(29068.-5 
CerperA TANGHIN. Poison TANGHIN. 
ORE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Apocynez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. infundibuliformis, tubo clavato, fauce 5-dentata. 
Anthere subsessiles summo tubo imposite, a stigmatis fo- 
veolis exceptea. Drupa putamine fibroso. ligneo, 1—2- 
sperma. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cersera* Tunghin ; foliis confertis, ramis erectis, floribus 
paniculatis terminalibus. Pozr. 
— venenifera. Poirét in Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 
. p. 283. : ) 
Taneuinta. P. Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madag. p. 10. Voa 
Tanghin. Madag. i 
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_ Descr. This constitutes a tree in its native climate, 
ag crowded or clustered leaves and erect branches. 
mai es are from four to six and eight or ten inches 
long, lanceolate, tapering at the base, subcoriaceous, quite 
entire. Flowers in large terminal panicles, with white 
fowers, having a tinge of rose-color on the outside, and a 
deeper red circle round the mouth. “ Calyx 5-fid, patent. 
Corolla longer than the calyx, funnel-shaped, dilated up- 
wards, the limb plain, contorted, five lobed. Stamens five ; 
Anthers sessile, inserted into the dilated part of the tube, 
heart-shaped, having a tubercle under each. Germen double. 
Style single. Stigma capitate, with two tubercles at - 
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From Cerberus, on account of its injurious or poisonous qualities. 
