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Euphorbia Ipecacuanha. Emetic 



Spurge, 



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DoDECANDRIA TrICYNIA. 



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Generic CharacJer. 



Cor. 4-f. 5-petala, calyci infidens. C#/. i-phyllus, ventricofus. 

 Gj^ 3-cocca. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



EUPHORBIA Ipecacuanha,- dichotoma, foliis integerrimis Ian- 

 ceolatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folia aequantibus, 

 caule erefto. Amoen. Acad. v. 3. p 116. Sp. Pi. 653. 

 Willd. 2. p. 900. Reich. 2. p. 443. Mart. Mill Die! n 44. 



EUPHORBIA Ipecacuanha; perennis procumbens, pumila, 

 glabra : foliis oppofitis feffilibus, obovahbus oblongifve, 

 integris : pedunculis folitariis, l-floris, elongatis. Micbaux 

 Fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 212. 



EUPHORBIA inermis ; foliis oppofitis, pedunculis unifloris 

 folitariis longiffimis. Gton. Virg. 2. p 74. 



TITHYMALUS flore exiguo viridi, apicibus flavis, antequam 

 folia emittit florens: foliis glabris acuminatis, ad cordis 

 formam accedentibus, nervofis, rigidis : radicibus albis 

 reptatricibus. Nonnullis Ipecacuanha. Clayton Virg. n. 555. 



We are indebted to Meffrs. Frasers, of Sloane-Square, for 

 the opportunity of giving a figure of this very rare plant, which 

 is not found either in the new edition of Ai ton's Hortus Kew- 

 enfis or in Donn's Hortus Cantabrigienfis. 



It is a native of Pennfylvania, Virginia, and Carolina, grow- 

 ing in fandy fituations. 



Formerly two kinds of Ipecacuanha were kept in the {hops, 

 the white and the brown : theformer was fuppofed by fome to 



have 



