong, of 2
lobes. Ovary triangular, rather turbinate ; sometimes in a sepa-
rate flower. Styles capillary, spreading, protruding between the
petals. Stigmas large, in many fine tufted segments. Nut en-
closed within the interior, enlarged, closed sepals, triangular,
polished, with 3 sharp edges. Embryo oblong, on one side of the
albumen.

743. R. crispus Linn. sp. pi. 476. Eng. Bot. t. 1998. Fl.
Lond. t. 20. Eng. Fl. ii. 191. — A common weed all over Europe.
(Dock.)

Root tapering, yellowish. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, angular, furrowed,
somewhat zigzag, smooth to the touch, panicled, leafy. Leaves lan-
ceolate, acute, strongly undulated and crisped at the edges, smooth, of
a lightish green ; the radical ones on long stalks ; the uppermost
narrower, and nearly sessile. Clusters of numerous, rather crowded,
tufts, or whorls, of drooping pale green flowers ; in the lower part leafy.
Inner sepals always much larger than the outer, veiny, waved, each
bearing a large, ovate, brown tubercle. Nut contracted at each end,
with 3 blunt or tumid angles. Smith. — This common weed has the
reputation of being, in decoction or ointment, a cure for the itch ; the
root which is astringent, is the part used.-

744. R. obtusifolius Linn. sp. pi. 478. Eng. Bot. t. 1999.

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Fl. Lond. t. 22. Eng. Fl. ii. 192. — A common weed all over
Europe. (Dock.)

Root black, many-headed, yellowish within. Stems a yard high,
erect, branched, round, furrowed, leafy, rough chiefly in the upper part
Radical leaves very large, stalked, deep green, veiny, heart-shaped,
more or less blunt ; the rest narrower, more pointed, on shorter stalks;
all crenate and crisped in some degree. Clusters long, of numerous,
many-flowered whorls, of which the lower ones are most distant, and
leafy. Inner sepals large, oblong, obtuse, veiny ; subsequently furnished
with 3 sharp teeth at each side, one of them also bearing a brown, or
reddish tubercle, of a smaller proportion than most species. Fruit
rather large, acute, with 3 sharp angles. Smith. — Properties similar
to those of the last species. The root in powder also employed as a
dentrifice.

745, R. Acetosa Linn, sp.pl. 481. Eng. J5o«.t. 127. Woodv.
t. 69. Eng. Fl. ii. 196. — A common plant in pastures and on
banks. (Common Sorrel.)

Root long and tapering, astringent, somewhat woody. Herb smooth,
powerfully and agreeably acid. Stem ]-2 feet high, erect, simple, leafy,
striated. Lower leaves stalked, somewhat ovate, arrow-shaped, with
2 lateral teeth ; upper sessile, more oblong, and narrower. Stipule
tubular, membranous, fringed. Clusters erect, compound, whorled,
leafless. Flowers dioecious. Males green with a reddish tinge. Inner
sepals ovate, rather larger than the outer. Females rather redder. Inner
sepals ovate, obtuse, red, entire, each bearing an oblong pale tubercle.
Smith. — An agreeably acid plant. It acts as a refrigerant and diuretic.
A decoction of the leaves may be employed in the form of a whey as
a cooling and pleasant drink in febrile and inflammatory diseases.

746. R. alpinus Linn. sp. pi. 481. Campd. monogr. 105. t.2.
f. 1. N. and E. pi. med. t. 110 and 111. — Alps of Europe, the
Crimea, the summits of Caucasus. (Monk's Rhubarb.)

Radical leaves cordate-ovate, obtuse, wrinkled, wavy, with the veins
of the under side downy ; those of the stem unequal at the base ; the
uppermost lanceolate. Whorls close together, somewhat leafless, col-
lected in a dense panicle. Flowers polygamous. Inner sepals becoming
cartilaginous, cordate-ovate, rather blunt, nearly entire, naked. — Root
thick fleshy, purgative like Rhubarb, only in a much less degree.
Linnaeus by an inconceivable mistake took it for a variety of Rheum
rhaponticum, adding " easdem esse species nullus quidem neget, qui
structuram plantae utriusque inspexerit ! " He however subsequently
changed his opinion.

POLYGONUM.

Calyx turbinate, more or less coloured, in 5 deep, ovate, ob-
tuse, permanent segments. Filaments various in number, 5, 6, 7,
or 8, awl-shaped, very short. Anthers roundish, incumbent.
Ovary roundish, either triangular or compressed. Styles gene-
rally 3 ; in those with a compressed ovary only 2, thread-shaped,
very short, in some species partly combined. Stigmas simple.

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Nut solitary, either triangular or compressed, pointed. Embryo
enveloped in farinaceous albumen.

747. P. Hydropiper Linn. sp. pi.' 517. Eng. Bot. t. 989. Fl.
Lond. t. 26. Eng. Fl. ii. 235. — Common in ditches and watery
places.

Root fibrous, whorled, as in most of the genus. Herb smooth. Stem
erect, 2 feet high, branched, round, more or less red and shining, swelled
above each joint. Leaves lanceolate, undulated, stalked, pale shining
green, without spots. Stipules fringed with unequal bristles, very
obscurely ribbed. Clusters terminal, long and slender, curved, in-
terrupted, leafy in their lower part ; their partial flower-stalks erect,
close, accompanied by tubular, sheathing, abrupt, coloured bracteas.
Calyx 4- or 5-cleft, variegated with red, white and green, covered with
glandular dots, such as are scattered more or less universally, over the
whole herbage, and in which its acrid quality resides. Stamens 6,
rarely 8. Styles united nearly half way up. Stigmas capitate, often
red, sometimes 3. Fruit compressed, purplish black. — Leaves so acrid
as to act as vesicants. It is reputed to be a powerful diuretic, but to
lose its activity by drying, on which account it requires to be used fresh.
Will dye wool yellow.

748. P. Bistorta Linn. sp. pi. 516. Eng. Bot. t. 509. Fl.
Lond. t. 22. Woodv. t. 34. Eng. Fl. ii. 236. — Pastures and
meadows, especially in the north. (Bistort.)

Root creeping, fleshy, or rather woody, often bent or zigzag, power-
fully astringent. Stems solitary, simple, erect, straight, leafy, 1J or 2
feet high, round, striated, smooth. Leaves smooth, ovate, wavy, blunt-
ish, glaucous beneath ; radical ones somewhat heart-shaped, and
nevertheless decurrent, making a narrow wing to their footstalks.
Footstalks of the stem-leaves tubular and sheathing, each crowned
with a membranous jagged stipula. Cluster terminal, leafless, erect,
cylindrical, dense, many-flowered, interspersed with membranous,
notched, brown, bracteas. Partial stalks simple, very slender. Calyx
rose-coloured, deeply 5-cleft, obtuse, spreading. Stamens 8, longer
than the calyx. Styles quite distinct, with small obtuse stigmas. Fruit
triangular, black and shining. Smith. — A powerful astringent. The
decoction may be employed in gleet and leucorhcea, as an injection ; as
a gargle in relaxed sore throat and spongy gums, and as a lotion to
ulcers attended with excessive discharge. Internally it has been em-
ployed, combined with gentian, in intermittents. It may also be used
in passive haemorrhages and diarrhoea. Pereira.

749. P. aviculare Linn. sp. 519. Eng. Bot. t. 1252. Fl. Lond.
t. 27. Eng. Fl. ii. 238. — Common every where in sandy waste
places, hard beaten gravel walks, &c. (Knot grass.)

Root fibrous, long, very tough, and somewhat woody, branched
below, simple at the crown. Stems several, spreading in every direc-
tion, generally prostrate, much branched, round, striated, leafy at the
numerous knots or joints. Leaves alternate, stalked, hardly an inch
long, elliptic or lanceolate, entire, obtuse, single-ribbed, smooth except
at the margin, tapering at the base, very variable in width; their sub-
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stance rather coriaceous, their colour greyish, or glaucous. Stipules
membranous, acute, often red, with a few remote brownish ribs.
Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 together, on simple stalks, small, but often
singularly beautiful under a magnifier, being variegated with white,
crimson, and green. Stamens 8, rarely 10, short and broad. Ovary
triangular. Styles 3, short, with thick, blunt stigmas. Fruit acutely
triangular, of a shining black, the food of many small birds. Smith. —
Fruit said to be emetic and cathartic.

750. P. barbatum Linn. sp. pi. i. 518. Thumb, fl. cap. 385.
Meisner polyg. p. 80. — China, East Indies, Cape of Good Hope,
and elsewhere.

Stem herbaceous, rufous. Leaves lanceolate ; stipules sheathing,
lax, pilose, truncated, fringed with long bristly cilias. Spikes long,
virgate. Flowers hexandrous, trigynous, remote. — Considered a
diuretic at the Cape of Good Hope ; in India the infusion of its leaves
is prescribed by native practitioners to alleviate the pain of severe colic.
Burnett.

751. P. amphibium Linn. sp. pi. 517. Eng. Bot.t. 435. Fl.
Lond. t. 28. Eng. Fl. ii. 232 — Common in ponds, ditches and
wet places.

Stems creeping, root-like, with numerous whorls of red or white
fibres ; round, branching in the lower part, leafy. Leaves stalked,
generally floating, ovate-lanceolate, more or less acute, single ribbed,
minutely serrated, smooth, bright green, slightly heartshaped at the
base. Stipule sheathing, abrupt, wavy, smooth. Flowers crimson, in
dense, ovate, stalked, bracteated heads. Stamens 5. Styles 2, united
at base ; stigmas globular, red. Fruit ovate, compressed, with 2
obtuse edges. — The root-like stems of this Polygonum bear some
resemblance to sarsaparilla, and according to Coste and Willemet, they
are substituted for the foreign drug by the herbalists of Nancy ; these
authors also report, that it resembles true sarsaparilla in its properties,
and that the apothecaries^and druggists of Lorraine use it in preference.
Burnett.

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PETIVERIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 212.
PETIVERIA.

Sepals 4. Stamens 6-7-8. Styles 4, permanent, eventually-
becoming spiny and reflexed. Fruit armed with spines at the
apex.

752. P. alliacea Linn. sp. pi. 486. Act. holm. 1744. p. 287. t. 7.
Trew. Ehret. t. 67. Willi, sp. pi. ii. 284. — Various parts of the
West Indies. (Guineahen weed.)

A small bush with a powerful and disagreeable alliaceous odour.
Stem straight, erect, but little branched, deep green, striated, downy.
Leaves oblong, obovate, or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acumi-
nate, scabrous at the edge ; glandular near the petiole which is
both glandular and downy; stipules small, subulate, spiny. Spikes
2 or 3, long, naked, slender, terminal, drooping at the upper end.
Rachis angular. Flowers distant, white, placed close to the rachis ;
calyx 4-parted, with linear spreading segments, which afterwards become
erect, leafy, and cover over the fruit. — All the parts are excessively
acrid ; a small portion of the leaves chewed is said by Burnett to
render the tongue as dry and black and rough as it appears in cases of
malignant fever. The negroes consider it a sudorific, and say that
vapour baths or fumigations of it will restore motion to paralysed
limbs. The roots are used in the West Indies as a remedy for tooth-
ach ; the negresses also employ it to procure abortion. Schomb. in
Linncea. ix. 511.

752 a. P. tetrandra Gomez in act. Olyssip. 1812. p. 17. is em-
ployed in Brazil under the name of Raiz de Pipi in warm baths
and lotions as a remedy for defective contractibility of the
muscles, or in paralysis of the extremities arising from cold.
Martins. .

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NYCTAGINACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 213.
MIRABILIS.

Involucre like a calyx, 5-cleft, 1 -flowered. Calyx petaloid,
funnelshaped, hardened and permanent at the base. Stamens 5,
inserted into the base of the calyx. Stigma capitate. Fruit with
a membranous pericarp, enclosed within the hard tough perma-
nent base of the calyx. Embryo curved round central mealy
albumen.

753. M. dichotoma Linn. am. ac. iv. 267. Willd. i. 999.
Plenck. ic. off. t. 139. — Jalapa officinarum Mart. cent. i. t. 1.
Nyctago dichotoma Juss. (Clus. hist. xc. 3.) — Mexico.

Stem erect, bushy, branching, tumid at the nodes. Leaves ovate-
oblong, acute, somewhat repand, smooth, with the petioles and margins
downy as well as the young shoots. Flowers sessile, axillary, erect,
solitary, with obtuse emarginate segments ; or clustered and terminal ;
very sweet at night. Calyx slender, pale red. — The thick fleshy root
is purgative, and at one time was taken for the Jalap of the shops.

754. M. Jalapa Linn. sp. pi. 252. Bot. Mag. t. 371, a com-
mon border flower, with similar roots, is said by some not to be
purgative ; by others to be so, and to be used for adulterating
true Jalap.

755. M. longiflora Linn, sp.pl. 252. Act. holm. 1755. p. 176.
t. 6. f. 1. Smith exot. bot. t. 23. — Mexico, in the colder parts
of the mountains. (Marvel of Peru.)

A prostrate, branching, downy plant. Leaves cordate, acute, nearly
or quite sessile, repand and wavy, viscid as well as downy. Flowers
clustered, sessile, white with a purple eye, very fragrant at night, at
which time they open; the tube of the calyx exceedingly long and
slender. — The root is said to be more purgative than that of any other
species.

BOERHAAVIA.

Involucre calyx shaped, turbinate, enveloping the fruit. Calyx
plaited, short and inconspicuous. Stamens 2, 3, 6, 12. Stig-
mas 3. Fruit composed of the hardened and permanent base of
the calyx, enclosing a thin 1-seeded pericarp.

756. B. decumbens Vahl. enum. i. 284. R. and S. i. 64. —
B. paniculata Rich. act. soc. h. n. par. i. 105. B. laxa Pers.
synops. i. 36. B= diandra Aubl. guian. i. 4. — Guiana, Santa
Cruz, Tortola. (Hogmeat.)

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Stem striated, purplish, with very few hairs. Leaves very distant,
about an inch long, somewhat orbicular, cordate, rounded at the point,
obscurely repand, ciliated, pale on the under side, not dotted, but
covered with short thick close-pressed hairs ; petioles smooth. Pedun-
cles branched upwards. Panicle ascending, very lax, leafless. Flowers
capitate. — According to Aublet the root is emetic, and called Ipeca-
quana in Guiana. Schomburgk states that it is astringent, and used in
the form of decoction in dysentery.

757. B. tuberosa Lam. illustr. i. p. ] 0. — A native of Persia,
is reported to act both as a cathartic and emetic.

758. Pisonia fragrans is reported to be an active emetic ; and
in a memoir read before the Royal Academy of Medicine in
Paris, it is said to be used as such in Cuba. Burnett's Outlines,
No. 1819. But what is Pisonia fragrans ?

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MENISPERMACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 214.
COCCULUS.

Flowers unisexual, (always ?) dioecious. Calyx of 12 sepals
in 4 series, with 2, 3, or more close-pressed bracteoles. $ . Sta-
mens 6, or rarely 3, opposite to the inner sepals, distinct : an-
thers 2-celled, terminal, dehiscing vertically : filaments either
filiform with the anther, cells horizontal, approximate, and each
externally 2-lobed, or thickened at the apex with the cells di-
varicating downwards, and separated by the connective. ? .
Ovaries 3, 6, or numerous. Drupes 1-6, or numerous, 1 -celled,
1-seeded. Peduncles axillary or rarely lateral; males usually
many-flowered ; females generally few-flowered, without brac-
teas, or with very small ones if present. W. and A. chiefly.

759. C. Bakis Guillem. and Perrot. fl. Seneg. i. 12. t. 4. —
Sides of woods and in hedges, on sandy hills in the kingdom of
Cayor, and near Lamsar in the kingdom of Walo, in Senegal.

Root fleshy, fusiform, simple. Stem twining, smooth. Leaves long-
stalked, cordate, roundish-ovate, acute, very smooth, with palmate veins.
Racemes axillary or terminal, cylindrical, many-flowered ; the females
always axillary and longer than the petiole. Fruit drupaceous, fleshy,
the size of a pea. — Root diuretic and very bitter. It is used success-
fully by the Negroes, in the form of decoction, in the treatment of the
intermittents so frequent in Senegal ; and also to stop urethral dis-
charges.

760. C. Fibraurea DC. syst. i. 525. — Fibraurea tinctoria Lour,
ji. coch. 769. — Woods of Cochin-china and China.

Stem long, thick, climbing, consisting of soft yellow fibres. Leaves
ovate at the base, acute, entire, smooth, unequally nerved and veined ;
petioles long, slender, turgid at the base. Flowers white, very small.
Fruit small, yellow. — Taste bitter ; root diuretic. Used by the Malays
in intermittent fevers and liver complaints.

761. C. cinerascens Aug. de St. Hil. fl. bras. i. 59. — Woods
near Rio Janeiro. (Butua.)

Stem climbing, striated, downy. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and about
3 broad, ovate, cordate at the base, rather acute, mucronulate, some-
times very obtusely 2-5-lobed, crenated, smooth above, downy and
ash-coloured underneath ; the midrib on the under side prominent and
rufous, with about 3 or 4 ribs on each side ; petioles about an inch long.
— One of the most celebrated of Brazilian remedies for fevers and
liver complaints.
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762. C. platyphyllus Aug. de St. Hil. pi. us. No. 42. fi. bras.
i. 59. — Province of Minas Novas in Brazil. (Butua.)

Leaves broad heart-shaped, obsoletely crenated, downy and hoary
underneath. — Used for the same purposes as the last; the property
appears to be owing to the presence of a bitter and tonic principle.

763. C. crispus DC. syst. i. 521. — Menispermum crispum
Linn, sp.pl. 1468. M. verrucosum Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 808. Funis
felleus Rumph. v. t. 44. f. 1. — Java, Amboyna, Baley.

Stems and branches scandent, and twining, round, much warted.
Young shoots round and smooth. The plants in 2 years spread them-
selves entirely over pretty large trees. When by accident, or otherwise,
any of the stems or larger branches, are cut in two, long filiform roots
spring from the upper portion, let the distance be ever so great, which
quickly descend to, and enter the earth ; by this wonderful economy
the perfectibility of the plant is soon restored ; such uncommon care
has Nature taken for the preservation of these plants, which must, no
doubt, be intended for some purpose, of which we are probably still
ignorant. Leaves remote, petioled, cordate, acuminate, entire, smooth
on both sides ; lobes large, and rounded ; from 4 to 6 inches long, and
from 3 to 5 broad. Petioles columnar, smooth, two thirds the length
of the leaves. $ . Racemes, 1, 2, 3, or 4 from the scars of the fallen
leaves, over the larger naked branches, simple, round, smooth. Flowers
generally in pairs on their proper, slender, diverging pedicels ; with a
small, oval, fleshy bract at their insertion. Calyx 6-leaved; leaflets
ovate, small. Petals (inner sepals) 6, cuneate, inserted on the outside
of the filaments, a little above their base. Filaments 6, expanding.
Anthers 4-sided. Roxb. — The whole plant is exceedingly bitter, and
is employed by the Malays in the cure of intermittent fevers. It is
said to be quite as powerful a febrifuge as Peruvian Bark.

764. C. acuminatus DC. syst. i. 527. Deless. ic. sel. i. t. 95.
W. and A. i. 12. — C. radiatus DC. 1. c. Menispermum acumi-
natum Lam. diet. iv. 101. M. radiatum id. 100. M. polycarpum
Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 817. Tiliacora racemosa Colebr. in Linn, trans.
xiii. 67. Braunea menispermoides Willd. iv. 797. (Rheede\u. t. 3.)
- — Among hedges and bushes in Coromandel and Brazil.

Stem woody, twining to a great extent. Bark ash-coloured. Leaves
alternate, petioled, cordate, pointed, smooth, shining, and frequently
scolloped, about 5 inches long, and 3 broad. Racemes axillary, erect,
in the male frequently compound ; in the female simple, erect, bearing
but few flowers. Bractes minute, caducous. Flowers small, yellow.

. Calyx 9-leaved; the 3 exterior ones small. Petals (inner sepals)
6, obcordate, clawed, about the size of the calyx. Filaments 6, subu-
late, erect, alternately shorter, of the length of the corolla. Anthers
oval. £ . Calyx, &c. as in the male. Ovaries superior, about 12 in a
circle, each ending in a short, subulate style. Stigmas simple. Drupes
or berries many, short-pedicelled, ovate, smooth, red, about the size of
a French bean. Nut 1, or 2-celled. Roxb. — Used as an antidote
to the bites of snakes, being rubbed between 2 stones and mixed with
water.

765. C. cordifolius DC. syst. i. 518. W. and A. i. 12.—

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COCCULUS.

C. convolvulaceus DC. 1. c. — Menispermum cordifolium Roxb.
jft.ind. iii. 811. (Rheede vii. t. 21.) — One of the most common
wild plants in India.

Stem twining, perennial, very succulent, running over the highest
trees. Bark thick, corky, with many elevated scabrous specks ; from
the branches there frequently drop filiform fibres, which continue
lengthening till they enter the ground, and form additional stems and
roots ; sometimes they are 30 feet long, and in no part thicker than
a pack-thread. Leaves alternate, petioled, broad-cordate, 5-nerved,
entire, curved, smooth, about 4 inches each way. Petioles round,
smooth, swelled at the base. Racemes axillary, or terminal, or from
the tuberosities of former leaves, with frequently a few flowers in
separate axils. Flowers numerous, small, yellow. $ . Calyx 6-leaved;
leaflets oval. Petals (inner sepals) 6, wedge-formed, half the length of
the calyx ; margins inflected and embracing the filaments. Filaments
6, clubbed, spreading, rather longer than the petals. Anthers twin,
immersed in the fleshy extremities of the filaments. <j| . Calyx, &c. as in
the male. Filaments 6, fleshy, sterile. Ovaries 3, superior, resting on
a tumid receptacle. Style single, very short. Stigmas torn. Berries
1, 2, or 3 ; generally 1 or 2, rarely all the 3, come to maturity, of the
size of a small cherry, smooth, red, succulent, with very glutinous pulp,
each resting on a tumid receptacle. Seed single, kidney-formed ; on
the inside there is a deep pit, which receives its receptacle. Roxb. —
Root large, soft and spongy, like the China Root of the Materia
Medica. It is employed by the natives of India, when fresh, in sub-
stance, mixed up with sour-rice gruel and sweetened with sugar, for
the cure of heat of urine in gonorrhoea. Roxb. Under the name of
Gulancha (Goluncha-luta, Roxb.) it is used in Bengal extensively in a
variety of diseases, especially such as are attended by febrile symptoms
not of a highly inflammatory kind, and in fevers of debility. The parts
used are the stems, root, and leaves from which a decoction called
Pachana is obtained. A sort of extract called Palo is procured from
the stem, and is considered an excellent remedy in urinary affections
and gonorrhoea. Trans. M. and P. soc. Calc. iii. 298.

766. C. palmatus DC. syst. i. 523. Hooker in Dot. mag.
tt. 2970, 2971. — Menispermum palmatum Lam. diet. iv. 99.
Berry in as. research, x. 385. — Thick forests on the shores of
Oizo and Mozambique for 15 or 20 miles inland. (Kalumb or
Calumba.)

Root perennial, composed of a number of fasciculated, fusiform,
somewhat branched, fleshy, curved, and descending tubers, of the thick-
ness of an infant's arm, clothed with a thin, brown epidermis, marked,
towards the upper part especially, with transverse warts ; internally
they consist of a deep yellow, scentless, very bitter flesh, filled with
numerous, parallel, longitudinal fibres or vessels. Stems annual, her-
baceous, 1 or 2 proceeding from the same root, about the thickness of
the little finger, twining, simple in the male plant, branched in the
female, rounded, green ; in the full-grown plant, below, thickly clothed
with succulent longitudinal hairs, which are tipped with a gland.
Leaves alternate, the younger ones thin, pellucid, bright green, gene-
rally 3-lobed, upwards gradually more numerous ; older ones remote,
a span in breadth, nearly orbicular in their circumscription, deeply
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cordate, 5- to 7-lobed, the lobes entire, often deflexed, wavy on the
surface and margin, dark green above, paler beneath ; hairy on both
sides ; the nerves according to the number of lobes, are 3, 7, or 9, pale,
connected by veins which, in themselves, are reticulated, prominent
beneath. Petiole about, as long as the leaf, rounded, glanduloso-pilose,
thickened below. S plant. Racemes axillary, solitary, or 2 together,
drooping, compound, covered with glandular hairs. Sepals glabrous.
5 . Racemes axillary, solitary, simple, spreading, shorter than those of
the male. Fruit drupaceous or berried, about the size of a hazel nut,
densely clothed with long spreading hairs, tipped with a black oblong
gland. Boyer. — The root is a valuable and excellent tonic, having
aromatic qualities, but mucilaginous and not acting as a stimulant. It
has the power of checking sympathetic vomiting, in female pregnancy,
the dentition of children, diseases of the kidneys, &c. It is also used
with advantage in the latter stages of dysentery, in habitual diarrhoea,
and in a languid state of the stomach. Mr. Pereira says it is of all
tonics the least likely to disagree with the stomach. The infusion
is the form in which it is usually exhibited, but it must be kept fresh, as
it rapidly undergoes decomposition.

PEREIRIA.

Dicecious. ? . Outer sepals 3, very short and scale-like, but
permanent ; the 3 inner much longer. Sterile stamens 6, of
which 3 surround the base of the ovaries. Styles slender, re-
curved. Drupes 3 to each flower, succulent, placed in a round-
headed receptacle which is elevated on a long stout peduncle.
Albumen 2-celled. Embryo inverted, with very thin foliaceous
cotyledons, which are wide apart from each other and pierced
with numerous small holes. — A climbing plant, with the habit
of Menispermum. Flowers in small globular heads. Peduncles
of the flowers short, but lengthened and thickened very much
for the fruit. Drupes villous.

767. P. medica. — Menispermum fenestratum Gcertn. fr.
i. 219. t. 46. f. 1. DC. syst. i. 451. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 809. —
Ceylon. (Woniwol, Venivel, or Bangwellgetta. Ceyl.)

Trunk and large branches scandent, stout, thick, and ligneous. The
wood of a deep, lively yellow colour, andof a pleasant bitter taste. Leaves
alternate, petioled, cordate, entire, 5- or 7-nerved, smooth and shining
above, very hoary underneath, sometimes acuminate, sometimes obtuse ;
generally from 3 to 9 inches long, and from 2 to 6 broad. In young
plants frequently peltate. Petioles shorter than the leaves, round,
downy. Female umbellets, or heads, from the stout, naked, ligneous
branches, several from the same bud, on thick, round, downy peduncles,
of about an inch in length. Flowers numerous, sub-sessile, villous, of
an obscure green. Bracts of the umbellets obscure; those of the
flowers 3 or 4, reniform, villous, pressing close on the calyx. Calyx
6-leaved ; the 3 exterior sepals oval, small, very downy on the outside,
permanent ; the 3 interior ones considerably longer. Petals 6, small,
short, sterile filaments, 3 embracing the base of the ovaries, very downy.
Styles slender, recurved. Berries, from 1 to 3 come to maturity,

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nearly round, villous, of the size of a large filbert, each with a single
seed, as represented by that excellent and accurate Botanist Gsertner.
Receptacle of the fruit; while in blossom the flowers are nearly sessile,
on a globular receptacle, of the flowers I will call it, but, like the ovaries
in Uvaria, as the fruit advances in size, the very short pedicel of the
original flower lengthens into a pretty long, stout, cylindric, villous
pedicel, ending in a round-headed receptacle, on which sit from 1 to 3
berries surrounded with the small permanent calyx. Roxb. — This is
considered by the Cingalese to be an excellent stomachic. The root,
which is of considerable size, is sliced and steeped in water, and after
several hours infusion the liquid is swallowed.

It is obvious from Roxburgh's account of this plant, as above quoted,
that it forms a distinct genus of Menispermaceas. The male flowers are
still wanting to complete our botanical knowledge of it, but the small
sterile stamens (or inner sepals), the lengthening thickening peduncle,
and the loopholed cotyledons, of themselves afford sufficient marks of
distinction. I have named it after my friend Jonathan Pereira, Esq.
F.R.S., of whose valuable and original researches into the origin of
drugs I have so often had occasion to avail myself in the present work.

ANAMIRTA.

Flowers dioecious. Calyx of 6 sepals in a double series with
2 closely-pressed bracteoles. <y . Stamens united into a central
Column dilated at the apex : anthers numerous, covering the
whole globose apex of the column. ? . Flowers unknown.
Drupes 1-3, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed globose, deeply exca-
vated at the hilum. Albumen fleshy : cotyledons very thin,
diverging. — Twining, with a corky bark. Leaves more or less
cordate-ovate. Flowers in lateral compound racemes. W.andA.

768. A. Cocculus W. and A. i. 446. — Anamirta paniculata
Colebr. in Linn. soc. trans, xiii. p. 52. and 66. Menispermum
cocculus Linn. sp. pi. 1468. Gcertn.fr. t. 70. f. i. Cocculus
suberosus DC. syst. i. 519. C. orbiculatus, lacunosus and fla-
vescens id. L c. Menispermum orbiculatum Linn. sp. 1468.
M. lacunosum and flavescens Lam. diet. iv. 98. — Malabar, the
Eastern Islands, &c. of India. (Cocculus indicus.)

A strong climbing shrub, with the bark corky, ash-coloured, and
deeply cracked into fissures. Leaves roundish, acute, very slightly
cordate, if at all, but sometimes truncate at the base, hard, leathery,
shining, smooth (said to be downy when young), with 5 digitate ribs,
about 6 inches long and as many broad ; stalks a little shorter than the
leaves, tumid at both ends, especially the lower. Female flowers in
lateral compound racemes. Drupes 2—3, globose ; cotyledons distant,
linear-oblong, very membranous. — The Cocculus indicus seeds of com-
merce are obtained from this plant. They are a well-known poisonous
drug, used occasionally in the form of powder or ointment for destroy-
ing pediculi, and in some skin diseases, as porrigo, but chiefly employed
to render malt liquor intoxicating. This practice is said to be per-
severed in, although prohibited by severe enactments. By one man,
who writes upon the art of Brewery, it is recommended that 3lbs. be
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added to every ] 0 quarters of malt. It is however a deadly poison in
over doses. A case is quoted by Dr. Christison of soup, seasoned
with it by mistake, having produced sickness, vomiting, with pain in
the stomach and bowels in nine persons, one of whom it is added died
in 12 days.

CLYPEA.

Dioecious. Calyx of 6 sepals in a double series, with 3-6
close pressed bracteoles. $ . Stamens united into a central
column, dilated at the apex, bearing several 2-celled anthers ;
cells opening horizontally, placed end to end, and forming a ring
round the top of the column. 5 . Ovary solitary. Stigmas 3,
(or rarely 6 ?). Drupe obliquely reniform ; nut compressed,
wrinkled round the margin. Seed solitary uncinate. Albumen
fleshy. Embryo terete, of the same shape, and about as long as
the seed. Leaves peltate. Panicles axillary, both male and
female without cordate bracteas. W. and A.

769. C. Burmanni W. and A. i. 14. — Cocculus Burmanni and
peltatus DC. syst. i. 516. Menispermum peltatum Lam. diet.
iv. 96. (Rheede vii. t. 49. Burm. zeyl. t. 101. Waltiedde
Gartn.fr. ii. t. 180.) — Malabar, Coromandel and Ceylon.

Root long and thick like that of a common Carrot in form and size.
Stems slender, green and hairy. Leaves triangular, acuminated, mu-
cronate, slightly cordate at the base, upper side shining and sprinkled
with a few hairs, under more or less densely pubescent; panicles nar-
row, elongated, much longer than the leaves ; branches alternate. —
Root employed in intermittent fevers and liver complaints; it is ex-
tremely bitter and used against dysentery and haemorrhoids in Malabar.

CISSAMPELOS.

Dicecious. $ . Sepals 8 in a triple series, the 4 inner united
into a cup, with usually an entire margin. Stamens united into
a slender column dilated at the apex, bearing two 2-celled an-
thers opening horizontally ; cells placed end to end and forming
a 4-lobed 4-celled annulus round the top of the column. $ . Ca-
lyx of 2 lateral sepals, 1 petal in front of the other. Ovary
solitary. Stigmas 3. Drupe obliquely reniform ; nut com-
pressed, wrinkled round its margin. Seed solitary, uncinate.
Embryo long, terete, enclosed in a fleshy albumen. — Twining
shrubs. Leaves peltate or cordate, mucronulate at the apex.
Racemes, axillary ; of the males usually trichotomously branched
and somewhat corymbose, with subulate small bracteas, or with
none at all ; of the females simple, elongated, bearing broad al-
ternate foliaceous bracteas, with several 1 -flowered pedicels in
their axil. W. and A. chiefly.

770. C. PareiraZmw. sp.pl. 1473. Swartzobs. 380. t. 10. f. 5.
Lam. illnstr. t. 830. Woodv. t. 82. DC. syst. i. 533. — (Plum.

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amer. 78. t. 93.) — West India Islands, and Spanish Main.
(Pareira brava, or Velvet leaf.)

Stems either smooth or with close pressed down. Leaves nearly
orbicular, peltate, aristate at the point, when full grown smooth above,
underneath covered with silky pubescence, but not truly downy.
Peduncles solitary or in pairs, branching from the base, as long as the
petiole or longer, racemose-corymbose, with divaricating downy ramifi-
cations : flowers hispid. 5 Racemes longer than the leaves, bearing
the flowers in spiked fascicles. Bracts sessile, somewhat orbicular,
scarcely mucronate. Berries scarlet, round, compressed, shrivelled,
thinned to the edge, all over hispid with long hairs. — The root of this
plant is a well-known tonic, and diuretic, exercising a specific influence
over the mucous membrane lining the urinary passages. In large doses
it is said to be aperient. It is employed in dyspepsia, gonorrhoea,
leucorhcea, and chronic inflammation of the bladder, and in the latter
disease more especially it appears to be of very great importance.

771. C. microcarpa DC. syst. i. 534, appears to be a mere
variety of the last.

772. C. glaberrima Aug. de St. H. fi. bras. i. 57. Caapeba
&c. Marcgr. bras. 25, 26. — Waysides and cultivated places in
the provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes.

All the plant quite smooth. Stem and leaves bitter, with a stimu-
lating odour like that of Tropasolum. Stem herbaceous. Leaves
peltate, ovate, acute, round at the base, quite entire, 11-nerved.
Flowers greenish. $ Racemose and corymbose. Sepals oblong-
linear, 1-nerved ; cup campanulate, 4-lobed. — This is the Brazilian
Pareira, which M. Aug. de St. Hilaire separates specifically from the
West India plant. It appears to possess the same properties.

773. C. ovalifolia DC. syst. i. 537. Aug. de St. H. pi. us.
No. 34. y?. bras. i. 51. — Plains in the western part of the province
of Minas Geraes, near the town of Paracatu, and in the southern
part of the province of Goyaz ; Para. (Orelha de Onca.)

Stems suflruticose, erect, simple, downy. Leaves short stalked,
ovate, rather obtuse, somewhat repand on each side, or on the under
side only; petiole, and female racemes downy. Male racemes usually in
threes, and hispid. Inner female sepal villous at the back. A. de St. H.

— The bitter roots are employed in Brazil, in decoction, as a cure for
intermittent fevers.

ABUTA.

According to M. Auguste de St. Hilaire this supposed genus
differs from Cocculus in nothing except the absence of the 2 inner
rows of sepals. But it appears to me that in such an order as
this the character alluded to is sufficient to justify the continu-
ance of the genus.

774. A. rufescens Aubl. guian. i. 618. t. 250. DC. syst. i. 542.

— Woods of Cayenne and Guayana-r (White Pareira Brava.)
A shrub with a tortuous trunk climbing over trees. Branches

373 b b 3

MENISPERMACEjE.

sarmentose, widely spreading, reaching to the tops of trees; twigs
downy leafy. Leaves subcordate, acute, nerved, quite entire, veiny
above, and green, ash-coloured and downy underneath ; on long thick
rigid stalks. Fruit in axillary racemes ; pedicels and peduncles ash
coloured, villous. — According to Aublet this is the plant that yields
the white Pareira brava which is imported into Europe as a diuretic.
He says that the Creoles and inhabitants of Cayenne employ an infusion
as a diet drink against obstructions of the liver, to which they are very
subject, i The same author adds that red Pareira brava is procured
from a variety of which the shoots and leaves underneath are covered
with a rufous down.

«

PYROLACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. '219.

CHIMAPHILA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Filaments sigmoid,
ciliated and fleshy at the base. Style short, immersed in the
ovary, straight. Stigma auriculate, orbicular, 5-lobed. Capsule
5-celled, opening from the summit ; the valves bearing the dis-
sepiments in the middle, and not united by a connecting web.

775. C. corymbosa Pursh.ji. am. sept. i. 300. — C. umbellata
Nutt. gen. i. 274. Pyrola umbellata Linn. sp. pi. 567. Bot.
mag. t. 778. Torrey fl. i. 435. Bigelow med. bot. ii. t. 21. —
Shady woods in northern countries ; North America, Siberia,
Europe. (Common names are " Winter Green and Pipsisewa.")

Rhizoma woody, creeping. Stems ascending, somewhat angular,
and marked with the scars of former leaves. Leaves in irregular whorls,
of which there are from 1 to 4; evergreen, coriaceous, on very short
petioles, cuneate-lanceolate, acute, serrate, smooth, shining, the lower
surface somewhat paler. Flowers nodding in a small corymb, the
pedicels with linear bractes about their middle. Calyx of 5 roundish
acute teeth or segments, much shorter than the corolla. Petals 5,
roundish, concave, spreading, cream-coloured, with a tinge of purple at
base. Stamens ten, hypogynous ; filaments sigmoid, the lower half
fleshy, triangular, dilated, and slightly pubescent at the edges ; the
upper half filiform. Anthers 2-celled, each cell opening by a short,
round, tubular orifice, which points downwards in the bud, but upwards
in the flower. Pollen white. Ovary roundish, depressed, furrowed,
obscurely 5-lobed, with a funnel-shaped cavity at top. Style straight,
half as long as the ovary, inversely conical, inserted in the cavity of the
ovary, and concealed by the stigma. Stigma large, peltate, convex,
obscurely 5-rayed. Capsule erect, depressed, 5-celled, 5-valved, the
partitions from the middle of the valves. Seeds linear, chaffy, very
numerous and minute. — Leaves bitter-sweet; stalk and roots the same
with a little pungency. A palliative in strangury and nephritis ; a
diuretic in dropsy ; a useful external stimulant ; it also alleviates the
ardor urinas in gonorrhoea. The fresh leaves appear to be acrid and to
act as vesicants and rubefacients. Its stomachic and tonic properties
render it particularly valuable. It has also a popular reputation as a
specific against scrophula ; and is believed to be the means used by a
notoriously ignorant quack who in London employs North American
remedies, as a cure for scrophula in its worst forms.

375

B B 4

ERICACEAE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 220.

RHODODENDRON.

Calyx 5-leaved, small, equal, herbaceous. Corolla campanu-
late or very shortly infundibuliform, rather unequal, with a
spreading limb. Stamens 10, declinate ; anthers without appen-
dages, opening by 2 terminal pores. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved,
septicidal. — Shrubs with coriaceous and usually evergreen
leaves.

776. Rhododendron maximum Willd. sp. pi. ii. 606. Bot.
mag. t. 951. Bigel. med. bot. iii. t. 51. — Woods in the United
States near the summits of mountains, on the banks of torrents
and deep ravines from which rivers take their rise, where the
deep shady moist soil and dashing water preserve the atmo-
sphere in a state of perpetual humidity. Bigelow. (American
Rose-bay.)

A large straggling shrub, very irregular in its mode of growth. Bark
greyish, very much cracked and broken. Leaves in tufts at the ends of
the branches, evergreen, coriaceous, on round fleshy petioles, oblong-
oval, entire, revolute at the edges, and pale underneath ; when young,
covered with a light woolly coating. Cluster or thyrsus terminal,
immediately above the leaves ; the peduncles and calyces covered with
a glutinous pubescence. Previous to its expansion, the whole cluster
forms a large compound bud, resembling a cone, each individual flower-
bud being covered by a rhomboidal bract, which falls off when the flower
expands. Calyx small, of 5 unequal obtuse segments. Corolla mono-
petalous, funnel-shaped, with a short tube, the border divided into 5
large, unequal segments, which are white, shaded with lake, the upper
and largest having a collection of orange-coloured spots at its centre.
Stamens declinate, unequal ; filaments white, thickened and hairy at
base. Ovary ovate, hairy, glutinous ; style declinate, equal to the
longest stamens, thickened upwards ; stigma a rough surface with 5
points. Capsule ovate, obtusely angular, 5-celled. Seeds numerous,
minute. — An astringent, but not narcotic according to Bigelow.
Barton however asserts that it is certainly a poison.

777. R. ponticum Linn. sp. pi. 562. Jacq. ic. rar. i. t. 78.
Tall.fi. ross. i. 43. t. 29. Bot. Mag. t. 650. — The mountains
of the west of Persia, Georgia. It first appears, according to
Pallas, in the southern subalpine limestone ridge of Caucasus in
the districts of Ocriba and Salordkipaniso, preferring damp beech
and alder woods in rocky places ; now common everywhere in
gardens.

377

ERICACEAE.

A very large evergreen bush or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, large,
entire, smooth, becoming brownish underneath, with scarcely any other
veins than the midrib ; broad-lanceolate, tapering to the stout peduncle.
Flowers in close terminal clusters, very showy, of various tints of
purple. Corolla shortly campanulate, deeply 5-cleft, with ovate, acute
segments, one of which is larger than the others. Stamens 10, purplish,
the length of the corolla. — Reported to be deleterious, and to have
been one of the plants whose nectar renders the honey of Trebisond
poisonous ; but this statement of Tournefort is contradicted by Gul-
denstsedt ; see Azalea pontica.

778. R. chrysanthum Linn, suppl. 237. Pall.fi. toss. i. 44.
t. 30. — (Gmel.fi. sib. iv. 121. t. 54.) — The snow-capped sum-
mits of the Sajan mountains ; Siberia and Daouria, through all
Siberia eastward as far as Kamtchatka.

A small bush 1^ foot high in low places, not a foot high in alpine
situations, spreading, very much branched, often almost hidden among
moss, from which the tips only of its shoots are protruded. Leaves
alternate, of the texture of a laurel leaf, ovate, somewhat acute, tapering
into the stalk, reticulated and very rough above, paler and smoother
underneath. Peduncles clustered, terminal, loose, emerging from among
large downy scales. Flowers large, showy, nodding. Corolla yellow,
campanulate, 5-cleft, with rounded segments, of which the 3 upper are
rather the largest, and streaked with livid dots next the tube, the lower
unspotted. Stamens 10, unequal, deflexed. — The leaves are decidedly
narcotic in a remarkable degree. This was first noticed by Steller, a
Russian Botanist, who had a tame deer which became so intoxicated
by browsing on (about 10 of) the leaves, that after staggering about for
some time it dropped into a deep but troubled sleep for the space of
four hours, after which it woke free from all sign of suffering; but never
would touch the leaves again. After this Steller's Russian servants
took to intoxicating themselves with the leaves, without any bad effects.
Pallas and Koelpin assert that a strong decoction of the leaves is of the
greatest service in chronic rheumatism, and even in venereal complaints ;
but that it is dangerous in acute rheumatism. Its value as a means of
removing arthritic complaints has also been highly spoken of. Finally
Pallas mentions an inveterate case of nervous sciatica, which had
brought the patient to a state of lameness and deplorable emaciation,
which was completely cured by perseverance in the use of the leaves
for 2 years. No subsequent inconvenience was experienced, nor any
signs of habitual drunkenness, although the dose was as much as 4
fluid ounces of the concentrated infusion daily.

AZALEA.

Calyx 5-leaved, small, equal, herbaceous. Corolla funnel-
shaped, usually with a long tube, with a spreading unequal limb.
Stamens usually 5, declinate; anthers without appendages,
opening by 2 terminal pores. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, sep-
ticidal. — Shrubs with thin, papery, usually deciduous leaves.

779. A. pontica Linn, sp.pl. 427. Pall.fi. ross. i. 51. t. 69.

378

AZALEA.

Bot. Mag. t. 433. — Subalpine districts of Caucasus, common in
beechwoods and oakwoods. Georgia, Asia Minor.

A hairy deciduous shrub, 3 or 4 feet high, tolerably erect, but much
branched ; with a pale brown deciduous bark, and leaves clustered
about the extremities of the branches. Leaves appearing about the
same time as the flowers, oblong-lanceolate, acute, very much wrinkled,
thin and papery, ciliated, roughish on the upper side, smooth under-
neath. Flowers in terminal cymes, 20 or more together, about as long
as the rough hairy stalks. Sepals linear-oblong, hairy. Corolla bright
yellow, infundibuliform, downy, with a wide oblique limb, the segments
of which are ovate, acute, reflexed at the edges. Stamens 5, hairy at
the base above the middle, about as long as the corolla. — Dioscorides
asserted that the honey collected about Heraclea in Pontus produced
alienation of mind with profuse perspiration ; and it has been believed
that the pestilence which attacked the soldiers of Xenophon in the
famous retreat of the 10,000 was caused by the quantity of this honey
then eaten. Tournefort ascribed the poison to the flowers of Rhodo-
dendron ponticum and Azalea pontica. But Pallas is of opinion that
the latter alone was the cause. He says that the effects of the Euxine
honey are like those of Lolium temulentum and occur in a country
where no Rhododendron grows. The natives are well aware of the
deleterious qualities of the plant, and it is related that goats which
browse on the leaves, before the pastures are green, suffer in conse-
quence, and moreover that cattle and sheep perish.

LEDUM.

Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens
5-10, exserted; anthers opening by 2 pores at the apex. Cap-
sules ovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, stalked, dehiscing at the base.
Seeds winged at both ends.

780. L. latifolium Ait. Kew. ii. 65. Jacq. ic. rar. iii. t. 464.
Willd. sp. pi. ii. 602. Torrey fi, i. 437. — L. gronlandicum
JRetz. prodr. scand. ii. 493. — Sphagnous swamps in various parts
of the United States, Hudson's Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland,
Greenland.

A small evergreen shrub. Stem irregularly branched ; branches
woolly. Leaves alternate, subsessile, about 2 inches long, and from \
to \ an inch broad, obtuse, covered on the under surface with a dense
ferruginous wool; margin folded in. Flowers large, in dense terminal
corymbs ; pedicels filiform, pubescent. Calyx very minute. Corolla
white ; petals obovate, obtuse. Stamens about as long as the corolla ;
filaments slender, smooth ; anthers small, opening by two simple ter-
minal pores. Ovary roundish ; style straight, about as long as the
stamens ; stigma small, obtuse. Capsule ovate-oblong, subpubescent ;
valves separating at the base, with the margins inflexed and connivent ;
receptacles linear, extending into the cells of the capsule. Seeds
minute, terminating in a membrane at each extremity. Torrey. — The
leaves infused in beer render it unusually heady, producing headach,
nausea, and even delirium. They have nevertheless been used, it is
said, with advantage in tertian agues, dysentery and diarrhoea. Pallas.

ERICACEiE.

781. Ledum palustre Linn.fi. lapp. 160, has similar properties.

KALMIA.

Calyx 5-leaved, small, equal, herbaceous. Corolla cyathiform
with an angular very open limb, having 10 niches in its sides,
within which the points of the anthers are held fast before
flowering, but from which they are gradually liberated as the
process of fertilization goes on. Capsules 5-celled, with a sep-
ticidal dehiscence.

782. K. latifolia Linn. sp. pi. 560. Bot. Mag. 1. 175. Mich,
arbres. forest, iii. 147. t. 5. Bigel. med. bot. i. t. 13. — Common
in various parts of the United States ; (Laurel, Lambkill, Ivy,
Spoonwood, Calico-bush, Mountain laurel).

Height generally that of a shrub, sometimes however attaining the
altitude of a small tree. Leaves irregularly alternate, evergreen,
coriaceous, very smooth, with the under side somewhat paler, oval,
acute and entire. Flowers varying from white to red ; in terminal
simple or compound corymbs, with opposite branches. Pedicels glu-
tinous, pubescent, with ovate, acuminate bracts. Calyx small, 5-parted,
persistent, with oval acute segments. Corolla monopetalous, with a
conical tube, a cyathiform limb, and an erect shallowly 5-lobed margin ;
at the circumference of the limb on the inside are 10 niches or pits,
accompanied with corresponding prominences on the outside ; in these
depressions the anthers are found lodged at the time when the flower
expands. Stamens hypogynous, bent outwardly, so as to lodge their
anthers in the niches of the corolla, but liberating them during the
period of flowering and striking against the sides of the stigma.
Ovary roundish ; style longer than the corolla and declinate ; stigma
obtuse. Capsule roundish, depressed, 5-celled, and 5-valved, with
numerous small seeds. — Leaves poisonous to many animals ; are
reputed to be narcotic, but their action is feeble and unimportant.
Bigelow states that the flesh of pheasants which have fed upon the
young shoots is poisonous to man, and some cases of severe illness are
on record which have been ascribed to this cause alone. The flowers
exude a sweet honey-like juice, which is said when swallowed to bring
on intoxication of a phrenitic kind, which is not only formidable in its
symptoms but very lengthened in its duration. Burnett. — A brown
powder which adheres to the shoots acts as a sternutatory.

GAULTHERIA.

Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed, bibracteate at the base, after
flowering becoming large and succulent and covering the cap-
sule with a baccate coating. Corolla ovate, ventricose, with
a 5-cleft revolute border, transparent at the base. Sta-
mens 10, enclosed, with flat filaments ; anthers bifid at the apex ;
lobes biaristate. Hypogynous scales 10, usually united at the
base. Ovarium half inferior. Capsule 5-celled, with a loculi-
cidal dehiscence.

380

GAULTHERIA.

783. G. procumbens Linn. sp. pi. 565. Bot. Hep. t. 116.
Bigel. med. bot. t. 22. — Sterile sand and gravel in mountainous
forests in the driest situations in North America. " Partridge
berry, Chequer berry, Box berry, Mountain tea," &c.

Rhizoma horizontal, woody, often \ of an inch in thickness.
Branches ascending, but a few inches high, round and somewhat downy.
Leaves scattered, near the extremities of the branches, evergreen,
coriaceous, shining, oval or obovate, acute at both ends, revolute at
the edge, and furnished with a few small serratures, each terminating in
a bristle. Flowers axillary, drooping, on round downy stalks. Bracts
2, concave, heart-shaped. Calyx white, cleft into 5 roundish acute
segments. Corolla white, urceolate, 5-angled, contracted at the mouth ;
the limb divided into 5 short, reflexed segments. Filaments white,
hairy, bent in a semicircular manner to accommodate themselves to the
cavity between the corolla and ovary; anthers oblong, orange-coloured,
ending in 2 double horns, bursting outwardly for their whole length
above the filaments ; pollen white. Ovary roundish, depressed, 5-angled,
resting on a reddish, 10-toothed, glandular disk ; style erect, straight;
stigma simple. Fruit a small, 5-celled, many-seeded capsule, invested
with the calyx, which becomes large, round, and fleshy, having the
appearance of" a bright scarlet berry. — Fruit contains an aromatic, sweet,
highly pungent volatile oil which is antispasmodic and diuretic. A
tincture has been useful in diarrhoea. Coxe states that the infusion is
useful in asthma. It is used in North America as tea ; and brandy in
which the fruit has been steeped is taken in small quantities in the same
way as common bitters.

ARBUTUS.

Calyx small 5-parted. Corolla globose or ovate, with a small,
contracted, 5-cleft, reflexed border. Stamens 10, inclosed, with
flattened filaments ; anthers compressed at the sides, dehiscing
at the apex by 2 pores, fixed by the back beneath the apex, and
there furnished with 2 reflexed awns. Stigma obtuse. Fruit
succulent, granular, many-seeded, with a cartilaginous or papery
lining to the cells.

784. A. Unedo Linn. sp. pi. 566. Eng. Bot. t. 2377- Eng.
Fl. ii. 252. — South of Europe, West of Ireland, the Levant.
(Strawberry Tree.)

A bushy tree, of very great size in Crete and the Levant ; the young
shoots often red, and rough with glandular hairs. Bark of the main
stem reddish-brown, the external layers coming off in thin flakes.
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, unequally serrated, bright green, veiny, rigid,
on hairy footstalks, without stipules. Clusters panicled, bent down-
wards, smooth. Bracteas oblong, solitary under each partial stalk,
recurved. Flowers very elegant, of a greenish, semitransparent white,
with a shade of red, destitute of scent. Berry crimson, the size of a
cherry, very like a strawberry, covered with hard tubercles. Smith. — A
wine is made from the fruit in Corsica, but it is reported to be narcotic,
if taken in quantity.
381

ERICACEAE.

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS.

Sepals 5, scale-like, green, spreading. Corolla ventricose,
5-toothed. Stamens 10, inserted round a plaited hypogynous
disk ; anthers opening by pores, with 2 awns at the apex. Fruit
succulent, smooth, drupaceous ; putamen many-celled ; cells
1 -seeded.

785. A. Uva ursi Spreng. syst. ii. 287. — Arbutus Uva Ursi
Linn. fi. lapp. 162. t. 6. f. 3. Woodv. i. t. 70. Eng. Bot. t. 714.
Bigel. meet. bot. i. t. 6. — Barren gravelly hills and dry sandy
woods in the north of Europe and America. (Bearberry.)

Stem woody, trailing, and rooting, the young shoots only turning
upwards. Bark deciduous, and peeling off from the old stems. Leaves
alternate, obovate, acute at base, attached by short petioles, coriaceous,
evergreen, glabrous, shining above, paler beneath, entire, and in the
young ones pubescent, the margin rounded, but scarcely reflexed.
Flowers terminal, clustered. Pedicels reflexed, furnished at base with a
short acute bract, and 2 minute ones at the sides. Sepals 5, roundish
reddish and persistent. Corolla ovate or urceolate, white with a reddish
tinge, transparent at base, contracted at the mouth, hairy inside, with 5
short reflexed segments. Stamens very slightly adhering to the base of
the corolla ; filaments hairy ; anthers each with 2 horns and 2 pores.
Ovary round ; style straight, longer than the stamens : stigma simple.
Disk a black indented ring. Fruit succulent, globular, depressed, deep
red, approaching scarlet, with an insipid mealy pulp, and about 5 seeds,
which cohere strongly together, so as to appear like the nucleus of a
drupe. — Leaves astringent and rather bitter. Used in nephritic and
calculous cases ; of very doubtful action in the latter, but believed to be
a decided palliative in nephritic paroxyms. Also employed in dysuria,
catarrhus vesicae, leucorhcea and gonorrhoea. Exhibited in the form
of decoction and powder of the leaves. Its action is slow, and it
therefore requires to be given for a considerable period ; although the
effects are uncertain they sometimes give astonishing relief. Pereira.

LOISELEURIA.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens
5, equal, inclosed ; cells of anthers bursting longitudinally.
Style inclosed. Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved, with bifid pointed
valves and a loculicidal dehiscence.

786. L. procumbens Desv. journ. bot. iii. 35. JR. and S.
iv. 353. — Azalea procumbens Linn.jl. lapp. xc. t. 6. f. 2. Eng.
Bot. t. 865. Torrey.Jl. i. 233. Chamceledon procumbens Link,
enum. i. 210. — Mountains of Europe from Lapland to the Me-
diterranean, and on the White Hills, Catskill, and other moun-
tainous ranges in North America.

A small evergreen shrub, resembling Thyme. Stems caespitose, 3-4.
inches long, branched, procumbent, rigid. Leaves opposite, elliptical,

382

LOISELEURIA.

very smooth and entire, coriaceous; margin revolute. Flowers in
small terminal umbels, or corymbs ; pedicels short. Calyx red ; seg-
ments lanceolate. Corolla bright rose-coloured, small, as long again as
the calyx; segments a little unequal, oblong. Stamens inserted into
the base of the corolla ; filaments flat, smooth ; anthers 2-celled, sub-
rotund, opening internally their whole length. Style rather shorter than
the stamens, persistent ; stigma capitate. Capsule ovate ; margin of
the valves inflexed. Seeds numerous, minute, smooth. Torrey. — Has
the reputation of being useful as an astringent medicine.

VACCINACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 221.

VACCINIUM.

Limb of calyx 4-5-toothed. Corolla urceolate or campanu-
late, 4-5-cleft. Stamens 8-10, distinct, epigynous. Berry glo-
bose, 4-5-celled, many-seeded, surmounted by the remains of
the calyx.

787. V. uliginosum Linn, sp.pl. 499. Eng. Bot. t. 581. Fl.
dan. t. 231. Eng. Fl. ii. 220. — Boggy mountainous or moor-
land situations all over the northern parts of Europe. (Whortle-
berry.)

A small bush, with round branches. Leaves stalked, rather cori-
aceous, obovate, obtuse, or occasionally pointed, deciduous, glaucous
beneath. Flowers several together, small, flesh-coloured ; anthers
horned. Berries large, blueish black, subacid. — The fruit is said to be
narcotic and to be sometimes put into beer and other liquors to make
them heady. The berries when fermented yield an intoxicating liquor.

383

PRIMULACE^E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 223.
CYCLAMEN.

Calyx divided half way into 5 ovate segments, permanent.
Corolla wheel-shaped ; tube nearly globular, twice as long as
the calyx, deflexed ; limb many times longer than the tube, re-
flexed upwards, in 5 deep, lanceolate, oblique, equal segments ;
mouth open, naked, prominent at the circumference. Filaments
very short, in the tube ; anthers straight, acute, converging,
in the mouth of the corolla. Style cylindrical, straight,
rather longer than the tips of the anthers; stigma simple.
Capsule globose, of 1 cell, opening at the top with 5 parallel
teeth, the inside lined with pulp. Seeds numerous, somewhat
ovate, angular, covering a central, roundish-ovate, stalked, un-
connected receptacle. Smith.

788. C. hederaefolium Willd. sp.pl.1 810. Eng. Ft. i. 273.—

C. europaeum Eng. Bot. t. 548 Groves and fields in the

southern parts of Europe. (Sow Bread.)

Root globular, brown, sending out many branched fibres. Leaves
beautifully variegated with dark and glaucous green ; their under side
paler, purplish, with slight!}' glandular ribs. Footstalks round, more
glandular ; tapering and wavy at the base. Flowers pendulous, on
naked wavy stalks, taller than the leaves. Corolla white, or flesh-
coloured ; purplish about the mouth. As the fruit advances, the
flower-stalks curl spirally, and bury it in the earth. — A very acrid
plant, especially the root, whose acrimony is not much perceived at the
first tasting, but soon becomes intolerable. Smith. It has been used
medicinally, its action being that of a drastic purgative, and formerly it
was much esteemed as an ennnenagogue ; but whether its reputation
was owing to its actual powers or to its placentiform root is doubtful.
Its acrid principle has been considered to be a body sui generis, and
named arthanitine. Burnett.

PRIMULA.

Calyx tubular, with 5 angles and 5 teeth, regular, erect, per-
manent. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindrical, as long as
the calyx, or longer ; limb spreading, in 5, rather deep, inversely
heart-shaped, obtuse segments ; throat concave, hemispherical,
pervious. Filaments in the throat, very short, opposite to the
segments of the limb ; anthers pointed, erect, converging, not
prominent. Style thread-shaped, the length of the calyx ;
385 c c

PRIMULACEiE.

stigma globular. Capsule cylindrical, as long as the calyx, which
invests it closely, of 1 cell, opening with 10 acute parallel teeth.
Seeds numerous, roundish, covering a central, ovate-oblong, un-
connected receptacle. Smith.

789. P. veris Linn, sp.pl. 204. Eng. Bot. t. 5. Fl. Ban. t.433.
Eng. FL i. 271. — P. officinalis Jacq. misc. i. 159. Fl. Lond. 1. 15.
— Meadow and pastures, especially in clayey soil. (Cowslip.)

Leaves hoary, more finely downy and soft than in either the Primrose
or Oxlip, contracted in the middle, so as frequently to become heart-
shaped, as it were, with winged footstalks ; their margin wavy, as well
as toothed. Flowers numerous, in 1 or more umbels, with small
partial bracteas, on downy common stalks much taller than the leaves.
Calyx downy. Limb of the corolla much smaller than in the Oxlip,
concave, or cup-shaped ; of a deeper yellow on the upper side, with 5
orange spots. Smith. — The flowers possess well marked sedative
properties and make a pleasant soporific wine.

ANAGALLIS.

Calyx in 5 deep, spreading, acute, keeled segments, perma-
nent. Corolla wheel-shaped ; tube none ; limb nearly flat, in
5 deep, roundish-ovate segments, contracted at their base. Fi-
laments erect, slender, shorter than the corolla, clothed, in the
middle part more especially, with prominent glandular hairs ;
anthers heart-shaped. Style thread-shaped ; stigma capitate,
or sometimes simple. Capsule globular, of 1 cell, thin and pel-
lucid, splitting horizontally into 2 hemispherical valves. Seeds
numerous, angular, abrupt, covering a large, central, orbicular,
pitted, unconnected receptacle. Smith.

790. A. arvensis Linn. sp. pi. 211. Eng. Bot. t. 529. Fl.
Lond. t. 12. Eng. Fl.'i. 280. — Corn-fields and waste places all
over Europe. (Pimpernel.)

Root small. Stem branched from the lower part, often dotted with
purple, more or less procumbent, square. Leaves sessile, ovate, many
ribbed ; dotted with purple at the back. Flower-stalks angular, longer
than the leaves, twisted and recurved after flowering. Segments of the
calyx lanceolate, pointed, keeled, membranous at the edges. Corolla
bright scarlet, with a violet-coloured mouth, closing at the approach of
rain ; its edges finely crenate, or minutely fringed with glands. Stamens
purple, hairy, dilated and smooth at the base. Anthers yellow, heart-
shaped. Style purple, permanent. Stigma capitate. Capsule pale and
transparent, the size of a pea, separating all round, the valves marked
with some indications of longitudinal separations, which seldom take
effect. Seeds roughish, abrupt externally, each with a central dot. Smith.
— This has had some reputation in cases of madness. It appears to
possess energetic powers, for Orfila destroyed a dog by making him
swallow 3 drachms of the extract ; it was found to have inflamed
the mucous membrane of the stomach. A similar result was obtained
by Grenier. It has been prescribed in epilepsy and dropsy.

386

SAPOTACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 225.
BASSIA.

Sepals 4, coriaceous, permanent. Corolla campanulare, with
a ventricose tube ; limb 8-parted, nearly erect. Stamens half-
inserted into the orifice and half into the tube of the corolla;
anthers linear, sagittate, shaggy internally. Style subulate,
longer than the corolla. Berry fleshy, 5-celled ; seeds solitary.

791. B. longifolia Linn. mant. 563. Willd. sp. pi. ii. 842.
Gartn. carp. ii. t. 104. ? Roxb. jl. ind. ii. 523. — Peninsula of
India. (Illupie tree.)

A tree. Branches numerous, spreading far, and forming a very ex-
tensive, shady head ; young shoots downy. Leaves crowded about the
ends of the branchlets immediately above the peduncles, lanceolate,
smooth, entire. Petioles from 1 to 2 inches long, round, slightly
villous. Stipules ensiform, downy, very early caducous. Peduncles
crowded round the base of the young villous shoots, 2-3 inches long,
drooping, 1-flowered. The bractes, if any, fall so soon, and are so
small, that I have not detected them. Calyx of 2 opposite pairs of
ovate-oblong, rather acute, somewhat villous leaflets. Corolla ; tube
length of the calyx, gibbous, of a thick, firm, fleshy texture ; border
8-cleft ; segments sub-lanceolate. Filaments scarcely any. Anthers
from 16 to 20, attached to the inside of the tube of the corolla. Ovary
from 6 to 8-celled, with 1 seed in each cell, attached to the inner and
under side. Style twice as long as the corolla. Stigma contracted,
but evidently from 6 to 8-toothed. Berry oblong, the size of a large
plum, villous, pulpy, when ripe yellowish, seldom more than 3-celled,
1-celled is more common ; cells in the ovary, always from 6 to 8. Seeds
solitary, oblong, of various shapes according to the number in the
berries, attached to the lower half of the axis. Albumen 0. Embryo
erect. Cotyledons conform to the seed. Radicle roundish, inferior.
Roxb. — The fruit when pressed yields a large quantity of oil used in
India for lamps, soap-making, and also for food. It is also employed
medicinally to cure the itch, and other cutaneous disorders. The leaves
boiled in water as well as the milk of the green fruit and bark are used
in rheumatic affections.

792. B. butyraceae Roxb. in as. res. viii. 477. and

793. B. latifolia Roxb. corom. i. 20. t. 19, the Madhuca tree,
also yield a large quantity of oil, but they do not appear to be
employed medicinally.

794. The Shea or Butter tree of Mungo Park is a species of

387 c c 2

SAPOTACE-ffi.

this genus. Burnett states, I know not on what authority, that
much of the palm oil of commerce is yielded by species of
Eassia, or other Sapotaceae.

ACHRAS.

Sepals 6, ovate, concave, the innermost coloured. Corolla
tubular, with an erect, 6-cleft limb ; emarginate scales (sterile
stamens) in the throat of the corolla. Filaments 6, short, inserted
into the tube of the corolla; anthers cordate- sagittate, enclosed,
alternate with the scales. Style subulate, longer than the co-
rolla ; stigma obtuse. Fruit apple-like, fleshy, 10-12-celled,
usually with 3 only of the cells, containing seeds. Seeds soli-
tary, compressed, oval.

795. A. Sapota Linn. sp. pi. 1190. Jacq. amer. 57. t. 41. —
(JBroivne jam. i. 200. t. 1 9. f. 3.) — West Indies and neigh-
bouring continent. (Sapodilla Plum.)

A tree abounding in thick white tenacious milk. Leaves oblong,
acute at each end, entire, coriaceous, smooth, stalked, 3 or 4 inches long.
Peduncles 1-flowered, short, axillary. Flowers scentless, whitish, hanging
on the tree a long time, at first ovate, then campanulate as fecundation
proceeds, and afterwards ovate again. Fruit variable in size and form,
globose, oval, or ovate; its rind rough, brittle, dull brown; flesh dirty
white, very soft and deliciously sweet. Seeds dark coloured, shining,
very bitter. The fruit is only eatable when it begins to blett ; in that
state it is by many considered superior to the Pine-apple. — Bark a
powerful astringent, and used with success as a substitute for Cinchona.
The seeds, stripped of their skins, are considered by the people of
Martinique powerfully diuretic ; 6 seeds pounded in a mortar with a
glass of wine or water form a draught which is given daily at a single
dose in dysury, stranguiy, and similar disorders. If the dose is much
increased, severe pains and even danger are brought on. Jacquin.

796- A. mammosa. Linn. sp. pi. 469 is said by Burnett to
have an emetic milk, but I do not find authority for the state-
ment.

EBENACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 226.

DIOSPYRUS.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx 3-4-6-parted. Corolla urceolate,
quadrifid, with revolute segments. Stamens inserted into the
base of the corolla ; filaments very short, sometimes every other

388

DIOSPYRUS.

one bearing 2 anthers ; anthers subulate, fixed by the base.
Style 4-cleft, sometimes 2-parted, often trifid. Fruit succulent,
globose, 8-celled, with the permanent calyx at the base. Seeds
solitary, compressed.

797. D. melanoxylon Roxb. corom. i. 36. t. 46. Willd. iv. 1 109.
Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 531. — Mountainous woods of Ceylon, Malabar,
Coromandel, and other parts of India. (Ebony Tree.)

Trunk tolerably straight in large trees, from 20 to 25 feet to the
branches, and about 8 or 10 in circumference. Bark scabrous, or
deeply cracked, somewhat spongy, colour a mixture of grey and black,
in irregular strata. Branches very irregular, numerous, rigid, forming a
large spreading shady head : young shoots very downy. Leaves nearly
opposite, short pctioled, oblong, entire, obtuse, when young very downy,
when old pretty smooth ; about 4 inches long, and 1-| broad. Stipules
0. Male peduncles axillary, single, short, bearing 3 or 4 small whitish
flowers, supported by short bowing pedicels. Bractes a small one at
the insertion of each pedicel, and 1 or 2, still smaller pressing the calyx.
Calyx and corolla as in the genus. Filaments generally 12 or 13,
short, inserted into a receptacle. Anthers linear, erect. Ovary 0.
Hermaphrodite flowers rather larger than the male, axillary, single,
nearly sessile. Bractes, a small one pressing the calyx. Calyx always
5-cleft, downy. Corolla 5-cleft. Filaments about 10, short, inserted
into a receptacle between the ovary and flower. Anthers small, seemingly
sterile. Styles 3, nearly erect ; stigma bifid. Berry round, of the
size of a small apple, yellow, pulpy. Seeds as many as 8, immersed in
the pulp, kidney-shaped, sharp on the inner straight edge. Roxburgh. —
Tiie Ebony tree is valuable, not only on account of its wood, but for
the sake of its bark which is astringent, and mixed with pepper is given
for the dysentery by the native doctors of India.

798. D. virginiana Linn. sp. pi. 1510. Mill. diet. ic. 1. 126.
Willd. iv. 1107. — United States.

A large tree. Leaves ovate, rather blunt, shining, smooth, netted,
with downy stalks. Leafbuds smooth. — Bark said to be a powerful
astringent and febrifuge.

STYRACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 227.

STYRAX.

Calyx rather campanulate, nearly entire or 5-toothed. Co-
rolla campanulate at the base, deeply 3-7-cleft. Stamens 6-16,
389 c c 3

STYRACEiE.

seldom 10, exserted ; filaments united to the tube of the corolla,
sometimes adhering at the base into a ring ; anthers linear,
2-celled, opening by internal longitudinal slits. Style simple.
Stigma obtuse, somewhat lobed. Drupe dry, splitting imper-
fectly into 2 or 3 valves, with 1-2-3 stones. Seed solitary,
erect, with a large leafy thin embryo lying in the midst of fleshy
albumen, with an inferior radicle.

799. S. officinale Linn, sp.pl. 635. Cav. diss. vi. 339. t. 188.
f. 2. Willd. ii. 623. Bot. rep. t. 631. Woodv. t. 71. Fl. Grcec.
t. 375. — The Levant ; Syria, Palestine ; common all over Greece
and the Peloponnesus.

A small tree with a smooth bark and downy shoots. Leaves alter-
nate, ovate, green and smooth above, whitish with soft down underneath ;
with short downy stalks. Racemes terminal, downy, with angular
pedicels. Calyx hoary, almost hemispherical, rather angular at the
base ; witli 5-7 very short marginal teeth. Corolla white, externally
hoary; with 5-6-7 segments, Fruit downy, with 1 or 2 nuclei.-—
— Storax, a fragrant resinous balsamic substance, is obtained in Asia
Minor from the branches by incision ; it is brownish red, friable, but
soft and unctuous and is considered a stimulating expectorant, being
supposed to influence the mucous membrane of the air passages. It is
chiefly employed in affections of the organs of respiration. The tree
does not form the secretion in this country.

800. S. Benzoin Dryand. in Phil, trans, v. lxxvii. 308. t. 12.
Woodv. t. 72. — Benzoin officinale Hayne. — Sumatra, Borneo,
Siam, Java.

Branches round, tomentose. Leaves alternate, stalked, oblong,
perfectly entire, acuminated, above smooth, beneath tomentose, a palm
long. Footstalks round, striated, channelled, tomentose, very short.
Racemes axillary, compound, nearly the length of the leaves : common
footstalks tomentose ; partial alternate, spreading, tomentose. Pedicels-
very short. Flowers on one side. Calyx campanulated, very obscurely
5-toothed, outwardly tomentose; above a line in depth. Petals 5,
(perhaps connate at the base) linear, obtuse, outwardly grey with very
fine down, four times longer than the calyx. Filaments 10, insertedinto
the receptacle, rather shorter than the petals, beneath connate into a
cylinder of the length of the calyx, ciliated on the upper part below the
anthers. Anthers linear, longitudinally adnate to the petals, and shorter
by half than they. Ovary superior, ovate, tomentose. Style filiform,
longer than the stamens. Stigma simple. Dryander. — ■ The resinous-
acrid substance called Benzoin is a secretion from the bark. It is a local
irritant, its vapour causing violent coughing. It acts as a stimulant,
more particularly as is supposed to the lungs. It is chiefly used in the
manufacture of paregoric elixir, and in coating over the adhesive plaster
called court plaster. It has been used in some uterine complaints, as
chlorosis. A favourite cosmetic is Virgin's milk, which is prepared by
mixing 1 drachm of the simple tincture of benzoin with 4 ounces of
water. Pcreira, — Constitutes the basis of Turlington balsam, whose
very salutary effects, particularly in healing green and other wounds, is

390

STYRAX.

well known to persons abroad who cannot always obtain surgical
assistance. Marsden. I do not see upon what ground the genus
Benzoin is distinguished from Styrax. Lithocarpus Benzoin, a name
ascribed to Blume, has been abandoned by that author, who now calls a
genus allied to Quercus by the name of Lithocarpus.

391

c c *

AQUIFOLIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 228.

ILEX.

Calyx inferior, small, with 4 small teeth, permanent. Corolla
wheel-shaped, in 4 deep, elliptical, spreading, concave, segments ;
or of 4 petals, cohering by their broad bases ; much larger than
the calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla, and
alternate with its divisions. Anthers small, 2-lobed. Ovary
roundish. Styles none. Stigmas 4, obtuse, permanent. Berry
globular, of 4 cells. Seeds solitary in each cell, oblong, pointed,
angular at the inside, rounded externally. Smith.

801. I. Aquifolium Linn. sp. 181. Eng. Bot. t. 496. Eng.
Ft. i. 227. — Hedges and thickets in dry sandy places. (Holly.)

A handsome evergreen tree, of slow growth, with a smooth grey
bark, which, abounding with mucilage, makes bird-lime, by maceration
in water. The wood is hard and close-grained. Leaves alternate,
stalked, rigid, shining, wavy, with spinous divaricated lobes ; the upper
ones on old trees entire, with only a terminal prickle. Flowers copious,
white, tinged externally with purple ; the earlier ones least perfect.
Berries scarlet; casually yellow. — Dr. Rouseau asserts that the leaves
are equal to Peruvian Bark in the cure of intermittent fever. The
root and bark are said to be emollient, resolving, expectorant and
diuretic. Haller recommends the juice of the leaves in icterus. Reil
also affirms that he has employed the bark successfully in cases of
epidemic intermittent fever when Peruvian Bark had failed. Trans, of
Med. Bot. soc. 1834, p. 4.

802. I. vomitoria Linn. sp. pi. 709. R. and S. in. 491. — »
Cassine Peragua Mill. diet. t. 83. f. 2. Ilex ligustrina Jacq. ic.
rar. ii. t. 310. Ilex Cassena Elliot, ii. 681. (Pluk. t. 376. f. 2.)
-— Florida and Carolina near the sea.

A shrub 6-15 feet high, stoloniferous ; branches virgate, erect, the
smaller expanding; bark smooth, when very young pubescent. Leaves
alternate, perennial, glabrous, shining, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary
clusters ; each peduncle 3-flowered. Peduncles short, slightly downy.
Teeth of the calyx very minute. Segments of the corolla obtuse. Fila-
ments shorter than the corolla. Berry globose, scarlet, 4-celled. — A
strong decoction of this plant called black drink is used by the tribes of
the Creek Indians at the opening of their councils. It acts as a mild
emetic.

393

AQUIFOLI ACEiE.

MYG1NDA.

Calyx 4-parted, small, persistent. Petals 4, rounded, plane,
spreading. Stamens shorter than the corolla. Style short, with
2-4 stigmas. Drupe globose, 1 -celled, with a 1 -seeded nut.

803. M. Uragoga Swartz prodr. 39. Jacq. amer. 24. t. 16.
H. and S. iii. 501. — Carthagena, St. Martha near the coast.

An erect shrub, about 3 feet high on the coast, as much as 8 feet
high in inland woods. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, acute, finely serrated,
opposite or alternate, with short red stalks. Peduncles filiform, axillary,
opposite, bifid, with each division 3-flowered. Flowers small, deep red.
Fruit soft, red, the size of a small pea. — A decoction or infusion of the
root a most powerful diuretic.

PRINOS.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx half 6-cleft, permanent. Corolla
rotate, 6-parted. Filaments 6, subulate, erect. Style short,
with an obtuse stigma. Berry with 6 stones.

804. P. verticillatus Linn. sp. pi. 471. Bigel. med. hot. iii. t. 56.
DC. prodr. ii. 17. — Edges of streams and ponds in the United
States. (Black Alder.)

A shrub, in growth irregular, but most commonly 6 or 8 feet in
height. Leaves alternate or scattered, on short petioles, oval, acute at
base, sharply serrate, acuminate, with some hairiness, particularly on
the veins underneath. Flowers small, white, in little imperfect axillary
umbels, which are nearly sessile. Calyx small, 6-cleft, persistent. Co-
rolla monopetalous, spreading, without a tube, the border divided into
6 obtuse segments. Stamens erect, with oblong anthers ; in the barren
flowers they are equal in length to the corolla ; in the fertile ones,
shorter. Ovary, in the fertile flowers, large, green, roundish, with a
short style, and obtuse stigma. Fruit bright scarlet, roundish, supported
by the persistent calyx, and crowned with the stigma, 6-celled, containing
6 long seeds, which are convex outwardly and sharp-edged within.
These berries are bitter and unpleasant to the taste, with a little sweet-
ness and some acrimony. — Bark considered a valuable tonic especially
in cases of great debility accompanied by fever ; as a corroborant in
anasarcous and other dropsies ; and especially as a tonic in cases of
incipient sphacelus or gangrene. Berries also reputed tonic, but Bigelow
asserts that they are emetic.

*#* The Paraguay tea, Mate, Yapon, or Yerba de Palos, called Ilex
Paraguariensis by Auguste de St. Hilairc, Cassine Gongonha by Von
Marthts, and Myginda ? Gongonha by Dc Candolle, is said by Von
Martius to deserve notice as a diuretic.

394

CONVOLVULACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 231.
ARGYREIA.

Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate. Style 1. Stigma capitate,
2-lobed. Ovary 2-celled 4-seeded. Capsule baccate.

805. A. bracteata Wall. cat. No. 1419. Choisy Convolv. or. 30.
Compan. to Hot. Mag. i. 38. t. 3. — Common near Madras.

A large twining, branched, milky shrub, the young shoots strigose.
Leaves alternate, on long petioles, which are round, and furnished at
the base with 2 thick oblong glands ; limb broadly cordate-ovate, rather
acute, entire, glabrous, dark shining green above, beneath strigosely
hirsute, and somewhat silky. Peduncles axillary, rather longer than
the petioles, dividing at the extremity into 2 or 3 branches, with a sessile
ebracteated flower in the fork ; each branch divides again in the same
manner : the solitary flower in the second and all succeeding divisions
furnished with a long, lanceolate, waved, pale green, hairy bractea. In
this manner, what was at first an umbel, progressively becomes a panicle,
bearing flowers and fruit in all stages, each of the pedicelled flowers
having 3 bracteas closely appressed to the base of the calyx. Calyx of
5 ovate and mucronate hairy sepals. Corolla campanulate, externally
hairy, of a purplish-white colour; within, near the bottom, deep-purple,
becoming paler near the throat : limb spreading, cream-coloured.
Stamens 5; filaments unequal, enlarged at the base. Ovary superior,
seated in a yellow glandular cup-shaped disk. Style as long as the
stamens. Stigma 2-lobed. Pericarp a 3* to 4-seeded berry, deep
orange-coloured when ripe. Seeds imbedded in pulp. Wight and Arnott.
— Decoctions of the leaves are used by the natives as fomentations in
cases of scrophulous enlargements of the joints ; the boiled leaves
being employed as a poultice at the same time. Juice milky. Wight.

IPOMjEA.

Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate. Stamens included. Style L
Stigma 2-lobed ; the lobes capitate. Ovary 2-celled ; cells
2-seeded. Capsule 2-celled.

806. I. Turpethum RBr. prodr. 485. Bot. Reg. t. 279. Nees
and Eberm. handb. ii. 642. Plant, med. 105. Choisy convolv*
or. 68. — Convolvulus Turpethum Linn. sp. plant 221. Roxb.
Fl. Ind. i. 476. — The East Indies, Malayan Archipelago, New
Holland, Timor, Otaheite, Friendly Islands, Marianne Islands,
Tinian, &c.

Roo perennial. Stems twining, several fathoms long, from 3 to 4
sided ; a little downy, with winged angles. Leaves stalked, varying in
395

CONVOLVULACEtE.

form from cordate to linear, all pointed, and lobed, or angular and
downy. Peduncles axillary, downy, many-flowered. Flowers large,
white. Bractes oval, concave, velvety, deciduous. Ovary seated on a
large glandular disk. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsules involved in the dry
calyx, absolutely 4-sided, 2-celled, opening at the apex by a kind of
operculum. Seeds round, black, 1 in each cell. — The fresh bark of
the root rubbed up with milk is used in India as a purgative. About
6 inches in length of a root as thick as the little finger is reckoned a
dose.

807. I. macrorhiza Mich. Fl. Bor. amer. i. 141, supposed
to be the Convolvulus Jalapa Linn., a plant inhabiting
the sandy soil of Georgia and Carolina, with white insipid
farinaceous roots weighing from 40 to 50 lbs., is asserted by
Elliott (sketch i. 253.), to possess no purgative properties what-
ever. Dr. Baldwin assured him that he had administered 6
drachms of the powdered root without effect, and that in fact it
contains little or no resin, but like the Batatas consists chiefly
of saccharine and farinaceous matter.

808. I. pandurata. — Convolvulus panduratus Linn. sp. pl.c219.
Barton mat. med. i, t. 23. — C ommon in North America in
sandy fields and by fences from Canada to Florida ; " Mecha-
meck" of the Indians.

Root very large, 2 or 3 feet long and as thick as the arm, of a yellow-
ochre colour. Stem downy. Leaves on long stalks, broadly cordate,
entire, acuminate, slightly repand. Peduncles many-flowered, cymose,
longer than the petioles. Corolla large, campanulate, white, dull purple
towards the base. Stamens white, the length of the tube. — The
powdered root acts like rhubarb ; it requires to be given in larger doses
than jalap. It has an American reputation as a remedy for calculous
affections, and in cases of gravel.

809. I. Purga Wenderoth in litt. ad Zuccar. Schlecht. in
Linncea viii. 515. — I. Schiedeana Zuccarini Plant, nov. fasc.
i. 293. t. 12. I. Jalapa Nutt. in Am. journ. med. sc. v. 300.
Purga of the natives of Jalapa. Laschachne, Tetonpactle

Mexicans On the eastern declivity of the Mexican Andes

near Chiconquiaco and near San Salvador on the eastern face of
the Cofre de Perote, at an elevation of about 6000 feet above
the sea. The mountains near Orizaba.

Root tuberous, fleshy, with numerous roundish tubercles. Stem
smooth, brownish, very slightly rough. Leaves stalked, the first hastate,
the succeeding ones cordate acuminate, mucronate, smooth. Peduncles
axillary, 2-flowered, twisted, the length of the corolla. Sepals obtuse,
mucronate, smooth. Corolla purple, with a long somewhat clavate
tube, and an undulated limb, with 5 plaits. Filaments smooth ; unequal,
longer than the tube of the corolla ; anthers linear, projecting. Stigma
capitate, deeply furrowed. Capsule 2-celled; cells 2-seeded. — From
the statements of Dr. Schiede, and others, confirmed by an unpublished
letter in the possession of the Horticultural Society of London, from
Don Juan de Orbegozo, a pupil of Cervantes, residing at Orizaba, it

396

IPOMjEA.

appears certain that this plant furnishes the jalap of commerce. It is
however equally certain from the information furnished by the latter
gentleman that the following species is considered by the traders in
jalap to be extremely similar in quality, and as " it is the more abundant
and larger of the two, at least in some districts," the probability is that
it also forms a part of the imported samples of this drug.

810. I. orizabensis Pelletan Journ. chim. med. vol. x. p. 1. —
Jalapa Macho of the Mexicans. — In temperate parts of" the state
of Oaxaca.

Root tuberous, fleshy, with numerous oblong tubercles. Stem twining,
green, hairy. Leaves cordate acuminate mucronate, hairy, the earliest
ones hastate. Peduncles 2-3-flowered, twisted, 3 times as long as the
corolla. Sepals oblong, obtuse, mucronate, hairy. Corolla purple,
campanulate, with a regular tube inflated in the middle, and a wavy
limb with 5 plaits. Stamens shorter than the tube; hairy at the base.
Capsule 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. — This description, as well as the last,
is taken from Don Juan de Orbegozo's letter. I presume that this
second sort of jalap is the Convolvulus Orizabensis of Pelletan, as
quoted by Mr. Pereira in the Med. Gaz. xx. p. 932. Dr. Schiede hail
heard of it under its Spanish name of Jalapa Macho or Purga Macho,
or Male Jalap, but he had only seen the root, which appears very like-
that of I. Purga.

811. The slightly purgative Mechoacan root of Mexico is pos-
sibly produced by some species of this genus ; but the Convol-
vulus Mechoacannus of Willdenow or the Ipomaea Mechoacanna
of Nees and Ebermaier is too little known to be described.
Wood and Bache refer it to I. macrorhiza No. 807.

812. I. operculata Martins (Jeticucu Piso bras. 93.) is said by
Guibourt to furnish a part of the Mechoacan of commerce, but
I do not find it described.

813. I. tuberosa Linn. sp. pi. 227. Lunan Hort. Jam. i. 400.
— Sloane nat. hist. jam. i. t. 96. f. 2 — Jamaica, where it is
called Seven-eared or Spanish arbour vine.

Root tuberous, as large as the human head. Stems 200 or 300 feet
long, purplish at the extremities. Leaves smooth, downy beneath,
palmate, or 7-lobed ; the lobes much smaller at the side 'than in the
middle, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncles many-flowered.
Flowers pale yellow, sweet-scented. Capsule as large as a walnut,
membranous, shining, brown, 2-celled, with 2 black or dark brown
shaggy triangular seeds in each cell. — All the parts purgative. Dr.
Barham thinks scammony might be obtained from it.

814. I. cathartica Poiret encycl. meth. suppl. iv. 633. — Con-
volv. africanus Nicols. nat. hist, of St. Domingo 260. — Moist
places in St. Domingo.

Stems twining, smooth, herbaceous. Leaves large, distant, long-
stalked, broad, oval, cordate, smooth, 3-lobed; the 2 lateral lobes oval,
shorter, acute ; the terminal oval-lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncles
axillary, usually 1-flowered. Flowers large, bright deep red. Tube of
the corolla thick, inflated, contracted and cylindrical at the base, an inch
and more long, pale green ; the limb broad, 5-lobed. Stamens shorter
397

CONVOLVULACEvE.

than the corolla. Stigma capitate. — The roots furnish a resinous
substance used as a purgative in St. Domingo. Its use is not however
very safe, as it is apt to produce super-purgations.

BATATAS.

Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate. Stamens included. Style 1.
Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Ovary 4 -celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Cap-
sule 4-celled, or by abortion 3-celled.

815. B. paniculata Chois. conv. or. 54. — Convolvulus panicu-
latus Linn. sp. pi. 223. Roxb.jl. ind. i. 478. Ipomaea panicu-
lata Rot. Reg. 62. Ipomaea insignis Sot. Repos. t. 636. Rot.
Reg. t. 75. Rot. Mag. t. 1790. — East Indies, New Holland,
Java, Africa, Tropics of America, in hedges and thickets.

Root perennial, tuberous. Stems and branches perennial; young
shoots round and smooth. Leaves stalked, palmate, from 3 to 6 inches
each way; the lobes generally 5, divided little more than half way
down, broad-lanceolate, entire, smooth. Peduncles axillary, erect, as
long as the petioles, umbellate. Flowers numerous, large, of a beautiful
dark reddish purple. Capsules 4-celled. Seeds woolly, all round. —
The large tuberous root is cathartic and is used as such by the natives
of the places where it grows.

PHARBITIS.

Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate or campanulate-funnel-shaped.
Style I. Stigma capitate, granular. Ovary 3-celled or rarely
4-celled ; cells 2-seeded.

816. P. Nil Chois. convolv. or. 57. — Convolvulus nil Linn,
sp. plant. 219. Ipomaea caerulea Roxb.jl. hid. i. 501. Rot. Reg.

t. 276 All over the tropics, everywhere ; various parts of the

East Indies ; South Sea Islands.

Stems and branches twining, annual, round, hairy, from 6 to 12 feet
long, as thick as a crow's quill. Leaves stalked, broad, cordate, 3-lobed,
downy ; from 2 to 4 inches long, acute. Peduncles axillary, the length of
the petioles, round, hairy, from 2 to 3-Uowered. Bracts and sepals linear.
Flowers large, of a beautiful light, but bright blue. Stigma sub-globose,
large, glandular, 3-lobed. Capsule much shorter than the calyx, smooth,
3-celled, with 2 seeds in each cell. — Seeds sold in apothecaries' shops
of Calcutta, under the name of " Kala dana," as a purgative. Said to
be an effectual quick cathartic. Seeds are roasted like coffee, powdered,
and administered in doses of from 30 to 40 grains, in any convenient
vehicle. Roxb.

CONVOLVULUS.

Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate. Style 1. Stigmas 2, linear-
cylindrical, often revolute. Ovary 2-celled, 4-seeded. Capsule
2-celled.

817. C. Scammcnia Linn. sp. pi. 218. Woodv. wed. hot. i. t. 5.
Flora GrcBca t. 192. Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 633. plant.

398

CONVOLVULUS.

med. t. 195. — Hedges and bushy places in Greece and the
Levant.

Root perennial, fusiform, very long, fleshy, with an acriil cathartic
juice. Stems numerous, annual, branching, slender, round, smooth,
twining, very slightly angular near the ends. Leaves stalked, sagittate
oblong, acute, entire, quite smooth, truncate and angular at the base,
with acute spreading lobes. Peduncles solitary, 3-rlowered, scarcely
twice so long as the leaves. Sepals rather lax, smooth, ovate, repand,
obtuse with a reflexed point, coloured at the edge. Corolla very much
expanded, pale sulphur yellow, thrice as long as the calyx, an inch and
more in length. Stamens erect, converging, thrice as short as the corolla.
Style the length of the stamens ; stigmas oblong, erect, parallel, distant,
white. — The hard brittle ash-coloured resin called Scammony is obtained
from the roots of this plant, which however according to Sibthorp
is not the Ekci/i/movicc of Dioscorides, which he refers to Convolvulus
farinosus L. The quality of the drug is so extremely uncertain that
the gatherers have been supposed to collect different species of Con-
volvulus, instead of the genuine one. But it appears from the reports
of the Smyrna merchants that this is not the case. The roots of young
plants produce a less active juice than old ones, and the colour of
the Scammony is more or less intense according as the plants grow in
sunny or shady places ; but the quality of the resin is not considered to
be affected by this circumstance. The difference in samples proceeds
principally from the manipulations of the Jews, and the greater or less
care of the peasants in collecting the drug. Upon what ground Dr.
Sibthorp referred the Scammony of Dioscorides to Convolvulus farin -
osus of Linn, a Madeira plant with slender roots, and no appreciable
quantity of resin, cannot now be ascertained, for there is no specimen
of the supposed C. farinosus in his herbarium. It is however certain
that Sibthorp was under a mistake, and that Aleppo Scammony has
nothing to do with the Madeira species. Dioscorides describes Scam-
monv as having kXujvciq i/xtpaivovrdg n daavTt]roQ according to the usual
reading, and this certainly does not agree with Convolvulus Scammonia,
and would apply better to the Convolvulus sagittifolius Fl. Grcec.
t. 193, found in Samos and other islands of the Archipelago ; but we
know nothing of this plant producing any thing like Scammony. It is
more probable that the text of Dioscorides is corrupt, and that the
reading in the Aldine edition of 1-199 of TraxvrrjTog for Saaurnrog
is more genuine ; in which case the description of this ancient author
suits Convolvulus Scammonia.

818. C. althaeoides Linn, sp.pl. 2C22. FL Graca t. 19L Bot.
Mag. t. 359. — Soutli of Europe, North of Africa, Levant,
climbing among bushes.

Rootstock creeping, slender. Herbage glaucous, very hairy. Stems
branched from the bottom, climbing or spreading, taper, leafy. Lower
leaves long-stalked, cordate, obtuse, crenate, repand or somewhat lobed;
the upper longer, shorter stalked and deeper divided, pedatifid, with
oblong, entire, obtuse segments. Peduncles axillary, longer than the
leaves, 1- or occasionally 2-flowered, with a pair of bracts near the
upper end. Sepals hairy, ovate, erect. Corolla very much spreading,
about 2 inches long, beautiful bright rose-colour. Stigmas 2, spreading.
399

CONVOLVULACEiE.

Capsule orbicular, mucronate, smooth, 3-seeded. — According to
M. Loiseleur Deslongchamps the roots contain a purgative resin in
doses of from 15 to 24 grains.

CALYSTEGIA.

Two opposite bracts enveloping the flower. Sepals equal.
Corolla campanulate. Style 1 . Stigma 2-lobed, with linear or
oblong cylindrical lobes. Ovary 2-celled, with so short a dis-
sepiment that it is 1 -celled at the apex.

819. C. sepium RBr.prodr. i83. Lindl. synops. p. 167 '. —
Convolvulus sepium Linn, sp.pl. 218. Eng. Bot. t. 313. Fl.
Lond. t. 13. — Common in hedges and among bushes all over
Europe, the Caucasus, the banks of the river St. Lawrence in
North America.

Root long, creeping, rather fleshy. Stems long, angular, twining.
Leaves smooth, stalked, sagittate, obtuse or truncate or lobed at the
base. Flowers large, solitary, usually white ; on an angular peduncle
longer than the petiole. Bracts cordate, acute, smooth, longer than the
calyx, not more than half the length of the corolla. — Root purgative
like Scammony but much less active.

820. C. Soldanella Homer and Schultz syst. iv. 184. Lindl.
synops. p. 167. — Convolvulus Soldanella Linn. sp. plant. 226.
Eng. Bot. t. 314. — A common but beautiful ornament of the
sea shore in most parts of Europe ; also on the coast of the
Euxine.

Root creeping. Stems smooth, rather fleshy, procumbent, spreading,
not very long, and not twining. Leaves reniform, smooth, rather
fleshy, sometimes cordate and angular. Flowers bright pink, very
fugitive, opening only in the simshine, solitary, on an angular peduncle
longer than the petioles. Bracts ovate, shorter than the calyx. Stigmas
short, subulate. — ■ The root is purgative ; it contains according to Mr.
Planche 24 per cent, of a green purgative resin.

BREWERIA.

Sepals equal. Corolla campanulate. Style 1, divided in two.
Stigmas capitate. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell.
Capsule 2-celled.

821. B. ? scoparia — Convolvulus scoparius Linn, suppl. 135.
Fee cours. ii. 409. Nees and Eberm.. handb. ii. 635. plant, med.
196. — TenerifFe about the town of Santa Cruz ; the Isleta of
the Grand Canary and elsewhere.

A shrub with the aspect of a Genista or a Spartium. Stem round,
quite smooth. Branches erect, simple, with distant scattered leaves.
Leaves linear, somewhat downy, erect. Peduncles solitary, remote,
usually 3-flowered, seldom 1-flowered. Sepals silky, ovate, acute.
Corolla white, hairy externally. Styles 2. Stigmas capitate. — Wood
perfumed, smelling strongly of roses, yellowish lawn colour veined with

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BREWERIA.

red, burning readily when lighted. Taste bitter, balsamic. Yields by
distillation an essential oil of bitter balsamic flavour; little used, except,
according to Fee for adulterating oil of Roses. (Lignum rhodium Officin.)
N.B. This plant is said (Rom. and Sch. iv. 300.) to have a 1-celled
1-seeded capsule opening at the base. If so it is not more a Breweria
than a Convolvulus. But it is so extremely like a Breweria found in
Arabia by Fischer (No. 53.) that I cannot but suspect some mistake in
this point.

HYDROLEACEiE.
Nat. sgst. ed. 2. p. 234.

HYDROLEA.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat campanulate. Anthers 5.
included, sagittate ; filaments dilated at the base. Styles 2 ;
stigmas truncate. Capsule 2-3-celled, many-seeded.

822. H. zeylanica Vahl. symb. ii. 46. Wight and Am. in
Corrip. Bot. Mag. ii. 1 93. t. 26. — Nama zeylanica Linn. sp. pi.
327. fl. zeyl. 117. t. 2. Steris javana Linn. mant. 34. Steris
aquatica Burm. Ind. 73. t. 39. f. 3. — Water, and marshy
ground in the East Indies.

Herbaceous. Stems erect, towards the extremities variously bent,
decumbent, and sometimes rooting near the base, round, glabrous, some-
what flexuose. Leaves short, petioled, lanceolate, rather obtuse, smooth,
bright green above, below marked with numerous prominent parallel veins.
Racemes axillary, somewhat leafy, spreading, few-flowered; every part
of them, raches, pedicels, and calyx, glanduioso-pubescent. Pedicels
1-flowered, usually opposite to a small bracteal leaf; but sometimes a
little either above or below the opposed leaf, rarely axillary. Flowers
deep blue, with a white spot in the centre. Calyx 5-parted ; divisions
lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the corolla, thickly covered with
glandular hairs. Corolla wheel-shaped; tube short; limb 5-cleft;
divisions obtuse, spreading, or even somewhat reflexed when fully open.
Stamens 5, alternate with the segments of the corolla. Filaments the
length of the tube, attached to it by a dilated base. Anthers large,
sagittate. Ovary superior, 2-celled : styles 2, diverging, about the
length of the stamens, dark-blue, with paler capitate stigmas. Capsule
inclosed in the permanent calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds
growing all round a large fleshy receptacle, which forms part of the
partition. Wight and Arnott. — The leaves beaten into pulp and applied
as a poultice are in India considered efficacious in cleaning and healing
ill conditioned ulcers, particularly those in which maggots have begun
to breed. Wight.

401

D D

LOBELIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 235.

LOBELIA.

Limb of calyx 5-parted. Corolla irregular, tubular ; the tube
slit on the upper side and ventricose at base ; the limb bilabiate.
Filaments syngenesious ; anthers either all bearded, or the two
lower only. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded, dehiscing
at the apex.

823. L. inflata Linn. sp. pi. 1 320. Bigelow med. hot. i. t. 1 9.
Sweet fl. garden 99. — An annual, found in fields and road sides
in the United States. (Indian Tobacco.)

Height from 6 inches to 2 or 3 feet. The small plants are nearly
simple, the large ones much branched. Root fibrous. Stem erect, in
the full-sized plant much branched, angular, very hairy. Leaves scat-
tered, sessile, oval, serrate, hairy. Spikes or racemes peduncled, each
from the axil of a small leaf. Segments of the calyx subulate. Ovary
oblong, striated. Corolla bluish purple ; the tube prismatic and cleft
above, the segments spreading, acute; the 2 upper ones lanceolate,
the 3 lower ones oval. Anthers collected into an oblong, curved body,
purple ; filaments white. Style filiform ; stigma curved and inclosed
by the anthers. Capsule 2-celled, turgid, oval, compressed, 10-angled,
crowned with the calyx. Seeds numerous, small, oblong, brown. —
An acrid narcotic, and most powerful emetic. Used in asthma, with
great advantage. In small doses it is expectorant and diaphoretic, ex-
citing expectoration without the pain of coughing. In such doses as a
common tea spoonful of the seeds and leaves, in which quantity irre-
gular practitioners have ventured to give it, it frequently proves fatal in
5 or 6 hours. It has been used instead of Tobacco, in the form of
enema, in strangulated hernia.

824. L. siphilitica Linn. sp. 1320. Jacq. ic. rar. iii. t. 597.
Woodv. t. 63. Bot. Reg. t. 537. — United States.

A bright but rather pale green perennial, growing about 2 feet high.
Stem erect, angular, very slightly hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute at
each end, rather wavy, unequally serrated, slightly hairy. Raceme
terminal, leafy, cylindrical, dense. Peduncles bracteolate, hairy, shorter
than the acuminate hairy bracts. Calyx leafy, with ovate, acuminate
hairy segments, half as long as the tube of the corolla and reflexed at
the sinus. Corolla deep blue in the tube, paler in the limb, the lower
lip of which is convex and white at the base ; all the segments ovate
and acute. Tube of the stamens deep blue, elevated through and
beyond the dorsal slit of the corolla. — The whole plant has a rank
smell. Its root is acrid and emetic, and has been used as a remedy for
403 DB 2

LOBELIACEjE.

syphilis; it has the reputation of acting as a speedy cure for this
disease, but European practice does not confirm its American reputation.
Are not its curative principles volatile ?

HIPPOBROMA.

Limb of calyx 5-parted, with linear segments. Tube of co-
rolla long, straight, entire ; limb 5-parted, nearly equal. Sta-
men-tube projecting, completely monadelphous and syngenesious:
stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded.

825. H. longifolia Don. gen. syst. iii. 717. — Lobelia longiflora
Linn. sp. 930. Jacq. amer. 219. Bot. reg. 1. 1200. Rapuntium
longiflorum Mill. diet. No. 7. Isotoma longiflora Presl. mon.
lobel. 42. — St. Domingo, Cuba, Jamaica and Martinique, in
damp places and by the side of streams.

An annual, about a foot high, very slightly downy, pale bright green.
Leaves obovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, tapering into a broad winged
toothed petiole. Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx an-
gular, turbinate, with 5 linear acuminate hairy teeth. Corolla white ;
tube about 3-4 inches long, cylindrical, dilated at the base, hairy; limb
nearly equal, spreading, with linear-lanceolate rather acute segments.
Anthers smooth. Capsule inflated, 2-celled, opening at the apex. —
One of the most venomous of known plants. Taken internally it
brings on fatal hypercatharsis. If any of the juice touches the lips or
eyes it produces violent burning inflammation. Horses are said to
burst after feeding on it, whence the Spanish West Indians call it
Rebenla Cavallos.

826. Tupa Feuillaei Don. gen. syst. iii. 700. — Lobelia Tupa
Linn. sp. 1318. Bot. Reg. 1. 1612. Rapuntium Tupa Presl.
monogr. lobel. 28, has similar properties to the last plant ; its
very flowers are said to produce vomiting by their smell.

404

CINCHONACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 243.

Tribe I. Cinchonea:.

Fruit capsular, 1- celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds winged.
Albumen fleshy. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stipules
interpetiolar. DC.

UNCARIA.

Limb of calyx short, urceolate, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped ;
tube slender ; throat naked ; lobes 5, spreading, oval oblong ;
anthers enclosed or protruded. Style filiform, protruded, stigma
tumid undivided. Capsules pedicellate, clavate, tapering to
the base. Seeds numerous, imbricated, winged. — Climbing
shrubs. Peduncles when old becoming axillary compressed
hooked spines. Flowers in loose heads.

827. U. Gambir Roxb.fl. ind. i. 517. DC.prodr. iv. 347.—
Nauclea Gambir Hunter in linn, trans, ix. t. 22. As. res. xi. ] 87.
(Rumph. v. t. 34. f. 2 and 3.) — Islands of the Indian Archipelago.

Leaves opposite, short-stalked, from ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate,
entire, acute ; smooth on both sides ; about 4 inches long and 2 broad;
stipules oblong, uniting the upper margin of the base of the petioles,
deciduous. Spines axillary, solitary, or in opposite pairs, simple,
recurved, hooked. Peduncles axillary, solitary, about the middle
jointed and bracted, supporting a single globular head of beautiful green
and pink, small florets. Bracts about the middle of the peduncle, forming
a 3^4-cleft annular involucre. Calyx silky on the outside with a 5-cleft
border. Tube of the corolla filiform; border of 5 obtuse divisions,
villous on the outside, and hairy in the centre of the inside. Filaments
short. Anthers large, on the mouth of the tube. Ovary turbinate,
sub-sessile, sericeous. Style as long as the tube of the corolla. Stigma
clavate. Capsules stalked, clavate, longitudinally grooved, crowned
with the 5-cleft permanent calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds numerous,
imbricated, winged. — An extract called Gambler is prepared by the
Malays from the leaves of this shrub ; with some sweetness, it has a
more astringent taste than Terra Japonica. Roxburgh considered it
one of the drugs, if not the only one, formerly called by that name in
Europe. The extract is chewed by the natives with Betle leaf and
Areca; the leaves are chewed to relieve aphthous eruptions of the
mouth and fauces. Mr. Pereira considers this Gambier not to form
any of the Kinos of the shops, but to be one of the substances called
Catechu in commerce. Med. gaz. xviii. 790.
405 d d 3

CINCHONACE^;.

COUTAREA.

Tube of calyx turbinate ; limb 6-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped,
with a short tube, and a bluntly 6-lobed ventricose limb. Sta-
mens inserted in the bottom of the throat ; anthers linear, ex-
serted. Capsule coriaceous, obovate, compressed ; valves bifid
at the apex. Placentae fungous, eventually nearly free. Wings
of seeds membranous. — .American trees. Leaves ovate. Flowers
large showy.

828. C. speciosa Aubl. guian. i. 314. t. 122. DC. prodr.
iv. 350. — Portlandia hexandra Jacq. amer. 63. t. 182. f. 20.
Swartz. fl. ind. occ. i. 385. — Guayana, Cayenne, Trinidad,
Spanish Main.

An upright shrub, about 6 feet high according to Jacquin ; some-
times 25 feet high with a trunk a foot in diameter, according to Aublet.
Leaves ovate, entire, bluntly acuminate, veiny, smooth, stalked, opposite,
about 5 inches long. Peduncles 3-flowered. Flowers sweet-scented,
numerous, showy, pink outside, white and striped inside (purplish-
violet Aublet). Tube of the corolla very long, globose at the base : limb
6-parted, with ovate, flat, spreading segments 3 times shorter than the
tube. — The Bark of French Guayana is said to be procured from this
shrub; its properties are similar to those of Cinchona j but neither
Aublet nor Jacquin mention this.

CINCHONA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a 5-parted
limb, valvate in aestivation. Anthers linear, inserted within the
tube, and not projecting, unless in a very slight degree. Cap-
sule splitting through the dissepiment into 2 cocci open at the
commissure, and crowned by the calyx. Seeds girted by a
membranous lacerated wing.

*#* This is probably the most important genus in the whole of
Botanical Materia Medica, as it has certainly been the source of more
disputing, confusion, misapprehension and misrepresentation than any
other medico-botanical question. The bark furnished by different
species is so exceedingly dissimilar in quality, and the consumption of
it is so enormous, that it has become a point of the greatest importance
to ascertain whence the finest qualities are to be procured, and how to
avoid the inconvenience sustained by importations of a bad article.
Many a merchant has sustained heavy losses by adopting the errors of
those who have written on the subject. It is asserted by one class of
writers that the barks of New Grenada, exported from Carthagena are
the same as those of Peru which reach Europe by way of Lima ; others
declare that the Carthagena barks are entirely different from those of
Lima, and comparatively worthless. On the one hand we have the
College of Physicians in the new edition of their Pharmacopoeia as-
cribing the yellow, pale and red barks of the shops to the species
described under the names of C. conlifolia, lancifolia and oblongifolia
in Mr. Lambert's Illustration of the genus ; on the other we have such
eminent pharmacologists as Pereira, Guibourt, and Wood and Bache

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CINCHONA.

declaring not only that those species do not yield the barks employed
in European practice, but that the bark they do yield is so inferior as
to be valueless in pharmacy, a difference productive of no small em-
barrassment to the merchant who imports barks for medical use. Even
in the mere physiological part of the question we have one writer
asserting that bark of the best quality is obtained from the trunk and
oldest branches of the Cinchona trees, and another as positively
assuring us that " the bark of old trees, and especially those of the
trunk and larger branches form a sort of Quina Peruviana, much in-
ferior in efficacy to that from the suckers, and younger or middle-sized
branches." As to Botanical differences regarding the distinctions of
species, the subject is if possible still more embroiled. Some writers
would have us believe that the Cinchonas form an exception to all
known rules, and that the most dissimilar trees, inhabiting the most
opposite climates, are either identical, or mere varieties of each other ;
while others have maintained that the number of species is very con-
siderable, and that the differences between them in structure are
accompanied by most important distinctions in the value of their bark.

I need not say that under these circumstances it became necessary
to look at the genus Cinchona, in preparing an account of it for this
work, with a much more critical eye than would have been necessary
had the opinions and statements of writers been less conflicting.
Fortunately there exists in this country more complete Botanical
evidence concerning the genus than in any other part of Europe. My
friend and colleague Dr. A. T. Thomson, Professor of Materia Medica
in University College, has a most extensive series of dried specimens
taken out of a Spanish prize during the war ; and Mr. Lambert is the
fortunate possessor not only of a nearly complete set of the species
described in the Flora Peruviana, obtained from Madrid, but of several
unpublished species, and also of a MS. Compendio historico-medico
comercial de las Quinas, from the pen of Don Hippolito Ruiz. All these
have been unreservedly placed at my disposal for examination by their re-
spective possessors, to whom I beg leave thus to offer my sincere thanks.

Of course I have considered the question botanically, not pharma-
ceutically, except so far as to determine if possible the real origin of the
barks known in trade and used in the shops. Even this has obliged me to
extend the account of the genus very much beyond the limits within
which I had wished to confine it in the present work ; but I have felt
that if I hoped my opinions to carry any weight with them, that result
could only be obtained by showing in sufficient detail upon what
evidence they are founded. It has been my anxious wish to take
the most dispassionate view of the conflicting opinions that have ne-
cessarily been brought under consideration, and it is no little satisfac-
tion to me to find that the result of my Botanical inquiries coincides
very closely with the conclusions of the best modern pharmacologists.

It appears to me that most of the confusion which has been in-
troduced into the history of the genus Cinchona, has arisen from the
world having formed a false estimate of the Botanical skill and con-
sequent credibility, of the most original writers upon the subject. It is so
essential to a just estimate of the value of evidence that this should be
better understood, that I feel obliged to occupy a page or two with
remarks upon that point, by way of introduction to the account here
given of the species and their products.

Don Jose Celestino Mutis, a Spanish Botanist living at Santa Fe de
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Bogota, having discovered forests of Cinchona about that city in the
year 1772, called the attention of his government to that important
fact, sent specimens to Linnaeus, subsequently received official charge
of the Cinchona woods from the Viceroy of Santa Fe, and thus
became of great authority in the eyes of European Botanists in all that
relates to the species producing the barks of commerce. Baron Hum-
boldt, who knew him personally, speaks of him in terms of great
commendation for his zeal, knowledge, and disinterestedness. Never-
theless it appears to me, as it also has to M. Guibourt (Hist, des
drogues, ed. 3. ii. 46.), that Mutis has more embroiled the history of
this valuable drug, and introduced a greater number of false ideas
concerning the quality and origin of its various samples, than all the
writers upon the subject since its first discovery. He asserted that the
barks of Santa Fe were the same as those of Peru, and thus led the
merchants of Europe to purchase at Carthagena, the sea-port for the
Kingdom of Santa Fe, barks similar indeed in name to those of Loxa,
Lima and La Paz, but resembling them in nothing else. The red bark
of Mutis is nothing more than the bad sort now called Quina nova, his
yellow bark has nothing to do either in quality or origin with C. Con-
daminea, nitida and others which are really possessed of valuable pro-
perties, but is in all probability yielded by C. cordifolia, and is what is
now named Carthagena bark; while his Quina blanca produced by
C. macrocarpa, and which is quite inert, has no Botanical connection
with the bark of that name from Loxa (See Guibourt ii. 47.). Finally
his orange bark, or Quina naranjada, so far from equalling the valuable
Calisaya of La Paz is according to Ruiz of second quality only, and
according to Guibourt extremely fibrous and of the worst description.
Humboldt speaks with indignation, of a large quantity of the Quina
naranjada which had been collected by Mutis at a great expense,
having been burnt as worthless, and ascribes the act to mercantile
cunning, but I am disposed with M. Guibourt rather to regard the
occurrence as a proof of the good sense, and knowledge of the King of
Spain's advisers. It appears that this Quina naranjada is of no value
whatever, being what Mr. Pereira calls New Spurious Yellow Bark. It
is however in the highest degree uncharitable to impute to Mutis
any thing more than excessive zeal for the prosperity of his province;
and in fact it isa pparent from the following circumstance that his
want of correct Botanical discrimination was sufficient to lead him
unintentionally into the errors he committed. A great deal has been
said about specimens of Cinchonas sent by Mutis to Linnaeus. I
have examined those specimens. Those in the herbarium of Linnaeus
himself consist of loose dried flowers of two different species, one of
which is C. pubescens, the other I did not recognise ; along with them
are loose fruits of some species resembling C. stenocarpa, and a leaf
which is not that of a Cinchona at all. They are accompanied by a
barbarous drawing of what was probably intended for C. pubescens;
the whole are called C. peruviana. Yet although the principal part of
these documents belongs to C. pubescens, I do not find that species
even mentioned by Mutis as belonging to the Flora of Santa Fe. It
is not perhaps fair to carry this criticism further, and to blame M. Mutis
for the inaccuracy of his friend Zea and his disciples. It is however
not unimportant to show what dependence can be placed upon the
information hitherto obtained from that source. I happen to possess
two dried specimens of Cinchonas from Santa Fe, named under the

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authority and auspices of M. Zea. One of them is C. pubescens, and
is marked C. cordifolia Mutis, ovata Fl. Peruv., pubescens Vahl., all
three different species ; the other which is C. lucumcefolia is marked
C. lancifolia Mutis, to which it has no resemblance.

Ruiz and Pavon, two zealous botanists employed by the Spanish
Government in examining the Vegetation of Chili and Peru, are by far
the most extensive and original writers upon this subject who have yet
published the result of their inquiries. They visited the fine Cinchona
countries, examined into the question personally with great care, and
after their return to Europe received a great quantity of most valuable
evidence from Don Juan Tafalla who remained in Peru, and from
other persons. The result of their labours has been published in the
Flora Peruviana, the Qninologia and the Supplement to that work ; I
have also examined a very valuable MS. left by Ruiz, and now in the
possession of Mr. Lambert. They described several new species,
although by no means all that are found in Peru, many of which are
still unpublished, and determined with the most scrupulous accuracy
the qualities of their barks. Their opinions are, however, rudely ques-
tioned, and their statements denied by Mutis, and especially by Zea, a
most incompetent judge, and the erroneous views of the latter writers
have been adopted by every Botanical author since that time, except
Mr. Poppig. Pharmacological writers have, however, not coincided
with Messrs. Zea and Mutis ; in particular Guibourt, Pereira, Royle,
and Wood and Bache, have clearly seen the impossibility of the state-
ments of the Santa Fe botanists being true. For my own part I have,
botanically, followed Ruiz and Pavon, step by step, with their own
specimens and many others before me, and I am bound to say that in
my opinion they are entitled to the greatest confidence for care and
accuracy. Nothing can be so absurd as to pronounce the species they
have described as mere varieties of each other ; all they have dis-
tinguished are most unquestionably distinct ; and the only error that I
can discover them to have committed has been that of having left
many other species still unnamed. The evidence I have examined ena-
bles me to speak upon this point with confidence.

The principal part of the observations made by Ruiz and Pavon has
been used by M. Laubert, chief physician to the Spanish army, in a
" Memoir upon the different species of Quinquina ; " of which a trans-
lation has been published by Mr. Lambert. That part which is bor-
rowed from the published works of the Spanish Botanists deserves to
be consulted by those who have not access to the original works ;
but the additional matter, derived from other sources is not to be
depended upon. For example M. Laubert professes to give a correct
tabular arrangement of the vernacular names of the Quito barks,
distinguishing them from each other by short botanical characters, and
referring them to their species. His first species is C. microphylla a
name unknown to Botanists, but which Mr. Lambert says, upon the
authority of Zea, was given by Mutis to the small-leaved variety of
C. glandulosa Fl. Peruv. Under this M. Laubert collects the Case.
Chauharguera which belongs to C. Condaminea, Case. Tata de Gallareta
the produce of C. ovata, and the C. lucumcefolia. For these reasons M.
Laubert's Memoir does not appear to me deserving of further notice.

Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland have given some valuable and
generally very correct information concerning certain species, in their
splendid Plants aequinoctiales. But I must confess that the synonymy
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in the Nova Genera and Species Plantarum, vol. iii. p. 399., is very
unsatisfactory. All the errors and misconceptions of the Santa Fe
Botanists have been adopted, and the whole synonymy is one mass of
confusion. In his valuable account of the Cinchona forests of South
America, Baron Humboldt has given an elaborate account of the dis-
covery of the bark, and of the squabbles in which the Spanish Botanists
have engaged upon that subject; but this distinguished traveller, who
lived some time in Santa Fe, in the house of Don Jose Celestino Mutis
who was one of the principal disputants, was not unnaturally biassed
in his opinions by that officer, and consequently fell into several errors.
He was led to believe that the Carthagena barks were equal to those
of Peru, an error which is now well known to all pharmaceutical
writers. While he exposed some of the errors of his predecessors
regarding the Botanical synonymy of the Cinchona trees he fell into
others, by believing that the Peruvian and New Grenada species were
identical ; this led him to say that C. nitida of the Fl. Peruviana is the
same as C. lancifolia of Mutis or the Cascarilla naranjada of Santa Fe,
a very serious mistake considering the different qualities of their barks.
He was also induced to place too much confidence in the assertions of
Don Francisco Antonio Zea, the friend of Mutis, who had arrived at the
singular conclusion that C. rosea of the Fl. Peruv. the Cascarillo pardo,
which is not a Cinchona at all, is only a variety of the C. lancifolia
of Mutis. The effect of this has been to diminish very much the
value of the critical part of Baron Humboldt's treatise.

No one has collected information concerning the genus Cinchona
with more zeal and perseverance than my friend Aylmer Bourke Lam-
bert, Esq., as is attested by his " Description of the genus Cinchona"
published in 1797, with 13 plates; by his "Illustration of the genus
Cinchona" published in 1821, and by his valuable collection of dried
specimens obtained from the authors of the Flora Peruviana at a con-
siderable cost. It will be seen in the following remarks how largely I
have profited by this gentleman's materials. Unfortunately Mr. Lam-
bert, like Baron Humboldt, formed an erroneous estimate of the value
of information obtained from Zea, and thus has been led into mis-
takes which would otherwise have been avoided.

Messrs. Romer and Schultes in the 5th volume of their Systema
Vegetabilium have collected the information contained in the Flora
Peruviana, the Quinologia, and the writings of Humboldt and Bon-
pland, but with so little skill that their work does not deserve to be
quoted. For example they combine C. lancifolia of Mutis, with
C. nitida and lanceolata of the Flora Peruviana, which are all totally
different ; and they separate C. purpurea of the Flora Peruviana from
C.pubescens of Vahl, making the latter a variety of C. cordifolia, although
the two former are identical and the latter a distinct species. And
again they mix C. hirsuta with C. cordifolia, which is much the same
thing as saying that Viburnum Tinas and V. Lantana are varieties of
each other.

M. De Candolle in his great work has treated of the genus Cinchona,
and has been able from the examination of specimens to correct some
errors and to arrange the species much better than any modern syste-
matise But the species did not occupy his attention very particularly,
and like almost every body else he has been misled by the assertions of
Messrs. Mutis and Zea.

Many very valuable remarks upon the Cinchonas of Peru have been

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made by Mr. Poppig, in the account of his journey in South America ;
of the translation in the Companion to the Botanical Magazine I
have made large use. It is very much to be wished that Mr. Poppig
would furnish the world with the many other facts he must possess
concerning this interesting subject. No genus is more worthy of
a monograph than Cinchona, and no one could write that monograph
so well as Mr. Poppig.

As a specimen of the way in which this accomplished writer handles
his subject, I close these remarks with the following extract upon the
very important subject of the climate producing barks of the finest
quality : — " The principal districts of the bark collectors are situated
on what is called the Montana de Huanuco, that is in the woods, which
commencing near Ceja, in the province of Huamalies, stretch eastward
through the northern part of Huanuco, and especially abound in the
Quebrado of Chinchao; also filling the valleys of the mountains of
Muiia, Acomayo, and Panataguas, and losing themselves probably near
the Rio Pachitea. The Cascarilleros of Huanuco range through the
eastern side of the Andes in that province, and skirting the Rio Mon-
zon, reap a rich harvest in the valley of Huallaga, and in the extra-
ordinary deep valleys and defiles, such as the Quebradas of Chinchao
and Casapi, which every where intersect and divide the country in this
direction. Beyond the bounds that I have stated, the Cinchona trees
grow in such a shrubby state that their bark, though powerful in quality,
is unsuited for the purposes of commerce, and to the north of the
Huallaga again, where the valleys are close and warm, its virtues are
so deteriorated, as either to be entirely rejected by the merchants in
Lima, or to fetch only a very inferior price, as it is easily distinguishable
from the true Huanuco bark. The same species of Cinchona is so
much affected by a subalpine situation and warm temperature as to
produce an entirely different bark, a fact which I have verified by
numerous experiments. The habit of the tree, too, is materially
changed. All this is quite contrary to the opinion of Condamine, who
makes the extraordinary assertion that the barks of the warm districts
are the most powerful, while he virtually contradicts himself by stating,
a few pages farther on, that the Cinchona from Jaen de Bracomoros
was so bad that its very name condemned and rendered it unsaleable in
Panama. The environs of Jaen are very low, being stated by Hum-
boldt as having about the same altitude and temperature as the lower
Huallaga, and to this day its produce is considered of quality in-
ferior to what comes from Mayobamba, Chacapoyas, and Lamas.
The small quantities of bark that are obtainable on the Jalcas, at con-
siderable elevations, are sent to Truxillo, the natural port for the
produce of this district, and bear a fair character, though the trade is
only occasional. The bark from Mayobamba is very small, and
gathered from the Cascarilla boba, which, even about Cuchero, possesses
but little efficacy, and in the wanner atmosphere of Maynas is entirely
inert. It was with these descriptions of bark that the cunning Peru-
vians deceived the rash and eager people from Brazil, who, after having
expelled the Spaniards, hoped to realise and possess some of the
fabled treasures of Peru, by making extensive commercial enterprises
to Yurimagnas and Mayobamba. No wonder that the speculators of
Para cursed the Peruvian bark trade (see Martius's Travels, vol. iii.
p. 1178.), for the article that I found lying unsold at Para was the
very worst that could be sent from Peru. Even now, the ignorance
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and grasping disposition of the first Brazilian speculators are the subject
of ridicule at Mayobamba ; and in Yurimagnas many hundred-
weight of bad bark still lies rotting, to the ruin of the sub-prefect of
that province, who, having the first time shipped off a large cargo of
this worthless article, hoped to have accomplished the deception again,
with equal success. Barks from the territory of the Upper Huallaga
have never found their way to the Brazils on the Maranon, for any
communication between Cuchero and Jabatinga is impossible and never
existed ; besides which, the commerce in Huanuco had even ceased
before the Brazilians had permission to come to Maynas. In the pro-
vince of Para, even under the flourishing state of trade, there are
strong prejudices against the sale of Peruvian fever bark, for the better
kinds have never been sent there. Thus the produce of the Montana
of Huanuco has always been transmitted to Lima, and thence to
Europe by Cape Horn, and never took the imaginary way of the River
Maranon.

In the Cinchona forests of Huanuco, the collectors were very atten-
tive even to variations arising from locality. Thus they gathered the
bark only from trees which grew on steep declivities or mountain-tops,
rejecting the finest trunks that stood collected in promising groups,
(manchas,) where the soil appeared moist and the air warm and de-
ficient in proper ventilation. For this reason the price of the produce
varied considerably even in small districts, that bark being most costly
which was obtained from the coldest and most elevated spots. The
provinces of Conchuras and Huamalies abound in forests of Cinchonas;
near the villages of Cayambe and Pillao, and in Cuchero and Casapi,
and on the mountains of Panataguas and Pampayaco, the very best
kinds are procured. That from Pozuzo is small and inferior ; while
the bark of the Cascarilla hoya de Oliva, which grows only in small
quantities near San Rafael, is considered the finest of all. With the
exception of some few haciendas, all the above-mentioned countries,
which teem with Cinchona trees, belong to no individual in particular ;
and it is the same with the unappropriated wilds of the Huallaga, which
are uninhabited, and protected by no fort or government defence.
Every one has a right to collect there, and it does not seem as if a
single regulation of any kind existed with reference to the Cascarillas.

§ 1. Limb of the corolla stupose. Leaves scrobiculate.

829. C.micr antha F 7. per uv. ii. 52. 1. 194. Ruiz and Pav. quinol.
suppl. p. 1. DC.prodr. iv. 354. — C. scrobiculata Humb. and
Bonpl.pl. cequin. i. p. 165. t. 47. DC.prodr. iv, 352. — High,
cool, and wooded mountains of Peru, near Chicoplaya, Monzon,
the Pueblo de San Antonio de Playa grande R. and P. ; forests
in the province of St. Jaen de Bracamorros H. and B. The last
travellers were told that it also occurs at Chirinas Tabaconas,
S. Ignacio, and Tambovapa. Cuchero Poppig.

Branches quadrangular, quite smooth except among the inflores-
cence. Leaves oblong, obtuse, or hardly acute, rather membranous,
very large, often a span long without the petiole, quite smooth on
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smooth or hairy there; the uppermost, at the base of the inflores-
cence, shorter and blunter. Panicle loose, terminal, leafless with the
upper divisions downy. Flowers the smallest in the genus except
C. lancifolia. Calyx tomentose all over, with a short 5-toothed limb,
scarcely at all altering in the fruit. Corolla tomentose, woolly inside
the limb. — I have seen only two certain specimens of this very distinct
and well-marked species; one in the Lambertian Herbarium and one in
my own, gathered in Peru by Mathews (No. 1953.). There is in the
former collection a second specimen from Pavon, marked C. micrantka,
with obovate leaves and a small compact thyrse of flowers ; but it is too
imperfect to be determined satisfactorily. C. scrobiculata of Humboldt
and Bonpland is unquestionably the true C. micrantha, which those
Botanists might well suppose to be a distinct species if they judged
from the imperfect description and uncharacteristic figure of the latter
in the Flora Peruviana. Both Humboldt and Bonpland and Ruiz and
Pavon state that this is commonly called Cascarilla fina. The former
say that of all the species of Quina inhabiting the province of Jaen de
Bracamoros it is the most common and most esteemed. The inha-
bitants of the town of Jaen, collect annually a great quantity of the
bark which they send to the town of Picera, whence it is shipped to
Lima. Ruiz, in his MSS., admits its excellence, but declares that it
is never found alone in commerce ; it is always mixed by the traders of
the Provinces of Panatahuas, Huamalies and Huanuco with other species
It is sometimes called Case, fina de Ckicoplaya. According to Pdppig,
who, calls it Cascarilla provinciana, the trees are of considerable circum-
ference, and will frequently yield each 8 to 10 arrobas of dry bark ;
3 kinds of it are known in commerce, one of which called Pata de Gal-
linazo is peeled from the young and upper branches. " Formerly the
foreign merchants were prejudiced in its favour, and considered this as
a fine sort, contrary to the opinion generally received in Peru. Pro-
bably the thinness and less woody texture of the rind, with the difficulty
of procuring it in large quantities, occasioned the former idea. Its
name, which signifies claw of the Black Vulture (Vultur Aura Linn.),
arises from the blackish and radiated appearance caused by some species
of Graphis, which generally grows upon it : the Pata de Gallareta
mentioned by Ruiz and Pavon, the produce of Cinchona ovata,
does not grow about Cuchero." M. Reichel, who compared Poppig's
specimens with those of Bergen, ascertained that Case, provinciana is
the Huanuco bark of commerce, and that the Pata de Gallinazo forms a
small portion of the so called Lima Bark of commerce. It is therefore
the origin of the Silver or Grey Cinchona of English commerce.

830. C. nitida Fl. Peruv. ii. 50. 1. 191. — Cascarillo officinal
Ruiz quinol. p. 56. — Lofty mountains of the Andes in groves
in cold situations near Pampamarca, Chacahuassi, Casapi, Casa-
pillo, Cayumba, Sapan, Cuchero, and other districts ; also on
mountains in the provinces of Huamalies, Tarma and Xauxa
R. and P. ? Cuchero, Pdppig.

Every part of the foliage and branches perfectly smooth. Leaves
thin, obovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly shining, tapering very regularly
and gradually into the petiole which is sometimes winged by it almost to
its base ; with deep ciliated pits in the axils of the principal veins on the
under side. Branches of inflorescence almost entirely smooth, except
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the pedicels. Peduncles corymbose, in the axils of the upper leaves,
forming rather a small thyrse. Calyx with a tomentose tube ; the limb
campanulate, smooth, 5-toothed : teeth triangular, acute. I have seen
no fully expanded corolla ; but it appears to be like that of C. lanceolata.
— This is certainly a very different species from C. lanceolata, with
which it is associated by M. De Candolle, and from C. Condaminea to
which Mr. Lambert unites it. The figure in the Flora Peruviana is ex-
cellent. I have examined 6 indifferent specimens in Mr. Lambert's
herbarium ; it does not occur in Dr. Thomson's collection. According to
Ruiz this is considered in the provinces of Huanuco, Tarma, Huamalies,
and Xauxa, to be the best of all the barks and it fetched in his time
the highest price ; it is called Cascarillo or Quino fino, the same name
as is given to C. micrantha bark, and several others.

Poppig has a bark called Case, koja de Oliva, which he believes to be
produced by this, aud of which he speaks thus : — " This kind of bark
is only known in small quantities, and is not regularly collected. It
resembles the finest kinds of Loxa bark, and excels them in the resinous
and astringent flavour. The tree itself, which is unknown to me, grows
only upon the coldest mountains, and is said to have a stem scarcely 8
feet high, straight, and producing very little bark, but which is so highly
esteemed, that the viceroy and corregidores purchase it all, to send as
presents to the king and the grandees of Spain, so that it is never seen
in commerce. The flower is of a bright red, covered with a white
tomentum inside, and expands in May." This bark has been described
by Ruiz in the Quinologia, but he did not recognise it as belonging to
C. nitida, and it is very doubtful whether it is produced by that species.

831. C. Condaminea Humb. and Bonpl. pi. ceq. i. 33. t. 10. —
Quinaquina Condam. in act. par. 1738. — Near Loxa in the
mountains of Cajanuma-Uritucinga, and in those of Boqueron,
Villonaco and Monje ; it is also found near Guancabamba and
Ayavaca in Peru. It always grows on micaceous schist, and
rises as high as 7500 feet above the level of the sea, first ap-
pearing at the elevation of 5700 feet ; so that it occupies a zone
of 1800 feet. Humboldt.

Twigs quite smooth as high as the inflorescence. Leaves quite
smooth at all periods of their growth, usually ovate-lanceolate, occa-
sionally narrower and only lanceolate, in some specimens ovate ; of a
rather thin texture, not at all shining on the upper side, or but little so
in some specimens ; furnished almost always at the axils of the veins
underneath when full grown, with a pit or scrobicula, which is either
naked or ciliated, but when young indistinctly scrobiculate, or not at
all. Petioles smooth, about a the length of the leaves; stipules oblong,
obtuse, membranous, smooth. Peduncles panicled, corymbose, in the
axils of the upper leaves, forming a large loose thyrse, covered with a
thick short down. Tube of the calyx downy like the pedicels ; limb
very shortly urceolate, 5-toothed, pubescent, not shining ; with the
teeth roundish-triangular, acute. Tube of the corolla slender, about four
times as long as the tube of the calyx, tomentose ; limb very shaggy
internally. — Of this I have examined 6 specimens in Mr. Lambert's
herbarium, and 15 in that of Dr. Thomson ; many of them very fine
ones. They all correspond in having a very short downy limb to the
calyx, and a loose inflorescence, but they vary a good deal in the form

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of the leaves and in the size of the calyx teeth. According to a MS.
note of M. Bonpland in Mr. Lambert's herbarium this is the C. land-
folia of Mutis ; but Humboldt most positively asserts that species to be
identical with the C. angustifolia of Ruiz, which he also considers distinct
from C. Condaminea ; and in which he is quite right as will presently
appear.

It is remarkable that R. and P. do not in their published works
notice this species, which nevertheless seems to be one of the most
common. I presume however that it is the sort which Ruiz, in his
unpublished memoir above quoted, calls Cascarilla Chauharguera, and
which he says is not only one of the most valuable kinds, but to which
the tradition attaches among the bark gatherers of Loxa, of having
been the identical bark sent by the Corregidor Don Francisco Lopez
Camzares in 1638 to the Viceroy of Peru the Conde de Chinchon.

In another place in the same MS. a species is described which is said
to be sometimes named Quina Carrasguena, because in the roughness of
its quills it resembles the bark of the Carrasca or Quexido, a sort of
Spanish evergreen oak. I know not whether this, which is more
generally called Case. Crespilla buena at Loxa, is intended for a sy-
nonyme of the Case. Chauharguera, but if the punctuation of the MS.
before me may be depended upon, it is to be so understood ; and in that
case it is found on the mountains of Cuenca, Loxa, Riobamba, Jaen
de Bracamoros, Chacapoyas, Mayobamba, and Caxamarca. This is
sometimes made up in cases by itself, but more frequently is mixed
with sorts of inferior quality ; Ruiz says it " es una de las Especies
mas estimadas en Loxa ; y en mi opinion una de las mas activas y
eficaces en sus virtudes." There seems no doubt that this species
furnishes the Pale Crown or Loxa Bark of English commerce ; or at all
events a principal part of it.

§ 2. Limb of the corolla stupose. Leaves not scrobiculate.

832. C. lancifolia, or Quina naranjada Mutis. period de St. Fe.
— C. angustifolia Pav. quinol. suppl. xiv. f. a. C. Tunita Lopez
MSS. — Woods in the kingdom of Santa Fe. Quinol. suppl.

Branches quadrangular, smooth except when quite young,' at which
time they are covered with very short spreading hairs. Leaves oblong-
lanceolate, very acute at each end, revolute at the edge ; somewhat
coriaceous, not shining, smooth above, thinly covered with hairs on the
veins underneath, and not scrobiculate. Peduncles axillary, hairy,
3-fid, shorter than the leaves, and not at all forming a panicle or thyrse;
the divisions cymose and about 5-flowered. Calyx-tube tomentose ;
limb smooth, campanulate, 3-5-toothed, the teeth revolute at the point.
(Corolla hairy, the smallest in the genus, with a tube about thrice as
long as the cup of the calyx ; the limb spreading, with dense, longish,
white hairs. Capsule J an inch long, oblong, narrow, furrowed on each
side, smooth, surmounted by an enlarged calyx. Ii. and P.) — I cannot
conceive how this most remarkable and distinct species should have
been referred to C. lanceolata, nitida, and I know not what others. I
have been favoured by Mr. Lambert with dried specimens, which per-
fectly agree with the figure above quoted, and which show that it is
entirely different from any of those to which it has been referred by one
Botanist or another. It has had the credit of furnishing the finest
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pale bark of commerce. But Ruiz in his MSS. asserts that it cannot be
compared for good qualities with finer kinds of Loxa Bark. He more-
over suspects it to be identical with the Quina Amanita of Huamalies,
but he judged merely from a comparison of the barks, having no Bota-
nical specimens of that kind; and must have been wrong, because
Poppig has proved the Huamalies bark to be obtained from C. pube-
scens. Bergen says that what is called in commerce Dark Ash bark,
False Loxa, or Dark Ten Cinchona agrees with samples of this from the
collection of Ruiz.

833. C. lucumaefolia Pavon in herb. Lambert. — C. stupea Idem.

— Loxa in Peru. Pavon.

Every part of the plant quite smooth except the corolla. Leaves
oval-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, shining, rather revolute at the edges,
without any trace of pits on the under side ; gradually narrowing into
rather a long petiole. Peduncles axillary, corymbose, longer than the
leaves, rather spreading, but stiff, often forming a large open thyrse.
Calyx with a campanulate limb, having 5 shallow triangular teeth.
Corolla tomentose, except at the base which is nearly smooth, with the
tube 3 times as long as the tube of the calyx ; the limb shaggy inside.

— Seven good specimens in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, and 5 in that of
Dr. Thomson show that this is a perfectly distinct plant, although
confounded by the former with C. Condaminea, from which it differs in
the smoothness of all its parts, the large cupped calyx, with shallow
teeth, and the obtuse laurel-like leaves destitute of all traces of scrobi-
culi. One of the specimens in Mr. Lambert's herbarium is marked
" vulgo Cascarilla estoposa." This is no doubt the Cascarilla hoja de
Lucma mentioned but not described in Ruiz's MSS. ; nothing is said of
its quality ; he places it among those which furnish the Quina fina de
Loxa.

834. C. lanceolata FL Peruv. ii. 51. iii. t. 223. — Cascarillo
lampino Ruiz quinol. 64. — Cold elevated mountainous situa-
tions in groves on the Andes, in the districts of Mufia, Panas,
Pillao and Cuchero R. and P. At the distance of 15 or 20
leagues from the city of Huanuco Ruiz MSS. Bolivia.

Twigs quite smooth as high as the inflorescence. Leaves nearly
smooth at all periods of their growth, usually very exactly elliptical and
acute at each end, sometimes more oblong, occasionally roundish-oblong
and obtuse or almost cordate at the base ; of a coriaceous texture, very
glossy on the upper side, as much so as a common laurel; with rather
prominent veins which are either hairy or smooth on the underside, and
usually hairy at the axils, but very slightly scrobiculate there, if at
all ; petioles smooth, or sometimes downy when young, from ^ to ^
the length of the leaf. Peduncles panicled, corymbose, hardly longer
than the upper leaves, to which they are axillary, forming a close com-
pact thyrse, covered with a short thick down. Tube of the calyx
downy like the pedicels ; limb campanulate, shining, and almost always
smooth, with acute or even acuminate triangular teeth. Tube of the
corolla cylindrical, tomentose, about 3 times as long as the tube of the
calyx; limb very shaggy internally. — Fifteen specimens in Mr. Lam-
bert's herbarium, and 18 in that of Dr. Thomson, have supplied the
foregoing description. If the most ordinary attention is paid to the
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possibly be confounded with any other. It is said by the authors of the
Flora Peruviana to be commonly called Cascarillo or Quino bobo amarillo
on account of the colour of the bark inside, which in flavour is very
like that of Quina de Calisaya. Ruiz says it is mixed in commerce with
that of C. hirsuta and C. nitida and he suspects it to be the real source
of Calisaya bark. In his manuscript history he says the bark of this is
also called Quina Anteada, Cascarilla Amarilla, and Case, boba de Mima,
and that it is one of the finest sorts. I presume this must be the source
of the Yelloiv bark of the English druggists ; it is however uncertain
whether the Calisaya bark from La Paz, at the extreme southern limit
of the Cinchona districts, inhabiting a different climate, has the same
origin. M. Guibourt assures us (ii. 80.) that specimens purporting to
be those of trees yielding Calisaya, and brought from La Paz by
M. Auguste Delondre, a French traveller in Upper Peru, belonged to
C. micrantha, Condaminea, and 3 other species. But in the interior of
one of the quills he found a leaf, which appeared to him to belong to
C. lanceolata, and this he conjectures to be really the species furnishing
the bark.

835. C. ovalifolia Humboldt and Bonpl.pl. ceg. i. 65. t. 19. —
C. Humboldtiana R. and S. v. 13. DC. prodr. iv. 353. — Loxa,
Pavon. Forests in the province of Cuenca. Humb. and Bonpl.

Branches smooth, apparently rather angular and furrowed. Leaves
rather thin, exactly oval, scarcely acute at the point, tapering off into
an unusually short petiole, except in the case of those leaves which
are next the panicle, which are rounded at the base so as to acquire
an ovate or even cordate form ; not at all shining, smooth on the
upper side, finely and impalpably downy on the under, especially
when young, with the veins, especially their axils distinctly hairy,
but without a trace of pits; when old losing their down. Panicle
terminal, naked, thyrsoid, small, downy, now and then with small
leaves subtending the lower branches. Calyx tomentose, with a shal-
low, 5-toothed, downy limb, which does not alter its form after flower-
ing, except by enlarging a little and hardening. Corolla tomentose,
rather funnel-shaped, as small as in C. micrantha, with the tube 3 or 4
times the length of the tube of the calyx ; the limb shaggy in the inside.
Fruit oval, rather downy, very strongly ribbed when ripe. — Of this
species 3 specimens in the Lambertian herbarium, and 2. in that of Dr.
Thomson, agreeing pretty well with the figure in the Plantse asquinocti-
ales, sufficiently show that it is a species quite distinct from C. micrantha,
from which its strongly ribbed fruit and the texture or form of the
leaves certainly distinguish it. One of the specimens in Mr. Lambert's
herbarium is named by Pavon " C. purpureas affinis, sp. nov. ined. in
regno Quitensi Loxa." It is stated in the Plantcs cequinoctiales that the
bark of this species is not much esteemed ; but that nevertheless a con-
siderable quantity had been cut about the year 1782. It is reported in
the same work to be called Cascarilla peluda, or " velvet-leaved Quina
but I doubt whether this is not a mistake, because the leaves are so
little downy that an ordinary observer would call them smooth except
when young. In the last collection of Cinchonas received from Ruiz
and Pavon's herbarium by Mr. Lambert, and from among which I have
been favoured with a specimen, this is named, evidently by mistake,
C. lanceolata.

836. C. ovata Fl. peruv. ii. 52. t. 195. — Cascarillo pallido
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Ruiz quinol. 74. — Close ill ventilated groves in the hotter
parts of the foot of the Andes near Pozuzo and Panao 10 leagues
from Huanuco. R. and P.

Branches 4-cornered, thick, smooth, except towards the ends where
they are hairy rather than tomentose. Leaves large, thin, ovate-oblong,
when young velvety on the underside with a short thick felt, which
falls off as the leaves grow older, smooth on the upper side ; when full
grown obtuse, or rather acute, at the base, with smooth petioles and
shaggy axils to the under veins ; the uppermost leaves almost cordate.
Peduncles thick, quadrangular, tomentose, branched in the axils of the
upper leaves, and leafy at their own base, forming a coarse compound
panicle. Flowers sessile, or nearly so, in thick clusters. Calyx very
tomentose, except the limb, which is smooth, thick, campanulate,
5-toothed, and apparently deep purple. Corolla purple according to
the Flora Peruviana, tomentose, with a spreading, white, shaggy limb.
— Of this Mr. Lambert's herbarium contains 3 specimens just passed
flowering ; along with which are glued down some oblong, rather
strongly ribbed fruits, which are very obtuse at each end. As they do
not correspond well with the figure and description in the Flora Peru-
viana, perhaps they do not belong to the specimens. According to a
memorandum in M. Bonpland's handwriting in Mr. Lambert's herba-
rium, this was considered by the former botanist as a variety of
C. cordifolia of Mutis. It is however perfectly distinct both from that
species, and the C. pubescens of Vahl. Ruiz states that this is called
in Panao Cascarillo con corteza de color dc Pata de Gallareta. The bark
is not employed in commerce, but it has been used in preparing the
extract of Cinchona by the factors of Panao. It is added by Pavon in
the Quinol. suppl. p. 18. that it is identical with C. cordifolia of Mutis,
the Quiiia Amarilla of Santa Fe ; but Ruiz in his MSS. does not confirm
this ; on the contrary he is unable to say what species produces the
Quina Amarilla or Q. Bat/a de Santa Fe, and he speaks of this species,
the Pata de Gallareta as quite a distinct kind, of the lowest quality.
According to Bergen this is the origin of the Jaen, corrupted into Ten
bark or Ash baric of commerce ; but this is very doubtful ; there is no
proof of its growing about Jaen.

837. C. rotundifolia Ruiz and Pavon MSS. in herb. Lambert.
Lambert illustr. cinch, p. 5. — Loxa in Quito Pavon.

Branches clothed with a short thick fur towards the extremities.
Leaves roundish-oblong, obtuse, but not cordate, at the base, hardly
acute, thin, quite naked on the upper side, except along the midrib, on
the under side soft with down, not pitted, with the short petioles and
veins covered with a close thick fur. Peduncles corymbose, tomentose,
in the axils of the upper leaves, forming a close leafy thyrse. Flowers
sessile, in very dense clusters. Calyx tomentose, with a short 5-toothed
limb. Corolla tomentose, rather funnel-shaped, with the tube about 4
times as long as the tube of the calyx; the segments of the limb shaggy
inside. — I have only seen 2 specimens in Mr. Lambert's herbarium.
The species is perfectly distinct from all others; but I know not if the
2 separate, narrow, cinnamon-coloured unribbed capsules in that col-
lection really belong to the specimens. It is most nearly allied to
C. ovala, from which it differs in its thinner, and oblong not ovate leaves,
in its tomentose petioles, smaller panicles, hoary calyx cup, and, if the
fruit may be trusted, in that respect also.

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838. C. cordifolia Mutis MSS. Humb. Berl. mag. d. naturf.
i. 117. S. and C. iii. 1. 185. — Mountains of New Grenada at
an elevation of from 5000 to 8000 feet above the sea. Humb.

Branches quadrangular, smooth. Leaves roundish, obtuse at both
ends, especially the base, or roundish-oblong and tapering to the base,
strongly veined, thin, quite smooth above, soft with down on the
under side, and hairy at the veins and axils when young, becoming
nearly smooth when old ; never pitted. Panicle contracted, thyrsoid,
leafy at the base, or formed of corymbose peduncles axillary to the
upper leaves ; with the ramifications tomentose. Calyx tomentose,
with a large, smooth, campanulate, 5-toothed cup, the lobes of which
soon become quadrate and cuspidate ; the tube, when it first begins to
swell after the flowers have dropped, sub-globose, but soon after
lengthening. Corolla tomentose, with a thick tube, the diameter of
which is equal to the length of the shaggy lobes. — It is inconceivable
how this most distinct species should have been confounded with
C. hirsuta or pubescens, the last of which is the only one it really ap-
proaches, as will be obvious upon comparing the descriptions. There
is no doubt of the specimens with leaves tapering to the base being the
same as those in which they are nearly cordate, as gradations from
one to the other form may be found upon the same branch, and they
do not otherwise differ. 1 have examined 4 specimens in Dr. Thom-
son's collection, and 7 in that of Mr. Lambert. Of Mr. Lambert's
specimens from Pavon, one is marked " Cinchona pubescens inedita;"
two others " Cinchona sp. nova inedita de Loxa Quito Peru No. 1° ; "
a fourth with a similar ticket, but glued down on the same paper with
" C. lanceolata ; " and a fifth " Cinchona sp. nova de Loxa, vulgo
Palo Blanco." But I have no confidence in these tickets belong-
ing to the specimens to which they are attached, and consequently the
information they convey is in my mind apocryphal. I judge that the
plant now described is what was intended by the name of C. cordifolia,
from the following circumstances : " In the first place the name applies
to no other ; secondly, this species is so marked in Mr. Lambert's her-
barium by M. Bonpland, who would probably know the plant; and
thirdly, it is the only one which the definition given by Humboldt
entirely suits.

Humboldt and Bonpland say (PI. ceq. p. 66.), that Quina jaune is
produced by this species, but no reliance can be placed on this state-
ment, because it appears from Mr. Lambert's herbarium that Bonpland
confounded different things under the name of C. cordifolia, especially
C. ovata. In this he agrees with the authors of the Fl. Peruv. who
state (Quinol. suppl. 18.) that their C. ovata is the C. cordifolia of
Mutis, and produces the Quina amarilla of Santa Fe. But it ap-
pears from the same work (p. 56.) that Ruiz possessed only two bad
specimens of Mutis's plant, and he is by no means sure of its identity
with C. ovata; and the same careful and original writer, in his manu-
script history, speaks of the bark of C. ovata as quite distinct from the
Quina Amarilla of Santa Fe. If it were safe to conjecture anything in
such a subject as this, it might be supposed that the Quina Baya, or
Q. Amarilla of Santa Fe, which Ruiz in his MSS. describes as a sort
of bad quality, of which more than 600 arrobas were landed at Bar-
celona in 1804 and 1805, was the produce of C. cordifolia.

839. C. pubescens Vahl.in act. hafn. i. 19. t. 2. Lambert's
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description 21. t. 2. — C. purpurea Fl. Peruv. ii. 52. t. 193. Cas-
carillo morado Ruiz Quinol. 67. — Groves on the lower parts of
the Andes where it is cool at night, in the districts of Chinchao,
Pati, Muna, Iscutunam, Casapi, Casapillo and Chihuamccala
R. and P. Mountain ridges of Panatahuas, Loxa, Jaen, and
other provinces, on low hills, Ruiz MSS. Cuchero Poppig.
Santa Fe.

Young branches covered with a short close down. Leaves never
scrobiculate, when young rather thin, not shining, slightly downy on
both sides, especially on the under, and upon the petioles, sometimes
quite soft in those parts, when older quite smooth, much firmer, and
quite shining ; those near and among the inflorescence roundish, some-
times broader than long, tapering into a long stalk, or merely ovate,
for they vary very much upon the same specimen ; those below the
inflorescence ovate-oblong, or almost exactly oval, and acute. Pedun-
cles trichotomously branched, corymbose, many flowered, tomentose in
the axils of the upper leaves, forming a short and broad spreading
leafy thyrse, the flowers in which are by no means compactly arranged ;
the subdivisions are in fact almost at right angles with each other.
Pedicels and calyx-tube covered with a short close fur; the limb of the
latter downy only, with 5 shallow, ovate, acute teeth. Corolla with a
tomentose tube, much narrowed at the base, and almost six times as
long as that of the calyx ; limb deep purple, shaggy inside. Fruit
tomentose, narrow, oval, as thick at one end as the other, rather more
than an inch long. — Of this Mr. Lambert's herbarium contains 7 spe-
cimens, and Dr. Thomson's 5, besides which I possess one from Santa
Fe de Bogota, collected by a pupil of Zea. It is probably the plant
intended in the drawing sent by Mutis to Linnaeus, under the name of
Cinchona peruviana, and now preserved in the Linnean herbarium ,• and
it is quite certain that the principal part of the loose flowers accom-
panying the drawing belong to it. No species can well be more dis-
distinctly marked, as will be seen by the preceding description, not-
withstanding that it varies so much in the form of its leaves. Tt is not
a little curious that Vahl, who first described this from Peruvian spe-
cimens given him by Joseph Jussieu, should not have discovered that
the specimens in the Linnean herbarium, which he examined, belonged
to it.

It is one of the species called in Peru Cascarillo bobo de hoja morada
according to Ruiz, who in the Quinologia says that the bark is not
known separately in commerce, but is mixed with that of C. lanceolaia,
hirsuta, and nitida; it appears to possess all their good qualities. But
in his manuscript History he alters this opinion, and classes it only
among the second rate barks.

Poppig, who calls it Case, boba colorada, describes this species as " a
tree of considerable elevation and circumference, by which alone it
might be discriminated from the allied species of Cinchona, as well as
by its very large and membranaceous leaves, which are covered on the
underside with broad, prominent, violet-coloured veins, that are so
numerous in the young state as to give their own hue to the entire
leaf. The bark, in a fresh state, is extremely bitter, and may probably
be found useful for making cheap decoctions, as it can be sold at a very
low price. It is not now universally collected, but formerly served for
occasionally adulterating the better kinds ; an imposition, however, that

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was easily detected." Reichel, who examined Poppig's specimens of
the bark, determined them to belong to the Huamalies bark of com-
merce.

840. C. hirsuta Fl.peruv. ii. 51. 1. 192. — Cascarillo delgado
Ruiz Quinol. 60. — Wooded mountains of the Andes, in high
and cold places near Pillao and Acomayo R. and P. and va-
rious other stations in the province of Panatahuas near Huanuco,
10° south of the line. Ruiz.

Young branches short-jointed, bluntly quadrangular, covered with
coarse hair. Leaves oblong, acute or obtuse, coriaceous, revolute at
the margin, shining above, with the veins hairy, with prominent veins
covered with coarse shagginess on the under side, not scrobiculate ;
petioles short. Peduncles shaggy, trifid, densely corymbose, in the
axils of the upper leiives, forming a compact leafy thyrse. Calyx-tube
tomentose, angular; limb deeply campanulate, pubescent, with 5 acu-
minate teeth recurved at the point. Corolla with a cylindrical tomen-
tose tube, 4 times as long as that of the calyx ; limb revolute, very
shaggy. Fruit obovate, smooth, rather strongly ribbed and veined. —
Six specimens in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, and 2 in that of Dr.
Thomson, assure the distinctness of this species, which is not unlike
the hairy forms of Viburnum Tinus. It yields a kind of Cascarillo Jino ,
employed in medicine formerly, under the name of Quina dclgadilla, or
delgada, but not collected now, because other kinds, especially C. nitida
can be gathered so much more readily. Ruiz. Nevertheless it appears
to be of the best quality ; and probably forms part of the fine Yellow
bark of the shops.

841. C. glandulifera Fl. Peruv. iii. 1. t. 324. — Cascarillo
glanduloso Ruiz Quinol. suppl. 5. C. Mutisii $ Lambert Illus-
trations p. 9. — Wooded mountains of Peru, near Chicoplaya
R. and P. Mountains of Panatahuas and Huamalies, and those
of Monzon and Chicoplaya Ruiz MSS. Cuchero, Pbppig.

Young shoots covered with a short fur, 4-cornered. Leaves oblong,
usually cordate, obtuse or acute, short stalked, very rugose, undulated,
shining and smooth on the upper side, covered with a short coarse
hairiness on the underside, the secondary veins of which are pro-
minent. There is seldom any trace of the glands described by Ruiz
and Pavon as existing at the axils of the leaves on the upper side, and
when they do appear, it is only in the form of a minute, discoloured,
scarlike area; in the figure of the Flora Peruviana they are represented
on the under side of the leaf : but this is a mistake of the engraver, as I
have ascertained by examining the original drawing, or a copy of it,
in Mr. Lambert's possession. Peduncles tomentose, leafy, branched,
forming a thyrse rather than a cyme in the axil of the upper leaves ;
the whole constituting a loose leafy inflorescence. Calyx-tube tomen-
tose ; the limb campanulate, nearly smooth, as long as the tube, with
5 sharp ovate teeth. Corolla tomentose (not smoolii as in the Flora
Peruviana), with a short thick tube, the limb according to Ruiz and
Pavon woolly inside. [Of this there is a well marked variety (?) with
much smaller, more even leaves which are not at all cordate, more
closely downy and less prominently veined on the under side; it is
the C. Mutisii a. of Lambert's Illustrations p. 9. Dr. Thomson has
two specimens of it, and Mr. Lambert three.] — I have seen two spe-
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cimens in the collection of Dr. Thomson, and the same number in that
of Mr. Lambert. Called Cascarillo negrillo by the Quina gatherers ; ranks
next in quality to the bark of C. lanceolata ; and is much better than
the Quina naranjada of Santa Fe. Ruiz. In his MSS. the same
Botanist adds that although it is of good quality itself it always comes
to Spain mixed with inferior sorts.

Poppig describes this as furnishing the finest bark gathered near
Cuchero. He says " The tree inhabits only the higher mountains,
and is scarcer than the other species: its trunk 12 to 15 feet, and on
the cold summits of the mountains attains only the stature of a bush,
when it yields so little bark, that only 5 or 6 pounds on an average
can be expected from a single tree. The Peruvians distinguish this
bark by its generally blackish upper skin, which is only here and there
interrupted by small grey-green spots when in a fresh state. The com-
mon people consider these appearances as an integral part of the bark,
and look upon it as the more valuable, if beneath the larger spots there
appears a black shining velvety substance, dispersed in ovals, of some
lines broad (this probably arises from the presence of some species of
Byssus). The quality of this bark is also attested, according to the
statements of the Cascarilleros, by its exhibiting a glossy, shining,
almost rosiny fracture ; its colour withinside should also be that of a
ripe orange, with alight transition to a fiery brown. In the month of
February the forests are perfumed with the strong scent of its blos-
soms." The same excellent observer says that the Case, provinciana
negrilla, is obtained from the same tree growing in the warmer valleys ;
its samples are coarser, but the difference is of no medicinal importance.
M. Reichel examined Poppig's specimens of the bark, but was not able
to identify them with any particular sort known in trade. He states
that their " appearance, as well as other characters, and particularly a
comparison with the original specimens of M. Bergen, leave no doubt
that this bark is equal to the finest sort from Loxa. It formerly came,
though rarely, and in small pieces among the Lima barks. The decoc-
tion is of a peculiarly beautiful reddish yellow; and when tried with the
tests of oxyde of iron, oxalic and emetic tartar, proves its quality to
be the very best."

842. C. villosa Pavon MSS. — C. Humboldtiana Lamb. Illus-
tration 1. — St. Jaen de Loxa. Pavon.

Young branches somewhat quadrangular, villous with long, loose
hairs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, rather thin, acu-
minate but hardly acute, pointed at the base, not shining, the upper
ones among the flowers ovate ; nearly free from hairs on the upper
side except the midrib ; covered with scattered, numerous shaggy hairs
on the under side, especially the veins, and upon the petioles. Panicle
terminal, rather long, leafy towards the base, with very villous pedicels.
Calyx tomentose all over ; with a short, half 5-cleft limb. Corolla ....
Fruit about ^ an inch long, oval, rather strongly ribbed, tomentose.
— Four specimens in Dr. Thomson's herbarium, five in Mr. Lambert's.
Nothing is known of its bark. Why Pavon's expressive name of
C. villosa should have been altered in Mr. Lambert's " illustration" to
C. Humboldtiana, I am at a loss to discover.

843. C. oblongifolia Lambert illustr. p. 12. ; not of Mutis. —
Jaen de Loxa. Pavon.

Young shoots quadrangular, densely tomentose. Leaves 8-9 inches
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the upper side, very closely and softly tomentose on the under where
the veins are strong and prominent ; petioles tomentose, about 2 inches
long. Panicle rather small, thyrsoid, terminal, tomentose, leafless,
shorter than the upper leaves. Calyx coarsely tomentose all over ;
the limb with 5 sharp teeth. Corolla coarsely tomentose externally,
with the tube about 3 times as long as that of the calyx ; the limb
smooth inside except, just at the edges which are tomentose. — There
are two specimens of this in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, one of which is
marked by Pavon " vulgo Azahar ;" another is in Dr. Thomson's pos-
session, proving it to be a species perfectly different from all others.
Upon what information, unless that of M. Zea, this very striking
species should, contrary to all evidence, have been supposed to be the
C. oblongifolia of Mutis I am unable to state. Mutis expressly states that
his C. oblongifolia has smooth leaves. It has nothing to do with that
species, which is C. magnifolia, and its bark is unknown. It stands
nevertheless, in the latest edition of the London Pharmacopcea, as
yielding one of the barks directed by the College of Physicians to be
employed in the shops.

§ 3. Limb of the corolla smooth, or only downy at the edge.

844. C. acutifolia Fl. Peruv. iii. 1. t. 225. — Cascarillo de hoja
aguda R. and P. quinol. suppl. 8. — Low groves of the Peru-
vian Andes, in Chicoplaya, by the river Taso. R. and P. Moun-
tains of the Andes near Chicoplaya, Monzon, and other places
in the provinces Panatahuas and Huamalies. Ruiz MSS.

Shoots quadrangular, when quite young covered with a fine soft
down. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute or obtuse at the base,
coriaceous, very even, a little wavy ; with midrib and the veins of the
underside covered with long fine hairs, especially at the axils, which are
not scrobiculate ; the uppermost leaves much narrower than the lowest.
Inflorescence leafless, tomentose. Calyx tube very tomentose ; limb
pubescent, deeply divided into long narrow channelled obtuse teeth.
Corolla almost smooth, much longer than the calyx ; the segments of
the limb smooth inside, except at the edge which is covered with a short
close down. — Of this I have only seen some fragments in Mr. Lambert's
herbarium. One of the worst species for medicinal purposes ; it is
found sometimes in parcels of other barks. R. and P. It does not appear
to have any vernacular name. Ruiz in his MSS. asserts that it does not
deserve any attention for medical uses.

845. C. magnifolia PI. Peruv. ii. 53. t. 196. — Cascarillo ama-
rillo Ruiz quinol. 71. C. caduciflora Lamb, illustr. 11. not of
Bonpl. C. oblongifolia Mutis according to R. and P. not of
Lambert. — Abundant on the mountains of Panatahuas about
Cuchero, Chincao, Chacahuassi and Puzuzu, in low land near
torrents, in places fully exposed to the sun and badly ventilated.
R. and P. Cuchero, Pbppig.

Young branches quite smooth, terete, scarcely at all angular. Leaves
oblong, sometimes narrowed towards the base, obtuse, often as much as
a foot long exclusive of the footstalk, coriaceous, strongly ribbed,
flat, shining on both sides, and quite free from hairiness, unless when
very young, except upon the principal veins and at their axils where
there is always a tuft of rather long hairs. Flowers in a large terminal
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leafless thyrse, whose branches are rather erect, and merely downy, not
woolly. Calyx-tube covered with very close short tomentum ; limb
pubescent, smooth at the edges, with oval imbricating obtuse teeth.
Corolla tomentose externally, with a tube scarcely 4 times as long as
that of the calyx ; the limb quite smooth inside, except just at the edges
which are tomentose. Fruit smooth, often H inch long, narrower at
the base than the apex, smooth, slightly ribbed. — I have seen 2 certain
specimens of this in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, and 6 in that of Dr.
Thomson. In the latter collection there also exists a branch of a plant
very much resembling this, but having the divaricating inflorescence and
tomentose leaves of C. pubesccns. I am unable to determine whether it
is a variety, a species, or a hybrid production. It is what was described
in Mr. Lambert' 's illustration as the true C.magnifolia of the Fl.Peruv.;
but it agrees neither with the figure nor description given in that work,
nor with the mass of specimens so named, in the unarranged part of
Mr. Lambert's herbarium. What is called C.caduciflora in Lambert'' s illus-
trations is the true C. magnifolia, and is quite different from what M. Bon-
pland intended by the former name. According to Ruiz this is one of
the species known under the name of Cascarillo dc Flor de Azahar, and
not met with in commerce, except in the form of extract, which has
been found of excellent quality. It derives its name from the resem-
blance between the smell of its flowers and those of the Orange, and
is one of those discovered in the kingdom of Santa Fe by Mutis.
H. and P. The same authors say it is the C. oblongifolia of
Mutis ; it is entirely different from the plant called by that name by
Mr. Lambert. Ruiz in his MSS. describes the bark as being of indif-
ferent quality, of little value in the market ; he says it is the Quina roxa
of Santa Fe ; and consequently the red bark of Carthagena, from which
port it is shipped for Europe. This has been questioned by Mr.
Lambert, but proved to be true, by Bergen, who found it to be the bad
bark known in commerce under the name of Quinquina nova. The
source of the valuable Red bark of Lima, or Quina colorada is at present
unknown.

Poppig found near Cuchero a Corteza de Azahar which he refers to
this species, and which he describes thus : — "A very stately tree, with
unusually large white flowers, diffusing a most delightful scent, like that
of orange blossoms. To this bark is never applied the name of Casca-
rilla, that is, Fever Bark, in its strict sense, as the ignorant observer
does not consider the Azahar to be a Cinchona. It is like, except the
stem, a young oak, with bark 4 or 5 lines thick, and woody ; which, for
the latter reason, does not roll itself into tubes, possesses little astrin-
gency, and is never gathered for sale : still it is said to be applied to
officinal uses occasionally in Europe." He adds that it has been
chiefly employed in the adulteration of the superior sorts of bark
(a very common practice). It however bore too much resemblance
to Oak-bark, and was so heavy and easily distinguishable by its
very sharp and disagreeably bitter flavour from the fine aromatic taste
of the genuine kind, that the imposition could not prevail to a very
great extent.

846. C. caduciflora JBonpl. in. pi. cequinoct. i. 167. — C. mag-
nifolia I. c. 136. t. 39. — Near the town of Jaen de Bracamoros
Humb. and Bonpl.

I have have seen no specimens of this plant and do not attempt to de-

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scribe it. It appears to differ from C. magnifolia in its corolla being quite
smooth, with a tube only twice the length of the limb of the calyx,
and in the stamens growing from near the base of the tube of the
corolla, not in the middle of the tube. These characters are abundantly
sufficient to separate it from C. magnifolia, to which however it is very
closely allied. If we are to trust the figure in the Plantce cequinoctiales
the fruit is not obovate as in the species just named, which constitutes
another mark of distinction. — It is stated in the PL cBquinoct. that this
is called Cascarilla bora, near the town of Jaen de Bracamoros, and that
no use is made of its bark, " although that of the trunk contains a great
quantity of resin."

847. C. stenocarpa Lambert Illustr. 13. — Jaen, in the moun-
tains of Loxa, Pavon.

Branches rather quadrangular, when young very slightly pubescent.
Leaves elliptical, acute, tapering to the base where they end in a long
smooth stalk, rather shining, not coriaceous, but about the texture of
the leaf of an apple tree, smooth on the upper side, paler on the under
side, and slightly hairy, especially upon the veins and at their axils ; the
principal veins prominent. Panicle terminal, thyrsoid, loose, leafless,
pubescent. Calyx-tube long, narrow, tomentose ; limb 5-parted, pube-
scent, rather membranous, with the segments acute. Corolla pubescent ;
tube slender, funnel-shaped, rather more than 3 times the length of that
of the calyx; limb slightly spreading, with narrow acute segments,
which are smooth, except near the margin. Fruit about 2 inches long,
narrow, smooth, the same width at each end. — There are 2 specimens
in Mr: Lambert's herbarium, and 3 in Dr. Thomson's. They are so very
much like the figure and description of C. caduciflora that I see little to
distinguish them except the greater length of the tube of the corolla,
and I should be inclined to think them the same if M. Bonpland had
not stated that he found no difference between the leaves of that species
and C. magnifolia.

848. C. macrocarpa Vahl in act. hafn. i. p. 20. t. 3. Lam.
bert descript. 22. t. 3. — C. ovalifolia Mutis MSS. Humb. Berl
mag. I. c. p. 118. — Loxa, Pavon. Santa Fe Humboldt; a sup-
posed variety is said to grow about Santa Martha.

Young branches acutely quadrangular, very tomentose. Leaves cori-
aceous, obovate, obtuse, revolute at the edge, sometimes slightly cordate,
when young tomentose on both sides ; when full grown smooth and
shining on the upper side, except the midrib and principal veins which
continue tomentose, on the under side thinly covered with down except
along the midrib and principal veins, which are very tomentose. Cyme
terminal, consisting of about 9 pedicellate flowers in 3 parcels : ex-
tremely tomentose, with a pair of small rhomboidal obtuse leaves at
the base. Branches of the inflorescence and pedicels short and thick.
Calyx obconical, very tomentose inside as well as outside, with a
spreading, shallow, 5-toothed limb. Corolla very tomentose, about
If inch long, with the tube nearly 1 of an inch in diameter; the limb
spreading, smooth inside, tomentose at the edges. — I have only seen
3 bad specimens of this remarkable plant, which appears from a single
loose fruit in Mr. Lambert's herbarium to approach the genus Cosmi-
buena. This fruit does not however at all agree with that figured by
Vahl, which is very like the capsule of C. magnifolia. This C. macrocarpa

CINCHONACEjE.

is not however a rear Cosmibuena as is sufficiently proved by its valvate
corolla and permanent calyx. By some mistake it is said in the
Planta? aequinoctiales (i. G7.) to be the same as Cosmibuena obtusifolia, a
totally different plant. R. and P. in the Suppl. qidnol. say that this is
the Quina blanca or Cinchona ovalifolia of Mutis.

Vahl asserts, in the place above referred to, that the specimen pre-
served in the Linnean collection is this species, and consequently that
C. macrocarpa is what was first discovered by Mutis in Santa Fe. How
entirely this statement is devoid of foundation will appear from the
following memorandum made by me upon examining the Linnean
collections a few weeks since.

In the herbarium of the elder Linnaeus there is a specimen marked
C. officinalis, in the handwriting of that Botanist, which is not a Cin-
chona at all, according to the modern limitation of that genus ; it does
not appear whence. In the same herbarium is a specimen of a leaf of
some plant not belonging to the genus Cinchona, and glued to the same
paper 2 loose fruits resembling that of C. stenocarpa, the whole received
from Mutis, and marked, but not by Linnaeus, Cinchona peruviana ;
attached to them but on a separate sheet of paper are loose flowers of
2 species of Cinchona mixed together, part of which certainly belongs
to C. pubescens. Finally there exists along with these evidences a
barbarous figure, transmitted to Linnaeus by Mutis, of some Cinchona,
which cannot have been intended for C. macrocarpa, but which is more
like C. pubescens, and of no authority for anything ; the onlyprecise fact
exhibited by it being that the flowers are dark purple. In Smith's
herbarium among the younger Linnoeus's materials is a specimen from
Mutis marked " Arbre de Quinquina qu'on vient de decouvrir au roy-
aume de Santa Fee " which is C. pubescens. Nothing like C. macro-
carpa is to be found.

849. C cava Pavon MSS. in herb. Lambert. — C. Pavonii
Lambert illustr. 8. — Quito Pavon.

Young branches tomentose. Leaves stalked, oblong,"subcordate or
obtuse at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 8 or 9 inches long,
and 6 or 7 broad, rather coriaceous, smooth above, tomentose beneath.
Cyme terminal, very compact, trifid, tomentose, shorter than the leaves
next below it. Calyx-tube long, narrow, tomentose ; limb cyathiform,
spreading away from the corolla, pubescent, with 5 shallow blunt teeth.
Corolla full 2 inches long, tomentose externally ; tube rather curved ;
limb valvate, tomentose, not stupose. Anthers inserted in the throat.
Fruit cylindrical, between 5 and 6 inches long, smooth, not ribbed,
tipped by the hardened remains of the permanent calyx cup. — On the
ticket of this plant in Mr. Lambert's herbarium are the following words :
" Cinchona cava. Sp. nova inedita vulgo Cancla, de Loxa Quito Peru.
Es preciosa esta planta." Nothing more is known of it.

*** Pe c^es imperfectly\n own.

850. C. dichotoma Fl. Peruv. ii. 53. t. 197 Cascarillo

ahorquillado R. and P. suppl. quinol. 3. — Common in groves on
the Andes near Pueblo nuevo in the district of Chicoplaya.
P. and P.

A small smooth tree. Branches slender, quite smooth, thickened at

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the knots. Leaves obovatc-lanceolate, acute at each end, not coriaceous,
nor membranous, quite smooth on both sides, not scrobiculate under-
neath. Flowers unknown. Fruit between 2 and 3 inches long, slender,
clavate, tipped by the remains of the calyx, arranged in cymes whose
branches are divaricating and rather dichotomous. — It is very uncertain
whether this is really a Cinchona. According to R. and P. the bark
has the reputation in Chichoplaya of being one of the Quinas finas,
or best for medicinal purposes. It does not appear to have any native
name.

851. C. macrocalyx DC. prodr. iv. 353. I am unable to refer
this to any species I have seen. C. lucumaefolia is quoted as a
variety, but that plant does not at all agree with the specific
character given by M. De Candolle. Another variety is said to
be the C. Uritusinga, but that should be C. Condaminea.

851 a. C. crassifolia Pavon in DC. prodr. iv. 354*. This does
not well correspond with any species I have seen, unless it be
with some branches of a plant confounded with C. macrophylla
in Mr. Lambert's herbarium.

852. C. Pelalba Pav. in DC. prodr. iv. 355 is possibly C. rotun-
difolia, but the character ascribed to its inflorescence is at va-
riance with that species.

853. C. Muzonensis Goudot. DC.\prodr. iv. 355. ; I have
seen nothing like this.

The result of the preceding inquiry, so far as it affects the barks
ordinarily used in this country, is shown in the following table of
officinal names referred to their species : —

(a) Pale Barks.

Crown or Loxa Bark
Silver, Grey, or Huanuco bark
Ash bark ...

White Loxa Bark

(b) Yellow Barks.

Yellow Bark

Calisaya
Carthagena bark
Cusco bark

(c) Red Barks.

Red Cinchona Bark of Lima
Cinchona nova

(d) Brown Barks.
Huamalies bark

C. Condaminea.
C. micrantha.
(not ascertained),
(not ascertained).

{C. lanceolata, chiefly ; also
C. hirsuta, and nitida.

- C. lanceolata ?

- C. cordifolia ?

- (not ascertained).

- (not ascertained).

- C. magnifolia.

- C. purpurea.

*** No doubt this genus will be largely increased by future discoveries.
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CINCH ON AC EiE.

LASIONEMA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform, smooth, with a
spreading imbricated limb. Stamens very slightly projecting ;
filaments bearded in the middle ; anthers roundish. Capsule
dehiscing in the middle of the cells, with a complete dissepiment.
Seeds narrow, winged.

854. L. roseum D. Don in linn, trans, xvii. 142. — Cinchona
rosea Fl.Peruv. ii. 54. t. 199. Cascarillo Pardo Ruiz quinol. 77.

— Mountains of Puzuzu and Muna in low situations Ruiz.
Cuchero Pbppig.

Branches slightly quadrangular, smooth, except when young, at
which time they are covered with a slight hairiness, especially between
the angles. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, not shining; neither
thin nor coriaceous, smooth on both sides except at the axils of the
veins on the underside. Panicles naked, terminal, thyrsoid, narrow,
with spreading distant rather compressed branches, covered with dense
short spreading hairs. Calyx quite smooth, with a shallow 5-toothed
limb. Corolla pink. — It does not appear that the bark of this, which in
Peru is commonly called Asmonich, is now employed in medicine. The
Indians use its beautiful flowers to adorn their temples and the images
of their saints. Poppig found it about Cuchero where it " occurs not
unfrequently ; it is a highly beautiful tree, which in its size and mode of
ramification may be justly compared with the white Beech of Europe,
It is adorned in July with innumerable pale violet flowers, and in its
growth, circumference of stem, and hardness of wood, differs greatly from
all the other Cinchonas, the trunk seldom exceeding from 6 to 12 inches
in diameter. The name of Palo de San Juan refers to the flowering
season. Of the bark no use is made, for no one supposes it to belong
to the Cinchonas; but there can be little doubt that their peculiar
properties would be found, on examination, to exist in the thin and
smooth bark of its riper branches."

COSMIBUENA.

Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate, deciduous. Corolla with a long
curved tube, and a 5-lobed limb, which is imbricated in aestiva-
tion. Anthers oblong, subsessile, exserted. Stigma bipartite.
Capsule oblong, taper, 2-celled, somewhat 4-valved, dehiscing
from the apex, and dividing the septa. Seeds girded by a lace-
rated wing. — Smooth South American Trees. Leaves ovate,
short stalked. Stipules large, oval, obtuse, erect, deciduous.
Flowers long, terminal, white.

855. C. hexandra Pohl. pi. bras. i. 10. t. 8. DC. prodr. iv. 356.

— Cinchona hexandra Don gen. syst. iii. 478. — Mountainous
woods of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes, and Rio
Janeiro.

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COSMIBUENA.

A tree. Leaves oval, obtuse, covered on the under side, as are also
the flowers, with yellowish hairs. Corolla 5-6-cleft, purple. Stamens
5-6. — An indifferent sort of fever bark is produced by this plant ;
M. Guibourt thinks it may be what has been known in commerce as
Quinquina Colorado.. He received the latter under the name of Brazilian
Quinquina. It contains a very little cinchonine, is thin, blood-coloured
within, very bitter.

REMIJA.

Tube of calyx obovate, with a 5-cleft permanent limb. Tube
of corolla slender ; limb 5-parted, with linear segments. Fila-
ments unequal, inserted into the tube of the corolla ; anthers
linear, enclosed. A fleshy, elevated, truncated disk, distinct
from the style. Stigmas 2, linear, enclosed. Capsule opening
from the apex to the base, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds
numerous, peltate, winged. — Slender Brazilian bushes. Leaves
oblong, or ovate, coriaceous, deeply furrowed above, opposite or
ternate, revolute at the edges, covered with ferruginous hairs un-
derneath. Stipules lanceolate connate at the base, deciduous.
Racemes long, axillary, interrupted ; flowers in opposite fascicles.
Corollas downy externally.

854. R. ferruginea DC. prodr. iv. 357. — Cinchona ferruginea
Aug. de St. Hil.pl. us. t. 2. — Dry mountains in the province
of Mines in Brazil.

Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather narrow. Racemes interrupted,
scarcely branched. — This and the following are substituted in Brazil
for Cinchona bark, under the names of Quina da Serra or Quina de
Remijo, but they are said to be of inferior quality.

855. R. Vellozii DC. prodr. iv. 357. — Cinchona Vellozii Aug.
de St. Hil.pl. us. bras. p. 3. — With the last.

Leaves ovate, tapering to each end. Racemes interrupted, scarcely
branched. Differs from the last in the flower stalks being shorter, the
bractes less linear, and the flowers longer and more numerous.

HYMENODICTYON.

Tube of calyx ovate, limb 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped,
5-lobed. Stamens very short ; filaments smooth, inserted lower
than the throat ; anthers protruding. Style long, prominent ;
stigma clavate, capitate, somewhat lobed. Capsule naked,
2-celled, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds sur-
rounded by a reticulated wing, bifid at the base. — Large Indian
trees. Branches compressed. Stipules deciduous, with gland-
ular fringes. Flowers small, inconspicuous, green, downy.

856. H. excelsum Wall, in Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 148. tent.fi. nep.
i. 31. DC. prodr. iv. 358. — Cinchona excelsa Roxb. fi. ind.
i. 529. corom. ii. 1. 106. — Mountainous parts of the Circars of
India.

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CINCHONACE^E.

Trunk straight, of considerable thickness and height. Branches
numerous, spreading. Bark of the trunk pretty thick ; the exterior
coating grey, light, spongy, cracking in various directions, and frequently
falling otf'; the middle coat brown, of a farinaceous nature, and as thick
as both the exterior and interior coats; the interior white. Leaves
opposite, oblong, entire, soft, downy, particularly on the under side;
veins simple, and frequently opposite, from 6 to 12 inches long, and
from 3 to 5 broad. Floral leaves, at the lower part of the ramifications
of the panicle, in shape like the rest, but much smaller, coloured, more
permanent, and bullate. Petioles round, downy, 2 or 3 inches long.
Stipules within the leaves, ovate-cordate, acutely serrate, erect, caducous.
Panicles terminal, large, generally with the lower ramifications decus-
sating. Flowers fascicled, small, greenish-white, exceedingly numerous,
exquisitely fragrant. Calyx superior, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-formed,
downy; tube long; border 5-parted, with oval, spreading divisions, not
half the length of the tube. Filaments 5, short, inserted into the mouth
of the tube; anthers erect, A within the tube. Style twice the length
of the tube ; stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, crowned with the remains
of the calyx, about as thick as a field bean, but twice as long, 4-streaked,
marked with small white, elevated specks, 2-celled, 2-valved, opening
from the top. Placentae slender, angular, the length of the capsule,
affixed lengthways to the suture of the partition. Seeds from 6 to 12
in each cell, chestnut-coloured, imbricated, oblong, compressed, en-
larged all round by a membranous jagged wing, which at the base is
split up to the seed itself. Roxburgh. — The 2 inner layers of bark possess
the bitterness and astringency of Peruvian bark, and when fresh in a
stronger degree. The bitterness is not so quickly communicated to the
taste, on chewing the bark, but is much more durable, especially about
the upper part of the fauces. Id.

EXOSTEMA.

Calyx obovate, 5-toothed. Corolla with a terete tube, and a
5-parted limb, with linear segments. Anthers linear, exserted.
Capsule crowned by the calyx, dehiscing from the apex through
the dissepiments into 2 half fruits. Seeds girded by a mem-
branous entire border. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves oval or lan-
ceolate, short-stalked. Stipules solitary on each side of the pe-
tioles. Peduncles axillary or terminal. Flowers white or pink.
Bark without either quinine or cinchonine.

857. E. caribaeum Rom. and S. v. 18. DC. prodr. iv. 359. —
Cinchona caribsea Jacq. amer. t. 179. f. 65. Lamb, cinch, t. 4.
C. jamaicensis Wright trans, roy. soc. 67. 504. t. 10. Sot. rep.
t. 481. — Most of the West India islands and Mexico. (Quin-
quina Piton; Sea side Beech.)

An erect branched shrub, about 10 feet high. Leaves lanceolate,
acuminate, entire, smooth, reflexed at the point, stalked, 2-3 inches
long. Peduncles 1 -flowered, short, axillary. Flowers very sweet-
scented, whitish flesh-colour, 1§ inch long. Corolla with a very long,
cylindrical, erect tube, and 5 linear, obtuse, concave, reflexed segments
longer than the tube. — The capsules, before they are quite ripe, are

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EXOSTEMA.

extremely bitter, and their juice produces a burning itching in the
nostrils and lips. Jacq. The bark is febrifugal and emetic. It has a
nauseous smell, and is excessively bitter and disagreeable. Dr. Wright
describes the flavour as at first sweet with a mixture of horseradish
and aromatics, afterwards excessively bitter. According to Guibourt
the little crystalline points with which it sparkles when broken are some
principle peculiar to this bark.

858. E. floribundum R. and S. v. 19. DC.prodr. iv. 360.—
Cinchona floribunda Sivartz fi. ind. occ. 375. Lamb, cinch. 27.
t. 7. C. montana Badier journ. phys. 1789, febr. cxxix. t. 1.
C. Sanctse Luciae David, phil. trans. 74. C. Luciana Vittm.
summ. suppl. i. 264. — West India islands, among woods, by
the side of torrents.

Leaves elliptical, acuminate, 5-6 inches long, smooth like the
peduncles and flowers. Peduncles terminal, corymbose. Teeth of
the calyx short, acute. Corolla 3 times shorter than the leaves.
Capsule turbinate, smooth. — Bark similar to the last, but rather
drastic. Pelletier and Caventou found in it neither quinine nor cincho-
nine. It is called both Quinquina Piton and Quinquina of St. Lucia.

860. E. Souzanum Mart. Linncea lift. 1830, p. 45. DC.prodr.
iv. 361. — Brazil.

Leaves obovate or ovate, acute, smooth. Corymbs few-flowered,
terminal. Capsules scarcely an inch long, obovate, compressed.
Valves with about 4 nerves. Seeds transversely oblong, with a broad
wing all round. — According to Guibourt this plant produces an ex-
cessively bitter febrifugal bark called Quinquina de Piauhi. It colours
the saliva yellow, and is said to contain cinchonine. Buchner found
in it an alkali which he called Esenbeckine, upon the erroneous sup-
tion that the bark belonged to Esenbeckia febrifuga.

861. E. peruvianum Humb. and Bonpl.pl. aq. i. 133. t. 38.
DC. prodr. iv. 360. — Cinchona peruviana Poir. diet, suppl.
iv. 640. — Colder parts of Peru on the side of the Andes between
the river Chota and the village of Querocotillo.

Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, rounded at base, the upper sessile and
cordate. Corymbs terminal, sessile. Peduncles and calyx downy.
Corolla silky outside, its lobes scarcely shorter than the tube. Fila-
ments smooth, united to the tube at the orifice. Stigma obsoletely
2-lobed. Calyx-teeth acute. — This has a very bitter bark, a little
sweet, with a nauseous smell, according to Guibourt.

MANETTIA.

Limb of calyx 4-5-lobed, often with secondary lobes inter-
posed between the principal ones. Corolla funnel-shaped,
with a terete or quadrangular tube, a hairy throat, and a 4-5-
lobed limb. Anthers sessile in the throat of the corolla. Cap-
sule ovate, compressed, crowned with the lobes of the calyx.
Seeds peltate, girded by a usually toothed border — Herbaceous
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CINCHONACEjE.

plants or shrubs, with slender twining stems, and axillary 1 -many-
flowered peduncles.

862. M. cordifolia Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. i. 19. t. 7. DC.
prodr. iv. 363. Bot. mag. t. 3202. — M. glabra Cham, and
Schlecht. Linncea 1829. p. 159. DC. prodr. iv. 363. — Buenos
Ayres ; banks of the Arroyo de la China, a stream that enters
the Uruguay entre Rios. Hedges in the province of the Mines
in Brazil, near Villa Rica and elsewhere.

Whole plant glabrous. Stem suffruticose, much branched, very
slender, round, twining ; bark grey and exfoliating, on the young shoots
green, glabrous, shining. Leaves (2 inches long, 1 inch broad, but
gradually smaller, and the uppermost about 4 lines long, 2 lines broad,
while the low and largest on a vigorous cultivated specimen, are 4 inches
long, and nearly 2J broad,) opposite, petioled, cordate, acuminate,
glabrous on both sides, shining, pale, with prominent veins and obscure
minute reticulations, below dark, and the veins slightly channelled
above. Stipules small, subulate, and at length often reflexed in their
upper half, bases broad and connate within the petioles, so as to form
a small cup, which is occasionally toothed, round the branch. Pedun-
cles elongated, solitary, glabrous, filiform, shining and single-flowered,
at the extremities of the branches, which are subsequently elongated,
rendering the peduncle axillary. Calyx green, glabrous, 4-parted, with
minute, divided intervening teeth ; segments acute, at length reflected,
1-nerved. Corolla (fully 1J inch long, 3a lines across the revolute
limb,) very handsome, shining on the outer surface, and glabrous every
where, except a little above its base on the inside, where for some
distance it is densely clothed with inverted, white hairs ; tube clavate-
funnel-shaped, with 4 flat sides, nectariferous, and only colourless at
the base, every other part of the corolla vermilion orange-coloured,
deepest on the inner side of the limb, green in the young buds, throat
dilated and naked; limb 4-parted, segments deltoid, revolute. Sta-
mens 4, alternating with the segments of the corolla ; filaments colour-
less, adhering to the tube throughout its whole length, the free portion
slightly connivent, and rather shorter than the segments of the limb ;
anthers versatile, oblong, purple, inserted by their back, bursting along
the front of the cells, which are distant in the middle, connivent at the
extremities ; pollen green. Ovary inferior, green, compressed, bilo-
cular, crowned by a white depressed disk, which rises above the inser-
tion of the corolla. Style rather longer than the stamens, exserted,
colourless, filiform. Stigma green, blunt, of 2, erect, parallel lobes.
Ovules numerous, erect, on erect, free, columnar receptacles, one rising
with each loculament from near the base of the dissepiment. Capsule
ovate, compressed, channelled on both sides, crowned by the persisting,
indurated calyx, bivalvular, bilocular, opening by a division of the
dissepiment ; valves boat-shaped, nerved, and each splitting into 2 teeth
at the apex. Seeds brown, round, flattened, and surrounded by a
membranous wing. Hooker. — The bark of the root is esteemed in
Brazil a most valuable remedy in dropsy and dysentery. It is given in
powder in doses of J to 1| drachm. It acts as an emetic.

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PINCKNEYA.

Calyx 5-parted, the fifth lobe expanded into a coloured leaf.
Corolla with a cylindrical tube, and a 5-cleft limb, the lobes of
which are recurved and spreading. Stamens inserted at the
base of the tube, exserted ; anthers oblong. Capsule roundish,
compressed, 2-celled, dehiscing through the cells. Seeds sur-
rounded by a wing, which is emarginate at the base.

863. P. pubens Mich. fl. bor. amer i. 103. t. 13. Elliott
sketch, i. 268. DC. prodr. iv. 366. — C. caroliniana Poir. diet.
vi. 40. — Wet boggy soils in South Carolina and Florida, along
the sea coast.

A large shrub, 15-20 feet high; young branches downy. Leaves
lanceolate, slightly acuminate, hairy, but shining above, downy beneath;
petioles about an inch long, downy. Panicles terminal and axillary,
composed of 5 flowered fasicles. The large leaf of the calyx veiny,
and rose-coloured ; sometimes 2 lobes are enlarged. Corolla downy,
the tube dull green, the border purple, with obtuse segments. — Bark
febrifugal, and used in Carolina as a substitute for Cinchona.

Tribe II. GardeniejE.

Fruit baccate, 2-celled, or by abortion I -celled. Cells many-
seeded. Albumen fleshy. Seeds not winged. Trees or shrubs.
Leaves opposite. Stipules between the petioles. DC.

RANDIA.

Limb of calyx 5-lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, with a short
tube, and a 5-parted limb. Anthers inclosed, sessile, within the
throat. Stigmas 2 thick. Berry nearly dry, crowned by the
calyx, corticated, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the
central placenta, imbedded in pulp, and imbricated downwards.
Spiny shrubs, with conspicuous flowers.

864. R. dumetorum Lam. ill. t. 156. f. 4. DC. prodr.iv.385.
— Canthium coronatumXaw. diet. i. 602. Gardenia dumetorum
Retz. obs. ii. 14. Roxb. corom. t. 136. Gardenia spinosa Linn,
suppl. 164. Randia spinosa Blume bjjdr. 981. Posoqueria du-
metorum Roxb. fl. ind. i. 714. — Common on the coast of Coro-
mandel.

A thorny branching shrub or small tree. Leaves oval, rather blunt,
cuneate at the base, smooth. Flowers very sweet-scented, sessile,
solitary, mostly terminal. Calyx with oblong lobes rather shorter than
the villous corolla. Fruit smooth, yellow, resembling a small crab-
apple, firm, and fleshy. Seeds oval, numerous, lying in mucus. — The
fruit when bruised and thrown into water intoxicates, or even kills fish,
which are not considered less wholesome in consequence. In the form
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CINCHONACE.&.

of powder it is a powerful emetic. An infusion of the bark of the root
is employed to nauseate in bowel complaints.

GARDENIA.

Calyx usually ribbed, with a tubular truncate limb, divided
into several lobes or teeth. Corolla funnel-shaped or approaching
salver-shaped, with a tube much larger than the calyx and a
contorted spreading 5-9-parted limb. Anthers 5-9, linear, ses-
sile in the throat. Stigma clavate, bifid or 2-toothed, with
thick erect lobes. Dissepiments of the ovary 2-5, incompletely
dividing it into cells. Berry fleshy, crowned with the calyx,
with a papery or bony lining, incompletely 2-5-celled. Seeds
immersed in fleshy parietal placentae. — Trees or shrubs, armed
or unarmed. Flowers axillary or terminal, usually solitary,
white and fragrant.

865. G. campanulata Roxb.Jl. ind. i. 710. DC.prodr. iv. 383.
— Forests of Chittagong.

Trunk straight, but short, soon dividing and subdividing into nume-
rous stiff, erect, and spreading branches. Bark of the old parts
brownish-green, and pretty smooth ; that of the tender parts lighter
coloured; height of the shrub in 5 years, from 5 to 10 feet. Thorns
single, short, strong, and sharp, generally terminating the little, la-
teral, opposite branchlets. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-
lanceolate, tapering most towards the base, entire, and smooth on both
sides, from 2 to 5 inches long, and from 1 to 2 broad. Stipules tri-
angular, acute. Flowers small, of a pale yellowish-white, short-
peduncled, crowded on the extremities of short, rigid, lateral, spinous
branchlets. Calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed. Corolla with a 5-sided,
campanulate tube, and a border of 5 obliquely ovate segments. An-
thers 5, sessile in the bell of the corolla. Ovary 1-celled, containing
numerous ovules attached to generally 5 parietal receptacles. Style
short. Stigma somewhat 5-grooved, and situated deep in the tube.
Berry round-ovate, the size of a golden pippin, smooth, depressed, and
slightly 5-furrowed at the apex and base ; 1-celled ; the exterior tunic
thick, fleshy, yellowish, with slender, hard, longitudinal fibres inter-
spersed, the inner tunic thin and firm, but not bony, the edges of which
turn inwards in 5 lines, forming 5 parietal placentas. Seeds minute,
nidulant in a little yellow pulp. — The fruit is employed by the natives
of India as a cathartic and anthelmintic. Roxb.

Tribe III. Hedyotideje.

Fruit capsular, 2-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence, or mem-
branous and indehiscent ; cells many-seeded. Seeds not winged.
Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite.
Stipules interpetiolar.

CONDAMINEA.

Calyx campanulate, 5-crenate or 5-toothed ; limb deciduous.
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a somewhat curved tube, which is a

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little longer than the calyx, a dilated throat, and a 5-parted
limb. Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube, or near
the throat ; anthers oblong-linear, bifid at the base, length of
corolla. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule turbinate, truncate, opening
in the middle of the cells. Seeds numerous, very small, wedge-
shaped American shrubs, with 2-parted, acuminate stipules

and terminal many-flowered corymbs.

866. C. corymbosa DC. prodr. iv. 402. — Macrocnemum

corymbosum Fl. peruv. ii. 48. 1. 189. HBK. iii. 399 Hills

and ravines of the Peruvian Andes; mountains of Huanuco ;
near Maraquita and Santa Anna in New Granada.

Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, cordate, sessile, plaited, coriaceous.
Corymbs large, brachiate, trichotomous. Corolla purple externally,
with the throat and filaments naked. Teeth of the calyx broad, short
and blunt. — Bark febrifugal. The Bark gatherers of Peru are said by
Ruiz and Pavon to use this plant for adulterating the samples of Cin-
chona. Its bark is only slightly bitter, and may be easily recognised
by its being white inside, rather bitter and viscid.

OPHIORHIZA.

Tube of calyx short, turbinate, with a permanent 5-cleft limb.
Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, hairy inside, with 5 ovate lobes.
Stamens enclosed in the tube. Style filiform, surrounded at the
base by a cup ; stigma 2-lobed, shorter than the corolla. Cap-
sule broad, compressed, 2-lobed, crowned by the calyx. Seeds
numerous, small, hexagonal.

867. O. Mungos Linn. sp. 213. Roxb.fl. ind. i. 701. DC.
prodr. iv. 415. — Mungo Kcempf. amazn. 573 and 577. — Java,
Ceylon, Sumatra.

Stem suffruticose. Leaves stalked, oblong, entire, pointed, very thin,
4^6 inches long; petioles short, downy; stipules slight, membranous.
Corymbs terminal, many-flowered. Tube of the corolla short, with
the lobes oblong, and pointed. Cup of the style 2-lipped, thick, fleshy.
Filaments very short, inserted at the base of the tube. Capsule in-
versely reniform, compressed, with 5 ribs proceeding from the lobes of
the calyx. — The parts are so intensely bitter that the plant is called
by the Malays, " Earth gall ; " according to Kasmpfer the taste re-
sembles Gentian, but is more penetrating and less unpleasant. It has
the reputation of being a most powerful alexipharmic ; but this re-
quires confirmation.

OLDENLANDIA.

Calyx with a globose tube. Limb 4-toothed, permanent, the
lobes very distant in the fruit. Corolla short, with a 4-cleft
limb, and a villous or glabrous throat. Stamens a little exserted ;
anthers ovate or orbicular. Stigma undivided or bifid. Capsule
nearly globose, crowned by the small, distant lobes of the calyx,
dehiscing at the vertex by a loculicidal chink. Seeds nume-
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CINCHONACEtE.

rous, small, half immersed in a globose placenta. — Small herba-
ceous or suffruticose plants, resembling chickweed. Peduncles
axillary or terminal, 1-2- or many-flowered; generally long and
slender.

868. O. umbellata Linn. sp. pi. 174. Hoxb. corom. i. t. 3.
Burnt, fl. ind. 37 '. Roxb. fl. ind. i. 421. DC. prodr. iv. 426.
— Java, Coromandel, Mexico.

Root long, orange-coloured. Stem diffuse, 4-cornered, nearly smooth.
Leaves narrow, linear, acute, recurved at the edge, roughish above,
paler beneath, in threes or fours. Stipules ciliated with bristles. Pe-
duncles axillary, somewhat umbellate. — The root is employed in
Coromandel to dye the best and most durable red on cotton cloth.
The leaves, according to Ainslie, are considered by the native doctors
expectorant.

Tribe IV. Iser/tie^e.

Fruit drupaceous, containing several many-seeded stones. Al-
bumen fleshy. — Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite.
Stipules interpetiolar.

ISERTIA.

Limb of calyx 4-6-toothed, tube somewhat globose. Corolla
with a long tube, 6-lobed at the apex, woolly inside, having the
recesses between the lobes drawn out into crests. Stamens 6,
inclosed. Stigmas stellate. Berry globose, crowned with the
calyx, containing 6 triquetrous, brittle, many-seeded stones. —
South American trees. Branches striated. Leaves velvety un-
derneath. Stipules lanceolate subulate, 2 on each side. Thyrse
terminal, many-flowered. Flowers scarlet.

869. I. coccinea Vahl. eel. ii. 27. DC. prodr. iv. 437. —
Guettarda coccinea Aubl. guian. i. 317. t. 123. — Guayana.

A small tree, with a trunk 10-12 feet high. Leaves decussating,
smooth, oval, long-pointed, green above, ash-coloured underneath, with
strong reddish veins. Stipules broad, quickly deciduous. Flowers in
a large terminal panicle, with 3-flowered branches. Calyx purple, with
a yellow firm 4-toothed limb. Corolla bright red, curved, about
2 inches long. Fruit red, succulent, the size of a cherry. — A decoc-
tion of the leaves employed by the Creoles as a fomentation to cure
swellings. Its bark is considered febrifugal.

Tribe VII. Gtjettarde.e.

Fruit drupaceous, with many 1- seeded stones. Seeds slender,
long, generally erect. Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves
opposite, rarely ternate, with interpetiolar stipules.

NONATELIA.

Limb of calyx 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla tubular, funnel-

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shaped, with a rather gibbous tube, and 5 lobes. Stamens 5,
somewhat enclosed. Drupe globose, furrowed, with 5 stones.
Albumen horny. — Shrubs or small trees, with terminal thyrses
of white flowers.

870. N. officinalis Aubl. guian. i. 188. t. 73. DC. prodr.
iv. 466. — Forests of Cayenne and Guayana.

A shrub 2 or 3 feet high. Stem knotty. Leaves smooth, ovate-
lanceolate, subsessile, united at the base by a 4-toothed stipule on each
side ; teeth long and acute. Flowers in terminal corymbs, each sub-
tended by 3 long scale-like bracts. Tube of the corolla very short,
white, with 5 white lobes. Ovary surmounted by 5 yellow glands,
from the midst of which the style is projected. Fruit black, spherical,
succulent, with 10 streaks. — All the parts when bruised or dried give
out a slight aromatic odour. The Creoles call the bush Azier a I' Asthme,
because they find the infusion of the leaves an excellent remedy for that
malady.

ANTIRRHCEA.

Limb of calyx campanulate, 4-toothed. Corolla tubular,
4-cleft, with the lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers nearly
sessile in the throat, not exserted. Stigma bifid. Drupe some-
what baccate, crowned, containing a 2-celled stone ; with
1-seeded cells. — Isle of France plants, with opposite or ternate
leaves often having glandular hairs in their axils. Stipules in-
terpetiolar. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaf, bifid,
with the flowers, which are small and white, arranged unila-
terally along the branches.

871. A. verticillata DC. prodr. iv. 459. — A. borbonica Gmel.
syst. i. 244. Cunninghamia verticillata Willd. sp. pi. i. 615.
Malanea verticillata Lam. illustr. t. 66. f. 1 . — Isles of Bourbon
and Mauritius.

Leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate-oblong, cuneate at the base, acuminate
at the point, smooth on each side. Flowers hermaphrodite. Drupes
oblong, the size of a grain of wheat. — Root and bark said to be
powerfully astringent. In Bourbon it is employed as a styptic to
restrain haemorrhage, and is known by the name of Bois de Losteau.

Tribe VIII. PvEDERiEiE.

Fruit 2-celled, indehiscent, scarcely fleshy ; with the tube of the
calyx forming a rind which readily separates from the carpels.
Carpels compressed, 1 -seeded, "pendulous from a filiform axis.
Albumen fleshy. — Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stipules,
interpetiolar.

PiEDERIA.

Calyx small, 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped,
hairy inside, 5-lobed, with a plaited aestivation. Stamens 5>
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CINCHONACEiE.

sometimes abortive ; anthers oblong, nearly sessile in the middle
of the tube. Style not protruded ; stigma bifid. Berry small,
roundish globose, becoming brittle, 2-celled, 2-seeded.

872. P. fcetida Linn. mant. 52. Lam. illustr. t. 166. f. 1.
Roxb. fl. ind. i. 683. DC. prodr. iv. 471. — Apocynum fceti-
dum Burm.fl. ind. 71. Convolvulus foetidus Rumph. v. t. 160.

— Islands and continent of India ; Japan.

Stem woody, twining when young, round and smooth. Leaves
opposite, long stalked, oblong cordate, pretty smooth, entire ; stipules
broad cordate. Panicles axillary and terminal, brachiate. Flowers
numerous, deep pink. Bracts ovate. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla with
the tube long, somewhat gibbous, and woolly inside ; the limb narrow,
divided into 5 cordate, crenulate segments. Filaments short, inserted
irregularly about the middle of the tube ; anthers erect, within the tube.
Ovary turbinate, 2-celled ; cells containing 1 ovule each, attached
to the bottom of the cell ; style single ; stigma 2-cleft, with the lobes
bent amongst the anthers. Berry dry, compressed, smooth, with 5
lines on each side; 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Seeds compressed, smooth,
enlarged, with a somewhat membranous ring all round. — Leaves very
foetid and alliaceous ; yet they are used to impregnate baths, and in
decoction are administered internally in retention of urine, and in cer-
tain febrile complaints. According to Roxburgh, the root is used by
the Hindoos as an emetic.

Tribe IX. Coffee.
Fruit 2-celled, berried, with 2 bony or crustaceous 1-seeded nuts
which are flat and furrowed in the inside ; or occasionally, by
abortion, having but 1 nut, and then the seeds are erect, depressed
or laterally adherent. Albumen horny. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves
opposite. Stipules interpetiolar united or distinct.

CANTHIUM.

Limb of calyx short, 4-5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube,
a bearded throat, and a 4-5-lobed spreading limb. Anthers in-
serted in the throat, scarcely protruding. Style filiform, pro-
truded. Stigma undivided, roundish-ovate or mitre-formed.
Berry globose or didymous, crowned by the teeth of the calyx.

— Asiatic or African shrubs, with spiny or unarmed branches.
Peduncles axillary, short, many-flowered.

873. C. parviflorum Lam. diet. i. 602. Roxb. corom. i. 39. t. 51.
Roxb.fl* ind. i. 534. — Webera tetrandra Willd. sp. pi. i. 1224.
(Rheede v. 71. t. 36.) — A common bush throughout India.

A small, thorny bush. Leaves on the young shoots opposite, on the
old ones fascicled, ovate, smooth ; stipules subulate. Racemes oppo-
site, below the thorns, small, about the length of the leaves. Pedun-
cles and pedicels smooth, round. Flowers small, yellow. Drupe
obcordate, laterally compressed a little with a hollow on each side, the
size of a cherry, fleshy, smooth, yellow. — A decoction of the leaves
or root is prescribed in India in certain stages of flux ; and the latter

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CHIOCOCCA.

is supposed to be anthelmintic. The bark and young shoots are used
in dysentery. Ainslie.

CHIOCOCCA.

Limb of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an ob-
conical tube or throat, and a 5-lobed acute limb. Stamens 5,
downy, hardly adnate to the bottom of the corolla; anthers
linear, enclosed. Style clavate or 2-lobed at the apex. Berry
somewhat didymous, compressed, crowned by the teeth of the
calyx, with 2 papery 1-seeded stones. — Shrubs often with a
somewhat scandent habit. Leaves ovate or oblong, smooth.
Racemes axillary, simple or panicled. Flowers yellowish white.

874. C. anguifuga Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. xvii. t. 5. DC.
prodr. iv. 482. — C. brachiata Fl.peruv. ii. 67. t. 219. b. C. ra-
cemosa HBK. iii. 352. C. parviflora and paniculata JVMd. in
R. and S. v. 203. — Woods of Brazil, Cayenne, Peru, and some
of the West India Islands.

Root perpendicular, round, branched, as thick as the thumb, with a
strong acrid fcetid smell when fresh, when dry having at first some-
thing the taste of coffee, but afterwards acrid and nauseous, stimulating
the flow of saliva. Stems weak, erect, 6-10 feet high. Leaves oppo-
site, stalked, ovate, broadly wedge-shaped or rounded at the base,
tapering into a long narrow point, smooth and green on each side.
Stipules short, truncate. Peduncles axillary, nearly horizontal, smooth
or downy at the angles, branched. Pedicels somewhat secund. Ber-
ries roundish, compressed, smooth, 2-3 lines in diameter. — See next
species.

875. C. densifolia Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. xvii. t. 6. DC.
prodr. iv. 482. — Woods of Brazil, especially in the province of
Bahia. (Cahinca.)

Root like that of the last. Trunk arborescent, 8-10 feet high.
Branches horizontal. Branchlets spreading, straight, decussate. Leaves
decussate, roundish-ovate or even cordate at base, acute, thickish,
smooth on each side, shining deep green on the upper side. Stipules
short, truncate with a mucro. Racemes axillary simple, secund.
Common peduncle downy ; pedicels smooth. Calyx 5-cleft, with
linear-lanceolate acute erect segments. Corolla inflated, funnel-shaped,
smooth, yellowish white, sometimes with a few purplish streaks in the
throat ; with the segments of the limb ovate, acute, inflexed. — The
roots of these two species are employed with confidence by the natives
of Brazil as a certain remedy for serpent bites. The infusion of the
bark of the root produces the most violent emetic and drastic effects.
In the words of Von Martius : " iEgrotus scilicet, e veneno languidus,
soporosus, vix sui compos, ex quo medicinam sumserit, primum eruc-
tationibus creberrimis et tantis motibus convulsivis excruciatur, ut,
licet exsanguis et quasi cum facie hippocratica, sub summa virium labe,
in lectulum corruisset, ne unicum quidem temporis momentum quietus
maneri possit. Tandem post plurimos et visu terribiles spasmos uni-
versales et corporis volutationes, in enormes rapitur vomitus, quibus
salivam, bilem, chymum, immo fceces larga copia edit. Tunc accedunt
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CINCHONACEiE.

subitanese alvi excretiones faecum quasi succo viscido involutarum quae,
si continua per aliquot temporis serie sese excipiant, cum visibili
aegroti levamine, boni exitus pro indiciis habentur." Copious perspir-
ations follow, and these are succeeded by a gentle sleep. The violent
action of these roots renders them dangerous to employ, except in
cases of poisoning, or in such maladies as require a prompt and com-
plete evacuation of the intestines. They would possibly prove bene-
ficial in hydrophobia, in the opinion of Von Martius. It has been
introduced into European practice, and appears to be of the greatest
use as a remedy in dropsy. See an excellent account by Wood and
Bache, 2d edition, p. 200.

COFFEA.

Limb of calyx small, 4-5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-
shaped, with a 4-5-parted spreading limb. Stamens 4-5, in-
serted in the middle of the upper part of the tube, exserted or
inclosed. Style bifid at the apex. Berry umbilicate, naked, or
crowned with the calyx, containing 2 seeds enclosed in a parch-
ment-like putamen. — Trees or shrubs.

876. C. arabica Linn. sp. 245. Bot. mag. t. 1303. DC.
prodr. iv. 499. {FoihergilTs works, ii. 279. t. 3.) — Low moun-
tains of Arabia Felix. (Coffee.)

A large erect bush, quite smooth in every part. Leaves oblong-
lanceolate, acuminate, shining on the upper side, wavy, deep green
above, paler below. Stipules subulate, undivided. Peduncles axillary,
short, clustered. Corolla white, tubular, sweet-scented, with a spread-
ing 5-cleft limb. Anthers protruded. Berries oval, deep-purple, suc-
culent, 2-seeded. — The albumen of the seeds constitutes the aro-
matic coffee of commerce, the agreeable stimulating effects of which
after being roasted are well known. It has the power of removing
drowsiness and of retarding the access of sleep for some hours. It
has been prescribed medicinally in various derangements of the chylo-
poietic viscera, and in headachs resulting from indigestion.

PSYCHOTR1A.

Limb of calyx 5-lobed, or 5-toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla
funnel-shaped, short, 5-cleft ; limb spreading or recurved ; throat
bearded or glabrous. Stamens 5 : anthers exserted or inclosed.
Stigma bifid. Berry drupaceous, crowned by the limb of the
calyx, becoming 10-ribbed when dry, with papery 1 -seeded
stones. Seed erect. Embryo cartilaginous. — Trees, shrubs,
or herbaceous plants inhabiting aequinoctial regions. Flowers
panicled or corymbose.

877. P. emetica Mutis in Linn. f. suppl. 144. Humb. and
JBonpl.pl. ceguin. ii. 142. and 126. — Cephaelis emetica Pers.
synop. i. 203. • — New Granada.

Root perpendicular, knotted, branched, with a slender axis, and a
thick friable bark. An erect, simple, hairy undershrub. Leaves oblong,
acuminate, narrowed at the base, membranous, ciliated, hairy beneath.
Stipules ovate, acuminate, very short. Peduncles axilla!-}', few-flowered,

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PSYCHOTRIA.

somewhat racemose. — The root possesses properties similar to those
of Ipecacuanha. It is the striated Ipecacuanha of Guibourt and Mr.
Pereira, &c, the black or Peruvian Ipecacuanha of others. It contains
according to M. Pelletier 9 per cent, of Emetina.

878. P. noxia Aug. de St. Hil. pi. remarq. bras. 234. t. 21. B.
DC. prodr. iv. 508; is a reputed poison in Brazil.

PALICOUREA.

All as in Psychotria, except the corolla., which is tubular and
cylindrical, and a little gibbous at the base or curved, 5-cleft,
bearded beneath the middle inside. The teeth of the calyx
and the lobes of the corolla, sometimes rather unequal. — Ame-
rican shrubs usually destitute of pubescence. Leaves often
whorled and of considerable size. Flowers yellow or white, in
terminal sessile or stalked panicles, thyrses, or cymes.

879. P. Marcgraavii Aug. de St. Hil. pi. remarq. bras. 231.
t.22. A. DC. prodr. iv. 525. — Erva do Rato Marcgr. bras.
60. f. 2. Galvania Vellozii JR. and S. — Brazil in the woods of
Minas Geraes and Pernambuco.

A shrub 5-6 feet high. Branches quadrangular, smooth. Leaves
short-stalked, oblong, acuminate, obtuse at the base, smooth ; stipules
interpetiolar, trifid. Cymes terminal, stalked, solitary or occasionally
3 together. Pedicels downy. Calyx 5-toothed, downy. Corolla 5-7
lines long, slightly curved, gibbous at the base, roughly downy, yellow-
ish saffron-coloured below, purplish above ; closely bearded with hairs
inside. Epigynous cup somewhat 2-lobed. Sometimes the leaves are
downy underneath. — A poisonous plant, employed in Brazil to kill
rats and mice. Very little is known of its real properties.

880. P. crocea DC. prodr. iv. 526. — Psychotria crocea
Swartz fi. ind. occ. 429. (Browne jam. 1. 13. f. 1.) — West India
Islands.

Quite smooth. Leaves ovate or oval-lanceolate, acuminate, rather
stiff. Stipules connected by a short ligula, two on each side, linear,
acuminate, twice as short as the petiole. Panicle corymbose, terminal,
saffron-coloured. Corolla obconical, tubular. Anthers projecting from
the tube, shorter than the limb. Berry somewhat double, DC. — An
emetic according to Von Martius.

881. P. speciosa HBK. iii. 368. DC. prodr. iv. 528. — New
Granada, and Brazil. (Douradinha do Campo.)

Branches smooth, round. Leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the
base, membranous, roughish, shining ; stipules smooth. Panicles
stalked ; their angular branches and corollas hairy and downy, DC. — -
The leaves have, by their yellow colour, obtained for the plant the
name of Goldshrub, highly spoken of in Brazil as an antisiphilitic. The
decoction, which in large doses forms a real poison, acts especially by
an increased action of the skin and kidneys, and the digestion is not
injured by moderate doses. Martius.

882. P. officinalis Mart, in linneea 1830 UtL 39. DC. prodr.
iv. 530. — Brazil.

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CINCHONACEiE.

All over rough with yellow down. Leaves narrow elliptical, short-
stalked, either acute at the point or rounded with a mucro, rather
narrowed to the base. Corymbs contracted into a panicle, DC. —
Reputed to be, when administered in small doses, a powerful diu-
retic, and used both in human and veterinary medicine. Burnett.

883. P. diuretica Mart.

are said to have the same proper-
ties as the last.

884. P. strepens Mart.

885. P. sonans Mart.

886. P. longifolia HBK.

CEPHiELIS.

Heads of flowers inclosed in a large 2-8-leaved involucre.
Limb of calyx very short, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped,
with 5 small lobes. Anthers inclosed. Stigma bifid, usually
exserted. Berry obovate-oblong, crowned with the remains of

the calyx, 2-celled, 2-seeded Shrubs and herbs, natives of

South America.

887. C. Ipecacuanha Richard, f. bull, de la fac. med. 1818.
iv. 98. Martins spec. mat. med. bras. v. 1. 1. DC. prodr. iv. 535.

— Callicocca Ipecacuanha. Broter. in linn, trans, vi. 137. 1. 11.
— Woods of Brazil. Mountains of New Granada. (Ipecacuanha.)

Root perennial, simple, or divided into a few diverging branches,
seldom more than from 4 to 6 inches long, about as thick as a goose-
quill, ringed, when fresh pale brown, when dry umber-coloured, blackish
umber-coloured, or greyish brown ; the cortical integument with a
reddish resinous glittering fracture, and readily separating from a
central woody axis. Stem suffruticose, from 2 to 3 feet long, ascend-
ing, often rooting near the ground, smooth and cinereous at the base,
downy and green near the apex. Leaves seldom more than 4-6 on a
stem, opposite, oblong-obovate, acute, 3-4 inches long, 1-2 broad,
roughish with hairs ; petioles short, downy ; stipules erect, appressed,
membranous, 4-6-cleft. Peduncles solitary, axillary, downy, erect
when in flower, reflexed when in fruit, about \\ inch long. Flowers
capitate ; involucre 1-leafed, spreading, deeply 4-6-parted, with obo-
vate, acuminate, ciliated segments. Bracts to each flower one, obovate-
oblong, acute, downy. Calyx minute, obovate ; with 5 bluntish short
teeth. Corolla white, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, downy on the
outside and at the orifice ; limb shorter than the tube, with 5 ovate
reflexed segments. Stamens 5 ; filaments filiform, white, smooth,
anthers linear, longer than the filaments, projecting a little beyond the
corolla. Ovary with a fleshy disk at the apex ; style filiform ; stigmas 2,
linear. Berry ovate, about the size of a kidney bean, dark violet,
crowned by the small calyx, 2-celled, 2-seeded, with a longitudinal
fleshy dissepiment. Nucules plano-convex, furrowed on the flat side.

— The well-known emetic root called Ipecacuanha is obtained from
this plant. In commerce it is called the annulated, Brazilian or Lisbon
Ipecacuanha, to distinguish it from the roots of other emetic plants also
collected in Brazil for officinal use. It is chiefly used as an emetic,
sudorific and expectorant. Its powder acts upon the respiratory pas-
sages as an irritant, producing spasmodic asthma. In some cases the
mere odour of the root seems sufficient to excite difficulty of breathing,
with a feeling of suffocation. Pereira.

442

CEPHiELIS.

888. C. punicea Willd. sp. pi. i. 977. of Jamaica ;

889. C. muscosa Swartz fl. ind. occ. 442, of the West Indies ;
are also emetic according to Von Martius.

GEOPHILA.

Limb of calyx 5-parted with linear spreading segments. Co-
rolla tubular, with a pilose throat, and 5 rather recurved lobes.
Anthers 5, inclosed. Stigma bifid. Berry ovoid, angular,
crowned by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-seeded. — Creeping herbaceous
plants. Leaves stalked, cordate, like those of a violet. Stipules
solitary, undivided. Flowers in subsessile umbels, with involu-
crating bracts shorter than the flowers.

890. G. reniformis Cham, and Schlecht. Linnaa 1829. p. 137.
DC. prodr. iv. 537. — Psychotria herbacea Linn. sp. 245. Jacq.
amer. t. 46. Psychotrophum herbaceum Browne Jam. 161.
Cephaelis reniformis HBK. iii. 377. — Moist shady places in
the hotter parts of America ; Havannah, Jamaica, Porto Rico,
Brazih the Oronoco.

A small plant, with a creeping filiform stem, from which rise branches
about 3 inches long, each simple, erect, and having about 4 leaves.
Leaves roundish, cordate, obtuse; the petioles of the lower ones
very long, hairy. Peduncles terminal, 2-3-6-flowered, shorter than the
leaves. Corolla white, erect, with the tube twice as long as the spread-
ing limb. Berries red and succulent. — Root emetic ; used as a sub-
stitute for Ipecacuanha.

891. G. macropoda D C. prodr. iv. 537; or Psychotria macro-
poda Fl. Peruv. ii. 63. t. 211. f. 6. the P. cordifolia Dietr. gart.
lex. i. 618 — is also emetic according to Von Martius.

Tribe X; Spermacoce^;.

Stigma of 2 plates. Fruit dry, or scarcely fleshy, consisting
of 2, rarely 3-4 carpels, either united or separable, and indehi-
scent or dehiscent in various ways. Albumen between fleshy and
horny. — Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite. Stipules
membranous at the base, usually split into numerous setaceous
lobes.

BORRERIA.

Limb of calyx permanent, 2-4-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped
or funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, exserted or inclosed.
Stigma bifid or undivided. Capsule crowned by the calyx,
2-celled, dehiscing at the apex through the dissepiment when
ripe ; carpels 1 -seeded, opening by a longitudinal chink inside.
Seeds furrowed along their face. — Herbaceous or sufFruticose
plants. Stems and branches usually square. Flowers small,
white, or blue, axillary or terminal, whorled, in cymes or co-
rymbose.

443

CINCHONACEiE.

892. B. ferruginea DC. prodr. iv. 547. — Spermacoce ferru-
ginea Aug. de St. Hil. pi. us. 13. t. 13. — Pastures in Brazil,
in the provinces of the Mines and St. Paulo.

Stem hard, erect, branched, herbaceous. Branches quadrangular,
hairy with rufous down. Leaves oblong, acute, obliquely 3-4-veined,
scabrous above, pale beneath and rough with hairs on the principal
veins. Stipules with their bristles as long as the sheath. Whorls of
flowers globose, terminal and axillary. Flowers pink or white, with
their lobes hairy at the apex. Capsule downy, crowned with the 4
subulate teeth of the calyx. — Root emetic like that of Cephgelis
Ipecacuanha.

893. B. Poaya DC. prodr. iv. 549. — Spermacoce Poaya
var. a Aug. de St. Hil. pi. us. bras. t. 12. — Upland plains in the
Province of Mines in Brazil, common.

Quite smooth. Stem herbaceous, simple, 4-cornered. Leaves ses-
sile, oblong-elliptical, acute, with 6 oblique veins on each side. Stipules
split into numerous long bristles, Flowers blue, with the points of the
lobes hairy. Whorls capitate, sessile, axillary, few in number, the
upper one the largest. Lobes of calyx 4, linear-lanceolate, acute, longer
than the ovary. Corolla nearly smooth. Anthers protruding. — Root
emetic, substituted for Ipecacuanha. Leaves at first sweet, but after-
wards acid ; a decoction of them is used in the cure of colic.

RICHARDSONIA.
Limb of calyx of 4-7 unequal teeth, without any intermediate
accessory ones. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an obconical tube,
and a 3-5-lobed spreading valvate limb. Stamens 3-5, exserted.
Style 3-4-cleft at the apex. Capsule at first crowned by the
calyx ; afterwards cut round the base and dropping off ; con-
taining 3-4 1 -seeded membran >us indehiscent kernels. Seeds
solitary, peltate. — Decumbent American herbaceous plants.
Roots woody, nearly simple. Stipules multifid. Flowers capitate.

894. R. scabra Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. x. t. 9. f. 13 and 14.

Aug. de St. Hil. pi. us. bras. t. 8. DC. prodr. iv. 567 Ri-

chardia scabra Willd. ii. 222. Richardia brasiliensis Gomez mem.
Ipecac, c. ic. Richardsonia brasiliensis Virey in Diet. sc. med.
vi. 345. c. ic. Richardia pilosa HBK. iii. 350. t. 279. Sper-
macoce hexandra Ach. Rich. hist. nat. ipecac, p. 1 3. Spermacoce
hirsuta R. and S. iii. 531. — Brazil, New Granada, Vera Cruz,
Peru, &c.

Stems prostrate or ascending, a foot and more long, hairy, branched
near the ground. Leaves obovate, obtuse or apiculate, ovate, or
oblong, pale green, rough with whitish hairs. Flowers white, 20 or
more in a hemispherical head, surrounded with 3 or 4 floral leaves like
those of the stem. Calyx-teeth 6, triangular, nearly equal, membranous
and hairy at the edge. Corolla slightly ventricose in the middle. —
The root is imported as a substitute ,for Ipecacuanha, and forms the
undulated, amylaceous, or white Ipecacuanha of pharmaceutical writers.
It does not contain, according to Pelletier, more than 6 per cent, of
Emetina.

444

RICHARDSON I A.

895. R. rosea Aug. de St. Hit. pi. us. bras. t. 7. DC.prodr.
iv. 568. — R. emetica Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. 11. t. 9. f. 19.
— Brazil, in sandy places in the provinces of St. Paulo, Rio
Janeiro, and the Mines.

Stems spreading, round, a span long, hispid with white spreading
hairs. Leaves short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, cuneate at the base,
slightly hairy, with a short acute point. Stipules very hairy. Flowers
pink, arranged in a hemispherical, terminal head, surrounded by about
4, ovate-acuminate, cordate leaves. Calyx hispid, with linear acute
ciliated segments. Corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, ventricose,
funnel-shaped, with 6 ovate triangular acute spreading segments which
are hairy at the points. — Von Martius speaks highly of the excellence
of the root of this plant as an agreeable emetic in doses of 1 or 2
drachms.

CAPRIFOLIACE.E.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 247.

TRIOSTEUM.

Calyx with an ovate tube and a 5-parted permanent limb, with
linear-lanceolate permanent segments. Corolla gibbous at the
base, almost equally 5-lobed, tubular, longer than the calyx.
Stamens 5, inclosed. Stigma oblong, thick. Berry coriaceous,
obovately triquetrous, crowned by the calyx, 3-celled, 3-seeded.

896. T. perfoliatum Linn. sp. pi. 250. JBigehw med. bot. i. t. 9.
DC. prodr. iv. 330. — United States, borders of woods, rare ;
called " Fever Root" and " Wild Ipecac."

Root perennial, subdivided into numerous horizontal branches. Stem
erect, hairy, fistular, round, from 1 to 4 feet high. Leaves qpposite,
the pairs crossing each other, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, rather
flat, abruptly narrowed at the base into a winged petiole, and more or
less connate. Flowers axillary, sessile, 5 or 6 in a whorl, the upper
ones generally in a single pair. Each axil is furnished with 2 or 3 linear
bractes. Calyx 5-parted ; segments spreading, linear, coloured, unequal,
persistent. Corolla tubular, curved, dull brownish purple, covered with
minute hairs, its base gibbous, its border open and divided into 5
rounded, unequal lobes. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla,
hairy, with oblong anthers. Ovary inferior, roundish ; style longer
than the corolla; stigma peltate. Fruit oval, baccate, of a deep orange
yellow, hairy, somewhat 3-sided, crowned with the calyx, containing 3
cells and 3 hard bony, furrowed seeds. — Bark of the root emetic and
cathartic ; leaves diaphoretic. The efficacy impaired by age ; should
be kept in closely stopped jars, and renewed annually.

SAMBUCUS.

Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, urceolate, 5-cleft.
445

CAPRIFOLIACEjE.

Stamens 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Berry roundish, pulpy, 1-celled,
3-4-seeded, hardly crowned by remains of the calyx.

897. S. Ebulus Linn. sp. 345. Eng. Bot. t. 475. Eng. Fl.
ii. 109. DC. prodr. iv. 322 Most parts of Europe in culti-
vated ground. (Dwarf Elder.)

Root fleshy, creeping, difficult of extirpation. Stems annual, simple,
erect, leafy, about a yard high, roundish, though very deeply and un-
equally furrowed. Leaves dark green, nearly smooth, with ovate-
lanceolate, acute, sharply serrated leaflets, unequal at their base, some
of them 4 or 5 inches long. Stipules large, leafy, cut, sometimes accom-
panying 2 or 3 of the lowest pairs of leaflets, as well as the main foot-
stalk. Cymes first 3-cleft, then variously and copiously branched, hairy.
Flowers all stalked, of a dull purplish hue, with thick, upright, white
filaments, whose anthers are reddish. Berries globose, black, not
always perfected. Seeds 3 or 4. Smith. — Roots cathartic.

898. S. nigra Linn. sp. 385. Eng. Bot. t. 476. Eng. FL
ii. 109. DC. prodr. iv. 322. — Common in Europe, the Caucasus,
Siberia, and even Japan, (Common Elder.)

A small tree or large bush. Stem much and irregularly, though
always oppositely, branched, of quick growth ; branches after a year's
growth, clothed with smooth grey bark, and filled with a light spongy
pith. Leaflets deep green, smooth, usually 2 pairs, with an odd one.
Cymes large, smooth, of numerous cream-coloured flowers, with a
sweetish but faint and heavy smell ; some in each cyme sessile. Berries
globular, purplish-black ; their stalks reddish. — The inspissated juice of
the fruit is regarded as cooling, laxative, and diuretic. The inner bark
is purgative, or in large doses emetic. The flowers are diaphoretic, and
in French pharmacy are commonly employed as expectorants.

GALIACEiE, or STELLATE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 249.

RUBIA.

Limb of calyx hardly any. Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Sta-
mens 5, short. Styles 2, short. Fruit didymous, globose, bac-
cate, juicy.

899. R. tinctorum Zirara. sp. pi. 158. Lam. ill. t. 60. f. 1. DC.
prodr. iv. 589. Decaisne recherches. p. 58. — Levant, and the
South of Europe. (Madder.)

Stem diffuse, brittle, branched, angular, very rough, with sharp hooks.
Leaves 4-6 in a whorl, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mucronate,
somewhat membranous, with pinnated veins. Flowers small, white.
Lobes of the corolla ovate-lanceolate, apiculate. Anthers ovate oblong.
Stigmas conical. — Chiefly used as a valuable dying root. Said how-
ever to be tonic, diuretic and emmenagogue.

446

ASPERULA.

ASPERULA.

Limb very short, 4-toothed, deciduous, or obsolete. Corolla
funnel-shaped, rarely campanulate, 4-cleft, rarely 3-cleft. Styles
2, joined at the base, and sometimes nearly to the apex. Fruit
didymous, not crowned with the calyx, almost dry.

900. A. odorata Linn. sp. 150. Eng. Bot. t. 755. Smith Eng.
Fl. i. 197. — In woods throughout Europe. (Woodroof.)

Root creeping. Stems simple, annual, a span high, angular, smooth,
leafy. Leaves 7-9 in each whorl, usually 8, bright green, spreading,
about an inch long, rough at the edges only. Panicles generally 3
together, on longish stalks, forked, not much subdivided. Flowers
pure white, with a short tube ; fragrant chiefly at night. Fruit rough,
with ascending bristles. — The herb while drying has the scent of new
hay, approaching to bitter almonds, or Heliotropium peruvianum, of
which it retains a portion some time. Smith. — It passes for a diuretic.

447

ASTERACE^.

Nat, syst. ed. 2. p. 253.
VERNONIA.

Head few or many -flowered, equal flowered. Involucre im-
bricated, shorter than the florets, with the inner scales longest.
Receptacle naked, or rarely honey-combed and fringed. Co-
rolla regular, 5-cleft, with the lobes in the entire part nearly
equal. Filaments smooth. Achaenium with a cartilaginous
callus at the base, and a large epigynous disk. Pappus usually
in 2 rows, of which the inner is setiform and much longer than
the outer which is paleaceous ; rarely in 2 equal rows. DC.

901. V. anthelmintica Willd. iii. 1634. DC.prodr. v. 61.—
Conyza anthelmintica Linn. sp. pi. 1 207. Serratula anthelmin-
tica JRoxb. A. ind. iii. 405. Ascaricida indica Cass. diet. iii.
suppl. p. 38. (Burm. zeyl. t. 95. Rheede ii. t. 24.) — Common
among rubbish, and in dry uncultivated ground in the East
Indies.

Stem erect, branched, round, clouded with elevated purple spots,
slightly downy, 2-3 feet high. Leaves ovate or oval-oblong, acuminate
at each end, coarsely serrated, downy. Heads corymbose, each con-
taining 40-45 florets. Scales of involucre lanceolate-linear, acute ; the
outer somewhat spreading, leafy, and obovate-linear. Achaenia oblong,
taper, hispid. Outer row of pappus very short and paleaceous. — The
fruit is accounted in India a very powerful anthelmintic.

ELEPHANTOPUS.

Heads containing 3-4-5 florets, equal-flowered, closely col-
lected into a cluster surrounded by leaves. Involucre com-
pressed, in 2 rows ; leaflets dry, oblong, alternately flat and
folded, the inner usually 3-nerved. Receptacle naked. Corolla
palmate, with a 5-cleft limb, which has acuminate segments, and
1 recess deeper than the others. Filaments smooth ; branches
of style half-subulate. Achaenium rather compressed, many
ribbed, oblong, hairy. Pappus in 1 row, consisting of several
straight paleae, dilated at the base, but otherwise very narrow,
acuminate, equal, and serrated. DC.

902. E. scaber Linn. sp. pi. 1313. Ttoxb. fi. ind. iii. 445.
DC.prodr.v.86. — (Dill.elth. 126. 1. 106. Breyn.ic.32. t.34.)
— Common in almost all parts of India, in a dry elevated soil.

Root fibrous, scarcely more than biennial. Stem hairy, dichoto-
mously branched, round, about a foot high. Leaves chiefly radical,
scabrous, crenated, cuneate, very much narrowed at the base ; those of
44-9 G G

ASTERACEiE.

the stem lanceolate. Floral leaves broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate,
hoary. Heads on long stalks. Flowers pale red. — A decoction of
the leaves and roots are given on the Malabar coast in cases of dysuria.

PIQUERIA.

Head 4-5-flowered. Involucre oblong, consisting of 4-5
leaves in a single row. Receptacle small, naked, flat. Tube
of corolla short, somewhat dilated, usually hairy. Terminal ap-
pendage of the anthers scarcely any. Branches of the style
obtuse. Achaenia when young compressed, when old 5-angled,
smooth, and jointed with a short stalk. DC.

903. P. trinervia Cav. ic. iii. ] 9. t. 235. Jacq. eel. i. 70. t. 48.
DC. prodr. v. 104. — Ageratum febrifugum and Stevia febrifuga
Moc. and Sesse. — Mexico ; rocks near Santa Rosa de la Sierra,
Xalapa, and many other parts where it is called Xoxonitztal and
Yoloxiltic.

A small herbaceous plant. Leaves ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, sub-
serrated, 3-nerved. Panicle corymbose, lax, many-headed. Heads 4-
flowered. Tube of the corolla shaggy. Scales of the involucre obtuse,
mucronate. Florets white. — Used in Mexico as a remedy in inter-
mittent fevers.

LIATRIS.

Heads 5-30-flowered. Involucre imbricated, in a few rows.
Receptacle naked. Corolla tubular, enlarged at the throat, with
long lobes. Branches of style cylindrical, much protruded.
Achaenium with about 10 ribs, somewhat cylindrical. Pappus
in 1—3 rows, consisting of feathered or bearded bristles.

904. L. squarrosa Willd. iii. 1634. Hook.fl. bor. am. i. 306.

Elliott sketch ii. 282. DC. prodr. v. 129. Pursh ii. 509

Serratula squarrosa Linn. sp. pi. 1 1 47. (Dill. elth. t. 7 1 • f. 82.)
— North America from Canada to Carolina in dry Pine barrens.

Root tuberous, perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, pubescent, rather
rough, leafy, not branched. Leaves very long, linear, nerved, roughish
at the edge, sometimes ciliated. Heads few, racemose, solitary at the
end of a leafy peduncle. Involucre cylindrical, either smooth or downy,
with lanceolate, rigid, spreading scales, the ends of which are leafy.
Flowers bright purple. Achasnia striated, hairy, crowned with a pur-
plish-brown conspicuous pappus. — Known in the Southern parts of
America by the name of Rattlesnake's master. In case of being bitten
by this animal they bruise the roots and apply them to the wound,
while at the same time the patient drinks a decoction of it in milk.
Pursh. The roots have a terebinthinous odour, and are reputed to be
powerfully diuretic, and hence antisiphilitic.

It is probable that other species of this genus possess similar pro-
perties, at least that of being diuretic.

905. L. scariosa Willd. and 906. L. odoratissima Willd. in
particular, deserve to become the subjects of inquiry.

450

EUPATORIUM.

EUPATORIUM.

Heads 3-100-flowered. Receptacle flat, naked. Involucral
scales in 1, 2, or more rows, equal or unequal, loosely or closely
imbricated. Throat of corolla hardly dilated. Anthers inclosed.
Arms of the style protruding, cylindrical, obtuse. Achaenium
angular or striated. Pappus in 1 row, hairy, rough. DC.

907. E. perfoliatum Linn, sp.pl. 1174'. Bigelow med. hot. t. 2.

DC. prodr. v. 151. — E. connatum Michaux fl. bor. am. ii. 99

Meadows and boggy soils in North America; vulgarly called
" Thorough wort, Thorough wax, Cross wort, Bone set."

Stems erect, round, hairy, branched at the top only. Leaves con-
nate, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, decreasing gradually in breadth from
the stem, where they are widest, to the extremities, serrated, wrinkled,
pale underneath, and hairy, especially on the veins. Flowers in corymbs
with hairy peduncles. Involucre cylindrical, imbricated, 12-15-flowered ;
the bracts lanceolate, acute, hairy. Florets tubular, with 5 spreading
segments, with a rough down-like pappus. Style filiform, divided into
2 filiform acuminate branches, which project beyond the corolla. Fruit
oblong on a naked receptacle. — All the parts bitter; a decoction of
the leaves the most active form. A valuable tonic stimulant ; used as
a substitute for Peruvian bark in the cure of intermittent fevers in the
United States. In large doses, in warm infusion or decoction, emetic,
sudorific, and aperient. A good substitute for Chamomile flowers in
facilitating the operation of an emetic.

908. E. Ayapana Vent. malm. t. 3. DC. prodr. v. 170

E. triplinerve Vahl. symb. iii. 97. — South America, on the right
bank of the Amazons, and elsewhere, whence it has been car-
ried into the East Indies.

Stem suffruticose at the base, ascending, branched, smooth. Leaves
subsessile, opposite, lanceolate, triple-nerved, acuminate, nearly entire,
smooth. Corymb loose, few-headed. Heads pedicellate, each con-
taining about 20 florets. Scales of the involucre in about 1 row,
linear, acuminate, unequal, downy at the back. — The infusion of this
plant is said to be a powerful sudorific, and alexipharmic. L'Heritier
recommends it as an antidote against the bite of venomous ser-
pents and malignant insects. For this purpose it is used in Brazil.
A quantity of the bruised leaves, which is to be frequently changed, is
laid on the scarified wound, and some spoonfuls of the expressed juice
are from time to time administered to the patient, till he is found to be
free from the symptoms, particularly the dreadful anxiety which follows
the wounds of venomous reptiles. Martius.

MIKANIA.

Head 4-flowered. Receptacle naked, narrow. Involucral
leaves 4, with a bractlet added at the base or below it. Tube
of corolla short ; throat dilated and somewhat campanulate.
Anthers somewhat protruded. Achaenium angular. Pappus
in 1 row, rough and hairy. DC.

451 G g 2

ASTERACE.2E.

909. M. officinalis Martins travels in Braz.Eng. ed. 1.327.
DC. prodr. v. 189. — Brazil. (Coracoa de Jesu.)

Erect, smooth . Stem nearly simple. Leaves decussating, somewhat
triangular-ovate, cordate with a great sinus, toothed at the sides, entire
towards the point, drooping. Panicles corymbose, terminal. — The
leaves of this beautiful plant have an agreeable mixture of bitter, muci-
laginous, and aromatic ingredients, and are therefore used, with great
success, like Peruvian bark and cascarilla. It is said to be particularly
efficacious as well in remitting fevers, as in weakness of digestion. It
is taken both in decoction and extract. Martins.

910. M. GuacoHumb.andBonpl.pl. ceq. ii. 84. t. 105. DC.
prodr. v. 193. — Hot damp places in South America on the
banks of the River Magdalena. (Guaco.)

An herbaceous twining plant. Branches round, sulcate, hairy.
Leaves stalked, ovate, somewhat acuminate, shortly narrowed at the
base, remotely toothed, netted, roughish above, hairy beneath. Corymbs
axillary, stalked, opposite. Heads somewhat ternate, sessile. Bract-
lets linear, shorter than the involucre. Involucral scales linear-oblong,
ohtuse, downy. Achsenia smooth. — Reputed in South America to be
a powerful remedy for the wounds of venomous serpents; the imported
extract having been tried in this country against hydrophobia has pro-
duced no effect; and the remedy has fallen into disrepute. But it may
lose its active principles by keeping. Dr. Hancock however asserts
that the real alexipharmic Guaco is an Aristolochia.

911. M. opifera Martins travels in Braz. Eng. ed. i. p. 327.
DC. prodr. v. 197 Brazil. (Erva da Cobra.)

A smooth climbing plant. Stem angular. Leaves stalked, cordate,
acuminate, repand-toothed or nearly entire, when full grown rather
blunt. Heads stalked, in corymbose panicles. Involucral scales oblong,
rather acute. Bractlets lanceolate, involute, rather shorter. — The
expressed juice is used externally and internally, and the bruised bark,
moistened with oil, is applied as a poultice, in case of wounds caused
by the bite of venomous serpents. It is said to effect a cure by its
powerful diuretic action. See on this subject, Gomez, in the Memoirs
of the Royal Academy of Lisbon, 1812. ii. p. 23., where the plant is
described as Kupatorium crenatwn. Martius.

ADENOSTYLES.

Head few-flowered, discoidal. Receptacle narrow, naked.
Involucral leaves few, in a single row, forming a cylinder. Co-
rolla tubular, with a campanulate 5-toothed limb. Arms of the
style very long, semicylindrical, covered all over with papillose
glands. Achaenium taper, striated. Pappus in several rows,
consisting of rough hairs. DC.

912. A. glabra DC. prodr. v. 203. — Cacalia alpina /3 Linn,
sp. pi. 1170. Cacalia glabra Vill. dauph. iii. 170. C. alliariae-
folia Lam. diet. i. 532. C. alpina Jacq.fl. austr. t. 234. Ade-
nostyles viridis Cass. diet. i. suppl. p. 59. A. alpina Bluff, and
Fingerh. comp. ii. 329. — Alps of France, Germany, Italy, and
even on the mountains of Sicily.

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ADENOSTYLES.

An herbaceous perennial. Leaves stalked, cordate, toothed, smooth
on both sides ; petioles half amplexicaul, but not furnished with ap-
pendages at the base. Corymbs fastigiate. Heads 3-C-flowered. —
The leaves have been recommended in coughs.

TUSSILAGO.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous ; florets of the ray ? , in
many rows, very narrowly ligulate ; of the disk $ , few in num-
ber, tubular, with a campanulate 5-toothed limb. Receptacle
naked. Involucral scales in about 1 row, oblong, obtuse. An-
thers scarcely tailed. Styles of the disk inclosed, abortive ; of
the ray bifid, with taper arms. Achienium of the ray oblong-
cylindrical, smooth, of the disk abortive. Pappus of the ray in
many rows, of the disk in 1 row, consisting of very fine setae.
DC.

913. T. FarfaraLinn.sp.pl. 1214. Eng. Bot. t. 429. Smith
Eng. Fl. iii. 425. DC. prodr. v. 208. — Various parts of Eu-
rope, the Crimea, Persia, Siberia, the East Indies, from the sea
shore to elevations of nearly 8000 feet. (Coltsfoot.)

Rhizoma mucilaginous, bitterish, creeping horizontally, with many
fibres. Flower-heads coming before the leaves; drooping in the bud, bright
yellow, about an inch broad ; the rays spreading, copious, very narrow.
Each flower-head on a simple, round, woolly, radical stalk, scaly with
numerous, reddish, smooth, scattered bracteas, crowded under the
head, like an exterior involucre. Leaves erect, on furrowed, channelled
footstalks, heart-shaped, slightly lobed, copiously and sharply toothed ;
very smooth, of a slightly glaucous green above ; pure white and
densely cottony, with prominent veins, beneath ; when young they are
revolute, and thickly enveloped in cottony down. — The leaves either
smoked like Tobacco, or taken in infusion, have been employed against
dyspnoea. It is a demulcent bitter and acts by soothing irritation of the
air passages. Mr. Pereira calls it a very slight tonic.

ERIGERON.

Head many-flowered, radiant ; ligulae ? , in several rows,
linear, as long, or longer than the disk ; florets of the disk tu-
bular, regular, either all cf; or the outer ? and the central <f,
or perhaps $ by abortion. Receptacle naked, dotted, with the
sockets of the florets fringed. Achaenium compressed, not naked.
Pappus hairy, rough, in 1 row, (or in 2 rows ? the innermost
being very short.) DC.

914. E. philadelphicum Linn.sp.pl. 1211. Pursh. ii. 533.
Elliott sketch ii. 396. DC. prodr. v. 285. — E. amplexicaule
Poir. suppl. v. 464 — Common in North America, in pastures
and fields from Canada to Carolina.

Root perennial. Stem 1-2 feet high, slightly furrowed, downy with
spreading hairs. Leaves of the root cuneate-obovate, sometimes deeply
sinuate, the upper becoming gradually entire, oblong-lanceolate, and
amplexicaul. Involucral leaves subulate. Heads in a loose corymb.
453 G g 3

ASTER ACE-35.

Florets of the ray 1-200, pale purple, slightly bifid. Achaenia oblong
hispid. — Said to be a powerful emmenagogue. It is commonly used
in the United States as a diuretic.

STENACTIS.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous; florets of the ray in 1 row,
o , narrow, ligulate ; of the disk c?1, 5-toothed. Receptacle
naked, dotted, flat, or convex. Involucral leaves in 2-3 rows,
imbricated, narrow. Achaenium oblong, compressed. Pappus
of the ray in 1 row, setaceous, deciduous ; of the disk in 2 rows,
the outer very short, the inner like that of the ray. DC.

915. S. annua Nees ast. 273. DC. prodr. v. 298. — Erigeron
heterophyllum Willd. iii. 456. Aster annuus Linn, sp.pl. 1229.
Fl. dan. t. 486. Erigeron annuum Pers. syn. ii. 431. Phalacro-
loma acutifolium Cass. diet, xxxix. 405. — Common in North
America whence it has migrated into Europe.

Stem erect, corymbose, many-headed. Lower leaves ovate ; upper
lanceolate, dentate-serrate, rather hairy. Involucre hispid. Ligulae
white. — Employed in the United States as a diuretic.

SOLIDAGO.

Head several-flowered or many-flowered, radiant ; ligulae
5-15, oblong, $ , in 1 row, often wide apart; florets of the disk
c/1, 5-toothed. Receptacle not paleaceous, either quite naked, or
honeycombed, or fringed. Involucre closely imbricated, many-
leaved, often oblong. Achaenium rather taper, many-ribbed.
Pappus in 1 row, hairy, roughish. DC.

916. S. odora Ait. hort. Kew. iii. 214. Bigelow med. hot. i.
t. 20. DC. prodr. v. 334. — S. retrorsa Mich. fl. ii. 117.—
Woods and fields in North America. (Golden rod.)

Root woody, much branched and creeping. Stem slender, from
2 to 3 feet high, smooth or slightly pubescent below, pubescent at top.
Leaves linear-lanceolate, closely sessile, broad at base, entire, acute,
with only the midrib distinct, rough at the margin but otherwise
smooth, and covered with pellucid dots like Hypericum perforatum.
Raceme compound, panicled, with each of its branches supported by a
small leaf. Branches very slender, rigid, ascending, very much spread-
ing, 1-sided. Scales of the involucre oblong, acute, smooth, or slightly
pubescent, the lower ones shorter and closely imbricating the rest.
Florets of the ray few, with oblong obtuse yellow ligules; those of the
disk funnel-shaped, with acute segments. — Leaves delightfully fragrant,
partaking of anise and sassafras, yielding a volatile oil which is aromatic,
gently stimulant, diaphoretic and carminative. Also employed as an
excellent substitute for tea.

GRANGEA.

Head many-flowered, homogamous; florets all tubular; those
of the ray in 2 or more rows, ? , very slender, 3- toothed ; of

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GRANGEA.

the disk 5-toothed. Involucral scales oblong, obtuse, in
2 rows. Receptacle hemispherical. Anthers not tailed. Style
of the ray bifid, of the disk undivided. Achamium obovate, la-
terally compressed a little, tapering to the base, extended at
the apex beyond the seed so as to form a kind of cup beneath
the flower. Pappus very small, pilose-toothed, placed on the
margin of the cup. DC.

917. G. maderaspatana Poir. diet, suppl. iii. 825. DC. prodr.
v. 373. — G. Adansonii Cass. diet. xix. 304. Artemisia
maderaspatana Linn. sp. 1190. Cotula maderaspatana Willd.
iii. 2170. — Various parts of the East Indies, especially about
Madras and in Java.

A small, procumbent, spreading, hoary or hairy annual, quite shaggy
about the extremity of the shoots. Leaves oblong, bipinnatifid, stalked ;
with obtuse lobes, with winged, semiamplexicaul petioles. Peduncles
solitary, axillary, 1-headed, shorter than the petioles. Heads hemi-
spherical. Florets yellow. — Leaves considered by the Indian doctors
a valuable stomachic medicine; they are also sometimes used in anodyne
and antiseptic fomentations.

BACCHARIS.

Heads many-flowered, dioecious, with homogamous tubular flo-
rets. Receptacle naked,or in a few species rather paleaceous. In-
volucre somewhat hemispherical or oblong, imbricated in several
rows. $ . Corolla 5-cleft, dilated at the throat. Anthers protruded,
not tailed. Style more or less abortive. 5 . Corolla filiform,
somewhat truncate. Style bifid, projecting. Anthers altogether
absent. A chaenium usually ribbed. Pappus pilose ; $ in 1 row,
usually twisted or somewhat feathery, about as long as the invo-
lucre ; ? in 1 or more rows, slender at the point, usually longer
than the involucre. DC.

918. B. genistelloides Pers.syn. ii. 425. DC. prodr. v. 425.
— Conyza genistelloides Lam. diet. ii. 93. Molina reticulata
Lessing in Linncea 1831, p. 143. not R. and P. — Peru and
Brazil.

Stems with 3 decurrent leafy wings which are flat, veinless, short, or
frequently interrupted. Leaves very small, reduced to sharpish some-
what ternate scales. Heads 1-2, in interrupted spikes. Involucre
turbinate, with the scales all acuminate. Receptacle naked. Achasnia
smooth, subcylindrical, sulcate. — This and B. venom DC, a nearly
allied species, are called in Brazil Carqueja dolce, and C. amarga. On
account of the quantity of bitter extractive matter which they contain,
and which is combined with a specific aroma, they are particularly
useful in all intermittent fevers, and for all disorders in which Artemisia
is employed in Europe. Both the extract and the decoction are used.
It is particularly serviceable in chronic diseases of horses, which are
very fond of this herb. Martins.

455

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ASTER ACEiE.

INULA.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray ? , in

1 row, sometimes by abortion sterile, usually ligulate, sometimes
somewhat tubular and trifid ; those of the disk g", tubular,
5-toothed. Involucre imbricated, in several rows. Receptacle
flat, or somewhat convex, naked. Anthers with 2 seta? at the
base. Achsenium without a beak, tapering or in I. Helenium
4-cornered. Pappus uniform, in 1 row, composed of capillary,
roughish setae. DC.

919. I. Helenium Linn. sp. pi. 1236. Eng. Bot. t 1546.
Woodv. t. 108. Smith Eng.fl. iii. 440. DC.prodr. v. 463.—
Corvisartia Helenium Merat. jl. par. ed. 2. ii. 261. Aster offici-
nalis All.pedem. No. 705. Aster Helenium Scop. earn. No. 1078.

— Pastures in various parts of Europe. (Elecampane.)

Root thick, branching, aromatic, bitter and mucilaginous. Stem
3 feet high, leafy, round, furrowed, solid ; branched, and most downy
in the upper part. Leaves large, ovate, serrated, veiny; downy and
hoary at the back ; radical ones stalked ; the rest sessile, clasping the
stem. Flower-heads solitary at the downy summits of the branches,

2 inches broad, bright yellow. Scales of the involucre broad, recurved,
leafy, finely downy on both sides. Rays very numerous, long and
narrow, each terminating in 3 unequal teeth. Achaania quadrangular,
smooth. Pappus roughish. Receptacle reticulated, not quite smooth
or naked. — Various preparations of the boiled root, mixed with sugar,
have been recommended to promote expectoration, and to strengthen
the stomach. Some think a spirituous extract contains most of its
aromatic and tonic properties. The plant is generally kept in rustic
gardens, on account of many traditional virtues. Smith. The root
contains a white starchy powder called Inuline, a volatile oil, a soft
acrid resin, and a bitter extractive. It is regarded as a tonic, diuretic
and diaphoretic, and has been used in dyspepsia, pulmonary affections
and a variety of other diseases. Pereira.

PULICARIA.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray $ , in
1 row, almost always ligulate ; of the disk tubular, 5-toothed.
Receptacle naked, tessellated, flattish. Involucre loosely imbri-
cated, in few rows, with linear scales. Achaenium not beaked,
downy, tapering, not compressed. Pappus in 2 rows ; the
outer coronet-shaped, toothed, very short ; the inner consisting
of 10-20 roughish setae. DC.

920. P. dysenterica Gcertn. carp. ii. 462. DC. prodr. v. 479.

— Inula dysenterica Linn, sp.pl. 1237. Eng. Bot. t. 1115.
Smith Eng. El. iii. 440. — Common in ditches and by road-
sides all over Europe. (Common Fleabane.)

Root creeping. Herb more or less woolly or cottony, glutinous,
with a peculiar acid aromatic scent, somewhat like the flavour of

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PULICARIA.

peaches. Stem 12 or 18 inches high, round, branched, leafy, cottony,
corymbose at the summit, with many bright yellow flower-heads, whose
disk is of rather a deeper hue than their numerous narrow spreading
rays. Leaves spreading, acute, veiny and wrinkled, slightly toothed or
serrated, 1 or 2 inches long, sessile, clasping the stem with their heart-
shaped, or arrow-shaped, base ; the under side cottony. Involucral-
scales numerous, very narrow and acute, woolly. Fruits bristly, obovate.
Pappus rough. Receptacle slightly cellular, unequally toothed, or scaly.
— Linnaeus states, on the authority of General Keith (Flora Suecica,
ed. ii. 294.), that this cured the Russian army of the dysentery. But
Haller speaks contemptuously of the medical virtues of the plant,
because, as he says, it abounds in earthy matter. Smith.

BIDENS.

Head many-flowered ; either homogamous and discoidal, or
more frequently both the one and the other in the same species.
Florets of the ray ligulate and neuter. Involucral scales in 2 rows,
which are alike or unlike. Receptacle flattish, paleaceous.
Branches of style terminated by a short cone. Achaenium more
or less obcompressed, aculeate, terminated by a beak scarcely
distinguishable from the achaenium, and ending in from 2 to 5
awns, which are rigid and rough backwards.

921. B. tripartita Linn. sp. pi. 1165. Eng. Bot. t. 1113.
Smith Eng. Flora iii. 398. DC. prodr. v. 594. — B. radiata
Thuill.fi.par. ed. 2. 422. — Ditches and wet places throughout
Europe, the Caucasus, Dahuria and Siberia. (Bur Marigold.)

Root tapering, with many fibres. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, erect,
angular, solid, smooth, leafy, with opposite axillary branches. Leaves
opposite, on winged footstalks, dark-green, smooth, strongly serrated,
acute, in 3 deep segments, sometimes 5 ; the uppermost or lowermost
generally undivided. Flower-heads terminal, solitary, of a brownish-
yellow, somewhat drooping, devoid of beauty and of fragrance, each
surrounded by about 8 spreading, lanceolate, serrated or entire bracteas,
unequal in size, but all extending much beyond the flower-head.
Achasnia with 2 or 3 prickly angles, and as many erect bristles, likewise
prickly with reflexed hooks, by which the achaenia stick like burs to
any rough surface, and are said sometimes to injure fish, by getting
into their gills. Smith. — The whole plant is acrid and when chewed
excites salivation powerfully.

922. B. chrysanthemoides Michx.fi. bor. amer. ii. 136. Hooker
fi. bor. am. i. 314. DC. prodr. v. 595 Coreopsis Bidens

Walt.fi. car. 215. — Rice grounds and swamps of Carolina.

A smooth, erect annual. Leaves oblong, tapering to each end,
toothed, subserrate, connate at base. Head cernuous, radiant. Outer
involucral scales oblong, stiffly ciliated, spreading; inner oval, mem-
branous at the margin. Rays elliptical, twice as long as the involucre.
Achaenia scabrous backwards, 2-awped, DC. — Has the same pro-
perties as the last.

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ASTERACEiE.

SPILANTHES.

Head many-flowered ; either heterogamous, with the florets of
the ray ligulate, ? , usually small ; or homogamous with all the
florets cf, tubular, 4-5-toothed. Involucre in 2 rows, appressed,
shorter than the disk ; the outer scales somewhat leafy ; the
inner rather membranous and folded up. Branches of the style
in the truncate and pencilled at the apex. Anthers blackish.
Achaenia of the disk compressed, not beaked, usually ciliated at
the sides or not aristate ; of the ray, when there is any, trique-
trous or obcompressed. DC.

923. S. oleracea Jacq. hort. vind. ii. t. 135. DC.prodr. v. 624.
— Bidens fervida Lam. diet. i. 415. — Para and other parts of
South America.

Stem branched, diffuse. Leaves opposite, stalked, broadly ovate,
obtuse at the base, truncate or somewhat cordate, repand-toothed.
Pedicels 1-headed, longer than the leaf. Heads thick, ovate, discoidal.
Involucral scales 15-16, oval-oblong. Achaenia ciliated at the angles
biaristate, or awnless. — The whole plant, but especially the involucre
and receptacle, act as a powerful stimulant of the salivary organs.

CALEA.

Head many-flowered, either homogamous or radiant. Ray $? .
Involucre ovate, or occasionally campanulate ; scales imbricated,
usually obtuse and dry. Receptacle more or less conical, palea-
ceous. Branches of the style in the $ without appendages.
Achaenium taper, compressed, or angular. Pappus of 5-20 paleae,
usually of about 10, linear-lanceolate, scarious, acuminate, 1-
nerved, nearly equal. DC.

924. C. jamaicensis Linn. sp. 1 179. Swartz.fi. ind. occ.1327-
DC. prodr. v. 672. — (Shane i. 257. t. 151. f. 3.)— Westlndia
Islands. (Halbert weed.)

A shrub, with round, lax, downy branches. Leaves stalked, ovate,
acuminate, subserrated, 3-nerved, scabrous on the upper side, hairy on
the under. Heads pedicellate, about 3 at the end of the branches,
ovate, discoidal. Involucral scales ovate, hairy externally ; palea? lan-
ceolate. Paleas of the pappus serrated. DC. — The leaves contain a
powerful bitter, and, steeped in wine or brandy, form a stomachic
medicine in the West Indies. Linnasa ix. 512. It is, however, not
certain that this account does not rather apply to Neurolcena lobata,
RBr., the Caleya lobata Swartz.

ANTHEMIS.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray in 1
row, ligulate, J , (rarely 0, or somewhat tubular) ; of the disk $ ,
tubular, 5-toothed. Receptacle convex, oblong or conical ; covered
with membranous paleae between the flowers. Involucre imbri-

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ANTHEMIS.

cated, in a few rows. Arms of the style without appendages at
the apex. Achtenium tapering or obtusely 4-cornered, striated
or smooth. Pappus either wanting, or a very short entire or
halved membrane, sometimes auriculate at the inside. DC.

925. A. nobilis Linn. sp. pi. 1260. Eng. Bot. t. 980. Woodv.
t. 103. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 456. DC.prodr. vi. 6. — A. odo-
rata Lam.Jl.fr. ii. 163. Chamaemelum nobile All. ped. n. 673.
— Meadows, commons and fields in many parts of Europe.
(Chamomile.)

Roots strong, with long fibres. Stems in a wild state prostrate, in
gardens more upright, a span long, branched, leafy, hollow, round,
furrowed, downy. Leaves doubly pinnate, with narrow linear seg-
ments, not truly thread-shaped or cylindrical, but rather flat or chan-
nelled above, convex beneath ; all acute, often bristle-pointed, a little
hairy. Flower-heads terminal, solitary, rather larger than a daisy, with
a convex yellow disk, and numerous white, spreading or reflexed, rays.
The scales of the receptacle do not appear till the florets of the disk
are turned to one side, and the innermost are gradually narrowest ; all
thin and membranous, not sharp. Involucre with shining membranous-
bordered scales, rather downy. Receptacle obtusely conical. Achaenia
very obscurely bordered at the summit. Smith. — Chamomile heads,
in the shops called flowers, contain a volatile oil, resin, and bitter ex-
tractive. The oil and resin render them stimulant, while the bitter
extractive communicates tonic properties. The warm infusion is used
externally as a fomentation and internally to promote vomiting. The
cold infusion or the extract is taken as a tonic in any cases in which
tonic substances are indicated, as dyspepsia. Pereira. Chamomile, in
substance, has in some instances proved useful in the treatment of
intermittents. Dr. Schall affirms that it is not only an effectual pre-
ventative of nightmare, but the sole certain remedy for that complaint.
Burnett.

MARUTA.

Heads many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray ligu-
late, neuter, without any trace of sex ; of the disk 5-toothed,
Receptacle conical or convex, all or in part covered with paleae
between the flowers. Involucre hemispherical, shorter than the
disk, in a few rows. Tube of corolla flat, obcompressed, 2-winged,
without appendage at the base ; that of the ray continuous with
the sterile ovary, and with an oblong ray. Style of the disk
with branches destitute of appendages. Achaenium costate,
smooth, bald, with a small epigynous disk, and a terminal areola.
DC.

926. M. Cotula DC.prodr. vi.13.— Anthemis Cotula Linn.
sp.pl. 126L Eng. Bot. t. 1772. Fl. Lond. t. 61. Smith Eng.
Fl. iii. 458. A. fcetida Lam.fl.fr. ii. 164. Chamaemelum Co-
tula All. pedem. No. 676. Maruta vulgaris Bluff and Fingerh fl.
germ. ii. 392. M. fcetida Cass. diet. xxix. t. 174. — Fields and
waste places all over Europe ; also Persia, the Crimea, Barbary,

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ASTERACEjE.

Madeira, the Canaries, and the United States, where it has
probably been introduced. (Stinking May weed.)

Root tapering, twisted. Stems 1 or more, erect, branched, bushy,
leafy, angular and furrowed, smooth, solid. Leaves sessile, bright
green, smooth, or slightly hairy, doubly pinnatifid, and cut ; the seg-
ments narrow, flat, a little succulent, spreading and rather distant, not
crowded or parallel, somewhat bristle-pointed. Flower-heads solitary,
on terminal, striated, slightly downy, stalks. Involucre more or less
hairy, its scales almost equal, obtuse, slightly bordered. Disk convex,
lemon-coloured, the slender bristle-shaped, or awl-shaped, greenish
scales not quite so tall as the opening florets. Rays white, elliptical,
3-toothed, deflexed close to the stalk at night. Seeds obovate, fur-
rowed, entirely without any border or crown, but sometimes, as Haller
describes them, rough with minute tubercles. Receptacle highly conical,
almost cylindrical, beset with slender permanent scales. Smith. — Every
part of the plant is fcetid and acrid, blistering the skin when much
handled. Its decoction is a strong and active bitter, in the dose of a
tea-cupfull producing copious vomiting and sweating. Barton.

ANACYCLUS.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray ? ,
sterile, ligulate or somewhat so, very rarely tubular; of the
disk with 5 callous teeth. Receptacle conical or convex, pa-
leaceous. Involucre in few rows, somewhat campanulate, shorter
than the disk. All the corollas with an obcompressed, 2-winged,
exappendiculate tube. Style of the disk with exappendiculate
branches. Achaenium flat, obcompressed, bordered with broad
entire wings. Pappus short, irregular, toothletted, somewhat
continuous with the wings, on the inner side. DC.

927. A. Pyrethrum BC.fl.fr. suppl. 480 prodr. vi. 15. —
Anthemis Pyrethrum Linn. sp. pi. 1262. Desf. fl. ail. ii. 287.
Lam. illustr. t. 683. f. 4. Chamsemelum specioso flore, radice
fervente Shaw afr. spec. n. 138. — Barbary, Arabia, Syria, and
probably Candia. (Pellitory of Spain.)

Stems numerous, procumbent, somewhat branched, downy. Radical
leaves spreading, stalked, smoothish, pinnatifid ; the segments pinnated,
with linear subulate lobes ; cauline leaves sessile. Branches 1-headed.
Involucral scales lanceolate, acuminate, brown at the edge. Receptacle
convex, with oblong-obovate, obtuse paleae. Florets of the ray white. —
Root fusiform, fleshy, very pungent, and when fresh producing a sensa-
tion of extreme cold followed by heat, when handled. Desf. The root
is imported from the Levant under the name of Pellitory of Spain. It
is brownish externally, whitish internally : its taste is hot, acrid and
permanent, depending on a fixed acrid oil deposited in vesicles in the
bark ; this oil renders the root a powerful rubefacient and stimulant.
It is principally employed as a masticatory in rheumatic affections of
the face, or in the form of tincture in toothach. Sometimes gargles are
made of it, and used in relaxation of the uvula. Internally it has
been taken as a gastric stimulant. Pereira.

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PTARMICA.

PTARMICA.

Involucre campanulate, with the scales brown and scarious at
the edge. Receptacle flat, or scarcely convex, broad, palea-
ceous. Ligulae 5-20, flat, expanded, much longer than the in-
volucre. Achaenia bald, obcompressed ; the outer often some-
what winged at the edge. DC.

928. P. vulgaris Blackw. herb. t. 256. DC. prodr. vi. 23. —
Achillea Ptarmica Linn. sp. pi. 1266. Eng. Bot. t. 757. Fl.
Lond. t. 60. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 460. — Hedges and thickets
in moist places in Europe, Siberia, and North America. (Sneeze-
wort.)

Root creeping widely, difficult of extirpation where the soil is moist.
Stems upright, about 2 feet high, angular, smooth, hollow, leafy, with
small axillary rudiments of branches ; corymbose at the top. Leaves
sessile, linear, or slightly lanceolate, acute, closely very minutely and
sharply serrated, with bristly teeth ; smooth on both sides, of a dark
somewhat glaucous green. Flower-heads milk-white in the disk as
well as the radius, larger than in most of the genus, and with a greater
number of ligulate florets. A double variety, whose disk consists en-
tirely of such, is frequent in country gardens. Involucre rather hemi-
spherical. Achaenia compressed, dilated at the edges, but not crowned
at the top. — The whole plant is pungent, provoking a flow of saliva.
Its dried leaves produce sneezing, but this is thought to be owing to
their little sharp marginal teeth. Smith.

SANTOLINA.

Heads many-flowered ; either homogamous or heterogamous.
Florets of the ray few, somewhat ligulate, by abortion ¥ • Re-
ceptacle convex, somewhat hemispherical, covered with oblong
somewhat embracing paleae. Involucre usually campanulate,
with imbricated close-pressed scales. Tube of the corolla usu-
ally extended into a ring or hood surrounding the apex of the
ovary. Achaenium oblong, quadrangular, quite smooth, and bald.
DC.

929. S. fragrantissima Forsk. descr. 147. Vahl. symb. i. 70.
Del.fl. (Egypt. 119. t. 42. f. 3. — Egypt, Palestine, and between
Bagdad and Aleppo.

A small spreading shrub about a foot high, with the habit of Ruta
fruticulosa ; the branches tomentose and corymbose at the ends.
Leaves ovate or oblong, with callous serratures, sessile, somewhat
cordate, dotted; the young ones shaggy. Corymbs many-headed.
Involucre ovate, downy, white. Florets yellow. Paleae tomentose at
the apex. Tube of the corolla slender, not drawn down over the neck
of the ovary. — The flower-heads are extremely fragrant when dry, and
are sold in the shops of Cairo as a substitute for Chamomile, under the
name of Babouny or Zeysoum. Forskahl says the fresh juice of the
plant is applied in affections of the eyes (oculis dolentibus).
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PYRETHRUM.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray in
1 row, 5 , ligulate, very rarely wanting ; of the disk tubular,
5-toothed ; the tube usually obcompressed and 2-winged, rarely
nearly round. Involucre imbricated, campanulate, with the
scales scarious at the edge. Receptacle flat or convex, naked,
or occasionally bracteolate when the heads are flat. Style of
the disk with exappendiculate branches. Achaenia wingless,
angular, uniform, crowned by a coronetted pappus, which is
usually toothed, occasionally auriculate and as broad as the
achaenium. DC.

930. P. Parthenium Smith FL Brit. 900. Eng. Bot. t. 1231.
DC. prodr.vi. 58. — Matricaria Parthenium Linn, sp.pl. 1255.
Woodv. t. 249. M. odorata Lam.jl.fr. ii. 135. — Common in
waste places in many parts of Europe. (Feverfew.)

Root tapering. Stem erect, branched, leafy, round, furrowed, many-
flowered, about 2 feet high, or more, Leaves stalked, of a hoary
green, once or twice pinnate, or pinnatifid ; the leaflets, or segments,
inclining to ovate, decurrent, cut. Panicle corymbose, sometimes
compound ; the peduncles long, naked, single-flowered, swelling up-
wards. Flower-heads erect, about \ an inch broad, with a convex
yellow disk, and numerous short, broad, abrupt, 2-ribbed, white rays;
often wanting ; sometimes multiplied, and, the disk being obliterated,
constituting a double flower. The achaenia are crowned with a short
membrane. — The whole plant is bitter and strong-scented, reckoned
tonic, stimulating, and anti-hysteric. Smith. It was once a popular
remedy in ague. Its odour is said to be peculiarly disagreeable to bees,
and that these insects may be easily kept at a distance by carrying a
handful of the flower-heads. Burnett.

ARTEMISIA.

Heads discoidal, homogamous or heterogamous. Florets of
the ray in 1 row, usually ? and 3-toothed, with a long bifid
protruding style ; of the disk 5-toothed, or by the abortion
of the ovary, neuter or $ . Involucral scales imbricated, dry,
scarious at the edge. Receptacle without paleae, flattish or con-
vex, naked or fringed with hairs. Acheenia obovate, bald, with
a minute epigynous disk. DC.

*#* The species of this genus are generally bitter aromatic plants
and many of them have been used medicinally besides the following : —
931, A. Judaica Linn. ; 932, A. maritima Linn. ; 933, A. procera
Willi. ; 934, A campestris Linn. ; 935, A. arborescens Linn. ; 936,
A. glacialis Linn.; 937, A. spicata Jacq.; 938, A. vallesiaca All.; and
939, A. rupestris Linn, have been particularly spoken of.

940. A. indica Willd. iii. 1846. Bess. abr. n. 34. Roxb. fl.
ind. iii. 419. DC. prodr. vi. 114 Nepal, China, Japan.

Stems several, shrubby, erect, sometimes biennial, branched, striated,
the tender parts villous; from 4 to 8 feet high. Leaves alternate, the

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lower pinnatificl, the upper trifid, pretty smooth above, a little downy
underneath, but not woolly and white; lobes lanceolate, somewhat
incised, though generally entire. Floral leaves entire, and linear-lan-
ceolate. Panicles terminal, with the ramifications and flower heads all
drooping. Flower heads small, roundish, numerous. Hermaphrodite
florets about 10 in the centre, 5-cleft, with the stamens concealed in
the gibbous tube. Female ones about the same number in the circum-
ference, obliquely truncated, and so small as to be with difficulty dis-
tinguished from the style. Receptacle naked, convex. — Leaves slightly
aromatic and bitter. It is considered in India a powerful deobstruent
and antispasmodic.

941. A. Dracunculus Linn. sp. pi. 1189. Bess. drac. n. 22.
DC. prodr. vi. 97. — Dracunculus hortensis Blackw. herb. t. 116.
— All the north of Russia in Asia. (Tarragon.)

A smooth, green, perennial herbaceous plant. Stems erect, branched.
Radical leaves trifid at the points; the cauline lanceolate, or linear-
lanceolate, rather toothed or entire. Panicle spreading, Heads race-
mose, panicled, globose, rather spreading. Outer involucral 6cales
oblong, scarious at the margin ; inner broadly elliptical, scarious at the
edge. DC. — Leaves and young shoots agreeably pungent and stimu-
lating, usually employed as a pickle, or for giving a pleasant flavour to
vinegar.

942. A. Sieberi Bess, suppl. p. 80. DC. prodr. vi. 101. —
A. glomerata Sieb. in Spreng. syst. iii. 489. not of Ledebour. —
Palestine.

Leaves rigid, smooth ; the cauline half-amplexicaul, 3-5-parted, the
middle lobe pinnatifid, the lateral and their segments trifid and linear.
Panicles much spreading, with ascending branches. Heads few-flowered,
in scattered spiked panicles, ellipsoidal and tuberculated. DC. — Accord-
ing to Batka this produces the substance called Senien-contra, Semen-
cine, or Barbotine, a strong aromatic bitter drug imported from Aleppo
and Barbary as a vermifuge. It is employed in powder, in aqueous
infusion or in syrup. Its most active principle is obtained by distillation
in the form of a yellow volatile oil, which is lighter than water, and has
a strong penetrating odour.

943. A. Abrotanum Linn. sp. 1185. Bess. abr. n. 14. DC.
prodr. vi. 108. — {Blackw. herb. t. 555.) — Hills of the South
of Europe. (Southernwood.)

An erect shrub. The lower leaves bipinnate, the upper simply pin-
nate; their lobes and the floral leaves long and capillary. Heads in
virgate panicles, hemispherical, nodding. Involucral scales whitish,
hoary, ovate-lanceolate. Corollas naked. — A powerful anthelmintic.

944. A. Moxa DC. prodr. vi. 121. — Absinthium Moxa
Besser. abr. n. 3. — China. (Moxaweed.)

A hoary, branched, compact shrub, about 2 feet high. Leaves hoary,
becoming naked, bipinnated, with linear-lanceolate obtuse segments.
Heads middle sized, globose, cernuous in panicled racemes. Involucral
scales membranous, and scarious at the end. Corollas smooth. DC. —
It is from the woolly leaves of this^ and not A. Chinensis, that the
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ASTERACEiE.

Chinese prepare their Moxa. This substance, employed as a con-
venient means of applying the actual cautery, is, however, obtained
from many other plants.

945. A. Absinthium Linn. sp. pi. 1188. Eng. Bot. t. 1230.
Woodv. t. 120. Smith Eng. El. iii. 408. DC. prodr. vi. 125.
— Absinthium vulgare Lam. fl. fr. 45. — Europe in various
parts, the Crimea, Siberia, Barbary, and Newfoundland. (Worm-
wood.)

Root woody, branched at the crown, with numerous fibres below.
Whole herb covered with close silky hoariness, intensely bitter, to a
proverb, with a peculiar, strong, aromatic, not disagreeable odour.
Stems numerous, bushy, about a foot high, furrowed, leafy. Leaves
alternate, doubly pinnatifid, with broadish, blunted, entire segments,
rather greener on the upper side ; lower ones on long footstalks ; upper
on shorter, broader, somewhat winged ones. Flower heads on aggre-
gate leafy clusters, stalked, drooping, hemispherical, of numerous, pale-
yellow, or buff, florets. Styles very deeply cloven. Receptacle convex,
clothed with fine upright hairs. — Common Wormwood is a powerful
bitter, much extolled as a stomachic, and recommended by Haller for
keeping off fits of the gout, for which it is said to have served the
Emperor Charles V. The plant is thought to drive away insects from
clothes and furniture, for which purpose it is often laid into drawers and
chests in the country. The vegetable alkali of the shops has been
usually obtained from this herb, and called Salt of Wormwood, though
retaining none of its peculiar qualities. Smith. A very bitter alkali
called Absinthium has, however, been obtained from it. Wormwood
possesses both tonic and bitter properties and has been employed with
advantage in intermittent dyspepsia, epilepsy and worms. Pereira.
Brewers are said to add the fruit to their hops to render beer more
heady ; rectifiers to their spirits.

TANACETUM.

Heads either homogamous or heterogamous ; namely florets of
the ray ? , in 1 row, usually 3-4-toothed. Receptacle naked,
convex. Involucre campanulate, imbricated. CoroJJas of the
disk 4-5-toothed. Achaenium sessile, angular, smooth, with a
large epigynous disk. Pappus either 0, or membranous, coronet-
shaped, minute ; either entire or equally toothed, or unequal,
being more evident on one side than the other. DC.

946. T. vulgare Linn. sp. pi. 1184. Eng. Bot. t. 1229.
Woodv. t. 115. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 405. DC. prodr. vi. 128.
Roadsides all over Europe and the Crimea. (Tansy.)

Root moderately creeping. Stems I| or 2 feet high, erect, rather
angular, leafy, solid, unbranched, smooth. Leaves doubly and deeply
pinnatifid, and sharply cut, dark green, smooth. Flower-heads numerous,
of a golden yellow, terminal, densely corymbose, the marginal florets
scarcely apparent, and often wanting. Achaenia with a quadrangular
entire crown. — Every part is very bitter, with a strong, but not un-
pleasant, scent. The qualities are esteemed of a tonic and cordial
nature,1 expelling intestinal worms, and strengthening the digestive

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TANACETUM.

powers. The plant however does not agree with every stomach. Smith.
Withering says that if meat is rubbed with Tansy leaves, the flesh-fly
will not touch it.

EMILIA.

Head many-flowered, homogamous. Florets tubular, 5-lobed :
the lobes long and linear. Receptacle flat, scarcely honeycombed.
Involucre ovate-cylindrical, in 1 row, with a calyculus ; the
scales linear, reflexed after flowering. Branches of the style
terminated by a short hispid cone. Achaenia oblong, penta-
gonal, with ciliated hispid angles. Pappus in several rows, con-
sisting of filiform hardly feathery setae. DC.

947. E. sonchifolia DC. prodr. vi. 302. — Cacalia sonchifolia
Linn. sp. pi. 1169. Crassocephalum sonchifolium Less. syn. 395.
Emilia purpurea Cass. diet, xxxiv. 393. (Hheede x. t. 68. Jtumph.
v. t. 103. f. 1.) — East Indies, China, Isle of France.

An annual plant sparingly pubescent or smooth and somewhat glau-
cous, erect or spreading. Lower leaves lyrate or obovate, toothed,
tapering to the base ; the cauline sagittate or cordate amplexicaul, with
either obtuse or acute auricles, and either smooth or downy. Corymbs
few-headed. Heads on long stalks, purple or orange purple. Florets
30-50, the exterior erect. — The decoction of the leaves is used in
India as a febrifuge.

ARNICA.

Head many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray in
1 row, j , ligulate ; of the disk tubular, 5-toothed. Involucre
campanulate, in 2 rows, with linear-lanceolate equal scales.
Receptacle fringed, hairy. Tube of the corolla shaggy ; some-
times some rudiments of sterile stamens remaining in the ligulae.
Style of the disk with long arms, covered by down running a
long way down, and truncated or terminated by a short cone.
Achaenium somewhat cylindrical, tapering to each end, some-
what ribbed and hairy. Pappus in 1 row, composed of close,
rigid, rough hairs. DC.

948. A. montana Linn. sp. 1245. Fl. dan. t. 63. Schkuhr.
handb. t. 248. DC. prodr. vi. 317. — Doronicum montanum
Lam. diet. ii. 312. (Clus. hist. iv. 18. f. 1.) — Meadows of the
cooler parts of Europe from the sea coast to the limits of eternal
snow. (Mountain Tobacco.)

A perennial rather hairy plant. Leaves entire, opposite ; the radical
obovate or oblong, 5-nerved ; the cauline in 1 or 2 pairs. Stem 1-3-
headed. Heads erect or drooping. Involucres rough with glands. —
A virulent plant, as is asserted, acting as a powerful narcotico-acrid
agent ; it is said to owe its noxious qualities to the presence of Cytisine.
The activity of Arnica seems, however, to have been exaggerated. It
has been recommended in the cure of .putrid fever, ague, palsy, amaur-
osis, &c. &c. ; and on the Continent has obtained the name of Panacea
lapsorum.

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ASTER ACEiE.

949. Doronicum Pardalianches Linn, is reported to be a poi-
sonous plant.

CALENDULA.

Heads many-flowered. Florets of the ray ligulate, ? ; of the
disk tubular and $ ; the corolla of all hispid at the base. Involucre
in few rows, with distinct scales, v Receptacle naked, flat. An-
thers caudate, subulate, short. Style ending in a knotty hispid
cone, bifid at the point ; of the ray short, with 2 long slender
stigmas, smooth below, glandular above. Ovary arcuate, fertile.
Achaenia produced by the ligulate florets, all without pappus,
usually arranged in 2 or 3 rows ; the outer more or less rostrate ;
the intermediate truncate at the apex, prickly at the back, more
or less curved, with their sides extended into an entire concave
or flat incised membrane ; the innermost annular or incurved,
muricated at the back, all (especially the innermost) fertile.
DC.

950. C. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 1304. Bot. Mag. t. 3204.
DC. prodr. vi. 451. — Fields in the South of Europe.

Root annual, fibrous. Stem about a foot high, with many patent,
dichotomous, or sometimes trichotomous branches, striated, green, suc-
culent, hispido-pubescent. Leaves oblong, acute, somewhat succulent,
broad, and a little cordate at the base, the margins quite entire, often,
as well as here and there upon the surface, hispid with short hairs.
Flower-heads large, terminal, solitary upon each branch, of a rich, full
golden yellow, deeper and brighter previous to their full expansion.
Involucre of many nearly equal, appressed, linear-subulate, pilose-
hispid leaves or scales, not i so long as the radiant florets, the apices
a little recurved. Corollas of the ray ligulate, female tridentate, broadly
linear, the lower tubular portion hairy. Ovary singularly boat-shaped,
curved like a horse-shoe, large, green, downy within, having a thickened
margin, more or less tuberculated on the back. Florets of the centre
all tubular, small, male, and consequently sterile; the mouth 5-cleft,
base hairy. Abortive ovaries cylindrical, downy, green. Receptacle
dotted. The heads of fruit have a singular appearance : the centre or
disk is occupied by the closely packed, abortive pistils, and is surrounded
by the numerous, large achaenia, which constitute the circumference,
and are cymbiform, with abroad, thickened margin, singularly incurved,
within at the base having an elevated lamella, the back furnished with a
tuberculated ridge ; the inner of these achaenia are more narrow, and
have less margin. Hooker. — It was formerly much employed as a car-
minative; it is chiefly used now to adulterate saffron.

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CYNARACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 251.

CENTAUREA.

Scales of involucre various. Florets of the ray almost always
enlarged and sterile, more seldom either not longer than the
disk, or g\ Achaenium compressed, with a lateral hilum in
front. Pappus consisting of rather filiform scabrous setae, usu-
ally in many rows, the inner row generally being smaller and
converging, seldom as long as or longer than the rest. DC.

951. C. Calcitrapa Linn. sp. pi. 1297. Eng. Bot. t. 125.
DC. prodr. vi. 597. — Way sides all over Europe, especially in
the South, in the Crimea, Candia, Egypt, Madeira.

Stem between erect and diffuse, very much branched, hairy. Leaves
sessile, pinnatifid ; the lobes linear, acute, toothed. Heads ovate,
nearly sessile among the upper undivided leaves. Involucral scales ex-
tended into a long, strong, spreading spine which is channelled above,
and has 2 or 3 little spines on each side at the base ; the innermost
scarious and obtuse at the apex. Pappus 0, DC. — Has been used as
a febrifuge, and has even been preferred to gentian.

952. C. Centaurium Linn. ; 953. C. Behen Linn. ; and 954.
C. Jacea Linn, have all similar properties, especially the first.

955. Kentrophyllum lanatum DC. has been called Blessed
thistle on account of its supposed febrifugal powers.

SILYBUM.

Heads homogamous, many-flowered and equal-flowered. In-
volucre ovate; the scales leafy, the exterior dilated into an
ovate, long, spiny-pointed appendage, spiny-toothed in the
rounded part ; the inner ones lanceolate and entire. Receptacle
fleshy, fringed. Florets unequally 5-cleft, ringent, with the limb
twice as short as the tube. Stamens with monadelphous papil-
lose filaments ; anthers with short appendages. Fruit com-
pressed, smooth, with a broad central areola at the base, and a
terminal one bearing a horny pappose ring. Pappus in many
rows ; the setae shortly bearded. DC.

956. S. Marianum Gcertn. carp.ix. 378. t. 168. f. 2. DC.prodr.
vi. 616. — Carduus Marianus Linn. sp. pi. 1153. Eng. Bot.
t. 976. Smith Eng. El. iii. 386. — Waste places in many parts
of Europe ; also in the West of Asia, the East Indies, Madeira
and Chili. (Milk Thistle.)

Root tap-shaped. Herb very large and spreading, to the exclusion
of all other plants, for the most part not hairy nor downy. Stem 4 or
5 feet high, in a manured soil more lofty, branched, round, solid, leafy.
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Leaves of a dark shining green, all their veins beautifully bordered with
white; their edges spinous. Flower-heads purple, large, solitary at the
ends of the branches, erect ; the stout spines of their calyx-scales very
conspicuous. Achaenia large, polished. Smith. — The full-grown leaves
said to be sudorific and aperient.

LAPPA.

Head homogamous, many-flowered and equal-flowered, Invo-
lucre globose ; the scales coriaceous, imbricated, close pressed
at the base, then subulate, with a horny hooked inflexed point.
Receptacle rather fleshy, flat, with stiff subulate fringes. Co-
rollas 5-cleft, regular, with a 10-nerved tube. Stamens with
papillose filaments ; the anthers terminated by filiform append-
ages, and with subulate tails at the base. Stigmas few at the
apex, diverging, curved outwards. Fruit oblong, laterally com-
pressed, smooth, transversely wrinkled ; the areola at their base
hardly oblique. Pappus short, in many rows ; the hairs deci-
duous, filiform, rough, not collected into a ring. DC.

957. L. minor DC. fl. fr. ed. 3. n. 3010. prodr. vi. 661- —
Arctium Lappa Eng. Bot. t. 1228. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 380. —
Waste places throughout Europe and the West of Asia. (Bur-
dock.)

Root tapering, fleshy. Stem erect, 3 feet or more in height, solid,
leafy, round, furrowed, with many wide-spreading branches. Leaves
scattered, stalked, broad, heart-shaped, undulated, veiny; 3-ribbed at
the base ; somewhat hoary and downy beneath. Flower-heads axillary,
either sessile or stalked, generally globose, with little or no woolliness
about the calyx. Florets, with their anthers and stigmas, purple. The
involucre when in fruit easily breaks from its stalk, and is well known
by the name of a Bur, sticking to the coats of animals, and the hair or
clothing of young rustics, which can hardly be cleared of such incum-
brances without breaking the scales asunder and scattering the fruit.
Smith. — Root is reckoned tonic, aperient, sudorific, and diuretic. It has
been used in the form of decoction in rheumatism and diseases of the skin.
Sir Robert Walpole praised it as a gout medicine, and others have
considered it an excellent substitute for sarsaparilla. The fruit which
is bitter and slightly acrid, has been used as a diuretic.

CNICUS.

Involucre ovate ; scales close-pressed, coriaceous, extended
into a long hard spiny pinnated appendage ; the lateral spines
conical and distant. Florets of the ray sterile, slender, as long
as those of the disk. Fruit longitudinally and regularly striated,
smooth, with a broad lateral scar. Pappus triple as it were ; the
outer being the horny short, crenated margin of the fruit ; the
intermediate consisting of 10 long stiff setae ; the inner of 10
short setae : all the setae alternating with each other. DC.

958. C. benedictus Linn. sp. ed. 1. 826. DC. prodr. vi. 606.
— Centaurea benedicta Linn, sp.pl. 1296. Calcitrapa lanugi-

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CNICUS.

nosa Lam.Ji.fr. ii. 35. — South of Europe, the Levant, Persia ;
introduced into Chili.

An annual branched woolly plant. Leaves amplexicaul, somewhat
decurrent, nearly entire, pinnated or deeply pinnatifid, more or less
hairy. Heads terminal, bracteate. Florets yellow. — Once much used
as a febrifuge ; although now neglected Mr. Burnett says that its pro-
perties are such as to lead to a belief that it has been superseded by
other not more efficacious remedies.

CICHORACE^E.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 251.

LACTUCA.

Involucre cylindrical, imbricated, with the scales membranous
at the margin, few-flowered. Receptacle naked. Achaenium
compressed, wingless, with a long filiform beak. Pappus hair-
like, in several rows.

959. L. virosa Linn.sp.pl. 1119. Eng. Bot. t. 1957. Woodv.
t. 250. Smith Eng. Ft. iii. 345. — Hedges, old walls, ruins,
and the skirts of fields in Europe.

The root is tap-shaped. Stem solitary, 2 or 3 feet high, erect, round,
smooth, sparingly leafy, scarcely branched j panicled at the top ; a little
prickly below. Leaves horizontal, nearly smooth, finely toothed;
radical ones numerous, obovate, undivided, depressed ; those of the
stem smaller, often lobed ; arrow-shaped and clasping at their base ;
the midrib of all more or less beset underneath with prominent prickles ;
such as often occur on the margin also. Flower-heads numerous,
panicled, with abundance of small, heart-shaped, pointed bracteas. In-
volucral scales downy at the tip, destitute of any keels or ribs. Corolla
small, light yellow. Pappus rough. Smith. — The milky juice when
inspissated has been used as a substitute for opium.

960. L. sativa L., the common Lettuce, yields a milk which
when inspissated resembles opium in appearance, smell, and
effects. It has been said to procure calm and sleep, without
some of the ill effects of opium. The drug is called ofncinally
Thridace, Lettuce opium, or Lactucarium.

TARAXACUM.

Heads many-flowered. Involucral scales in 2 rows ; the in-
nermost linear and parallel, the outer shorter, spreading or re-
flexed. Receptacle naked, convex, dotted. Achaenium round
or angular, wingless, with a long beak, which is very slender,
brittle, cylindrical, and furnished at the base with toothlike
tubercles. Pappus hairlike, very soft, in many rows.
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961. T. Dens leoni-s Haller hist. i. 23. Lessing. synopsis 135.
Leontodon Taraxacum Linn. sp. pi. 1122. Eng. Bot. t. 510.
Woodv. t. 3. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 349. — Meadows, pastures,
old walls, &c. very common all over Europe. (Dandelion.)

Root tap-shaped, very milky, externally black, difficult of extirpation.
Leaves numerous, spreading, of a bright shining green, quite smooth,
tapering downwards, sessile, pinnatifid, with sharp, unequally toothed
lobes, pointing downwards, or, in botanical language, runcinate, of which
these leaves are a perfect example. Scapes 1 or more, longer than the
leaves, erect, smooth, brittle, naked. Flower-heads 1 a inch wide, of a uni-
form golden yellow, expanded in the morning and in fine weather only.
Outer scales of the involucre several, linear-oblong, loosely recurved
and wavy. As the fruit ripens the involucre becomes reflexed close to
the stalk, leaving the light globe, near 2 inches in diameter, formed by
their radiating pappus, quite exposed, till dispersed by the winds. Smith.

— The infusion, decoction, and extract of the root are tonic and in
large doses aperient. In some cases it acts as a diuretic. In the
hepatic complaints of persons long resident in hot climates it often
affords very marked relief.

CICHORIUM.

Involucral scales in 2 rows, the outer shorter and rather lax ;
the inner 8 or more, converging, equal. Receptacle naked.
Achaenia beakless, turbinate, all of the same form. Pappus short,
equal, composed of elliptical obtuse paleae, in 2 rows.

962. C. Intybus Linn, sp." pi. T 1 42. Eng. Bot. t. 539.
Woodv. t. 248. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 379. Lessing synops. 129.

— Common by waysides and on the borders of fields all over
Europe. (Wild succory.)

Root spindle-shaped, fleshy, whitish, milky. Stem 2 or 3 feet high,
solid, round, furrowed, hispid, very tough. Radical leaves spreading,
above a span long, numerous, runcinate, toothed, roughish ; cauline
smaller, sessile, less lobed, the uppermost cordate, acuminate, entire.
Flower-heads large, of a beautiful bright blue, axillary, in pairs, all
nearly or quite sessile. Involucre roughish. Anthers and stigma blue.

— Root is said to be tonic and in large doses aperient. It has been
used in chronic visceral and cutaneous diseases, especially in the form of
decoction. Pereira. The root is extensively cultivated, especially in
France, as a substitute for coffee. When full grown, it is cut into dice,
roasted, and ground down, when it cannot be distinguished by the eye
from that substance : it agrees with it also in taste, but wants the
pleasant aroma. The French maintain that the quality of Coffee is
improved by the addition of the succory root if not in too large a
quantity. It certainly affords a most harmless means of adulterating it.

470

VALERIANACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 265.

NARDOSTACHYS.

Limb of calyx 5-parted, lobes ovate-oblong, acute, leafy, some-
what toothed, permanent. Corolla regular, ecalcarate, obtusely
5-lobed, bearded in the throat. Stamens 4, attached to the
bottom of the corolla. Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled,
crowned by the lobes of the calyx, and almost shorter than they
are, not adnate to a bract. DC.

963. N. Jatamansi DC. coll. mem. vii. t. 1. prodr. iv. 624.
Royle illustr. 243. t. 54. — Valeriana Jatamansi Jones in as. res.
ii. 405. iv. 109. Don in Lamb, cinch. ISO. ic. V. Spica
Vahl. enum. ii. 13. Patrinia Jatamansi Don prodr. nep. 159.
NapSoc ivdiKYj, Dioscorides. — On the mountains of the north of
India, at considerable heights. (Spikenard.)

A dwarf herbaceous plant with a long hairy tap root. Stems perennial,
very short, simply divided into a number of shaggy scaly crowns from
which the leaves proceed. Branches erect, a few inches high, downy.
Leaves obovate-lanceolate, 3-ribbed, downy; those next the root acute,
the upper ones obtuse. Flowers pale pink, clustered in the axils of
the upper leaves, which form a kind of involucre to them. — This, the
true spikenard of the ancients, has been highly esteemed not only as a
perfume, but as a stimulant medicine. Oriental writers give it as a
remedy for a multitude of diseases, and it appears really to be valuable
in hysteria and epilepsy.

VALERIANA.

Limb of the calyx rolled up during flowering, then unrolled
into a deciduous feathery pappus, consisting of many plumose
setae. Corolla obconical or cylindrical, equal at the base or
gibbous, but without a spur ; limb bluntly 5-cleft, rarely 3-fid.
Stamens 3. Fruit indehiscent; when ripe 1-celled, 1-seeded.

964. V. officinalis, Linn. sp. 45. Eng. Bot. t. 698. Fl. Lond.
t. 5. Woodv. t. 96. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 43. DC. prodr.
iv. 641. — Wet places all over Europe, or even in dry pastures.
(Common Valerian.)

Root tuberous, somewhat creeping, fetid, most aromatic when grow-
ing in dry pastures. Stem about 4 feet high, furrowed. Leaves pinnate ;
leaflets coarsely serrated, those of the radical leaves broadest, ap-
proaching to ovate. Panicles cymose, contracted. Bracteola? ovate-
lanceolate, acuminate, herbaceous, membranous at the edge, appressed,
rather longer than the ovary. Calyx superior, rolled inwards in the
471 hh*4

VALERIANACEiE.

form of a rounded thickened rim. Corolla white, funnel-shaped
smooth : the tube gibbous at the base on that side of the flower turned
away from the axis, hairy internally : limb spreading, divided into 5
nearly equal, concave, linear, rounded lobes. Stamens 3, exserted,
white, from the middle of the tube of the corolla. Ovary inferior,
narrow-oblong, compressed, 1-celled, with a single pendulous ovule :
style filiform : stigma divided into 3 filiform lobes. Fruit light brown,
linear-ovate, compressed, with a slightly elevated ridge on one side,
terminated by the permanent calyx, whose limb has unrolled into 12
filiform plumose recurved segments, crowning it like pappus. — The
aromatic or rather fetid roots are stimulant, not only acting upon the
secretions, but producing a specific influence over the cerebro-spinal
system, bringing on, as is well known, a kind of intoxication in cats,
and in large doses occasioning in man scintillations, agitation, and even
convulsions. It is chiefly employed in asthenic fevers, epilepsy, chorea,
hysteria, and as an anthelmintic.

965. V. Dioscoridis Fl. Grcec. i. 24. t. 33 &ov, Dioscorides.

— Near Limysus, a river of Lycia.

Root of several, fleshy, fusiform tubers, with an aromatic peppery
smell, almost like that of Valeriana officinalis, but less unpleasant.
All the herbage smooth. Stem erect, annual, 2 feet high, simple, leafy,
taper, hollow. Radical leaves numerous, petiolate, lyrate, pinnated ;
the leaflets opposite, sessile, ovate, with spreading teeth, and veiny :
the odd one very large. Stem leaves few, opposite, sessile, pinnated;
the leaflets nearly equal, lanceolate, unequally toothed. Cyme terminal,
trichotomous, many-flowered, thyreoid. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate.
Flowers flesh-coloured. Corolla funnel-shaped, not spurred, with a
nearly regular limb. Stamens 3, equal. Anthers yellowish. Stigma
simple. Fruit keeled on the outside, 3-ribbed on the inside, rather
downy, with a radiant feathery pappus. Smith. — According to Sibthorp
this is the real Phu of Dioscorides, and therefore the most powerful of
the Valerians, for which V. officinalis is to be merely considered the
northern substitute. De Candolle refers the species to V. shymbriifolia
of Desfontaines, an oriental plant ; but the synonymy does not appear
to be certain, and the former learned Botanist was not personally
acquainted with the subject.

966. V. Hardwickii Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 166. As. Re-
search, vi. 350. DC. prodr. iv. 64-0. — Mountains in the north
of India.

Pubescent, erect. Stem striated. Radical leaves numerous, long-
stalked, ovate-cordate, acute, unequally sinuated ; cauline sessile,
remote, pinnatifid. Corymbs becoming long and panicled; pedicels
dichotomous. Stamens enclosed. Fruit ovate, downy. DC. — The
thick, fleshy, strong scented root is used in medicine in Nepal and the
North of India. Royle's lecture, 82.

472

PLANTAGINACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 267.
PLANTAGO.

Flowers spiked or capitate. Calyx 4-leaved. Corolla hypo-
crateriform, membranous, with a 4-parted spreading limb. Sta-
mens 4, long and flaccid. Style simple ; stigma unilateral. Cap-
sule cut round spuriously, 2-celled, few or many-seeded.

967. P. Ispaghula Fleming in As. research, xi. 174. Roxb.
fl. ind. i. 404. — Cultivated in India ; probably a native of Persia.
Royle.

An annual plant. Stem, if any, very short, soon dividing into 3 or 4
ascending, round, villous branches, which are a few inches in length.
Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, luxuriant in young plants,
remotely denticulate, somewhat woolly, towards the base channelled,
and amplexicaul, 6 to 8 inches long, by a i or | an inch broad.
Peduncles axillary, solitary, naked, erect, round, a little villous, the
length of the leaves. Spikes solitary, terminal, before the flowers
expand ovate, afterwards cylindrical, when in seed about 1 inch or 1|
inch long and erect. Flowers numerous, imbricated, small, dull, white,
withering. Bractes 1-flowered, ovate, concave, with the keel green,
and the sides membranaceous. Calyx 4-leaved ; sepals oblong, ovate,
with broad membranaceous margins. Corolla with a gibbous tube, and
ovate, acute segments. Roxb. — A mucilaginous drink is prepared from
the seeds in India, and often prescribed by European practitioners in
India, when emollients are wanted. It also forms part of the native
Materia medica.

968. P. Psyllium Linn. sp. 167. Willd. i. 650. R. and S.
iii. 145. — Southern parts of Europe and Barbary.

An annual. Stems diffuse, villous, much branched. Leaves linear,
narrow, ciliated, almost smooth, acute, recurved, very little toothed ;
the upper often in whorls of 3 or 4. Peduncles slender, filiform,
downy, at least as long as the leaves. Spikes small, short, capitate,
almost smooth, not leafy, bracteate ; the two lower bracts almost the
length of the spikes, downy, the other shorter and more dilated. — The
seeds are peculiarly mucilaginous, and have been made into demulcent
drinks as a good substitute for linseed or marsh mallows. The two
following have been employed for the same purpose.

969. P. arenaria W. and K.

970. P. Cynops L.

971. The common perennial Ribgrass P. lanceolata L. has
rather bitter astringent leaves and roots, and has been used with
some other species as an expectorant and vulnerary, but the
properties do not appear to be of any importance.

473

GLOBULARIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 268.

GLOBULARIA.

Flowers capitate, surrounded by an imbricated involucre.
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Upper lip of the corolla 2-fid, lower
3-parted. Fruit seed-like, enclosed within the calyx. Recep-
tacle coriaceous.

972. G. Alypum Linn.sp. pi. 139. DC. Fl.fr. n. 2333. Lam.
encycl. ii. 724. R. and S. ii. 38. — ( Garid. Aix 210. t. 42.) —
South of Europe, on the coast of the Mediterranean, on rocks.

Stem 2 feet high, and more, erect, shrubby, branched, brittle. Leaves
evergreen, small, myrtle-like, hard, lanceolate, 3-toothed and entire.
Corolla pale blue, in terminal heads which are much like those of
Scabiosa succisa. Calyx covered with white hairs. Corolla 1 -lipped,
trifid. — A bitter, drastic purgative, once supposed to be the 'AXinrov
of Dioscorides, and hence called Frutex terribilis. The Alypum how-
ever had the amp^a i>g i-^Svfiov, and was therefore in all probability
some Euphorbia.

973. G. vulgaris Linn. sp. pi. 139. Willd. i. 540. Lam.
encycl. ii. 730. R. and S. ii. 39. — ( Cam. hort. 1 8. t. 7. Moris,
hist. iii. t. 15. f. 46.) — Hills and dry meadows in the middle
of Europe.

Stem herbaceous. Radical leaves spathulate-lanceolate, somewhat
emarginate, or 3-toothed, much shorter than the petiole; with the
middle rib prolonged into a mucro ; cauline lanceolate. Flowers blue,
in heads solitary at the point of a simple leafy scape. Two of the
stamens longer than the others. — Purgative like the last ; and has
been employed as a resolvent and vulnerary according to Lemery.

974. G. nudicaulis L. has similar properties.

475

SALVADORACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p.269.
SALVADORA.

Calyx small, quadrifid, with ovate rather obtuse segments
Corolla quadripartite, with revolute segments. Styles short,
with a simple, obtuse, umbilicated stigma. Berry globose,
1 -celled, with a spherical seed, enwrapped in a callous tunic.

875. S. persica Garc.phil. trans. 1 749. n. 491. Va/il. symb.
i. 12. t. 4. Lam. illustr.X.. 81. Roxb.Jt.ind. i. 389. corom. pi.
i. 26. t. 26. — Rivina paniculata Linn. syst. veg. ed. xv. 171.
Cissus arborea Forsk. descr. 32. — Most parts of the Circars of
India ; Arabia ; Persian Gulf.

Trunk generally crooked, from 8 to 10 feet high to the branches, and
1 in diameter. Bark very scabrous, and deeply cracked. Branches
exceedingly numerous, spreading, with their extremities perfectly pen-
dulous, like the weeping willow. Leaves opposite, stalked, oval or
oblong, entire, very smooth, and shining on both sides, without veins ;
from 1 to 2 inches long, and about 1 broad. Stipules none. Panicles
terminal, and from the exterior axils. Flowers minute, very numerous,
greenish-yellow. Bracts minute. Calyx inferior, 4-toothed, perma-
nent. Corolla monopetalous ; tube short; border 4-cleft; segments
oblong, revolute. Filaments 4, inserted into the tube of the corolla
under its fissures, and rather shorter than the border. Anthers oval.
Ovary globular ; style none ; stigma scabrous. Berry very minute,
much smaller than a grain of black pepper, smooth, red, juicy. Seed
single. — The fruit has a strong aromatic smell, and tastes like Garden
cress. The bark of the root is remarkably acrid ; bruised and applied
to the skin it soon raises blisters, for which the natives of India often
use it. As a stimulant it promises to be a medicine of very considerable
power. Roxb. It is supposed to be the Mustard Tree of Scripture.

477

PLUMBAGINACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 269.
STATICE.

Flowers in panicled spikes. Calyx plaited, scarious. Corolla
deeply 5-parted. Stamens inserted into the base of the corolla.
Utricle 1 -seeded, enclosed in the calyx.

976. S. caroliniana Walter ji. carol. 118. Bigelow med. hot.
ii. t. 25. — Common in the salt marshes of the United States,
where it is called " Marsh Rosemary."

Root perennial, large, fleshy, fusiform or branched. Leaves narrow-
obovate, on long petioles, smooth, veinless, obtuse, mucronated, level
and flat on the margin, in which respect they differ from S. Limonium,
which is undulated. Scape round, smooth, slightly scaly, flexuose
terminated by a panicle of numerous branches, which bear the flowers
on the upper side only. Flowers alternate, erect, mostly in pairs, but
appearing singly in consequence of one expanding before the other.
Peduncles short, forked, concealed by several sheathing scales. Calyx
funnel-shaped, scarious and pink at the edge, 5-angled, the angles ciliate
and ending in long acute teeth with sometimes, not always, minute inter-
mediate teeth. Petals spathulate, obtuse, longer than the calyx, pale
bluish purple. Stamens inserted in the claws of the petals ; anthers
heart-shaped. Ovary small, obovate, with 5 ascending styles shorter
than the stamens. Fruit oblong, invested with the persistent calyx. —
Root a most powerful and intense astringent ; chiefly used as a local
remedy in aphtha and similar affections of the mouth and fauces ; has
been employed with success in Cynanche maligna.

ARMERIA.

Flowers capitate, surrounded by an imbricated involucre,
which is prolonged at the base into a tube. Receptacle palea-
ceous. Otherwise the same as Statice.

977. A. vulgaris Willd. enum. hort. Berol. i. 333. R. and S.
vi. 771. — Statice Armeria Willd. sp.pl. ii. 1522. Schkuhr. bot.
handb. t. 87. S. capitata Lam. fi. fr. iii. 63. — Dry sandy
places in many parts of Europe, and in Labrador. (Common
Thrift.)

Roots thick, black. Scape 1-2, feet high, rarely rather downy.
Leaves radical, somewhat coriaceous, 4-5 inches long, ribbed, entire,
smooth, 2-3 lines broad, rather acute, tapering at the base into a
channelled petiole. Flowers pale red, or white, in heads the size of a
cherry. Sepals usually larger than the flowers. The sheath of the
involucre reflexed, an inch long. Segments of the involucre more or
less mucronate. — Dr. Ebers speaks of the flowers of this plant, vul-
4-79

PI4JMBAGINACEJE.

garly called "Pissblume" in Germany, as an active diuretic. From
2 drachms to an ounce of the flowers freshly gathered and quickly
dried should be gently boiled and the patient allowed to drink of the
decoction ad libitum. Some aromatic, as anise or cinnamon, is added
to the decoction. The remedy appears to cause the excretion of urine
in a direct manner. Med. gaz. xx. 144.

N. B. The common Thrift of English Gardens is A. maritima Willd.

PLUMBAGO.

Calyx tubular, pentagonal, 5-toothed, covered with stalked
glands. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a 5-cleft limb. Stamens
hypogynous, dilated at the base. Style simple ; stigma 5-cleft.
Fruit seed-like, enclosed in the valve-like bases of the filaments,
crowned by the conical base of the style.

978. P. europaea Linn. sp. pi. 215. Willd. i. 837. Bot. Mag.
t. 1249. Schkuhr. handb. t. 36. — South of Europe.

An erect, branching, smooth, herbaceous plant. Stems slender, an-
gular, rather flexuose, with spreading rigid branches. Leaves obovate-
lanceolate, sessile, rather scabrous, amplexicaul, slightly toothed at the
edge, the uppermost much narrower, and more linear. Flowers in
terminal capitate interrupted spikes. Calyx naked at the base, covered
with stalked glands towards the upper end. Corolla funnel-shaped,
twice as long as the calyx, lilac-coloured, striped. — A very acrid plant.
It has been used to remove toothache whence its French name of
Dentelaire. In decoction it has been recommended as a stimulating
wash to old and sluggish ulcers, and as a kind of potential cautery to
cancers ; but Sauvage de la Croix says that a young woman, who had
it applied, affirmed that the pain it occasioned was intolerable, and that
she felt as if being flayed alive. Administered internally in small doses
it is said to be as effectual an emetic as Ipecacuanha. Burnett.

979. P. rosea Linn. sp. pi. 215. Bot. mag. t. 230. — ? Ra-
dix vesicatoria Humph, v. 453. t. 168. (Bheede x. 17. t. 9.) —
Various parts of the East Indies.

An erect herbaceous plant, with a round striated stem, and ascending
or erect branches. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, flat, rather obtuse, or
apiculate, stalked, slightly toothletted and ciliated ; with the petiole
clasping the stem. Flowers distant, in long slender spikes. Calyx
closely covered with numerous spreading stalked glands. Corolla
hypocrateriform, bright reddish-pink, with a slender tube much longer
than the calyx ; lobes of the limb oblong, obtuse, flat, apiculate. —
This is usually believed to be the Radix vesicatoria of Rumph, which
being sliced and applied to the skin produces blisters, but less rapidly
and effectually than Cantharides. It however appears to me very
doubtful whether the Amboyna plant is the same species as this.

980. P. scandens L. from the West Indies ; and,

981. P. zeylanica L. are said to have similar properties.

480

CORDIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 272.
CORDIA.

Calyx tubular, 4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, or cam-
panulate, with a flat 5- or 7-cleft, limb, and a hairy or naked
throat. Stamens 5, short, inserted in the throat of the corolla.
Style protruding, bifid, with 4 stigmas. Ovary 3-4-celled.
Drupe containing 1 stone, with 1-3 cells, 2 of which are usually
abortive.

982. C. latifolia Roxb. fi. ind. i. 588. — Hindostan.
Branches numerous, spreading, and drooping ; young shoots angular

and smooth ; the general height of trees 10 or 12 years old about
20 feet. Leaves alternate, petioled, round, cordate, and ovate, often
slightly repand, 3-nerved, of a hard texture, smooth above, scabrous
and pale underneath, from 3 to 7, or even 8 inches long, and rather
less in breadth. Petioles nearly round, and smooth. Panicles short,
terminal and lateral, roundish, the branches alternate, diverging, and
once or more frequently dichotomous. Flowers numerous, small,
white. Bracts minute, villous. Calyx villous, campanulate, leathery;
mouth unequally toothed. Corolla short, campanulate; segments 5,
linear-oblong. Filaments as long as the segments of the corolla, and
inserted immediately under their fissures. Anthers incumbent. Ovary
ovate, 4-celled, with 1 ovule in each attached to the upper end of the
axis. Style short. Stigma 4-cleft; segments long, rugose and re-
curved. Drupe oblate- spheroidal, about 1 inch or 1J inch in diameter,
smooth, when ripe straw-coloured, covered with a whitish bloom.
Pulp in large quantity, soft, clear, and very clammy. Nut nearly
circular, laterally-compressed, rugose on the outside, with a cavity at
each end, the lower one deeper than the other, exceedingly hard,
4-celled, though rarely with all the cells fertile. Seed solitary, ovate-
oblong. Integument single, white, soft and oily. Plumule very small.
Radicle conical, superior. Roxb. — Under the name Sebesten Plums,
Sebestans, or Sepistans, two sorts of Indian fruit have been employed
as pectoral medicines, for which their mucilaginous qualities, combined
with some astringency, have recommended them. They are believed
to have been the Persea of Dioscorides. According to Mr. Colebrooke
this is a larger and more mucilaginous sort than that described by
European writers on Materia Medica, which is the produce of the
following species.

By an unfortunate error Linnaeus has applied the name of Sebesten
to an American species of this genus, not known in medicine.

983. C. Myxa Linn. sp. pi. 273. Willd. i. 1072. Roxb.
fl. ind. i. 590. — Sebestena officinalis Gcertn. fruct. i. 363.

481 i i

CORDIACE^.

t. 76. (Rheede iv. t. 37.) — Many parts of India, Persia, Arabia,

Egypt-
Trunk generally crooked, from 8 to 12 feet high, and as thick or
thicker than a man's body. Bark grey, cracked in various directions.
Branches numerous, spreading, and bent in every possible direction,
forming a dense shady head. Leaves scattered, stalked, ovate, oval, or
obovate, exterior half slightly scolloped, or toothed, smooth above,
below a little scabrous when old ; from 2 to 3 inches long, and from
H to 2 broad; petioles about a the length of the leaves. Panicles
terminal, and also lateral, globular, dichotomous. Bracts none. Flowers
numerous, small, white ; a very large proportion of them are sterile,
and they always want the style. Calyx tubular, widening towards the
mouth, and there torn as it were into 3, or 5 divisions, smooth, not in
the least striated. Corolla with revolute lobes. Style in the fertile
flowers as in the genus, in the barren flowers wanting. Drupe globular,
smooth, the size of a cherry, sitting in the enlarged calyx, when ripe,
yellow, the pulp is almost transparent, very tough and viscid. Nut
cordate, at both ends bidentate and perforated, rugose, somewhat
4-sided, 4-celled, but it rarely happens that all the cells prove fertile.
Seeds solitary. Roxb. — The smell of the nut when cut is heavy, and
disagreeable, the taste of the kernels like that of fresh filberts. It is
the true Sebesten of the European Materia Medica. The fruits ac-
cording to Roxburgh, are not used in the Northern Circars of India,
for any medicinal purpose. When ripe they are eaten by the natives,
and also most greedily, by several sorts of birds, being of a sweetish
taste. The wood is soft, and of little use except for fuel. It is
reckoned one of the best kinds for kindling fire by friction, and is
thought to have furnished the wood from which the Egyptians con-
structed their mummy-cases. The bark is said by Dr. Royle to be
accounted a mild tonic.

482

BORAGINACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 274.
BORAGO.

Sepals 5, equal, spreading. Corolla rotate, with 5 flat spread-
ing lobes, with 5 erect appendages or valves (sterile stamens),
arising from the throat. Anthers sagittate. Nuts ovate, rugose,
converging.

984. B. officinalis Linn, sp.pl. 197. E. Bot. t. 36. Smith
Eng. Fl. i. 264. — Common in many places by roadsides, and in
waste ground. (Borage.)

Root tapering, mucilaginous, as well as the herbage, which is clothed
all over vith very pungent bristles. Stem branched 1| or 2 feet high,
round, spreading, leafy. Leaves alternate, ovate, wavy, and more or
less toothed ; the lower ones broadest, and stalked. Flowers nume-
rous, in terminal drooping bunches, very beautiful. Corolla an inch
broad, of a most brilliant blue ; pink in the bud. Valves and anthers
prominent, blackish. Fruit wrinkled and warty, of a light shining
brown. — The whole plant has an odour approaching to Cucumber and
Burnet, which gives a flavour to a cool tankard ; but its supposed
exhilarating qualities, which caused Borage to be reckoned one of the
four cordial flowers, along with Alkanet, Roses, and Violets, may
justly be doubted. Smith. It was once esteemed as a pectoral
medicine, and a decoction of its leaves mixed with honey makes a
good ptisan.

TRICHODESMA.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat rotate ; throat naked ;
segments of the limb subulate at the point. Stamens very much
protruding : filaments very short ; anthers adhering by 2 rows
of dorsal hairs, with subulate twisted arista;. Stigma nearly
simple. Nuts half immersed in the hollows of a 4-winged column,
adnate near the point. RBr.

985. T. zeylanica RBr. prodr. 352. — Borago zeylanica
Linn. mant. 202. Jacq.ic.rar. ii.tr 314. Burm. ind. 41. t. 14.
f. 2. — Various parts of the East Indies ; the tropical part of
New Holland.

An annual, with the stem hispid with stiff pellucid bristly hairs ;
growing from 4 to as much as 8 feet high. Leaves opposite, subsessile,
lanceolate, sparingly hispid ; those under the flowers alternate, small,
cordate-lanceolate. Peduncles nearly solitary, 1-flowered, drooping,
longer than the floral leaves, round and hairy. Flowers pale blue.
Calyx with 5 elevated ridges proceeding from its recesses, expanding on
the fruit. Segments of the corolla broad, cordate with attenuated points.
483 I I 2

BORAGINACEiE.

Fruit smooth externally, rough on the side next the receptacle. — The
species of Trichodesma are considered diuretic, and one of the cures for
snake bites in India. Royle.

SYMPHYTUM.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, with a truncated,
cylindrical shallow-toothed limb as long as the tube ; its throat
closed by 5, lanceolate, fringed, converging valves or append-
ages (sterile stamens). Anthers sagittate, acute, concealed by
the valves.

986. S. officinale Linn, sp.pl 195. Eng. Bot. t. 817. Woodv.
t. 215. Smith Eng.Fl. i. 263. — In watery meadows through-
out Europe. (Comfrey.)

Root externally black, oblong, fleshy, yielding much pure insipid
mucilage, which renders it useful in coughs, and all internal irritation.
Stems 3 feet high, hairy, winged with the decurrent bases of the taper-
pointed, wavy, rough-edged leaves. Clusters hairy, stalked, in pairs,
revolute. Calyx more or less spreading. Smith. — Formerly in much
repute as a vulnerary, but not now employed.

987. Cynoglossum officinale L. was once officinal, being used
as an antispasmodic ; but it is so fetid that it has long since
ceased to be exhibited. Smith says it is narcotic.

*#* No plants of this order are of any real importance in medicine.

484

LAMIACEiE, or LABIATE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 275.

*#* A great number of different plants of this order have,
from time to time, been introduced into medicine, as aromatics
and stimulants, or for imaginary virtues. It would be only en-
cumbering the pages of this work to notice anything like all
such cases in detail, as the greater part are abandoned in modern
practice,' and appear to be of little or no consequence, except in
the kitchen. It will be sufficient to give a list of those best known,
and to describe such only as are most remarkable, or as are still
included in the Materia Medica.

988. Ocymum suave Willd. is used in India as a stomachic,
and a cure for infantile catarrh.

989. Ocymum crispum TJiunb. ; an infusion of the leaves is
said by Thunberg to be used in Japan as a cure for rheuma-
tism.

990. Ocymum cavum Sims, is esteemed a sudorific in Brazil.

991. Ocymum Basilicum Linn., according to Ainslie, is used
in India to assuage the pains of childbirth ; the pilose variety is
employed.

992. Ocymum viride Willd. is employed in Sierra Leone as a
febrifuge.

993. Ocymum sanctum Linn, is reported by Ainslie to have
similar powers in India.

994. Geniosporum prostratum Benth., has been used at Pon-
dicherry as a febrifuge. Burnett.

LAVANDULA.

Calyx tubular, nearly equal, 13- or rarely 15-ribbed, shortly
5-toothed, with the 4 lower teeth nearly equal, or the 2 lower
narrower ; the upper either but little broader than the lateral
ones, or expanded into a dilated appendage. Upper lip of
corolla 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed ; all the divisions nearly equal ;
the throat somewhat dilated. Stamens didynamous, declinate
Filaments smooth, distinct, not toothed. Anthers reniform,
1-celled.

995. L. vera DC.fi. fr. suppl. v. 398. Benth. labiat. 148.
— L. Spica Linn. sp. pi. 800. L. angustifolia Moznch. meth. 389.
L. officinalis Vill. fi. dauph. ii. 355. 363. — On sterile hills in

485 I i 3

LAMIACEjE, or labiate.

Europe, and the southern side of the Mediterranean. (Com-
mon Lavender.)

A shrub 1-2 feet high. Leaves oblong-linear or lanceolate, entire,
when young hoary and revolute at the edges. Spikes interrupted.
Whorls of 6-10 flowers. Floral leaves rhomboid-ovate, acuminate,
membranous, all fertile, the uppermost shorter than the calyx. Bracts
scarcely any. Benth. — The spikes of flowers contain a fragrant volatile
oil in great abundance, together with a bitter principle. They are car-
minative, stimulant and tonic, but are more employed in perfumery than
in medicine. Leaves'and flowers have been used as sternutatories ; oil
of lavender is obtained by distillation, and is sometimes given in
hysteria and nervous headach. Spirit of Lavender is prepared by distilling
lavender flowers with rectified spirit, a sufficient quantity of water being
added to prevent empyreuma. Lavender enters into the composition of
Eau de Cologne, and the Vinaigre aux quatre voleurs.

996. L. Spica DC.fi.fr. v. 397. Benth. lab. 149. — L. Spica
/3. Linn. sp. pi. 800. L. latifolia Vill. fi. dauph. ii. 363. —
South of Europe, and barren situations on the African side of
the Mediterranean. (French Lavender.)

A shrub rather more dwarf than the last, and more hoary. Leaves
oblong-lanceolate, somewhat spathulate, entire, much narrowed at the
base, somewhat revolute at the edge, hoary on both sides. Spikes
somewhat interrupted. Whorls of from 6 to 10 flowers. Floral leaves
lanceolate or linear, all fertile, the upper ones shorter than the calyx.
Bracts linear-subulate, shorter than the calyx. Benth. — This is not
employed medicinally, but yields what is called oil of spike, which is
used by painters on porcelain and in the preparation of varnishes for
artists.

997. Lavandula Stcechas L. has long been employed medici-
ally by the Arabs, who consider it a valuable expectorant and
antispasmodic.

998. Dysophylla Auricularia Blum, has been recommended
as a stimulating application in the treatment of deafness.

MENTHA.

Calyx campanulate or tubular, 5-toothed, equal or somewhat
2-lipped, with the throat naked inside or villous. Corolla with
the tube enclosed, the limb campanulate, nearly equal, 4-cleft :
the upper segment broader, nearly entire or emarginate. Sta-
mens 4, equal, erect, distant ; filaments smooth, naked ; anthers
with 2 parallel cells. Style shortly bifid, with the lobes bearing
stigmas at the points. Fruit dry, smooth. Benth.

999. M. viridis Linn. sp. pi. 804. Sole menth. britt. t. 5.
Woodv. t. 170. Eng. Bot. t. 2424. Benth. lab. 173. — Marshy
places in the milder parts of Europe, the Canaries, the Cape of
Good Hope, and America, both North and South. (Spear
Mint.)

A creeping-rooted herbaceous plant, with an erect smooth stem.

486

MENTHA.

Leaves subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrated, smooth ; those
under the flowers all bract-like, rather longer than the whorls ; these
last and the calyxes hairy or smooth. Spikes cylindrical, loose.
Whorls approximated, or the lowest or all of them distant. Benth. —
The herb has a strong, peculiar and pleasant odour, with an aromatic
bitter taste, followed by a sense of coldness when air is drawn into the
mouth. It is an aromatic and carminative, and employed in flatulence
and to relieve the pain of colic. Various preparations are ordered by
Pharmacopoeias, of which oil of spearmint, and spearmint water are the
most common. The former is taken in doses of from 2 to 5 drops,
rubbed with sugar, in a little water.

1000. M. piperita Linn. sp. pi. 805. Eng. Bot. t. 687.
Sole s mints t. 1 . Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 76. Bentham lab. 175.

— M. glabrata Vahl. kahirina Forsk. balsamea Willd. hirta
Willd. Pimentum N.ab E. — In marshes and by the sides of
ditches and rivers, all over Europe, in Egypt, the middle of Asia,
India, and North and South America. (Peppermint.)

Stem procumbent, ascending, branched, reddish, quite smooth, or
fringed with a very few spreading hairs ; petioles generally ciliated.
Leaves ovate-oblong, or somewhat lanceolate, rounded at the base,
deep green, smooth or hairy on the under side. Upper floral leaves
small, lanceolate-subulate, shorter than the flowers. Whorls few, lax,
the uppermost collected into a short, oblong, obtuse, reddish spike ;
the lowermost remote, with the cymes shortly stalked. Bracts sub-
ulate; the outer ones as long as the calyx. Pedicels quite smooth.
Teeth of the calyx hispid, subulate, erect. Bentham. — Peppermint is
an aromatic stimulant and the most pleasant of all the mints, It is
employed in medicine for several purposes, principally to expel flatus,
to cover the unpleasant taste of other medicines, and to relieve nausea
and griping pains of the alimentary canal. The volatile oil is sometimes
taken as an antispasmodic ; it is what gives their flavour to peppermint
lozenges. Percira.

1001. M. Pulegium Linn. sp. pi. 807. Eng. Bot. t. 1026.
Woodv. t. 171. Soles mints t. 23. Bentham lab. 182. —
M. exigua Linn, simplex Host, tomentosa Smith, tomentella
Hffsgg. and Link, gibraltarica Willd. pulegioides Rchb. Pu-
legium vulgare Mill. diet. No. 1. P. tomentellum Presl. sic. 36*

— Wet ditches and similar places in most parts of Europe ;
also the Caucasus, Chili, and TenerifFe. (Pennyroyal.)

Stems procumbent or prostrate, very much branched, more or less
hairy, rooting. Leaves scarcely a an inch long, often much less,
stalked, ovate, obtuse, with a few shallow unequal serratures, full of
pellucid dots, and a little hairy, chiefly underneath. Whorls sessile,
numerous, many-flowered, globose, distant, large in proportion to the
foliage. Flowers light purple or nearly white. Calyx hispid, 2-lipped,
villous in the inside of the throat. — The properties of this are
analogous to those of other mints. The public fancy it to be possessed
of specific emmenagogue and antispasmodic qualities ; an opinion
formerly entertained of it by some medical practitioners. It is prin-
cipally employed in obstructed menstruation, hysterical complaints, and
hooping cough. Pereira.

487 I I 4

LAMIACEjE, OR LABIATE.

1002. Mentha citrata Ehr. furnishes a fragrant oil, having
very much the odour of bergamot.

1003. Mentha rotundifolia Linn.~\ have been in repute as sto-

1004. Mentha aquatica Linn. > machics and emmena-

1005. Mentha arvensis Linn. J gogues.

1006. Leonotis nepetifolia RBr. (Phlomis nepetifolia Linn.)
called Corddo do Frade in Brazil, is used in that country, in
baths, as a remedy for rheumatic complaints.

LYCOPUS.

Calyx campanulate, equal, 4-5-toothed ; with the throat
naked inside. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, campanu-
late, equal, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, rather projecting, distant. An-
thers 2-celled, with nearly parallel distinct cells.

1006 a. L. europaeus Linn. sp. pi. 30. Eng. Bot. t. 1105.
Benth. labiat. 186. — L. aquaticus Mcench. palustris Lam.
vulgaris Pers. — All over Europe and the north of Asia, in wet
places ; also Barbary, China, New Holland, and Van Diemen's
Land.

Stem from I to 3 feet high, not running, acutely quadrangular,
smooth or pubescent. Leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, sinuate, toothed
or pinnatifid. Whorls many-flowered, very dense. Calyx acutely
5-toothed, with rigid teeth longer than the tube. No rudiments of
sterile stamens on the corolla. Achasnia rather shorter than the tube
of the corolla. — Has had the reputation of being a powerful febrifuge.
It has also been commended as an astringent, and used formerly to be
administered to restrain internal haemorrhage. It is known to make a
good black dye, and Withering says that gipsies stain their skins with it.
Burnett.

MERIANDRA.

Calyx ovate, bilabiate ; the upper lip concave, entire, or very
slightly 3-toothed ; the lower bifid, naked internally at the
throat. Corolla with a tube as long as the calyx ; the limb nearly
equal, 4-cleft, with flat lobes, the uppermost of which is entire
or emarginate. Stamens generally 2 ; anthers 2-celled, with
distinct, stipitate, equal, pendulous cells, and a short linear
connective, articulated in the middle with the filament, and erect
on each side. Bentham.

1007. M. benghalensis Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. i. 29.
lab. 189. — Salvia benghalensis Roxb.fl.ind. i. 146. S. dian-
thera Roth. n. sp. pi. 18. — Bengal and Coromandel.

A straggling shrub, with a trunk sometimes as thick as a man's arm.
Bark cracked, and peeling off in irregular pieces. Young shoots downy,
round. Leaves as in Salvia officinalis. Racemes terminal, often com-
pound, verticillate. Whorls approximated, globular, many-flowered.
Flowers white. Calyx gibbous, downy, 3- or 4-toothed. Corolla with

488

MERIANDRA.

both lips recurved, or spreading. Stamens 2 ; sometimes 3 or even 4,
with their filaments bifid, each division bearing an oval 1 -celled anther.
— Leaves similar in smell and taste to those of Salvia officinalis, but
much stronger : they are applied to the same uses.

SALVIA.

Calyx tubular or campanulate, 2-lipped. Corolla bilabiate,
the upper lip usually arched. Stamens 2 ; anthers halved, with
a flat dilated connective, which is placed vertically with the
anther upon the upper end.

1008. S. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 34. Woodv. t. 38. Benth.
lab. 209. — Various parts of the south of Europe. (Garden
Sage.)

A low straggling shrub. Branches erect, hoary with down, leafy at
the base, those bearing flowers 1 foot or 1^ foot long, and tomentose.
Leaves entire, stalked, oblong, narrowed at the base or rounded,
rugose ; the lowermost white with wool beneath. Floral leaves sessile,
ovate, acuminate, membranous and striated at the base. Racemes
nearly simple. Whorls many-flowered, distinct. Calyx campanulate,
membranous, coloured, striated, downy ; upper lip 3-toothed, lower
bifid : all the teeth subulate, acuminate. Corolla 2 or 3 times as long
as the calyx, with a large projecting tube, ringed in the inside ; the lips
erect, the upper straight, the lateral lobes of the lower one reflexed.
Connective lengthened backwards with an anther at each end, but the
lower anther empty and connate with that next it. Bentham. — A tea
made of the leaves has the reputation of being a stomachic. Their
aromatic and bitter qualities render them fit to assist the stomach in
digesting rich or greasy meats ; on which account they are so much
employed in cookery.

1009. S. grandiflora Ettl. is said to possess the same proper-
ties as the last, and in a more concentrated degree.

ROSMARINUS.

Calyx ovate-campanulate, 2-lipped ; the upper lip entire, the
lower bifid. Corolla not ringed in the inside, somewhat inflated
in the throat, with 2 equal lips, the upper of which is emarginate
and erect, the lower trifid, with the middle lobe very large, con-
cave, and hanging down. Stamens 2 ; filaments shortly toothed
near the base; anthers linear, with 2 divaricating confluent cells.
Upper lobe of style very short.

1010. R. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 33. Flora Grceca t< 14.
S. and C. i. t. 24. Bentham labiate 315. — Dry rocky hills in
the warmer parts of Europe, and the basin of the Mediterranean ;
also in Asia Minor. (Rosemary.)

A shrub growing 3-4 feet high, densely leafy. Leaves sessile, linear,
quite entire, revolute at the edge, hoary beneath. Flowers few, in
short axillary racemes, close together, opposite, subsessile. Bracts or
floral leaves shorter than the calyx. Calyx purplish. Corolla a dull
489

LAMIACEiE, OR LABIATJE.

leaden blue, or white, with the tube protruding a little beyond the
calyx. — Has been employed as a cephalic medicine, relieving headach
and exciting the mind to vigorous action. It is principally remarkable
for its undoubted power of encouraging the growth of hair and curing
baldness ; it is in fact what causes the green colour of the best Poma-
tums used for that purpose ; an infusion of it prevents the hair from
uncurling in damp weather ; it is moreover one of the plants employed
in the manufacture of Hungary water, the French vinaigre aux quatre
voleurs, and Eau de Cologne. The admired flavour of Narbonne honey
is ascribed to the bees feeding on the flowers of this plant.

101 1. Monarda fistulosa Linn, is decidedly bitter as well as
aromatic, and has been employed in the United States as a
febrifuge.

1012. Monarda punctata Linn, abounds with camphor, and
has been employed as an antispasmodic, and to relieve the nau-
sea which attends the bilious fevers of America.

AMARACUS.

Calyx ovate, campanulate, 13-nerved at the base, smooth
inside ; upper limb long, entire, erect, lower truncate, minute.
Corolla with the tube projecting beyond the calyx, as long as
the imbricated bracts ; the upper lip erect, emarginate, nearly
flat, the lower spreading, with 3 nearly equal entire lobes. Sta-
mens 4, projecting, didynamous, scarcely apart ; anthers with
distinct diverging cells. Upper lobe of the style shorter than
the other.

1013. A. Dictamnus Benih. lab. 333. — Origanum Dictam-
nus Linn. sp. 823. Bot. Mag. t. 298. — Rocks of Candia.
(Dittany of Crete.)

A procumbent woolly shrub, about 1 foot high, with ascending
branches. Leaves sessile or short-stalked, subsessile, broad-ovate,
obtuse, entire, rounded at the base, thick, soft, woolly on each side.
Spikes on short stalks, about an inch long. Bracts loosely imbricated,
sessile, roundish, entire, smooth, membranous, coloured at the apex, the
exterior finely 5-nerved. Corolla not spurred. — Aromatic and tonic,
once in much repute among the Greeks and Romans, but not now used.

ORIGANUM.

Calyx ovate, tubular, 10-13-nerved, striated, with nearly 5
equal teeth j the throat shaggy inside. Corolla with the tube
almost the length of the calyx; the upper lip suberect, emargin-
ate, the lower spreading, trifid, with nearly equal lobes. Stamens
4, protruding, distinct, somewhat didynamous. Lobes of style
nearly equal.

1014. O. vulgare Linn. sp. pi. 824. Eng. Bot. t. 1143.
Beniham labiat. 335. — Europe, on chalky downs, and elsewhere,
the Mediterranean, and central Asia. (Wild Marjoram.)

490

ORIGANUM.

An erect, hairy, perennial herbaceous plant, with a stem from 6 inches
to 2 feet in height. Leaves stalked, broad-ovate, obtuse, subserrate,
rounded at the base, green on both sides. Spikes oblong, or cylin-
drical, clustered, in corymbose panicles. Bracts ovate, obtuse, coloured,
at least half as long again as the calyx. Bentham. — This plant yields what
is called oil of thyme in the shops, a common remedy for the pain of
toothach in carious teeth. It is frequently used, mixed with olive oil,
as a stimulating liniment against baldness, in rheumatic complaints, and
against sprains and bruises.

1015. Thymus vulgaris Linn, is fragrant and stimulating ; its
essential oil is administered to remove flatulence.

1016. Thymus Serpyllum Linn, and many others have the
same properties.

HYSSOPUS.

Calyx tubular, 15-nerved, equal or oblique at the orifice, with
5 equal teeth ; naked inside. Corolla with the tube as long as
the calyx ; the upper lip flat, erect, emarginate, the lower spread-
ing, trifid, with the middle lobe larger. Stamens 4, protrud-
ing, diverging, didynamous. Anthers with linear divaricating
cells.

1017. H. officinalis Linn. sp. 796. Jacq. austr. t. 502. Ben-
tham lab. 356. — H. angustifolius Bieberst. fl. taur. cauc. ii. 38.
iii. 389. H. orientalis Willd. enum. ii. 600. — South of Europe,
and centre of Asia. (Hyssop.)

The whole plant nearly or quite smooth j or in some varieties villous.
Stem woody at base, spreading, very much branched. Branches rod-
like, 1-2 feet long. Leaves sessile, usually oblong-linear, or lanceolate,
sometimes elliptical, sometimes narrower, green on each side, rather
thick, 1-ribbed underneath. Whorls consisting of from 6 to 15 flowers,
1-sided, in a terminal spike. Floral leaves like those of the stem but
smaller. Outer bracts lanceolate-linear, acute, scarcely shorter than
the calyx. Corolla blueish-purple, rarely white. — A stimulating sto-
machic, considered serviceable in hysterical complaints and in relieving
flatulence.

1818. Cunila Mariana Linn, is, according to Barton, employed
beneficially in slight fevers and colds, with a view to excite per-
spiration.

HEDEOMA.

Calyx ovate, tubular, rather gibbous at the bottom on the
under side, with 13 striae; upper lip 3-toothed, lower bifid;
throat villous. Corolla with the tube as long as the calyx, or a
little longer ; the upper lip erect and flat, the lower spreading,
trifid, with nearly equal lobes, or the middle one rather broader,
entire or emarginate. Stamens 2, ascending ; cells of the anthers
diverging.

1019. H. pulegioides Pers. synops. ii. 131. Benth. lab. 366.
491

LAMIACEjE, OR LABIATiE.

■ — Melissa pulegioides Linn. sp. ed. i. 593. Cunila pulegioides
Linn. sp. 30. Ziziphora pulegioides R. and S. i. 209. — North
America, from Canada to Mexico.

A slender herbaceous plant, about a foot high. Leaves \ an inch
long and more, stalked, ovate, narrowing to each end, somewhat
serrated, flat, downy. Floral leaves of the same form. Whorls ax-
illary, 6-flowered. Corolla downy externally, as long as the calyx, the
teeth of which are subulate and ciliated. — This plant has a great
reputation as an emmenagogue in North America where it is called
Pennyroyal.

1020. Melissa Calamintha Linn, (the Calamint), and Melissa
officinalis Linn, (common Balm) are aromatic and slightly bitter,
and are used by country people in the form of tea, as a grate-
ful fever drink.

1021. Scutellaria lateriflora Linn, has been extolled in North
America as a remedy for hydrophobia, but upon no good
grounds.

NEPETA.

Calyx tubular, 13-15-nerved, usually incurved, oblique]}'
5-toothed, seldom equal at the orifice. Corolla with the tube
slender at the base, enlarged at the throat; the upper lip straight,
somewhat concave, the lower spreading with the middle lobe, if
more than one, large and concave. Stamens didynamous, the
lower ones the shortest ; anthers usually approximated in pairs,
with the cells diverging and finally divaricating.

1022. N. Cataria Linn, when bruised, appears to act as a real
aphrodisiac upon cats, its stimulating properties deserve to be
examined. It is said to have been advantageously exhibited in
amenorhcea.

1023. N. Glechoma Benth. lab. 485. — Glechoma hederacea
Linn. sp. 807. Eng. Bot. t. 853. — By waysides, and in dry
ditches all over Europe and the north of Asia. (Ground Ivy.)

A procumbent, grey, hairy, herbaceous plant, with long rooting stems.
Leaves stalked, roundish, crenated, deeply cordate so as to acquire a
reniform figure, green on each side. Floral leaves of the same form.
Whorls axillary, few-flowered. Bracts scarcely so long as the pedicel.
Calyx long, curved, villous, with the limb oblique, and the teeth lan-
ceolate-subulate, the upper being the largest. Corolla light greyish-blue,
3 times as long as the calyx. — A favourite herb with country people
for making a tea against pectoral and other complaints ; it is said to
have been serviceable in hypochondriacal complaints and monomania.
Burnett.

LEONURUS.

Calyx 5-nerved, turbinate, nearly equal ; the mouth truncated,
with 5 subulate spiny teeth. Corolla with the tube enclosed,
naked, or obliquely ringed inside ; upper lip oblong, entire,

492

LEONURUS.

lower spreading, trifid, with the middle lobe obcordate. Stamens
didynamous. Anthers approximated in pairs, with parallel
transverse cells and naked valves. Achaenia truncate at the
apex.

1024. L. Cardiaca Linn. sp. pi. 817. Eng. Bot. t. 286.
Smith Eng. Fl. 104. Benth. lab. 518. — Hedges all over Eu-
rope and the middle of Asia. (Motherwort.)

Herb bitter, with a pungent disagreeable smell. Stems 2 or 3 feet
high, wand-like, minutely downy, acutely quadrangular, with inter-
mediate channels, purplish, beset with numerous pairs of long-stalked,
dark green, somewhat downy, leaves; the lowermost broadest, and
deeply jagged ; upper ones acutely 3-lobed ; those about the summit
lanceolate and undivided. Whorls numerous, axillary, many-flowered.
Calyx rigid and pungent. Corolla purplish; the upper lip clothed
with dense, white, shaggy, upright hairs ; lower deeply coloured, varie-
gated, smooth, in 3 nearly equal entire lobes. — The reputed tonic
powers of this herb, and its use in palpitations of the heart, or in that
disease of the stomach called heart-burn, are now little regarded. Yet
hence originated its old appellation of Cardiaca. Smith. — A stimulant,
which has been extolled by the Russians as a preservative against ca-
nine madness. Burnett.

1025. Galeopsis ochroleuca Lam. is well spoken of as an ex-
pectorant, and in phthisical complaints.

STACHYS.

Calyx tubular, campanulate, 5-10-ribbed, with the mouth
equally or obliquely 5-toothed. Corolla with an equal cylindri-
cal tube, usually incurved upwards, not dilated at the throat ;
upper lip erect, lower spreading, and 3-lobed, with the middle
lobe very large. Stamens didynamous, usually, after bursting,
turning towards the sides of the throat ; filaments naked ; an-
thers approximated, with distinct parallel divaricating or diverg-
ing cells. Style equally bifid. Achaenia obtuse.

1026. S. Betonica Benth. lab. 532. — Betonica officinalis Linn.
sp.pl. 810. Eng. Bot. t. 1142. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 97. — In
most parts of Europe, and in Russia in Asia. (Betony.)

Root rather woody. Stem leafy, rough with reversed bristles.
Leaves oblong, with numerous, strong, bluntish serratures ; the lower-
most on long stalks. Flowers crimson, rarely white, forming a dense
spike, various in length ; the lowest whorl a little remote, with a pair
of small sessile leaves beneath. Bracteas purplish, lanceolate, entire.
Lower lip of the corolla more or less notched, or slightly cloven. —
This herb is scarcely aromatic, but the fine rigid hairs, which cover the
surface, cause it when powdered to produce sneezing. Hence Betony
is generally made an ingredient in herb-snuffs. The root is said to be
emetic and purgative. Smith.
493

LAMIACEiE, OR LABIATE.

MARRUBIUM.

Calyx tubular, 5-10-nerved, equal; with 5-10 acute spiny teeth.
Corolla with the upper lip erect, the lower spreading and trifid,
with the middle lobe broader and generally emarginate. Sta-
mens didynamous, enclosed ; anthers with divaricating, some-
what confluent lobes, all nearly of the same form. Style with
short obtuse lobes.

1027. M. vulgare Linn, sp.pl. 816. Eng, Bot. t. 410. Woodv.
t. 97. Smith Eng. Fl. in. 103. Bentham lab. 591. — M. ha-
matum HBK. n. g. et sp. ii. 310. M. apulum Tenorejl. nep.
t. 154. — Waste ground all over Europe and the middle of Asia ;
also various parts of both North and South America. (Hore-
hound.)

Stem bushy, branching from the bottom, bluntly quadrangular, leafy,
clothed with fine woolly pubescence. Leaves on longish stalks, except
the upper ones, which are nearly sessile ; their shape and size, as well
as the degree of their woolliness, various ; their surfaces wrinkled and
veiny. Flowers white, in dense convex whorls. Calyx-teeth rigid,
recurved at the point, all spreading ; the 5 alternate ones smallest ;
orifice of the tube hairy. — The whole herb has a white or hoary aspect,
and a very bitter, not unpleasantly aromatic, flavour. Its extract is a
popular remedy for coughs and asthmatic complaints. Smith. It has
been recommended in chlorosis and hysteria as stimulating and tonic ;
and also in the treatment of intermittents. An infusion of the leaves
has been found serviceable in chronic catarrh and humoral asthma.
Made into syrup or confection and candied with sugar they form a
popular remedy for slight coughs ; the plant although not much used
professionally, appears to deserve more attention than it now receives.
Burnett.

1028. Teucrium Marum Linn, seems to be a genuine feline
aphrodisiac ; its active properties deserve investigation

ANISOMELES.

Calyx ovate-tubular, equal, 5-toothed. Corolla with a hairy
ring inside ; the upper lip oblong, erect, entire, the lower larger,
spreading, with the lateral lobes ovate, obtuse, the middle one
emarginate and somewhat bifid. Stamens didynamous, the 2
lowest the largest ; the anthers approximated in pairs ; those of
the longer stamens halved, of the shorter 2-celled, with parallel
transverse cells. Style equally bifid.

1029. A. malabarica RBr. in Bot. mag. t. 2071. Hooker
Journ. Bot. i. 225. t. 127. Benth. lab. 704. — Nepeta malabarica
Linn. mant. 566. Ajuga fruticosa Roxb. Jl. ind. iii. 1. — East
Indies and Isle of France.

Stem erect, 2-5 feet high, 4-sided, with obtuse angles. Branches
numerous, axillary, ascending. Leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, ob-
tuse, crenate, except at the base which is entire, strongly reticulated

494

ANISOMELES.

with prominent veins beneath, wrinkled above, clothed with whitish
down on both sides, but less so than the stem. Flowers collected into
short, pedunculated, axillary clusters, which spread round the stem,
forming whorls, of which the uppermost are so close, as to constitute
an uninterrupted spike. Bracteas filiform, pubescent, nearly the length
of the calyx, 1 or 2 to each flower. Calyx 5-cleft, 10-angled, thickly
covered with long, white, somewhat viscid pubescence. Corolla
2-lipped ; upper lip entire, shorter than the stamens, obtuse, white ;
under one large, 3-cleft, lateral divisions obtuse, reflexed, the middle
one orbicular, 2-lobed, with the sides bent downwards : throat hairy,
spotted with purple and marked with a streak of the same colour down
the middle. Stamens ascending, hairy. Anthers deep purple, opening
transversely, the longer ones 1-celled, the shorter ones 2-celled ; the
cells transverse. Stigma 2-cleft, with divaricated lobes. Wight. —
Patients suffering from ague are made to inhale the vapour arising from
an infusion of this plant. Copious perspiration ensues, which is kept
up for some time by drinking more of the infusion. Wight. The leaves
which are bitter and astringent are taken in India to assist digestion,
and to impart tone to the stomach.

VERBENACEtE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 277.

VITEX.

Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; the upper
lip bifid, the lower trifid, with the middle segment largest.
Stamens somewhat protruding ; anthers oval, erect. Style fili-
form ; stigma bifid. Drupe globose, 4-celled, 4-seeded.

1030. V. trifolia Linn, sp.pl. 890. Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 69.—
(Burm. zeyl. t. 109. Rheede ii. t. 10. Rumph. iv. t. 18.) —
Various parts of the East Indies.

Young shoots round and villous. Leaves opposite, ternate. Leaflets
all sessile, ovate, oblong, entire, hoary underneath; the pair from 1 to 2
inches long, and the terminal one much longer ; petioles about an inch
long, and hoary. Panicles terminal, linear-oblong, composed of bra-
chiate and dichotomous ramifications ; every part hoary. Flowers
small, of a lively light blue colour. Bracts minute. Calyx campanu-
late, hoary ; mouth slightly 5-toothed. Corolla with the lower lobe
longer and undivided ; the lower lateral ones turned up against the
upper lip, which appears 4-lobed. Stamens as long as the corolla.
Ovary round, 2-celled ; style as long as the corolla; stigma of 2 filiform
spreading lobes. Drupe round, smooth, when ripe black, size of a
small pea, the stone of the same shape as the drupe, 4-celled. Seeds
solitary. Albumen, when the seeds are quite ripe, none. Embryo

VERBENACEjE.

erect. Cotyledons obovate-oblong. Radicle oval, inferior. — The
leaves are a powerful discutient and employed by the Malays to remove
the boss. The leaves are given in decoction and infusion and formed
into a cataplasm which is applied to the enlarged spleen. Roxb. The
fruit is acrid, and called in India filfil burree or wild pepper.

1031. V. Agnus castus Linn, has similar acrid fruit. Accord-
ing to Forskahl, the seeds are reputed at Smyrna to be a certain
remedy against colic, if powdered and strewed over half an onion
applied to the stomach.

1032. V. Negundo Linn, sp.pl. 890. Roxb. fi. ind. iii. 70. —
(Rheede ii. t. 12. Rumph. iv. t. 19.) — Various parts of the
East Indies.

Trunk irregular, often as thick as a man's thigh or more. Branches
rather thin, opposite ; young shoots downy, slightly 4-sided. Leaves
opposite, petioled, ternate, and quinate. Leaflets, the exterior one or
all three, petioled; the lower two sessile; all lanceolate, entire, soft;
below of a very pale whitish green ; from 2 to 4 inches long, and less
than 1 broad. Panicles terminal, oblong, tapering to a point, erect ;
rachis straight, 4-sided ; ramifications decussated, generally 3-forked,
or 2-forked with sessile flowers in the cleft. Flowers small, numerous,
a most beautiful blueish- purple. Calyx permanent, closely embracing
the bottom of the berry. Corolla with the lower lip large, entire ;
upper lip shorter, 4-parted. — In India a decoction of the aromatic
leaves helps to form the warm bath for women after delivery ; bruised
they are applied to the temples for headach ; pillows stuffed with them
are put under the head to remove a catarrh and the headach attending
it. Roxb. Fruit acrid as in the two others.

1033. Gmelina parviflora Roxb. has the power of rendering
water mucilaginous, which is employed as a ptisan for the cure
of the heat of urine in gonorrhoea in India. Roxb.

1034. Callicarpa lanata Roxb. is bitterish and subaromatic,
and is employed in Indian medicine. Royle.

1035. Congea villosa Roxb. has leaves with a strong heavy
disagreeable smell, used by the natives of India in fomentations.
Roxb.

STACHYTARPHA.

Calyx tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform, unequal,
5-cleft, with a curved tube. Stamens 4, of which 2 only are
fertile.

1036. S. jamaicensis Vahl. enum. i. 206. R. and S. ii. 203.
— Verbena jamaicensis Linn. syst. veg. 66. Willd. i. 115. Jacq.
obs. iv. t. 85. (Shane, t. 107. f. 1.) — West India Islands.

An undershrub with scattered hairy branches. Leaves about 2 inches
long, oblong-ovate, coarsely and sharply serrated, quite entire at the
base, obtuse, sometimes acute, with a few hairs on the midrib. Spike
a span long, dense, not so thick as a goose's quill. Bracts ovate,
shorter than the calyx, with their margin near the bottom membranous.

496

STACHYTARPHA.

Flowers lilac. — The expressed juice of the leaves is given in Tortola,
as a cooling purgative to children, in doses of 1 or 2 table-spoonfuls.
In the French West India Islands, it is employed in decoction for
clysters, and also as an anthelmintic. It has, moreover, some reputation
for promoting the menstrual discharge. In Brazil the fresh leaves
bruised are applied to ulcers ; it is then called Urgerdo, or Jarbao.

*%* Premna integrifolia Linn., Volkameria inermis Linn, and some
others have been occasionally employed in medicine, on account of their
slightly bitter, and subastringent qualities,but they do not appear to be of
any importance.

497

K K

BIGNONIACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 282.
CATALPA.

Calyx 2-parted. Corolla campanulate, with a ventricose tube,
and a 4-lobed unequal limb. Stamens 5, of which 3 are sterile.
Stigma of 2 plates. Capsule siliquose, 2-valved, with a loculi-
cidal dehiscence. Seeds with a lacerated fringed membrane
at each end.

1037. C. syringifolia Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1094. — C. cordifolia
Elliott bot. of Car. i. 24. Bignonia Catalpa Linn. sp. pi. 868.
— Southern States of the American Union.

A tree with a round spreading head, growing from 30 to 40 feet high.
Leaves in threes, very broad, acuminate, cordate, smooth above, downy
beneath ; with a petiole 6 inches long. Panicle large, pyramidal, a foot
long. Segments of the calyx, obovate, concave, mucronate, permanent.
Corolla large, white ; the tube campanulate, veined with purple and
spotted with yellow inside ; limb unequal, 5-lobed, with crenated lobes*
The 2 fertile stamens as long as the corolla. Capsule cylindrical, above
a foot long. — A decoction of the pods is used in Italy as a remedy for
catarrhal dyspnoea and coughs. Gard. Mag. xiii. 524. According to
Kasmpfer a nearly allied species, or perhaps the same, found in Japan has
extremely bitter leaves and bark, and a decoction of the pods is em-
ployed in asthmatic complaints ; the leaves are also used for foment-
ations.

1038. Bignonia antisyphilitica, Mart.

The bark of the younger branches of this tree is considered in Brazil
one of the most powerful remedies against syphilitic swellings, which
are of a malignant character. The decoction is chiefly used, and also
the bark dried and pounded, externally.

PEDALIACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 281.

1038 a. Sesamum indi-~| have mucilaginous leaves, and the
cum Linn. seeds, like linseed, yield a mucila-

1038 b. Pedalium Mu- "ginous meal used in India for poul-
rex Linn. J tices.

499 k k 2

ACANTHACEJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 284.

RHINACANTHUS.

Calyx regularly 5-parted, with small subulate bracts and
bractlets. Corolla hypocrateriform, 2-lipped, with a long slender
tube ; the upper lip narrow, the lower trifid, with equal seg-
ments. Stamens 2, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; anthers
2-celled, awnless, with 1 cell placed above the other almost in a
line. Capsule clavate ; at the base much compressed, with the
commissure of the valves in contact, seedless ; in the upper part
4-seeded or by abortion 2-seeded. Dissepiment complete, ad-
nate. Seeds ovate, biconvex, augmented with hooks, which are
concave and obtuse. N. ab. E.

1039. R. communis N. ab E. in Wall. pi. as. rar. iii. 109.
col. i. — Justicia nasuta Linn. sp. pi. 63. Roxb. fl. ind. i. 20.
Bot. Mag. t. 325. J. scandens Vahl. symb. ii. p. 7. (Rheedeix.
t. 69.) — Continent of India.

Root woody, branched. Stems many, erect, branched, the old woody
parts round, and covered with pretty smooth ash-coloured bark ; the
tender branches and young shoots jointed, smooth and obsoletely
6-sided. Leaves opposite, stalked, broad-lanceolate, obtuse, above
smooth, below a little downy ; entire, from 2 to 4 inches long, and from
1 to 2 broad. Panicles corymbose, axillary, and terminal, always 3-cleft
as also the subdivisions. Peduncles and pedicels short, round, a little
downy. Bracts minute. Flowers small, white. Corolla with a long
slender compressed tube ; the under lip broad, 3-cleft ; upper lip erect,
linear, sides reflected, apex, bifid. A fleshy ring surrounding the base
of the ovary. Anthers projecting beyond the tube, twin. — Milk boiled
on the roots is reckoned aphrodisiacal by the natives of India. Rubbed
with lime juice and pepper they are often used, with good effect, to
cure the ringworm or Herpes miliaris, which in India is a most trouble-
some disease, and very common. They are also reckoned alexipharmic.

1040. Justicia Ecbolium Linn, is said to be diuretic.

1041. Justicia pectoralis Jacq. is esteemed a stomachic in the
West Indies.

1042. Justicia biflora Vahl. ; and

1043. Acanthus mollis Linn, have emollient leaves, which are
used for poultices.

GENDARUSSA.

Calyx regular, 5-parted, furnished at the base with small
bracts. Corolla bilabiate ; the upper lip arched, the tube short.
Stamens 2, inserted below the throat of the corolla ; connective

500

GENDARUSSA.

rhomboidal-lanceolate, oblique; cells of the anthers placed ob-
liquely one above the other ; the valves half-ovate, the lower
calcarate. Capsule sterile below, and little narrowed ; 4-seeded
at the upper end. Nees.

1044. G. vulgaris Nees von E. in Wall. pi. as. rar. iii. 104.
col. 1. — Justicia GendarussaZeVm. suppl. 85. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 28.
Jacq. eel. t. 11. (Rumph. iv. t. 28 and 29. Rheede ix. t. 42.)
— Common in gardens on the continent of India ; Amboyna and
other islands in the Malay Archipelago.

A shrub, with dark purple, or green, smooth, shoots. Leaves short-
stalked, lanceolate, obtuse, smooth, with the rib and veins dark purple.
Spikes terminal, somewhat whorled, leafy at the base. Flowers reddish
purple. — The leaves and tender stalks, when rubbed, have a strong
and not unpleasant smell, and are after being roasted, prescribed in
India in cases of chronic rheumatism attended with swelling at the
joints. Ainslie. The plant is said to have emetic powers.

1045. Adhatoda Vasica Nees (Justicia Adhatoda Linn.) Both
the flowers, leaves, and roots, are supposed to possess antispas-
modic qualities, they are bitterish and subaromatic. Ainslie.

ANDROGRAPHIS.

Calyx deeply 5-parted, equal, with narrow segments. Co-
rolla bilabiate ; the upper lip entire or bifid ; when resupinate
appearing to be divided in the contrary way. Stamens 2 ; an-
thers 2-celled : cells parallel, bearded at the base. Capsule oval
or lanceolate, depressed, 2-celled down to the base, 4-seeded or
many-seeded. Dissepiment adnate. Seeds oval, obtuse, ta-
pering, obliquely truncate at the base, pitted, with a deep hilum.
Hooks stalked, dilated, scaly, deciduous. Nees.

1046. A. paniculata Wall. cat. No. 2454. Nees in Wall.pl.
as. rar. iii. 116. col. 1. — Justicia paniculata Burm.fi. ind. 9.
Void. symb. ii. 5. Br. prodr. 331. Roocb.fi. ind. i. 118. {Rheede
ix. t. 56.) — Dry places in the East Indies, beneath the shade
of trees ; China.

Stem erect, generally annual, at least down to the root, branched,
slender, 4-sided, jointed, smooth, 1 to 2 feet high. Branches opposite,
decussate, 4-sided, spreading. Leaves opposite, short-stalked, lanceolate,
entire, smooth ; 2 or 3 inches long. Racemes terminal, and from the
exterior axils horizontal, long, 1-sided. Flowers remote, rose-coloured,
on long stalks, alternate, erect, downy. Bracts 2, large, opposite; bract-
lets 2, smaller, embracing the base of the pedicels. Corolla bilabiate.
Tube recurved ; lips linear, and reflected ; the uppermost broadest,
3-toothed; the inferior 2-toothed. Filaments as long as the lips of the
corolla, projecting, hairy ; anthers very flat, obovate, firmly united at
the base, and there bearded. Capsule erect, somewhat cylindrical.
Seeds 3 or 4 in each cell, cylindrical. — This has been much celebrated
as a stomachic, and used as a remedy for cholera and dysentery, and in in-
termittent fevers : it is the basis of a French mixture called Drogue-
amere. It is also said to be alexipharmic.
501 k k 3

ACANTHACEJE.

*#* Several other Acanthaeeae are named in books, as having slight me-
dical properties ; they are chiefly emollients, but appear to be of no
consequence.

SCROPHULARIACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 288.

DIGITALIS.

Sepals 5, rounded or acute, permanent, much shorter than the
corolla ; the uppermost narrowest. Corolla ventricose, contracted
at the base, with an oblique limb ; upper lip emarginate, lower
3-fid with the middle lobe the largest. Stamens didynamous,
inserted into the base of the corolla ; anthers acute, naked.
Stigma bilamellate. Capsule ovate, with a septicidal dehiscence.

1047. D. purpurea Linn. sp. pi. 866. Eng. Bot. t. 1297.

Woodv. t. 24. Smith Eng.fl. iii. 140 Pastures and by road

sides in many parts of Europe. (Foxglove.)

A biennial; root of numerous long and slender fibres. Stem straight,
wand-like, leafy, mostly simple, roundish, with several slight angles,
downy, 3 or 4 feet high, leaves alternate, ovate or elliptic-oblong,
crenate, downy, rugged and veiny, of a dull green; tapering at the
base into winged footstalks ; radical ones largest. Raceme terminal,
1-sided, erect, simple, of numerous, sometimes 60, large, pendulous,
scentless, crimson flowers ; elegantly marked with eye-like spots, as
well as hairy, within. Smith. Seeds small, oblong, pale brown, pitted.
The leaves and seeds of this plant, especially the former, in the state
of powder, tincture, or infusion, afford one of the most valuable of
known medicines, for the purpose of reducing the action of the heart,
promoting the action of the absorbents, as a diuretic, and for producing
a specific action over the cerebro-spinal system. It is employed very
extensively in fevers, dropsy, inflammation, haemorrhages, diseases of
the heart, and in mania, epilepsy, spasmodic asthma and the like. It
is very remarkable for its power on the system, sometimes accumulat-
ing till it suddenly shows itself with irresistible force, to the imminent
risk of the life of the patient.

SCROPHULARIA.

Calyx 5-parted, or more frequently 5-cleft, nearly equal. Co-
rolla globose, with a short 5-lobed limb, the segments of which
are rounded, and the uppermost united into an upper lip. Sta-
mens didynamous, decimate, with 1 -celled transverse anthers ;
a fifth rudimentary stamen with a lamelliform anther, often pre-
sent. Stigma emarginate. Capsule roundish, often acuminate,
with the valves entire or just bifid.

502

SCROPHULARIA.

1048. S. nodosa Linn. sp. pi. 863. Eng. Bot. t. 1544. Smith
Eng. Fl. iii. 137. — Hedges woods and thickets in most parts of
Europe. (Figwort.)

Herbage nearly or quite smooth, fetid like Elder when bruised.
Root whitish, tuberous, beset with fleshy knobs. Stem 2 or 3 feet high,
nearly simple, leafy, acutely quadrangular, smooth. Leaves stalked,
ovate-oblong, acute, sharply and unequally serrated ; heart-shaped at
the base, where they are cut away, as it were, to the 2 small lateral
ribs. Flower-stalks axillary and terminal, forked, angular, glandular,
forming a panicled, leafy cluster. Bracteas lanceolate. Flowers a little
drooping. Calyx smooth. Corolla of a dull green, with a livid purple
lip. Capsule ovate-oblong. Smith.— Leaves and roots said to be
purgative and emetic. They have a bitter taste, and a heavy disagreeable
smell. A decoction of the leaves is used by farmers to cure the scab
in swine. Burnett.

104-9. S. aquatica Linn. sp. pi. 864. Eng. Bot. t. 854.
Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 138. — Ditches and watery places in many
parts of Europe. (Water Betony.)

Root entirely fibrous. Herb quite smooth, foetid, of a deep shining
green. Stem taller than S. nodosa, straight, leafy, nearly simple,
winged in some degree at the four angles. Leaves copiously and finely
serrated, veiny, ovate-oblong; heart-shaped at the base, and running
down the edges of the footstalks ; their lateral ribs not reaching to the
margin of the leaf. Cluster of many forked branches, bearing numerous
flowers, whose tube is green, the limb of a dark blood-red, more con-
spicuous than in S. nodosa. Capsule globular. Smith. — Properties
.much as in the last species. Burnett however says that they cannot be
very unwholesome plants, because the garrison of Rochelle, during the
celebrated siege by Cardinal Richelieu in 1628, supported themselves
in their extremity by eating the roots of S. aquatica, which has since
that time been called by the French, herbe du siege.

HERPESTES.

Calyx 5-parted ; the upper sepal very large, ovate, the 2 lowest
narrower, the 2 lateral ones linear- and covered by the rest.
Corolla tubular, somewhat 2-lipped ; the upper lip bifid, the
lower trifid, with all the segments flat and nearly equal. Sta-
mens didynamous, enclosed ; anthers approximated in pairs,
with diverging or divaricating segments which finally become
somewhat confluent. Capsule scarcely furrowed, 4-valved, with
the edges of the valves flat.

1050. H. Monniera HBK. n. g. et. sp. ii. 294. Benth. scroph.
ind. 30. — Gratiola Monniera Linn, amcen. acad. iv. 306. Hoxb.
fl. ind. i. 141. Monniera Brownei Pers. syn. i. 116. M. cunei-
folia Mx.fl. bor. am. ii. 22. Herpestes cuneifolia Pursh.fl. am.
sept. ii. 418. H. procumbens Spreng. syst. ii. 802. Bramia indica
Lam. enc. i. 459. Caly triplex obovata R. and P.fl. peruv.prodr.
t. xix. — Tropical parts of the world in both hemispheres.

Stems several, annual, creeping, round, jointed, very branching,
503 k K 4

SCROPHULARIACE^.

smooth, succulent. Leaves opposite, sessile, obovate, wedge-shaped or
oblong, smooth, entire, obtuse, fleshy, dotted with minute spots. Pe-
duncles axillary, alternate, solitary, round, smooth, shorter than the
leaves, one-flowered. Flowers blue. Bractes 2-awled, pressing on
the calyx laterally. Calyx 5-leaved, the exterior three leaflets large,
oblong, the two interior small linear ; all are concave, smooth, pointed
and permanent. Corolla campanulate ; border 5-parted, nearly equal.
Anthers 2-cleft at the base, blue. Stigma large, somewhat 2-lobed.
Capsule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds very numerous. Roxb. —
The natives of India use the expressed juice, mixed with Petroleum,
to rub on parts affected with rheumatic pains.

1051. H. ? amara Benth. scroph .ind. 30. — Gratiola amara
Roxb.fi. ind. i. 135 Moluccas.

Root fibrous. Stems and branches creeping, with their extremities
suberect, 4-sided, coloured, smooth. Leaves opposite, petioled, cor-
date deeply serrate, somewhat rugose, of a soft texture, but free of
pubescence ; in general about 2 inches long. Peduncles axillary,
solitary, rather longer than the petioles, supporting at their extremities
2 or 3 pairs of opposite pedicelled flowers. Bractes small, oblong, one
under the insertion of each pedicel. Calyx of 2 pair of opposite leaflets,
exterior pair large, cordate, often notched; the upper one larger and
incumbent over the rest of the calyx and all the corolla except the under
lip ; inner or lateral pair linear-lanceolate, and much smaller than the
exterior pair. Corolla bilabiate; tube contracted at the middle ; upper
lip straight, narrow with a 2-lobed apex ; under lip broad, 3-lobed,
drooping. Stamina; the fertile pair of filaments lodged under the upper
lip of" the corolla, with twin anthers, adhering by pairs, the sterile pair
from the under lip, with large, yellow, free, clavate apices. Stigma
2-lobed. Capsules ovate, 2-celled, hid between the exterior leaflets of
the calyx. Seeds numerous, very small. — The leaves are excessively
bitter, and might no doubt answer valuable purposes in medicine.
Roxb.

CALCEOLARIA.

Calyx 4-parted. Corolla rotate, 2-lipped ; the upper lip very
small and convex, the lower distended into a large pouch. Sta-
mens 2, with 1 -celled transverse anthers. Capsule half 2-valved ;
valves bifid.

1052. C. trifida Fl. Peruv. i. 17. t. 26. b. Vakl. enum. i. 185.

— Woods of Peru, in watery places. (Tumpu.)

Stem suffruticose, 2-3 feet high, branched, nearly smooth. Leaves
cordate-ovate, obtuse, serrated, the lower opposite and stalked, the
upper ternate, sessile, covered with glandular hairs ; petioles connate.
Peduncles axillary and terminal, umbellate, hoary. Corolla yellow.

— Leaves are said to be tonic and febrifugal.

1053. C. pinnata Linn. mant. 171. Vahl. enum. i. 189. Act.
holm. 1770. t. 8. Bot. Mag. t. 41. — Damp places in Peru.

An annual about 2 feet high, hairy and viscid all over. Leaves
stalked, all pinnated, with toothed leaflets, or even pinnatifid ones at
the lower part of the stem. Peduncles 2 or 3 together. Sepals ovate

504

CALCEOLARIA.

cordate, very spreading. Flowers pale yellow. — Leaves said to be
purgative and emetic.

LINARIA.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate, with a short inflated
tube, calcarate at the base, with the palate prominent or occa-
sionally depressed. Stamens hairy at the base. Style thickened
at the apex or bifid ; stigma emarginate or 2-lobed. Capsule
opening by pores, or opercular valves, or teeth.

1054. L. vulgaris Ait. hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 17. Chavannes
monogr. p. 131. — Antirrhinum Linaria Linn, sp.pl. 858. Eng.
Bot. t. 658. Woodv. t. 221. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 134. — Com-
mon in Europe by the sides of hedges and ditches. (Toadflax.)

Root creeping, somewhat woody. Herbage smooth, bright green,
scarcely at all glaucous. Stems 2 feet high, densely clothed with
scattered narrow acute leaves, terminated by a spike of rich yellow
large flowers. Palate of the corolla downy and orange-coloured ; spur
pendulous, as long as the tube, and twice as long as the calyx. Calyx
smooth. Capsule opening with 4 or 5 lanceolate valves to each cell. —
Reputed to be purgative and diuretic. It is bitter. Its flowers have
been recommended in decoction as a wash for chronic diseases of the
skin ; and that it would not be an inactive lotion seems probable from
the fact that in London the plant is occasionally boiled in milk for the
purpose of destroying flies. Burnett.

1055. L. Cymbalaria Ait. hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 10. Chavannes
monogr. p. 98. — Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, Linn. sp. pi. 851.
Eng. Bot. t. 502. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 131. — On old walls in
many parts of Europe, especially the southern. (Ivy-leaved
Snapdragon.)

Stems long, pendulous, filiform, very much branched and entangled,
smooth, hanging from old walls in graceful festoons. Leaves cordate,
5-lobed, alternate, smooth, not unlike those of Ivy. Flowers solitary,
on long axillary stalks, small, variegated with violet and blue ; the palate
yellow, the spur short and pointed. Capsule roundish, much and
irregularly torn at the top. Seeds black, wrinkled. — Has a warm
cress-like flavour, and has been recommended as an antiscorbutic.
Hamilton says, that in India it is given with sugar in cure of diabetes,
and from the report of its influence over that disorder, it well deserves
to be tried by the European practitioner. It is, however, probable that
Dr. Hamilton's remarks do not apply to this plant, which does not
grow in India, but to L. ramosissima Wall., a nearly allied species.

1055 a. Linaria Elatine Ait. is said to be bitter and purgative.

VANDELLIA.

Calyx tubular or campanulate, nearly equal, 5-toothed or
5-parted. Corolla exserted, bilabiate, 5-cleft ; upper lip shortest.
Stamens didynamous, the 2 upper shortest with entire filaments,
the 2 lower inserted at the base of the lower lip, with long curved
filaments having a tooth-like or filiform appendage at the base.
Anthers adhering in pairs, 2-celled, with diverging or divari-
505

SCROPHULARIACEjE.

eating cells confluent at the apex. Capsule globose, oblong, or
linear, 2-valved ; valves entire, membranous.

1056. V. diffusa Linn. mant. 89. Benth. scroph. ind. 37. —
Brazil, Guayana, Isle of France.

Diffuse, pubescent. Leaves broad-ovate, subsessile. Flowers axil-
lary, sessile. Calyx somewhat 5-cleft, twice as short as the oblong
capsule. Benth. — Of great value in Guayana as an antibilious emetic
and febrifuge, and a most efficacious remedy in malignant fevers and
dysentery, especially in cases depending on a disordered state of the
liver. Hancock, in Med. Bot. Trans. 1829, p. 9. It is called Haima-
rada by the Arowak Indians, and Bitter Blain by the Dutch Creoles.

1057. Torenia asiatica Linn. The juice of the leaves is con-
sidered on the Malabar coast a cure for gonorrhoea.

PICRORHIZA.

Calyx leafy, campanulate, almost equally 5-cleft. Corolla
campanulate, shorter than the calyx, nearly equally 4-cleft, with
the segments entire. Stamens 4, inserted in the throat of the
corolla, nearly equal, diverging, projecting some distance. An-
thers 2-celled, with the cells confluent at the apex. Valves of
the capsule septiferous in the middle, bipartible, with a double
dissepiment. Seeds inclosed in a bladdery arillus-like mem-
brane.

1058. P. Kurroa Royle illustr. p. 291. t. 71. Benth. scroph.
ind. 47. — Veronica? Lindleyana Wall. cat. No. 404. — Gossain
Than, Kamaon and Kedarkonta.

A fleshy rooted perennial. Stems very short, ascending. Leaves
obovate, tapering to the base, serrated, smooth or nearly so, scape
erect, naked. Flowers sessile, deep blue, in dense spikes. — The root
is intensely bitter, and used in the native medicine of India.

EUPHRASIA.

Calyx campanulate, 4-cleft. Upper lip of the corolla galeate.
emarginate, lower larger, spreading, with the middle lobe emar-
ginate. Stamens 4, fertile ; lower cells of the upper anthers
with a long spur. Capsule oblong-ovate, compressed, emar-
ginate. with entire valves. Seeds few in number, with a some-
what striated membranous skin.

1059. E. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 841. Eng. Bot. t. 1416.
Smith Eng. El. iii. 122. Benth. scroph. ind. 51. — Heaths
and pastures of Europe, the Himalaya mountains, Cachmere, and
all the north of Asia. (Eyebright.)

An elegant little plant, varying in height from 1 inch to 4 or 5,
with a square, downy, leafy stem, either simple or branched. Leaves
i or i an inch long, almost entirely opposite, ovate or heart-shaped,
downy, strongly ribbed and furrowed, with sharp tooth-like serratures.
Flowers axillary, solitary, very abundant, inodorous, but remarkable for

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EUPHRASIA.

their brilliant variegated aspect, on which account it seems, the plant
became celebrated as good for weak eyes. The corolla varies much in
size as well as colour, being commonly white, with deep purple streaks,
and a yellowish palate ; the anthers violet. On the mountains of Scot-
land there is a more slender variety, with smaller but more richly tinted
blossoms ; on the Alps a dwarf, large flowered, more purple variety is
common. The seeds are few, somewhat angular, thin at the edges,
strongly striated, or furrowed, at the sides. Smith. — Slightly bitter
and aromatic. It has had much reputation in diseases of the eye, but
has generally fallen into disrepute. It has, however, lately been asserted
by Professor Kranichfeld, that it is particularly useful in catarrhal in-
flammations of the eye. He has also found it beneficial in cough,
hoarseness, earache and headache, which have supervened in catarrhal
affections. Med. Gaz. xx. 528.

GRATIOLA.

Calyx 5-parted as far as the base. Corolla resupinate, un-
equally 4-lobed. Stamens 2 fertile, 2 sterile. Capsule 2-celled,
with a septicidal dehiscence.

1060. G. officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 24. Fl. dan. t. 363. R. and S.
i. 129. Schkuhr. handb. t. 2. a. — Marshes of Europe. (Hedge
hyssop.)

Root creeping, jointed. Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, simple or a little
branched, smooth, 4-sided at the upper end. Leaves half amplexicaul,
1-2 inches long, smooth, obtuse, lanceolate, serrated, with about 3 veins,
entire near the base. Flowers solitary, on long stalks ; with 2 linear
bracts below the calyx. Corolla whitish striped with red, sometimes
white ; tube longer than the calyx, covered inside with yellow hairs ;
upper lip reflexed, emarginate, Capsule ovate, acuminate. — A very
active plant, formerly called Gratia Dei, on account of its efficiency as a
medicine. It is extremely bitter, acts violently both as a purgative
and emetic, and has been said to be the basis of the famous gout me-
dicine, called Eau Medicinale, which, as its active principle appears to
be of the nature of Veratria, is not improbable. Gratiola is said to
have been found serviceable in cases of hypochondriasis. In over-
doses it is a violent poison, and according to Haller, it renders by its
abundance some of the Swiss meadows useless as pastures. G. peru-
viana Linn, has purgative and emetic leaves and roots.

1061. Scoparia dulcis Linn. An infusion is used by the Indians
of Spanish America to cure agues, according to Humboldt.
Martius however states that in Brazil, where it is called JBasou-
rinha or Vacourinha the expressed juice is merely mucila-
ginous and employed as a cooling laxative.

1062. Verbascum nigrum Linn, is accounted slightly narcotic.
The seeds of it and of 1063. V. Thapsus Linn, are said to be
used by poachers to poison fish. The flowers of 1064. V. Lych-
nitis Linn, are used in many places as a poison for mice.

507

SOLANACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 293.

HYOSCYAMUS.

Calyx tubular, inflated at the base, 5-toothed, permanent.
Corolla funnel-shaped, irregular, with a spreading unequal limb,
divided into 5, obtuse segments. Filaments nearly equal.
Stigma capitate. Capsule opening transversely by a convex lid,
2-celled, many-seeded.

1065. H. niger Linn, sp.pl. 257. Eng. Bot. t. 591. Woodv.
t. 52. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 315. — Waste grounds and commons
throughout Europe. (Henbane.)

Biennial. Stem from 6 inches to 2 feet high, taper, scarcely branched,
covered closely with long weak hairs tipped with a minute black
gland. Leaves sessile, occasionally somewhat decurrent, stem clasping,
oblong, acute, coarsely and unequally slashed, pale dull green, slightly
pubescent, with long glandular hairs, like those of the stem, upon the
midrib. Flowers axillary, subsolitary, nearly sessile, embosomed in the
uppermost leaves, than which they are much shorter. Calyx funnel-
shaped, villous, 5-lobed, regular, wider than the corolla, to whose tube it is
equal in length : each lobe ovate, acute, with an open aestivation. Corolla
dull dirty yellow strongly netted with purple veins, and deep purple at
the orifice, funnel-shaped, with a somewhat erect limb, which is 5-lobed;
lobes rounded, the two anterior a little smaller than the others, and
separated at the base by a deep slit in the tube. Stamens 5, declinate,
straight, shorter than the corolla, the three lower longer than the
others ; filaments pubescent, inserted about the middle of the tube of
the corolla. Ovary nearly round, shining, pale green, 2-celled, with
numerous ovules adhering to the dissepiment; style filiform, declinate,
purple at the apex ; stigma capitate. Fruit an ovate, many-seeded
pyxis. — A powerful narcotic, the capsules and seeds of which, smoked
like Tobacco, are a rustic remedy for toothach, but convulsions and
temporary insanity are said to be sometimes the consequence of their
use. Used medicinally the leaves produce effects very similar to those
of opium. It is employed with advantage in painful and spasmodic
affections, hysteria, rheumatism and gout; also combined with colo-
cynth in painters' colic and mania. It is also used externally to allay
the irritation of very sensible parts ; and the infusion dropped into the
eye dilates the pupil like Belladonna.

ATROPA.

Calyx 5-parted, permanent, nearly equal. Corolla campanu-
late, with a very short tube ; limb with 5 shallow nearly equal
segments. Filaments nearly as long as the tube of the corolla ;
anthers cordate, 4-lobed. Stigma capitate. Berry 2-celled,
many-seeded, subtended by the enlarged calyx.

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ATROPA.

1066. A. Belladonna Linn. sp. pi. 260. Eng. Bot. t. 592.
Woodv. t. i. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 316. — Common in Europe in
waste places and among ruins. (Dwale, Deadly Nightshade.)

Root fleshy, creeping. Whole plant foetid when bruised, of a dark
and lurid aspect, indicative of its deadly narcotic quality. Stems herba-
ceous, annual, 3 feet high, round, branched, leafy, slightly downy.
Leaves lateral, mostly two together of unequal size, ovate, acute, entire,
smooth. Flowers imperfectly axillary, solitary, stalked, drooping, dark
dull purple in the border, paler downwards, about an inch long. Berry
of a shining violet black, the size of a small cherry, sweetish, and not
nauseous. Smith. — A dangerous narcotic. Every part of the
plant is poisonous ; and children and the ignorant have often suffered
from eating the berries, the beautiful appearance and sweet taste of
which render them very alluring. The symptoms which they induce
are those of intoxication, accompanied with fits of laughter and violent
gestures ; great thirst, difficulty of deglutition, nausea, dilatation of the
pupil, with the eyelids drawn down; redness and tumefaction of the
face, stupor or delirium, a low and feeble pulse, paralysis of the intes-
tines, convulsions and death. In medicine Belladonna is not only
narcotic, but diaphoretic and diuretic. It is extensively employed
especially in producing a dilatation of the pupil, when its infusion
is dropped into the eye. Among other properties it is said by Hahne-
mann and KorefF to protect the individual who takes it from the
contagion of Scarlatina.

CAPSICUM.

Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, equal. Filaments very short,
equal ; anthers converging, opening longitudinally. Fruit firm,
succulent, 2-celled, containing numerous dry flat seeds, not
mixed with pulp.

1067. C. annuum Linn. sp. pi. 270. Willd. enum. i. 241.
Plenck. offic. pi. t. 107. (R/ieede ii. t. 35.) — South America,
Mexico, East Indies. (Chilly, Capsicum.)

An annual, of a dark green colour, almost smooth, growing 1 to 2
feet high. Stems angular, furrowed, branched. Leaves ovate or oblong,
acuminate, long-stalked, almost entire, sometimes hairy on the veins
underneath. Flowers white, solitary, axillary, pendulous, with dark-
coloured anthers. Fruit of various forms, round, oblong, cordate, or
horned, and either scarlet or yellow, in some varieties so little pungent
as to be used sliced in salad, in others intolerably biting till the mouth
becomes accustomed to it by habit. — The fruit and seeds are a power-
ful stimulant, without any narcotic property. The well-known con-
diment called Cayenne pepper consists principally of the ground seeds.
It is employed in medicine, in combination with Cinchona in inter-
mittents and lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia
accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis, &c. Its most valuable
application appears however to be in cynanche maligna and scarlatina
maligna, used either as a gargle or administered internally.

1067 a. C. frutescens Linn. (Goat-pepper) — and 1 067 b.
C. baccatum Linn. (Bird-pepper) have similar properties, but
are more acrimonious.
509

SOLANACE.32.

DATURA.

Calyx oblong, tubular, 5-angled, 5-toothed, dropping off from
its base by a circular horizontal incision, which remains perma-
nently at the base of the ovary. Corolla funnel-shaped, regular,
angular, plaited, with mucronate lobes. Stigma thick, obtuse,
2-lobed. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit dry, often prickly, half 4-celled,
with 4 valves, and many seeds.

1068. D. Tatula Linn. sp. pi. 256. Bigelow med. hot. i. t. 1. —
Common by roadsides in North America ; probably introduced
from Portugal and the South of France, where it is wild.

Stem erect, branched, smooth or slightly pubescent, hollow in large
plants, often solid in small ones. Leaves 5 or 6 inches long, ovate-
oblong, acute, irregularly sinuated, with large acute teeth and round
sinuses, the sides of the base extending unequally down the petiole.
Flowers single, axillary, on short stalks, erect or nodding. Calyx
tubular, with 5 angles and 5 teeth, deciduous by breaking off from its
base. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a long tube, 5-angled, its limb waved
and folded, and terminating in 5 acuminate teeth. Ovary superior,
hairy, with the rudiments of spines, ovate ; style as long as the stamens ;
stigma obtuse. Capsule ovate, fleshy, covered with thorns, 4-valved,
4-celled, opening at top. Seeds numerous, reniform, black, attached
to a longitudinal receptacle, which occupies the centre of each cell. —
Very nearly the same as D. Stramonium, but a larger plant, with deep
purple stems and a corolla stained at the angles with dull deep purple.
Properties the same as those of D. Stramonium.

1069. D. Stramonium Linn. sp. 255. Eng. Bot. t. 1288.
Woodv. t. 124. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 314. — Waste places all over
Europe. (Thornapple.)

Abushy, smooth, foetid annual, 2 or 3 feet high. Stem much branched,
forked, spreading, leafy. Leaves from the forks of the stem, large,
ovate, smooth, unequal at the base, variously and acutely sinuated and
toothed, veiny, of a light dull green. Flowers axillary, erect, white,
sweet-scented, especially at night, about 3 inches long. Fruit as large
as a walnut, very prickly. Seeds black. — A violent narcotic poison
when taken internally, acting fatally if taken in large doses. In skilful
hands it is a valuable medicine in mania, epilepsy, convulsions, tic
doloureux, &e. It palliates the distressing paroxysms of pure spas-
modic asthma when smoked ; for which purpose Bigelow recommends
the leaves in preference to the root, in which it is obvious that he must
be right as the plant is an annual. It is also employed successfully
as an external application as an anodyne and sedative, in burns,
haemorrhoids, irritable ulcers, &c.

1070. D. ferox Linn, has similar properties.

PHYSALIS.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate-rotate, plaited, 5-Iobed.
Anthers converging, opening longitudinally. Stigma capitate.

510

PHYSALIS.

Berry smooth, 2-celled, covered with the angular membranous
inflated calyx.

1071. P. somnifera Linn. sp. pi. 261. Cav. ic. ii. t. 103. Fl.
GrcBC. t. 233. — P. flexuosa Linn. sp. pi. 261. Jacq. cel. t. 23.
Mnxb.fi. ind. i. — (R/ieede iv. t. 55.) — Rocky places on the
seacoast of the South of Europe and the East Indies.

Stems several, erect, shrubby, branched and forked, round, downy.
Leaves in lateral pairs, short-stalked, ovate, a little scolloped, downy,
from 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers axillary, subsessile, crowded, small,
greenish-yellow, or whitish. Calyx ovate-pyramidal, greenish-yellow
or reddish. Corolla campanulate. Berry red, smooth, size of a pea. —
This plant is thought to have been the 2rp«x^°e vttvojtikoq of Dios-
corides. It is reputed to be narcotic, diuretic, and alexipharmic. The
leaves steeped in oil are, in India, applied to inflammatory tumours ;
and they are used in a similar way in Egypt. Kunth recognised this
plant in Egyptian mummies.

1072. P. Alkekengi Linn. (The winter Cherry) is diuretic
and employed in veterinary practice.

1073. Nicandra physalodes Gcertn. ( Atropa physalodes Linn.)
is also said to be diuretic.

SOLANUM.

Calyx permanent, 5-10-parted. Corolla rotate, in 4, 5, or
6 divisions. Anthers 4-6, converging into a cone, opening by
pores at the apex. Fruit succulent 2-6-celled.

1074. S. nigrum Linn, sp.pl. 266. Eng.JBot. t. 566. Woodv.
t. 226, Smith Eng. Fl. i. 318. — Waste places all over the
world.

Root fibrous. Herb fetid, narcotic, bushy, with numerous, angular,
or winged, leafy branches. Leaves undivided, lengthened out at the
base, smooth. Umbels from the intermediate spaces between the
leaves, solitary, stalked, simple, downy. Flowers white, with a musky
scent. Berries globular, black ; sometimes as it is reported yellow. —
A grain or two of the dried leaf have sometimes been given to promote
various secretions, possibly by exciting a great, and rather dangerous,
agitation in the viscera. Smith. It is a narcotic, and according to
Orfila, its extract possesses nearly the same power as Lettuce-opium.
In Brazil it is called Carachichu, or Erva Moira ; and when bruised is
applied either in poultices or baths to painful wounds ; and in gene-
rally inflammatory cases with a predominant excitement of the nervous
system. Martius.

1075. S. Dulcamara Linn. sp. pi. 264. Eng. Bot. t. 365.
Woodv. t. 33. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 318. — In temperate countries
in Europe, Asia, and America. (Bitter-sweet.)

Root woody. Stem shrubby, twining, branched, rising when sup-
ported to the height of many feet. Leaves acute, generally smooth ;
the lower ones ovate, or heart-shaped ; upper more or less perfectly
halberd-shaped ; all entire at the margin. Clusters either opposite to
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SOLANACEiE.

the leaves or terminal, drooping, spreading, smooth, alternately sub-
divided, and resembling cymes, though not really such. Bracteas
minute. Flowers elegant, purple, with 2 round green spots at the base
of each segment ; they are reported to vary occasionally to white or
flesh colour, the spots being also sometimes white. Berries oval,
scarlet, juicy, bitter and poisonous. — The root and young branches, in
the form of a decoction, much diluted with milk, have been recom-
mended in scrophulous or glandular obstructions. Smith. The plant is a
dangerous narcotic, and its gay tempting berries have occasionally
caused serious accidents among children and others who have eaten
them. In medicine the plant has been considered serviceable both
internally, and used as a wash in lepra, psoriasis, and other cutaneous
disorders. It is diaphoretic, and is said to have been advantageously
exhibited in asthma.

1076. S. Jacquini Willd. is considered by the native practi-
tioners in India as an expectorant.

1077. S. bahamense Linn. Its juice is administered in the
West Indies in cases of sore throat, in the form of a gargle.

1078. S. mammosum Linn, is said to be bitter and a valuable
diuretic.

1079. S. paniculatum Linn. sp. 267. Dunal. solan, p. 206.
R. and S. iv. 637. — Brazil.

A shrub. Stem and leafstalks covered with white fur, and armed
with straight, scattered, naked prickles. Leaves broad, cordate, deeply
sinuated, angular, rather acute, unarmed, smooth on the upper side.
Flowers in compound, terminal, unarmed, tomentose panicles. Flowers
bluish white. — This plant is called Juripeba in Brazil, where the juice of
the bruised leaves and unripe fruit is much esteemed, as a powerful remedy
in obstructions of the bowels, especially of the liver, and in catarrhus
vesicas. Several other kinds of Solanum are used in similar diseases.
When applied fresh, they generally act very favourably in cleansing and
healing wounds and ulcers. Martins.

1080. S. cernuum Vellozo MSS. — Brazil.

Apparently a tree. Branches stout, round, covered over with a
remarkably coarse, ramentaceous hairiness. Leaves unarmed, oblong,
entire, repand, tapering a little to the base, smooth above, closely
covered with white tomentum on the under side, where it is coarsely
veined ; petioles ramentaceous. Flowers in dense cernuous clusters,
with the pedicels and calyxes covered all over with a long loose shaggy
coating of the same coarse ramentaceous hairs as those of the stem. —
A very remarkable plant, of which I possess a specimen marked
" S. cernuum Vellozii," by Von Martius himself : it is not very uncom-
mon in collections of dried plants from the vicinity of Rio Janeiro.
We are told that a decoction of the flowers and leaves is a powerful
sudorific, and is very serviceable in syphilis, inveterate gonorrhoea
and similar complaints. Martius Travels.

*#* A spinose species of Solanum called Burabara, is reported in
Demerara to be an antidote to the bite of the rattle-snake.

512

NICOTIANA.

NICOTIANA.

Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped or hypocrate-
riform, with a 5-cleft plaited spreading limb. Stamens declinate.
Stigma capitate. Capsule 2- (or many-) celled, 2-valved, open-
ing by 4 points.

1081. N. Tabacum Linn. sp. pi. 258. Woodv. t. 60. S.and
C. t. 37. Bigeloio med. hot. ii. t. 40. R. and S. iv. 315.
Lehm. nicot. No. 4. — N. macrophylla Lehm. nicot. No. 3. N. la-
tissima Mill. diet. No. 1. — Hotter parts of America. (Common
Tobacco.)

Root long, fibrous. Stem 5 or 6 feet high, erect, round, hairy, and
viscid, branching at top. Leaves sessile, very large, ovate or lanceolate,
acuminate, viscid, pale green. Bracts linear, acute. Flowers panicled
on the ends of the stem and branches. Calyx swelling, hairy, glutinous,
half as long as the corolla, ending in 5 acute segments. Corolla funnel-
shaped, swelling toward the top, the border dull red, expanding, with
5 acute lobes. Filaments inclined to one side, with oblong anthers.
Ovary ovate, style long and slender, stigma cloven. Capsule ovate,
invested with the calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved, but opening crosswise at
top, loculicidal. Seeds very numerous, small, somewhat reniform,
attached to a fleshy receptacle. — This species yields the Virginian,
Havannah, and pigtail tobaccos of the shops, and probably the principal
part of that which comes from India in the form of cheroots. It is a
powerful stimulant narcotic, employed medicinally as an errhine, in
infusion as an expectorant and sedative, and in vapour both as an
antispasmodic and to bring on nausea and fainting. Tobacco enemata
have been found useful in relaxing the parts implicated in strangulated
hernia, but the remedy is dangerous. When chewed it appears to act
deleteriously, impairing the appetite and bringing on torpor of the gastric
nerves. Although if smoked in moderate quantities it acts as a harm-
less excitant and sedative, yet it is a frequent cause of paralysis when
the practice is indulged in to excess. Oil of Tobacco, which is inhaled
and swallowed in the process of smoking is one of the most violent of
known poisons. The Hottentots are said to kill snakes by putting a
drop of it on their tongues, and the death of these reptiles is said to
take place as instantaneously as if by an electric shock ; dangerous
symptoms are reported to have followed the application of the ointment
to scald heads.

The whole genus probably participates in the same qualities ; the
following only need be particularly noticed.

1082. N. rustica Linn. sp. pi. 258. Lehm. nicot. 13. Plenck
offic. pi. t. 100. — South of Europe, Levant, Africa and
America.

An annual. Stem round, erect, 2-3 feet high, covered with fetid
glutinous hairs. Leaves stalked, roundish ovate, entire, sometimes
rather cordate. Flowers green. Tube of the corolla cylindrical, longer
than the calyx; limb rather concave, with rounded obtuse segments. —
Syrian and Turkish Tobaccos are prepared from this species, which is
much more mild in its operation than the last.
513 L L

SOLANACEiE.

1083. N. persica Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1592 Persia.

A viscid, downy, branching annual. Radical leaves oblong-spathulate,
cauline sessile, half amplexicaul, acuminate. Calyxes acutely 5-cleft;
flowers white, sweet-scented ; tube of the corolla hypocrateriform,
slender, clavate ; throat ventricose ; segments of the limb ovate, emar-
ginate, somewhat unequal. — Produces the delicate and fragrant
Tobacco of Shiraz.

CRESCENTIA.

Calyx 2-leaved, equal, deciduous. Corolla campanulate, with
a fleshy tube much shorter than the ventricose, 5-cleft, unequal,
crisped limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the rudiment of a
fifth. Fruit gourd-like, 1 -celled, with a solid shell, internally
pulpy, many-seeded.

1084. C. Cujete Linn. sp. pi. 872. Jacq. amer. 175. t. 111.
Bot. Mag. t. 3430. — West India islands, and Spanish Main.
(Calabash tree.)

A tree, according to Jacquin, 20 feet in height, readily distinguished
from all others by its peculiar habit : for it sends out large, horizontal,
scarcely divided branches, which bear fascicles of leaves at various dis-
tances. These leaves are from 4 to 6 inches in length, broadly lanceo-
late, somewhat acute, entire, tapering at the base, but destitute of
petiole. Peduncles, in general from the older portions of the trunk,
or branches, solitary, rarely 2 or 3 together, decurved, bearing a single,
pendent flower of a large size, and, though varying somewhat in colour,
generally of a yellowish-green, more or less streaked, or veined with
reddish lines. The calyx is large, of 2 roundish, or oval, green, concave
lobes. Corolla large, somewhat campanulate, with a remarkable con-
striction below the middle, above which it becomes ventricose, and at
the mouth cut into 5, much crisped and waved, sharp, but rather un-
equal segments, which are at length reflexed : it does not readily fall
away, but decays upon the peduncle, and then gives out a very disagree-
able smell. Stamens 4, didynamous, sometimes 5, shorter than the
corolla. Anthers of 2 oblong lobes, spreading at their base. Ovary
ovate, surrounded by a large, fleshy, yellowish ring. Style rather longer
than the corolla : stigma 2-lobed. Fruit, according to authors, an oval
or round berry, large, externally coriaceous, 1-celled, containing a co
pious pulp, in which are imbedded several cordate, compressed seeds,
which are said to have 2 cells. Hooker. — From the pulp of the fruit,
a syrup is prepared in the West Indies having a great reputation as a
pectoral medicine, and as a remedy for internal bruises. Dr. Wright
recommends the pulp as an excellent poultice for bruises and inflam-
mations.

514

CESTRACE^E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 296.
CE STRUM.

Calyx tubular, terete, very short, obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla
funnel-shaped, with a long slender cylindrical tube, a roundish
throat, and a flat limb with ovate equal segments. Filaments
the length of the tube, anthers enclosed. Berry roundish,
2-celled, many-seeded.

1084. C. venenatum Thumb, prodr. 36. fl. cap. 193. — Woods
at the Cape of Good Hope, in Houtniqua-land and elsewhere.

A large woody bush. Branches roughish, purplish ; the young ones
furrowed. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, stalked, acuminate, entire,
reflexed at the edge, evergreen, ribbed, quite smooth. Flowers sub-
sessile, in axillary clusters. Corolla with a reddish tube, and a white
limb, villous on the upper side ; the throat being stopped with hair ;
with the perfume of Jasmine flowers. — A decoction of the bark,
reduced to the thickness of jelly is used by the Hottentots to envenom
their weapons. It is said to be a fatal poison, and to be also used by
the same people to destroy wild beasts, by impregnating baits of flesh
witli its juice.

1085. C. macrophyllum Vent, and 1085 a, C. nocturnum Lam.
have similar properties.

1086. C. Hediunda Lam. (Hediunda Feuill. ii. t. 20. C. au-
riculatum Fl. Peruv. ii. t. 155. f. a.) and 1087. C. laurifolium
L' Herit. are febrifugal, and also used externally as astringents.
Martins.

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Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 297.

*** There is scarcely a plant of this natural order in which
the bitter principle does not exist in considerable intensity.
Although the following are taken as good examples, and as the
most officinal species, the list might be very much and usefully
extended.

GENTIANA.

Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla variously divided, twisted to the
right in aestivation, often with accessory lobes between the prin-
cipal ones ; without depressed glands upon the petals. Filaments
equal at the base ; anthers not changing. Stigmas terminal on
the ovary or style. Placentae united with the endocarp, and
overspreading the valves of the capsule.

1088. G. Catesbaei Walter fi. carol, p. 109. Elliott hot. i. 34*0.
Bigelow med. hot. ii. t. 34<. — Wet grassy meadows in the
southern parts of the North American Union.

Root branching, fleshy. Stem simple, erect, rough. Leaves oppo-
site, ovate or lanceolate, slightly 3-nerved, acute, rough on the margin.
Flowers crowded, nearly sessile, axillary and terminal. Segments of
the calyx linear-lanceolate, varying in length, exceeding the tube and
sometimes more than twice its length. Corolla large, blue, ventricose,
plaited; its border 10-cleft, the 5 outer segments roundish and more
or less acute, the 5 inner bifid and fimbriate. Stamens 5, with dilated
filaments and sagittate anthers. Ovary oblong-lanceolate, compressed,
supported by a sort of pedicel. Style none ; stigmas 2, oblong, re-
flexed. Capsule oblong, acuminate, 1-celled, 2-valved. Bigelow. —
Dried root mucilaginous and sweetish, then intensely bitter, approach-
ing nearly to G. lutea. It is considered the best substitute in North
America for that species.

1089. G. Amarella Linn. sp. pi. 334. Eng. Bot. t. 236.
Smith Eng. El. ii. 30. — High, dry chalky pastures in most parts
of Europe.

Root tapering, twisted, yellowish. Whole plant intensely bitter-
Stem square, erect, leafy, purplish, usually from 6 to 12 inches high,
with opposite, axillary, many-flowered, leafy, but rather short, branches,
rendering the whole plant panicled, and nearly cylindrical. Leaves
dark green, sessile, ovate, 3-ribbed, mostly acute ; the lower ones
stalked, and rather spathulate. Flowers erect, barely an inch long,
with a whitish cylindrical tube, twice as long as the spreading, deeply
5-cleft, acute, purplish-blue limb, which has no intermediate segments,
but the mouth of the tube is crowned with a fine erect purplish fringe,
rather shorter than the limb, and rising much abeve the stamens.
The calyx has a turbinate, 5-angled, pale-green tube, about as long as
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its 5 purplish, lanceolate, acute, erect, smooth-edged segments, which
though uniform, are often a little unequal in size, and reach somewhat
beyond the middle of the tube of the corolla. The limb of the latter
has occasionally but 4, or even 3, segments, and is never fully expanded
but in bright sunshine. The stamens answer in number to the divi-
sions of the calyx and corolla, being almost always 5, awl-shaped, with
roundish separate anthers. Styles very short. Stigmas ovate. Smith.

— One of the British substitutes for the Gentian of the shops.

1090. G. campestris Linn. sp. pi. 334. Eng. Bot. t. 237.
Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 31. — Elevated pastures in many parts of
Europe.

Herb rather paler than the last, and of more humble growth, varying
greatly in luxuriance. Stem somewhat corymbose, with simple flower-
stalks of various lengths. Leaves ovate, acute, 3-ribbed. Flowers
somewhat larger and paler than in G. Amarella, 4-cleft, essentially dis-
tinguished by having the two outer and opposite segments of the calyx
ovate and very broad, covering the two inner, which are narrow and
lanceolate, or even awl-shaped; all deeply separated, and minutely
fringed. Smith. — A substitute for the officinal Gentian.

1091. G. purpurea Linn. sp. pi. 329. Frolich gent. No. 2.
Bot. Rep. t. 117. R- and S. vi. 136. N. and E.pl. med. t. 202.

— Alps of Norway, Switzerland and Savoy, and the Pyrenees.
Root simple and subdivided, many-crowned, taper, thickish, long,

yellow outside, white inside, intensely bitter. Stem obscurely 4-cor-
nered, green or greenish-purple, 1-2 feet high. Radical leaves ovate,
or ovate-lanceolate, apiculate ; those in the middle of the stem ovate-
lanceolate, scarcely acuminate ; the uppermost sessile, broad-lanceolate,
united and sheathing at the base; all 5-nerved, flexible and bright
shining green. Flowers terminal and axillary, on short stalks. Calyx
oblong, scarious, semitransparent, slit longitudinally on the inner side.
Corolla large, rather coriaceous, with a few scattered dots, arranged in
rows, in the inside ; the tube yellow and striated ; the limb 6-cleft,
with broad obtuse segments distant at the base. Seeds brown, orbicular,
winged. — Employed with the next in continental practice.

1092. G. pannonica Murr. syst. 267. Jacq. austr. ii. t. 136.
N. and E. pi. med. t. 200. Frolich. gent. p. 21. R. and S.
vi. 137. — G. punctata Jacq. obs. ii. p. 17. t. 89. — Alps of the
Tyrol, Bavaria, Carinthia, Styria and Austria.

Root tapering, little branched, many-crowned, rugose, as much as
2 feet long, thick, yellowish brown outside, whitish inside. Stem
round, green or purplish, 1-2 feet high. Leaves ovate, somewhat
apiculate, 5-nerved, the petioles running down into a sheath ; those on
the middle of the stem ovate-lanceolate, long ; those at the top acumi-
nate, about 3-nerved ; all somewhat coriaceous and bright green.
Flowers sessile, or on very short stalks (the upper whorl many-flower-
ed), large, \\ inch long. Calyx campanulate, obsoletely 5-cornered,
about 6-cleft, varied with red and green ; the segments almost leafy
and unequal, divided by a wide sinus, sometimes serrulated, shorter
than the tube. Corolla coriaceous, membranous, purple, with a yel-
lowish tube, marked all over into rows of deeper spots ; the segments
ovate, rather blunt, thrice as short as the tube. Seeds brown, winged,

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round. — Used as a substitute for Gentiana lutea in the shops of
Bavaria and Austria. The roots are extremely bitter and not inferior
to that species.

1093. G. punctata Linn, is collected on the Alps of Europe,
as well as the two last, in great quantities, and is sold for G. lutea
to which it is not inferior in quality.

1094. G. Kurroo Royle MSS. — Pneumonanthe Kurroo Don
in Roijle's Mustrat. 278. t. 68. — Mussooree, Simla, and other
parts in the Himalayas.

Stems about l-flowered. Leaves obtuse ; the radical long, lanceo-
late, those on the stems linear. Teeth of the calyx long, subulate.
Corolla funnel-shaped, with an intense blue spreading 10-lobed limb,
the principal lobes of which are ovate and acute, the intermediate ones
scale-like teeth. — The root is used like Gentian in the north of India.

1095. G. lutea Linn. sp. pi. 335. Frolich. gent. p. 15. N.and
E. pi med. t. 199. Mill. ic. t. 139. R. and S. vi. 136. — Al-
pine meadows in the middle of Europe. (Common Gentian.)

Root cylindrical, wrinkled, ringed, thick, forked, brown externally,
yellow within. Stem 3 or 4 feet high, hollow, and stout. Radical
leaves ovate-oblong, 5-nerved, 2 or 3 inches broad ; those on the stem
sessile, ovate, acute ; those next the flowers cordate, amplexicaul, con-
cave ; all a pale bright green. Flowers bright yellow, in many-flowered
whorls, stalked. Calyx of a papery texture, and semi-transparent, 3- or
4-cleft, with short lanceolate unequal segments. Corolla with a very
short tube, and 5-6 green glands at the base, 5-6-parted, with oblong,
acute, veiny lobes. Anthers subulate, somewhat united, becoming dis-
tinct. Stigmas revolute. Capsule oblong, stalked. Seeds roundish,
compressed, with a membranous brownish border. — The root of this
species furnishes the Gentian of the shops, a valuable bitter drug, em-
ployed extensively in certain forms of dyspepsia, in intermittents, and
as an anthelmintic. In full doses it is apt to relax the bowels, and it
does not always agree with the stomach ; in fact it possesses a volatile
principle capable of producing nausea and a kind of intoxication. The
root contains a good deal of sugar and mucilage which enables the
Swiss to prepare from it a liqueur held in high esteem among that people.

AGATHOTES.

Corolla withering, rotate, in aestivation twisted to the right;
with glandular hollows protected by a fringed scale upon the
segments. Anthers not changing. Stigmas sessile. Capsule
conical, 1-celled, with spongy placentae upon the sutures. Seeds
indefinite, minute.

1096. A. Chirayta Don in Lond. Phil. Mag. 1836. p. 76. —
Gentiana Chirayta Fleming in As. research, xi. 167. Roxb.fi.
ind ii. 71. — Nepal and the north of India.

An annual. Stems single, straight, round, smooth, jointed ; branches
generally decussated, nearly erect, with their extremities somewhat
angular ; the whole height of the plant about 3 feet, Leaves opposite,
amplexicaul, lanceolate, very acute, entire, smooth, 3- or 5-nerved.
Flowers very numerous, stalked, the whole upper half of the plant
519 L l 4

GENTIANACEiE.

forming an elegant, oblong, leafy, decussated panicle. Bractes 2 at
each division of the panicle, and like the leaves, but smaller. Calyx
4-cleft ; divisions linear, acute, permanent. Corolla yellow ; the limb
spreading and 4-parted, with divisions as long as those of the calyx, and
also permanent. Stamens 4. Anthers cloven at the base. Style
single, as long as the ovary. Stigma large, 2-lobed. Capsules rather
shorter than the permanent calyx and corolla, 1-celled, 2-valved, open-
ing a little at the apex. Seeds numerous, affixed to 2 receptacles
adhering to the sides of the valves. — An excellent tonic bitter. The
whole plant is pulled up at the time the flowers begin to decay, and
dried for use. Its febrifugal properties are in high estimation with
European practitioners in India, who use it instead of Cinchona when
the latter is not to be procured. Professor Royle has shown that the
common notion of this being the Calamus aromaticus of the ancients is
unfounded ; see his Illustrations, fyc. p. 278.

FRAZERA.

Calyx deeply 4-parted. Corolla 4-parted, rotate, deciduous,
with a bearded orbicular gland in the middle of each segment.
Stamens 4. Capsule compressed, partly margined, 1-celled.
Seeds few, imbricated, elliptical, with a membranous margin.

1097. F. carolinensis Walt. car. 87. Torrey fi. i. 187. —
F. Walterj Michx. fi. i. 97. Elliott sketch i. 205. Bart. veg.
mat. med. ii. 35. — Borders of lakes in the middle and southern
states of the North American Union.

Root biennial. Stem 3-5 feet high, erect, sub-quadrangular, smooth.
Leaves opposite and verticillate, oblong-lanceolate ; the lower ones a
foot long, and more than 3 inches broad. Flowers verticillate ; pedun-
cles 1 -flowered, unequal. Segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate,
acute. Corolla greenish-yellow, speckled with purple ; segments acu-
minate, with an oval or orbicular fringed gland in the centre of each.
Stamens shorter than the corolla, alternating with its segments ; fila-
ments subulate ; anthers large, oblong, yellow. Ovary oblong, attenu-
ated into a short style ; stigma bifid. Capsule much compressed, oval,
acuminated with the persistent style. Seeds 6-8. Torrey. — The root
is a pure, powerful, and excellent bitter, destitute of aroma, and is fully
equal to Gentian. When fresh it is reported to be emetic and cathartic.
The roots have been imported into Europe as a sort of Calumba, and
have acquired in consequence the name of American Calumba.

CICENDIA.

Corolla funnel-shaped ; without glands or any corona, with a
5-parted limb, eventually twisted over the capsule. Stamens 5.
Stigma capitate. Capsule 1-celled, with the valves so much in-
flected as to divide the cavity almost into 2 cells. Anthers not
altering.

1098. C. hyssopifolia Wight and Arnott in Comp. toJBot. Mag.
ii. 250. t. 28. — Gentiana hyssopifolia Linn, suppl. 174. Burnt,
afr. t. 74. f. 3. Exacum hyssopifolium Willd. sp. pi. i. 640. —
Various parts of the East Indies, common.

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CICENDIA.

Annual. Stems herbaceous, 4-sided, glabrous, the angles slightly
winged : branches few, opposite, diffuse. Leaves opposite, decussate,
linear-lanceolate, tapering at the base, and embracing the stem with the
short petioles, smooth, 3-nerved, much paler below. Flowers 6 or 8
together, in axillary whorls, sessile, white, each furnished with a linear
spathulate bractea. Calyx 5-cleft, divisions acute, margined, reflexed
at the point, permanent, and closely embracing the base of the mature
capsule. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft ; divisions obtuse, spreading, oblique
at the base. After withering, the corolla remains closely investing the
capsule until it bursts. Stamens 5 ; filaments attached to the middle
of the tube, and furnished at the base with a small projection which
rests on the stigma, and closes the tube. Anthers linear-oblong, erect,
subsagittate, 2-celled. Ovary superior; style short; stigma capitate.
Capsule 2-valved, 1-celled, the margins inflexed, and bearing the nume-
rous, small, round, brownish seeds. W. and A. — The whole plant is
somewhat bitter, though much less so than many of its natural allies.
Like them it is employed by the natives of India as a stomachic, and is
administered in decoction or powder. Thus used it is also said to act
as a laxative. Wight.

ERYTHRiEA.

Calyx 5-parted, equal. Corolla hypocrateriform with a cylin-
drical tube, withering over the capsule. Stamens 5 ; anthers be-
coming spiral. Stigmas bilamellate. Capsule 1-celled or half
2-celled.

1099. E. Centaurium Pers. syn. i. 283. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 320.
— Chironia Centaurium Eng. Bot. t. 417. Woodv. t. 157.
Gentiana Centaurium Linn. sp. 332. — Dry gravelly pastures in
Europe.

Root small, tapering. Stem about a foot high, leafy, sometimes
branched at the upper part, and, when very luxuriant, from the base
also. Radical leaves obovate, numerous, depressed ; the rest acute,
ovate, or elliptic-lanceolate ; all 3-ribbed, bright green. Flowers nearly
sessile, from the forks and terminations of a corymbose, more or less
dense, repeatedly subdivided, leafy or bracteated, panicle. Bracteas
opposite, awl-shaped. Calyx slender, partly membranous, sometimes
more than half as long as the pale greenish tube of the corolla, whose
limb is of a most exquisite and brilliant pink, rarely white ; expanded
only in sunshine, and closing as soon as gathered. Anthers yellow,
spiral, with 3 convolutions, after bursting. Style rather oblique, if not
curved or deflexed. Capsule slender, brown, invested closely with the
permanent dilated tube of the corolla. Smith. — This wild plant possesses
all the essential properties of the gentian of the shops, and although not
used professionally is a very valuable native medicine. In the places
where it grows it is carefully collected for use in rustic pharmacy.

CHLORA.

Sepals 8. Corolla rotate, with 6-8 segments withering round
the capsule. Stigma bilamellate. Anthers not altering. Capsule
1-celled, with spongy placentae. Seeds angular.

1100. C. perfoliata Linn. syst. not. ed. 12. ii. 267. Eng. Bot.

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GEN TI A NACEiE.

t. 60. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 218. — Gentiana perfoliata Linn. sp. pi.
335. — Chalky hills and banks in various parts of Europe.

Root of a few twisted fibres. Stem .12 or 18 inches high, erect,
round, leafy, unbranched, terminating in an upright, leafy, repeatedly
forked panicle, of many elegant, bright yellow, scentless flowers, open in
sunshine only, with scarlet stigmas. Leaves ovate, acute, combined and
perfoliate. The whole herb is very glaucous, subject to mildew. — Its
qualities similar to those of Gentiana and Erythraea, but weaker. Smith.

S ABB ATI A.

Calyx* 5-1 2-parted, Corolla rotate, 5-1 2-parted, withering on
the capsule. Anthers at length revolute. Stigma with 2 arms
which become spirally twisted. Capsule 1 -celled, with the valves
a little turned inwards.

1101. S. angularis Pursh. fl. am. sept. i. 137. Elliott. Bot.
i. 285. Bigelow. med. bot. iii. t. 57. Torreij fl. i. 218. — Chi-
ronia angularis Mich. fl. am. bor. i. 146. — Damp rich soils in
the United States. Common in moist meadows, among high
grass.

Height from 1 to 2 feet. Stem erect, smooth, square, with the angles
winged. Branches axillary, opposite. Leaves opposite, ovate, but
variable in length and width, heart-shaped at base, clasping half the
stem, 5-nerved, smooth, acute. Flowers terminal, forming a large
corymb. Tube of the calyx angular, with 5 broad segments. Corolla
5-parted with oval segments twice as long as the calyx. Anthers ob-
long, and slightly recurved at the time when the flower first opens.
After shedding their pollen they become revolute and curl up. Ovary
ovate ; style longer than the stamens, declined ; stigma 2-parted, the
segments separate at first, but gradually becoming twisted spirally to-
gether. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. — One of the most pure and simple
bitters. Extensively employed in North America in both intermittent
and remittent fevers.

S. gracilis Pursh. and others are said by Bigelow to be equally
efficacious.

LISIANTHUS.

Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; the segments erect, thinner and
more membranous at the edges. Corolla funnel-shaped, the
tube unequal or ventricose on one side ; limb 5-cleft, naked at the
throat, withering. Anthers generally revolute when dry. Stigma
bilamellate. Capsule 2-valved ; the edges of the valves bearing
the placentae and indexed ; 2-celled, many-seeded. Martins.

1102. L. pendulus Martins n. g. and sp. ii. 94. t. 172. —
Subalpine mountains of Brazil, near Villa Rica and S. Joao d'el
Rey in the province of the mines.

An annual. Stem simple, erect, \\ foot high or more, square at the
bottom, round at the top. Leaves in 4, 5, or 6 pairs, oblong, rather
acute, the lowest the shortest, and somewhat decurrent, with 3-5
vanishing ribs. Flowers 2 or 3, terminal, on long graceful nodding

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LISIANTHUS.

peduncles. Corolla 1% inch long, of a beautiful pale violet colour, with
acute segments. — The Brazilians make use of the root, which is ex-
tremely bitter, in decoction, as a febrifuge. Martius,

CUTUBEA.

Calyx campanulate, 4-parted. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube
cylindrical, equal ; throat naked ; limb 4-parted. Stamens pro-
jecting ; filaments bidentate at the base ; anthers sagittate, $ot
changing when dry. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 2-celled,
2-valved, many-seeded. Martius.

1103. ' C. spicata Aubl. guian. i. 72. t. 27. — Exacum spi-
catum Vahl. symb. iii. 1 7. Contoubea alba Lam. diet. ii. 1 62.
— Common in Guiana by roadsides and on the banks of rivers
and water courses.

An annual, growing about 3 feet high, with an obtusely quadrangular
stem. Leaves somewhat fleshy, sessile, smooth, glaucous, lanceolate,
whorled. Flowers spiked, axillary and terminal ; those lowest in the
spike opposite each other, the upper ones alternate; all sessile. Corolla
white. — The whole plant is very bitter. It is employed successfully in
promoting the menstrual discharge, in various stomach-complaints, in
visceral obstructions and as an anthelmintic. Aublet.

1104. Cutubea ramosa Aubl. is used like the last.

MENYANTHES.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an induplicate
aestivation ; the limb spreading, 5-lobed, equal, stupose. Stigma
capitate, furrowed. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, with the pla-
centas in the middle of the valves.

1105. M. trifoliata Linn, sp.pl. 207. Fl. Lond. t. 17. Fl.
Dan. t. 541. Woodv. t. 2. Eng. Bot. t. 495. Bigel. med.
hot. iii. t. 46. — Common in spongy boggy soils in Europe and
North America. (Buckbean.)

Rhizoma penetrating horizontally in the bog-earth to a great distance,
regularly intersected with joints at the distance of about half an inch
from each other ; these joints are formed by the breaking off" of the old
petioles and their sheaths. The leaves proceed from the end of the
rhizoma on long stalks furnished with broad sheathing stipules at base ;
they are trifoliate, nearly oval, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, and slightly
repand, or furnished with many irregularities at the edge, which hardly
prevent them from being entire. Scape round, ascending, smooth,
bearing a conical raceme of flowers. Peduncles straight, supported by
ovate concave bractes. Calyx erect, somewhat campanulate, 5-parted,
persistent. Corolla white ; its tube short, border 5-cleft, spreading and
at length revolute, clothed on the upper part with a coating of dense,
fleshy, obtuse hairs. Stamens 5, shorter than the corolla, and alternate
with its segments; anthers oblong-arrow-shaped. Ovary ovate; stigma
bifid, compressed. Capsuie ovate, 2-valved, 1-celled. Seeds numerous,
minute. — All the plant, the root especially, intensely bitter. Reckoned
one of the most valuable of tonics. Large doses produce vomiting,
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GENTIANACEjE.

purging, and frequently powerful diaphoresis. Recommended in inter-
mittent and remittent fevers, gout, herpetic complaints, rheumatism,
dropsy, scurvy, and worms.

VILLARSIA.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; the limb stupose
at the base, with the margins inflected. Glands 5, alternating
with the stamens. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved, with the
valves half bifid. Placentas in the suture.

1106. Villarsia nymphaeoides Vent, choix. 9. — Menyanthes
nymphaeoides Linn. sp. pi. 207. Eng. Bot. t. 217. Smith

Eng. Fl. i. 275 In bogs upon the banks of large streams in

many parts of Europe.

Rhizoma long and stringy. Stems several feet long, round, branching,
floating by means of their roundish-heart-shaped, very smooth leaves,
which are mottled above, purplish beneath ; involute in the bud, as in
Nymphaea and Nuphar. Flowers axillary, on simple aggregate stalks,
without bracteas. Corolla 1A inch wide, spreading, yellow, with a dark
radiating disk. Ovary with 5 purplish glands at the base. Stigma
notched, deciduous. Capsule ovate, compressed. — Stems are bitter,
tonic, and febrifugal.

SPIGELIA.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 298.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5-cleft equal
limb. Anthers converging. Capsule didynamous, 2-celled,
4-valved, many-seeded.

11.07. S. marilandica Linn. syst. veg. 197. Bot. Mag. t. 80.
Woodv. med. bot. ii. t. 105. Bigelow med. Bot. i. t. 14. Torrey
fl. i. 222. — Lonicera marilandica Linn. sp. pi. ed. 3. p. 249. —
Rich soils about the borders of woods in the southern states of
N.America. (Carolina Pink root; Wormseed.)

Root perennial, fibrous. Stems simple, 4-sided, and nearly smooth.
Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate, acuminate, entire, smooth, with the mar-
gins and veins sometimes pubescent. Raceme terminal, usually solitary.
Peduncles extremely short. Calyx persistent, with 5 linear-subulate,
finely serrulate divisions, which are reflexed in the ripe fruit. Corolla
funnel-shaped, 5 times as long as the calyx, scarlet or crimson without,
orange-coloured within, the tube inflated and angular at top, the limb
divided into 5 acute, spreading segments. Stamens very short, inserted
into the mouth of the corolla between the segments ; anthers oblong-
heart-shaped. Ovary small, superior, ovate. Style longer than the
corolla, jointed near its base and bearded at the extremity. Capsule
consisting of 2, cohering, 1-celled, globular carpels attached to a
common receptacle. — Both root and leaves are active anthelmintics ;
their efficacy is much impaired by keeping. Also purgative and narcotic

SPIGELIA.

in a slight degree. It appears to be an acrid narcotic, and is apt to
produce very unpleasant symptoms after being exhibited ; dimness of
sight, giddiness, dilated pupil, spasms of the muscles of the eyes, and
even convulsions are reported by Barton to have been brought on by it.

OROBANCHACEiE.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 281.

Sepals 2, lateral, undivided or cloven, permanent. Corolla
ringent, withering ; upper lip concave, notched, lower reflexed,
in 3 unequal wavy lobes. A gland under the ovary. Anthers
sagittate, with the lobes pointed at the base ; filaments almost
as long as the tube of the corolla, downy and glandular. Cap-
sule ovate, pointed, with 4 parietal parallel placentae.

1108. O. major Linn. sp. pi. 882. Eng. Bot. t. 421. Smith
Eng. Fl. iii. 146. — On barren soil, parasitical upon the roots of
broom or furze. (Broomrape.)

Root of a few fibres. Stem about a foot high, erect, dusky, un-
branched, angular, hollow, fleshy, clothed, like every other part, with
short, rough, glandular pubescence, and beset with scattered, lanceolate,
upright scales, in the place of leaves ; the base tumid, ovate, clothed
with smaller, more abundant scales. Spike terminal, simple, rather
dense, of from 15 to about 20 flowers, of a dull purplish brown, with-
out any scent, and after a while turning entirely brown, dry and mem-
branous. Bracts solitary under each flower, lanceolate, acute, rusty
and downy. Sepals deeply cloven. Upper lip of the corolla large,
sometimes slightly cloven, often entire and rather pointed, lower in 3
acute, nearly equal, wavy, sometimes crenate lobes. Filaments dilated
and channelled, as well as perfectly smooth, in their lower half ; glandu-
lar and downy at the summit. Anthers smooth, brown. Ovary downy
all over as well as the style. Stigma of 2 large, distant, globular, yellow
lobes. Smith. — A powerful astringent, bitter plant, the infusion of
which has been employed as a detergent application to foul sores, and
nternally to restrain alvine fluxes.

EPIPHEGUS.

Perfect flowers sterile ; imperfect fertile. Calyx short,
short, 4-toothed. Perfect corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip emar-
ginate, the lower 3-toothed ; imperfect corolla slender, 4-toothed,
deciduous. Stamens as long as the corolla ; filaments smooth :
anthers 2-lobed, acute at the base, valveless, dehiscent in the
middle. Stigma capitate, somewhat emarginate. Capsule gib-
bous, compressed, half 2-valved, with 4 diverging placentae.

1109. E. virginiana Nutt. gen. am.pl. ii. 60. — Orobanche
virginiana Linn, sp. pi. 882. Elliott sketch, ii. 136. — Parasitic

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upon the roots of beech trees in the southern states of the
American Union.

A smooth, fleshy, branching parasite, growing from 6 to 18 inches
high, and clothed with small scales in lieu of leaves. Flowers alternate,
distant, nearly sessile, the lower perfect, the upper usually imperfect
and abortive. Calyx short, 4-toothed. Corolla white streaked with
purple. Capsule dilating after it opens, very much in shape of a cup.
— Michaux says that in Virginia the powdered stems are frequently
sprinkled over inveterate ulcers, and open cancers, with considerable be-
nefit. A quack medicine known in N. America by the name of " Mar-
tin's Cancer powder," is said to be a compound of this plant and white
arsenic.

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APOCYNACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 299.
* Fruit drupaceous.

CERBERA.

Calyx permanent, 5-parted, leafy. Corolla hypocrateriform ;
tube clavate ; throat 5-angled, with 5 scales ; limb 5-parted,
contorted. Stamens 5, short, in the middle of the tube. Drupe
with a hard, woody, fibrous, 1-2-seeded putamen.

1110. C. Tanghin Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2968. — Tanghinia
Thouars. gen. nov. mad. p. 10. Tanghinia venenifera Poiret in
encycl. suppl. v. 283 Madagascar. (Voa Tanghin.)

This constitutes a tree in its native climate, having crowded or clus-
tered leaves and erect branches. The leaves are from 4 to 6 and 8 or
10 inches long, lanceolate, tapering at the base, subcoriaceous, quite
entire. Flowers in large terminal panicles, with white flowers, having
a tinge of rose-colour on the outside, and a deeper red circle round the
mouth. Calyx 5-fid, patent. Corolla longer than the calyx, funnel-
shaped, dilated upwards, ,the limb plain, contorted, 5-lobed. Stamens
5 ; anthers sessile, inserted into the dilated part of the tube, heart-
shaped, having a tubercle under each. Ovary double. Style single.
Stigma capitate, with 2 tubercles at the point, included within the an-
thers. Drupes 2, or by abortion solitary, pyriform, acuminated. Nut
filamentous, woody. Albumen none. Cotyledons long, thick, concave.
Thouars. — The kernel of the fruit a deadly poison ; although not
larger than an almond it is sufficient to destroy 20 people. It was used
in Madagascar as'an ordeal, but the practice is now discontinued. N.B.
It is very doubtful whether this is different from the next species.

1111. C. Manghas Linn. sp. pi. 303. Lam. encycl. i. 61.
Gcertn. defruct. ii. t. 123. 124. (Burm. zeylan. 150. t. 70. f. 1,
Rumph. ii. t. 81.) — A common plant in wet situations in the
East Indies.

Leaves broad-lanceolate, stalked, smooth, entire, clustered at the
ends of the branches. Racemes terminal, branched, unequal. Calyx
with lanceolate, coloured, deciduous leaves. Corolla white, with a
tube longer than the calyx, and a limb shorter than the tube. Anthers
ovate, quadrangular, covered by the wool of the tube. Drupe as large
as a goose's egg, ovate, green, marked with numerous white points, com-
pressed. Seeds 2, as large as chesnuts. — The kernels are emetic and
poisonous ; the milky sap is employed as a purgative. According to
Waiz the leaves and bark are so similar to Senna in their action that
they are substituted for it in Java.

1112. C. Ahovai Linn, has also very poisonous seeds. The
bark and sap are emetic and narcotic.

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1113. C. Thevetia Linn, has a dangerous venomous milk.
The bark is bitter and cathartic, and is reported to be a power-
ful febrifuge, 2 grains only being affirmed to be equal to an
ordinary dose of cinchona.

STRYCHNOS.

Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla tubular, with a spreading 4-5-cleft
limb, and a valvate aestivation. Stamens 4-5, inserted into the
throat of the corolla, which is either naked or bearded. Ovary
2-celled, with indefinite ovules attached to a central placenta ;
style 1 ; stigma capitate. Berry corticated, 1 -celled, many-
seeded, or by abortion 1-seeded. Seeds nidulant, discoidal.
Albumen large, cartilaginous, almost divided into 2 plates.
Embryo with leafy cotyledons.

1114. S. Nux vomica Linn.Jl. zeyl. 91 . Roxb. corom. i. 8. t. 4.
Ji. ind. i. 575. (Rheede i. t. 37.) — Coromandel, Ceylon, and
elsewhere in the East Indies. (Kuchila in Bengal.)

Trunk short, often crooked, but pretty thick. Branches irregular,
covered with smooth ash-coloured bark ; young shoots highly polished,
deep green. Wood white, hard, close-grained, and bitter. Leaves op-
posite, short-stalked, oval, shining, smooth on both sides, from 3 to 5
nerved, or rather between that and triple, or quintuple, differing in size
from 1| to 4 inches long, and from 1 to 3 broad. Flowers small,
greenish-white, collected in small terminal corymbs. Calyx 5-toothed,
permanent. Filaments scarcely any, or exceedingly short, inserted
over the bottom of the divisions of the corolla ; anthers oblong, half
within the tube, and half out. Ovary 2-celled, with many ovules in
each cell, attached to the thickened centre of the partition. Style the
length of the tube of the corolla"; stigma capitate. Berry round,
smooth, size of a pretty large apple, covered with a smooth, somewhat
hard shell, of a rich beautiful orange colour when ripe ; filled with a white,
soft, gelatinous pulp. Seeds several, immersed in the pulp of the berry.
— The wood is exceedingly bitter, particularly that of the root, which is
used to cure intermittent fevers, and the bites of venomous snakes. The
seeds are employed in the distillation of country spirits, to render them
more intoxicating. The pulp of the fruit seems perfectly innocent, as it is
greedily eaten by many sorts of birds. Roxb. — The seeds are extremely
poisonous, in large doses producing extraordinary rigidity and convulsive
contraction of the muscles previous to death. In very small and repeated
doses it promotes the appetite, assists the digestive process, increases
the secretion of urine, and sometimes acts slightly upon the bowels.
It is employed medicinally in paralysis, dyspepsia, dysentery, affections
of the nervous system, &c. ; and appears to be very active in removing
impotence. It appears however that virility is preserved no longer than
the use of the drug is persevered in. See Mr. Pereira's excellent
account of the action of Nux Vomica, in the Med. Gaz. xix. 440. The
bark of this plant has been sold in Europe as a sort of Angustura bark,
and obtained the name of false Angustura. It was at one time assigned
to Brucea antidysenterica ; but Guibourt suspected it to be produced by
some plant allied to Strychnos ; M. Batka, a druggist of Prague, re-
ferred it to Strychnos Nux'Vomica {Guibourt, ed. 3. ii.4); and Mr. Pereira

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informs me that Dr. Christison has lately found it identical with bark of
Strychnos Nux Vomica, obtained from India for comparison.* Blume
is of opinion that a great part of the Lignum colubrinum of commerce
consists of the thick roots, and wood of the middle-sized branches of
this species, more than of any other. The poisonous principle in this
and other plants of the genus is the Strychnia of chemists.

1115. S. Colubrina Linn. sp. pi. 271. Roxb. fl. ind. i. 577.
Blume Rumphia i. 70. — Modira Caniram Rheede viii. t. 24. —
Malabar, and probably in Ceylon. (Naga Musadi of the Te-
lingas.)

Stem of great size, often from 8tol2 inches in diameter; the wood hard,
intensely bitter and of a light grey colour ; the plant with its numerous
ramifications climbs over the highest trees. Bark ash-coloured, more
or less scabrous, according to the age and size of the part of the young
shoots, smooth and green. Tendrils lateral, simple, becoming thick and
ligneous. Leaves opposite, short petioled, from oval to oblong, entire,
obtusely acuminate, triple nerved ; nerves extending to the apex, tex-
ture rather thin, glossy, from 3 to 6 inches long, by 2 or 3 broad.
Stipules none. Corymbs terminal, small; composed of 2 or 3 pairs of
opposite, few flowered, short, villous branches. Flowers small, greenish-
yellow, in a subternary order. Bracts one under each division and
sub-division of the corymb, tapering, villous. Calyx 5-parted, clammy,
with glandular pubescence. Corolla infundibuliform, smooth. Tube
cylindrical. Border 5-parted ; segments linear-oblong, spreading. Fila-
ments five, short, inserted into the mouth of the tube of the corolla
under the fissures of its border. Anthers subsagittate. Ovary supe-
rior, ovate, smooth, 2-celled, with many ovules in each, attached to a
fleshy ridge down the middle of the partition. Style the length of the
corolla. Stigma capitate. Berry often as large as an orange, round ; in
the advanced state one cell only can be detected ; rind rather hard
and brittle ; colour from a bright yellow to a dirty looking mixture of
yellow and dull brown. Pulp gelatinous and yellow. Seeds from 2
to 12, orbicular, much flattened as in the Nux Vomica, peltate, nearly
an inch broad. Integuments 2 ; the exterior one thin, but tough, and
most densely clothed with soft, short hairs, like the softest velvet ; the
interior one a very thin brown membrane. Albumen conform to the
seed, united round the margins, the middle free ; resembling two
cotyledons, horny. Embryo straight, much smaller than the albumen,
and lodged close to the umbilicus, which may be readily known by the
hair being longer at that part, forming a tuft round it. Cotyledons
cordate, 3-nerved. Radicle oval, pointing to the umbilicus (centripetal).
Roxb. — This is the most esteemed of all the Ligna colubrina by the
natives of India, and fetches so high a price among them as rarely to
find its way to Europe ; it is the true Pao de Cobra of the Portuguese.
The wood of the root is considered an infallible remedy for the bite of
the Naga or Cobra de Capella, as well as for that of every other venom-
ous snake. It is applied externally, and at the same time given
internally. It is also used in substance for the cure of intermittent

* Since the above was written I have received the Madras Journal for April, 1837, in which
there is a valuable note upon this subject by Dr. O'Shaughnessy, Professor of Chemistry in
the Medical College, Calcutta. This gentleman confirms the statement that Nux Vomica
bark and False Angostura are identical j and he adds that brucea, which is extremely effec-
tual in the cure of paralysis, atrophy, chronic rheumatism, sciatica, &c. may be procured
from it in great abundance.

529 m m

APOCYNACE.32.

fevers. Blume considers that several different kinds of Strychnos are
brought into the market, under the name of Lignum colubrinum, to repre-
sent this ; especially that of S. Nux vomica, and probably of S. minor.

1116. S. potatorum Linn, suppl. 148. Roxb. corom. i. 8. t. 5.
Jl. ind. i. 576. As. res. xi. 178. — Mountains and woods of India.
(Clearing Nut.)

Leaves opposite, from ovate to oval, smooth, pointed. Corymbs
from the extremities of the last year's shoots, small, bearing in ternary
order many small, erect, fragrant, greenish-yellow flowers. Filaments
rather longer than in S. Nux-vomica. Ovary and contents as in that
species. Berry shining, black when ripe, 1-seeded. — The ripe seeds
are dried, and sold in every market, to clear muddy water. The natives
never drink clear well water, if they can get pond or river water, which
is always more or less impure according to circumstances. One of the
seeds is well rubbed for a minute or two round the inside of the vessel,
generally an unglazed earthen one, containing the water, which is then
left to settle ; in a very short time the impurities fall to the bottom,
leaving the water clear, and so far as I have been able to learn perfectly
wholesome. These seeds are constantly carried about by the more
provident part of our officers and soldiers, in time of war, to enable
them to purify their water. They are easier to be obtained than alum,
and are probably less hurtful to the constitution. Roxb. The natives
of India eat the pulp of the fruit when ripe. Dr. Roxburgh found it
disagreeable.

1117. S. Ignatia Berg. mat. med. 149. R. and S. iv. 548. —
Ignatia amara Linn, suppl. 149. Ignatiana philippinica Lour.
Jl. cock. i. 155. — Philippine islands. (St. Ignatius' Bean.)

A branching tree, with long, taper, smooth, scrambling branches.
Leaves ovate, acute, stalked, veiny, smooth, a span long. Hooks none.
Panicles small, axillary, 3-5-flowered ; with short, round, rigid pedicels.
Flowers very long, nodding, white, smelling like Jasmine. Fruit smooth,
pear-shaped, very small, the size of a Bonchretien Pear. — Used suc-
cessfully in India as a remedy for cholera, under the name of Papeeta,
but giddiness and convulsions are known to follow its exhibition, if given
in an over dose.

1118. S. toxifera Schomb. MSS. — Guayana.

Stem climbing, densely covered with long, spreading, ferruginous,
harsh hairs ; attaching itself to other plants by means of the hooked or
gyrate ends of its young shoots. Leaves rough with coarse hairiness,
quintuplenerved, roundish and obtuse, or ovate-oblong and shortly
acuminate. Fruit large and round. — This plant has been ascertained
by Mr. Schomburgk to furnish the basis of a celebrated poison, called
Wooraly, Woorari, Ourari, or Urari, in Guayana. According to Dr.
Hancock, the bark, applied externally, is a good remedy for foul ulcers ;
in his opinion it is one of the most potent sedatives in nature, and,
could it be safely managed, would no doubt become a valuable remedial
agent in the treatment of convulsive and spasmodic disorders. Med.
Gaz. xx. 281.

1119. S. Tieute Lesch, in ann. mus. xvi. 479. t. 23. Blume
Rumphia i. 66. t. 24. — Java. (Tshettik or Tjettek.)

A large climbing shrub. Root woody, as thick as a child's arm,

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STRYCHNGS.

1-2 inches in diameter. Stem as much as 80-120 feet long, without
branches, only breaking into ramifications at the upper end. Leaves
3-nerved, elliptical or oblong, acuminate, smooth. Hooks solitary,
opposite the leaves, thickest at the points. Cymes axillary, lax. Corolla
£ of an inch long, funnel-shaped, greenish-white, smelling sweet like
Jasmine. Fruits the size of a middling apple, each placed upon a short
thick, flexuose peduncle, which is thickest at the point ; globose,
smooth, shining, at first brownish yellow, afterwards bright pink. —
From the bark of the root there is prepared in Java, one of the most
dangerous of known poisons, acting like nux vomica, only in a more
intense and violent manner. It is called Tjettek and Upas Radja.

1120. S. ligustrina Blume Rumphia i. 68. — S. colubrina
of many authors. Lignum colubrinum Caju Ular Humph.
ii. 121. t. 38. — Malayan Archipelago, where it is called " Caju-
Ular, Caju-Nassi, and Caju-Bidara-pait or Caju-Bidara-laut.

A tree with the appearance of an Orange tree ; the trunk 12-15 feet
high, and 6 inches or more in diameter. Branches without cirrhi,
sometimes spiny at the points. Leaves ovate or elliptical, obtuse,
very seldom acute, narrowed to the base, 3-nerved, smooth. Flowers
greenish white in small terminal cymes. Corolla downy outside, rather
more than ^ an inch long. Berries about the size of a green gage
plum, globose, yellowish green, 2-8-seeded. — This yields the real
ancient Lignum colubrinum of Timor, once held in the highest estima-
tion as a remedy for paralysis of the lower extremities, and old cachec-
tid disorders ; but now omitted from modern practice. M. Waitz, a
Dutch practitioner in Java, is stated by Blume to report most favour-
ably of its effects, as an anthelmintic, in cases of paralysis of the
lower extremities, and in Blennorhwa faucium et laryngis, diseases to
which Europeans are very subject in Java.

1121. S. pseudoquina Aug. de. St. Hit. pi. us. bras. p. 1. t. 1.
— Wooded pasturages in all the eastern part of the province of
Minas Geraes, in the Diamond and Minas Novas districts, the
forests of Goyaz and elsewhere in Brazil. (Quina do campo.)

A scrubby tree about 12 feet high, with unarmed branches and a
corky bark. Leaves short-stalked, ovate, quintuplenerved, villous
beneath, callous at the edge, smooth or nearly so above. Racemes
axillary, erect ; peduncles villous. Flowers greenish-white, sweet-
scented like a lilac, downy externally. Corolla hypocraterif'orm.
Fruit roundish, 7 or 8 lines in diameter, smooth, yellow, shining, con-
taining about 4 seeds plunged in a sweetish pulp. — Considered by
Aug. de St. Hilaire to be the best febrifuge in Brazil ; with the excep-
tion of the fruit, which is eaten by children without danger, all the
parts, especially the bark, are extremely bitter and rather astringent.
It is universally employed instead of Cinchona, and is asserted to be
fully equal to Peruvian Bark, in the cure of the intermittents of Brazil.
Vauquelin analysed the bark and could find in it neither brucine, nor
strychnine, nor quinine.

OPHIOXYLON.

Calyx 5-cleft, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped; tube long,
thickest in the middle ; limb spreading, 5-cleft, oblique. An-
thers subsessile, inserted into the middle of the tube. Ovary
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APOCYNACE-ffi.

double ; each lobe with 1 ovule ; style filiform, enclosed ;
stigma capitate. Drupes berried, 2, by abortion solitary, each
with a rugose 1 -seeded nucleus. Blume.

1122. O. serpen tinum Linn. fi. zeyl. 329. Wendt in Rom.
arch. i. 53. t. 7. f. 2. Blume Bijdr. 1034. Boxb.fi. ind. i. 694.

— (Bheede vi. t. 47. Bumph.vn. t. 16. Burm. zeyl. 141. t. 64.)

— Various parts of India.

Stem woody, erect, climbing or twining. Leaves in threes or fives,
short-stalked, oblong, pointed, wavy, entire smooth, 4-5 X 2 inches.
Fascicles axillary, peduncled, many-flowered. Peduncles long, smooth,
round, sometimes nearly erect, sometimes drooping. Pedicels and
calyxes bright red. Corolla white. — Root employed by the Telinga
physicians of India as a febrifuge, and alexipharmic ; and also to pro-
mote delivery in tedious cases.

ALYXIA.

Calyx short, 5 -toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform ; throat
naked; limb 5-cleft. Stamens enclosed ; anthers distinct. Ovary
double, with 1 -celled few-seeded lobes ; style double ; stigma
2-lobed. Drupes 2 or 1 only, stalked, containing a single 1-seeded
stone.

1 123. A. stellata B. and S. iv. 439. Blume Bijdr. 1031. -
Gynopogon stellatus Forst. prodr. 117. Alyxia aromatica
Bmvdt. A. Reinwardtii Blume in cat. hart. Buitenz. 43. — Malay
Archipelago, Society and Friendly Islands.

A shrub with slender twigs. Leaves in whorls of 3, lanceolate,
rather obtuse, short-stalked, with very numerous fine parallel
oblique veins. Cymes axillary, stalked, few-flowered, much shorter
than the leaves. Tube of corolla longer than the calyx. — Bark aro-
matic, with similar effects to those of Canella alba and Drymis Winteri,
for which it may be substituted. Lately introduced into German
practice, as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea and nervous complaints.
Dierbach. The bark has the odour of Melilot, and traces of Benzoic
acid have been found in it.

WILLUGHBEIA.
Calyx 5- toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform. Stigma capitate.
Ovary superior, 1-celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2
opposite parietal placentae. Berry 1-celled. Seeds few, nestling
in pulp. Albumen 0. Roxb.

1124. W. edulis Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 57. — Forests of Chittagong
and Silhet where it is called Luti-am.

A very large climbing plant. Leaves opposite, short-stalked, oblong,
acuminate, entire, polished, with simple parallel veins ; 3-5 X 1-2
inches. Peduncles axillary and terminal, solitary, short, each support-
ing a few middling-sized, pale pink, short-stalked flowers, forming
small fascicles. Bracts solitary, at the base of each pedicel, ovate.
Calyx 5-toothed, with ovate, subciliate segments. Corolla infundi-
buliform ; the tube gibbous near the middle where the stamens are
lodged, a little hairy on the inside ; the limb of 5, sublanceolate,
smooth, expanding segments, which are imbricated in the bud. Fiia-

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WILLUGHBEIA.

ments short, inserted into the tube of the corolla a little above its
base. Anthers subsagittate, but not adhering to each other. Ovary
ovate, smooth, 1-celled ; ovules many, attached to 2 opposite parie-
tal placentae ; style short ; stigma conical, and closely embraced
by the anthers. Berry the size of a large lemon, subovate, covered
with a thick, friable, pretty smooth, brownish, yellow rind, I-celled.
Seeds many, in a soft, yellowish pulp, which is intermixed with softer
cottony fibres ; the size of a small garden bean. — Every part of the
plant on being wounded discharges copiously a very pure white viscid
juice, which is soon, by exposure to the air, changed into an indifferent
kind of caoutchouc. The fruit is eaten by the natives of the places
where it grows, and is by them reckoned good. Ruxb.

1 124- a. W. pubescens Nees and Martius, is found an excel-
lent remedy for bilious complaints in Brazil,

* * Fruit follicular.

ALLAMANDA.

Calyx deeply 5-cIeft, with lanceolate segments. Corolla fun-
nel-shaped, very large, rather irregular, with a very long tube
and a 5-cleft limb. Stamens inserted into the throat of the
corolla; anthers subsessile, sagittate. Ovary surrounded by a
ring ; stigma capitate, contracted in the middle so as to appear
double. Capsule orbicular, compressed, coriaceous, prickly with
long spines, 2-valved, many-seeded ; valves boat-shaped. Seeds
orbicular, with a membranous border, imbricated in 2 rows, at-
tached to the margin of the valves.

1125. A. cathartica Linn. mant. 214. JBot. mag. t. 338. —
A. grandiflora Lam. encycl. iv. 601. L'Herit. sertum. iv. 8. t- 24.
Orelia grandiflora Aubl. i. 271. t. 106. — Cayenne, Guayana,
and many parts of Brazil, especially near the coast.

A climbing milky shrub. Leaves in fours, subsessile, ovate-oblong,
shining, obtuse with a point, ferruginous underneath, with white hairs
on the veins. Flowers fascicled, axillary, yellow, large and showy, with
villous dichotomous rigid peduncles. — An infusion of the leaves is
considered a valuable cathartic medicine, in moderate doses, especially
in the cure of painters' colic. In over doses it is violently emetic and
purgative.

1126. Rauwolfia nitida Willd. The root is a disagreeable
bitter, and is employed in the West Indies as a remedy for colic.

NERIUM.

Corolla hypocrateriform ; the orifice surmounted by lacerated
multifid processes ; segments of the limb contorted. Filaments
inserted into the middle of the tube ; anthers sagittate, adher-
ing by the middle to the stigma. Ovaries 2; style filiform,
dilated at the apex; stigma obtuse. Some teeth at the bottom
of the calyx on the outside of the corolla. Follicles cylindrical.

1127. N. odoratum Lam. enc. iii. 436. It. and S. iv. 410. —
N. odorum Willd. i. 1235. Roxb.jl. ind. ii. 2. Blume Bijdr.

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APOCYNACEiE.

1044. Herm. lugdb. 447. t. 448. (Bheede ix. t. 2.) Karavara
As. res. iv. 265. — Common in gardens in every part of India,
China and Japan. Blume.

Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3 together. Segments of the calyx erect.
Appendages of the corolla filamentous. Anthers bearded at the point.
Flowers white or red. — The bark of the root and the sweet-smelling
leaves are considered by the native Indian doctors as powerful repel-
lents, applied externally. The root taken internally acts as a poison.

1 128. N. Oleander Linn, is very acrid. A decoction of its leaves
or bark forms an acrid stimulating wash, much employed by poor
people in the south of France to cure the itch and to destroy
cutaneous vermin. The peasants in the neighbourhood of
Nice use the powdered bark and wood to poison rats.

VINCA.

Calyx 5-cleft or 5-parted, with straight acute segments.
Corolla hypocrateriform ; the tube longer than the calyx ; the
throat with 5 plaits ; the limb with 5 flat contorted segments
obliquely truncate at the apex. Filaments dilated at the apex
into concave scales ; anthers membranous, finally twisted. Stigma
capitate, contracted in the middle ; the lower half peltate, the
upper capitate. Two glands at the base of the ovary. Fol-
licles 2, erect, round. Seeds naked.

1129. V. pusilla Murray comm. gott. 1772. p. 66. t. 2. f. 1.
Linn, suppl. 166. — V. parviflora JRetz. obs. ii. 14. Roxb.Jl. ind.
ii. 1. — Cultivated grounds in the East Indies.

A small erect annual. Stem smooth, 4-sided, branched, 6-12 inches
high. Leaves short-stalked, lanceolate, smooth ; 2£ Xf inch ; stipules
subulate. Flowers small, white, axillary, in pairs. Mouth of the
corolla closed with hairs. — Applied in India as an external stimulant,
in cases of lumbago. Royle.

APOCYNUM.

Calyx half 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, short, with 5 acute
enclosed teeth opposite its lobes. Anthers sagittate, adhering
by the middle to the stigma ; their posterior lobes empty of
pollen. Hypogynous scales 5. Ovaries 2. Stigma sessile, dilated,
with a conical apex. Follicles slender, distinct.

1130. A. androsaemifolium Linn. sp. pi. 311. Bot. mag.
t. 280. Bigelow med. bot. ii. t. 36. — Sides of fences and bor-
ders of woods in the United States. (Dog's bane.)

Height from 3 to 6 feet. Stalk smooth, simple below, branching
repeatedly at top, red on the side exposed to the sun. Leaves oppo-
site, smooth on both sides, paler beneath, ovate, acute, on short
petioles. The flowers grow in nodding cymes from the ends of the
branches and axils of the upper leaves, furnished with minute, acute
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, acute, much shorter than the corolla. Corolla
white, tinged with red, monopetalous, campanulate, with 5 acute,
spreading segments. Stamens 5, with very short filaments, and con-

534

(APOCYNUM.

nivent, oblong arrow-shaped anthers, cohering with the stigma about
their middle, and often holding fast such insects as may thrust their
proboscis between them. The nectary consists of 5 oblong glandular
bodies, alternating with the stamens. Ovaries 2, ovate, concealed by
the anthers. Stigma thick, roundish, agglutinated to the anthers.
The fruit is a pair of slender linear-lanceolate follicles, containing
numerous imbricated seeds, each crowned with a long pappus or down,
and attached to a slender central receptacle. — Every part lactescent.
Root with an unpleasant intensely bitter taste ; acts as an emetic when
recent. In small doses is a useful tonic.

1131. A. cannabinum Linn, is also emetic; and in decoction
diuretic and diaphoretic.

WRIGHTIA.

Corolla hypocrateriform ; the throat surmounted by 10 lace-
rated scales. Stamens projecting, inserted in the throat ; an-
thers sagittate, adhering by the middle to the stigma. Hypogy-
nous scales 0. Ovaries 2, adhering ; style filiform, dilated at the
apex ; stigma narrower. Follicles distinct or united. There
are from 5 to 10 scales at the base of the calyx, on the outside
of the corolla.

1 1 32. W. antidysenterica R. Brown trans. Wern. soc. i. p. 74.
— Nerium antidysentericum Linn, sp.pl. ii. 306. Echites anti-
dysenterica Roxb. (Burm. Zeyl. 167. t. 77.) — Coast of Mala-
bar, Ceylon, and elsewhere in India ; Isle of France.

A small shrub. Leaves ovate-oblong, or exactly oblong, shortly
acuminate, smooth, bright green on each side. Corymb terminal, few-
flowered. Corolla hypocrateriform, white, very sweet-scented, with a
slender tube J of an inch long ; limb spreading, flat, about the same
length, with obovate segments. Follicles very long and slender. —
The bark is called Conessi in commerce, and has been introduced into
European practice on account of its astringent febrifugal qualities.

ICHNOCARPUS.

Corolla hypocrateriform, with the segments of the limb falcate ;
the throat without appendages. Stamens enclosed ; anthers
sagittate, with the posterior lobes empty of pollen. Scales 5,
hypogynous, filiform. Ovaries 2 ; style 1, filiform ; stigma ovate,
acuminate. Follicles slender.

1133. I. frutescens RBr. in Wern. soc. trans, vol. i Apo-

cynum frutescens Linn. Jl. zeyl. 114. R. and S. iv. 398.
(Burm.thes. zeyl. 23. t. 12. f. 1.) — Ceylon.

Stems woody, smooth. Leaves short-stalked, oblong, acute, broad,
smooth, veiny, dark green above, paler beneath. Peduncles axillary,
long ; pedicels shorter, fasciculate. Flowers small, tubular, 5-cleft,
purple. Calyxes 5-cleft, oblong. — Sometimes used in India as a sub-
stitute for Sarsaparilla, according to Professor Royle. It appears from
a quotation in R. and S. that it is also mentioned as a medicinal plant
by Afzelius, in his Remedia guineensia, a work to which I have not
access.

535 M m 4

APOCYNACEiE.

HASSELTIA.

Calyx 5-parted, permanent. Corolla with the tube contracted
in the middle ; the throat naked ; the limb campanulate, 5-parted,
contorted. Stamens inserted in the throat; anthers large, cus-
pidate, callous at the back, adhering to the stigma. Ovary
double, surrounded by a fleshy ring ; styles 2 ; stigma clavate.
Follicles 2, distinct, long. Seeds with a stipitate coma at the
lower end. Blume.

1134. H. arborea Blume Bijdr. 1046. — Java, near Tjam-
piam, in the province of Buitenzorg.

A handsome tree. Leaves oval, rather acute at each end, smooth
above, paler and a little downy on the under side. Flowers large,
yellowish white, in axillary fascicles. Blume. — In Java the milk,
obtained from the trunk by incision, mixed with honey, and reduced
with boiling water, is employed as a powerful drastic, for destroying
the tape worm ; it is however apt to produce inflammation of the intes-
tines, and is even in some cases fatal.

VAHEA.

Calyx very small, with 5 segments. Corolla funnel-shaped,
with a long tube, ventricose at the base ; limb 5-cleft, with
contorted segments. Style subulate ; stigma bicuspidate in an
orbicular fleshy disk.

1135. V. gummifera Poir. enc. meth. suppl. v. 409. — Mada-
gascar.

Branches smooth, round. Leaves moderately stalked, coriaceous,
ovate-elliptical, obtuse, shining, about 2 inches long. Flowers smooth,
pale yellow, in terminal cymes. Segments of calyx acute. Tube of
corolla about an inch long, with linear rather blunt segments. — Yields
Caoutchouc in Madagascar.

URCEOLA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla urceolate, ovate, 5-toothed. An-
thers 5, sagittate, with a villous connective ; filaments inserted
into the base of the corolla. Disk campanulate, surrounding
the ovary. Ovary double ; stigma ovate, banded round the
middle. Follicles 2, round, leathery, wrinkled, compressed,
2-valved. Seeds reniform, immersed in fleshy pulp.

1136. U. elastica Roxb. in As. res. v. 169. — Sumatra and
Pulo Pinang.

A large woody climber, running over trees to a great extent. Young
shoots a little hairy. Leaves short-stalked, ovate-oblong, pointed, a
little scabrous, with a few scattered white hairs on the under side.
Panicles terminal, brachiate, much branched. Flowers minute, dull
green, hairy. — This plant yields a very fine kind of Caoutchouc, firm,

536

TJRCEOLA.

very elastic, scentless, and possessing all the qualities of the best
samples of that substance.

PLUMIERIA.

Calyx obtuse, very small, with 5 obsolete teeth. Corolla
funnel-shaped, with a long tube enlarging by degrees ; limb
5-parted, somewhat erect, with ovate-oblong, oblique segments.
Filaments on the middle of the tube ; anthers converging.
Stigma double, acuminate, nearly sessile. Follicles long, acu-
minate, ventricose. Seeds numerous, oblong, with a large, ovate,
toothed membrane. — Small trees with succulent branches, and
showy fragrant flowers.

1137. P. rubra Linn. kort. cliff, p. 76. Bot. Reg. x. t. 780.
— Jamaica and Surinam.

Leaves ovate-oblong ; flower-stalks downy. Flowers very large,
fragrant, white outside, yellow inside, and stained with red at the ends
of the segments. — Milk excessively corrosive.

1138. P. acutifolia Poir. enc. meth. suppl. ii. 667. — P. acu-
minata Ait. Kew. ed. 2. ii. 70. Bot. Reg. ii. t. 114. P. obtusa
Lour, cochinch. 117., not of Linn. (Rumph. iv. 85. t. 38.) —
Malay Archipelago, and Cochinchina.

Leaves lanceolate, flat, acuminate. Flowers very fragrant, in com-
pact cymes. Corolla white with a yellow throat ; the segments linear-
oblong, obtuse. — The root is used as a cathartic in Java.

1139. P. drastica Martius, is said to be a powerful Brazilian
purgative.

CAMERARIA.

Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla between funnel-shaped and hypo-
crateriform, with the segments of the limb oblique. Stamens
inserted in the tube ; anthers acuminate, converging, extended
at the point into a thread. Styles scarcely any. Follicles re-
flexed, lobed on each side at the base. Seeds roundish, obtusely
pointed, compressed.

1140. C. latifolia Jacq. amer. 37. t. 182. f. 86. Bot. Repos.
t. 261. R. and S. iv. 421. — Meadows in Jamaica, Cuba, and
St. Domingo. (Bastard Manchineel tree.)

A tall elegant tree, with a branching head ; yielding a most copious
supply of white coagulable milk. Leaves roundish-ovate, cuspidate,
with parallel transverse streaks, very shining, rather stiff, stalked.
Peduncles 1-flowered or many-flowered, slender, long, axillary, or in
the forks of the twigs. Flowers white. — It is probable that this
plant, which is very abundant in Cuba, might prove a valuable source
of Caoutchouc, as the milk gushes out at the smallest wound, and
readily thickens. It is however said, I know not upon what authority,
to be so poisonous as to be used by the West Indian natives to en-
venom their arrows. Jacquin mentions nothing of it, and in Lunan's
compilation the juice is merely said to be acrid.
537

ASCLEPIADACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 302.
ASCLEPIAS.

Calyx 5-cleft, very small. Corolla rotate, with a short tube
and a 5-parted flat or reflexed limb. Coronet of appendages
5-leaved ; leaves cucullate, fleshy, erect, with a horn proceeding
from within each. Pollen-masses attached by a taper point.
Stigma depressed, not pointed.

1141. A. tuberosa Linn. sp. pi. 316. Bigeloio med. hot. ii. t. 26.
JBot. Beg. t. 76. — Dry sandy soils, pine woods &c. in the United
States. (Butterfly weed, Pleurisy root.)

Root large, fleshy, branching, and often somewhat fusiform. Stems
numerous, growing in bunches from the root, erect, ascending or pro-
cumbent, round, hairy, green or red. Leaves alternate, the lower pe-
dunculated, the upper sessile, narrow, oblong, hairy, obtuse at base,
waved on the edge, and in the old plants sometimes revolute. Umbels
at the ends of terminal branches. Involucre composed of numerous,
short, subulate, bracts. Flowers numerous, erect, of a beautifully
bright orange colour. Calyx much smaller than the corolla, 5-parted ;
the segments subulate, reflexed and concealed by the corolla. Corolla
rotate, 5-parted, the segments oblong and reflexed. Coronet of 5 erect,
cucullate leaves or cups, with an oblique mouth, having a small, in-
curved, acute horn proceeding from the base of the cavity of each, and
meeting at the centre of the flower. The mass of stamens is a tough,
horny, somewhat pyramidal substance, separable into 5 anthers ;
each 2-celled, bordered by membranous, reflected edges contiguous to
those of the next, and terminated by a membranous, reflected summit.
Pollen masses 10, distinct, yellowish, transparent, flat and spathulate,
ending in curved stalks, which unite them by pairs to a minute dark
tubercle at top ; each pair is suspended in the cells of 2 adjoining
anthers, so that if a needle be inserted between the membranous edges
of 2 anthers and forced out at top, it carries with it a pair of the
pollen masses. Carpels 2, completely concealed beneath the stigma
and anthers, ovate, with erect styles, terminated by a flat pentagonal
disk-like stigma. Follicle lanceolate, green, with a reddish tinge and
downy. Seeds ovate, flat, margined, terminated by long silken hairs.
— Root expectorant and diaphoretic ; employed successfully in catarrh,
pneumony and pleurisy. Bigelow says he is persuaded of its usefulness
as a mild tonic and stimulant.

1 142. A. decumbens Linn, is probably a mere variety of the
last, and has similar properties.

1 1 43. A. curassavica Linn. sp. pi. 3 1 4. HBK. n. g. et. sp.
iii. 149. Swartz obs. 126. JBot. Beg. t. 81. — {Dill. elth. t. 30.

539

ASCXEPIADACE.35.

f. 33.) — West Indies and tropical parts of the American con-
tinent.

Root fibrous. Stem about 3 feet high. Herbage covered with a fine
minute downiness, especially on the stem, peduncles and calyx.
Leaves lanceolate-oblong, gradually narrowed into the petiole, rather
wavy. Peduncles between the petioles, shorter than the leaves,
bearing at the end a simple umbel of about 8 flowers. Calyx reflexed.
Corolla scarlet, with reflexed, acute segments ; appendages erect,
yellow, rather shorter than their horn. — This plant is called Wild Ipe-
cacuhana in the West Indies, where it is employed by the negroes as an
emetic. The roots, which are the part used, appear to be also purga-
tive. A decoction is said to be efficacious in gleets and fluor albus.

CALOTROPIS.

Corolla somewhat campanulate, with an angular tube, and a
5-parted limb ; the angles saccate internally. Coronet of
appendages 5-leaved ; leaflets carinate, attached vertically to
their tube, revolute at the base. Anthers terminated by a mem-
brane. Pollen-masses compressed, pendulous, attached by a
narrow point. Stigma not pointed. Follicles ventricose, smooth.

1 144. C. gigantea JRBr. in. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. ii. 79. R. and S.
vi. 91. Bot. Reg. t. 58. — Asclepias gigantea Linn. sp. pi. 312.
Ericu Rheede ii. t. 31. Madorius Rumph. herb. amb. auct. 24.
— One of the most common large shrubs all over India. (Mu-
dar.)

Stem often as thick as a man's leg, or thigh, nearly erect, branched,
abounding in an acrid milky juice. Bark ash-coloured. Young shoots
covered with soft woolly down. Leaves opposite, decussate, subses-
sile, embracing the stem, broad, cuneate-obovate, bearded on the upper
side where they end in the petiole ; the upper surface pretty smooth ;
the under one, covered with a white woolly pubescence ; from 4 to 6
inches long, and from 2 to 3 broad. Umbels generally simple, though
sometimes compound, stalked. Peduncles round, covered with the
same woolly substance as the leaves and young shoots, and issuing
alternately from between the opposite leaves, nearly erect, half the
length of the leaves. Involucres several oblong pointed scales.
Flowers large, beautiful, a mixture of rose colour, and purple. Calyx
5-parted. Corolla full 2 inches in diameter ; segments oblong, obtuse,
revolute, reflexed at the point. — A plant of great importance in Indian
medicine ; employed in epilepsy, hysterics, convulsions from coitus
immediately after bathing, spasmodic disorders, such as lockedjaw,
convulsions in children, paralytical complaints, cold sweats, poisonous
bites, and venereal complaints. Roxburgh. — Under the names of
Mador, Mudar, Akitm, and Yercund, the root and bark, and especially
the inspissated juice, are used as powerful alteratives and purgatives. It is
especially in cases of leprosy, elephantiasis, and intestinal worms that it
has been found important. Its activity appears owing to the presence
of Mitdarine, a singular substance possessing the property of coagu-
lating by heat and becoming again fluid by exposure to cold.

1 145. C. procera RBr. in hort. Kew. ed. 2. ii. 78. Bot. Reg.

540

CALOTROPIS.

t. 1792. — Asclepias procera Hort. Kew. i. 305. Ascl. gigantea
JBot. Rep. t. 271- Beid el sar Prosp. Alp. (Egypt, c. 25. fig. —
Arabia, Persia, North of Africa and adjoining islands.

A shrub or small tree, 10-20 feet high. Stem round, pale green,
thickly covered with hoary pubescence, which readily rubs off. Leaves
decussate, obovate, acuminate, 5 X 2£ inches. Peduncles corymbose,
about 3-flowered, forming a loose terminal panicle. Corolla slightly
campanulate, about an inch in diameter; segments ovate, acute, rather
concave, dull purple bordered with white on the upper side, silvery
on the under. — Juice extremely acrid. Prosper Alpinus says it was ad-
ministered successfully as a remedy for ringworm, and other cutaneous
affections ; and that it is also a powerful depilatory. According to
Professor Royle, this, or an allied species, produces a kind of Manna,
called Shukhr ool askur.

HOYA.

Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Coronet of appendages depressed,
5-leaved ; leaflets spreading, fleshy, with the inner angle ex-
tended into a tooth lying upon the anther. Anthers terminated
by a membrane. Pollen-masses fixed by the base, converging,
compressed. Stigma not pointed or scarcely so. Follicles
smooth.

1146. H. viridiflora RBr. in Wern. trans, i. 26. Wight
Asclep. 39. Bot. misc. ii. 98. suppl. t. 1. — Asclepias volubilis
Linn, suppl. 170. Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 36. Apocynum tiliaefolium
Lam. enc. i. 214. — Coromandel, Sylhet, the Nilgherry Hills.

Leaves opposite, stalked, broad-cordate or ovate, but not sinuate at
the base, pointed, membranous, smooth; from 3 to 4 inches long;
Petioles from 1 to 2 inches long. Umbels lateral or axillary, simple,
many-flowered. Flowers numerous, green, with pedicels as long as the
peduncle. Corolla flat; crown of appendages turbinate, truncate.
Anthers reflected over the stigma. Follicles horizontal, obtuse, about
3 or 4 inches long, and 4 in circumference. — The root and tender
stalks sicken and promote expectoration. The leaves peeled and dipped
in oil, are much esteemed by the natives of India as a discutient in the
early stages of boils ; when the disease is more advanced, they are em-
ployed in the same way to promote suppuration. Wight.

TYLOPHORA.

Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Coronet of appendages 5-leaved ;
leaflets simple, fleshy. Anthers terminated by a membrane.
Pollen-masses transverse, or somewhat ascending, minute, ven-
tricose. Stigma not pointed. Follicles smooth, tapering to the
point, compressed, somewhat angular on one side.

1147. T. asthmatica W. and, A. ascl. 51 Asclepias asthma-

tica Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 33. Cynanchum Ipecacuanha Willd. Jahrb.
d. pharm. 1795. 169. t. 2. C. vomitorium Lam. enc. ii. 235.
C. viridiflorum Bot. Mag. t. 1929. C. tomentosum Lam. enc.

541

ASCLEPIADACEiE.

i. 255. — Various parts of the East Indies, both the continent
and islands.

Root of many, long, thick, whitish, or light ash-coloured, fleshy
fibres, issuing from a small, hard, ligneous head. Stems several,
twining, slender, round, from 6 to 12 feet long; young parts downy.
Leaves opposite, petioled, linear, cordate-ovate ; those near the extre-
mities are narrower, all are entire ; above smooth, below downy ; from
2 to 3 inches long. Petioles about half an inch long, channelled. Um-
bels solitary, axillary, and alternate, generally compound. Peduncles
and pedicels twice the length of the petioles, round, downy. Invo-
lucres lanceolate. Flowers numerous, small, colour a mixture of bad
yellow, and orange. Calyx ; divisions lanceolate, very acute. Corolla
flat ; divisions oval. Follicles lanceolate, spreading, 3 or 4 inches long,
and about 2 in circumference, Roxb. — Roots acrid ; used on the
coast of Coromandel as a substitute for Ipecacuhana. Dr. Roxburgh
found it to answer the same purpose as that drug, and had also very
favourable reports of it from others. Dr. J. Anderson, physician
general at Madras, confirms this ; it was used with great success in a
dysentery that was in his time epidemic in the British camp. No doubt
it is one of the most valuable medicines in India. In large doses it is
emetic ; in smaller doses often repeated it acts as a cathartic. Burnett
states it to be valuable as a sudorific, and to be peculiarly beneficial in
humoral asthma.

CYNANCHUM.

Corolla somewhat rotate, 5-parted. Coronet of appendages
consolidated, 5-20-lobed ; when 5-lobed with the segments op-
posite the anthers. Pollen-masses ventricose, pendulous. Stigma
usually apiculate, sometimes blunt, very rarely with a beak en-
closed below the summit. Follicles smooth.

1148. C. Vincetoxicum RBr. mem. Wern. soc. i. 47. — As-
clepias Vincetoxicum Linn. sp. pi. 314. Fl. Dan. t. 849. Nees
and Eb. pi. wed. t. 208. — Sandy places in most parts of Eu-
rope except Great Britain.

Root cylindrical, creeping. Stem 1-3 feet high, erect, round, with a
longitudinal downy line on each side. Leaves cordate-ovate, smooth.
Flowers whitish, somewhat nodding, in corymbose umbels, 3 times as
long as their common peduncle. Coronet 5-lobed. — An emetic and
purgative, once celebrated as an antidote to poisons; whence its name.

1149. C. monspeliacum Linn. sp. pi. 311. Cav. ic. i. t. 60.
Jacq. ic. ii. t. 340. RBr. 1. c. 44. — Sea coast of Italy, Spain,
South of France and Greece.

Stem running, climbing, milky. Leaves stalked, roundish cordate,
with a semilanceolate contracted point. Flowers white or pink, axillary,
with branched peduncles. Segments of the corolla lanceolate, rather
blunt. Coronet tubular. — The inspissated juice is drastic, and known
officinally under the name of Montpelier Scammony.

1150. C. ovalifolium Wight, asclep. 57. — Penang.

A smooth twining plant. Leaves oblong-oval, not cordate, acuminate.
Cymes many-flowered. Peduncles longer than the petiole. Coronet

542

CYNANCHUM.

10-cleft, about as long as the corolla. Stigma pointed, emarginate.
Wight. — Yields an excellent Caoutchouc, at Penang, according to
Dr. Wallich.

1151. C. Argel Deliledescr.de VEgypte t. 20. f. 2. Nees
and Eb. pi. med. suppl. — ? ? C. oleaefolium Nectoux voy. t. 3.
— Upper Egypt.

Stems erect, pallid, round. Leaves scarcely stalked, about an inch
long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, smooth on each side and rather wrinkled,
glaucous on the under side. Corymbs small, axillary, with many smooth
alternate branches. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla white, but little longer
than the calyx. — The leaves and whole plant powerfully purgative, and
even drastic. The former are mixed very largely with Senna, but
whether intentionally or through carelessness does not appear ; they
form the bulk of many samples of Alexandrian Senna; but do not occur
in those from Tinnivelly. Gomphocarpus fruticosus, also called Argel or
Arghel, in Syria, is occasionally employed for the same purpose. If it
were for no other reason than its being free from Argel leaves, the
Tinnivelly Senna ought to be preferred for medical use ; for there is
no doubt that the griping and unpleasant effects of common Senna are
attributable to their presence.

SARCOSTEMMA.

Corolla rotate. Coronet of stamens double ; the exterior cup-
shaped, or annular, crenated ; the interior 5-leaved, longer than
the outer, with fleshy segments. Anthers terminated by a mem-
brane. Pollen-masses fixed by the point, pendulous. Stigma
nearly blunt. Follicles slender, smooth. Seeds comose. RBr.

1152. S. glaucum HBK. n. g. and sp. pi. iii. 194. t. 229

Near the port of La Guayra, Mayqueties and Cabo Blanco, on
the coast of the Caribean sea.

A lactescent, smooth, twining, herbaceous plant. Leaves lanceolate,
short-stalked, slightly revolute, membranous, veiny, with the midrib
prominent on the under side, which is glaucous. Umbels many-flowered,
between the petioles, on a very long peduncle. Flowers the size
of those of Ascl. syriaca. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate,
ciliated. Corolla white with a large, fleshy, wavy, annular coronet ;
segments of the corolla fringed, spreading. — Employed in Venezuela
as an emetic, in room of Ipecacuanha.

HEMIDESMUS.

Corolla rotate, with 5 pointless scales inserted below the si-
nuses. Filaments connate at the base ; distinct at the upper
end, inserted into the tube of the corolla ; anthers cohering se-
parate from the stigma, beardless, simple at the point. Pollen-
masses 20, granular, attached in fours to a solitary reniform
appendage of each corpuscule. Stigma flattish, pointless. Fol-
licles cylindrical, very much divaricating, smooth. Seeds comose.
W. and A.

1153. H. indicus RBr. in hort. Kew. ii. 75. Wight and Am.
543

ASCI.EPIADACEiE.

asclep. 63. — Periploca indica Willd. i. 1251. Asclepias pseu-
dosarsa Roxb. fi. ind. ii. 39. (Rheede x. t. 34. Burm. zeyl.
187. t. 83. f. 1. Pluk. t. 359. f. 2. and t. 361. f. 1.) — Com-
mon all over the peninsula of India.

Root long and slender, with few ramifications, covered with rust-
coloured bark, which possesses a peculiarly pleasant sort of fragrance,
whether fresh or dried. Stems twining, diffuse, or climbing, woody,
slender, generally from the thickness of a goose's quill, to that of a
crow's quill, nearly smooth. Leaves opposite, short stalked, in shape
variable. On the young shoots that issue from old roots, and lie on the
earth, they are linear, acute, and striated down the middle with white j
on the superior, and old branches, they are generally broad-lanceolate,
even, sometimes ovate or oval ; all are entire, smooth, shining, and of a
firm texture, the length and breadth very various. Stipules four-fold,
small, on each side of each petiole, caducous. Racemes axillary, ses-
sile, imbricated with flowers, and then with scales like bracts. Flowers
small ; outside green, inside a deep purple. Calyx divisions acute.
Corolla flat ; divisions oblong, pointed, inside rugose. Follicles long,
slender, spreading. Roxb. — The Sarsaparilla of India is chiefly the
root of this species ; a decoction of it is prescribed by European prac-
titioners in cutaneous diseases, scrophula, and venereal affections.
Ainslie. It is said to be quite as efficient a medicine as the best Sar-
saparilla of America ; and is probably the drug from which Mr.
Garden obtained what he calls smilasperic acid. A great deal of it is
consumed in London now, as a very fine kind of Sarsaparilla.

SECAMONE.

Corolla rotate. Coronet 5-leaved ; the leaflets laterally com-
pressed, attached by the longer edge, turned backwards, simple.
Pollen-masses 20, erect, attached by fours to the point of each
unfurrowed corpuscle of the stigma. Stigma contracted at the
point. Follicles smooth. W. and A.

1154. S. emetica R.Br, in prodr. under p. 320. R. and S.
vi. 124. W. and A. ascl. 60. — Periploca emetica Retz. obs.
ii. 14. Willd. phyt. i. 6. t. 5. f. 3. — Southern parts of the
Peninsula of India, in thickets at the foot of mountains, common.

A smooth twining shrub. Leaves short-stalked, veinless, smooth,
varying from elliptical to narrow-lanceolate. Cymes inter-axillary, few-
flowered, or many-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Flowers very
small, greenish. Coronet with cultriform leaflets, about half as short
again as the stigma-cover. Follicles slender, tapering to the point. —
Roots acrid and emetic.

1155. S. Alpini R. and S. vi. 125. — Periploca Secamone
Linn. mant. 216. — Secamone Prosp. Alpin. (Egypt. 135. t. 134.

— Egypt-

Stem twining, shrubby, smooth. Leaves lanceolate-elliptical, stalked,
smooth, paler beneath, with transverse veins. Panicles axillary, dicho-
tornous, shorter than the leaves. Flowers minute, white, hairy inside,

— A drastic, said by some to yield what is called Smyrna Scammony ;
but this is very doubtful.

544

OXYSTELMA.

OXYSTELMA.

Corolla somewhat rotate, spreading, with a short tube. Stigma-
cover projecting. Coronet 5-Ieaved ; with acute, compressed
undivided leaflets. Anthers terminated by a membrane. Pollen-
masses compressed, fixed by the attenuated point, pendulous.
Stigma pointless. Follicles smooth. Seeds comose. Wight.

1156. O. esculentum JRJBr. prodr. 318. R. and S.v\. 89.
Wight and Am. asclep. 54. comp. Sot. Mag. ii. 52. t. 22. —
Periploca esculenta Linn.suppl. 168. Roxb. corom. i. 13. t. 14.
Asclepias rosea Roxb.ji. ind. ii. 40. — Hedges, among bushes on
the banks of water courses, pools, &c. common on the continent
of India.

Root fibrous. Stems filiform, round, smooth, green, voluble. Leaves
shortly petioled, opposite, linear-lanceolate, acute, rounded and sub-
cordate at the base, entire, smooth, deep green above, paler and veined
beneath, deciduous ? From 2 to 3 inches long, by about ± an inch
broad. Racemes axillary, long-peduncled, bearing from 3 to 8 large,
sub-campanulate, 5-cleft flowers ; their segments triangular, acute, ex-
ternally of a pale rosy hue, internally purplish, marked with darker
lines. Column of fructification prominent ; crown of 5 inflated leaves,
broad, and somewhat compressed at the base, tapering to a sharp
incurved point. Anthers terminated by a membrane. Pollen-masses
compressed, attached by their attenuated apex, pendulous. Stigma
large, flat, covered on the edges by the membranous lips of the anthers.
Pericarps two large inflated follicles : these consist of two coats or
layers, loosely attached to each other, and it is between these that the
inflation takes place, as the inner coat is of a firm texture, and closely
embraces the seeds, which are numerous and comose. Wight. — Said
by De Candolle to be eatable ; but Roxburgh says he did not find that
the natives ever eat it, and Dr. Wight makes the same statement ;
adding, however, that in decoction it is used as a gargle for aphthous
affections of the mouth and fauces.

545

N N

OLEACE.E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 307.
OLEA.

Calyx short, 4-toothed. Corolla short, hypocrateriform or
rotate, with a flat 4-parted limb. Stamens rather projecting ;
style very short ; stigma bifid, with emarginate segments. Drupe
2-celled ; one of the cells usually abortive.

1157. O. europaea Linn. sp. pi. 11. Vahl.enum i. 39. Fl.
Grcec. t. 3. S. and C. i. t. 15. — Olea sativa Hffsgg. fl. port.
388. R. and S. i. 69. — Common in all the South of Europe,
Barbary, and the Levant. (Olive.)

A small grey evergreen tree, with hoary rigid banches. Leaves lan-
ceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, short-stalked, green above,
hoary on the under side. Racemes short, axillary, erect, very much
shorter than the leaves. Corolla white, with broad ovate segments.
Fruit the size of a damson, purple, with a nauseous bitter flesh en-
closing a sharp-pointed stone. — From the pericarp is obtained by
pressure the well-known substance called Olive oil ; the medical pro-
perties of which are demulcent, emollient and laxative. It enters
extensively into the preparation of plasters, liniments, cerates, oint-
ments and enemas. As an external application, accompanied by long-
continued friction of the skin, it has been found beneficial in preventing
the contagious influence of the plague. The bark is bitter and astrin-
gent, and has had a great reputation as a substitute for Cinchona,
according to De Candolle. It also yields a kind of gum, or rather a
gum-like substance, once in repute as a vulnerary; this has been
found by Messrs. Paoli and Pelletier to contain a peculiar substance
which those chemists have named Olivile.

ORNUS.

Calyx very small, 4-cleft. Corolla divided to the base into
linear segments. Pericarp a winged key not dehiscing.

1158. O. europaea Pers. syn. i. 9. Mert. and Koch, deutsch.
fl. i. 357. Dietr. sp. pi. i. 248. S. and C. i. t. 53. — Fraxinus
Ornus Linn. sp. pi. 1510. Fl. grcec. t. 4. Woodv. t. 36. —
South of Europe especially Calabria and Apulia. (Flowering
Ash.)

A small tree 20 or 30 feet high, with a close round head. Leaves
unequally pinnated, in 3 or 4 pairs ; leaflets stalked, oblong, acute,
serrated, very hairy at the base of the midrib on the under side. Pani-
cles dense, terminal, nodding. Petals narrow, white, and drooping. —
From the branches there exudes the bitter-sweet substance called
Manna in the shops, well known as a useful gentle laxative.
547 n n 2

OLEACEJE.

1159. O. rotundifolia Link. enum. ii. 452. Dietr. sp.pl. i. 249.
— Fraxinus rotundifolia Linn. sp. 1510. — Calabria and the
Levant.

Very like the last. Leaflets subsessile, roundish, ovate, acute,
coarsely serrated, quite smooth underneath, entire and rather cuneate
at the base. — This also yields Manna, and according to Tenore of
better quality than the last.

Fee says that this substance is also obtained from Fraxinus excel-
sior, and parvifolia, which agrees with Dr. Fothergill's statement ( Works,
p. 143.). " In Calabria and Sicily, in the hottest part of the summer
months, the Manna oozes out of the leaves, and from the bark of the
trunk and larger branches of the Fraxinus or Calabrian ash. The Ornus
likewise affords it, but from the trunks and larger branches only and that
chiefly from artificial apertures ; whereas it flows from the Fraxinus
through every little cranny and bursts through the large pores spon-
taneously. The different qualities of the Manna are from different parts
of the tree."

1160. Fraxinus excelsior Linn, (the Common Ash) not only
yields Manna, in the warm climate of the South of Europe, as
has just been stated, but is reported to have a tonic febrifugal
bark, and leaves almost as cathartic as those of Senna, producing
an unequivocal action upon the kidneys.

1161. Syringa vulgaris Linn, has some reputation as a cure
for intermittent fevers. The unripe fruit is singularly bitter
without any acrimony, and according to Curveiller an extractof
it is a remarkably good tonic and febrifuge.

548

CYCADACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 312.
CYCAS.

$ . Anthers open, collected in a terminal sessile cone, inserted
all round a common rachis, each oblong cuneate, with the point
turned upwards ; the lower face polliniferous, and the connective
more or less obliterated. ? . Carpels numerous, open, loosely
collected in a terminal cone, long, spathulate, flat, crenated, with
sessile, erect, solitary ovules in the crenatures. Fruit composed
of the spreading or reflexed carpels. Seeds roundish ; testa bony,
covered by a somewhat fleshy epidermis. Embryos often several,
inserted in the axis of fleshy albumen. — Palm-like trees or
shrubs.

1162. C. revoluta Thumb, jap. 229. Bot. Mag. t. 2963 and
2964 (Humph, i. 92. t. 24. Kcempf. amcen. 897.) — Japan.

Stem or trunk 3 to 5 feet high, and of considerable thickness, 1 foot
or more in diameter ; of a dark brown colour, clothed with withered,
reflexed scales, and annulated from the scars of the former years'
circles of leaves. From the summit of the stem springs a beautiful
crown of feathery, lively-green foliage ; each leaf 5 to 6 feet long,
spreading, most beautifully pinnated : pinnae numerous, close set,
linear-mucronate, dark green above, having a strong midrib, paler be-
neath, where the midrib is prominent, and the margin bent down or
involute ; rachis cylindrical ; petioles 1 or 2 feet long, triangular, with
a row of spines on each side, which are abortive pinnae. From the
centre of this superb crown of leaves, the fructification appears.
Ovules roundish, compressed, notched, and woolly. About 6 are
inserted, 3 on each side of a long, compressed, woolly, orange-coloured
spadix, which is digitato-laciniate at the extremity, about a span long,
and more or less incurved at the apex. These ovules are quite des-
titute of perianth, and even when not fertilised, change into an orange-
coloured, downy nut, compressed, and notched at the extremity.
The down soon disappears, and then the nut becomes glabrous and
deeper coloured, more inclining to red. Within the sinus of the notch
is a raised papilla, small, with a circular, margined mouth. Nut oval, a
little attenuated at the base, at the apex apiculated, with a sharp point,
which answers to the papilla above mentioned. Hooker. — The
wounded stem, leaves and fruit, abound in a white, transparent mu-
cilage, which hardens into a sort of gum. It is reported that a kind of
Sago is procured from the cellular substance occupying the interior of
the stem. It is said by Thunberg that this is "supra modum nutriens,"
and held in the highest esteem ; soldiers are able to exist for a long
time upon a very small quantity of it, and it is contrary to the laws
of Japan to take the trees out of the country. The nuts are also
eatable.

549 n n 3

CYCADACEiE.

1163. C. circinalis Linn. sp. pi. 1658. Lam. encycl. ii. 231.
Bot. Mag. tt. 2826, 2827. —(Rheede iii. t. 13—21. Bumph. i. 87.
t. 22, 23.) — East Indies, especially the Moluccas.

<?. Trunk, when attaining its full growth, from 15 to 20 feet
high, of an equal thickness throughout, marked with the scars whence
the old leaves have fallen, but scarcely annulated ; between which
scars, the trunk is shaggy with the old and jagged downy scales
or stipules, which accompany the base of the leaves ; these are cordate
and turgid at their base, and very much acuminated. From amongst
them, and at the very top of the stem, is a crown of a most beautiful
foliage. The spread of the leaves is 12 feet, each 6 and 8 feet long,
including the petiole ; for | of the length, from the extremity, pinnated,
with linear-lanceolate, nearly horizontal, plane, subflexuoso-falcate
pinna?, from 12 to 14 inches long, dark green on the upper side, paler
beneath, quite glabrous, having a strong, pale midrib running through
the centre ; rachis unarmed ; petiole swollen at the base, clothed
with ferruginous, evanescent down, and unarmed ; upwards glabrous,
and spinous at the margin, from abortive pinnae. The young leaves
have a very beautiful appearance, being of a delicate pale green, and
having the pinnae singularly involute, like the young fronds of a
Fern. From among the crown of the leaves, at the top of the trunk,
and nearly, if not entirely sessile, is the male amentum produced.
This is between 4 and 5 inches long, ovate. Anthers large, loosely
imbricated, ferruginously downy; the lower half tapering, inserted
horizontally, the upper half taking a curvature upwards and tapering
into an erect, sharpened, and long point. Upon these anthers, on the
under side of the lower half, the numerous pollen-cells are crowded
sometimes singly, sometimes 2, 3, or 4 together, in which latter
case the opening of each cell is interiorly. The consistence of
these is horny ; and they contain within them a pale yellow pollen,
which is roundish, angular, and pellucid. Hooker. — A kind of
Sago is said to be produced by the interior of the stem, but not the
true Sago of the shops which is obtained from Sagus inermis. The
fruit is eaten in the Moluccas, and a kind of flour of bad quality is
procured from the kernels pounded in a mortar. It is supposed that
the account given by Rheede of true Sago being the produce of the
plant is a mistake. This species also yields a clear transparent gum
something like Tragacanth.

ZAMIA.

Both $ and J in cones terminating the trunk. $ . Anthers
open, in the form of peltate, woody, stalked scales, bearing pol-
len on their under side. ? . Carpels open, woody, peltate,
stalked, bearing 2 inverted ovules. Fruit the enlarged and
ripened cone ; seeds with a bony testa covered by a thin fleshy
coating. — Small trees, with scaly trunks which are either simple
or branched. Leaves pinnated, with the pinnae contracted at their
insertion into the petiole.

*** One of the best kinds of arrow root is prepared in the
Bahamas from the trunk of some species of this genus, but from which
is unknown; no doubt some one of the following, all of which are
West Indian*

550

ZAMIA.

1164. Z. angustifblia Jacq. ic. rar. t. 636. Willd. sp.pl.
iv. 846. ; with linear, entire, callous-pointed, twice emarginate,
obtuse leaflets, and a half-terete petiole.

1165. Z. tenuis Willd. 1. c. ; with the leaflets linear, narrowed
to the base, obtuse, obscurely toothed under the point, some-
what re volute at the edge, and a triquetrous smooth petiole.

1166. Z. media Jacq. hort. schonbr. iii. 77. t. 397. 398. Willd.
1. c. with the leaflets linear-lanceolate, obtuse, flat, obsoletel)*
serrulated beneath the point, and a triquetrous smooth petiole.

1167. Z. debilis Ait. Kew. iii. 478. Willd. 847. with lanceo-
late, acute, unpointed leaflets serrated at the point, and a tri-
quetrous compressed smooth petiole.

1168. Z. pumila Linn, sp.pl. 1659. (Z. integrifolia Ait. Kew.
iii. 478. Jacq. ic. t. 635.) with the leaflets lanceolate, rounded,
obtuse, narrowed to the base, serrulated on the outer edge at
the point, and a smooth somewhat 4-cornered petiole.

1169. Z. furfuracea Ait. Kew. iii. 477. Willd. 848, with the
leaflets lanceolate, acute, pointless, serrated from the middle as
far as the apex, furfuraceous beneath, and a roundish petiole
spiny at the base.

551

N N 4

PINACE^E, or CONIFERJE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 3 1 3.
PINUS.

Flowers monoecious. $ . Catkins solitary or stalked. Stamens
numerous, inserted on an axis ; filaments very short ; anthers
2-celled, terminated by a crest, or scale-like connective ; the cells
bursting longitudinally or irregularly in a transverse direction.
$ . Catkins solitary or clustered. Scales imbricated, usually
subtended by an adnate scale. Ovules 2, at the base of the
scales, collateral, inverted, their points lacerated and directed
downwards. Cone consisting of hard woody truncated scales,
excavated at the base for the reception of the seeds. Seeds ex-
tended at the base into a membranous wing. — Leaves ever-
green, in fascicles, surrounded at the base by a membranous
tubular sheath.

1170. P. sylvestris Linn. sp. pi. 1418. Lamb. pin. t. i. E.
Bot. t. 2460. Woodv. t. 207. Loudon Arb. et Frut. 2153.
— Sandy hills and woods of Europe, north of the Alps. (Scotch
Fir, Red Deal.)

Sheaths of the leaves spirally disposed, tubular, membranous, at
length rugged, torn at the end. Leaves in pairs from each sheath,
equal, about 2 inches long, linear, narrow, obtuse with a small point,
minutely serrated, evergreen, smooth ; their upper surfaces, which are
dark green, and rather concave, originally clapped together, but soon
separated; the under convex, more glaucous, striated. Flowers ter-
minal, erect; the males aggregate spiked, sulphur-coloured, soon sur-
mounted by a protruding leafy branch, each flower having several chaffy
concave scaly bracteas at its base, which some call a 4-leaved calyx :
females solitary, globular, variegated with purple and green, with several
serrated, pointed, scaly bracteas. The first year, after impregnation,
the young fruit becomes lateral, stalked and reflexed, green, of an ovate
figure; and the second year ripens into ovate, pointed, hard, tessellated
but unarmed, woody cones, whose dry scales finally gape, and allow of
the dispersion of the winged seeds. Smith. — Common turpentine is
obtained from this.

1171. P. Pumilio Willd. sp. iv. 495. Lamb. pin. t. 2.
Loudon Arb. et Frut. 2186. — Mountains in the South East
of Europe.

Very like a Scotch Fir only not forming a tree, but always remaining
a low bush. Leaves in pairs, short, straight. Cones ovate, obtuse,
very small ; the younger ones sessile and erect. Crest of the anthers
projecting, slit. — Hungarian balsam is spontaneously exuded by the
branches of this species.
553

PINACE^ OR CONIFERJE.

1172. P. Pinaster Ait. Kew. ed. 1. iii. 367. Lamb. pin.
tt. 4 and 5. Loud. Arb. et Frut. 2213. — P. maritima DC.
fl. franc. — Southern parts of Europe ; especially the sandy
wastes north of the Mediterranean. (Pinaster, Cluster Pine.)

A much larger plant than the Scotch Fir, forming first a spreading
handsome dark green bush, and afterwards a fine tree. Leaves stout,
in pairs, fully 4 inches long. Male flowers in a thyrsoid panicle, of a
bright yellow, terminating the branches. Crest of the anthers rounded,
orbicular, crenated. Female flowers with rich crimson scales. Cones
large, woody, whorled, pendulous, ovate, sessile, bright brown ; each
scale tipped with a short, broad, bluntish spine. — Bordeaux turpentine,
which has the property of solidifying with magnesia, is procured from
this plant.

1173. P. Cembra Linn, sp.pl. 1419 is said to yield Carpa-
thian Balsam.

ABIES.

In all characters the same as Pinus, except that the scales of
the cones are thinned away to the edge, and usually membra-
nous or coriaceous, and that the leaves are never fascicled.

1174. A. Picea Lindl. in penny, cycl. — A. pectinata DC.jl.
fr. ii. 275. Pinus Picea Linn. sp. pi. 1420. Lamb. pin. t. 30.

Woodv. t. 209. Picea pectinata Loud. arb. et frut. 2329. —
Mountains of Siberia, Germany, and Switzerland. (Silver Fir.)

Branches horizontal. Leaves copious, linear, either acute or emar-
ginate, entire, spreading more or less perfectly in 2 ranks, and some-
times curved towards one side ; their upper surface of a dark shining,
rather glaucous, green ; the under glaucous-white. Male flowers nume-
rous, axillary, solitary, about as long as the leaves, yellow ; their
axis the length of the toothed involucre ; anthers remarkable for their
rounded 2-lobed crest, crowned with a pair of divaricated horns. Fe-
male catkins lateral, erect, cylindrical, green ; bracts much narrower
than the carpellary scales, distinguished by a long, projecting, awl-
shaped point, very conspicuous in the full-grown cones, which are also
erect, 3 or 4 inches long, cylindrical, of a reddish-green, till they turn
brown in drying. Smith. — Strasburgh Turpentine is obtained from this.

1175. A. balsamea Marsh, arb. amer. 102. — A. balsamifera
Michx. arb. forest, iii. 191. Pinus balsamea Linn, sp pi. 1421.
Lamb. pin. t. 41. Picea balsamea Loud. arb. et frut. 2339. —
Northern parts of North America. (Balm of Gilead Fir.)

A handsome small tree resembling the preceding from which it
differs in having the bracts short-pointed, the crest of the anthers
pointless, and the cones themselves more acute at each end. The tree
itself is never above 20 or 30 feet high. — The oleo-resin called Canada
balsam is furnished by this species.

1176. A. Larix Lam. illustr. t. 785. f. 2. — Pinus Larix
Linn. sp. pi. 1420. Lamb. pin. t. 35. Woodv. t. 210. Larix
europsea DC. fl. fr. No. 2064. Loud. arb. et frut. 2350.—

554

ABIES.

Alps of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Siberia, &c. (The common
Larch.)

The Larch is a tree of straight and lofty growth, as well as large
bulk, with wide-spreading branches, whose extremities droop in the
most graceful manner. In a wild state its form is less regular, but
more picturesque. The buds are alternate, perennial, cup-shaped,
scaly, each producing annually a pencil-like tuft of very numerous,
spreading, linear, bluntish, entire, smooth, tender, bright-green, deci-
duous leaves, about an inch long. Involucrating leaves to each flower
numerous, recurved, obtuse, with 5 fringe-like teeth, chaffy, red-brown,
deciduous. Male flowers yellow, drooping, about £ an inch long. Axis
much shorter than the involucre ; anthers crowded, deflexed, inflated,
and 2-lobed in front, with a short recurved point. Female catkins
erect, larger than the male flowers, beautifully variegated with green
and pink ; carpellary scales orbicular ; bracts much larger, fiddle-shaped,
reflexed, with a prominent, awl-shaped green point. This last becomes
erect, and somewhat enlarged, projecting always beyond the orbicular
carpel, which dilates greatly, hardens, and becomes the seed-bearing
scale of the cone. The cones are erect, rather above an inch long,
ovate ; purple when young ; reddish-brown when ripe, light, not pon-
derous, their scales spreading, orbicular, slightly reflexed, and jagged,
or cracked, at the margin. Wing of each seed half-ovate. Smith. —
Venice turpentine is obtained from the trunk. A saccharine matter
called Manna of Briancon exudes from the branches, and when the
larch forests in Russia take fire a gum issues from the trees during
their combustion, which is termed gummi Orenbergense ; and which is
wholly soluble in water like Gum Arabic.

CALLITRIS.

Flowers monoecious on different branches. $ . Catkins ter-
minal, oval. Stamens numerous, naked, inserted on the axis ;
filaments eccentrically peltate, loosely imbricated ; anther-cells
2-5, longitudinally 2-valved, inserted in the stalk below the
pelta. 2 • Receptacle ^terminal, very short. Scales 4-6, sur-
rounding the receptacle, opposite in two rows or ternate in
whorls, the pairs or whorls different from each other in form and
in the number of the ovules. Ovules 3-9 at the base of each
scale, sessile, erect, with their points open. Cone formed of the
scales become woody and mucronate under the point, closely
converging, but in time opening into 4-6 valves. Seeds winged
on each side. — Cypress-like trees.

1177. C. quadrivalvis Vent. Rich. mem. conif. 46. London
Arb. et frut. 2462. — Thuja articulata Desf. ail. iii. 353. t. 252.
Bot. Cab. t. 844. — Upper part of the province of Temsme, in
the kingdom of Morocco. Schousboe. (Arar tree.)

A tree of enormous size (Schousboe). Branches when young
jointed, furrowed, very brittle, leafless ; with whorls of ovate mucronate
short scales at the joints. Fruit the size of a large pea, deep purple,
glaucous, 4-cornered, with the angles rounded, the sides hollowed out,
and a small projecting point near the apex of each hollow ; when ripe
555

PINACE^I, OR CONIFERS.

dividing into 4 valves. — Yields the resinous substance called Sandarach
from which is prepared the pounce employed in rendering parchment fit
to write upon.

JUNIPERUS.

Flowers dioecious, rarely monoecious, upon different branches.
$ Catkins axillary or subterminal, globose, very small. ? Cat-
kins axillary, ovate, imbricated, with bracts at the base. Scales
3-6, united at the base, and containing 1-3 ovules; which are
erect, perforated at the apex, and bottle-shaped. Fruit a galbu-
lus, consisting of the scales become succulent, and consoli-
dated into a drupe-like body. Seeds triquetrous.

1 178. J. communis Linn, sp. pi. 1470. E. Bot. t. 1100.
Woodv. t. 95. Bigelow med. Bot. iii. t. 44. Loudon Arb. et

frut. 2489. — Europe, north of Asia, North America. (Ju-
niper.)

A shrub, never attaining the height of a tree. Tips of the branches
smooth and angular. Leaves in threes, linear-acerose, sharply mucro-
nate, shining green on their lower surface, but with a broad glaucous
line through the centre of the upper ; they are always resupinate, and
turn their upper surface toward the ground. Barren flowers in small
axillary aments, with roundish, acute, stipitate scales, inclosing several
anthers. Fertile flowers on a separate shrub, having a small, 3-parted
involucre growing to the scales, which are 3 in number. Fruit fleshy,
roundish-oblong, berried, of a dark purplish colour, formed of the con-
fluent succulent scales, marked with 3 prominences or vesicles at top,
and containing 3 seeds ; it requires two seasons to arrive at maturity.
— The fruits, called Juniper berries, are analogous in operation to other
terebinthinate substances. They promote the secretion of urine, in
large quantities produce irritation of the bladder and heat in the urinary
passages, are sudorific, carminative, and are supposed to stimulate
the uterus. They are sometimes used as a stimulating diuretic in many
forms of dropsy ; Mr. Alexander says that the oil, in doses of 4 drops,
is the most powerful of all diuretics. They are also administered in
leucorrhoea, gonorrhoea, gleet, &c.

1179. J. virginiana Linn. sp. pi. 1471. Bigelow med. bot.
iii. t. 45. Loudon Arb. et fmt. Britt. 2495. — Barren soils in
the United States. (Red Cedar.)

When fully grown a middling-sized tree. Trunk straight and de-
creasing rapidly from the ground, giving off' many horizontal branches ;
its surface generally unequal, and disfigured by knots, and the crevices
and protuberances they occasion. Small twigs covered with minute,
densely imbricated leaves, which continue to increase in size as the
branches grow, till they are broken up and confounded with the rough
bark ; these leaves are fleshy, ovate, concave, rigidly acute, marked with
a small depressed gland on the middle of their outer side, growing in
pairs, which are united at base to each other, and to the pairs above
and below them. A singular variety sometimes appears in the young
shoots, especially those which issue from the base of the trees; this
consists in an elongation of the leaves to 5 or 6 times their usual

556

JUNIPERUS.

length, while they become spreading, acerose, remote from each other,
and irregular in their insertion, being either opposite or temate ; such
shoots are so dissimilar to the parent tree that they have repeatedly
been mistaken, for individuals of a different species. The barren flowers
grow in small oblong aments, formed by peltate scales with the an-
thers concealed within them. The fertile flowers form a small roundish
galbulus, with 2 or 3 seeds, covered on its outer surface with a bright
blue powder. — Similar in effects to J. Sabina, for which it is used in
North America as a substitute.

1180. J. Sabina Linn, sp.pl. 1472. Woodv. t. 94. Lou-
don Arb. et /rut. Britt. 2499. — Midland parts of Europe and
Russia in Asia. (Savin.)

A dull deep-green very compact bush, usually more disposed to
spread horizontally than to form a stem. Branches slender, round,
tough, closely covered with short acute imbricating leaves ; they are
very bitter and have a strong disagreeable smell. Fruit deep bluish-
purple, almost black, about the size of a currant. — Oil of savin is a
powerful local stimulant, acting, when applied to the skin, as a rubefa-
cient and vesicant ; swallowed it occasions vomiting and purging. It is
a powerful stimulant, and exercises a specific influence over the urino-
genital apparatus. In certain cases of amenorrhcea it acts as a powerful
emmenagogue, and in pregnancy it has a strong tendency to produce
abortion ; it, however, frequently fails, and can only be given to a woman
at the risk of her life. Savin powder mixed with verdigris is used as
an efficacious application for the removal of venereal warts, and in the
form of ointment it is an excellent means of promoting discharge from
blistered surfaces.

TAXACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 316.

TAXUS.

Flowers dioecious axillary. $ Catkins roundish, surrounded
at the base by imbricated scales. Stamens 6-14, with peltate
3-8-celled anthers. ? Catkins bud-like, 1-flowered, surrounded
by imbricated scales. Disk cup-shaped, at first inconspicuous,
afterwards increasing, becoming succulent, and enclosing the
nut-like seed.

1181. T. baccata Linn, sp.pl. 1472. E. Bot. t. 746. Smith

Eng. Fl. iv. 253 Mountainous woods, especially in limestone

countries. (Yew.)

Trunk straight, variously channelled longitudinally, with a smooth
deciduous bark ; and horizontal branches, spreading in opposite direc-
tions. Leaves scattered, nearly sessile, 2-ranked, linear, entire, very
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TAXACEjE.

slightly revolute, about an inch long ; dark green, smooth and shining
above ; paler, with a prominent midrib, beneath, terminating in a small
harmless point. Flowers axillary, solitary, each from a scaly imbricated
bud ; the barren ones light brown, white with abundant pollen : fertile
green, resembling, with their scaly bracteas, a little acorn. Fruit
drooping, consisting of a sweet, internally glutinous, scarlet berry, open
at the top, enclosing an oval brown seed, unconnected with the fleshy
part. Smith. — Leaves fetid, very poisonous, especially to horses and
cows. Berries are not dangerous. Seeds said to be unwholesome.
On the authority of an Italian physician it is stated that yew-leaves,
when administered in small doses to man have a power similar to that
of Digitalis, on the action of the heart and arteries, reducing the circu-
lation, and if persisted in too long, or given in too large doses, as
certainly fatal. Yew is however reported to have one decided advan-
tage over Digitalis by its effects not accumulating in the system ; so
that it is a much more manageable and more efficient remedy. Burnett.

558

ZINGIBER ACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 322.
ZINGIBER.

Corolla with the outer limb 3-parted, inner 1-lipped. Fila-
ment lengthened beyond the anther into a simple incurved beak.
Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, with arils. —
Rhizomata tuberous, articulated, creeping. Stems annual, en-
closed in the sheaths of distichous leaves. Leaves membranous.
Spikes cone-shaped, radical or rarely terminal, solitary, consist-
ing of 1 -flowered imbricated bracts. Blume.

1182. Z. officinale Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348.
Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 47. N. and E. kandb. i. 238. pi. med. t. 61.
— (Rumpk. v. t. 66. f. li Rheede xi. t. 12.) — Cultivated all
over the tropics of Asia and America ; where wild not known.
(Ginger.)

Rhizoma tuberous, biennial. Stems erect, and oblique, invested by
the smooth sheaths of the leaves ; generally 3 or 4 feet high, and annual.
Leaves sub-sessile on their long sheaths, bifarious, linear-lanceolate,
very smooth above, and nearly so underneath ; sheaths smooth, crowned
with a bifid ligula. Scapes radical, solitary, a little removed from the
stems, from 6 to 12 inches high, enveloped in a few obtuse sheaths, the
uppermost of which sometimes end in tolerably long leaves. Spikes
oblong, the size of a man's thumb. Exterior bracts imbricated,
1-flowered, obovate, smooth, membranous at the edge, faintly striated
lengthwise ; interior enveloping the ovary, calyx, and the greater part of
the tube of the corolla. Flowers rather small, when compared with the
rest of this natural order. Calyx tubular, opening on one side, 3-toothed.
Corolla with a double limb ; outer of 3, nearly equal,oblong segments ;
inner a 3-lobed lip, of a dark purple colour. Sterile stamens subulate.
Filament short. Anther oblong, double, crowned with along, curved,' ta-
pering grooved horn. Ovary oval, 3-celled, with many ovules in each;
style filiform ; stigma funnel-shaped, ciliate, lodged just under the apex
of the horn of the anther. — This is the plant that produces Ginger,
which is prepared from the rhizoma. The young tender shoots of this
part are preserved in sugar, the older are scalded, scraped, dried and
become the white ginger root of the shops ; if scalded without being
scraped it becomes black ginger. One of the most valuable of aromatics,
carminative, stimulant, sialagogue. Used in flatulent colic, dyspepsia,
gout, debility and torpor of the system.

1 1 83. Z. Zerumbet Roscoe in Linn. Trans, viii. 348. N. and E.
handb. i. 240. pi. med. t. 62. Fee cows. i. 348. — {Rheede
ii. t. 13.) — East Indies ; wild in woods about Calcutta; rare in
moist places in Java.

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Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth ; sheaths with
a long slit ligula. Spike compact, ovate, obtuse. Bracts obovate,
rounded, smooth, membranous at edge. Middle lobe of the labellum
emarginate, yellow. Blume. — Rhizomata tuberous, flexuose, with an
agreeable smell resembling that of ginger, and a hot bitter aromatic
flavour. Not now used (Radices Zerumbethi Offic). N.B. According
to Blume the Lampujum of Humph, v. t. 64. f. 1. cited to this by Rox-
burgh, really belongs to a different species which be calls Z. amaricans
(enum. 43).

1 184. Z. Cassumunar Roxb. in As. research, xi. 347. t. 1. Fl.
Ind. i. 49. Bot. Mag. t. 1426. N. and E. handb. i. 240. PI.
med. t. 63. — (Rumph. v. t. 65. f. 2.) — East Indies ; CoromandeL.
Bengal, Bahar, western provinces of Java.

Rhizoma tuberous, jointed like ginger, but much larger, with long
white fleshy fibres ; when fresh deep yellow ; possessing a strong not
very agreeable camphoraceous smell and warm spicy bitterish taste.
Roxb. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, downy on the under
side upon the midrib; sheaths with a short retuse rounded ligula.
Spikes elevated, oblong, acute. Bracts wedge-shaped, oblong-acuminate,
somewhat strigose, coloured. Labellum 3-lobed. Blume. Once in
great repute as a medicine of uncommon efficacy in hysteric, epileptic,
and paralytic disorders ; but now out of use.

CURCUMA.

Tube of the corolla gradually enlarged upwards ; limb 2-lipped,
each 3-parted. Filament broad. Anther incumbent, with 2 spurs
at the base. Style capillary. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds numer-
ous, arillate. — Stemless plants, with palmate tuberous roots.
Leaves with sheathing petioles, bifarious, herbaceous. Scape
simple, lateral or central. Spike simple, erect, comose, some-
what imbricated at the base with bracts or saccate spathes.
Flowers dull yellow, 3-5 together, surrounded by bracteolae.
Blume.

1185. C. Zerumbet Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 20. N. and E. i. 242.

jl. med. t. 60. Blume enum. i. 46 (Rumph. v. t. 68. Rheede

xi. t. 7.) — East Indies ; Chittagong ; western side of Java.

Tubers palmate or ovate, inwardly pale yellow, with an agreeable
camphoraceous smell, and warm, bitterish, spicy taste. Stems the
united sheaths of the leaves, surrounded by 2 or 3, obtuse, smooth,
green, faintly striated appressed scales. Height of the plant about 3
feet, or 3§. Leaves from 4 to 6 together, sub-bifarious, with a pretty
long, somewhat winged petiole, broad, lanceolate, acuminate, smooth
on both sides ; constantly a dark purple cloud runs down the centre.
Scape from 5 to 6 inches long, surrounded with a few, obtuse, lax,
green sheaths of various lengths. Spike comose, from 4 to 5 inches
long (so that its apex is elevated nearly a foot above the surface of the
earth), covered with imbricated, oblong, concave bracts, connected by
the lower half of their inner margins to the backs of those immediately
above, forming as many sacks or pouches, as there are bracts ; half of
these generally sterile, and of a deeper crimson or purple colour, than

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those which contain flowers. Calyx scarcely A the length of the corolla,
irregularly 3-toothed, pellucid. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube a little
curved. Limb double : exterior 3-parted, the 2 lateral segments
equal ; the third or upper one vaulted, and crowned with a subulate
point ; colour a very faint yellow : interior 3-parted, lip broad, deep
yellow, projecting, recurved, bifid ; upper or lateral segments, obovate,
equal, pale yellow, nearly as long as the lip. Filament short. Anther
double, the lobes terminating at the base in a subulate spur. Ovary
hairy, 3-celled, with many ovules in each cell. Stigma 2-lobed, sur-
mounting the anther. Capsule oval, smooth, pale straw-colour, thin
and nearly pellucid, 3-celled ; but without any regular division
into valves : when the seeds are ripe, the elasticity of the segments of
the arils bursts the vertex into various portions, from whence the seeds
are soon expelled. Seeds numerous, arillate, usually oblong. Aril
deeply lacerated, with unequal, white, fleshy segments. Albumen white,
hard, and friable. Vitellus less white, and tougher than the albumen,
occupying the upper half of the seeds. Embryo nearly as long as the
seed, truncate ; the upper half lodged in the vitellus, and the lower
in the albumen. Ro.vb. — The Zedoaria longa of the shops. See
C. Zedoaria.

1186. C. Zedoaria Roxb. fl. ind. i. 23. N. and E. i. 243. —
Bengal, China, and various other parts of Asia, and the Asiatic
islands. (Jedwar or Zadwar Arab.)

Tubers biennial, &c. as in the last, and inwardly of a pretty deep
yellow colour, approaching to that of turmeric. Stem no other
than the sheaths of the leaves. Leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate,
entire, underneath covered with soft sericeous down, which is particu-
larly conspicuous when the leaves are dry. The scape rises distinct
from the leaves during the dry season, and often not only at some dis-
tance, but also some time before them : it is round, as thick as a man's
forefinger, a few inches long, and embraced by its own short, proper,
green sheaths. Spike from 6 to 12 inches long, &c. exactly as in
the last species. Bractes and calyx as in the before-mentioned
species. Corolla 1-petalled, at the base tubular; tube short, widen-
ing a little ; its mouth shut with fine yellow pubescent glands ;
throat ample. Border double ; exterior of 3 pale pink-coloured, erect,
oblong divisions ; the upper one more pointed and incumbent over the
anther and part of the 2 upper divisions of the inner border. Interior
somewhat ringent, 3-parted, fleshy, yellow ; the lower lobe or lip longest,
obovate, entire, projecting with a crown and erect margin, while abroad
elevation of a deep yellow colour runs along its middle ; upper 2
divisions obovate, and with the upper segment of the exterior border,
forming a complete covering or dome over the anther. — The Zedoaria
rotunda of the shops. Employed in cardialgia, colic, cramp in the
limbs, torpor of the intestinal canal, &c. The Hindoos use the roots
as a perfume, as well as medicinally. Aromatic, stomachic, carminative,
similar in properties to Ginger but less efficient- M. Fee still refers
the Zedoaria rotunda to Kaempferia rotunda, notwithstanding the
express declaration of Roxburgh that the tubers of that plant possess
little or nothing of the sensible properties of Zedoary.

1187. C. rubescens Roxb.fl. ind. i. 28 — Bengal.

All the parts have a pleasant aromatic smell when bruised, especially
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the tuber, which consists of several, erect, solid, conical, pale straw or
pearl-coloured, powerfully aromatic fangs, which gave support to the for-
mer years' foliage, and are strongly marked with the circular scars thereof j
from their opposite sides, the scapes and stems of the succeeding year
spring, which form similar new tubers when those of the former year
decay ; but during their existence, there issues round their lower half, a
number of strong fleshy fibres, many of which end in ovate, or sub-
cylindrical, pale, white slightly aromatic tubers, which also perish with
the original parent. Leaves bifarious, broad-lanceolate, cuspidate,
smooth, strongly marked with parallel veins ; of a uniform dark green,
with the nerves or ribs red, from 12 to 24 inches long, by 5 or C broad.
Petioles and sheaths channelled, smooth, and of a deep red colour.
Scape radical, lateral, cylindrical, about 6 inches long, invested with
several dark reddish sheaths. Spike comose, 5 or 6 inches long, erect.
Coma less deeply coloured than in C. Zerumbet. Flowers small, bright
yellow, rather longer than their bracts, fragrant. Tube of the corolla
slender, its mouth completely shut with 3 villous yellow glands. — The
pendulous tubers of this and several other species of Curcuma yield a very
beautiful pure starch, like Arroiv-root, which the natives of the coun-
tries where the plants grow prepare and eat. In Travancore this flour
or starch forms a large part of the diet of the inhabitants.

1188. C. leucorhiza Roxb. fl. ind. i. 30. N. and E. handb.
i. 245. — Forests of Bahar, where it is called " Tikor."

The palmate or horizontal tubers are particularly straight, and often
near a foot long: they run deep in the earth, and far. Their inward
colour, as well as that of the others, is a very pale ochraceous yellow,
almost pure white. Pendulous tubers numerous, oblong, inwardly
pearl white. Leaves broad, lanceolate uniformly green, about 2 feet
long. Whole height of the plant from 3 to 4 feet. Spikes lateral,
the inferior fertile portion not longer than the rosy coma. Flowers the
length of the bracts; exterior border slightly tinged with pink ; inner
yellow. — The tubers produce excellent arrow-root.

1189. C. longa Linn. sp. pi. 3. Retz. obs. iii- 72. N. and E.
handb. i. 246. pi. med. 59. Bot. Reg. t. 1 825. — (R/ieede
xi. t. 11. Humph, v. t. 67.) Kwapo? jvSjko?, Diosc. according
to Fee- — Cultivated all over India. (Turmeric.)

Tubers oblong, palmate, deep orange inside. Leaves long-stalked,
lanceolate, tapering to each end, smooth, of a uniform green. Spike
central, oblong, green. — Bitter, aromatic, stimulant, tonic ; employed
in debilitated states of the stomach, intermittent fever, dropsy. See
Roxb.fi. ind. i. 33. Considered by the native practitioners of India an
excellent application in powder for cleansing foul ulcers. Also used in
dyeing.

1 1 90. C. angustifolia Roxb. as. research, xi. 338. t. 5.JI. ind.
i. 31. N. and E. handb. i. 245. — East Indies ; forests from the
banks of the Sona to Nagpore.

From a fusiform biennial crown issue many fleshy fibres, which end
in smooth, oval, succulent tubers. Leaves stalked, narrow-lanceolate,
very acute, smooth on both sides ; from 1 to 3 feet long (petiole and
sheath included), which indeed is the whole height of the plant. Pe-
tioles from 6 to 12 inches long, the lower half or more of which,
expands into a sheath to embrace those within, the upper half or proper

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petioles slender and channelled. Spike radical, from 4 to 6 inches long,
separate from the leaves, crowned with a lively purple coma. Bracts
ovate-cordate, obtuse. Flowers large, longer than their bracts, bright
yellow, expanding at sunrise, and decaying at sunset of the same day.
Tube of corolla somewhat gibbous, contracted at the mouth, and there
shut in with short hairs: throat campanulate; exterior border pale
yellow, consisting of one large, vaulted, upper segment, and two lower,
oblong, smaller, concave ones ; inner border 3-parted : the lip roundish,
emarginate, or bifid, upper segments obovate, cuneate, with the filament
between them. — Tubers produce excellent Arrow Root, sold in the
markets of Benares, and eaten by the natives.

1191. C Amada Roxb.fi. ind. i. 33. — Bengal.

Tubers horizontal, palmate, sessile, united to the sides of an ovate-
conic bud of the same colour, which gives rise to the leaves and spike;
from its sides and base long fleshy fibres issue, which penetrate deep
into the soil : some of them ending in oblong, paler (pendulous) tubers.
Leaves radical, bifarious, petioled above their sheaths, lanceolate,
cuspidate, smooth on both sides ; from 6 to 18 inches long, by 3 to 6
broad. Scape central, about 6 inches long, invested by several alternate
sheaths. Spike shorter than the scape, cylindrical, with a loose,
coloured, pale rose coma. Bracts oblong, imbricated, the lower half of
their margins united to the backs of the two next above, forming a
pouch for a fascicle of 4 or 5, rather small, yellow flowers, which expand
in succession. Calyx superior, unequally 3-toothed. Corolla with a
slender tube ; its mouth shut with 3 yellow hairy glands ; faux sub-
campanulate. Border double, each 3-cleft. — Called by the Bengalees,
" Amada," or Mango ginger, the fresh root possessing the peculiar smell
of a fresh Mango.

KiEMPFERIA.

Tube of corolla long, filiform ; limb somewhat 2-lipped, each
lip 3-parted. Filament short, expanded above the anther into a
bifid crest. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. — Plants with the
habit of Curcuma ; bracts often imbricated in 2 rows, rarely-
saccate. JBlume.

1192. K. Galanga Linn. sp. pi. 3. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 15. —
Alpinia sessilis Konig in Retz. obs. iii. 62. — (Rumph. v. t. 69.
f. 2.) — Common in India both on the continent and islands.

Rhizoma biennial, tuberous, with fleshy fibres from the tubers. Stem
none. Leaves stalked, spreading flat on the surface of the earth, round-
ovate-cordate, between acute and obtuse ; margins membranaceous,
and waved ; upper surface smooth, deep green ; taper and somewhat
woolly towards the base; streaked lengthways with 10 or 12 slender
lines. Flowers collected in small fascicles, from 6 to 12 within the
sheaths of the leaves, expanding in succession ; pure, pellucid white,
except a purple spot on the centre of each of the divisions of the inner
series. Bracts 3 to each flower, 1 larger and exterior, 2 inte-
rior and lateral ; all linear, acute, membranous, and half the length
of the tube of the corolla. Calyx the length of the bracts. Tube of
corolla long, filiform ; limb double, both series 3-parted ; exterior divi-
sions all linear, acute; of the interior, the upper two ovate, erect, the
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lower spreading, 2-parted, with bifid lobes. — According to Roxburgh
the roots of this plant have an agreeable fragrant smell, and a some-
what warm bitterish aromatic taste ; but they are unknown in London,
although used medicinally by the Hindoos. It does not produce the
Galanga major of druggists, and seems to have no other right to its
specific name than what it derives from its supposed identity with the
Katsjula Kelengu, of Rheede (xi. t. 41.). Fee says the roots are the
Radices Alpiniae spuriae. Offic. True Galanga is the produce of Al-
pinia Galanga, which see. (No. 1201.)

1193. K. rotunda Linn. sp. pi. 3. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 16.
— (Rheede xi. t. 9.) — Cultivated all over India; its native
place unknown.

Leaves oblong, coloured. Spike radical, appearing before the leaves,
which are oblong, waved, and usually stained underneath. Upper seg-
ment of the inner series of the corolla lanceolate, acute. Flowers very
fragrant. — This was supposed to produce the Zedoaries of the drug-
gists: and Fee continues to refer them to it. But it is clear that
Zedoary is produced by Curcuma Zedoaria; see No. 1186, and Roxb.
fl.ind. i. 17. and 24.

AMOMUM.

Inner limb of the corolla 1 -lipped. Filament dilated beyond
the anther, with an entire or lobed crest. Capsule often berried,
3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, arillate. — Herbaceous
perennials, with articulated creeping rhizomata. Leaves in 2
rows, membranous, with their sheaths slit. Inflorescence spiked,
loosely imbricated, radical. Blume.

1194. A. Cardamomum Linn. sp. pi. 2. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 37.
N. and E. handb. i. 248. pi. med. t. 64. — (Rumph.v. t. 65.
f. 1.) — Mountainous parts of Java, Sumatra, &c. ; commonly
cultivated in gardens in India.

Rhizoma creeping under the surface of the soil, like that of ginger,
but smaller, less fleshy, more ligneous and white ; from which descend,
and spread, many fleshy fibres. Stems rising obliquely to the height of
from 2 to 4 feet, clothed with the smooth deep green sheaths of the
leaves. Leaves alternate, bifarious, connected by short petioles with
their smooth stem-clasping sheaths ; lanceolate, entire and smooth
on both sides, tapering into a long, and very fine point, from 6 to 12
inches long. Spikes radical, sessile, oblong, appearing amongst the
stems, half-immersed in the earth, loosely imbricated, with 1-flowered
lanceolate, acute, villous, nerved, scarious, ash-coloured bracts. Brac-
teolse striated downy, scarious, 2-toothed, tubular. Flowers opening in
succession, and not very conspicuous. Calyx clavate, tubular, downy,
3-toothed, the length of the tube of the corolla. Tube of the corolla
slender and slightly incurved; the outer series of 3 nearly equal
pellucid divisions ; the lip, or inner series, rather longer than the exte-
rior, somewhat 3-lobed, with a crenate, curled margin ; its middle lobe
yellow, with two rosy lines leading up to it from the mouth of the tube.
Filament scarcely half so long as the limb of the corolla, incurved over
the mouth of the tube. Anther double, large, fleshy, with a large

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3-lobed concave crest. Ovary downy, crowned with the 2 sterile
stamens which in this species are short and truncated. Capsules sessile,
size of a black currant, globular, somewhat depressed. Seeds roundish,
angular, dotted, brown. — Seeds agreeably aromatic, used by the
Malays as a substitute for the true Cardamoms of Malabar, the produce
of Elettaria Cardamomum. Fruit said by Nees and Ebermaier to be
the round Cardamoms of the shops. According to Smith it is the
Amomum verum of the old apothecaries. Rees cycl. suppl.

1195. A. angustifolium Sonnerat. it. ii. t. 137. Roxb.fi. ind.
i. 39. Smith in Rees cycl. suppl. — Madagascar, in marshy-
ground ; cultivated in the Mauritius.

Rhizoma horizontal, emitting strong fleshy fibres. Stems 6-10 feet
high. Leaves lanceolate, much acuminated, 12-18 inches long, 4-6
inches broad. Scape radical, 6-12 inches long, closely imbricated
with mucronate sheathing scales. Spikes linear-oblong, size of the
thumb, imbricated with scales like those of the stem, but the inner
more deeply coloured. Flowers pretty large, with a strong spicy fra-
grance. Calyx deep blood red, obscurely 3-toothed, slit. Tube of
corolla clavate, length of bracts ; outer series red, consisting of one
large erect concave segment whish covers the anther and stigma, and
of two inferior very narrow segments. Lip obovate wedge-shaped,
3-lobed, yellow, about as long as the outer limb. Capsule ovate, pointed,
striated. Seeds globular, abrupt at the base. — Every part when bruised
or wounded diffuses a strong but pleasant aromatic smell. The fruit is
the Cardamomum majus of old authors, the great or Madagascar Car-
damom of Smith. The seeds are said by the latter author to have
none of the vehement hot acrid taste of Grains of Paradise, Amomum
Grana Paradisi, No. 1197.

1 1 96. A. aromaticum Roxb. fl. ind. i. 45. — Valleys on the
eastern frontier of Bengal.

Rhizoma running for a small extent under the surface of the soil.
Stems in tufts, erect, from 2 to 3 feet high, and lasting from 1 to 2 years.
Leaves bifarious, lanceolate, acuminate, smooth; from 10 to 12 inches
long, and from 2 to 4 broad. Spikes radical, imbricated, at first clavate,
afterwards becoming roundish as the fruit advances. Scape from 1 to
3 inches long, hid under the surface of the earth, and embraced by
numerous imbricated sheathing scales. Flowers of a middling size, pale
yellow. Bracts 1-flowered, oblong, concave, smooth. Calyx cylindrical,
entire or toothed, villous. Corolla with a long, slender tube ; segments
of the outer series somewhat lanceolate, obtuse, the upper one rather
vaulted over the stamina, and stigma. Lip nearly round, and undivided,
tinged with red down the middle ; sterile stamens altogether absent.
Filament linear, incurved. Anther crowned with a 3-lobed crest.
Ovary villous, 3-celled, with many ovules in each, attached to the axis.
Capsule ovate, size of a large nutmeg, rather fleshy ; surface somewhat
rugose, 3-valved, 3-celled. Seeds several in each cell ; oval, and obo-
vate are the most prevailing forms. — Fruit similar in quality to Carda-
moms, for which it is sold to the druggists of India ; the seeds are
similar in their shape and spicy flavour.

1197. A. Grana Paradisi Linn. sp. plant. 2. Smith in Rees
Cyclop, suppl. N. and E. handb. i. 249. plant, med. t. 65 — -

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Guinea, near Sierra Leone. (Melligetta or Malagueta Pepper.
Offic.)

Rhizoma perennial, woody, creeping horizontally. Stems erect,
simple, slender, 3 feet high, leafy, but destitute of flowers. Leaves
numerous, crowded, 2-ranked, alternate, a span long and an inch broad,
lanceolate, or slightly ovate, with a long taper point, entire, smooth,
single-ribbed, striated with innumerable oblique veins. Their flavour
is slightly aromatic, after having been dried twenty years. Flower-
stalks radical, solitary, an inch or two in length, ascending, clothed with
numerous, close, sheathing bracteas, all abrupt, ribbed, somewhat hairy
and fringed ; the lower ones very short ; the upper gradually much
longer. Of the parts of the flower nothing can be made out from our
specimens. Capsule 1§ inch long, a an inch in diameter, oblong,
bluntly triangular, scarcely ovate, beaked, of a dark reddish-brown,
ribbed, coriaceous, rough with minute deciduous bristly hairs. When
broken it is very powerfully aromatic, even after being kept twenty
years, with a peculiar pepper-like flavour, rather too strong to be agree-
able. Seeds numerous, enveloped in membranes formed of the dried
pulp, roundish or somewhat angular, of a shining golden brown,
minutely rough or granulated, extremely aromatic, hot and acrid. Smith.
— Properties of the seeds the same as those of other Amoma ; they
are powerfully aromatic, stimulant and cordial.

1198. A. grandiflorum Smith Exot. Bot. 2. t. 111. Bees
Cyclop, suppl. No. 6. — Sierra Leone.

Ligula cloven, smooth. Spikes capitate. Bracts elliptical, shorter
than the fruit; lower ones distant. Intermediate lobe of filament
entire. Capsule oblong, bluntly triangular, minutely hispid. Seeds
ovate. — Seeds differ from those of A. grana paradisi in being grey or
lead-coloured, much less polished, with a totally different flavour,
resembling that of camphor, which they equal in warmth and pungency.
As a stimulant or cordial, these seeds appear equal to any Cardamoms
whatever. Smith.

ELETTARIA.

The character the same as that of Amomum but the tube of
the corolla filiform and the anther naked. Blume.

1199. E. Cardamomum Maton in act. linn. x. 254. Blume
enum. i. 51. N. and E. handb. i. 250. pi. med. t. 66. — Amo-
mum repens Sonnerat it. ii. 240. t. 136. Amomum Cardamo-
mum White in act. linn. x. 230. t. 4. 5. Alpinia repens Smith
inact. linn.xi'ri.353. Alpinia Cardamomum Rose, monandr.pl. 38.
Boxb. fi. ind. i. 70. (Bheede mal. xi. t. 4 and 5.) — Moun-
tainous parts of the coast of Malabar. (True Cardamom.)

Rhizoma with numerous fleshy fibres. Stems perennial, erect,
smooth, jointed, enveloped in the spongy sheaths of the leaves ; from
6 to 9 feet high. Leaves bifarious, subsessile on their sheaths, lanceo-
late, fine-pointed, somewhat villous above, sericeous underneath, entire,
from 1 to 2 feet long. Sheaths slightly villous, with a rounded ligula
rising above the mouth. Scapes several (3 or 4) from the base of the
stems, prostrate, flexuose, jointed, branched, from 1 to 2 feet long.
Branches or racemes alternate, one from each joint of the scape, sub-

566

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ELETTARIA.

erect, 2 or 3 inches long. Bracts solitary, oblong, smooth, membranous,
striated, sheathing, 1 at each joint of the scape. Flowers alternae, short-
stalked, solitary at each joint of the racemes, opening in succession as the
racemes lengthen. Calyx funnel-shaped, 3-toothedat the mouth, about
£ of an inch long, striated with fine veins, permanent. Tube of corolla
slender, as long as the calyx ; limb double, exterior of 3, oblong,
concave, nearly equal, pale greenish-white divisions ; inner lip obovate,
much longer than the exterior divisions, somewhat curled at the edge,
with the apex slightly 3-lobed, marked chiefly in the centre, with purple
violet stripes. Filament short, erect. Anther double, emarginate.
Ovary oval, smooth. Style slender. Stigma funnel-shaped. Capsule
oval, somewhat 3-sided, size of a small nutmeg, 3-celled, 3-valved.
Seeds coriaceous and pale-brown, many, blackish. — The seeds are
gratefully aromatic and pungent with a flavour of camphor, and are
esteemed more agreeable and useful in food and medicine than any
others of this natural order. They are reckoned carminative and
stomachic, and are employed very generally to give warmth to other
medicines. According to Mr. White they are " one of the most
valuable articles of modern luxury, regarded as a necessary of life by
most of the inhabitants of Asia, a grateful and salubrious accessory of
diet, &c." They enter into a considerable number of pharmaceutical
compounds, as adjuvants, but the only preparation that derives its name
from them is the Tinctura cardamomi composita. Pereira.

1200. E. Cardamomum medium N. and E. handb. i. 252

Alpinia Cardamomum medium Roxb. fi. ind. i. 74. — Hilly
country in the neighbourhood of Sylhet where the plant is called
Do-Keswa.

Leaves stalked above their sheaths, linear-lanceolate, downy under-
neath, from 2 to 3 feet long, by 2 to 4- inches broad ; sheaths villous,
ending in an obtuse ligula above the insertion of the leaf. Spikes
radical, oblong, laxly imbricated, rising but little above the earth ;
lower part hid in the soil, and clothed with shorter scariose scales.
Flowers numerous, large, red, fragrant. Bracts lanceolate, ribbed,
smooth, yellowish-pink. Calyx length of the tube of the corolla,
tubular, with a 3-toothed coloured apex. Tube of corolla cylindrical,
long and slender ; its segments linear-oblong, obtuse. Lip with a
pretty broad cordate base, from thence tapering to its entire obtuse
point, much longer than the segment of the exterior border ; margin
curled. Capsules on rather long pedicels, ovate-oblong, while fresh
above 1^ inch long, and nearly 1 in diameter, somewhat 3-lobed, each
angle marked with a larger vertical wing, and 2 smaller on the flatter
sides, between the large ones, 3-celled. Seeds numerous, obovate with
a groove on one side. — The form of the capsule and the acrid aromatic
taste of the seeds induce me to conclude that this is the plant which
produces the Cardamomum medium of writers on Materia Medica.
Roxb. Mr. Pereira finds in the shops a cardamom called Semina
Cardamomi majora, or wild Cardamoms from Calcutta which he thinks
may belong to this species.

ALPINIA.

Tube of corolla short ; inner limb 1 -lipped, either toothless or
567 o o 4

ZI NGIBERACEjE.

furnished with a small tooth at the base on each side. Filament
linear, scarcely prolonged beyond the emarginate anther. Cap-
sule berried, 3-celled. Seeds few or numerous, arilled. — Plants
with thick tuberous horizontal roots. Stems many, perennial.
Leaves bifarious, lanceolate, with a slit ligulate sheath. In-
florescence panicled, or in loose racemes or spikes, terminal.
Blume.

1201. A. Galanga Swartz. obs. hot. 8. Rose, in Linn, trans.
t viii. 345. Roxb. fi. ind. i. 59. N. and E. handb. i. 255. * —
(Rumph. v. t. 63.) — Sumatra ; cultivated in the Indian Archi-
pelago.

Tubers faintly aromatic, strongly pungent, like a mixture of pepper
and ginger, accompanied with some degree of bitterness. Stems peren-
nial, or at least more durable than those of herbaceous plants, nearly
erect, round, smooth, about 6 or 7 feet high when in flower, and as
thick as a slender walking-cane, invested with leafless sheaths up to the
middle. Leaves short-stalked, bifarious, lanceolate, white, and some-
what callous at the margin, smooth, from 12 to 24 inches long, and
from 4 to 6 broad ; ligula short, rounded, ciliate. Panicle terminal,
erect, oblong, spreading, dichotomous ; each division with from 2 to 6
pale, greenish, somewhat fragrant flowers. Calyx smooth, white,
scarcely the length of the corolla, 1-toothed. Corolla ; exterior limb
of 3, nearly equal, linear, recurved, smooth, pale, greenish divisions ;
inner, unguiculate, somewhat ascending, so as nearly to meet the
slightly declining anther, oval or ovate-oblong, concave, deeply 2-lobed,
minutely laciniate, white, with here and there a small reddish speck ;
2 recurved, fleshy, coloured teeth at the base of the claw. Filament
rather longer than the claw. Apex of anther deeply emarginate, pro-
jecting horizontally over the middle of the lip. Ovary smooth, oval,
3-sided, 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell attached to the middle of
the dissepiment. Style filiform. Stigma funnel-shaped, fringed : cap-
sule the size of a small cherry, obovate, smooth, deep orange-red,
3-celled, indehiscent, externally fatiscent. Seed 1, rarely 2 in each
cell, much compressed, deep chesnut-colour, wrinkled, the size of a
grain of black pepper. Aril enveloping the whole seed except the apex,
thin, rather foliaceous, dull white. Testa thick, hard, spongy internally.
Albumen white, friable, and very hard. Embryo simple, dull white,
roundish, in the body of the albumen, and with the narrow, conical
radicle passing through it, and pointing to the hilum. — The roots are
the Galanga major of the druggists, a pungent acrid aromatic, forming a
kind of substitute for ginger.

1202. Besides the larger Galanga, there is a Galanga minor
which according to Fee is very much smaller and has more ener-
getic properties than the former and which comes from China
and the Philippines. It is not known what plant produces it.

1203. Renealmia exaltata Linn, suppl. 7. — Alpinia exaltata
Meyer esseq. 4. A. tubulata Bot. Reg. t. 777. A plant sup-
posed to be at least related to this, if not identical, and called

* The plant figured in Nees v. Esenbeck's medical plants as A. Galanga, is said by Dr.
Blume to be Alpinia pyramidata.

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ALPINIA.

Corowatti in British Guayana is spoken of by Dr. Hancock
(Med. gaz. xix. 718), as a bitterish pungent subacrid plant, acting
as a diaphoretic and diuretic, or in large doses as an emetic, and
of great value in dropsies, rheumatism, dysentery, hooping-cough,
&c. The bruised rhizoma is the part used.

MARANTACE7E.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 324.

MARANTA.

Corolla unequal, one of the inner segments in the form of a lip.
Stamenspetaloid, 1 with half an anther on its edge. Style hood-
ed, adhering to the edge of a sterile filament. Ovary 3-celled,
smooth; ovules solitary. Fruit even, dry, 1 -seeded. — Caule-
scent plants with fleshy rhizomata or tubers. Stems branched,
often dichotomous. Inflorescence terminal, panicled, jointed,
with glumaceous deciduous bracts.

1204. M. arundinacea Linn, sp.pl. 2. Redout. Liliac. t. 57.
N. mid E. handb. i. 235. pi. med. tt. 69, 70. Fee cours. i. 359.

— M. indica Tussac journ. hot. iii. 41. N. and E. fiandb. i.236.

— West Indies ; introduced to Jamaica from Barbadoes.

Root perennial, fibrous, producing numerous fusiform fleshy scaly
pendulous tubers from its crown. Stem 2-3 feet high, much branched,
slender, finely hairy, tumid at the joints. Leaves alternate, with long
leafy hairy sheaths, ovate, lanceolate, slightly hairy underneath, pale
green on both sides. Panicles terminal, lax, spreading, with long linear
sheathing bracts at the ramifications. Ovary hairy. Calyx green,
smooth. Corolla white, small. Fruit nearly globular, with 3 obsolete
angles, the size of a small currant. — The tubers yield the Arrow root
of commerce, one of the lightest and most nutritious of vegetable
aliments. It was reckoned a powerful alexipharmic, and derives its
English name from its reputed property of counteracting the effects of
poisoned arrows.

CANNA.

Corolla unequal, variable in the number of its parts, scarcely
lip-shaped in any segment. Stamens petaloid, 1 with half an
anther on the edge. Style straight flat, nearly free. Ovary
3-celled, many-seeded, granular. Fruit membranous, 3-valved,
with a deciduous granular surface. — Rhizomas creeping, tube-
rous or wanting. Stems erect, with distant sheathing leaves.
Inflorescence terminal spiked or racemose. Flowers invested
with glumaceous bracts.

569

MARANTACEiE.

1205. C. edulis Ker. in Sot. Reg. ix, 775. — Peru, where it is
called Achiras.

Tubers thick, fleshy, with oblong cylindrical fangs. Stems deep red,
5-6 feet high. Leaves ovate and oblong, tapering to each end, smooth,
a deep glaucous green with a purplish edge. Raceme compact, few
flowered. Bracts obovate, obtuse, pink-coloured, about as long as the
ovary. Sepals ovate, pink. Corolla with the outer segments linear-
lanceolate, erect ; 2 of the inner narrow oblong emarginate crimson
erect, and the other yellowish revolute and notched at the point. —
The fleshy tubers are eaten in Peru as Potatoes, and contain a large
quantity of starch resembling Arrow root.

1206. The faecula of another Canna, called C. coccinea, has
been advertised for sale under the name of" tous Tes mois" as
an excellent sort of Arrow root. (See Morning Chronicle,
Aug. 4, 1837.) It is however very doubtful whether it is really
produced by the Canna coccinea of Botanists.

570

AMARYLLIDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 328.
CRINUM.

Perianth tubular, long, with a spreading or reflexed equal
limb. Stamens 6, spreading or declinate, inserted into the ori-
fice of the tube. Ovules hardly separable from their fleshy pla-
centae. Capsule membranous, bursting irregularly. Seeds
globose, with a fleshy testa, giving them the appearance of small
tubers.

1207. C. asiaticum Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 128. Herbert amaryll.
p. 243. — C. toxicarium Roxb.jl. ind. ii. 135. Radix toxicaria
Rumph. — East Indies.

Bulb with a terminal, stoloniferous, fusiform portion issuing from the
crown of the bulb, descending deep into the mud or earth ; from the
last-mentioned portion proceed the ramous fibrous roots. Stem 0.
Leaves radical, equally disposed on every side, linear, concave (so much
so that a section forms nearly a perfect semicircle) ; margins smooth ;
length from 1 to 3 feet, and where broadest, little more than f of an
inch. Scapes generally shorter than the longer leaves, a little com-
pressed, smooth, often coloured. Umbels with from 6 to 16 flowers.
Spathe 2-leaved, with filiform bracts amongst the flowers. Flowers
large, white, subsessile, fragrant during the night. Tube cylindrical
from 4 to 6 inches long, coloured, or pale-green, according to exposure,
smooth. Divisions of the limb linear-lanceolate, equally disposed;
margins waved a little ; a recurved process at the apex of each. Fila-
ments equally disposed, ascending, upper half coloured ; anthers linear,
incumbent. Ovary inferior ; style as long as the stamens, declinate ;
stigma simple. Fruit membranaceous, subglobose, containing in one
cell 1 or 2 rugose, bulb-like seeds, and although the flowers are sub-
sessile, the capsules are on short stalks. Roxb. — The bulbs are power-
fully emetic ; they are used to produce violent vomiting in cases of
poisoning by the Antiaris. Rumplua i. 55.

1208. Oporanthus luteus Herbert is said to have purgative
bulbs.

BRUNSVIGIA.

Perianth tubular, with a spreading equal or unequal 6-parted
limb. Stamens 6, inserted into the bottom of the tube, erect, or
somewhat declinate. Capsule membranous, triangular, or al-
most 3-lobed, with the angles sometimes winged, bursting into
3 valves through the cells. Seeds few, oblong, black, often
fleshy.

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AMARYLLIDACFJE.

1209. B. toxicaria Ker. Bot. Reg.fol. 139. and t. 567- — Ha>
manthus toxicarius Hort. Kew. i. 405. Buphane toxicaria Her-
bert amar. 239. Amaryllis disticha Linn, suppl. 195. — Cape
of Good Hope.

Bulbs ovate-oblong with innumerable, thin, fibrous coatings. Leaves
in 2 rows, numerous, erect and diverging, strap-shaped, oblique, glau-
cous, smooth at the edge. Scape appearing before the leaves, somewhat
compressed, glaucous, bearing an umbel of 200-300 pink flowers, which
are much longer than the reflexed spathes. Perianth 1J inch long,
funnel-shaped, revolute, regular. Stamens much longer than the
perianth, spreading. Ovary 3-cornered, with tumid angles. — The
viscid juice of the bulbs is a dangerous poison. It is one of the ingre-
dients used by the Bushmen to envenom their arrows, and is supposed
to add most powerfully to the activity of the poison.

NARCISSUS.

Perianth hypocrateriform, with a spreading, 6-parted, regular
limb, and an undivided or lobed cup terminating the tube. Sta-
mens 6, inserted into the tube in 2 rows below the top of the
tube. Ovules numerous, horizontal. Capsule membranous,
bursting into 3 valves through the cells. Seeds roundish, with
a dark shrivelled coat.

1210. N. poeticus Linn, sp.pl 414. E. Bot. t. 275. Smith
Eng. Fl. ii. 131. — Dry Fields in various parts of Europe.

Bulb ovate, with a dark-brown skin. Leaves 12 to 18 inches long,
nearly erect, \ an inch broad, of a rather glaucous deep green, rounded
and obtuse underneath ; their edges acute, recurved ; the disk slightly
concave, striated with numerous longitudinal veins. Stem about as
tall as the leaves, straight, hollow, 2-edged ; rounded at the sides.
Bractea brown and dry, cloven, rather longer than the partial stalk.
Flower large and very beautiful, powerfully fragrant. Petals pure
white. Nectary with a very shallow yellow cup, the border white in-
ternally ; of a beautiful crimson next ; and at the extreme edge brownish,
filmy, and minutely crenate. Smith. — The bulbs have considerable
energy as emetics. They are administered occasionally, on the continent
in doses of 5-10 grains to produce nausea, and of 30 grains as an emetic.
In the form of extract this and other species have been regarded almost
as a specific in cases of hooping-cough, in doses of 2 or 3 grains, but
although the extract appears sometimes to act with surprising rapidity,
effecting a cure in 5 or 6 days, yet it frequently fails, and is thought to
be less efficacious than Belladonna. In doses of 2-3 drachms the
extract is a deadly poison.

1211. N. Pseudo-narcissus Linn. sp. 414. E. Bot. t. 17.
Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 132. — Common in woods and thickets all
over the north of Europe. (Daffodil.)

Bulb nearly globular, with a blackish coat. Leaves several, erect,
about a foot high, rather glaucous, with a blunt keel and flat edges.
Bractea close to the base of the ovary, undivided. Flowers large, a
little drooping, unpleasantly scented. Petals pale yellow, nearly erect,
longer than the tube of the cup, which is funnel-shaped, and almost as

572

NARCISSUS.

long as its deep yellow, crisped and crenate, somewhat angular, border.
Stamens from or near the bottom of the tube, shorter than the cup.
Anthers oblong, converging. Ovary globose, with 3 furrows. Smith.
— Has properties similar to those of N. poeticus. The flowers are said
to be emetic.

1212. N. Tazzetta Linn. 1212 a. N. odor us Linn, and pro-
bably many other species have similar properties.

1213. Pancratium maritimum Linn.is reported to be emetic.

1214. Alstrcemeria Salsilla Linn, is said to be diuretic and
diaphoretic.

1215. Alstromeria edulis Tussac, furnishes tubers filled with
a nutritious foecula.

573

IRIDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 332.
IRIS.

Perianth tubular, with a petaloid membranous limb ; the se-
paline segments revolute, often bearded, the petaline erect and
converging. Stamens 3, concealed beneath the lobes of the
style. Style 3-parted near the upper end, with petaloid seg-
ments, overarching the anthers, and bearing a two-lipped trans-
verse stigma below their ends. Capsule 3-celled, bursting
through the cells into 3 valves, coriaceous, with numerous flat
or round and fleshy seeds.

1216. I. versicolor Linn. sp. pi. 57. Bot. mag. t. 21. Bige-
low med bot. i. t. 16. — Swamps and wet meadows in the United
States. (Blue flag.)

Rhizoma fleshy, horizontal. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, round on one
side, acute on the other, frequently branched, and bearing from 2 to 6
flowers. Leaves sword-shaped, striated, sheathing at base. Bracts
scarious. Peduncles of various lengths, flattened on the inside. Ovary
3-cornered, with flat sides, and obtuse angles. Sepals spathulate, beard-
less, the border purple, the claw variegated with green, yellow and
white, and veined with purple. Petals erect, varying in shape from
spathulate to lanceolate, usually paler than the outer, entire or emar-
ginate. Stigmas .3, petaloid, purple or violet, bifid, crenate, and more
or less reflexed at the point. Stamens concealed under the stigmas,
with oblong-linear anthers. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; when ripe,
oblong, turgid, 3-sided, with roundish angles. Seeds numerous, flat. —
Rhizoma nauseous, and acrid ; it is an active cathartic, but is apt to
produce a distressing nausea like sea-sickness, with a prostration of
strength. Most useful as a diuretic. Bigelow.

1217. I. Pseud-acorus Linn. sp. 56. E. Bot. t. 578. Woodv.
t. 40. Smith Eng. Fl. i. 49. — Common in ditches and wet places
all over Europe.

Rhizoma horizontal, depressed, brown, very astringent. Stem 3 or
4 feet high. Leaves erect, sword-shaped, ribbed, grass-green. Flowers
from 3 to 6, large, handsome, light yellow, beardless. Sepals pencilled
on the disk with dark purple. Petals smaller than the lobes of the
style. Seeds angular. — The rhizoma is acrid and possesses purgative
and emetic properties.

1218. I. florentina Linn sp.pl. 55. Bot. Mag. t. 671. FL
grac. t. 39. — Southern parts of Europe and the islands of the
Mediterranean.

Rhizoma horizontal, knotty, very fragrant. Stem \-\\ foot high.
Leaves about a foot long, broad, somewhat falcate, but little waved at
575

IRIDACEiE.

the edge, glaucous, shorter than the stem. Flowers large, fragrant, pale
bluish white, bearded; their tube scarcely so long as the ovary. Petals
full 2 inches long, and 1 inch broad, obtuse, somewhat converging,
reflexed at the edge, rather plaited towards the base. — The dried
rhizoma is the Orris root of the shops, a subacrid, aromatic, rather
bitter substance, employed in the manufacture of tooth-powder and
hair powder, and to keep up the discharge from issues.

CROCUS.

Perianth funnel-shaped, expanding only in the sunshine, with
a very long tube, and a regular 6-parted limb. Stamens 3, in-
serted into the tube ; anthers sagittate. Style filiform with
3 long narrow plaited stigmas, which are usually dilated and
jagged at the apex. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds
roundish.

1219. C. sativus Linn. sp. pi. 50. Woodv. t. 176. Smith
Eng. Fl. i. 46. — C. autumnalis Eng. Bot. t. 343. — In the
East of Europe flowering in the autumn. (Saffron Crocus.)

Cormus roundish ; the integuments consisting of parallel fibres, which
are distinct at the upper end. Leaves very narrow, linear, long, flaccid,
surrounded at the base with long membranous sheaths. Flowers ax-
illary, with a 2-valved membranous spathe, appearing with the leaves,
large, purple, striated, with a campanulate limb. Stigmas 3, deeply
divided, linear-wedge-shaped, deep orange-colour, hanging down on one
side of the flower, fragrant, notched at the points. — The dried stigmas
are the Saffronof the shops. In moderate doses this substance stimulates
the stomach, and in large quantities excites the vascular system.
Moreover it seems to have a specific influence on the cerebro-spinal
system, as it affects, it is said, the mental faculties, a result which De
Candolle considers analogous to that produced byHhe petals of certain
odorous flowers. " In modern practice it is little used, except as a
colouring ingredient ; on the Continent it is employed as an agreeable
stimulant in many culinary preparations and liqueurs. In a medicinal
point of view it is frequently used to assist the eruption of exanthe-
matous diseases ; on the same principle I fancy that Birdfanciers give
it to birds in the moult. It has been used as a carminative, antispas-
modic and emmenagogue." Percira. The singular substance called
Polychroite is obtained from Saffron.

1220. C. odorus Biv. stirp.rar. iii. p. 8. t. 2. Gusson.jl. sic.
i. 30. ic. t. 11. f. 2. — Open pastures in both mountainous and
maritime situations in Sicily, flowering from October to De-
cember.

Integuments of the cormus fibrous. Leaves appearing with the
flowers, linear, channelled, revolute at the edge. Spathe single, acute.
Flowers purple, sweet-scented, with a very long tube. Style trifid,not
hanging out of the flower, about as long as the stamens, with the seg-
ments multifid at the apex. — This yields Saffron in Sicily according to
Gussone.

576

ORCHIDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 335.
ORCHIS.

Flowers galeate. Sepals nearly equal ; the upper converging
with the petals into a sort of arch ; the lateral either converging
or reflexed. Petals erect, of about the same size and form as
the upper sepal. Labellum anterior, cakarate, entire, or undi-
vided, connate with the base of the column. Anther erect with
contiguous parallel cells. Pollen-masses granular, with 2 dis-
tinct glands enclosed in 1 common pouch (or pouch-like fold of
the stigma). — Terrestrial plants with tubercular roots, and
soft rather flaccid even leaves.

It is believed that some species of this genus furnishes the nutri-
tious substance called Salep, or Saloop, so remarkable as the source of
Bassbrine, and 1221. O. mascida in particular has been named as the
plant whose tubercles are collected ; but as that plant does not seem to
grow in Turkey or Persia, the countries whence Salep was originally
obtained, there must be some mistake in the statement. It is more
likely to be the produce of 1222. 0. variegata, 1223. taurica, or 1224.
militaris. In the Himalayas the tubercles of an Orchis were seen by
Lieut. Hutton to be collected for use under the name of Salep misri,
but the species is not mentioned.

BLETIA.

Sepals spreading, equal. Petals spreading or converging, about
the same size as the sepals. Labellum cucullate, articulated
with the column, sometimes saccate at the base, 3-lobed, with
the disk generally lamellate or tuberculated. Column long,
half-terete. Anther fleshy, 8-celled, terminal, opercular. Pollen-
masses 8, equal, waxy, adhering by 4 powdery straps. — Terres-
trial plants, with cormi and plaited leaves.

1225. B. verecunda RBr. in hort. hew. v. 206. Lindl. g. and
sp. orch. 121. — Limodorum altum Linn. syst. veg. 680. Jacq.
ic. rar. iii. t. 602. — West Indies.

Leaves ensiform, plaited. Scape branched, erect, 2-3 feet high.
Flowers bright purple, showy. Sepals ovate, acute, somewhat spreading.
Petals oblong, obtuse, arched over the column. Lip with the middle
lobe broader than long and wavy, with numerous crisp, parallel, simple
or occasionally branched ridges of a pale yellow or whitish colour. —
According to Browne the cormus is " bitterish and attended by a clam-
miness that leaves a light prickly warmth behind it ; but this wears off
soon, leaving the palate free from every sensation but that of the bitter.
When dried it may be used with great propriety as a stomachic."
577 P P

ORCHIDACE/E.

EPIDENDRUM.

Sepals spreading or converging, about equal. Petals equal
to the sepals, or narrower, rarely broader, spreading or re-
flexed. Labellum more or less united with the column and
parallel with it, sometimes extended at the base into a spur con-
nate with the ovary. Column long, with the clinandrium mar-
gined, fringed or even cucullate. Anther terminal, opercular,
fleshy. Pollen-masses 4, waxy, with the same number of repli-
cate straps. — American epiphytes, inhabiting the tropics.

1226. E. bifidum Aubl. guian. ii. 824. Swartz. fl. ind. occ.
iii- 1489. Bot. Reg. t. 1879. Lindl. gen. and sp. Orch. 100.—
Various West India islands, and Guayana.

Stems short, oblong, fluted, covered by the sheaths of rudimentary
leaves. Leaves about 3 on each stem, coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong,
obtuse. Scape branching, about 3 feet high. Sepals and petals spreading,
obovate-lanceolate, pale green, spotted with purple towards the ends.
Lip 3-lobed, only partially united to the column ; the lateral lobes
rounded, erect, bright yellow, the lateral larger, purple, dilated at the
apex, bifid, with the sides rounded and rather recurved ; on the disk
having a double crenated appendage which terminates in a long callous
ridge almost reaching the sinus of the middle lobe. Column pure
white, clavate. — According to Mr. Schomburgk the expressed juice is
a purgative, taken in doses of a table spoonful at a time; it is also
reckoned in Tortola an anthelmintic, and diuretic, &c. Linncsa, ix. 512

EULOPHIA.

Perianth spread open. Sepals and petals ascending, nearly
equal, either quite distinct, or united with the more or less
lengthened base of the column. Lip horned, or shortly spurred,
sessile, with the veins crested, bearded, or quite smooth ; usually
3-lobed, sometimes undivided. Column half terete, edged.
Anther terminal, opercular. Pollen-masses 2, waxy, 2-lobed or
hollowed out at the back, with a short linear caudicula and a
transverse gland. — Terrestrial plants with pseudo-bulbous rhizo-
mata, long membranous plaited leaves and radical many-flowered
scapes.

1227. It appears from the evidence of Professor Royle that
the plant which yields Salep 'm Cachmere belongs to the present
genus ; but the specimens obtained by that indefatigable tra-
veller were not sufficient to enable the species to be ascertained.

578

VANILLACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 341.
VANILLA.

Sepals spreading or erect, distinct. Petals of a similar form
and texture. Labellum connate with the columa, crested, mem-
branous, convolute, undivided. Anther terminal, opercular.
Pollen granular. Fruit a fleshy pod. Seeds round, destitute of
a loose tunic. — Climbing plants, with a slender stem, emitting
numerous simple roots.

1228. V. claviculata Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 1515 Epidendrum

claviculatum Swartz. prodr. 120. (Sloane t. 224. f". 3, 4.) —
Woods in the West Indies in mountainous, calcareous, very dry
places. (Greenwithe.)

Stem climbing, 20-30 feet long, somewhat branched, producing
tendril-like, simple, short roots opposite the leaves. Leaves sessile,
semiamplexicaul, somewhat sheathing, an inch long, lanceolate, acumi-
nate, concave, recurved near the point, membranous at the edge.
Peduncles thick, flexuose, many-flowered, axillary. Flowers large,
white. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, concave; petals of the same
form, carinate, from erect spreading, somewhat fleshy, brittle. Labellum
with a hairy, ciliated, ramentaceous furrow, undulated at the edge,
convolute and obtuse at the point. Fruit large, roundish triangular,
oblong, tapering to the base, smooth. — A decoction is esteemed by the
negroes an excellent remedy for syphilis. The expressed juice is also
used in cases of recent wounds, whence the French in St. Domingo call
it Liane d blessure. Swartz.

579

r r 2

t

1

PALMACEtE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 343.
SAGUS.

Leaves pinnated. Flowers monoecious. $ Calyx 3-toothed.
Petals 3. Stamens 6-12, with distinct compressed filaments.
¥ Calyx 3-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 3-fid. Cup of sta-
mens 6-toothed, with abortive sagittate anthers. Ovary
3-celled. Stigmas 3, subulate, connate. Fruit 1 -seeded, coated
by a mail of reversed scales. Albumen ruminated. Embryo
dorsal, upon an umbilical pit.

1229. S. laevis Jack in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 266. — Common
in Sumatra and Molucca. (Rambiya Malay.)

The stem which is about as thick as that of the Cocoa-nut tree, is
annulated by the vestiges of the fallen leaves, and the upper part is com-
monly invested with their withered sheaths. The leaves resemble those
of the Cocoa-nut, but grow more erect, and are much more persistent,
so the foliage has not the same tufted appearance, but has more of the
graceful ascending curve of that of the Saguerus Rumphii : they are pin-
nate, unarmed ; the leaflets linear, acute, carinate, and smooth. The tree
is from 15 to 20 years in coming to maturity, the fructification then
appears, and it soon after decays and dies. The inflorescence is ter-
minal ; several spadices rise from the summit of the stem, enveloped in
sheaths at their joints, and alternately branched. It is on these branches
that the flowers and fruit are produced, and they are generally from 5 to
8 inches in length. They are of a brown colour, and closely imbricated
with broad scariose scales, within which is a quantity of dense ferru-
ginous wool in which the minute flowers are imbedded and completely
concealed. Each scale supports 2 flowers, which are hermaphrodite,
and scarcely larger than a grain of turnip-seed. The perianth has
6 leaves, of which 3 are interior, the leaflets nearly equal. Stamina G;
filaments very short ; anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovaries 3, connected
together in the middle, each monosporous. Style 0. Stigma small.
Fruit single, nearly globular, somewhat depressed at the summit, but
with a short, acute mucro or point in the centre ; it is covered with
scales which are imbricated from the top to the bottom, and are shining,
of a greenish straw-colour, of a rhomboidal shape, and with a longitu-
dinal furrow down their middle. Below the scales the rind is of a
spongy consistence, and the fruit contains a single seed of rather an
irregular shape, and having the umbilicus situated laterally a little above
the base of the fruit. The progress of the fruit to maturity is very
slow, and is said, according to the best information I can obtain, to
occupy about 3 years from the first appearing of the spadices to the
final ripening of the fruit. During the period of inflorescence the
branches of the spadix are brown, and apparently quite bare. Afterwards
a number of small green knobs appear above the brown scales, which go
581 p p 3

PALMACEjE.

on enlarging till they at length acquire the size of a small apple. But
few fruit come to maturity on each branch. Jack. — Some of the finest
Sago of Malacca is prepared from the soft cellular substance of the
trunk, before the fructification appears. It forms the principal part of
the food of the natives of the Poggy islands, off the west coast of
Sumatra.

1230. Sagus farinifera Roxb. fi. ind. iii. 624, is also found to
yield Sago, but of very indifferent quality.

1231. Saguerus Rumphii Roxb. ji. ind. iii. 626. (Arenga
saccharifera Labill. Anon. Marsden,) is said by Dr. Hamilton to
produce another of the finest kinds of Sago.

CARYOTA.

Leaves pinnated. Flowers monoecious. $ . Sepals 3, imbri-
cated. Petals 3, valvate. Stamens numerous, with the filaments
united into a very short cup. 5 . Sepals and petals each 3, con-
volute. Ovary 3-celled ; stigmas 3, sessile, depressed, connate.
Berry 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds plano-convex. Albumen car-
tilaginous, ruminated. Embryo dorsal.

1232. C. urens Linn. fi. zeylan. 369. Jacq. fragm. bot. 20.
t. 12. f. 1. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 625. — (Rumph. i. 64. t. 14.
Rheede i. 15. t. 11.) — The East Indies.

Trunk straight, often 60 feet high, thick in proportion, columnar, and
marked slightly with the annular cicatrices of the petioles. It grows
about as fast as the cocoa-nut tree, when in a soil and situation con-
genial to its nature. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets sub-alternate, sessile,
obliquely praemorse, the praemorse parts much jagged with sharp points.
Spathe many-leaved. Spadix pendulous, from 6 to 16 feet long,
branchy ; branches simple, from 4 to 8 feet long, pretty thickly covered
with innumerable sessile flowers, and these most regularly disposed in
threes ; 1 male on each side and a single female between them. Male
calyx 3-leaved, cupform ; leaflets unequal, concave, of a very firm
texture, permanent. Petals 3, much larger than the calyx, elliptic,
concave, of a firm leathery texture, green on the outside, whitish on
the inside. Filaments numerous, very short. Anthers linear. Female
flowers on the same spadix. Calyx and corolla as in the male. Stamens
and nectarial filaments 3, between the corolla and base of the germen,
each ending in a glandular enlarged apex. Ovary superior, 3-sided,
Style 0. Stigma small, 2-cleft. Berry roundish, 1-celled, of the size
of a nutmeg, covered with a thin, yellow, acrid bark, but nothing that
deserves the name of pulp. Seed or nut generally solitary. Roxb. —
The cellular part of the trunk yields Sago of the finest quality accord-
ing to Roxburgh ; palm wine is also obtained from the trunk in great
abundance.

CALAMUS.

Leaves pinnated. Flowers dioecious or hermaphrodite. S Ca-
lyx 3-dentate, or trifid. Corolla 3-parted, or almost 3-petaled.
Stamens 6 ; filaments connate at base ; anthers sagittate.

582

CALAMUS.

? Calyx and corolla as before. Stamens 6, rudimentary, collected
into a cup. Ovary 3-celled; stigmas 3, sessile. Berry 1-seeded,
covered with a mail of reversed scales. Albumen horny, with a
pustular, even, or polished and ruminated surface. Embryo
nearly at the base.

1233. C. Draco Willd. sp.pl. ii. 203. R. and S. vii. 1323.—
(Rumph. v. t. 58. f. 1.) — Indian Archipelago.

Trunk while the plants are young, erect, and then resembling an
elegant, slender palm tree, armed with innumerable dark coloured,
flattened, elastic spines, often disposed in oblique rows, with their
bases united. By age they become scandent, and overrun trees to a
great extent. Leaves pinnate, their sheaths and petioles armed as above
described. Leaflets single, alternate, ensiform, margins remotely armed
with stiff, slender bristles, as are also the ribs ; from 12 to 18 inches
long and about J of an inch broad. Spadix of the female hermaphro-
dite inserted by means of a short, armed petiole on the mouth of the
sheath opposite to the leaf, oblong, decompound, resembling a common
oblong panicle, Spathes several, 1 to each of the 4> or 5 primary rami-
fications of the spadix, lanceolate, leathery; all smooth except the
exterior or lower one which is armed on the outside. Calyx turbinate,
ribbed, mouth 3-toothed, by the swelling of the ovary split into 3 por-
tions, and in this manner adhering, together with the corolla, to the
ripe berries. Corolla 3-cleft ; divisions ovate-lanceolate, twice as long as
the calyx, permanent. Filaments 6, very broad, and inserted into the
base of the corolla. Anthers filiform, and seemingly abortive. Ovary
oval. Styles short. Stigma 3-cleft ; divisions revolute, glandular on the
inside. Berry round, pointed, of the size of a cherry. Roxb. — One
of the resinous astringent substances called Dragon's blood, is obtained
from this.

1234. Elais guineensis Jacq. yields Palm oil.

1235. Areca Catechu Linn, produces the Betel nuts or Pisang
nuts which the natives of India chew for the sake of their astrin-
gent qualities. A kind of Catechu is obtained from them.

Many species besides those already named, yield a kind of
Sago.

583

p p 4

/

MELANTHACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 347.
VERATRUM.

Flowers polygamous. Perianth 6-parted; segments broad,
concave, imbricating, nearly equal, striated, not excavated at the
base. Stamens 6, equal, inserted into the base of the segments ;
filaments subulate ; anthers reniform with confluent cells. Ovary
with 3 divaricating stigmas. Capsule 3-horned, separating into
3 many-seeded follicles. Seeds compressed, winged at the
apex.

1236. V. viride Ait. Hort.Kew. iii. 422. Bigelow med. bot.i'u
t. 33. R. and S. vii. 1556. — Veratrum album Mich. fl. bor.
am. ii. 249. Helonias viridis Sot. Mag. t. 1096. — Common in
the United States in swamps and wet meadows in the spring.

Rhizoma thick and fleshy, its upper portion tunicated, its lower
half solid and sending forth a multitude of large whitish roots.
Stem from 3 to 5 feet high, roundish, solid, striated and pubescent,
throughout the greater part of its length closely invested with the
sheathing bases of the leaves. Lower leaves large, from \ a foot to a
foot long, oval, acuminate, pubescent, strongly plaited and nerved; the
lower part of their edges meeting round the stem ; upper leaves
gradually narrower ; the uppermost, or bracts, linear-lanceolate. Flowers
numerous, in compound racemes axillary from the upper leaves, and
terminal; the whole forming a sort of panicle. Peduncles roundish,
downy. Bracts boat-shaped, acuminate, downy. Pedicels many times
shorter than the bracts. Perianth divided into 6 green, oval, acute,
nerved segments, of which the alternate ones are longest ; all the seg-
ments contracted at base into a sort of claw with a thickened or carti-
laginous edge. Stamens 6 with recurved filaments and roundish, 2-
lobed anthers. Carpels 3, cohering, with acute recurved styles as long
as the stamens. A part of the flowers are barren and have only the
rudiments of styles, so that the plant is strictly polygamous. The seed
vessel consists of 3 capsules united together, separating at top and
opening on their inner side. Seeds flat, winged, imbricated. — The
roots are an acrid emetic and powerful stimulant followed by sedative
effects. In all respects it closely resembles Veratrum album in its
properties.

1237. V. album Linn. sp. pi. 1479. Mert. and Koch d.fi.
ii. 625. Bieb. taur. cauc. xi. 445. Jacq.fi. austr. t. 335. Woodv.
t. 100. R. and S. vii. 1554. — Meadows in the South of Eu-
rope, from Spain to the Caucasus. (White Hellebore.)

Rhizoma somewhat horizontal, oblong, praemorse, the thickness of a
finger, blackish externally, whitish internally. Stem 1^-4 feet high.
585

MELANTHACEjE.

Leaves plaited, broad-ovate, acute or rather blunt. Panicle terminal.
Flowers yellowish white, green at the back, 8 lines in diameter, with the
divisions spreading, serrulate and slightly wavy. In other respects it is
much like the last. — The rhizoma is very poisonous, acting as a local
irritant. Applied to the nose it produces violent sneezing ; placed in
contact with the skin it causes redness and inflammation. Swallowed
in small doses, as 1 or 2 grains, it is said to act as an emetic and pur-
gative ; in large quantities it causes violent vomiting, purging, and
other consequences that produce death. It is rarely employed inter-
nally, except in mania and epilepsy, lepra, torpid conditions of the large
intestines, gout, &c. In the form of powder it is sometimes prescribed
as a sternutatory in amaurosis and affections of the brain. The nn-
guentum veratri is used against the itch, and the decoction not only in
skin diseases, but also to destroy pediculi.

1238. V. Sabadilla Retz. obs. i. 31. Descourtilz in ann. soc.
linn. par. 1824, 167. N. and E. pi. med. t. 48. R. and S.
vii. 1558. — Mexico and the West India Islands.

A plant 3 or 4 feet high. Stem erect, simple, round. Leaves nu-
merous, spreading on the ground, all radical, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with
8-14 ribs, glaucous underneath. Panicle spreading, simple, or a little
branched. Flowers rather nodding. Pedicels very short, approximated
in twos and threes ; those of the fertile flowers eventually becoming
turned to one side, those of the sterile flowers deciduous and leaving a
scar. Segments of the perianth ovate-lanceolate, veinless, blackish
purple. Ovaries 3, oblong, connate, obtuse ; styles acute, dilated
downwards ; stigmas simple. Capsules 3, in form resembling those of
Larkspur, opening at the apex inside. Seeds 3 in each cell, imbricated,
curved, blunt on one side, sooty, acrid. Descourtilz. — This furnishes
one of the Cevadilla, Cebadilla or Sabadilla seeds of commerce, which
were formerly used to destroy pediculi, and as anthelmintics; they
have also been employed in chronic rheumatism and paralysis, and in
neuralgic cases. They are now chiefly consumed in the manufacture of
Veratrif*, to which they give the name. This substance is an active and
dangerous local stimulant ; but administered with caution it proves a
valuable medicine in gout, rheumatism, anasarca, and generally as a
substitute for Colchicum.

HELONIAS.

Perianth 6-parted ; segments narrow, rather unequal, ob-
tuse, not striated or herbaceous, nor imbricating. Stamens 6,
inserted into the base of the segments, unequal ; filaments subu-
late; anthers reniform with confluent cells. Capsule separating
into 3 many-celled follicles. Seeds compressed, winged at the
apex or wingless.

1239. H. officinalis Don in Edinb.new phil. Journ. Oct. 1832.
p. 234. — Veratrum officinale Schlecht. in Linn. vi. 45. — Eastern
side of the Mexican Andes, near Barranca de Tioselo, by the
Hacienda de la Laguna, in grassy places.

Bulbous. Plants generally casspitose. Leaves linear, tapering to a
point, even, smooth, entire, channelled above, carinate at the back,

586

HELONIAS.

about 4 feet long, lax. Scape naked, the height of a man, quite simple,
terminated by a raceme 1^ foot long. Perianth deeply 6-parted,
spreading, yellowish, white, permanent, with linear thick obtuse seg-
ments, 3 of which are rather broader than the others. Filaments 6,
somewhat clavate, yellowish, inserted into the base of the perianth,
those opposite its broadest segments longer than the others, and all
longer than the perianth ; anthers rather large, yellow, cordate, obtuse.
Ovary formed of 3 cells, united by their sutures. Fruit 3-capsular ;
the carpels united by their suture, but separable. Lower flowers her-
maphrodite and fertile, upper male and sterile. Smell of the flowers
like that of Berberis vulgaris. Schiede. — This was ascertained by Messrs.
Schiede and Deppe to produce at least part of the Sabadilla seeds of the
shops, the use of which has now become so general for the manufacture
of Veratria. Their taste is bitter, acrid, and permanent. As there are
possibly several allied species producing seeds of the same quality, I
have preferred quoting the words of Dr. Schiede, to describing the
plant from what I believe to be specimens of it in my possession. It is
certainly not a Veratrum, to which Schiede and Deppe, Schlechten-
dahl and Endlicher have referred it : but I am far from asserting that
it is an Helonias. It is, however, more nearly allied to that genus and
accordingly it may be left for the present where Professor Don has
placed it. Its seeds are the officinal part, and are used as those of
Veratrum Sabadilla.

1240. H. frigida. — Veratrum frigidum Schlecht. in Linn.
vi. 46. — The alpine region of Mount Orizaba, in Mexico.

Bulb oblong, attenuated, tunicated, csespitose. Leaves linear, chan-
nelled, tapering to the point, erect, sheathing the bulb at the base, the
lower ones above a foot long. Stem leafy, 3 feet high and more, taper,
broken up at the point into a compound panicle or raceme. Branches
and flowers supported by linear-lanceolate bracts. Flowers solitary,
stalked. Perianth deeply 6-parted ; segments narrow-lanceolate, tapered
to the point, J an inch long, equal, blackish brown. Filaments 6,
linear subulate, the 3 outer rather longer, about 3 times as short as the
perianth ; anthers cordate, obtuse, yellow. Ovary half superior ; the
carpels distinct as far as the division of the perianth ; in the upper
flowers abortive. — A poisonous plant called Savoeja by the Mexicans.
Horses that eat it become stupified.

1241. H. erythrosperma Michx. JL am. sept. i. 212. Torrey
ji. i. 369. — H. laeta Bot. mag. t. 803. Melanthium laetum
Ait. Kew. i. 488. M. phalangioides Lam. enc. iv. 28. M. mus-
caetoxicum. Walt. car. 125. Anthericum subtrigynum Jacq.
ic.rar. u. 419. — United States, in moist situations, on river
banks and on high mountains.

Root bulbous. Stem 2 feet high, leafy, obtusely angular, simple,
very smooth. Leaves a foot or more in length, 3-4 lines broad, mostly
radical, somewhat caricine. Raceme terminal, 3-4 inches long, simple ;
pedicels nearly an inch in length, filiform, spreading ; bracts ovate,
obtuse. Flowers \ of an inch in diameter, white, becoming greenish
with age. Petals oblong, obtuse, sessile. Stamens rather longer than
the flowers ; filaments subulate, inserted at the base of the petals ;
anthers white, roundish. Ovaries 3, superior, divaricate at the summit ;

MELANTHACEiE.

stigmas short, simple. Capsules 3, turgid, united at the base. Seeds
ovate, covered with a pulpy coat, which becomes bright scarlet when
ripe. Torrey. — This plant is a narcotic poison, and used in the
southern states of America for destroying flies.

124-2. H. dioica Pursh fl. am. i. 243. Torrey fl. i. 370.—
H. lutea Hort. Kew. ii. 230. Bot. Mag. t. 1062. H. pumila
Jacq. ic. rar. ii. t. 453. Veratrum luteum Linn. sp. pi. 14-79.
Melanthium dioicum Walt. car. p. 126. M. densum Lam. enc.
iv. 26 In wet meadows and bogs, common in hilly and moun-
tainous situations in the United States. (Unicorn's horn, Devil's
bit.)

Root large, praemorse. Stem 1-2 feet high, simple, very smooth,
slightly angular. Leaves lanceolate, acute ; the radical ones broader.
Flowers dioecious and polygamous, in long spike-like racemes. S
petals linear-spathulate, obtuse, 1-nerved, white. Stamens rather
longer than the petals ; filaments subulate ; anthers terminal, 2-lobed.
Ovary entirely wanting. °. raceme becoming erect, generally few-
flowered. Petals linear. Stamens very short, abortive. Ovary ovate,
subtriangular, with the sides deeply furrowed ; stigmas 3, spreading
or reflexed. Capsule ovate-oblong, 3-furrowed, opening at the sum-
mit. Seeds many in each cell, acute, compressed. Torrey. — The root
in infusion is anthelmintic ; in tincture bitter and tonic. DC.

GYROMIA.

Perianthium 6-parted, revolute. Stamens 6, distinct. Stig-
mas 3, filiform, divaricating, united at the base. Berry 3-celled ;
cells 5-6-seeded. Seeds compressed, triangular.

1243. G. virginica Nutt. gen. i. 288. Torrey fl. i. 374. —
Medeola virginiana Linn. sp. pi. 483. Bot. Mag. t. 1306. —
Moist woods in the United States. (Indian Cucumber.)

Rhizoma oblong, tuberous, horizontal. Stem erect, simple, about
18 inches high, clothed with a brownish deciduous wool. Leaves in 2
whorls ; 1 a little above the middle, of 6-8 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate
leaves ; the other terminal, of 2-3 ovate ones, all of them entire, mem-
branaceous, 3-nerved. Flowers 3-6, on aggregated pedicels arising
from the upper whorl, and reflexed down between the leaves. Corolla
pale yellow; petals oblong, obtuse, longitudinally nerved. Stamens
rather shorter than the petals, filaments capillary, smooth ; anthers
oblong, incumbent, 2-celled. Stigmas thick, very long. Torrey. — The
rhizoma is diuretic and has some reputation as a hydragogue ; but it is
not supposed to possess much energy.

TRILLIUM.

Sepals 3, herbaceous. Petals 3, coloured. Stigmas 3, ses-
sile. Berry superior, 3-celled ; cells many-seeded.

1 244. T. erectum Linn. sp. pi. 484. Torrey fl. i. 376. —
T. rhomboideum Michx.fl. i. 215. T. atropurpureum Bot. Mag.

588

TRILLIUM.

t. 470. T. fcetidum Par. Lond. t. 35. — Shady rocks in the
United States.

Rhizoma large, praemorse, with thick horizontal fibres. Stem a foot
or more in height, sheathed at the base. Leaves large, abruptly acumi-
nate, closely sessile. Peduncle about half as long as the leaves, inclined
to one side. Flower large, a little nodding. Leaflets of the calyx
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals dark purple, nearly as broad again
as the calyx. Filaments distinct; anthers linear; stigmas sessile,
spreading. Berry large, nearly black. Torrcy. — Rhizoma violently
emetic, and the fruit suspicious.

1245. Other species are reported to have the same pro-
perties.

COLCHICUM.

Perianth coloured, funnel-shaped, with a very long sub-
terranean, slender tube, and a somewhat campanulate 6-parted
limb. Stamens 6, inserted into the throat of the tube. Ovary
3-celled ; ovules numerous, in 2 or 4 rows ; styles 3, filiform,
long ; stigmas somewhat clavate. Capsule 3-celled, 3-partible,
opening inwardly. Seeds numerous, roundish, with a shrivelled
skin.

1246. C. autumnale Linn. sp. pi. 485. Eng. Bot. t. 133.
Woodv. t. 177. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 202. — Moist rich pastures
in many parts of England, and in various countries of Europe.

Cormus ovate, large. Leaves dark green, very smooth, obtuse, above
a foot long, 1^- inch broad, somewhat keeled, produced in spring, along
with the capsules. Flowers several, radical, leafless, bright purple, with
a long white tube appearing in the autumn without the leaves. Capsules
3, distinct, though forming together one oblong, elliptic fruit, with
intermediate fissures. Seeds whitish, polished. The flowers in one
variety accompany the leaves in spring, and have long, narrow,
greenish-white segments, violet-coloured at the base. Smith. — The
dried cormi and seeds are used extensively in the manufacture of
Veratria, and in various pharmaceutical preparations. Colchicum is
found to increase the secretions of the intestinal mucous membrane,
and of the kidneys, and in some cases to act as a sudorific ; it is also
emetic and purgative, and in large doses is a powerful narcotico-acrid
poison. ' It is used extensively in dropsy, gout, rheumatism, and also as
an anthelmintic. The energy of the cormus and consequently of the
preparations from it is often much impaired by the collection of the
plant at a wrong time of year, or by keeping it after it has been collected
until the flowers sprout forth, which they will do quickly if taken into
a warm place. When the leaves are quite withered is the best time for
taking up the cormi, of which use should be made without loss of time.
Many of those sent to the drug shops for sale have already pushed forth
their flowers, which are broken off so as to prevent the circumstance
from being observed. I have seen many cwts. sent to town in this
state, which nevertheless found a ready sale and at the best price.

589

LILIACE/E.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 351.

ERYTHRONIUM.

Segments of the perianth reflexed, every other one with 2
tubercles at the base. Stamens 6, inserted into the base of the
perianth, shorter than the pistil. Style furrowed, 3-cornered.
Stigma either triangular or consisting of 3 spreading channelled
plates. Capsule turbinate-globose, erect, with the valves bear-
ing the placentae.

1247- E americanum Bot. Mag. t. 1113. Nuttall gen. i.223.
Bigelow med. bot. iii. t. 58. — E. lanceolatum Pursh. fi. am.
sept. i. 230. — Woods and fields in the United States.

Cormus situated deep in the ground, brown outside, white and
homogeneous within. The whole plant smooth and glossy. Scape
naked, slender. Leaves 2, nearly equal, lanceolate, veinless, of a dark
brownish-green, clouded with irregular spots, sheathing the scape with
their base, and terminating in an obtuse callous point. Flower solitary,
drooping. Sepals and petals lanceolate, yellow, the sepals partly crim-
son on the outside ; the petals with an obscure tooth on each side near
the base. In a clear sun the flowers are expanded and revolute, but at
night and on cloudy days, they are nearly closed. Filaments flat ;
anthers oblong-linear. Ovary obovate, style longer than the stamens,
club-shaped, 3-lobed at top and terminating in 3 distinct, but not
detached stigmas. Capsule oblong-obovate, somewhat pedicelled. —
The fresh root emetic in doses of 25 grains; leaves said to be more
active than the root.

1248. Gloriosa superba Linn, has a root which is said to be a
most violent poison.

ALETRIS.

Perianth half-inferior, tubular, with a 6-cleft spreading limb ;
obscurely hexagonal, scabrous and shrivelled externally. Stamens
inserted into the base of the segments ; filaments flat ; anthers
somewhat sagittate. Ovary 3-lobed, pyramidal ; style com-
posed of 3 connate bristles ; stigma simple. Capsule enclosed
in the perianth, pyramidal, 3 coccous, opening at the point in
3 directions. Seeds numerous, very minute, striated.

1249. Aletris farinosa Linn, sp.pl. 456. Bot. Mag. t. 1418.
Bigelow med. bot. iii. t. 50. Bot. Cab. t. 1161. R. and S.
vii. 626. — Fields and edges of woods in the United States.

Leaves radical, in a single circle, sessile, ribbed, lanceolate, and
smooth. Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, invested with remote scales,
which sometimes expand into small leaves. Spike slender, scattered,

590

ALETRIS.

with very short pedicels and minute bracts. Perianth white, of an
oblong bell-shape, divided at the mouth into 6 acute, spreading seg-
ments ; the outside, particularly as the flower grows old, has a roughish,
wrinkled or mealy appearance, by which the specific name was sug-
gested. Stamens short, inserted near the mouth of the perianth at the
base of the segments. Ovary pyramidal, half inferior, tapering : style
triangular, separable into 3. Capsule invested with the permanent
corolla, triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved at top. Seeds numerous, minute,
fixed to a central receptacle. — One of the most intense bitters known.
Used in infusion as a tonic and stomachic; large doses produce nausea
and tendency to vomit. Has been employed in chronic rheumatism.

SQUILLA.

Sepals 3, coloured, spreading. Petals very like them, and
scarcely broader. Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth ; fila-
ments smooth, somewhat dilated at the base, acuminate, entire.
Ovary 3-parted, glandular and melliferous at the apex ; style
smooth, simple ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed, papillose. Capsule
rounded, 3-cornered, 3-celled. Seeds numerous, in 2 rows, flat-
tened, with a membranous testa.

1250. S. maritima Steinheil in ann. sc. n. ser. vi. 279

Scilla maritima Linn. sp. pi. 442. Desf.fl. ail. i. 297. Red. Lil.
t. 116. Woodv. t. 118. R. and S. vii. 556. Ornithogalum
maritimum Lam. fi. fr. iii. 276. O. Squilla JBot. Mag. t. 918.
Stellaris Scilla Mamch. meth. 304. 2/ciXXa, Diosc. — Near
the coast of the Mediterranean, on both the North and South
sides, Portugal, the Levant. (Squill.)

Bulb roundish-ovate, very large, between globose and ovate, half
above ground, with the integuments either pale green or red. Leaves
appearing long after the flowers, broad-lanceolate, channelled, spreading,
recurved. Scape about 2 feet high, terminated by a rather dense, long,
ovate raceme. Flowers about £ Gf an inch across, spreading, pale
yellowish-green, with a green stain along the middle of each segment.
Filaments shorter than the segments of the perianth. — M. Steinheil
rightly separates this plant from the numerous species to which the
name of Scilla has in modern times been applied. It differs essentially
in having large winged seeds and 3 nectariferous glands at the apex of
the ovary. — The bulbs contain an active principle called Scillitin, and
have been officinal from a very remote period. They are very acrid
and capable of vesicating. Squills are used medicinally as an emetic
medicine in hooping-cough, and croup, as a diuretic in dropsies, and in
chronic pulmonary affections, such as chronic catarrh, humid asthma,
winter cough, &c. They are also employed as an expectorant. In
commerce there are two sorts the red and the white, which appear to
be mere varieties differing in the colour of the bulbs. The dry external
scales of the bulb, and the young and tender interior ones, are inert or
nearly so and should be rejected ; the intermediate scales are, for
obvious physiological reasons, the part in which the energy of the plant
principally resides.

1251. S. Pancration Steinh. 1. c. p. 279. — H OCVKpOCTiOV, Di0S-
591

I iliace^:.

corides. — Malta, Cadiz, and probably in other parts of the Me-
diterranean.

Bulb about half the size of the last species, pale green or whitish
green ; or occasionally red. Leaves much shorter, more acute, erect
and narrower. Stem more glaucous. Flowers smaller, more com-
pactly arranged, with shorter bracts. Flower-stalks shorter Flower-
bud more blunt. Petals and sepals spread fully out, white, oval, obtuse,
mucronulate, marked with a pale pink line along the middle of the
back. — By these characters M. Steinheil distinguishes a second species
of Officinal Squill, which he believes to have been the true Pancration
of Dioscorides, which, according to that author, was very like Squills in
its effects, but milder.

1252. S. indica Roxb.fl. ind. i. H7. — Sandy shores of vari-
ous parts of India.

Bulb round, white, perennial, tunicated, about the size of a large
apple. Leaves numerous, radical, sub-bifarious, ensiform, nearly flat,
smooth on both sides, from 6 to 18 inches long. When in blossom
the plant is perfectly destitute of leaves. Scape erect, round, smooth,
naked ; including the raceme from 2 to 3 feet long. Raceme very
long, erect. Flowers remote, long-pedicelled, drooping. Roxb. —
The taste of the bulb is fully as nauseous and bitter as that of S. mari-
tima, and may be possessed of the same qualities. Roxb. — I leave
this in the same genus as the Officinal Squill, notwithstanding that it is
quite possible it may not belong to it. No one seems to have noticed
the plant except Roxburgh, and I have never seen a specimen of it.

1253. Scilla Lilio-Hyacinthus Linn, has purgative bulbs,
according to De Candolle.

LEDEBOURIA.

Perianth 6-leaved, permanent. Stamens inserted into the
base of the perianth. Ovary 3-parted, pedicellate, roundish ;
style capillary, quite simple ; stigma acuminate. Utricles 3,
connected at the base, 1-seeded; 2 often abortive, and in that
case the third obovate and curved.

1254. L. hyacinthoides Roth. nov. sp. 195. R. and S. vii. 365.
— Erythronium indicum Rotller. — Bundelkund.

A small bulbous plant looking something like Scilla autumnalis.
Bulb ovate, the size of a pigeon's egg. Leaves 2-5, flaccid, often
curved inwards and doubled up. Scape slender, erect, smooth, about
as long as the cylindrical raceme, which does not exceed an inch in
length. Peduncles spreading, filiform, very much longer than the
minute scale-like bracts. Flowers apparently pink or light purple ;
segments linear, curved inwards at the point. Stamens violet ; anthers
nearly round. — According to Theodore Martius the bulbs are used as
a substitute for Squills, in the East Indies. Ainslie states that they
are employed in cases of strangury and fever in horses.

ALLIUM.

Flowers umbellate, with a membranous spathe. Perianth

592

ALLIUM.

6-parted, permanent, equal. Stamens inserted into the base of
the perianth ; filaments either all alike, or every other one tri-
cuspidate, with the anther on the middle point. Style subu-
late ; stigma simple. Capsule usually obtusely 3-cornered or
3-lobed, depressed, 3-celled, bursting into 3 valves through the
dissepiments, and containing 2 or 1 black angular seed in each
cell.

1255. A. sativum Linn, sp.pl. 425. Desf. fi. ail. i. 287. DC.
fi. fr. iii. 219. S. and C. t. 110. R. and S. vii. 1000. — Por-
tugal? Hieres ? Egypt? (Garlic.)

Bulbs clustered, very proliferous, many enveloped in the same silvery
skin. Stem about 2 feet high, leafy below the middle. Leaves acute,
distichous, glaucous, channelled above. Spathe calyptriform, horned.
Umbels bulbiferous. Flowers, if any, pink, red, or whitish, rather
longer than the stamens. — The bulbs act as a local irritant, and, when
taken into the stomach as a stimulant, expectorant and diuretic. They
have been used in dropsies and as an anthelmintic. Steeped in rum they
form a favourite remedy among country people for the hooping cough ;
the infusion is rubbed night and morning into the skin of the patient's
loins. A clove of garlic or a few drops of the juice, introduced into the
ear, are said to prove highly efficacious in atonic deafness.

1 256. A. Cepa Linn. sp. pi. 431 . FI. grcec. t. 326. R. and S.
vii. 1024. — Egypt. (Onion.)

A biennial. Bulbs simple, round, depressed or globose or oblong,
invested with shining thin dry membranes. Stem 1-2 feet high, fistular,
leafy at the base. Leaves taper, fistular, distichous, glaucous, acute,
shorter than the stem. Spathe reflexed, generally longer than the
lower flowers. Umbels large, regular, compact, many-flowered, not
bulbiferous. Pedicels about an inch long, thickened at the point.
Flowers whitish, greenish, or tinged with purple; the segments always
having a green keel. Stamens almost twice as long as the perianth. —
The onion is stimulant, diuretic, expectorant, and rubefacient. The
juice is sometimes given, made into a syrup with sugar, in infantile
catarrhs and croup, in the absence of much inflammatory action. It is
also recommended in dropsy and calculous disorders. Roasted and
split it is sometimes applied as an emollient poultice to suppurating
tumours. Wood and B ache.

1257. Bulbine planifolia R. and S. (Anthericum bicolor
Desf.) has purgative roots according to De Candolle.

DRACiENA.

Perianth urceolate, tubular, or deeply 6-parted, deciduous ;
with a spreading or reflexed limb. Filaments thickened in the
middle, inserted into the upper part of the tube of the perianth ;
anthers linear, incumbent. Ovary pedicellate ; stigma depressed,
obtuse or 3-lobed. Berry subglobose ; 3-celled ; cells 1-2-seeded,
usually abortive.

1258. D. Draco Linn. syst. veg. 275. R. and S. vii. 337.
593 <i q

LILIACE7E.

Bertholl. in n. act. acad. N. C. xv. t. 35-39. — Asparagus Draco
Linn. sp. pi. 451. — Canary Islands, and East Indies.

A large tree with an irregular branching forking head, the branches
of which are swollen and bear leaves only at their points, which are
often divided into fingers. Leaves about a foot long, ensiform, mucro-
nate, half involute, bright green, longitudinally striated, keeled both on
the inside and outside; secreting roundish compressed tears which
harden into a kind of resin. Racemes terminal, about 2 feet long,
erect, compound, whitish green. Flowers numerous, articulated with
their pedicel and therefore readily dropping off, usually in clusters of 4,
whitish green, or white when fully expanded, at which time their seg-
ments are revolute. Berry yellowish, with 6 furrows. — Dragon's-blood,
a tonic astringent resin, sometimes employed in diarrhoea and passive
haemorrhages, is yielded in part by this tree, from the surface of the
leaves, and from the cracks in its trunk. It is however scarcely known
to modern druggists, who sell the astringent resin of Pterocarpus.

1259. D. terminalis Blume (D. ferrea Spreng.), and

1260. D. ferrea Linn. (D. terminalis Jacq?) are said to have
astringent roots, found useful in dysentery.

ALOE.

Perianth tubular, 6-cleft, fleshy, nectariferous at the base
the sepals of the same form as the petals, and closely imbricating
them. Stamens hypogynous, as long as the perianth, or even
longer. Capsule membranous, scarious, 3-cornered, 3-celled,
3-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds numerous, in 2
rows, roundish or angular.

1261. A. vulgaris Lam. encycl. i. 86. Desf.fi. ail. i. 310. —
A. barbadensis Mill. diet. ed. 8. No. 2. DC. pi. grasses p. 27.
R. and S. vii. 693. A. perfoliata it, vera Linn. sp. 458.
(RAeede xi. t. 3.) — Ax<») Diosc. — The East Indies and Bar-
bary ; now cultivated in the West Indies ; as well as Italy,
Sicily, and Malta.

Stem woody, simple, cylindrical, short. Leaves fleshy, amplexicaul,
first spreading, then ascending, lanceolate, glaucous-green, flat above,
convex below, armed with hard distant reddish spines perpendicular to
the margin ; a little mottled with darker colour ; the parenchyma
slightly coloured brown and very distinct from the tough leathery
cuticle. Scape axillary, glaucous reddish, branched. Spike cylindrical-
ovate. Flowers at first erect, then spreading, afterwards pendulous,
yellow, not longer than the stamens. — This yields what are called
Barbadoes Aloes, or hepatic aloes by some writers, but not the true
hepatic aloes ; it is imported in gourds from Jamaica and Barbadoes, is
of a dark-brown or black varying to reddish-brown or liver-colour, and
has an unpleasant odour.

1262. A. socotrina Lam. encycl. i. 85. DC. plant, grass.
t. 85. Woodv. t. 202. Bot. Mag. t. 472, 1474. R. and S.

594

ALOE.

vii. 702. — A. vera Mill. diet. ed. 8. No. 15. A. perfoliata
Linn. sp. pi. 458. — Island of Socotra.

Stem woody, straight, 1a foot high and more, naked below, where it
is strongly marked with the scars of leaves. Leaves amplexicaul,
ascending, ensiform, green, curved inwards at the point, convex below,
rather concave above, marked with numerous small white marginal
serratures, the parenchyma abounding in a bright brownish-yellow juice.
Raceme cylindrical, unbranched. Flowers scarlet at the base, pale in
the middle, green at the point. Stamens unequal, 3 of them longer
than the flowers. — Socotrine aloes, the best of all for medical purposes,
are produced by the succulent leaves of this. The drug is imported from
Smyrna and Bombay, in skins, chests and casks, is of a reddish-brown
colour, glossy and pellucid, with a smooth conchoidal fracture. Its
taste is very bitter and the odour pleasant and aromatic. Mocha aloes
and genuine hepatic aloes, are supposed to be varieties of the same
species.

1263. A. purpurascens Haworth in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 20,
said to be a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and by some
Botanists considered a variety of A. socotrina, is stated by Theo-
dore Martius also to produce Socotrine Aloes.

1264. A. spicata Thunb. diss. No. 2.JI. cap. ed. Schultes 309.
Linn, suppl. 205. R. and S. vii. 705. — Interior of the Cape
of Good Hope.

Stem 3-4 feet high, as thick as a man's arm. Leaves thick, fleshy,
broad at the base, gradually narrowing to the point, channelled, full
2 feet long, distantly toothed, with a few white spots; their parenchyma
almost colourless. Spike a foot long, very compact, with the flowers
campanulate and horizontal. The 3 petals broader, ovate, obtuse,
white with a triple green line, the sepals narrower, less concave.
Stamens much longer than the perianth. The flowers are filled with a
purplish honey. — This is said to be the principal source of Cape Aloes,
a sort having a more strong and disagreeable odour than Barbadoes
Aloes. Horse Aloes are supposed to be produced from the same species,
and to owe their difference to being obtained by boiling the leaves that
have been previously used for producing a finer sample.

1265. A. arborescens Mill. ; 1266. A. Commelyni Willd. ■
1267- A. mitriformis Willd. (A. nobilis and supralsevis Haw.)
are all said to be collected for the preparation of Cape Aloes.

HERRERIA.

Perianth rotate, 6-parted. Stamens inserted into the base
of the segments ; anthers round. Ovary 3-cornered ; style erect ;
stigma 3-cornered. Capsule 3-quetrous, winged, 3-celled,
3-valved, the valves bearing the dissepiments ; the cells 2-4-seeded.
Seeds lenticular, membranous at the edge.

1268. H. Salsaparilha Martius in R. and S. vii. 363. — Brazil,
in the province of Minas Geraes.

595 a q 2

LILIACE-E.

A climbing shrub, with a tuberous rhizoma like that of Smilax china,
oblong or globose, 3-4 inches long, ash-coloured externally, woody and
whitish internally. Stems numerous, smooth, climbing, knotty, armed
with straight prickles. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, acumi-
nate, collected in stellate fascicles. Racemes erect, shorter than the
leaves. Segments of the perianth linear-lanceolate, rather blunt. —
Employed in Brazil as Sarsaparilla.

596

SMILACEiE.

Nat. syst, ed. 2. p. 359.
SMILAX.

Dioecious. Perianth 6-parted, nearly equal, spreading. $ .
Stamens 6 ; anthers erect. 2 . Perianth permanent. Ovary
3-celled, the cells 1-seeded; style very short; stigmas 3. Berry
1-3-seeded. Seeds roundish ; albumen cartilaginous ; embryo
remote from the hilum. RBr.

*** According to Dr. Hancock, to whom we are so much indebted
for valuable information concerning the medicinal plants of Guayana,
there is but one species of Sinilax that yields genuine Sarsaparilla.
This grows chiefly on the elevated lands of the Rio Imiquen, at Untu-
rana and Caraburi ; but it is constantly adulterated with inferior sorts.
Dr. Hancock says that the Sarsa of the Rio Negro, which comes by
way of Angostura or Para is the best, and this is certainly not Will-
denow's S. siphilitica : the true species has no axillary spines. It ap-
pears that of six or eight species of Smilax growing in the woods of
Guayana, but one is found to manifest to the taste any of the sensible
properties of the genuine medicinal Sarsa; the root being insipid and
inert ; that one Dr. Hancock describes thus : —

" The stem is round, armed with short curved spines. The leaves
are oblong, pointed, distant, smooth and glossy. The root is a tuber
with numerous divergent fibres of 2 or 3 lines in thickness and several
feet in length."

Dr. Hancock further remarks, that " the Sarsaparilla of the shops
is for the most part nearly inert, either from age or from being procured
from several nonmedicinal species. It should be taken from recent
importations in the roll, and not be that which is kept slit up in] the
shops, which is very often quite useless. Good Sarsaparilla has a
peculiar nauseous acrimony when chewed, and this is almost the only
criterion we have for judging of its medicinal activity." The properties
of Sarsaparilla as a medicine are emetic, diaphoretic, narcotic, causing
nausea and prostration of strength, and affecting the tongue and fauces
more or less with a nauseous acrimony. The active principles are
driven off by heat. See a memoir in the Med. hot trans. 1829, p. 61.

1269. S. aspera Linn. sp. pi. 1458. DC. fi. fr. iii. 178.
Willd. sp. pi. iv. 773. — ( Clus. hist. i. 1 12.) — South of Europe,
Barbary.

There is a general opinion, adopted I know not how, that Indian
Sarsaparilla is produced by this plant; and upon that supposition Mr.
Garden has named a new principle he has found in it, Smilasperic acid.
(Med. Gaz. xx. 800.) I cannot however discover any good authority
for the rhizoma of Smilax aspera possessing active properties, and
I presume, as it is not an Indian plant, there must be some mistake
in the matter. Indian Sarsaparilla is produced by Hemidesmus indicus
an asclepiadaceous plant, which see, No. 1153.
597 Q Q 3

SMILACEiE.

1270. S. Sarsaparilla Linn. sp. pi. 1459. Woodv. t. 62.—
S. glauca Michx.jl. bor. am. ii. 237. — Southern States of the
American Union.

If the North American plant is to be taken for what Linnaeus in-
tended by this name, I can find no good authority for its furnishing
any part of the Sarsaparilla of commerce. Nothing is known in the
United States of its possessing any medicinal properties, and it is pro-
bable that the opinion of its being the source of the drug has originated
in some mistake.

1271. Smilax Purhampuy Ruiz memoria sobre las virtudes,
S)-c. de Purhampuy <, p. 65. — Very abundant among bushes and
trees in the mountain-woods of Panao, Chaclla, Mufia, Pillao,
Pozuzo, and Acomayo, in Peru, flowering in October and No-
vember.

Stem climbing, prickly, nearly round. Leaves large, unarmed, cor-
date, ovate, acute, and acuminate, 5-nerved. Flowers from 6 to 10 on
globose receptacles, umbellate, yellowish green. — The roots of this
species are highly extolled by Ruiz, who calls it China Peruviana, as
one of the very best kinds of Sarsaparilla. Is it not the same as
S. officinalis ?

1271° a. S. medica Schlecht. in Linnaa vi. 47. — Mexico.

Stem angular, armed with straight aculei at the joints, and with a few
hooked ones in the intervals. Leaves of the texture of paper, bright
green on each side, smooth, cordate, auriculate, shortly acuminate,
5-nerved, with the veins of the underside prominent ; in form they are
.very variable, being ovate, somewhat panduriform, auriculate, and
somewhat hastate, with the lobes of the base obtuse, sometimes obso-
lete, sometimes divaricating ; their edge not straight, but as if irregularly
crenate ; petioles and midrib armed, when old, with straight subulate
prickles. Peduncles varying in length from 3 lines to an inch and more.
Umbel about 12-flowered, with the pedicels about 3 lines long. — This
is undoubtedly the species that produces the Vera Cruz Sarsaparilla.
Schiede who found it on the eastern slope of the Mexican Andes, says
it is carried from the villages of Papantla, Tuspan, Nautla, Misantla, &c.
to Vera Cruz, under the name of Zarzaparilla, and is there introduced
into the European market. He was told that the roots are gathered
all the year long, dried in the sun, and then tied in bundles for sale.
Linncsa, iv. 576.

1272. S. siphilitica Willd. sp. pi. iv. 780. HBK. n. g. et
sp. pi. i. 271- — Woods of tropical America, on the banks of the
river Cassiquiare, between Mandavaca and San Francisco
Solano.

Stem round, smooth, furnished only at the knots with 2-4 short,
thick, straight, prickles. Leaves a foot long, oblong-lanceolate, coria-
ceous, shining, acuminate, 3-nerved, terminated by a long point. — In
South America a kind of Sarsaparilla is produced by the roots of this,
which is held in the highest estimation. Martius is said to have found
it in the Brazils, at Yupura, and by the Rio Negro. According to Mr.
Pereira this yields Lisbon or Brazilian Sarsaparilla.

598

SMILAX.

1273. S. officinalis HBK. n. g. et sp. pi. i. 271. — Banks of
the Magdalena, near Bojorque.

Stem twining, angular, prickly, smooth ; the young shoots unarmed.
Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, cordate, netted, 5-7-nerved, coriaceous,
smooth, a foot long, and 4-5 inches broad; the young ones lanceolate
oblong, acuminate, 3-nerved; petioles an inch long, smooth, bearing
tendrils above the base. Flowers unknown.

This is called Sarzaparilla by the natives of the banks of the Magda-
lena who, according to Humboldt and Bonpland, send great quantities
to Carthagena and Mompox; whence it is shipped for Jamaica and
Cadiz. Mr. Pereira suspects that this is what produces Jamaica Sarsa-
parilla, the best and most valuable kind in the market.

1274. S. glauca Martins travels Eng. edit. ii. 96. — Brazil.
Stem flexuose, twisted, angular, prickly, glaucous. Leaves broad

ovate, rounded at each end, 3-5-nerved, spiny-toothed, glaucous ; the
midrib prickly. Umbels axillary, on short stalks. — According to Mar-
tius the woody knotty root of this plant is called in Brazil Raiz da
China branca e rubra, also Japicdnga, or Inhapccanga. The Brazilians
consider it a specific against syphilis; but besides this it is much
recommended for gout and chronic cutaneous eruptions. In using
this remedy, it is taken for granted that the patient will submit to drink
an enormous quantity.

1275. S. China Linn, sp.pl. 1479. Willd. sp. pi. iv. 778.
Sankira vulgo Quaquara Kcempf. amcen. 781. t. 783. — Wild
places in China, among fern and brambles.

Rhizoma hard, large, knotty, uneven, brown or blackish externally,
whitish within. Stem tapering, slightly prickly, growing 2 or 3 feet
high without support, but acquiring a greater length if scrambling among
bushes. Leaves thin, membranous, roundish, 5-nerved, acute at each
end, or obtuse at each end, and mucronate at the point ; stipules dis-
tinct, obtuse. Umbels small, 10-flowered, greenish yellow. Fruit red,
size of a Bird Cherry. — The rhizoma of this forms one of the China
roots of the shops; it is recommended as a substitute for Sarsaparilla.
The Chinese eat it under the idea that it invigorates them.

1276. S. glabra Roxb. fl. ind. iii. 792. — Sylhet and the adja-
cent Garrow country.

Climbing from a large tuberous rhizoma. Stem and branches un-
armed, polished. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base,
polished, 3-nerved, glaucous underneath. Umbels axillary, simple,
sessile, solitary. Divisions of the perianth broad, obcordate. — Rox-
burgh says that the rhizoma is not to be distinguished by the eye from
the medicinal drug brought from China, under the name of China Root.
The natives of Sylhet use a decoction of the fresh root annually for the
cure of sores, and venereal complaints.

1277. S. lanceaefolia Roxb. fi. ind. iii. 792 Eastern fron-
tier of Bengal.

Climbing from large tuberous rhizomata. Stem and branches un-
armed, polished. Leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, polished. Umbels
simple, axillary, solitary, stalked. Divisions of the perianth linear,
oblong. — Roxburgh informs us that the large tuberous rhizomata are
much used by the natives of India, and are not to be distinguished from
599 Q Q 4

SMILACEjE.

China roots. The juice of the fresh tuber is taken inwardly for the
cure of rheumatic pains, and the refuse after extracting the juice is laid
over the parts most painful.

1278. S. Pseudo-China Linn. sp. pi. 1461. Willd. sp. pi.
iv. 785. Elliott Sketch, ii. 700 — S. Sarsaparilla Walt, carol.
245. (Sloane 1. 143. f. 1. Pluk. alrnag. 1. 110. f. 5.)— Southern
States of the American Union, in almost all soils ; frequently in
dry sandy situations ; Jamaica.

Rhizoma tuberous,, creeping, knotty. Stem unarmed, climbing
over small shrubs. Leaves unarmed, those of the stem cordate, of the
branches ovate-oblong, 5-nerved, half-evergreen. Peduncles very long.
— American China root is reported to belong to this plant ; but it is
very doubtful whether this ever comes into the drug market ; several
species seem to be mixed together by Botanists under this name.
Elliot says that he believes this to be the one generally preferred in
medicine as an alterative, and that it forms the basis of many diet
drinks among the " unlicensed faculty." From the tubers, with maize,
sassafras and molasses the negroes of Carolina manufacture " a very
pleasant" beer.

1279. S. glycyphylla Smith in Whites Voyage 230. RBr.
prodr. 149. — New Holland, in the colony of Port Jackson.

Stems unarmed, round. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved,
smooth, recurved a little at the edges, glaucous underneath. Petioles
bearing tendrils. RBr. — Fee says the leaves of this have been intro-
duced into practice under the name of Sweet Tea. The infusion is
sweet at first, and bitter afterwards ; it is tonic and antiscorbutic.

600

ARACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 363.
ARUM.

Spathe convolute at bottom. Spadix naked at the upper
end, interruptedly unisexual at the bottom. Rudimentary
organs beneath and occasionally above the stamens. Anthers
sessile, distinct or variously consolidated, with 2 lateral cells
opening by a partial slit. Ovaries free, 1-celled, with 2-6 ovules
attached to the inner lining ; stigmas sessile, obtuse. Berries
1 -seeded or few-seeded. Seeds albuminous. Blume.

1280. A. maculatum Linn, sp.pl. 1370. Eng. Bot. t. 1298.
Woodv. t. 25. Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 146. — A. vulgare Lam.

fi.fr. 1150. Blume Rumphia i. 117. — All the temperate parts
of Europe, coast of Barbary, and the higher mountains of Ma-
deira. (Wake Robin.)

Tubers large, flat, buried under ground. The whole herbage of a
bright shining green. Leaves stalked, sagittate, more or less hastate,
acute, erect, spotted variously with dingy purple, or unspotted. Spathe
on a radical scape, erect, pale green, occasionally spotted ; its upper
part ovate-oblong, acuminate. Spadix clavate, obtuse, purple or yellow-
ish. Berries scarlet, remaining long after their spathe and the foliage
of the plant have withered. - — The tubers are composed of a large
quantity of amylaceous matter, mixed with an acrid poisonous juice.
By repeated washing and by means of heat the acrid principle is
removed, and the residuum is a bland nutritious substance of the nature
of Arrow root, which is manufactured in the island of Portland, and
thence called Portland Sago. It is used extensively in some parts of
Dorsetshire. In the recent state the tubers are stimulant, diaphoretic
and expectorant.

ARIStEMA.

Spathe convolute at base. Spadix naked at the point, uni-
sexual or $ below ; rudimentary organs placed above the 5 , or
altogether absent. Anthers on distinct filaments, whorled, with
the cells either disjoined or approximated, opening by a pore or
transverse cleft. Ovaries distinct, 1-celled ; ovules 2-6, sel-
dom more, at the base, erect ; styles absent or short ; stigmas
undivided. Berry 1-seeded, or few-seeded ; seeds albuminous.
Blume.

1281. A. atrorubens Blume Rumph. i. 97. — Arum atroru-
bens Hort. Kew. iii. 315. A. triphyllum Linn. sp. pi. 965.

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ARACEiE.

Bigelow med. hot. i. t. 4. Mart, amcen. bonn. 16. f. 11. — Swamps
and damp shady woods in North America. (Dragon root, or
Indian turnip.)

Rhizoma round, flattened, its upper part tunicated like the onion, its
lower and larger portion tuberous and fleshy, giving off numerous long
white radicles in a circle from its upper edge ; covered on the under
side with a dark, loose, wrinkled skin. Leaves usually one or two on
long sheathing footstalks, ternate; the leaflets oval, mostly entire,
acuminate, smooth, paler on the under side, and becoming glaucous as
the plant grows older, the two lateral ones somewhat rhomboidal.
Scape erect, round, green or variegated with purple, invested at base
by the petioles, and their acute sheaths. Spathe large, ovate, acumi-
nate, convoluted into a tube at bottom, but flattened and bent over at
the top, like a hood, internally various in colour, in some wholly green,
in others dark purple or black, in most variegated, with pale greenish
stripes on a dark ground. Spadix much shorter than the spathe, club-
shaped, rounded at the end, green, purple, black, or variegated, suddenly
contracted into a narrow neck at base, and surrounded below by the
stamens or ovaries. In the barren plants, its base is covered with
conical, fleshy filaments, each bearing from 2 to 4 circular anthers. In
the fertile plants, it is invested with roundish crowded ovaries
each tipped with a stigma. Plants which are perfectly monoecious, and
which are the least common, have stamens below the ovaries. The upper
part of the spadix withers with the spathe, while the ovaries grow into
a large compact bunch of shining scarlet berries. — Violently acrid and
almost caustic ; the rhizoma when fresh is too powerful to render its
internal exhibition safe. The acrid property extremely volatile; easily
driven off by heat, when the rhizoma yields one-fourth of pure delicate
amylaceous matter, resembling the finest arrow root, " very white,
delicate and nutritive."

COLOCASIA.

Spathe tubular, permanent, straight or cucullate. Spadix
naked at the point, 5 at the base, $ at the apex, with rudi-
mentary processes between. Anthers connate. Ovary 1-celled.
Stigma capitate, not glutinous.

1282. C. esculenta Schott. meletem. 18. — Arum esculentum
Linn, sp.pl. 1369. Caladium esculentum Vent. Willd. sp.pl.
iv. 489. (Humph, v. t. 110. f. 1. Sloane i. t. 106. f. I.) —
Hotter parts of the world in both hemispheres. (Cocoa roots,
Eddoes, &c.)

Stemless. Leaves peltate, cordate, ovate, entire, glaucous, green.
Spadix shorter than the ovate-lanceolate spathe. — The tubers and
leaves are a common article of food among negroes, but they are so
acrid as to prove uneatable by Europeans not accustomed to them.
The boiled leaves produce a most inconvenient flow of saliva, and a
sense of choking, as I have experienced.

TYPHONIUM.

Spathe convolute at base. Spadix naked at the end ; inter-
ruptedly unisexual at the base. Rudimentary organs between

602

TYPHONIUM.

the fertile ones. Anthers distinct, 2-celled ; cells on each side
opening by a complete cleft. Ovaries free, with one erect ovule
in each attached to the base of the cell. Stigmas sessile, ob-
tuse. Berries 1-seeded.

1283. T. trilobatum Blume Rumphia i. 132. — Arum triloba-
tum Linn. sp. pi. 1369. Lam. encycl. iii. 10. A. orixense
Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 504. Bot. Rep. t. 356*. Bot. Reg. t. 450. —
Various parts of the East Indies.

Tubers nearly round, the size of a pullet's egg, white, with small ine-
qualities, having many fibres issuing from the apex. Leaves radical,
stalked, deeply 3-lobed ; lobes ovate, pointed, a little scolloped, smooth ;
about 8 or 10 inches broad, and the same length; round the under side,
parallel with the margins and near it runs a double nerve. Petioles
erect, round, tapering, striated, about 12 inches long, sheathing, and
embracing one another at the base. Scape axillary, very short, just
sufficiently long to elevate the spathe above the ground. Spathe shorter
than the petioles, striated, erect ; the inside red ; the outside herba-
ceous. Spadix, at the base surrounded with ovaries, crowned with
many yellow, branched filaments ; the middle covered with anthers,
above which there is no second set of rudimentary processes ; apex
scarlet, as long as all the rest of the spadix, erect, tapering, subulate,
from a concave broad base, to a point which is neither obtuse nor
sharp. — The tubers when fresh are exceedingly acrid. The natives of
India use them in poultices to disperse or bring forward scirrhous
tumours. They also apply them externally to the bite of venomous
snakes, at the same time giving inwardly about the size of a field bean.
It is certainly a most powerful stimulant, in proper hands. .Roxb.

DRACONTIUM.

Spathe cymbiform. Spadix cylindrical, quite covered with
flowers. Perianth 7-9-parted. Stamens 7-9, with oblong,
2-celled anthers, opening obliquely by a pore at the apex, and
distinct from their filaments. Ovary 2-3-celled, each cell con-
taining 1 pendulous ovule. Berry 1-3-seeded. Seeds without
albumen.

1284. D. polyphyllum Linn. sp. pi. 1372. Willd. sp. pi.
ii. 288. Bot Reg. t. 700. — Guayana, Surinam, and elsewhere
in equinoctial America. (Labaria.)

Tuber resembling a small cake, producing 1 or 2 leaves, with long
clouded spotted petioles resembling the skin of a snake. Leaves them-
selves supra-decompound, pedate, with the segments pinnatifid, distant,
and with oblong, acute strongly veined lobes. Spathe large, purple, very
deep-coloured inside, hooded, acute, appearing after the leaves have
withered ; smelling so powerfully upon the first opening, that vomiting
and fainting sometimes ensue from the stench. Linnaeus says " olfa-
ciente attonitos redderetet catalepticos." — This is one of the remedies
used in Guayana against the bite of the Labarri snake, w hich its spotted
leafstalks resemble in colour ; no doubt it is a powerful stimulant.
Ainslie says the prepared tuber is supposed in India to be antispasmodic,
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ARACEJE.

to be a valuable remedy in asthma, and to be used in hemorrhoids ; but
as this species Js not found in India some other plant was probably in-
tended.

SYMPLOCARPUS.

Spathe cucullate. Spadix short, covered with tetrandrous flos-
cules. Ovaries 1-celled, with 1 ovule in each ; stigma minute.
Berries consolidated. Seeds without albumen.

1285. S. fcetidus Nutt. gen. i. 105. Barton veg. mat. med.
t. 10. Torreyfl. i. 191. Schott. meletem. 22. — Pothos fcetida
Michx. bor. amer. ii. 186. Sot. Mag. t. 836. Dracontium
foetidum Linn. sp. pi. 1372. Ictodes fcetidus Bigelow med.
hot. ii. t. 24. — Swamps and meadows in the United States.
(Skunk weed, Skunk Cabbage.)

Tuber large, abrupt, with numerous, crowded, fleshy fibres. Spathe
praecocious, ovate, turgid, various in width, cucullate, spotted and some-
times nearly covered with dull brownish purple, the top acuminate and
incurved, the edges folded inwards, auriculate at base, and at length
coalescing. Spadix oval, on a short peduncle, covered with perfect
tetrandrous flowers, and of the same colour with the spathe. Sepals 4,
fleshy, wedge-shaped, truncate, the top and edges inflected. Stamens
4, opposite the sepals, with subulate filaments equal in length to the
calyx, and oblong 4-celled anthers. Style 4-sided, tapering ; stigma
minute, pubescent ; ovary roundish, concealed within the spadix. After
the spathe decays, the spadix continues to grow, and with it every part
of the flowers except the anthers. When the fruit is ripe, the spadix
has attained many times its original dimensions, while the calyx, filaments
and style are larger, very prominent and separated from each other.
Within the spadix at the base of each style is a round, fleshy seed, as
large as a pea, white, tinged with green and purple, invested with a
separate membranous coat, and with a prominent embryo situated in a
depression at top. Leaves spring up sometime after the flowers, nu-
merous, large, crowded, oblong heart-shaped, acute, smooth, with
numerous fleshy veins of a pale colour ; on long channelled petioles,
furnished with large oblong sheaths. — This plant emits a powerful
offensive odour ; its tubers are acrid ; but when dried and powdered are
antispasmodic. An excellent remedy in asthma, catarrh and chronic
coughs. Also employed with success in hysteric paroxysms, dropsy,
rheumatism, and even epilepsy.

1286. The rhizomata of Calla palustris Linn., although acrid and
caustic in the highest degree, are according to Linnaeus made into a
kind of bread in high estimation called " Missebrced " in Lapland. This
is performed by drying and grinding the roots, afterwards boiling and
macerating them till they are deprived of their acrimony, when they are
baked like other farinaceous substances.

HOMALOMENA.
Spathe gaping, afterwards closing up. Spadix completely
covered, hermaphrodite at the base, male at the upper end.
Anthers sessile, opening by terminal pores. Ovaries 3-celled ;
ovules numerous ; stigma trifid, concave.

604

HOMALOMENA.

1287. H. aromatica Schott meletem. 20. — Calla aromatica
Roxb.fi. ind. hi. 513. — Chittagong.

Tubers invested with the withered sheaths of the leaves, with
numerous, long, white, fibrous cords issuing from every part. Stem
short. Leaves radical, long-stalked, in shape between cordate and
sagittate, acuminate, lucid ; lobes rounded and rather remote from each
other, in length about 12 inches, and little more than half that in breadth ;
petioles smooth, with a sheathing base. Spathes many together, from
the axils and centre of the leaves, scarcely half the length of the
petioles. Spathe somewhat cylindrical, rather obtuse, with a point,
smooth on both sides, pale greenish yellow. Spadix sub-cylindrical,
obtuse, rather longer than the spathe ; the upper two thirds covered
with sessile, many-celled anthers ; the lower third with the ovaries in-
termixed with about as many abortive stamens as there are ovaries.
Style 0. Stigma 2 or 3-lobed. Berries oblong, not unlike a large ber-
bery, and rarely containing more than a single seed. — When cut this
diffuses a pleasant aromatic scent, something like that of Zingiberaceas.
The medicinal virtues of the rhizoma are in high estimation among the
natives of India ; it sells from 10 to 16 rupees the maund. Roxb.

SCINDAPSUS.

Spathe gaping, afterwards fully expanded, deciduous. Spadix
sessile ? at the base, of elsewhere. Ovaries 1 -celled, with 1-2
cells attached to the bottom ; stigma sessile, oblong.

1288. S. officinalis Schott meletem. 21. — Pothos officinalis
Roxb.fi. ind. i. 431. — Bengal.

Stem perennial, creeping up to the top of large trees, and like the
Ivy, taking firm hold with its innumerable roots ; about as thick as the
little finger, smooth, except when scarred by the fallen leaves, and by
the roots from the side next the tree which supports it. Leaves alter-
nate, sub-bifarious, stalked, oblong-cordate, entire, pointed, smooth on
both sides ; from 6 to 10 inches long, and from 3 to 6 broad ; petioles
sheathing, channelled, smooth, shorter than the leaves. Peduncles
terminal, solitary, round, smooth, scarcely half the length of the petioles ;
when in flower erect, but often drooping, from the increasing weight of
the fruit. Spathe nearly cylindrical, about 6 inches long, opening a
little on one side : when in flower, smooth on both sides ; greenish
without, and of a pale yellow colour within ; apex filiform, and a little
twisted. Spadix nearly cylindrical, obtuse, as long as the spathe, pale
greenish yellow, dotted with the dark-coloured stigmas of the numerous
ovaries which everywhere cover it. Flowers naked. Filaments about
8 to each ovary, 2 on each face ; very short, as if inserted on the base
of the ovary ; anthers sub-sagittate, 4-lobed. Ovaries numerous, trun-
cate, completely covering every part of the cylindrical spadix, 1-celled,
with 1 seed attached in an oblique manner to the bottom of the cell.
The substance of the ovary is replete with rigid, sharp, vertical bristles,
which are readily detached, and stick in the skin, causing pain and
itching. Stigma, a channel filled with gelatinous matter, running from
the cell of the ovary to the centre of the truncate apex, where it ends
in a small slit, embraced by 2 darker-coloured, somewhat callous lips.
Pericarps chiefly sterile, soft, fleshy, ] -celled, 1-valved ; when the fruit
is ripe they detach themselves from the spadix, and drop off, leaving
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ARACEvE.

the seed behind still attached to it. Seed single, ovate-cordate, some-
what 2-lobed, covered at the base with a thin, red, succulent aril. Al-
bumen 0. Embryo hooked, very succulent. — The fruit cut into trans-
verse pieces and dried is an article of some importance in Hindoo
Materia Medica, called Guj-pippul, and sold by the druggists under that
name. Roxb.

DIEFFENBACHIA.

Spathe convolute. Spadix completely covered, pseudo-her-
maphrodite at the base, male next the upper end. Anthers
subsessile; the cells opening by a pore at the apex. Ovaries
1-celled, surrounded by 3 sterile stamens. No manifest style ;
ovule solitary, erect ; stigma capitate.

1289. D. Seguina ScJwtt. meletem. 20. — Caladium Seguinum
Vent. Willd. sp. pi. iv. 490. Hooker's Exot. fl. t. 1. Arum
Seguinum Linn. sp. pi. 1371. — West India Islands. (Dumb
Cane.)

A small, arborescent, palm-like, herbaceous plant. Stem 5-6 feet high,
slender, scarred by the remains of fallen leaves. Leaves ovate-oblong,
undulated, acute, with a thick midrib, and often perforated. Spathes axil-
lary, 5-6 inches long, oblong, stalked, pale green, convolute, with the apex
of the spadix just protruding. Spadix cylindrical, wholly male at the apex,
whollyfemale, with abortive stamens intermixed at the base,and naked in
the middle. Anthers sessile, consolidated into peltate hexangular bodies.
Ovaries roundish, terminated by flat sessile lobed stigmas, and sur-
rounded by clavate pellucid processes. According to Sir Wm. Hooker
the ovaries are 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell : this is
at variance with Schott's character of the genus as given above ; I
know not which is right. — One of the most venomous of all known
plants. If the rhizoma is chewed it produces a dangerous swelling of
the tongue, and is said to produce dumbness when merely applied to
the lips. Sir Wm. Hooker says that the slightest application of the
juice of the spadix to the tongue gives great pain. The juice is said to
impart an indelible stain to linen. Browne says that the stem is em-
ployed in the West Indies to bring sugar to a good grain, when the
juice is too viscid, and cannot be made to granulate properlv bv the
application of lime alone.

ACORACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 365.
ACORUS.

A spadix naked and closely covered with flowers. Flowers
surrounded with 6 scales. Ovaries 3-celled ; about 6 suspended
ovules in each cell ; stigmas 3-lobed. Berries 1 -seeded.

1290. A. Calamus Linn, sp.pl. 462. E. Bot. t. 356. Woodv.

606

ACORUS.

t. 173. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 157. — Ax-opo?, Dioscorides. —
Meadows, and banks of rivers all over Europe. (Sweet Flag.)

Rhizoma thick, rather spongy, with many long roots, aromatic, like
every part of the herbage bat much more powerfully so. Leaves erect,
2 or 3 feet high, bright green, near an inch broad. Stalk like the
leaves, except being thicker below the spadix, and not quite so tall.
Spadix about a foot above the root, a little spreading, 2 or 3 inches
long, tapering, covered with a mass of very numerous, thick-set, pale
green flowers, which have no scent, except when bruised. A very
narrow wavy membrane may be observed at the base of the spadix,
which must be taken as the rudiment of a spathe. Smith. — The rhi-
zoma contains an aromatic bitter principle which has caused the plant
to be regarded as medicinal. In cases of chronic catarrh and humid
asthma benefit has been received from its exhibition. In Constantinople
the rhizoma is made into a confection, which is considered a good
stomachic and is eaten freely during the prevalence of epidemic diseases.
It is in this country chiefly employed by perfumers, in the manufacture
of hair powder, on account of the fragrance of the essential oil which is
mixed with its farinaceous substance. Mr. Pereira says that although
it is rarely employed in medicine it might frequently be substituted for
other more costly aromatics. It is adapted to cases of dyspepsia, or as
an adjunct to tonics or to purgatives.

pistiace^:.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 367.
PISTIA.

Spathe tubular at the base, and connate with the spadix ;
limb spreading, augmented by a process forming an involucre
to the spadix at the upper part. Spadix interruptedly cf, ?
at bottom, <y at the top, which is distinct. Anthers 3-8, adnate,
subglobose. Ovary single, placed obliquely upon the adnate
base of the spadix, 1-celled, with many erect ovules, attached
to a parietal placenta close to the base ; style thick ; stigma
somewhat cyathiform. Fruit baccate, 1-celled, many-seeded, or
by abortion few-seeded. JBlume.

1291. P. Stratiotes Linn. sp. pi 963. Willd. iii. 690. Blume
Rumphia i. 79. Roxb. ji. ind. iii. 131. — (Rheede xi. t. 32.
Rumph. vi. t. 74.) — Pools of stagnant water, all over the
Tropics.

Root consists of numerous, long, tapering, hairy fibres. Leaves ra-
dical, sessile, between obcordate and triangular ; having the exterior
margin scolloped, with many elevated ridges running lengthways under-
neath ; downy on both sides. Runners from the base of the united
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PISTIACEjE.

leaves. Flowers short-peduncled from the centre of the leaves, few
and in succession, small, pale-yellow. Spathe inferior, 1-leaved, tubular,
irregular ; tube obliquely bell-shaped, woolly on the outside ; with a cre-
scent-shaped, fleshy, yellow gland on the centre of the inside, opposite
to the stigma ; border cordate, woolly on the outside ; margins a little
waved ; on its middle there is a green, fleshy, crenulate, saucer-shaped
body, from the centre of which rises the antheriferous column. Sta.
mina; filaments single, from the centre of the upper border of the
calyx. Anthers 5, adjoined to the enlarged apex of the short column.
— The whole plant is acrid. In Jamaica it communicates this quality
to the water tanks in which it grows, and is said to give rise to the
bloody flux. Browne. The Hindoos consider the decoction demulcent
and cooling and prescribe it in dysuria ; the leaves are also made into
a poultice for the piles.

C08

GRAMINACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 369.
LOLIUM.

Spikes many-flowered, distichous, sessile, contrary to the
rachis. Flowers beardless at the base. Glumes 2, nearly equal,
herbaceous, lanceolate, channelled, awnless ; the lower or inner
ones very often deficient in the lateral spikelets. Paleae 2, her-
baceous ; the lower concave, awnless, or awned below the point ;
the upper bicarinate. Stamens 3. Ovary smooth ; styles 2,
very short, inserted below the point ; stigmas feathery ; with
long, simple, finely-toothed, transparent hairs ; scales 2, fleshy,
smooth, acute, entire or 2-lobed. Caryopsis smooth, adhering
to the upper paleae. Kunth.

1292. L. temulentum Linn. sp. pi. 122. ji. Dan. t. 160.

Eng. Bot. t. 1124. Kunth gram. 437 Europe, Japan, New

Holland, Chili, Montevideo. (Darnel.)

Koot of a few downy fibres. Stems 2 feet high, leafy, round ; smooth
and shining below ; rough upwards. Leaves of a brighter green than
L. perenne, rough on the upper side. Sheaths roughish. Ligula
short, abrupt, notched. Spike about a span in length, with a rough
stalk. Glumes linear, flattish, many-ribbed, roughish at the edges,
rising above the spikelets, generally attended, in the lower ones, with a
short elliptical inner valve, pressed close to the channel in the stalk.
Florets about 6. Outer paleae elliptical, concave, with a dorsal awn
longer than itself ; inner rough at the folds. Grain elliptical, a little
flattened, with a furrow along its upper side, where it is firmly coated
by the inner valve. — The grains are of evil report, for causing intoxica-
tion in men, beasts, and birds, and bringing on fatal convulsions. Haller
speaks of them as communicating these properties to beer. Smith. It
acts as a narcotico-acrid poison. Darnel meal was formerly recom-
mended as a sedative poultice.

TRITICUM.

Spikelets 3 or many-flowered ; the fructiferous rachis generally
articulated ; flowers distichous. Glumes 2, nearly opposite,
almost equal, awnless or awned. Paleae 2, herbaceous : the lower
awnless, mucronate or aristate at the point, the upper bicari-
nate ; the keels more or less ciliated with aculei. Stamens 3.
Ovary pyriform, hairy at the point. Stigmas 2, terminal, sub-
sessile, feathery ; with long, simple, finely-toothed hairs. Scales
2, generally entire and ciliated. Caryopsis externally convex,
internally concave, and marked by a deep furrow, distinct, or
adhering to the paleae. Kunth.

609 r r

GRAMINACE-35.

1293. T. vulgare Vill. delph. ii. 153. Host. gram. iii. 18.
t. 26. Kunth gram. 438. — T. hybernum et aestivum Linn. spec.
126. — In the country of the Baschkirs. (Wheat.)

Spike 4-cornered, imbricated, with a tough rachis. Spikelets gene-
rally 4-flowered. Glumes ventricose, ovate, truncate, mucronate, com-
pressed below the apex, round and convex at the back, with a prominent
nervure. Flowers awned or awnless. Grains loose. — Admitted into
the last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia, as the source of starch.

HORDEUM.

Spikelets S together, the lateral ones usually withered,

2- flowered, with an intermediate floret reduced to a subulate
rudiment. Glumes 2, lanceolate-linear, with subulate awns,
flattish, unequal-sided, at right angles with the paleae, almost on
one side, and that the outer side, herbaceous, rigid. Paleae 2,
herbaceous ; the lower one concave, ending in an awn, the upper
bicarinate. Stamens 3. Ovary hairy at the apex. Stigmas 2,
sessile, somewhat terminal, feathery. Scales 2, entire, or fur-
nished with a lateral lobe, usually hairy or ciliated. Caryopsis
hairy at the point, oblong, furrowed on the inside, adhering to
the paleae, rarely naked. Kunth.

1294. H. vulgare Linn. sp. pi. 125. Host. gram. iii. t. 34.
Kunth. agrost. 455. — Mesopotamia, Chesney. (Barley.)

All the florets hermaphrodite and awned. Grains arranged in
4 rows. Stems erect. Scales fringed with hairs. — Admitted as an
officinal plant, chiefly because pearl-barley, which is barley deprived of
its integuments, is found in various preparations to afford a light food
for the sick chamber.

SECALE.

Spikelets 2-flowered. Florets sessile, distichous, with the
linear rudiment of a third terminal one. Glumes 2, herbaceous,
keeled, nearly opposite, awnless or awned. Paleae 2, herbaceous ;
the lower one awned at the point, keeled, and unequal sided,
broadest and thickest on the outer side ; the upper shorter and
bicarinate. Stamens 3. Ovary pyriform, pilose. Stigmas 2,
subsessile, terminal, feathery, with long simple finely toothed
hairs. Scales 2, entire, ciliated. Caryopsis hairy at the point
and loose. Kunth.

1295. S. cereale Linn. sp. pi. 124. Host. gram. ii. t. 48.
Kunth. agrost. 449. — The Caucasico-Caspian desert. The Cri-
mea and the banks of the Volga. (Rye.)

Stems in a wild state rarely more than a foot high ; in cultivation
2 feet high and more. Lower leaves, together with their sheaths,
covered with a soft down. Rachis bearded on each side with white
hairs. Glumes subulate, ciliated, scabrous, shorter than the florets
taken together with their awns. Outer paleae folded up, keeled,

3- nerved, with very long awns ; the 2 nerves and awns very rough. —

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SECALE.

This is merely introduced because it produces the Ergot, which is by
many botanists considered a morbid condition of the grain of Rye. 1
however agree with those who regard this substance as a fungus ; see
Spermoedia Clavus.

1296. Bromus mollis Linn. Mr. Pereira states upon the au-
thority of Mr. Loudon that the grains of this plant bring on
giddiness in the human species and quadrupeds, and are fatal to
poultry.

1297. Bromus purgans Linn, in Canada, and

1298. Bromus catharticus Vahl., a Peruvian plant, are said, the
one to be emetic, the latter purgative; but, as Mr. Pereira remarks,
these statements require further proof, for Bromus secalinus,
which was asserted by some writers also to be poisonous, has been
found by Cordier to be innocuous. Medical Gazette xvii. p. 4.

1299. Festuca quadridentata HBK. i. 154. t. 160. Pereira
in Med. Gaz. xvii. 5. fig. 6. — Sesleria quitensis Spreng syst.

1. 329. — Quito.

Humboldt tells us that this plant is very poisonous, and was fatal
to animals ; it is called Pigouil by the natives of Quito.

1300. Avena sativa Linn, yields Embden and other groats,
a common article of food among the sick ; but it is scarcely
medicinal.

ANDROPOGON.

Spikelets in pairs, the terminal ones in threes ; one complete
and awned, the other 1 or 2 withering, sterile, awnless (in most
cases) ; the former 2-flowered, the upper floret being neuter
with 1 palea, the lower <?, or rarely ¥ with 2 paleae. Glumes

2, awnless, becoming hard and leathery. Paleae smaller, hya-
line, the lowest in the g71 with a very long awn. Stamens 3.
Ovary smooth. Styles 2, terminal ; stigmas feathered with simple
toothletted hairs. Scales 2, truncate, usually smooth. Cary-
opsis smooth, loose, wrapped up in 2 paleae and glumes. Kunth.

1301. A. Ivarancusa Phil, trans, lxxx. 284. t. 16. Roxb.fi.
ind. i. 276. — Iwarancussa As. Research, iv. 109. — Skirts of the
northern mountains of India.

Root perennial, the principal parts thicker than a crow's quill, and
marked with circular scars, from which issue many small, firm aromatic
fibres. Culms erect, generally simple, from 3 to 6 feet high, smooth in
every part, not hollow, but filled with a light spongy substance.
Leaves near the root longer than the joints of the culm, their margins
hispid when the finger is drawn backwards over them, otherwise
smooth in every part. Panicle axillary, and terminal, or the whole
inflorescence may be reckoned a long linear, erect, or drooping, inter-
rupted panicle, composed of numerous (many of them proliferous,)
fascicles of slender, pedicelled, thin spikes of 5 joints; each fascicle is
furnished with its own proper boat-shaped spathe, besides many chaffy
bracts within it among the insertions of the pedicels ; and a proper
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GRAMINACEjE.

spathe to each pair of spikes. Flowers on the body of the rachis in
pairs ; one awned, hermaphrodite, and sessile ; the other awnless, male,
and pedicelled ; the terminal florets are 3, I hermaphrodite, sessile, and
awned, the other 2 male, pedicelled and awnless. Hermaphrodite.
Glumes 2, 1-flowered, at the base surrounded with wool, as are also the
rachis, and proper pedicels. Paleag 2, fringed ; the inner 2-parted, with
a short arista in the fissure. Scales 2, minute, embracing the ovary
laterally. Male glumes as in the hermaphrodite. Palea single. —
This has been said to yield grass oil ; but Dr. Royle denies it : see
No. 1303.

1302. A. Schcenanthus Linn, sp.pl. 1481. Vent. eels. t. 89.
Roxb.fl. ind. i. 274. Kunth. agrost. 493. — (Rheede xii. t. 72.
Rumph. v. t. 72. f. 2.) 2,%owo<;, Dioscorides. — Arabia, only culti-
vated in India Roxb. (Lemon Grass.)

Perennial, erect. Panicle somewhat secund, linear, leafy. Spike-
lets in pairs. Common pedicel furnished with a spathe, and partial
pedicels and spathes. Florets all awnless. Male floret with only
1 valve. — Fresh leaves much used in India as a substitute for tea.
The full grown leaves roasted are considered by Indian practitioners
as an excellent stomachic. The whole plant has an aromatic bitter
flavour.

1303. A. Calamus aromaticus Royle essay p. 34. — KaXa^
apujAaTiKOt;, Dioscorides. — India.

Known only from a short note by Dr. Royle, who states that it,
and not A. Ivarancussa, produces the fragrant and stimulant Grass oil
of Namur, and who conjectures it to have been the " sweet cane " and
the "rich aromatic reed from a far country" of Scripture. It is used
in India as an external application in rheumatism, in the same way as
Cajeputi. It is also given as a stimulant.

SACCHARUM.

Spikelets all fertile, in pairs, the one sessile, the other stalked,
articulated at the base, 2-flowered ; the lower floret neuter, with
1 palea, the upper $ with 2 paleae. Glumes 2, membra-
nous. Paleae transparent, awnless ; those of the minute, un-
equal. Stamens 3. Ovary smooth. Styles 2, long ; stigmas
feathered, with simple toothletted hairs. Scales 2, obscurely
2- or 3-lobed at the point, distinct. Caryopsis smooth ? loose ?
Kunth.

1304. S. sinense Roxb. eorom. iii. t. 232. fl. ind. i. 239. Kunth.
agrost. 474. — China.

Stem solid, erect, jointed, from 10 to 15 feet high, the greatest part
covered with the sheaths of the leaves ; joints from 4 to 8 inches long,
and from 2 to 3 inches in circumference, colour pale brownish yellow.
Leaves sub-bifarious, tapering from the base to a long, fine, point,
plane, smooth on both sides; the margins armed with numerous, small,
very acute spines pointing forward ; length from 2 to 3 feet, and about
an inch and a half broad at the base. Sheaths smooth, with a small
ligula. Panicle ovate, erect, branches simple and compound, sub-
verticillate, reclinate, long and slender. In S. officinarum the branches
of the panicle are scattered over the common rachis and are decom-

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SACCHARUM.

pound, and supra-decompound ; glumes surrounded by wool. Paleae
2, on the same (anterior) side, the inner one very small. Scales 2,
large, broad cuneate, crenulate, fleshy, occupying the two posterior
sides of the ovary, opposite to the two paleae. Roxb. — From this
Chinese sugar is made.

1305. S. officinarum Linn. sp. pi. 79. Tussac.fi. des. Ant. i.
t. 23. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 237. Kunth. agrost. 474. — Cultivated
in both Indies, but its native country uncertain. (Sugar cane.)

Stems solid, from G to 12 feet high, yellow, purple, red or striped.
Leaves flat. Panicle terminal, spreading, erect, oblong, from 1 to 3
feet long, gray from the quantity of long loose hairs that surround the
florets ; the branches alternate and very spreading. Rachis striated.
Florets <f in pairs. Glumes smooth. Palea smooth, membranous,
pink. — The sugar cane is usually reckoned a medicinal plant, although
it hardly deserves a place in a Medical Flora. Dr. Chisholm however
says that its juice is the best antidote to arsenic.

*#* A great many other species have been named as possessing
medicinal properties, but they either are not well authenticated, or
appear to be unimportant. It is uncertain whether the Carapoucha, or
Carapullo, cited by Mr. Pereira from Frezier as a narcotic grass, is
really of this order. I cannot trace the name, and the only Lima plant
that I find bearing a name at all like it is Phvsalis pubescens, which
according to the Flora Peruviana is there called Capuli.

CYPERACE^.
Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 384.

No plants of this order appear of any medicinal consequence ;
the following have, however, been named as medical plants, among
several others.

1306. Cyperus longus Linn, as a stomachic.

1307. Cyperus rotundus Linn, as a stomachic. General
Hardwick says that its tubers have been given with benefit in
cholera.

CAREX.

Flowers unisexual, imbricated in cylindrical or ovate heads.
$ . Bracts single, triandrous, withering and dry. $ . Bracts
permanent, solitary, mucronate. Glumes 2, united into a com-
pressed bifid utricle, containing a compressed or triangular di-
gynous or trigynous fruit.

1308. C.arenaria Linn, sp.pl. 1381. Eng. Bot. t. 928. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 86. — Sandy sea coast of Europe.

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CYPERACEiE.

Rhizoma rootlike very long and cordlike, spreading in the loose
sand to a great extent, branching at the extremity, and sending out
from the knots many shaggy fibres. Hence it powerfully binds the
sand together, forming banks which resist the force of the ocean.
Stems terminal, solitary, about a foot high, erect, except in a driving
sand, triangular ; rough-edged in the upper part ; leafy below. Leaves
several, flat, rough-edged, taper-pointed, about as tall as the stem.
Spike erect, 1| or 2 inches long, of many, more or less crowded,
roundish-ovate, brown spikelets ; the upper ones consisting almost
entirely of male florets, with 3 stamens ; lower principally of fertile
ones, with 2 sessile stigmas, the latter being always inferior. Bracts
lanceolate, acute. Utricle ovate, ribbed, flattened, bordered in its
upper half with a dilated rough-edged membrane, and terminating in a
cloven beak. There is always a bristle-pointed leaf, under one, or
more, of the lower spikelets. Smith. — The creeping stems are reported
to be diaphoretic, and to be possessed of demulcent and alterative
powers. They are collected on the continent, and sold under the
name of German Sarsaparilla.

1309. C. hirta Linn. sp. pi. 1389. E. Bot. t. 685. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 125. — Common in wet places, by the sides of
ditches, &c. in Europe.

Stem rootlike, creeping extensively, with long, stout, scaly runners,
and densely shaggy roots. Whole herb clothed, more or less copiously,
with fine, soft, shaggy hairs, which occasionally disappear almost
entirely, in wet situations, except at the top of the sheaths of the
leaves, never quite smooth, and usually thickly bearded. Stem erect,

2 feet high, leafy, with 3 sharp rough angles. Leaves scarcely so tall,
upright, flat, rough-edged, pointed, most hairy beneath. Bracts like
the leaves, their sheaths, which are often smooth, embracing nearly the
whole of each flowerstalk. Male spikes 2 or 3, lanceolate, erect,
light-brown, their filmy-edged scales pointed ,• lower ones awned ;
female 2 or 3, distant stalked, erect, cylindrical, or somewhat ovate,
about an inch long ; their scales ovate, smooth, membranous, keeled,
with long, slender, rough awns. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Utricle
ovate, tawny, ribbed, hairy, tumid all round, though scarcely inflated;
the beak broad, rough, deeply cloven, acute. Grain roundish, with

3 angles, tipped with part of the style. Smith. — This has a reputation
like that of the last, and is said to be administered with advantage in
rheumatic and cachectic affections.

1310. C. intermedia Gooden. (disticha Huds.). To this are
assigned the same properties as to the two last.

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XYRIDACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 388.
XYRIS.

Head composed of roundish, imbricated, very compact,
1 -flowered scales. Sepals 3. Petals 3, much larger, perishable,
equal, waved. Hypogynous scales 3, bifid. Capsule 1 -celled,
3-valved. Seeds numerous on parietal receptacles.

1311. X. indica Linn. sp. pi. 62. Va/d. symb. ii. 7 '. Willd.
i. 254. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 179. — (Rheede ix. t. 71.) — Low
clayey soils in Bengal and Coromandel.

Root fibrous, annual. Leaves radical, bifarious, straight, sword-
shaped, on 1 edge slit into a sheath for the scape, pointed, smooth ;
from 6 to 12 inches long. Scape naked, round, striated, erect, length
of the leaves, each supporting a round, flower-bearing head. Flowers
a beautiful bright-yellow. Bracts or scales 1-flowered, orbicular,
concave, hard, smooth. Calyx 3-leaved, hid within the scale, mem-
branous. Petals 3, each supported on an unguis just long enough to
raise their expanding oval crenate borders above the scales. Barren
filaments inserted alternately with the petals round the base of the
ovary ; apex 2-cleft, each division ending in a pencil of fine yellow
hairs adhering firmly at the cleft to the edges of the petals, near the
apex of the claws. Filaments 3, short, broad, erect, inserted on the
inside of the apex of the claws of the petals. Anthers twin, erect,
united by a continuation of the filament. Ovary superior, 3-sided.
Style length of the claws of the petals, from thence 3-cleft. Stigma
torn. Capsule 3-valved, 1-celled. Seeds numerous, attached to a keel
down the inside of each valve. Roxb. — The natives of Bengal con-
sider this of great value, because they think it an easy, speedy, and
certain cure for the ringworm. Rheede says the leaves are used for
this purpose mixed with vinegar ; and the leaves and roots boiled in oil
are taken against leprosy.

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FILICALES.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 399.

ACROSTICHUM.

Thecse clustered, covering the lower side of the leaf, or both
sides. Indusium none.

1312. A. Huacsaro Ruiz in Lamb, cinch. 128. — Cold ele-
vated hills of Peru, in the provinces adjoining the Cordilleras.

Rhizoma horizontal, creeping, branched, about 2 feet long, covered
over by the leafstalks which curve upwards and produce the appearance
of a kind of cord or braid. Sterile leaves more than 1§ foot long, flat;
fertile ones narrower and almost twice as long, with the midrib cari-
nated on both sides ; stalk semicylindrical, ramentaceous. Sori inter-
mixed with hairs, ferruginous, or sometimes blackish, covering all the
back of the fertile leaves. — This plant is called Huacsaro in Peru, and
Calaguala m diana or Cordoncillo by the Spanish settlers. The rhizoma
n cold infusion, and decoction, yields a red colour and a slight astrin-
igent taste. Very inferior in action to the true Calaguala (Polypodium
Calaguala). Ruiz.

POLYPODIUM.

Thecae placed on the veins, collected in roundish sori, which
are scattered or arranged in rows. Indusium none.

1313. P. Calaguala Ruiz in Lamb, cinch. 120. t. 2. — Cold
parts of the Alps of Peru, in clefts and on the side of rocks.

Rhizoma prostrate, creeping, flexuose, covered with spreading ra-
menta ; after slow desiccation dark ash-colour, when the ramenta are
removed, and pale citron-colour with a compact texture in the inside.
Leaves placed in 2 rows alternately on the upper side of the rhizoma,
linear-lanceolate, stiff, quite smooth, from 6 inches to 1 foot long, revo-
lute at the margin, dotted with white on the upper side ; stalk naked ;
veins reticulated. Sori round, unequal, in 1 or more rows on each side
of the midrib. — Called Ccallahuala or Calaguala in Peru. The rhizoma
when dried has great deobstruent, sudorfic, antivenereal and febrifuge
virtues. It is used in decoction or infusion, allowing 1 ounce of the
rhizoma to 6 pints of water boiled down to 3 pints. Seldom to be had
genuine in Europe. If genuine it is extremely bitter. Ruiz.

1314. P. crassifolium Linn. sp. pi. 154-3. Ruiz in Lamb,
cinch. 125. — Phyllitis maculata amplissimo folio Petiv. Fit.
p. 6. f. 8. — Mountains and woods of Peru, in gravelly and
rocky naked warm situations.

Rhizoma compressed, thick, horizontal, brittle, green, covered with
deciduous membranous ramenta. Leaves in 2 rows, placed alternately
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FILICALES.

on the upper side of the rhizoma, lanceolate, plane, slightly undulated,
thick, stiff, brittle, shining, from 9 inches to 3 feet long, covered on the
upper surface with fine pellucid dots ; stalk long, semicylindrical, naked ;
veins horizontal. Sori round, in transverse simple lines. — Called
Puntu-puntu in Peru. The rhizoma in infusion and decoction is em-
ployed as a sudorific. The samples should be compact, heavy, difficult
to cut, of even fracture, red within, rusty or chesnut-coloured without.
Ruiz.

ADIANTUM.

Thecae placed on the distinct points of the veins, in a linear
or point-like receptacle, arranged in marginal sori. Indusia
continuous with the edge of the leaf, united to the receptacle,
opening inwards.

1315. A. Capillus Veneris Linn, sp.pl 1558. E.Bot. t. 1564.
Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 320. — South of Europe common ; more
rare in the North. (Maidenhair.)

Rhizoma creeping, blackish, shaggy. Leaves 6-12 inches high, or
much more, erect or drooping, alternately and doubly pinnate ; their
stalks slender, purplish-black, smooth and polished ; the alternate ones
quite capillary. Leaflets wedge or fan-shaped, entire at the base, the
upper or outer margin variously jagged and lobed; when barren sharply
serrated, when fertile with each segment terminated by a roundish, flat,
brown, thin indusium. — The rhizoma, which is slightly astringent and
aromatic, is considered pectoral ; but the decoction if very strong is
reported to be emetic. Mixed with syrup it forms Capillaire.

1316. A. pedatum Linn. sp. pi. 1557. Schkuhr. crypt. 107.
t. 115. Willd. sp.pl. v. 438 North America.

Leaves pedate; divisions pinnate; pinnae halved, oblong, lunate,
incised at the upper edge; the sterile segments toothed. Sori linear.
Petiole smooth. — According to Smith it is this species that is used
in the manufacture of Capillaire, and not the last; but as it does not
grow in the South of Europe I do not see how this statement can be
correct.

PTERIS.

Thecse arising from the points of veins, placed on a nerve-like
receptacle running along the edge of the leaf, forming an unin-
terrupted marginal sorus. Involucres continuous with the edge
of the leaf, scarious, opening inwards.

1317. P. aquilina Linn.sp.pl. 1533. E. Bot. t. 1679. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 318. — Heaths, thickets, woods, &c. in Europe.
(Brake.)

Rhizoma long, tapering, creeping ; externally black. Leaves erect,
from 1 to 6 feet high, repeatedly compound, with horizontally spreading
divisions, whose ribs are smooth; the primary ones nearly opposite;
the next more alternate, deeply pinnatifid, with crowded, lanceolate,
bluntish, convex, parallel segments ; the odd one generally much the
largest ; lateral ones sometimes greatly diminished; all of a light bright

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PTERIS.

green ; revolute at the margin, which is brownish, and slightly crisped
or wavy, sheltering the dense linear masses of tawny thecae. Barren
leaflets pale and hairy at the back. The main stalk is angular and
sharp-edged, wounding the hands severely if plucked incautiously.
When cut across, the rhizoma has a branched appearance, resembling a
spread-eagle, whence the Latin name. Smith. — Rhizoma astringent
and said to be anthelmintic. It has been used, and with some success,
as a substitute for hops. In the Canaries a miserable sort of bread
is made by mixing the flour obtained by grinding the rhizoma, with
barley meal.

NEPHRODIUM.

Thecae placed in the middle of a vein, forming roundish sori
placed in rows. Indusium reniform.

1318. N. Filix mas Presl. — Aspidium Filix mas Swartz.
syn. 55. E. Bot. t. 1558. Smith Eng. Fl. iv. 288. Polypo-
dium filix mas Linn. sp. pi. 1551. — All over the North of
Europe.

i Rhizoma tufted, large, scaly. Leaves several, 3 feet high, erect,
disposed in a circle, lanceolate, and leafy nearly to the bottom ; their
stalks and midribs scaly, or chaffy, throughout ; divisions alternate,
taper-pointed, pinnate ; leaflets numerous, crowded, sessile, for the
most part distinct, occasionally somewhat combined at the base, oblong,
obtuse, crenate throughout, the lateral notches broadest and most
shallow, the terminal ones more crowded and acute, without any termi-
nal bristles; both sides smooth, and destitute of glandular globules, but
there is a depression on the upper one, over the insertion of each sorus.
Sori circular, tawny, ranged in simple, close, short rows, near the
partial midrib, and scarcely occupying more than the lower half of each
leaflet. Indusium circular, durable, crenate, tumid, with a cleft termi-
nating in the central depression. Thecae numerous, shining-brown,
prominent all round for a little beyond the indusium. Smith. —
Rhizoma used as an anthelmintic. The oil of Fern, extracted by ether,
is the most efficacious form in which it is administered.

OSMUND A.

Thecae collected into a panicle, or along the edge of the al-
tered frond, opening vertically, bound by a broad dorsal wing.

1319. O.regalis Linn, sp.pl. 1521. Eng. Bot. t. 209. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 327. — Bogs, woods and wet meadows in Europe.
(Osmund Royal.)

Rhizoma tuberous, hard, scaly, beset with numerous fibres, and
having in the centre a whitish core. Leaves several, erect, 2 or 3 feet
high, doubly pinnate, smooth, bright-green ; the primary divisions from
6 to 10, nearly opposite, hardly a span long ; leaflets more numerous,
often decidedly alternate, sessile, or nearly so, oblong, bluntish, entire,
or obscurely crenate with 1 rib, and numerous transverse veins ; the
base dilated, heart-shaped, or somewhat lobed. Some of the upper
619

FILICALES.

leaflets are cut, and as it were partially transmuted into dense clusters,
or spikes, of thecas, several of the upper divisions of the leaf consisting
entirely of such thecae, composing a compound panicle. Each theca
is light brown, veiny, supported by a short stalk. Smith. — Rhizoma
tonic and styptic, and said to have been found serviceable in cases of
rachitis.

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LYCOPODIACE^.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 403.

LYCOPODIUM.

Thecae unilocular, all of one form, or of 2 different forms ; that
which contains powder somewhat reniform and 2-valved, the
other roundish, 3- or 4-lobed, 3- or 4-valved.

1320. L. clavatum Linn, sp.pl. 1564. E. Bot. t. 224. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 331. — Mountainous heaths and moors, all over
Europe.

Roots of several strong scattered fibres. Stem procumbent, trailing,
branching, leafy, several feet in length. Leaves crowded, curved up-
wards, linear-lanceolate, flat, ribless, smooth, deep green, partly serrated,
tipped with a capillary point ; those of the branches erect ; the upper
ones loosely dispersed. Spikes terminal, usually in pairs, rarely 1, or 3,
densely beset with shortened, dilated, ovate, entire, long-pointed leaves,
or scales, in whose bosoms the small, sulphur-coloured thecae are
situated. Smith. — The dust of the thecae is inflammable, and is em-
ployed in some parts of Europe to produce artificial lightning on the
stage. The decoction of the plant is said to be more serviceable than
any other known means in removing Plica polonica. The powder is
also used to prevent excoriation in children.

1321. L. Selago Linn, sp.pl. 1565. E. Bot. t. 233. Smith
Eng. Fl. iv. 333. — Common in Europe in mountainous heaths.

Root fibrous. Stems a span high, composing dense tufts, level at
the top, each once or twice forked, cylindrical, densely leafy all over.
Leaves uniform, crowded, in 8 rows, of a bright shining green, perma-
nent, lanceolate, entire, acute, pointless, moderately spreading every
way. Thecae on the uppermost shoots, axillary, kidney-shaped, uniform.
Smith. — In the Highlands of Scotland it is made into an irritating
ointment which is applied with advantage to the neighbourhood of the
eyes as a counter irritant. This unguent is also employed to dress
foul ulcers, and might be used for keeping blisters open instead of Savin.
Internally administered the Selago acts violently as an emetic and
cathartic ; the Highlanders we are told notwithstanding give it in
infusion ; but if the dose is not small it is followed by serious giddiness
and convulsions. Linnaeus says the Swedes find the decoction service-
able as a detergent lotion, and in destroying the vermin that infest
swine and other animals. Burnett. Dr. Winkler says its effects appear
to be sometimes irritant, but more generally narcotic in their nature.

1322. L. rubrum Chamisso in Linncea viii. 389. This
has lately been sent from the Caraccas under the name of
Atum Condinadum, as a medicinal plant, along with Cuichun-
chulli, but I do not know for what purpose it is used. Its
bright red colour is very remarkable.

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FUNGACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 419.

*** There is only one plant of this order of which much use is
madefor the sake of its medicinal properties, namely theSpermoe-
dia Clavus or Ergot ; but there are many nutritious and a great
quantity of poisonous species. It would however extend this
work, already too long, beyond any moderate limits if such
plants were included ; and therefore the reader is referred to
books especially treating upon fungi for information concerning
all that may interest him, except the above-named medicinal
plant, and another or two also used medicinally in extra Euro-
pean countries.

SPERMOEDIA.

A solid elongated mass, growing from the inside of the ovary
of grasses, rootless, of a firm, mealy substance, with a concrete,
scaly or powdery crust. The interior composed of flocci and
sporules firmly compacted into a solid homogeneous mass.

1323. S. Clavus Fries Syst. mycol. ii. 268. — Clavi Siliginis
Lonicer Bot. herb. Secalis mater Thai. here. p. 47. Secale luxu-
rians Bauh. pin. p. 23. Grana Secalis degenerati Brunner in
eph. nat. cur. dec. 5. ann. 2. p. 348. Secale cornutum Bald. diss.
Jen. 1771. Sclerotium Clavus DC. mem. mus. 416. t. 14. f. 8.
Fries monogr. 43. — Grains of Rye ; also of Agrostis and several
other grasses according to Fries. (Ergot.)

A curved purplish black body, of a cylindrical form, rounded at its
extremities, of a firm horny texture, dirty white inside, covered with a
powdery substance externally, the nature of which is not ascertained.
The mass appears to the eye, even when assisted by moderately high
magnifying powers, to be a homogeneous substance, in which no organ-
isation can be detected. But if sliced very thin, and examined in water
by a very powerful microscope, the mass is found to consist of fine flocci
or threads, branched,and bearing spherical sporules as transparent as
the flocci themselves ; the whole consolidated into a compact substance.
— A dangerous poison if taken into the body mixed with food, pro-
ducing violent spasmodic convulsions and dry gangrene. If taken in doses
of as much as two drachms, giddiness, headach, and flushed face are
produced, together with pain and spasms in the stomach, nausea and
vomiting, with colic, purging and a sense of weight and weariness of the
limbs. In pregnant women it is also found to excite uterine action in a
very remarkable manner, bringing on abortion or facilitating parturition ;
hence ergot is called by Mr. Pereira a parturifacient. In medicine it is
extensively employed to promote uterine pains during the process of
parturition, to produce the expulsion of the placenta, contraction of the
uterus and to stop uterine haemorrhage. To a more limited extent it
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FUNGACE-33.

has been used, and as it is said with advantage, in epistaxis, haemoptysis,
haematuria, and haematemesis, to expel clots and polypi from the uterus,
in leucorrhoea, puerperal convulsions, and amenorrhcea.

Ergot is said to be adulterated with plaster of Paris casts, coloured
to resemble it. In the last edition of the London Pharmacopoeia it is
referred to the Acinula Clavus of Fries Syst. mycol. ; but Fries has no
such plant in any of his works; and the only species of Acinula known,
A. candicans, is found on the rotten leaves of the common Alder, and
among melting snow ; its organisation is quite of another kind from that
of Spermcedia, and Fries, who regards the latter as a morbid state of the
grain of certain grasses, considers Acinula as a true fungus.

1324. S. Maydis Fries syst. mycol. iii. Index. — In Colombia
in the female flowers of Zea Mays.

An Ergot attacks the Indian Corn in Colombia, and is stated by
Roulin {Ann. des. Sc. xix. 279.) to cause a loss of the hair and teeth on
the part of both animals and men that eat it; mules fed upon it lose
their hoofs, and poultry lay eggs without shell ; its action upon the
uterus is said to be as powerful as that of Rye ergot, or perhaps more
so. This ergot seems unknown at the Caraccas, where, at the in-
stance of Sir R. K. Porter, Dr. Vargas has been so obliging as to in-
stitute some inquiries upon the subject. Maize thus infested is called
Mais peladero.

PACHYMA.

Oblong-roundish, rootless ; rind distinct, thick, woody, scaly
or tuberculated, homogeneous and between fleshy and corky in-
side. Fructification unknown. Fries.

*** Fries suspects that the supposed species of this genus may be
the early state of other fungi.

1325. P. Cocos Fries syst. ii. 242. — Sclerotium Cocos Schwei-
nitz. — Under the soil of sandy Pine barrens in Carolina.

Elliptical or somewhat reniform, as large as a man's head, very like
a Cocoa nut in appearance. Rind an inch thick, between fibrous and
scaly, hard, of the same colour as the roots of the Pine-trees. Inside
uniform, smooth, filled with a fleshy corky matter having a mealy
fungus-like smell ; when full grown pink. — Used in Carolina " ad
morbos sanandos." Fries.

1326. P. Tuber regium Fries syst. ii. 243. — (Humph. 120.
t. 57. f. 4.) — Under ground in the Moluccas.

The size of the fist, or even as large as a child's head. Rind tuber-
culated, pitted, without fibres, resembling a stone, on account of its
dark earthv colour. Inside white, chalky, soft, uniform, scentless and
insipid. — Used in the medicine of Eastern nations against diarrhoea,,
pains in the face, fevers, &c, called Uba Radja, or Culat batu by the
Malays, Ulathatn in Amboyna, Djamor bonkang in Java. Fries.

1327. The Chinese have a fungus called Hoelen, the size of
a child's head, and considered a valuable medicine, which is sup-
posed to be another species of the genus Pachyma.

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LICHENACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 426.

*#* The various Lichens described by M. Fee as characteristic
of the different kinds of Cinchona bark are here omitted because
I doubt very much whether they are sufficient for the purpose
he has applied them to. The characters of the genera and spe-
cies here introduced are chiefly borrowed from Sir William
Hooker's British Flora.

VARIOLARIA.

Thallus crustaceous, membranaceous, adnate, spreading, uni-
form. Shield a suborbicular, scutelliform cup, formed of the
thallus, filled with a powdery or flocculent substance, which
covers an immersed waxy disk containing imbedded thecae.

1328. V. discoidea Pers. Hooker B. F. ii. 169. — V. amara
Aehar. Synops. 132. Lichen discoideus E. B. t. 1714. — Com-
mon on the bark of trees, and occasionally on pales, walls and
rocks.

Crust orbicular, somewhat tartareous, thickish, glaucous white sur-
rounded by a zonate border of various colours. Shields numerous, flat,
with a thick border; powder snowy white. — Whole plant intensely
bitter : has been recommended as a remedy for intermittent fevers.

1329. V. faginea Pers. Hooker B. F. ii. 169. — V. communis /?.
Achar. sy?i. 130. Lichen fagineus E. Bot. 1713. — Common on
the bark of trees especially old Beech and on pales.

Crust orbicular, somewhat tartareous, thickish, glaucous-white, sur-
rounded by a zonate border of various colours. Shields very abundant,
convex, with an obsolete border, powder snowy-white. — Properties as
in the last species.

PARMELIA.

Thallus foliaceous, membranaceous or coriaceous, spreading,
lobed and stellated, or laciniated, more or less fibrous beneath.
Shields (scutellae) orbicular, beneath formed of the thallus, free,
fixed only by a central point, the disk concave, coloured, the
border formed by the inflexed thallus.

1330. P. parietina Ach. syn. 200. Hooker B. F. ii. 204. —
Lichen parietinus Eng. Bot. t. 194. — On trees and walls, abun-
dant.

Thallus orbicular, bright yellow, the lobes marginal, radiating, ap-
pressed, rounded, crenate and crisped, granulated in the centre, beneath
paler and fibrillose. Shields deep-orange, concave, with an entire
border — Used as a remedy for intermittent fevers, on account of its
bitterness.

625 s s

LICHENACEiE.

STICTA.

Thallus foliaceous, coriaceo-cartilaginous, spreading, lobed,
free and downy beneath, with little cavities or hollow spots
(cyphellae) often containing a powdery substance. Shields (scu-
tella) beneath formed of the thallus, to which they are appressed
and fixed by a central point, the disk coloured, plane, surrounded
by an elevated border formed of the thallus.

1331. S. pulmonacea Ach. syn. 233. Hooker B. F. ii. 206.
— Lichen pulmonarius E. JBot. t. 572. — On the trunks of trees
in mountainous countries, frequently investing them with its large
shaggy looking fronds.

Thallus wide spreading, olive-green, pale brown when dry, pitted and
reticulated, smooth or bearing powdery whitish warts in the reticulations,
and frequently elongated, bearing scattered or tufted granules ; deeply
laciniated and broadly lobed and sinuated, beneath clothed with brown-
ish downy fibres, the swellings bare. Shields mostly marginal, red-brown
with a thick border. — Employed in pulmonary affections ; its nutritious
properties resemble those of Cetraria islandica. In Siberia it is used
for giving a bitter to beer.

PELTIDEA.

Thallus foliaceous, coriaceous or membranaceous, spreading,
lobed, with woolly veins beneath, the lobules fertile. Shields
(peltae) suborbicular, adnate on the upper side of the lobules or
proper portions of the thallus and having a border formed of the
thallus.

1332. P. aphthosa Ach. syn. 238. Hooker B. F. ii. 215. —
Lichen aphthosus E. Bot. 1. 1119. — Moist shady alpine rocks
among moss, and generally near water.

Thallus bright green, smooth, sprinkled with brown warts, and having
broad rounded lobes, the fertile ones contracted, their sides reflexed.
Shields large, ascending, red brown with a jagged border. — Said to be
purgative, and anthelmintic.

GYROPHORA.

Thallus foliaceous, coriaceous or membranaceous, fixed by
the centre, peltate. Shields (tricae or gyromata) orbicular, sub-
scutelliform, sessile and adnate, covered by a black membrane,
the disk marked with concentric circles or plicse, with a border
of its own substance.

1 333. G. proboscidea Ach. syn. 64. E. Bot. t. 2484. Hooker
B. F. ii. 217. — Mountain rocks.

Thallus simple, membranaceous, rugose, with elevated reticulations of

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GYROPHORA.

a smoky brown-colour, lobed and erose at the margin, beneath sub-
fibrillose and paler. Shields rather convex, variously plaited. — This
and the following constitute a part of the Tripe de Roche, on which
travellers in the Arctic regions of America have been forced to live in
cases of emergency. It is nutritious ; but mixed with a disagreeable
bitterness, and productive of severe colic, and other distressing local
complaints.

1334. G. cylindrica Ach. syn. 65. Hooker B. F. ii. 218. —
Umbilicaria crinita Hojf. Lich. t. 44. (Dill. muse. t. 29. F. 116.)
— Common on mountain rocks.

Thallus coriaceous, simple, or many-leaved, slightly wrinkled, dark
bluish or greenish-grey, variously lobed and plaited, coarsely ciliated at
the margin, with black branched wiry bristles, beneath smooth, pale,
with scattered branching fibres. Shields elevated, nearly plane, vari-
ously plaited.

CETRARIA.

Thallus foliaceous, cartilagineo-membranaceous, ascending
and spreading, lobed and laciniated, on each side smooth and
naked. Shields orbicular, obliquely adnate with the margin of
the thallus, the lower portion being free, (not united with the
thallus ;) the disk coloured, plano-concave, with a border formed
of the thallus and inflexed.

1335. C. islandica Ach. syn. 229. Hook. B. F. ii. 221.—
Lichen islandicus E. Bot. t. 1 330. Woodv. t. 265. — On the
ground in exposed situations in northern countries. (Iceland
Moss.)

Thallus erect, tufted, olive-brown, paler on one side, laciniated, chan-
nelled and dentato-ciliate, the fertile laciniae very broad. Shields brown,
appressed, flat, with an elevated border. — Notwithstanding the presence
of so large a quantity of bitter principle in this, that Sir John Franklin
and his party could hardly eat it, although in a state approaching star-
vation, it is a favourite substance with some practitioners in affections
of the pulmonary and digestive organs, particularly in phthisis, chronic
catarrh, dyspepsia and chronic dysentery. It is frequently given to sick
persons as an alimentary substance, the bitter having been first removed
by washing in a weak alkaline solution. The aqueous decoction, if
made sufficiently strong, forms a jelly when cold ; when flavoured with
a little white wine it is an exceedingly pleasant diet. Pereira.

1336. C. nivalis Ach. syn. 228. Hooker B.F. ii. 221.—
Lichen nivalis Eng. Bot. t. 1994. — Mountains in northern
countries.

Thallus pale sulphur-coloured, orange at the base, erect, tufted,
nearly plane, pitted and reticulated, laciniated, its segments multifid,
crisped, crenato-dentate, divaricated, often warted at the point. Shields
pale flesh-colour, their border crenulated. — Has similar properties
to the last.

BORRERA.

Thallus cartilaginous, branched and laciniated, the segments
free, generally grooved beneath, the margins frequently ciliated.

627 s s 2

LICHENACEiE.

Shields orbicular, peltate, beneath formed of the thallus ; the
disk coloured and surrounded by the elevated inflexed border,
formed also of the thallus.

1337. B. furfuracea Ach. syn. 222. Hooker B. F. ii. 223. —

Lichen furfuraceus E. B. t. 984 Trunks and branches of

old trees, especially when decaying, and old pales.

Thallus spreading, ascending, greyish-green, farinaceous, the segments
linear, attenuated, much divided and Corked, the margin recurved,
deeply grooved, rugged and almost black beneath. Shields scattered,
very concave, inflated, red-brown with a thin reflexed border. — Re-
puted to be an astringent and febrifuge.

EVERNIA.

Thallus subcrustaceous, branched and laciniated, angled or
compressed, cottony within (" intus stuppeus"). Shields orbi-
cular, scutelliform, sessile ; the disk concave, coloured, with an
inflexed border formed of the thallus.

1338. E. Prunastri Ach. syn. 245. Hooker B. F. ii. 224. —
Lichen Prunastri E. Bot. t. 859. — Trunks and branches of
trees, common.

Thallus erect, greenish-white, much branched, pitted and rugged,
flat ; the segments linear, attenuate, somewhat grooved and paler
beneath. Shields bright-brown, concave, elevated, with an inflexed
border. — Recommended in pulmonary affections; also, as an astrin-
gent and febrifuge. It has a peculiar power of imbibing and retaining
odours, and is in some request as an ingredient in sweet pots and ladies'
sachets.

USNEA.

Thallus subcrustaceous, rounded, branched, generally pendu-
lous, with a central thread. Shields (orbillae), orbicular, terminal,
peltate, entirely formed of the substance of the thallus and nearly
of the same colour, the circumference mostly without a border
and (generally) ciliated.

1339. U. plicata Ach. synops. 305. Hooker B. F. ii. 226.—
Lichen plicatus E. B. t. 237. — Common on old trees and park
pales.

Thallus pendulous, smooth, pale, branches lax, much divided, sub-
fibrillose, the ultimate ones capillaceous. Shields plane, broad, ciliated,
the ciliae slender and very long. — Mentioned as a remedy for hooping-
cough.

CLADONIA.

Thallus somewhat shrubby, branched, rarely simple, leafy
with scales, which are often evanescent, branches cartilaginous,
rigid, fistulose, all attenuated and subulate, divided, fertile, gene-
rally perforated in the axils. Shields (cephalodia) sessile,
orbicular, convex, capituliform, not bordered, fixed by the cir-

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CLADONIA.

cumference, free beneath in the centre, the sides reflexed, uni-
form within.

1340. C. sanguinea Martins ic. plant, crypt, xxix. t. 11. f. 1.

— Rocks and bark of bushes in Brazil.

Thallus leafy, very thick, imbricated ; beneath scarlet frosted with
white, above green and somewhat gelatinous. Lobes crenulated, as-
cending. Podetia nearly solid, cavernous, split into fingered lobes
either wholly or at their apex only. Shields marginal, confluent,
scarlet. Martins. — Rubbed down with sugar and water this is found
to be an excellent remedy in Brazil, for aphtha? in children.

1341. C. vermicularis Hooker. B. F. ii. 234. — Cenomyce
vermicularis Acli. syn. 278. Lichen vermicularis E. B. t. 2029.

— On the ground in the northern parts of the world.

Podetia spreading horizontally, pure white, subulate, simple or slightly
branched, branches tapering at each end. — Used in South America an
a stomachic, under the name of Contiayerba blanca.

1342. C. rangiferina Hooker B. F. ii. 235 Cenomyce ran-

giferina Ach. syn. 277. Lichen rangiferinus E. Bot. t. 173. —
Moors, heaths and mountains, common. (Rein Deer Moss.)

Podetia erect, elongated, roughish, cylindrical, greenish-white, very
much branched, the axils perforated, the branches scattered, often
intricate, divaricated, the ultimate ones drooping. Shields subglobose,
brown, on small erect branchlets. — One of the most nutritious of
this order, and nearly free from the bitterness of some of the escu-
lent kinds.

SCYPHOPHORUS.

Thallus foliaceous, imbricated. Podetia fistulose, cylindrical,
dilated upwards, bearing cups, or attenuated and subulate ; cups
closed with a membrane or cleft at the extremity, often rayed
in a somewhat digitated manner, the rays all fertile. Shields
(cephalodia) convex, capituliform, not bordered, free in the centre
beneath, arranged around the edges of the cup, the margin re-
flexed, uniform within.

1343. S. pyxidatus Hooker B. F. ii. 238. — Cenomyce pyx-
idata Ach. synops. 252. Lichen pyxidatus E. B. 1. 1393. — Com-
mon on heaths, moors, and high land.

Thallus foliaceous, the segments crenulated, ascending. Podetia all
turbinate, elongated, cup-bearing, at length granulated, warty, rough,
greyish-green, cups regular, the margin at length proliferous. Shields
brown. — This and the following have both the credit of being astrin-
gent and febrifugal.

1344. S. cocciferus Hooker B. F. ii. 240. — Cenomyce cocci-
fera Ack. syn. 269. Lichen cocciferus E. Bot. t. 2051. —
Common on heathy moors.

Thallus leathery, pale greenish-grey, mealy, the scales minute, lobed
and crenated. Podetia elongated, turbinate, mealy, all cup-bearing; cups
with their margins often radiated bearing the scarlet shields.
629 s s 3

ALGACEiE.

Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 430.
FUCUS.

Frond plane, compressed or cylindrical, linear, dichotomous,
coriaceous. Air-vessels when present innate in the frond, sim-
ple, large. Receptacles terminal, turgid, containing tubercles
imbedded in mucus and discharging their spores (sporangia) by
conspicuous pores. Greville.

1345. F. vesiculosus Linn. sp. pi. 1626. E. Bot. t. 1066.

Grev. Scott. Crypt, fl. t. 319. alg. britt. 12. t. 2 Sea

shores very common. (Sea Wrack.)

Root a hard flattish disk. Frond a few inches to 3 or more feet in
length, and 2-3 lines to 1 inch in width, flat, furnished with a midrib,
occasionally twisted in a spiral manner, repeatedly dichotomous, the
angles of the dichotomy acute, except when a solitary vesicle happens
to be placed there; the sterile branches obtuse and often notched at
the extremity. Air-vessels from the size of a pea to a hazel nut, in
pairs, and situated at irregular intervals in different parts of the frond ;
sometimes 2 or 3 pair are arranged next to each other ; they are rarely
altogether wanting. Receptacles terminal, compressed, mostly ovate
or elliptical, and about § an inch long, but varying from nearly sphe-
rical to linear-lanceolate, and in length from i of an inch to nearly
2 inches ; they are also mostly in pairs, but are sometimes solitary and
occasionally forked. The whole frond is proliferous in a remarkable
degree in cases of injury, throwing out numerous new shoots from the
injured part. Greville. — This has been employed as a local and con-
stitutional agent. Dr. Russell recommended scrofulous swellings to be
rubbed with the bruised vesicles and afterwards to be washed with sea-
water, in order to produce the resolution and disappearance of the
swellings. The effect produced appears to be owing to the iodine
contained in the Fucus.

*#* Fucus amylaceus O ' Shaughnessy, in Med. Gaz. xxi. 566.
— Eastern Coast of Bengal.

In the work above mentioned a short account is given of this plant,
which is represented to be very nutritious and alimentary, entirely
free " from the bitter principle which constitutes so great an objection
to other Fuci." It has been found highly useful in asthmatic com-
plaints, &c, and is called by the natives Edible moss. I can find no
further record of this plant, which is possibly not a Fucus at all, but
more probably allied to Gracilaria, from a species of which a delicate
kind of food is procured in the Eastern Islands, or to Gelidium, which
furnishes the eatable " birds' nests " of the Chinese.

GRACILARIA.

Frond cartilaginous, filiform, cylindrical or compressed, of a

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dull red colour. Fructification ; 1, capsules containing a mass of
minute roundish seeds ; 2, roundish or oblong simple granules
imbedded in the frond of distinct plants. Greville.

1346. G. lichenoides Greville. — Sphaerococcus lichenoides
Agardh. syst. alg. 233. Fucus lichenoides Turner Fuc. t. 113.
f. a. Plocaria Candida Nees hor. berol. t. 6 In the Indian Sea.

Frond cartilaginous, filiform, dichotomous; branches spreading,
acute, somewhat fastigiate. Capsules hemispherical, scattered. Agdh.
— Highly valued for food in Ceylon and other islands of the East.

1347. G. compressa Grev. alg. britt. 125. — Sphaerococcus
compressus Agdh. syst. alg. 233. Sphaerococcus lichenoides
Grev. scott. crypt, jl. vi. t. 341. — Devonshire.

Frond cartilaginous, brittle, between cylindrical and compressed,
dichotomous ; branches subdistichous, spreading, lax, gradually attenu-
ated to a subulate point. Grev. — Very like the last ; according to
Mrs. Griffiths it makes an excellent pickle and preserve, when fresh.

1348. G. tenax Greville. — Sphaerococcus tenax Agdh. syst.
alg. 238. Fucus tenax Turner Ann. Sot. ii. t. 15. hist. fuc.
t. 125. — Chinese seas.

Frond somewhat gelatinous, slippery, filiform, dichotomous. Branches
spreading; the upper reflexed and acute. Capsules hemispherical,
sessile, scattered Agdh. — Used very extensively by the Chinese for the
same purposes as glue or gum arabic.

CHONDRUS.

Frond cartilaginous, dilating upwards into a flat, nerveless,
dichotomously divided frond, of a purplish or livid red colour.
Fructification, subspherical capsules in the substance of the frond,
(rarely supported on little stalks) and containing a mass of mi-
nute free seeds. Greville.

1349. C. crispus Lyngb. hydroph. dan. p. 15. t. 4. Greville
alg. britt. 129. t. 15. — Sphaerococcus crispus Agdh. syst. alg.
219. Fucus crispus Linn. syst. nat. ii. 718. Turner hist, fucor.
t. 216, 217. — Rocks and stones in the sea, very common.
(Carrageen, Irish Moss.)

Root a disk throwing up tufts of many fronds. Fronds 2 to 12 inches
high, very narrow and subcylindrical at the base, but immediately becom-
ing flat, generally dilating from the base till it becomes 3 or 4 lines wide,
and then dividing repeatedly and dichotomously, each division spreading,
becoming narrower than the preceding one, and taking place at shorter
and shorter intervals ; the summits are bifid, the segments varying
greatly in length, rounded or acute, straight or curved, and often
twisted in such a manner as to give the curled appearance denoted in
the specific name. Fructification roundish or roundish-oval, subhemi-
spherical. Capsules imbedded in the disk of the frond, prominent on
one side, and producing a concavity on the other, containing a mass of
minute roundish red seeds. Substance cartilaginous, in some varieties
approaching to horny, flexible and tough. Colour a deep purple-brown,
often tinged with purplish-red and paler at the summit, becoming green-
ish, and at length white in decay. When dry it is considerably darker,
631 , s s 4

ALGACEiE.

almost horny, and adheres imperfectly to paper. Greville. — Recom-
mended as a popular remedy for pulmonary complaints, dysentery,
scrofula and rickets, given in the form of a decoction, made by boiling
an ounce in a pint and half of water or milk. It is nutrient, demulcent
and emollient. Pereira. — On the coast of Ireland it is converted into
size for the use of house-painters, and also employed in lieu of isinglass
in the preparation of creams and other confectionary.

GIGARTINA.

Frond horny or cartilaginous, filiform, cylindrical, irregularly
branched. Fructification uniform ; spherical sessile capsules
containing a globose mass of seeds. Greville.

1350. G. Helminthochorton Greville. — Sphserococcus Hel-
minthochorton Agdh. syst. 235. Fucus Helminthochorton La
Tourette in Journ. phys. 1782 sept. t. 1. f. 1. 10. Turner hist,
fucor. t. 233. — Mediterranean sea. (Corsican Moss.)

Frond cartilaginous, terete, tufted, entangled. Stem filiform, creeping.
Branches setaceous, somewhat dichotomous, marked indistinctly with
transverse streaks. The lower part dirty yellow, the branches more or
less purple. — Said to produce nausea and giddiness. It is used as an
anthelmintic, and has been supposed to be particularly efficacious
against the large round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides). It has also been
recommended in cases of cancer, in consequence of Napoleon, during
his imprisonment in St. Helena, having spoken of its efficiency in that
disease.

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APPENDIX.

List of the Native names by which] the Asiatic species, included
in this work, are known in the East Indies ; extracted from Roxburgh's
Flora Indica.

»* A. Arabic ; B. Bengalee ; H. Hindostanee ; P. Persian ; S. Sanscrit ; T. Telinga.

52. Euryale ferox ; Makana.

53. Myristica officinalis ; Jay-phalu 5". ; Jaga-phul B. ; Jouz-bewa P.

75. Ptychotis Ajowan ; Bruhmadurbha, Yuvanika S. ; Ajouan, Ajwan,
Jouan H. and B.

90. Fceniculum Panmorium ; Panmuhuree B. ; Mudhoorika S. ■ Mayuri.
108. Anethum Sowa ; Mishreya S. ; Sowa, shuloopa, soolpa B,
138. Cissus setosa ; Barubutsali T.

141. Terminalia Chebula ; Haritaka S. ; Hur, Harua H. ; Kadukar T.

142. Terminalia citrina ; Hurituki B.

143. Terminalia alata; Usna, Peeata-saluka & : Aans H. ; Peea-sal, Usan

B. ; Nella-madoo T.

144. Terminalia moluccana ; Kala Drooma S.

147. Terminalia belerica ; Vibhituka S. ; Buhira B. ; Be-ley-ley A.; Be-

ley-leh P. ; Tandra marum Tarn. ; Tani ; Toandee T.
150. Melaleuca Cajuputi ; Cajuputi, Daun kitsjil, Caju-Kilan.
161. Barringtonia racemosa ; Samstravadi.
174. Luffa amara ; Kerula B. ■ Sheti beera T.
183. Trichosanthes palmata ; Mukhal B. ; Kadi-danda T.

186. Trichosanthes cordata ; Boome-Koomura H.

187. Trichosanthes cucumerina ; Pada valam ; Aduvee-putla T.

221. Carica Papaya ; Papaja ; Papeya B.

222. Chaulmoogra odorata ; Chaulmoogra, Petarkura.
227. Stalagmitis ovalifolia; Ambul Ghoorka Cingalese.

244. Schmidelia serrata ; Rakhal-phul H. ; Tauatikee T.

245. Schleichera trijuga; Coughas ; Zolim - buriki Tarn.; May, Koa-

tangha T.

269. Cavallium urens ; Bulee H. ; Kavalee T.
274. Kydia calycina ; Choupultea H. ; Pandikee T.
289. Vateria indica ; Paenoe ; Peini marum.
292. Shorea robusta ; Sala, Uswukurnika S. ; Sal B. and H.
294. Ammannia vesicatoria ; Daud-maree B. ; Aghun drapakoo T.
302. Xylocarpus granatum ; Kandalanga Tamul; Kadul-gaha Cingalese;
Pussoor B.

306. Soymida febrifuga ; Soymida T. ; Rohina B. ; Wond-marum Tamul.

307. Cedrela Toona ; Surenus ; Toon, Lood B.

308. Cbickrassia tabularis ; Chickrassee B.

313. Bergera Konigii ; Bursunga B. ; Kari-vepa T. ; Kamwepila Tamul.

314. Feronia elephantum; Kath-bel B. ; Yellanga T. ; Vallanga, Vola-

marum Tamul.
633

APPENDIX.

315. JEgle Marmelos ; Maredoo T. ; Willa-marvum Tamul ; Bela B.
320. Spondias Mangifera ; Amra H. and B. ; Amatum T.
322. Zizyphus Jujuba ; Kool B. ; Bier H. ; Rengha T.
340. Boswellia thurifera ; Salaci S. ; Salai B. ; Luban H.
349. ?Commiphora madagascaerensis ; Googgula Si and B.
351. Cicca disticha; Loda, Nori B. ■ Hurpurori, Chelmeri H. ; Russa
Userekee T.

353. Phyllanthus Niruri ; Sada-hazur munee H. and B. ; Nella userekee T.

354. Phyllanthus urinaria; Hazar munee B. and H. ; Yerra userekee T.

355. Phyllanthus simplex ; Uchi userekee T.

357. Cluytia collina ; Woodacha-marum Tamul ; Kadishen T.

358. Briedelia spinosa ; Kora man T.

363. Croton Tiglium ; Jayapala S. ; Jamal gata H.

S68. Croton polyandrum ; Hakoon H. ; Konda-amadum T.

374. Ricinus communis ; Eranda S. ; Amadum T. ; Arend, Arendi, Arindi

H. ; Bherenda B.

375. Jatropha Curcas ; Baghbarinda B. ; Napalam T.
383. Acalypha indica ; Shwet busunta B. ; Moorkanda T.
386. Tragia involucrata ; Bichitee B.

388. Sapium indicum ; Hoorooa B.

393. Euphorbia Tirucalli; Lunka sij B. ; Tiru calli Tamul.

399. Euphorbia Ligularia ; Munsa sij B.

400. Euphorbia nereifolia ; Ela-calli ; Sij B.
413. Elseodendron Roxburghii ; Neerija T.
446. Xanthoxylon alatum ; Durmur H.

448. Toddalia aculeata; Conda Cashinda T.

449. Brucea sumatrana ; Ampadoo Barrowing Malabar.
494. Indigofera tinctoria ; Nili S. ; Nil, Neel B. ; Neel T.
497. Indigofera cterulea ; Karneeli T.

499. Pueraria tuberosa ; Daree, Goomodee T.

507. Agati grandiflora ; Buka S. ; Buka, Augasta B. ; Agati Tamul;
Yerra avesi, Telia avesi T.

517. Ormocarpum sennoides ; Nail Kashina T.

5 1 8. Alhagi Maurorum ; Yasa, Yavasa S. ; Juwasa H. ; Shooturk P.

522. Abrus precatorius ; Gunja, Krishnala S- ; Rutti H. ; Koonch,

Goontch B.

523. Phaseolus radiatus ; Mash-Kuluy, Dord B. ; Masha S. ; Minoomoo T.

524. Phaseolus trilobus ; Kakhal-kuluy H. ; Pelli pessara T.

525. Mucuna Prurita ; Doola gonda T. ; Murkuti, Atma goopta, Kupi-

kuchoo S. ; Alkooshee B.

527. Butea frondosa ; Pulasa S. ; Pulas B. ; Maduga T.

528. Butea superba ; Tiga-muduga T.

529. Pterocarpus Marsupium ; Yeanga-sha T. ; Peet^Sal B.

532. Pterocarpus santalinus ; Chandana S. ; Chundana, Rutka-chundun B.

540. Cassia Tora ; Prusni-purni S. ; Chakunda B. ; Tantim T.

542. Cassia alata; Dadrooghna S. ; Dad-murdun H. and B. ; Wandu Rolle

Tamul ; Mitta tamara T.
545. Cathartocarpus Fistula ; Soovurnuka S. ; Soondali B. ; Umultus H. ;

Rela T.

547. Guilandina Bonduc ; Nata B. ; Katkarunja, Katkulija H-

548. Poinciana pulcherrima; Krishna-choora S. and B. ; Komri Tamul.
552. Tamarindus indica ; Tintri, Tintiree S. ; Tintiree, Tintil, Tentool B. ;

Umli, Amli H. ; Chinta-chittoo T.

556. Acacia ferruginea ; Woanee T.

557. Acacia Catechu ; Khira B. ; Khadira S.

559. Acacia arabica ; Burbura S. ; Nella-tooma T. ; Babool, Babula B.
565. Acacia leucopha?a ; Tella-tooma T.

567. Vachellia Farnesiana : Kustoori, Piktoome T. ; Urimeda, Vitkhira S. ;
Gooya-babula B.

634

APPENDIX.

584. Mangifera indica ; Am B. ; Mamadi-chitoo T. ; Mangas marum
Tamul.

586. Anacardium occidentale ; Hijulee-budam H. and B.

587. Semecarpus Anacardium ; Arushkara.. Bhela S. ; Bhela, Bhola-tuki,

Bela-tuki B. ; Nella-jedee T.
611. Ficus indica; Vuta S. ; Bur, But/?.; Bagha Cingalese ; Marie T.

616. Ficus religiosa ; Pippula, Bodhi-drooma, Chuladula, Koonjurashuna,

Aswattha S. ; Aswat, Asood B. ; Bogaha Cingalese ; Rai T.

617. Ficus Carica; Unjeer P. ; Seen A. ; Doomar, Doombur B.

635. Piper trioicum ; Murial-tiga T.

636. Piper longum ; Krishna, Oopukoolya, Videhee, Magudhee, Chupula,

Kuna, Ooshuna, Pippulee, Shoundee, Kola S. ; Pippul B. ; Pippul-
chitoo T.

637. Piper Chaba ; Chuvyung, Chuvika, Chuvee, Churikung S. ; Choee B.

638. Piper sylvaticum ; Pahari peepul B.

642. Piper Betle ; Tambooluvulle, Tamboolee, Nagurulee S. ; Pan IT.
and B.

672. Aquilaria Agallocha: Ugooroo S. ; Ugoor H. and B. ; Ayaloogi,
Ayuloogin, Yellanjooj A. ; Ayaloor-chee, Oud, Oud Hindee P.

702. Aristolochia bracteata ; Gardi Gavapoo T.

703. Aristolochia indica ; Eeshwur-mool B. ; Isaro T.
. 763. Cocculus crispus ; Putra-wali Malay.

764. Cocculus acuminatus ; Baga-mushada H. ; Tiliakora Z7. ; Tiga-mu-

shadee T.

765. Cocculus cordifolius ; Goluncha-luta B. and H. ; Tippa tiga T.
767. Pereira medica ; Womivol, Venivel, Bangwelgetta Cingalese.
791. Bassia longifolia ; Illupi Tamul.

793. Bassia latifolia ; Madhaca S. ; Mudhooka, Guroodshpoo, Madharama,
Voonaprustha, Mudhooshpoothela, Mudhoo ; Mahwa, Muhooa, Mu-
hoola B. ; Ipie T.

797. Diospyrus melanoxylon ; Tumballi Tamul: Tindoo H. ; Tumida T.
806. Ipomaea Turpethum ; Teoree, Doodkulmi B. : Tellatagada T.

815. Batatas paniculata ; Bhoomi-koomra B. ; Matta-paltiga T.

816. Pharbitis Nil ; Neel-kulmi B.

856. Hymenodictyon excelsum ; Bundaroo T.
864. Randia dumetorum ; Manga T.

868. Oldenlandia umbellata ; Cheri-Velloo T. ; Saya-wer, Imburel Tamul.

872. Paederia foetida ; Gundha badhulee B. ; Gundali H.

873. Canthium parviflorum ; Balusoo-kura T.

901. Vernonia anthelmintica ; Somraj S. and B. ; Shendoo-gella-kura T.

902. Elc-phantopus scaber ; Samdullum B.

940. Artemisia indica ; Dona, Dana S. ; Gund-mar H. ; Arlemasaya P.
967. Plantago Ispaghula ; Ispagool H. and P.
975. Salvadora persica ; Pedda-vvarago-wenki T.

982. Cordia latifolia ; Bura lesoora H.

983. Cordia Myxa ; Bohooari B. ; Lusora, Lesoora H. ; Neki-a T.
1029. Anisomeles malabarica; Retti pemeretti Tamul.

1032. Vitex Negundo ; Sindooka, Sindoowara, Indrasoorusa, Nirgoondi,

Indranika S. ; Nisinda B. and H.

1033. Gmelina parviflora, Shieri-goomoodoo T.

1039. Rhinacanthus communis ; Yoothika-purnee S. ; Jooi pana B. ; Naga-
mulli T. and Tamul.

1044. Gendarussa vulgaris ; Jugut-mudun B.

1045. Adhatoda Vasica ; Vidyumatri, Singhee, Vasica, Vrishu, Uturoosha

Singhashya, Vasooka, Vajiduntuka S. ; Bakus, Vasooka H. and B.

1046. Andrographis paniculata; Kala-megh, Kalup-nath, Muha-tita B.

Nella-vemgoo T.
1050. Herpestes Monniera ; Adha.birni B. ; Sambrani-chittoo T.
1096. Agathotes Chirayta ; Chirata-tikta, Chirataka S. ; Chirata B.
635

APPENDIX.

1114. Strychnos Nux vomica ; Koochila B. ; Musadi T.

1115. Strychnos Colubrina ; Koochila-luta B. ; Naga musadi T.

1116. Strychnos potatorum; Nirmulee B. [and H. ; Induga T. ; Tettan-

kotta Tamul.

1122. Ophioxylon serpentinum ; Chundrika, Churmuhuntree, Pushooma,
hunukarika, Nundunee, Karuvee, Bhudra, Vasoopooshpa, Vasure-
Chundrushoora S. ; Chandra B. ; Ch'hotachand H. ; Patalganni T.

1127. Nerium odoratum ; Kurubee B. ; Karpud H.

1146. Hoya viridiflora ; Doodee-palla T. ; Tita-kunga B.

1 147. Tylophora asthmatica ; Unta-mool B. ; Kaka-palla T.

1153. Hemidesmusindicus; Ununta-mool, Sada-boari H. ; Palla-soucandee,

Ghodie soucandee T.
1156. Oxystelma esculentum; Dooghdka S. ; Kirui, Doodhee, Doodh-luta

B. ; Doodee-palla T.

1182. Zingiber officinale ; Ardrukum, Shringuverum S. ; Zenjabil A. ;

Adraka, Ada B. and H. ; Allam T.

1183. Zingiber Zerumbet ; Butch, Mahaburee-butch B.

1184. Zingiber Cassumunar ; Vuna Ardrukum S. ; Bun Ada H. and B. ;

Karpushpoo T.

1185. Curcuma Zerumbet; Shutee, Gundha-moolee, Shudgrunthhika, Kur-

voora, Kurchoora, Pulasha S. ; Kuchoora H. and T. ; Shuthee,
Kuchoora B. ; Zerumbad P.

1186. Curcuma Zedoaria; Vuna-huridra, Sholee, Kinarista, Sholika S. ;

Junglee, Bun Huldi B. ; Jedwar, Zadwar A.

1190. Curcuma angustifolia ; Tikor H.

1191. Curcuma Amada ; Amada B.

1192. Kasmpferia Galanga; Chundra-moolika S.

1 1 93. Kaampferia rotunda : Bhooi-champa, Bhoo-champa B. and H. ;

Bhoo-chumpuca S.
1196. Amomum aromaticum ; Morung Elachi B.

1199. Elettaria Cardamomum : Prithweeka, Chundruvala, Ela Nishkooti,

Buhoola S. ; Elachi, Elaich B. ; Ailum chedy Malabar ; Hil P. ;
Kakulah, Hal A. ; Sana-yallacci T.

1200. Elettaria Cardamomum medium ; Do-keswa H.

1201. Alpinia Galanga; Koolunyoga, Dhumoola, Teekshnu-moola, Kool-

unjuna, Soogundha, Muhabhura-vucha S. ; Koolinjan H. ; Kholin-
jan, Khoolunjan A.
1207. Crinum asiaticum ; Sookh-dursun, Bura-kanoor B. ; Tolabo, Cin-
galese.

1232. Caryota urens ; Jeeroogoo T.

1276. Smilax glabra; Hurina, Hurina-shook-China H.

1277. Smilax lanceajfolia ; Gootea-shook- China II.

1278. Smilax Pseudo- China ; Muhesha B.

1283. Typhonium trilobatum ; Ghekool B. ; Surei Kund T.

1287. Homalomena aromatica : Cuchoo-gundubee Ckittagong.

1288. Scindapsus officinalis: Guja-pippulee, Kuri-pippulee, Kupi-vullee,

Kolu-vullee, Shreyusee, Vushira S. ; Guj-pippul B.
1291. Pistia Stratiotes; Koombhika S. ; Neeroo boodookee T. ; Takapanna
H. and B.

1301. Andropogon Ivarancusa ; Ibharankusha, Iwarankusha, Kurankusha.fi.

1302. Andropogon Schoenanthus ; Malatrinukung, Bhoostrinung S. ;

Gundha-bena B.

1305. Saccharum officinarum ; Ikshoo, Rusala, Poondra, Kanguruka S. ;

Ik, Ook, Ak, Kooshiar, Poori, Kullooa, Kajooli B. ; Cherukoo-

bodi, Cherukoo-duboo T.
1311. Xyris indica; Cheena ghauza, Dabi dooba B.

636

INDEX.

Aans, 633.

Agallochum, 191. 327.

Aloes, horse, 595.

Abelmoschus, 144.

Agathotes, 519. 636.

Mocha, 595.

Abies, 554.

Agati, 246. 634.

Socotrine, 595.

Abricot sauvage, 115.

Ageratum febrifugum, 450

Aloexylon, 267.

Abrus, 251. 634.

Aggur, 267.

Alpinia, 567.

Absinthium, 464.

Aggura, 267.

Galanga, 636.

vulgare, 464.

Agila, 267.

exaltata, 568.

Moxa, 463.

Aghundra-pakoo, 633.

tubulata, 568.

Abuta, 373.

Agrimonia, 226.

Cardamomum, 566.

Abutilon, 141.

Agrimony, 227.

repens, 566.

Acacia, '268. 634.

Ailum chedy, 636.

sessilis, 563.

Acajuba occidentals, 283.

Ajouan, 633.

Alstroemeria Salsilla, 573.

Acalypha, 187. 634.

Ajuga fruticosa, 494.

edulis, 573.

hispida, 187.

Ajwan, 633.

Althcea, 143.

Acanthacea?, 500.

Ak, 636.

Altingia excelsa, 321.

Acanthus mollis, 500.

AKopos, 607.

Alum root, 273.

Achillea Ptarmica, 461.

Akum, 540.

'A\vttov, 475.

Achiras, 570.

Alangiacea?, 71.

Alyxia, 532.

Achras, 388.

Alangium, 71.

Am, 635.

Acinula clavus, 624.

Alchimilla, 235.

Amada, 563. 636.

Aconitum, 9.

dwarf, 446.

Amadum, 634.

Acoraceas, 606.

black,

Amaracus, 490.

Acorus, 606.

Alchornea, 187.

Amaranthaceas, 347.

Acrostichum, 617.

Alcornoco bark, 187.

Amaranthus melancholi-

Actaea, 12.

Alder, 293.

cus, 347.

Ada, 636.

Aleppo Senna, 260.

obtusifolius, 347.

Adansonia, 139.

Aletris, 590.

viridis, 347.

Adenandrauniflora, 213.

Aleurites laccifera, 182.

Amarataca, 164.

Adenostyles, 452.

Algacea?, 630.
Alhagi, 250. 634.

Amaryllidaceae, 571.

Adha-birni, 636.

Amaryllis disticha, 572.

Adhatoda Vasica, 501. 635.

Alkooshee, 634.

Amatum, 634.

Adiantum, 618.

Allam, 636.

Ambalam, 164.

Adima, 100.

Allamanda, 533.

Ambul Ghoorka, 633.

Adonis, 4.

Allieh, 267.

Amli, 634.

vesicatoria, 4.

Allium, 592.

Ammannia, 146. 633.

Adraka, 636.

Allowat, 267.

Ammi copticum, 36.

Aduvee-putla, 633.

Allspice, 76.

Ammoniacum, 46, 47.

Mgle, 162.

jEschynomene grandiflora,

Almonds, 231.

Amomum, 564. 636.

Almond Tree, 231.

verum, 565.

246.

Alnus, 293.

Cardamomum, 566

/Esculacea?, 124.

Aloe, 594. AA.07J, 594.

repens, 566.

^Esculus, 124.

AAo7je, 267.

Ampadoo Barrowing, 634.

iEthusa, 40.

Aloes-wood, 267. 191. 327.

Amra, 634.

Mutellina, 43.

Aloes, Barbadoes, 594.

Amygdaleae, 231.

Meum, 43.

hepatic, 594, 595.

Amygdalus, 231.

637

INDEX.

Amyridacea;, 277.
Amyris, 277.

ambrosiaca, 172.

Commiphora, 173.

gileadensis, 169.

Kafal, 169.

Kataf, 170.

Opobalsamum, 169.

zeylanica, 170.
Anacardiaceae, 281.
Anacardium, 282. 635.

latifolium, 283.

officinarum, 283.
Anacyclus, 460.
Anagallis, 386.
Anagyris, 237.
Anamirta, 371.
Anda, 186.
Anda-acu, 186.
Andira, 257.
Andrographis, 501. 635.
Andropogon, 611. 636.
Androsasmum, 117.
Aneeson, 37.
Anemone, 2.
Anethum, 49. 633.

Panmori, 42.

Fceniculum, 41.
Angelica, 43.

Archangelica, 43.
Angolam, 71.
Angostura Cuspare, 211.
Angostura bark, 211.

false, 219. 528.
Anise, 39.
Anisifolius, 161 .
Anisomeles, 494. 635.
Avhtov, 39.

Anisum officinale, 38.
Anneslea spinosa, 20.
Anona myristica, 28.
Anonacea?, 27.
Anthemis, 458.

Cotula, 459.

foctida, 459.

Pyrethrum, 460.
Anthericum bicolor, 593.

subtrigynum, 587.
Anthora vulgaris, 10.
Anthriscus, 55.
Anthyllis, 239.
Antiaris, 301.
Antirrhinum Linaria, 505.

Cymbalaria, 505.
Antirrhoea, 437.
Antsjar, 301.
Apiacese, 33.

Apium, 35.

Petroselinum, 35.
Apocynacese, 527.
Apocynum, 534.

fcetidum, 438.

tiliaefolium, 541.

frutescens, 535.
Aquifoliacea?, 393.
Aquilaria, 327.
Aquilariacea?, 327. 635.
Araceae, 601.
Aralia, 59.

umbellifera, 60.
Araliacea?, 58.
Arar tree, 555.
Arbor excaecans, 190.

vernicis, 286.
Arbutus, 381.

Uva Ursi, 382.
Archangelica, 43.
Arctium Lappa, 468.
Arctostaphylos, 382.
Ardrukum, 636.
Areca Catechu, 583.

oleracea, 313.
Arend, 634.
Arendi, 634.

Arenga saccharifera, 582.
Argel, 543.
Argemone, 15.
Arghel, 543.
Argyreia, 395.
Ariscema, 601.
Aristolochia, 341. 635.
Aristolochiaceas, 341.
Arlemasaya, 635.
Armeria, 479.
Arnica, 465.
Arnotto, 111.
Arou aou, 172.
Arrow root, 569, 570.
550.
601. 562. 563.
Artemisia, 462. 635.

maderaspatana, 455.
Arthranitine, 385.
Arthrolobium, 249.
Arub ajwain, 36.
Arum, 601.

Seguinum, 606.

esculentum, 602.

atrorubens, 601.

triphyllum, 601.

trilobatum, 603.

orixense, 603.
Arushkara, 635.
Asa dulcis, 47. 52.

Asafcetida, 45.
Asa foetida Disgunensis,
45.

Asapeixe, 296.
Asarabacca, 345.
Asarum, 344.
Ascaricida indica, 449.
Ascarina serrata, 310.
Asclepiadaceae, 539.
Asclepias, 539.

rosea, 545.

Vincetoxicum, 542.

pseudosarsa, 544.

gigantea, 540.

volubilis, 541.

asthmatica, 541.

procera, 541.
Ash, 548.

bark, 418.
Asmonich, 428.
Asood, 635.

Aspalathus creticus, 239.
Asparagus Draco, 594.
Aspen, American, 320.
Asperula, 447.
Aspidium Filix mas., 619.
Aster officinalis, 456.

Helenium, 456.
Asteracea?, 449.
Astragalus, 247.
Astrantia, 33.
Aswat, 635.
Aswattha, 635.
Athamanta, 42.

Oreoselinum, 48.

Meum, 42.
Atma goopta, 634.
Atriplex, 349.
Atropa, 508.

physalodes, 511.
Atum Condinadum, 621.
Augasti, 634.
Aurantiaceae, 161.
Ava, 313.
Avena sativa, 611.
Avens, 226.
Averrhoa acida, 175.
Avocado Pear, 333.
Ayaloogi, 635.
Ayaloor-chee, 635.
Ayuloogen, 635.
Aydendron, 335.
Azahar, 423.
Azalea, 378.

procumbens, 3S2.
Azier a 1'Asthme, 437.

638

INDEX.

B.

Babouny, 461.
Babula, 634.
Babool, 634.
Baccharis, 455.
Baga-mushada, 635.
Bagha, 635.
Baghbarinda, 634.
Bakus, 635.

Balanus myrepsica, 103.
Balm, 492.

Balm of Gilead Fir, 554.
Balsam of Umiri, 159.

of Mecca, 169.

of Copaiva, 146. 159.

of Peru, 279.

Hungarian, 553.

of Acouchi, 172.

of Tolu, 279.
Balsamacea?, 321.
Balsamodendron Kafal,
169.

Myrrha, 170.

zeylanicum, 170.

Gileadense, 169.

Kataf, 170.
BaAaa/xou, 169.
BaAaaixov SevSpov, 169.
Balusoo-kura, 635.
Baneberry, 12.
Bang, 299.
Banga, 299.
Bangwellgetta, 370.
Banyan Tree, 297.
Baobab, 139.
Baptisia, 237.
Barbadoes Flower fence,

263.
Barberry, 63.
Barbotine, 463.
Bark, Crown, 415.

Culilawan, 331.

Cusco, 427.

dark ash, 416.

Huamalies, 416. 421.

Huanuco, 413.

Jaen, 418.

Loxa, 415.

Lima, 413.

Melambo, 211.

pale, 416.

red Carthagena, 424.
red Lima, 424.
Ten, 418.
yellow, 417. 421.
Barley, 610.

639

Barcsma, 212.
Barringtonia, 78. 633
BarringtoniesB, 78.
Barubutsali, 633.
Basourinha, 507.
Bassia, 387. 635.
Batatas, 398. 635.
Bauhinia, 265.
Bayberry, 305.
Bdellium, 286.

siculum, 54.

African, 170.

Indian, 174. 170.
Bearberry, 382.
Beaver tree, 23.
Beid el sar, 541.
Bela, 634.

tuki, 635.
Belaschora, 83.
Be-ley-luj, 633.
Belladonna, 572.
Bendee, 144.
Bengwelgetta, 635.
Benzoin, 339. 390.

officinale, 390.
Berberaceas, 63.
Berberis, 63.
Berchemia, 166.
Bergamot, 488.
Bergera, 161. 633.
Betel nuts, 583.
Betle, 312.

Betonica officinalis, 493.
Betony, 493.
Betula, 293.
Betulacea;, 293.
Bhela, 635.
Bherenda, 634.
Bhola-tuki, 635.
Bhoo-champa, 636.
Bhooi-champa, 636.
Bhoomi-koomra, 635.
Bhoostrinung, 636.
Bhudra, 636.
Bichata, 634.
Bichitu, 634.
Bidens, 457.

fervida, 458.
Bier, 634.
Bignoniaceaj, 499.
Bignonia Catalpa, 499.

antisvphilitica, 499.
Bikh, 12.'
Bilva, 162.
Birch, 293.
Birds' nests, 630.
Bird-cherry, 232.

Bird-pepper, 509.
Bireeja, 51.
Birthwort, 344.
Bish, 12.
Bisloombha, 85.
Bistort, 361.
Bitter-sweet, 511.
Bitter Almonds, 231.

Blain, 506.

vetch, 250.
Bitterwood, 27.
Bixa 111.
Bixaceae, 111.
Black Poplar, 319.

pepper, 310.

currant, 61.

Alder, 167. 394.

Hellebore, 7.

drink, 393.
Bladder Senna, 247.
Blanquette, 350.
Blessed thistle, 467.
Bletia, 577.
Blood-root, 16. 226.
Blue flag, 575.
Bodhi drooma, 635.
Boerhaavia, 365.
Bogada, 635.
Bohooari, 368. 635.
Bohmeria, 296.
Bois de Losteau, 437.

de Rose, 337.

de Canelle, 338.

de Colophane, 170.
Bombax pentandrum, 138.

Gossypium, 119.
Bone set, 451.
Bonplandia trifoliata, 211.
Boome-Koomura, 88. 633.
Boraginacea?, 484.
Borago, 483.

zeylanica, 483.
Borrera, 627-
Borreria, 443.
Boswellia, 171. 634.
Bottle gourd, 83.
Bowdichia, 264.
Boxberry, 381.
Box-oil, 175.
Bracala, 43.
Brake, 618.
Bramia indica, 503.
Brankursine, 50.
Brassicacea, 91.
Braunea menispermoides,

368.
Brayera, 230.

INDEX.

Breweria, 400.
Briedelia, 178. 634.
Bromus catharticus, 611.

mollis, 611.

purgans, 611.
Broom, 239.
Broomrape, 525.
Brucea, 218. 529. 634.

antidysenterica, 528.
Brucine, 219.
Bruhmadurbha, 633.
Brunsvigia, 571.
Bryonia, 86.
Bryony, 86.

Bubroma Guazuma, 137.
Bucco crenata, 212,213.
Buckbean, 523.
Buckthorn, 167.
Bucku, 213.
Buliira, 633.
Buhoola, 636.
Buka, 634.

Bulbine planifolia, 593.

Bulee, 633. 135.

Bun Hulde,636.

Bundaroo, 635.

Bun Ada, 636.

Buphane toxicaria, 572.

Bur, 635.

Bura-kanoor, 636.

Bura lesoora, 635.

Burbura, 634.

Bur marigold, 457.

Burabara, 512.

Burdock, 463.

Burnet saxifrage, 38.

Bursera, 171.

paniculata, 170.

Burseraceae, 169.

Bursunga, £33.
But, 635.
Butch, 636.
Butea, 254. 634.
Butter tree, 387.
Butterfly weed, 539.
Butternut, 307.
Butua, 367, 368.

do curvo, 119.
Buxus, 175.
Byrsonima, 199.

C.

Caa-apia, 301.
Caapeba, 315. 373.
Cabaret, 345.

I Cabotz, 230.
Cacalia alliariasfolia, 452.
sonchifolia, 465.
alpina, 452.
glabra, 452.
Cacao, 138.
Cachou lucide, 255.

en masse, 255.
Cachrys, 55.
Caasalpinas, 257.
CsBsalpinia, 262.

Bonducella, 156. 263
pulcherrima, 263.
Cahinca, 439.
Cail-Cedra, 158.
Caju-Kilan, 633.
Cajuputi, 74. 633.
Caju-Bidara-laut, 531.
Bidara-pait, 531.
Nassi, 531.
Ular, 531.
Calabash tree, 514.
Caladium seguinum, 606.

esculentum, 602.
Calaguala, 617.

mediana, 617.
Calambac, 267. 327.
Calamint, 492.
Calamus, 582.

aromaticus, 520.
Calceolaria, 504.
Calcitrapa lanuginosa, 469.
Calea, 458.
Calendula, 466.
Calico-bush, 380.
Calisaya bark, 417.
Calla aromatica, 605.

palustris, 604.
Callicarpa lanata, 496.
Callicocca Ipecacuanha,

442.
Callitris, 555.
Calophyllum, 115.
Calotropis, 540.
Calumba, 88. 369.

American, 520.
Calyptranthus, 77.
Calystegia, 400.
Calytriplex obovata, 503.
Cambaiba, 31.
Camba'ibinha, 31.
Cambogia gutta, 113.
Camel's thorn, 250.
Cameraria, 537.
Camphor, 146. 333.
Camphora, 332.
Camphor-oil, 146.

Canada balsam, 554.

snakeroot, 345.
Canarium, 170.
Canela, 426.
Canella, 116.

do Mato, 337.
Canelleae, 116.
Canna, 569.
Cannabis, 299.
Canthium, 438. 635.

coronatum, 433.
Caoutchouc, 186. 298. 536,

537. 533. 543.
Cape Aloes, 595.
Caper, 94.
Capillaire, 618.
Capittha, 161.
Capparidacea;, 94.
Capparis, 94.
Caprifoliaceaa, 445.
Capsicum, 509.
Capuli, 613.
Carachichu, 511.
Caralline, 6.
Caranna, 172.
Carapa moluccensis, 153.

obovata, 153.
Carapixo da Calcado, 143.
Carapouchi, 613.
Carapullo, 613.
Cardamoms, 565.
round, 565.
Madagascar, 565.
true, 566.
Cardamine, 91.
Cardamomum majus, 565.

medium, 567.
Cardiaca, 493.
Cardiospermum, 121.
Carduus Marianus, 467.
Carex, 613.
Carica, 107. 633.
Carline, 6.

Carolina Pink root, 524.
Carony bark, 211.
Carpathian Balsam, 554.
Carpopogon pruriens, 253.
Carqueja amarga, 455.

dolce, 455.
Carrageen, 631.
Carrot, 54.

Carthagena bark, 427.
Caruru, 347.

vermelho, 347.
Caryodaphne, 333.
Caryophyllus, 75.
Caryota, 582. 636.

6*0

INDEX.

Casca pretiosa, 334.

d'anta, 26.
Cascarillo, 414. 417.
Cascarilla, 179, 180.

amarilla, 417. 423.

ahorquillada, 426.

bora, 425.

boba dc Muiia, 417.

boba colorada, 420.

bobo de hoja morada,
420.

Chauharguera, 415.
con corteza de color de

Pata de Gallareta,

418.

crespella buena, 415.
delgado, 421.
de Flor de Azahar,
424.

de hoja aguda, 423.

estoposa, 416.

fina de Chicoplaya,

' 413.
fina, 413, 421.
glanduloso, 421.
hoja de Lucma, 416.
hoja de Oliva, 414.
lampifio, 416.
morado, 420.
negrillo, 422.
officinal, 413.
peluda, 417.
pardo, 428.
pallido, 417.
provinciana negrilla,
422.

provinciana, 413.
Casearia, 101.
Cashew, 270.

gum, 283.
Cassava, 186.
Cassia, 258.

lignea, 329.

fistula, 262.
Cassine Gongonha, 394.

Peragua, 393.
Cassuvium pomiferum,283.
Castanhos de Sobota, 89.
Castor oil, 184.
Catalpa, 499.
Catappa Benzoin, 69.
Cataputia minor, 194.
Catechu, 264,270, 405,583.

Bengal, 269.
Cathartocarpus, 252. 634.
Caturus, 187.
641

Cavallium, 135. 633.
Ccallahualla, 617.
Ceanothus, 166.
Cebadilla, 586.
Cedrela, 156. 633.

febrifuga, 155.
Cedrelacea;, 155.
Celandine, 17.
Celastraceae, 197.
Celastrus, 197.

Maytenus, 198.
Celery, 35.

Cenomyce pyxidata, 629.

coccifera, 629.

rangiferina, 629.

vermicularis, 629.
Centaurea, 467.

benedicta, 468.
Cepha'e'lis, 442.

reniformis, 443.

emetica, 440.
Ceraso macho, 152.
Cerasus, 232.
Cerbera, 527.
Cestraceas, 515.
Cestrum, 515.
Cetraria, 627.
Cevadilla, 586.
Cha de frade, 101.
Chab, 312.

Chaerophyllum sylvestre,
55.

sativum, 55.
Chakunda, 634.
Chamaeledon procumbens,
382.

Chamaemelum Cotula, 459.

nobile, 459.
Chamomile, 459.
Chandana, 634.
Chandra, 636.
Chanoo, 37.
Chapara Manteca, 199.
Chavica, 312.
Chaulmoogra, 109. 633.
Cheena ghauza, 636.
Chelidonium, 17.
Chelmeri, 634,
Chenopodiaceae, 347.
Chenopodium, 347.

vulvaria, 342.
Chequer berry, 381.
Cheramella, 175.
Cheri-Velloo, 635.
Cherries, 232.
Cherris, 299.

T T

Cherry Laurel, 232.
Cherukoo bodi, 036.
Cherukoo-duboo, 636.
Chervil, 55.

rough, 55.
Ch'bota Chond, 636.
Chickrassia 157.
Chilly, 509.
Chimaphila, 375.
China root, 369. 599.

American, 600.

peruviana, 598.
Chinta-chittoo, 634.
Chiococca, 439.
Chirata, 636.

tikta, 636.
Chirataka, 636.
Chironia Centaurium, 5

angularis, 522.
Chlora, 521.
Chloranthaceae, 309.
Chloranthus, 309.
Chocolate, 138.

root, 226.
Choee, 635.
Chondrus, 631.
Choupultea, 633.
Christmas Rose, 6.
Chuladula, 635.
Chundana, 634.
Chundra-moolika, 636.
Chundrika, 636.
Chundrushoora, 636.
Chundruvala, 636.
Chupa, 79.
Chupula, 635.
Churmuhuntree, 636.
Chuvee, 635.
Chuvika, 635.
Chuvikung, 635.
Chuvyung, 635.
Cicca, 175. 634.
Cicendia, 520.
Cichoraceas, 469.
Cichorium, 470.
Cicuta, 34.
Cinchona, 406.
Cinchonaceae, 405.
Cinchona caroliniana,
433

cariboea, 430.
excelsa, 429.
ferruginea, 429.

floribunda, 431.

hexandra, 428.

jamaicensis, 430.

INDEX.

Cinchona Luciana, 431.

montana, 431.

nova, 427.

peruviana, 426. 431
Cinchona rosea, 284.

Santse Lucia?, 431.

Vellosii, 429.

dark Ten, 416.

grey, 413.

silver, 413.
Cinchoneae, 405.
Cinnamomum, 329.

sylvestre, 336.

Camphora, 333.
Cipo de Caboclo, 31.

de Carijo, 31.
Cissampelos, 372.
Cissus, 65. 633.

arborea, 477.
Cistaceae, 131.
Cistus, 131.
Citrus, 162.
Cladonia, 628.
Clavi Siliginis, 623.
Clearing Nut, 530.
Clematis, 1.
Cleome viscosa, 94.

dodecandra, 94.

icosandra, 94.
Clitoria, 242.
Clove, 75.
Clusiaceee, ] 13.
Cluster Pine, 554.
Cluytia, 177. 634.
Cluytia spinosa, 178.
Clypea, 372.
Cnicus, 468.
Cocca, 186.
Coccoloba, 353.
Cocculus, 367. 635.

Burmanni, 372.

flavescens, 371.

indicus, 371.

lacunosus, 371.

orbiculatus, 371.

peltatus, 372.

suberosus, 371.
Cochlearia, 91.
Cochlospermum, 119.
Cocoa root, 602.
Cocum, 351.
Coffea, 440.
Coffee, 440.
Colchicum, 589.
Colocasia, 602.
Colocynthis, 84.

642

Colophonia mauritanica,

170.
Coltsfoot, 453.
Colutea, 247.
Combretaceae, 67.
Comfrey, 484.
Commia, 191.
? Commiphora, 173. 634.
Comocladia, 289.
Comptonia, 306.
Conda Cashinda, 634.
Condaminea, 434.
Conessi, 535.
Congea villosa, 496.
Coniferae, 553.
Conium, 57.
Conserve of Roses, 228.
Contrayerba blanca, 629-
Contrayerva, 300.
Convolvulaceae, 395.
Convolvulus, 398.

farinosus, 399.

foetidus, 438.

Jalapa, 396.

Mechoacannus, 397.

Nil, 398.

orizabensis, 397.

panduratus, 396.

paniculatus, 398.

Soldanella, 400.

sepium, 400.

scoparius, 400.

Turpethum, 395.
Conyza anthelmintica, 449.

genistelloides, 455.
Copaifera, 278.
Copaiva balsam, 278.
Copal, 173. 267.
Copalchi, 181.
Coptis, 8.

Coracoa de Jesu, 452.
Cordao do Frade, 488.
Cordia, 481. 635.
Cordiaceaa, 481.
Cordoncillo, 617.
Coreopsis Bidens, 457.
Coriander, 58.
Coriandrum, 58.
Coriaria, 223.

myrtifolia, 259.
Coriariacea;, 223.
Cornacea;, 81.
Cornus, 81.
Coronilla, 248.
Coronilla grandiflora, 246-
Corowatti, 569.

Corsican moss, 632.
Corteza de Azahar, 424.
Corvisartia Helenium, 456.
Corydalis, 18.
Corylacea;, 291.
Cosmibuena, 428.
Cotula maderaspatana, 455.
Coughas, 633.
Coumarine, 240.
Coutarea, 406.
Cowitch, 254.
Cowslip, 386.
Crassocephalum sonchifo-

lium, 465.
Crassulaceee, 275.
Crataeva, 95.

Marmelos, 162.
Crescentia, 514.
Crinum, 571.
Crosswort, 451.
Croton, 179. 634.

oil, 181.

Benzoe, 69.

lobatum, 184.

tiiictorium, 178.
Crown bark, 415.
Crozophora, 178.
Cruciferas, 91.
Cubebs, 314.
Cuchoo-gundubee, 636.
Cucumber, Indian, 588.
Cucumis, 84.
Cucurbitaceae, 83.
Cucurbita lagenaria, 83.
Cuichunchulli, 98.
Culilawan bark, 331.
Cumin, 51.
Cuminum, 51.
Cunila pulegioides, 492.

Mariana, 491.
Cunninghamia verticillata,

437.
Cupameni, 187.
Curatella, 31.
Curcuma, 560. 636.
Cusco bark, 427.
Cusparia febrifuga, 211.
Cussambium pubescens,

123.
Cutubea, 523.
Cyeadaceas, 549.
Cycas, 549.
Cyclamen, 385i
Cydonia, 234.
Cynanchum,542. ,

Argel, 259.

INDEX.

Cynanchum Ipecacuanha,
541.

tomentosum, 541.

vomitorium, 541.

viridiflorum, 541.
Cynaraceae, 467.
Cynocrambe, 188.
Cynoglossum officinale, 484
Cytisin, 238.
Cytisus, 238.
Cytisus graecus, 239.

D.

Dabi dooba, 636.
Dacha, 299.
Dad-murdun, 634.
Dadrooghna, 634.
Daffodil, 572.
Dammar, 146.
Dana, 635.
Dandelion, 470.
Daphne, 324.
Atxpvt), 340.
Daphne Lagetto, 325.
Daphnidium Cubeba, 340.
Daree, 634.
Dark Ash bark, 416.
Dark Ten Cinchona, 416.
Darnel, 609.

meal, 609.
Datura, 510.
Daucus, 53.
Daud-maree, 149. 633.
Daun kitsjil, 633.
Davilla, 81.
Dead-tongue, 39.
Deadly Nightshade, 509.
Delphinium, 9.
Dentelaire, 480.
Dergmuse, 192.
Devil's bit, 588.
Dhumoola, 636.
Dicypellium, 337.
Dieffenbachia, 606.
Digitalis 245. 502. 558.
Dill, 50.
Dilleniaceae, 31.
Diosma serratifolia, 212.
213.

crenulata, 212.

latifolia, 212.

odorata, 212.
Diospyrus, 388. 635.
Dipteraceae, 145.
Dipterocarpus, 145.
643

Dirca, 325.
Dittany of Crete, 490.
Djamor bonkang, 624.
Djouz elkai, 152.
Dock, 359.
Dogwood, 246.
Dog's bane, 534.
Do-keswa, 636.
Dolichos trilobus, 253.

pruriens, 254.
Dona, 635.
Doode-palla, 636.
Doodee-palla, 6~56.
Doodhee, 636.
Doodh-luta, 636.
Doodkulmi, 635.
Dooghdka, 636.
Doola gonda, 634.
Doomar, 635.
Doombur, 635.
Dord, 634.
Dorema, 47.

Doronicum montanum,
465.

Pardalianches, 466.
Dorstenia, 300.
Douradinhado Campo, 441.
Dracaena, 593.
Dracontium, 603.

fcetidum, 604.
Dracunculus hortensis, 463.
Dragon root, 602.
Dragon's Blood, 182. 257.

583. 594.
Drepanocarpus senegalen-

sis, 256.
Drimys Winteri, 26.
Drogue-amere, 501.
Drymis granatensis, 26.

chilensis, 26.
Dryobalanops, 146.
Dumb Cane, 606.
Durmur, 634.
Dwale, 509.
Dysophylla auricularia,

486.

E.

Eagle-wood, 267.
Earth gall, 435.
Eau de Mantes, 1 83.

de Cologne, 490. 486.

m^dicinale, 507.

d'Ange, 75.
Ebenaceae, 388.

T T 2

Ebony Tree, 389.
Ecbalium officinale, 86.
Echites antidysenterica,

535.
Eddoes, 602.
Edible moss, 630.
Eeshwur-mool, 635.
Ela-calli, 634.
Ela Nishkooti, 636.
Elachi, 636

Elaedendron Roxburghii,
634.

Elaeocarpus copalliferus,
145.

Elaeodendron, 197.
Elaich, 636.
Elais guineensis, 583.
Elaphriurn, 173.
Elcaja, 151.
Elecampane, 456.
Elemi, 172.

East Indian, 170.
Bengal, 174.
Elephant apple or wood

apple, 161.
Elephantopus, 449. 635.
Elettaria, 566. 636.
Elm, 304.

Embden Groats, 611.
Emblica, 176.
Emilia, 465.

Emplastrum Cumini, 340.
Epidendrum, 578.

claviculatum, 579.
Epiphegus, 525.
Eranda, 634.
Ergot, 611. 623.
Ericaceae, 377.
Ericu, 540.
Erigeron, 453.

annuum, 454.

heterophyllum, 454.
Eriodendron, 138.
Eryngium, 33.
Eryngo, 33.
Erythrina rnonosperma,
254.

piscipula, 246.
Erythronium, 590.

indicum, 592.
Erythroxyleae, 199.
Erythroxylon, 199.
Eruca, 93.

Erva do Andourinha, 196.
Moira, 511.
do Rato, 441.

INDEX.

Erva da Cobra, 452.
Ervum, 250.

Esenbeckia febrifuga, 210.
Esenbeckine, 431.
Eucalyptus, 77.
Eugenia, 76.

racemosa, 78.
Eulophia, 578.
Eupatorium, 451.

crenatum, 452.
Euphorbia, 191. 634.
Euphorbiacea?, 175.
Euphorbium, 192.
Euphrasia, 506.
Euryale, 20. 633.
Euribali, 158.
Evernia, 628.
Evodia, 210.

Exacum hy ssopifolium,520.

spicatum, 523.
Excascaria, 190.
Exostema, 430.
Eyebright, 506.

F.

Fabacece, 237.
Fagara Avicennae, 216.

piperita, 217.

octandra, 173.
False Loxa bark, 416.219.

Angostura bark,
528.
Fashook, 46.
Faux Turbith, 53.
Febra fuge, 260.
Fedegoza, 261.
Fennel, 41.
Feronia, 161. 633.

pellucida, 162.
Ferula, 45.

galbanifera, 46.

Opoponax, 44.

Sagapenum, 45.
Festuca quadridentata,61 1.
Feuillea, 83.
Feverfew, 462.
Fever Root, 445.
Fever weed, 393.
Fibraurea tinctoria, 367.
Ficus, 297. 635.
Fig, 298.

Figo del inferno, 1 6.
Figwort, 503.
Filfil burree, 496.
Filicales, 617.

644

Fiturasulioon, 56.
Flacourtiaceas, 109.
Fleabane, 456.
Flowers of Cassia, 330.
Flowering Ash, 547.
Fceniculum, 41. 633.
Fool's Parsley, 40.
Foxglove, 502.
Fraxinus excelsior, 548.

rotundifolia, 548.

Ornus, 547.
Frazera, 520.
French berries, 167.
French Lavender, 486.
Frutex terribilis, 475.
Frutta de Burro, 27. 94.

d'Arara, 186.
Fucus, 630.
Fucus amylaceus, 630.

crispus, 631.

H elminthochorton ,
632.

lichenoides, 631.

tenax, 631.
Fumaria, 17.
Fumariea;, 17.
Fungacea?, 623.
Funis felleus, 368.

G.

Gajamanioba, 261.
Galanga major, 564, 568.

minor, 568.
Galbanum, 47. 51.
Galega toxicaria, 245.
purpurea, 244.

Apollinea, 244.
Galeopsis ochroleuca, 493.
Galiacese, 446.
Galipea, 210.
Gall oak, 291.
Galvania Vellozii, 441.
Gambier, 405.
Gamboge, 113.

American, 118.
Ganga, 299.
Garcinia Morella, 1 1 3.

Gambogia, 114.

pictoria, 114.
Garden Rocket, 93.

Sage, 489.

Orache, 349.
Gardenia, 434.

dumetoriun, 433.

spinosa, 433.

Garget, 351 .
Garlic, 593.
Garlick Pear, 95.
Garou, 324.
Gaultheria, 380.
Gen, 203.

Gendarussa, 500. 635.
Geniosporum prostratum,

485.
Genista, 238.

scoparia, 239.
Gentian, 5 1 9.
Gentiana, 517.

hyssopifolia, 520.

Centaurium, 521.

perfoliata, 522.

Chirayta, 519.
Gentianacea;, 517.
GeoffriEa inermis, 257.
Geophila, 443.
Geraniaceae, 221.
Geranium, 221.
Geum, 225.
Ghandirhoba, 83.
Ghekool, 636.
Ghodie soucandee, 636.
Gigartina, 632.
Gillenia, 229.
Ginger, 217. 559.
Gin-seng, 59.
Glechoma hederacea, 492.
Globularia, 475.
Globulariaceae, 475.
Gloriosa superba, 590.
Glycine Abrus, 252.
Glycyrrhiza, 243.
Gmelina parviflora, 496.
635.

Goat-pepper, 509.
Gokatu, 113.
Gold thread, 8.
Golden rod, 454.
Goluncha-luta, 369. 635.
Gombo, 144.
Gomphia, 205.
Gomphocarpus fruticosus,

543.
Gomphrena, 347.
Gonus amarissimus, 218.
Googgula, 634.
Goomodee, 634.
Goontch, 634.
Gooya-babula, 634.
Gootea-shook- China, 636.
Gracilaria, 630.
Graines D 'Avignon, 167.

INDEX.

Graminaceae, 609.

Grana Secalis degenerati,

623.

Grana Dilla, 181.

Tilli, 181.

Tiglia, 181.
Granadilla, 105.
Grangea, 454.
Granum Moluccum, 181.
Grape-vine, 65.
Grass oil, 612.
Gratia Dei, 507.
Gratiola amara, 504.

Monniera, 503.
Greenwithe, 579.
Groats, 611.
Grossulacea?, 61.
Ground Ivy, 492.
Guaeo, 344. 452.
Guaiacum, 214.
Guao, 289.
Guazuma, 137.
Guettarda coccinea, 436.
Guggul, 174.
Guilandina, 263. 634.

Nuga, 262.
Guineahen weed, 363.
Guimauve, 143.
Guja-peppulee, 636.
Guj-pippul, 606. 636.
Gulancha, 369.
Gum Arabic, 283. 271.
269.

Barbary, 268.

Elemi, 277. 287.

animi, 145, 267.

Guaiacum, 267.

Tragacanth, 271.

Kino, 256.
Gummi Orenbergense,

555.
Gundali, 635.
Gundha badhulee, 635.
Gundha-bena, 636.
Gundha-moolee, 636.
Gund-mar, 635.
Gunja, 634.
Guroodshpoo, 635.
Gustavia, 78.
Guttifera;, 113.
Gynopogon stellatus,
532.

Gypsophila Struthium,

201.
Gyromia, 588.
Gyrophora, 626.
645

H.

Habzelia, 27.
Haemanthus toxicarius,
572.

Hajmatoxylon, 264.
Haiawa, 172.
Haimarada, 506.
Hakoon, 634.
Hak-too-woo, 3.
Hal, 636.
Halbert weed, 458.
Hanchinol, 149.
Haritaka, 633.
Harua, 633.
Hashish, 299.
Hasseltia, 536.
Hauslaub, 275.
Hazar munee, 634.
Heartsease, 97.
Hebradendron, 113.
Hedeoma, 491.
Hedera, 60.
Hedge hyssop, 507.
Hediunda, 515.
Hedysarum sennoides, 249.

Alhagi, 250.

tuberosum, 243.
Heimia, 149.
Helicteres, 138.
Helleborus, 6. 8.
Helonias, 586.

viridis, 585.
Hemidesmus, 543. 636.
Hemlock-dropwort, 39.
Hemp, 299.
Henbane, 508.
Heracleum, 50.
Herb Bennet, 226.
Herba Cicutaria; Offic, 55.

Oreoselinum Offic. 48.

majroris, 177.
Herbe du siege, 503.
Hernandia, 326.
Hernandiacece, 326.
Herpestes, 503. 636.
Herreria, 595.
Heuchera, 273.
Heudelotia, 286.
Hevea, 186.

Hibiscus moschatus, 144.

longifolius, 144.

esculentus, 144.
Hijulee-budam, 635.
Hil, 636.
Hippobroma, 404.

T T 3

Hippomane, 189.

biglandulosa, 189.
Hoelen, 624.
Hog's fennel, 48.
Hogmeat, 365.
Holigarna, 282.
Holly, 393.

Homalomena, 604. 636.
Honewort, 37.
Hoorooa, 634.
Hops, 296.
Hordeum, 610.
Horehound, 494.
Horseradish, 91 .
Horse Aloes, 595.
Houmiri, 159.
Houseleek, 275.
Hoya, 541. 636.
Huacsaro, 617.
Huamalies bark, 416. 421.
Huanuco bark, 413.
Humiriaces, 159.
Humirium, 159.
Humulus, 296.
Hungary water, 490.
Hur, 633.
Hura, 190.
Hurina, 636.

Hurina-shook-China, 636.
Hurituki, 633.
Hurpurori, 634.
Hyawa, 172.
Hydrastis, 3.
Hydrolea, 401.
Hydroleaceas, 401.
Hydnocarpus venenata,

109.
Hymensea, 266.
Hymenodictyon, 429. 635.
Hyoscyamus, 508.
Hypericaceae, 117.
Hypericum, 117.

Androsaemum, 117.
guianense, 118.
Hyssop, 491.
Hyssopus, 491.

I.

Ibharankusha, 636.
Iceland Moss, 627.
Icica, 171.
Ichnocarpus, 535.
Ictodes fcetidus, 604.
Ignatiana philippinica,530.
Ik, 636.

INDEX.

Ikshoo, 636.
Ilex, 393.

paraguariensis, 394.
Illicium, 25.
Illupie tree, 387.
Imburel, 635.
Jmperatoria, 49.
Inda-yacu, 186.
Indigo, 238. 242. 244.
Indigofera, 241. 634.
Indranika, 635.
Indrasoorusa, 635.
Indrayun, 85.
Induga, 636.
Inga, 271.
Inhap^canga, 599.
Inula, 456.
Inula dysenterica, 456.
Ionidium, 98.
Ipecaquana, 366.
Ipecacuanha, 98. 543. 480.

542. 229. 442. 196.

amylaceous, 444.

annulated, 442.

black or Peruvian,441.

Brazilian, 442.

Lisbon, 442.

striated, 441.

white, 444.

wild, 445. 540.

undulated, 444.
Ipie, 635.

Ipomsea, 395. 635.

paniculata, 398.

insignis, 398.

cajrulea, 398.
Iridacese, 575.
Iris, 575.
Irish Moss, 631.
Isaro, 635.
Isertia, 436. "
Island Long Pepper, 312.
Isotoma longiflora, 404.
Ispagool, 635.
Issue peas, 163.
Ivy, 60. 380.

Ivy-leavedSnapdragon,505.
Iwarancussa, 61 1.
Iwarankusha, 636.

J.

Jaborandi, 313.
Jaen Bark, 418.
Jaga-phul, 633.
Jalap, 351. 365, 397.

646

Jalapa Macho, 397.

officinarum, 365.
Jamal gata, 634.
Janipha, 185.
Japicanga, 599.
Jarbao, 497.
Jarrinha, 342.
Jatahy, 267.
Jatchy, 267.
Jatoba, 267.
Jatropha, 184. 634.

elastica, 1 86.

Manihot, 185.

montana, 182.
Jayapala, 634.
Jay-phalu, 633.
Jedwar, 561.
Jeroogoo, 636.
Jerusalem oak, 348.
Jeticucu, 397.
Jew bush, 1 96.
Jooipana, 635.
Jouan, 633.
Jouz-bewa, 633.
Juglandaceae, 307.
Juglans, 307.
Jugut-mudun, 635.
Junglee, 636.
Juniper, 556.
Juniperus, 556.
Juribali, 158.
Juripeba, 512.
Justicia Adhatoda, 501.

biflora, 500.

Ecbolium, 500.

Gendarussa, 501.

nasuta, 500.

paniculata, 501.

pectoralis, 500.

scandens, 500.
Juwasa, 634.

K.

Kadi-danda, 633.
Kadishen, 634.
Kadukar, 633.
Kadul-gaha, 633.
Kaempferia, 563. 636.
Kajooli, 636.
Kaka-palla, 636.
Kakhal-kuluy, 634.
Kakulah, 636.
Kala dana, 398.
Kala-Drooma, 633.
Kala-megh, 635.

Ka\a/xos apo>nartKos, 612.
Kalmia, 380.
Kalumb, 369.
Kalup-nath, 635.
Kam wepila, 633.
Kana Goraka, 113.
Kandalanga, 633.
Kanguruka, 636.
Kara-angolam, 71.
Karavara, 534.
Kari-vepa, 633.
Karneeli, 634.
Karpud, 636.
Karpushpoo, 636.
Karson Khayi, 158.
Karuvee, 636.
Kath-bel, 633.
Katharunja, 634.
Katkulija, 634.
Katsjula Kelengu, 564.
Kavalee, 633.
Kayo Rangas, 2S6.
Kentrophyllum lanatum,
467.

Kermes dye, 291.
Kerseboom, 152.
Kerula, 633.
Khadira, 634.
Khaya, 157.
Khira, 634.
Kholinjan, 636.
Khoolunjan, 636.
Kinnab, 299.
Kinneh, 51.
Kino, 77. 264. 405.

Jamaica, 353.
Kio Kui, 330.
Kirui, 636.
Kitedja, 334.
Kiteja, 334.
Knot grass, 361.
Knowltonia, 4.
Kola, 635.
Kolu-vullee, 636.
Komri, 634.
Konda-amadum, 634.
Koochila, 636.
Koochila-luta, 636.
Kool, 634.
Koolinjan, 736.
Koolunyoga, 636.
Koolunjuna, 636.
Koombhika, 636.
Koonch, 634.
Koonjurashuna, 635.
Kooshiar, 636.

INDEX.

Kora man, 634.
Krameria, 128.
Krameriacea?, J 28.
Krishna, 635.
Krishna-choora, 634.
Krishnala, 634.
Kuchila, 528. ,
Kuchoora, 636.
Kullooa, 636.
Kuna, 635.
Kvneipos ivSmos, 562.
Kupikuclioo, 634.
Kupi-vullee, 636.
Kurankusha, 636.
Kurchoora, 636.
Kuri-pippulee, 636.
Kurubee, 636.
Kurvoora, 636.
Kustoori, 634.
Kuteera, 1 1 9.
Kutulegee, 156.
Kydia, 137. 633.

L.

Labaria, 603.
Labiatae, 485.
Laburnum, 238.
Lac, 182. 255.
Lace Bark, 325.
Lactuca, 469.
Lactucarium, 469.
Ladanum, 131.
Lagenaria, 83.
Lagetta. 325.
Lalo, 139.
Lambkill, 380.
Lamiaceae, 485.
Lampujum, 560.
Lappa, 468.
Larch, 555.
Larix europrea, 554.
Lascachne, 396.
Laser cyreniacum, 47. 52.
Laserpitium, 53.
Lasionema, 428.
Lathyrus, 251.
Lauracea;, 329.
Laurel, 232. 335. 380.
Laurus, 340.

Benzoin, 339.

Camphora, 333.

camphorifera, 333.

Caryophyllus, 331.

Cassia, 329.

caustica, 333.
647

Laurus Cinnamomoides,

336.

Cinnamomum, 329,

330.
Cubeba, 340.
Culilawan, 330.
cupularis, 338.
malabathrica, 332.
Malabathrum, 332.
Parthenoxylon, 338.
Persea, 333.
porrecta, 338.
pseudo Benzoin, 339.
pseudosassafras, 339.
Quixos, 334.
sassafras, 338.
Lavandula, 485.
Lavender, 416.
Ledebouria, 592.
Ledum, 379.
Leesoora, 635.
Leguminosa?, 237.
Lemon, 164.

grass, 612.
Leonotis nepetifolia, 488.
Leontodon Taraxacum, 470
Leonurus, 492.
Lettuce, 469.

opium, 469.
Liane a blessure, 579.
Liatris, 450.
AiSavos, 171.
Licaria guianensis, 337.
Licari Kanali, 337.
Lichenaceae, 625.
Lichen aphthosus, 626.
cocciferus, 629.
discoideus, 625.
furfuraceus, 628.
islandicus, 627.
nivalis, 627.
parietinus, 625.
Prunastri, 628.
plicatus, 628.
pulmonarius, 626.
pyxidatus, 629.
rangiferinus, 629.
vermicularis, 629.
Ligna colubrina, 529.
Lignaloes, 267. 327.
Lignum colubrinum, 531.

rhodium, 401.
Ligularia, 193.
Ligusticum Meum, 43.
Ajowan, 36.
capillaceum, 43.
T T 4)

Liliacea?, 590.
Lima bark, 413.
Lime, 147. 163.
Limodorum altum, 577.
Linaceas, 129.
Linaria, 505
Linden Tree, 147.
Lingua de fin, 101 .
Linharea aroinatica, 337.
Linum, 129.
Liriodendron, 23.
Lisianthus, 522.
Lithocarpus Benzoin, 391.
Lithrea caustica, 333.
Lrthi, 333.
Litsea sebifera, 340.
Liquidambar, 321.

asplenif'olium, 306.
Liquiritia officinalis, 243.
Liquorice, 241. 243.
Lobelia, 403.
Lobeliacese, 403.
Lobelia longiflora, 404.

Tupa, 404.
Loda, 634.
Logwood, 264.
Loiseleuria, 382.
Lolium, 609.
Lombardy poplar, 320.
Long Pepper, 311.
Lood, 633.
Loxa bark, 415.
Luban, 634.
Lufr'a, 85. 633.
Lunka sij., 634.
Lupuline, 297.
Lus-a-chrasis, 82.
Lusora, 535.
Luti-am, 532.
Lycopodiaceas, 621.
Lycopodium, 621.
Lycopus, 488.
Lythracese, 149.
Lythrum, 150.

M.

Mace, 22.

Macrocnemum corymbo-

sum, 435.
Madagascar Cardamom,

565.
Madder, 446.
Mador, 540.
Madorius, 540.
Madharama, 635-

INDEX.

Madhuca tree, 387.
Maduga, 634.
Magnolia, 23.
Magnoliacese, 23.
Magonia, 1 22.
Magudhee, 635.
Mahaburee-butch, 636.
Mahogany tree, 155.
Mahura, 162.
Mahwa, 635.
Maidenhair, 618.
Mais peladero, 624.
Makana, 633.
Malabathri folia, 330.
Malach, 299.
Malambo Bark, 21 1.
Malanea verticillata, 437.
Malatrinukung 636.
Male Jalap, 397.
Mallow, 143.

Malpighia crassifolia, 199.
Malpighiaceae, 199.
Malva, 142.
Malvaceae, 141.
Malvavisco, 142.
Mamadi-chitoo, 635.
Mammea, 1 15.
Mammee, 1 1 5.
Manchineel,

bastard, 537.
Mancinella,
Mandel amara, 231.
Mandrake, 13.
Manga, 635.
Mangas marum, 635.
Mangifera, 281. 635.

pinnata, 164.
Mango ginger, 563.
Mangostana Murella, 113.
Manihot utilissima, 185.
Manna, 77. 203. 250. 541.
547.

hebraica, 250.

of Briangon, 555.
Malagueta Pepper, 566.
Manettia, 431.
Maranta, 569.
Marantaceae, 569.
Maredoo, 634.
Marie, 635.
Marjoram, 490.
Marking nut, 283.
Marmeleiro do Mato, 101.
Marrubium, 494.
Marsh Mallow, 1 43.
Marsh Rosemary, 479.
618

Martin's Cancer powder,

526.
Maruta, 459.
Marvel of Peru, 365.
Masca, 127.
Masha, 634.
Mash-Kuluy, 634.
Massoy bark, 330.
Mastich, 287. 289.
Masterwort, 49.
Mate, 394.

Matricaria Parthenium,
462.

Matta-paltiga, 635.
Maximiliana regia, 119.
May, 633.
May Apple, 13.
Mayten, 198.
Maytenus, 198.
Maytensillo, 99.
Mayuri, 633.
Meadow Saffron, 589.
Meadow Sweet, 229.
Mechameck, 396.
Mechoacan root, 397.
Mediola virginica, 588.
Meesia serrata, 205.
Melaleuca, 73. 633.
Melanthaceae, 585.
Melanthium densum, 588.

dioicum, 588.

laetum, 587.

muscsetoxicum, 587.

phalangioides, 587.
Melligetta Pepper, 566.
Melia, 151.
Meliacese, 151.
Melia Guara, 152.
Melicocca trijuga, 123.
Melilotus, 240.
Melissa Calamintha, 492.

pulegioides. 492.
Melothria, 87.
Menispermaceae, 367.
Menispermum acumina-
tum, 368.

cordifolium, 369.

Cocculus, 370.

crispum, 368.

fenestratum, 370.

palmatum, 369.

peltatum, 372.

polycarpum, 368.

radiatum, 368.

verrucosum, 368.
Mentha, 486.

Menyanthes, 523.

nymphaeoides, 524.

Unguis, 271.
Mercurialis, 188.
Meriandra, 488.
Mespilodaphne, 334.
Metrosideros gummifera,

77.
Meum, 42.

Foeniculum, 41.
Mexican tea, 349.
Mezereum, 324.
Mikania, 451.
Milk Thistle, 467.
Mimoseaj, 268.
Mimosa arabica, 269.

piliflora, 270.

bark, 270.

Bourgoni, 271.

Catechu, 268.

fagifolia, 271.

Farnesiana, 270.

ferruginea, 263.

iuliflora, 270.

leucophlaea, 269.
Mimosa nilotica, 269.
Minoomoo, 634.
Mirabilis, 365.
Mishreya, 633.
Missebrasd, 604.
Mitta tamara, 634.
Modira Caniram, 529.
Molina reticulata, 455.
Momordica, 86.
Monarda, 490.
Monk's Rhubarb, 360.
Monniera cuneifolia, 503.

Brownei, 503.
Monnina, 127.
Monodora, 28.
MontpelierScammony,542.
Moorkanda, 634.
Mopea 7j cruKa/xivia, 300.
Moringa, 103.
Moringaceae, 103.
Morung Elachi, 636.
Morus, 299.
Motherwort, 493.
Mountain Ash, 234.

laurel, 380.

Tobacco, 465.

tea, 381.
Mouringon, 103.
Moxaweed, 463.
Mucuna, 253. 634.
Mudar, 540.

INDEX.

Mudarine, 540.
Mudhoo, 635.
Mudhooka, 635.
Mudhoorika, 633.
Mudhooshpootheela, 635.
Muhabhura-vucha, S., 636.
Muha-tita, 635.
Muhesha, 636.
Muhooa, 635.
Muhoola, 635.
Mukhal, 633.
Mulberry, 300.
Munsa sij., 634. 1
Murial-tiga, 635.
Muricia, 89.
Murkuti, 624.
Musadi, 636.
Mustard, 92.
Mustard Tree, 477.
Myginda, 394.
Myginda? Gongonha, 394.
Myrcia acris, 76.
Myrica, 305.
Myficaceae, 305.
Myristica, 21. 633.
Myristicaeeaj, 21.
Myrobalanus Belerica, 69.

Chebula, 67.

citrina, 68.

Emblica, 176.
Myrodendron amplexi-

caule, 159.
Myrospermum, 278.
Myroxylum pedicellatum,
279.

peruiferum, 279.
Myroxylon Toluifera, 279.
Myrtacese, 73.
Myrrh, 170. 174.
Myrtus, 74.

acris, 76.

Pimenta, 76.

N.

Nafeel, 51.
Naga-mulli, 635.
Naga Musadi, 529. 636.
Nagurulee, 635.
Nail Kashina, 634.
Nama zeylanica, 401.
Namedou, 71.
Napalam, 634.
Narbonne honey, 490.
Narcissus, 572.
Nap5os ivSikt], 471.

649

Nardostachys, 471.
Nata, 634. .
Nauclea Gambir, 405.
Nectandra, 336.
Neel, 634.
Neel-Kulmi, 635.
Neereeja dichotoma, 1 97.
Neeroo boodookee, 636.
Nekra, 635.
Nella-jedee, 635.
Nella-mado, 633.
Nella-tooma, 634.
Nella-vemgoo, 635.
Nella userekee, 634.
Nepeta, 492.

malabarica, 494.
Nephrodium, 619.
Nerium, 533.

antidysentericum, 535.

odoratum, 636.
Nesasa salicifolia, 149.
Nettle, 295.
Neurolaena lobata, 458.
Neurosperma cuspidata, 87.
Nhandirhoba, 83.
Nicandra physalodes, 511.
Nicotiana, 513.
Nigella, 8.
Ni-Kei, 330.
Nil, 634.
Nili, 634.
Nilicamarum, 176.
Nima, 209.
Niouttout, 286.
Nirgoondi, 635.
Nirie, 153.
Nirmulee, 636.
Nisinda, 635.
Nonatelia, 436.
Nori, 634.

Normandy Soda, 350.
Nundunee, 636.
Nuphar, 19.
Nutmeg Tree, 21.
Nux Vomica, 528.
Nyctaginacese, 365.
Nyctago dichotoma, 365.
Nymphsea, 1 9.

lutea, 19.
Nymphseaceae, 19.

O.

Oak, 291.

galls, 291.
Ochna zeylanica, 205.

Ochna malabarica, 205.
Ochnacese, 205.
Ocotea Pichurim, 335.

Puchury major, 336.

Cujumary, 335.

opifera, 337.

cymbarum, 336.

amara, 336.
Ocymum, 485.
(Enanthe, 39.

purpurea, 43.
CEnoplia volubilis, 166.
Oil of spearmint, 487.

lavender, 486.

thyme, 491.

Ben, 103.

spike, 486.

Tiglium, 181.

Laurel, 232.

bergamot, 163.

Savin, 557.

Neroli, 163.

Fern, 619.
Okra, 144.

Oldenlandia, 435. 635.
Olea, 547.
Oleaceae, 547.
Oleum Buxi, 175.

aurantii, 163.
Olibanum, 171.
Olive, 547.
Olivile, 547.
Omphalea triandra, 185.
Onion, 593.
Ook, 636.
Oopukoolya, 635.
Ooshak, 47.
Ooshuna, 635.
Ophiorhiza, 435.
Ophioxylon, 531. 636.
Opium, 15.
Opobalsamum, 169.
Opoponax, 44. 46.
Oporanthus luteus, 571.
Orayuri, 21 1.
Orchidaceaj, 577.
Orchis, 577.

Orelha d'Onca, 183. 373.
Orelia grandiflora, 533.
Oreodaphne, 337.
Origanum, 490.
Origanum Dictamnus, 490.
Ormocarpum, 249. 634.
Ornithogalum Squilla, 591.

maritimum, 591.
Ornitrophe serrata, 123.

INDEX.

Ornithopus scorpioides,
249.

Orobanchaceae, 525.
Oriras, 547.

Orobanche virginiana, 525.
Orpine, 275.
Orris root, 576.
Oshac, 47.
Osmunda, 619.
Osmund Royal, 619.
Oud, 635.

Hindee, 635.
Ourari, 530.
Oxalidaceae, 222.
Oxalis, 222.
Oxystelma, 545. 636.

P.

P&chana, 369.
Pachyma, 624.
Pada valam, 633.
Pasderieae, 437.
Psederia, 437. 635.
Pasonia, 13.
Paenoe, 145.
Pabari peepul, 312.
Palicourea 441.
Palla-soucandee, 636.
Palmaceas, 581.
Palm oil, 388. 583.
Palo, 369.
Palo Blanco, 419.

de San Juan, 428.
Pan, 635.

Panacea lapsorum, 465.
Panax, 58.
Pandikee, 633.
Tla.VKpa.Tiov, 591.
Pancration, 592.
Pancratium maritimum,
573.

Panmuhuree, 633.

Pansy, 97.

Pao, 334.

Pao de Cobra, 529.

de Tinguy, 122.
Papaver, 15.
Papaveracea?, 15.
Papaya, 107.
Papayacea:, 107.
Papeeta, 530.
Papeya, 633.
Papilionacea?, 237.
Paraguay Tea, 394.
650

Paratodo, 347.
Paregoric elixir, 390.
Pareira brava, 372.

red, 374.

white, 375.
Parmelia, 625.
Parsley, 36.
Partridge berry, 381.
Passiflora, 105.
Passifloracea:, 105.
Pastinaca Opoponax, 44.
Pata de Gallinazo, 413.

de Gallareta,413. 418.
Patalganni, 636.
Pate de Jujube, 165.
Patrinia Jatamansi, 471.
Paullinia, 128.

aculeata, 218.
Pavonia, 142.
Peach, 231.
Pedaliaceaa, 499.
Pedalium Murex, 499.
Pedda-warago-vvenki, 635.
Pedilanthus,' 196.
Peea-sal, 633.
Peeata-saluka, 633.
Peet-Sal, 634.
Peini marum, 633.
Pellitory of Spain, 460.
Peltidea, 626.
Pennyroyal, 487. 492.
Pentaptera tomentosa, 68.
Tleirtpi, 610.
Peperomia, 314.
[Te7rAiy, 195.
ri67rAos, 195.
Pepper, 217.
Peppermint, 487.
Pereiria, 370. 635.
Periparaba, 315.
Periploca indica, 544.

Secamone, 544.

esculenta, 545.

emetica, 544.
Persea, 333.

of Dioscorides, 481.

caryophyllacea, 337.
Petarkura, 109. 633.
Petiveria, 363.
Petiveriacese, 363.
Petroselinum, 35.
Peucedanum, 48.

ammoniacum, 47.

Ostruthium, 49.
Pilocarpus campestris,
122.

Phalacroloma acutifolium,
454.

Pharbitis, 398. 635.
Phaseolus, 252. 634.
Phellandrium Mutellina,
43.

aquaticum, 40.
Phlomis nepetifolia, 488.
3>oy, 472.
Phu, 472.

Phyllanthus, 176. 634.

longifolius, 175.

Emblica, 176.
Physalis, 510.

pubescens, 613.
Phytolaccaceaa, 351.
Picea, 554.

pectinata, 554.
Pichurim Beans, 335.
Picrsena, 208.
Picrorhiza, 506.
Pigeon berries, 351.
Pigouil, 611.
Piktoome, 634.
Pillipessara, 634.
Pimento, 76.
Pimpernel,
Pimpinella, 38.

pratensis, 38.

laciniata, 38.
Pinaceas, 553.
Pinang, 313.
Pinaster, 554.
Pinckneya, 433.
Piney varnish, 145.
Pinhoes de Purga, 184.
Pinus, 553.

balsamea, 554.

Picea, 554.

Larix, 554.
Piper, 310. 635.

umbellatum, 314.

peltatum, 315.

aithiopicum, 28.
Piperaceae, 310.
Pippula, 635.
Pippul-chitoo, 635.

Moola, 311.
Pipsisewa, 375.
Piqueria, 450.
Pirigara speciosa, 79.
Pisang nuts, 583.
Piscidia, 246.
Pisonia fragrans, 366
Pissblume, 480.
Pistacia, 288.

INDEX.

Pistacia Nut, 288.
Pistia, 607. 636.
PistiaceEE, 607.
PlagiotaxisChickrassa, 157.
Plantaginacese, 473.
Plantago, 473. 635.
Platanus orientalis, 321.
Pleurisy root, 539.
Plocaria Candida, 631.
Plumbaginacea:, 479.
Plumbago, 480.
Plumieria, 537.
Pneumonanthe Kurroo,
519.

Poa Seringa, 186.
Poaya branca, 98.

da Praja, 98.

do campo, 98.
Pocan, 351.

Podalyria tinctoria, 237.
Podophylleae, 13.
Podophyllum, 13.
Poinciana, 263. 634.
Poison ash, 284.

tree, 284.

Ivy, 285.

sumach, 284.

wood, 284.
Poke, 351.
Polanisia, 94.
Polychroite, 576.
Polygala, 125.
Polygalacea:, 125.
Polygonacea;, 353.
Polygonum, 360.
Polypodium filix mas., 61 9.
Pombalia Itubu, 98.
Pomeae, 234.
Pomegranate, 74.
Poondra, 636.
Poori, 636.
Populus, 319.
Porlieria, 214.
Portlandia hexandra, 406.
Portland Sago, 601.
Posoqueria dumetorum,

433.
Potentilla, 225.
Pothos foetida, 604.

officinalis, 605.
Pounce, 556.
Prangos, 56.
Premna integrifolia, 497.
Primula, 385.
Primulacese, 385.
Prickly Ash, 216.

651

Prinos, 394
Prithweeka, 636.
Prosopis, 270.
Protium, 169.
Prunus, 233.

Padus, 232.

undulata, 233.

Laurocerasus, 232.

rubra, 232.
Prusni-purni, 634.
Pseudosantalum amboi-

nense, 60.
Psoralea, 241.
Psychotria, 440.

crocea, 441.

macropoda, 443.

cordifolia, 443.

herbacea, 443.
Psychotrophumherbaceum,

443.
Ptarmica, 461.
Ptelea, 215.
Pteris, 61 8.

Pterocarpus, 255. 634.
Ptychotis, 36. 633.
Puccoon, 16.
Pucliury, 336.
Puchury Beans, 335.
Puchyry, 336.
Pueraria, 243. 634.
Puharee indrayun, 84.
Pulas, 634.
Pulasa, 634.
Pulegium vulgare, 487.
Pulicaria, 456.
Pulsatilla nigricans, 3.
Punica, 74.
Puntu-puntu, 618.
Purga dos Paulistas, 186.

de Gentio, 186.

Macho, 397.
Pushoomehunukarika, 636.
Pussoor, 633.
Putra-wali, 635.
Pyrethrum, 462.
Pyrola umbellata, 375.
Pyrolacese, 375.
Pyrus, 234.

Cydonia, 234.

Q.

Quamochitl, 271.
Quaquara, 599.
Quassia, 207. 219.
polygama, 208.

Quassia excelsa, 208.

Simaruba, 207.

chips, 209.
Quercus, 291.
Quinaquina, 414.
Quina Amarilla, 416.

Amarilla of Santa Fe,
418.

Anteada, 417.

blanca, 181. 426.

Bayade Santa Fe,418.

de Calisaya, 417.

Carrasquefia, 415.

do campo, 531.

Colorado, 424.

delgadillo, 421.

delgada, 421.

fina de Loxa, 416.

fino, 414.

naranjada, 415.

naranjada of Santa Fe.
422.

de Remijo, 429.

roxa of Santa F6, 424.

da Serra, 429.

bobo amarillo, 417. ,
Quince, 234

Quinquina colorada, 429.

nova, 424.

de Piauhi,431.

Pi ton, 430, 431.

of St. Lucia, 431.

Brazilian, 429.
Quinquino, 279.

R.

Raahooni, 37.

Radices Zerumbethi, 560.

Alpiniae spuriae, 564.
Radish, 93.
Radix Mutellinae, 43.

vesicatoria, 480.

Mei, 43.

toxicaria, 571.
Rai, 635.

Raiz da China branca e
rubra, 599.
de Pipi, 363.
Rakhal-phul, 633.
Rambiya, 581.
Randia, 433. 635.
Ranunculaceae, 1.
Ranunculus, 4.
Raphanus, 93.
Rapuntium Tupa, 404.

INDEX.

Rapuntium longiflorum,
404.

Ras-sa-ma-la, 321.
Ratany root, 128.
Rattlesnake's master, 450.
Rauwolfia nitida, 533.
Reaumuria, 133.
Reaumuriaceae, 133.
Rebenta Cavallos, 404.
Red bark of Carthagena,
424.

bark of Lima, 424.

Currant, 61.

Pareira Brava, 374.

root, 16.

Deal, 553.

Cedar, 556.
Rein Deer Moss, 629.
Rela, 634.
Remija, 429.
Renealmia exaltata, 568.
Rengha, 634.
Resin of Coumia, 172.
Retti pemeretti, 635.
Rex amaroris, 127.
Rhamnaceaj, 165.
Rhamnus, 166.

Jujuba, 165.

Zizyphus, 165.

volubilis, 166.
Rhapontieum, 357.
Rheum, 353.
Rhinacanthus, 500. 35.
Rhododendron, 377.
Rhubarb, 354.
Rhus, 2S4.
Ribes, 61.
Ribgrass, 473.
Richardia brasiliensis, 444.

pilosa, 444.
Richardsonia, 444.
Ricinus, 183. 634.
Rivina paniculata, 477.
Roatangha, 633.
Robinia florida, 245.
Rohina, 633.
Roka, 151.
Rosa, 228.
Rosacea?, 225.
Rose-bay, American, 377.

water, 228.
Rosea paras malas, 139.
Rosemary, 489.
Rosmarinus, 489.
Rubia, 446.
Rubus, 227.

652

Rue, 210.
Rumex, 359.
Rusala, 636.
Rusot, 63.

Russa Userekee, 634.
Russia leather, 293.
Ruta, 209.
Rutaceae, 209.
Rutka-chundun, 634.
Rutti, 634.
Rye, 610.

Sabadilla, 586, 587.
Sabbatia, 522.
Sabinea, 245.
Sacarolha, 139.
Saccharum, 612. 636.
Sada-boari, 636.
Sada-hazur munee, 634.
Saffron Crocus, 576.
Sagapenum, 46.
Sago, 549, 550. 582. 583

Portland, 601.
Saguerus Rumphii, 582.
Sagus, 581.

St. Ignatius' Bean, 530.

Sal, 633.

Salaci, 634.

Salai, 634.

Salep, 577, 578.

Salicaceae, 317.

Salix, 317.

Sallows, 319.

Saloop, 577.

Salsola, 349.

foetida, 348.
Salvadora, 477. 635.
Salvadoracese, 477.
Salvia, 489.

benghalensis, 488.
Sambucus, 445.
Samdullum, 635.
Samstravadi, 633.
Samydaceae, 101.
Sana-yallacci, 636.
Sandalwood, 323.

red, 257.
Sandarach, 556.
Sandbox, 190.
Sandoricum, 153.
Sanguinaria, 16.
Sanguisorbea?, 235.
Sangre del drago, 1 82.
Sankira, 599.
Sansjo, 217.

Santalacese, 323.
Santalum, 323.
Santolina, 461.
Sapindaceaa, 121.
Sapindus, 121.
Sapium, 189. 634.
Sapodilla Plum, 388.
Saponaria vaccaria, 201.

officinalis, 201.
Sapotaceaj, 387.
Sarcostemma, 543.
Sarsa, 597.

Sarsaparilla, 362. 468.
596. 598. 599.
of India, 544.
Brazilian 598.
German, 61 4.
Jamaica, 599.
Lisbon, 598.
Vera Cruz, 598.
Sassa, 271.

Gum, 268.
gummifera, 268.
Sassafras, 336. 338.
swamp, 23.
oriental, 339.
nuts, 337.
Sauvagesia, 99.
Sauvagesieae, 99.
Savin, 557.
Savoeja, 587.
Saxifiagaceee, 273.
Saya-wer, 635.
Scammony, 399.

Montpellier, 542.
Smyrna, 544.
Scandix Anthriscus, 55.

Cerefolium, 55.
Schleichera, 123. 633.
Schmidelia, 122. 633.
Schinus, 287.
~2,x0LV0S> 612.
Scilla maritima, 591.
Lilio-Hyacinthus,
592.
Scillitin, 591.
Scindapsus, 605. 636.
Sclerotium Cocos, 624.

Clavus, 623.
Scopolia aculeata, 218.
Scorpion Senna, 248.
Scotch Fir, 553.
Scrophularia, 502.
Scrophulariaceae, 502.
Scyphophorus, 629.
Scurvy grass, 91.

Scutellaria lateriflora, 492.
Sea-side grape, 353.

Beech, 430.
Sea wrack, 630.
Sebesten Plums, 481.
Sebestena officinalis, 481.
Sebestans, 481.
Sebifera glutinosa, 340.
Secale, 610.

luxurians,'623.

cornutum, 623.
Secalis mater, 623.
Secamone, 544.
Sedum, 275.
Seen, 635.

Selinum palustre, 48.
Semecarpus, 283. 635.
Semencine, 463.
Semen-contra, 463.
Semina Dauci, cretica, 42.
Cardamomi majoris,
567.

Sempervivum, 275.
Seriacia Maytenus, 198.
Sene de Nubie, 259.
Seneca snakeroot, 125.
Senna, 260. 248. 247.
245. 264.
alata, 260.

Meccae Lohaiae, 258.

Tora, 260.

toroides, 260.

obtusa, 259.

of Tripoli, 259.

of Mecca, 259.

Italian, 260.

Tinnivelly, 258.
Seo, 217.
Sepistans, 481.
Serpentaria, 301.
Serratula 450.

anthelmintica, 449.
Sesamum indicum, 499.
Sesbana grandiflora, 246.
Sesleria quitensis, 611.
Seven eared vine, 397.
Seville Orange, 163.
Shea, 387.

Shendoo-gella-kura, 635.
Sheti beera, 633.
Shieri-goomoodoo, 635..
Sholika, 636.
Shooturk, 634.
Shorea robusta, 146. 633.

camphorifera, 146.
Shotee, 636.

653

INDEX.

Shoundee, 635.
Shreyusee, 636.
Shringuverum, 636.
Shud grunthnika, 636.
Shukhr ool askur, 541.
Shuloopa, 633.
Shutee, 636.
Shwet busunta, 634.
Sida, 141.

indica, 141.

populifolia, 142.
Sij, 634.
Silenacete, 201.
Silene, 201.
Silphion, 47. 52, 53.
Silver Fir, 554.
Simaba quassioides, 209.
Simaruba, 207.

excelsa, 208.
Simarubaceae, 207.
Sinapis, 92.
Sindooka, 635.
Sindoowara, 635.
Singhashya, 635.
Singhee, 635.
Siphonia elastica, 186.
Siriboa, 312.

Sirium myrtifolium, 323.
Sison, 37.

Anisum, 38.
SKiXXa, 591.
Skunk Cabbage, 604,

weed, 604.
Smilacese, 597.
Smilasperic acid, 544. 597
Smilax, 597. 636.
Smyrnium, 57.
Snakeweed, 34.
Sneeze-wort, 461.

Soapberry, 121.

Soda of Aiguesmortes, 350

Soda of Narbonne, 350.
of Alicant, 350.

Solanaceae, 508.

Solanum, 511.

Solidago, 454.

Somraj, 635.

Soogundha, 636.

Sookh-dursun, 636.

Soolpa, 633.

Soondali, 634.

Soovurnuka, 634.

Sophora tinctoria, 237.

Sorbus Aucuparia, 234.

Sorrel, 360.

Soulamea, 127.

South wellia, 136.
Southernwood, 463.
Sow Bread, 385.
Sowa, 50. 633.
Soymida, 155. 633.
Spanish arbour vine, 397.
Spartium scoparium, 239.

spinosum, 239.
Spearmint, 486.
Spearmint water, 487.
Spermacoce ferruginea,
444.
Poaya, 444.
hexandra, 444.
hirsuta, 444.
Spermoedia, 623.
Sphaeralcea, 142.
Sphaerococcus crispus, 631.
Helminthochorton,

631.
lichenoides, 631.
compressus, 631.
tenax, 631.
Spiceberry, 339.
Spicewood, 339.
Spigelia, 524.
Spikenard, 471.
Spilanthes, 458.
Spiraea, 229.

trifoliata, 229.
Spirit of Lavender, 486.
Spondiaceae, 164.
Spondias, 164. 634.
Spoonwood, 380.
Spurge Laurel, 324.
Squill, 591.
Squilla, 591.
Squills, 592.
Stachys, 493.
Stachytarpha, 496.
Stadmannia trijuga, 123.
Stagmaria, 286.
Stalagmitis, 114. 633.

Gambogioides, 114.
Star Anise, 25.

reed, 342.
Statice, 479.

Armeria, 479.
capitata, 479.
Stellatas, 446.
Stellaris Scilla, 591.
Sterculia Tragacantha,
136.
urens, 135.
Sterculiaceae, 135.
Steris javana, 401.

INDEX.

Steris aquatica, 401.
Stevia febrifuga, 450.
Sticta, 626.

Stinking May weed, 460.
Storax, 390.

liquid, 321.
Strasburgh Turpentine,
554.

Stravadium racemosum,
78.

Strawberry Tree, 381.
'Srpvxvos virvwTiKos, 511.
Strychnos, 528. 636.
Styracea?, 389.
Styrax, 389.
Sugar cane, 613.
Sulphur wort, 48.
Sumbrani-cliitto, 636.
Suna, 259.
Surenus, 633.
Surei Kund, 636.
Sweet Almonds, 231.
Sweet Bay, 340.

cane, 612.

Fennel, 41.

fern, 306.

Flag, 607.

Gale, 305.

orange, 163.

Tea, 600.

Willow, 319.
Swietenia, 155.

Chickrassa, 157.

febrifuga, 155.

senegalensis, 157.
Sylphion, 56.
Symphytum, 484.
Symplocarpus, 604.
Syringa vulgaris, 548.

T.

Tacamahac Poplar, 320.
Tacamahaca, 116. 173.
Tadsch, 330.
Tai, 330.
Taka panna, 636.
Tamalapathri, 330.
Tamaricaceae, 203.
Tamarix, 203.
Tamarind Tree, 266.
Tamarindus, 265. 634.
Tamboolee, 635.
Tambooluvullee, 635.
Tanacetum, 464.
Tandra marum, 633.
654

Tanghinia, 527.

Tani, 633.

Tansy, 464.

Tantim, 634.

Tapioca, 186.

Taraxacum, 469.

Tarfa, 203.

Tarragon, 463.

Tauatikee, 633.

Taxaceae, 557.

Taxus, 557.

Tea, 120.

Tedsch, 330.

Teekshna moola, 636.

Tella-tagada, 635.

Telia avesi, 634.

Tella-tooma, 634.

Ten bark, . 4 18.

Tentool, 634.

Teoree, 635.

Tephrosia, 244.

Apollinea, 259.

Terengjabim, 250.

Terminalia, 67. 633.

Ternatea vulgaris, 242.

Temstromiaceae, 119.

Terra japonica, 405.

Tetonpactle, 396.

Tetranthera, 339.
apetala, 40.

Tettan-kotta, 636.
Teucrium Mum, 494.
Thapsia, 52.
Theobroma, 151.

Guazuma, 137.
Thea, 119.
Thornapple, 510.
Thorough wort, 451.
Thorough wax 451.
Thridace, 469.
Thrift, 479. 480.
Thuja articulata, 555.
Thymelacea:, 324.
Ticorea, 212.
Tiga-mushadee, 635.
Tiga-muduga, 634.
Tikor, 562.
Tilia, 147.
Tiliaceae, 147.
Tiliacora racemosa, 368.
Tiliakora, 635.
Tilly seed, 182.
Tinctura cardamomi com-

posita, 567.
Tindoo, 635.
Tinnevelly senna, 258.

Tintiree, 634.
Tintil, 634.
Tintri, 634.
Tippatiga, 635.
Tiru calli, 634.
Tita-kunga, 636.
Tjettik, 531.
Toadflax, 505.
Toandee, 633.
Tobacco, 513.

Indian, 403.
Toddalia, 217. 634.
Tolabo, 636.

Toluifera Balsamum, 279.
Tomex sebifera, 340.
Toon, 633.
Torenia asiatica, 506.
Tormentilla erecta, 225.

officinalis, 225.
Touri, 159.
Tous les mois, 570.
Tragacanth, 119. 135, 136.

247. 248.
Tragia, 188. 634.
Traveller's Joy, 2.
Trichilia, 151.

Guarea, 152.
Trichodesma, 483.
Trichosanthes, 87. 633.
Trifolium, 240.

Melilotus, 240.
Trigonella, 239.
Trillium, 588.

rhomboideum, 588.
Triosteum, 445.
Tripe de Roche, 627.
Triticum, 609.
Triumfetta, 147.
True Sebesten, 482.
Tshettik or Tjettek, 530.
Tsjeru Kirganeli, 177.
Tulip tree, 23.
Tumballi, 635.
Tumida, 635.
Tumpu, 504.
Tupa Feuillsei, 404.
Turbith des montagnes, 53.
Turfa, 204.

Turlington balsam, 390.
Turmeric, 562.
Turnip, Indian, 602.
Turnsole, 179.
Turpentine, 553.
Turucasa, 215.
Tussilago, 453.
Tylophora, 541. 636

INDEX.

Typhonium, 602. 636.
U.

Uba Radja, 624.
Uchi userekee, 634.
Ugoor, 635.
Ugooroo, 635.
Ulathatu, 624.
Ulmaceae, 303.
Ulmus, 303.
UmbellifersE, 33.
Umbilicaria crinita, 627.
Umli, 634.
Umultus, 634.
Uncaria, 405.
Unjeer, 635.
Ununta-mool. 636.
Unguentum veratri, 586.
Unha de Boy, 265.
Unicorn's horn, 588.
Unona xylopioides, 27.

aromatica, 28.

aHhiopica, 27.
Unta-mool, 636.
Upas, 301.

Radja, 531.
Urari, 530.
Urceola, 536.
Urena, 143.
Urgerao, 497.
Urimeda, 634.
Urinaria indica, 176.
Urtica, 295.
Urticacea?, 295.
Urucu, 111.
Usan, 633.
Usna, 633.
Usnea, 628.
Uswukurnika, 633.
Uturoosha, 635.
Uvaria febrifuga, 27.

V.

Vaccinaceee, 383.
Vaccinium, 383.
Vachellia, 270. 634.
Vacourinha, 507.
Vahea, 536.
Vajiduntuka, 635.
Valeriana, 471.

Spica, 471.

Jatamansi, 471.
Valerianacea?, 471.
Vallanga, 633.
Vandellia, 505.
655

Vanilla, 579.
Vanillaceas, 579.
Variolaria, 625.
Vasika, 635.
Vasooka, 635.
Vasoopooshpa, 636.
Vasura, 636.
Vateria, 145. 633.
Venice turpentine, 555.
Venivel, 370. 635.
Veratrum, 585.

frigidum, 587.

luteum, 588.

officinale, 586.
Vcrbascum nigrum, 507.
Verbena jamaicensis, 496.
Verbenacea?, 495.
Vernonia, 449. 635.
Veronica' Lindleyana,506.
Vibhituka, 633.
Vicia Ervilia, 250.
Videhee, 635.
Vidyumatri, 635.
Villarsia, 524.
Vinaigre aux quatre vo-

leurs, 486. 490.
Vinca, 534.
Viola, 97.

Itoubou, 98.
Violaceae, 97.
Virgin's milk, 390.
Vismia, 118.
Vitaceas, 65.
Vitex, 495. 635.
Vitis, 65.
Vitkhira, 634.
Voa Tanghin, 527.
Vola marum, 633.
Volkameria inermis,497.
Voonaprustha, 635.
Vrishu, 635.
Vuna Ardrukum, 636.
Vuna-huridra, 636.
Vunarista, 636.
Vushira, 636.
Vuta, 635.

W.

Wake Robin, 601.
Walkaera serrata, 205.
Walnut, 307.
Waltheria, 136.
Waltiedde, 372.
Wandu Rolle, 634.
Ward's paste, 310.

Waria Eeylanica, 28.
Warnera canadensis, 3,
Water Dropwort, 40.

Cowbane, 34.

Betony, 503.
Wax myrtle, 305.
Webera tetrandra, 438.
Wegne, 256.
Wheat, 6 10.
White Hellebore, 585.

Ipecacuanha, 444.

Mustard, 92.
Whortle-berry, 383.
Wild Clove, 76.

Ipecac, 445. 540.

vine, 86.

Succory, 470.

Cardamoms, 567.

ginger, 345.

rosemary, 180.

Cinnamon, 116.
Willa-marvum, 634.
Willow bark, 317.
Willughbeia, 532.
Winter Green, 375.

Cherry, 511.
Winter's bark, 26.
Wintera, 26.
Winteraceee, 25.
Winterana aromatca, 26.

Canella, 116.
Wittelsbachia insignis, 119.
Woanee, 634.
Wond-marum, 633.
Wonivvol, 635.
Woodacha-marum, 634.
Wood-oil, 146.
Woodroof, 447.
Woodsorrel, 222.
Wooginoos, 219.
Wooniwol, 370.
Wooraly, 530.
Woorari, 530.
Woorary, 336.
Wormseed, 348. 524.
Wormwood, 464.
Wrightia, 535.

X.

Xanthochymus ovalifolius,
115.
pictorius, 114.
Xanthoxylacea?, 215.
Xanthoxylon, 215. 634.
Xanthorhiza, 1 2.

INDEX.

Xylocarpus, 152. 633.
Xoxonitztal, 450.
Xylon Effendi, 321.
Xylopia, 27.
Xyridacese, 615.
Xyris, 615. 636.

Y.

Yallhoy, 127
Yaoba, 100.
Yapon, 394.
Yasa, 634.
Yavasa, 634.
Yaws, 242.
Yeanga-sha, 634.
Yellanga, 633.

Yellanjooj, 635.
Yellow root, 3.
Yerba de Palos, 394.

de St. Martin, 100.
Yercund, 540.
Yerra avesi, 634.
Yerra userekee, 634.
Yew, 557.
Yoloxiltic, 450.
Yoothika-purnee, 635.
Yuvanika, 633.

Z.

Zadwar, 561. 636.
Zamia, 550.
Zarzaparilla, 598.

Zedoaria longa, 561.

rotunda, 561.
Zedoaries, 564.
Zeera seeah, 38.
Zenjabil, 636.
Zerumbad, 636.
Zeysoum, 461.
Zingiber, 559. 636.
Zingiberacese, 559.
Ziziphora pulegioides,
492.

Zizyphus, 165. 634.
Zolira-buriki, 633.
Zopteme, 7.
Zygophyllacea?, 213.
Zygophyllum, 213.

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