calyx as very small, and closely applied to the tube of the 

 corolla ; a circumstance which makes it doubtful whether it 

 may not be intended for some other species. 



The stories of its very poisonous qualities have arisen, 

 probably, from its being* confounded with some other plant ; 

 its milky juice is not vehemently caustic, and Rumphius 

 remarks, that the natives eat the leaves, boiled with other 

 pot-herbs, with no other effect than gently relaxing the 

 bowels ; and an infusion of the bark of the tree is used as a 

 familiar cathartic in Airtboyna, by the Europeans as well 

 as the natives. 



With us it is a stove plant. Native of the East-Indies. 

 Flowers from June to September. Propagated by cuttings. 

 We were favoured with the specimen from which our drawing 

 was taken, by our friend Mr. Aiton, from the royal garden 

 at Kew, in June 1815, 



