Habitat. Tropical America.’ 
—. Root emetic, narcotic. 
Uses. Fruit common in tropical desserts: 
_Subacid pulp of the seeds the part 
P. rubra Linneus.— (Dutcn- 
MAN’s LAUDANUM.) 
Leaves velvety, cordate and 2-lobed 
atthe base, awned at the sinus, 
beneath without glands as well 
as the petiole; pedicels solitary; 
ovary hairy, roundish, 
Habitat. Jamaica. 
Quality. Narcotic. 
ses. ‘Tincture of the flowers a substitute 
for opium. 
3. P. fetida Limneus. F ig. 145. 
Stem and petioles hispid ;_ leaves 
villous on both sides, 5 -nerved, 
cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes acute, 
the lateral very short ; invo- 
luere divided into fine glandular 
entangled arms. 
Habitat. W ies. 
Ouak est Indies 
Prevailing Quality. Pungency. 
Morine@a. 
on the face of the valves. 
with 3 membranous wings. 
India and Arabia. 
3 the bark a gum like Tragacanth, 
Pr rail 
PASS!ONWORTS— MORINGADS, 
P ee SSS 
eo 
Se IRS 
» M. pierygos TREE.) 
perma Geertner.—(HorseRaDIsH : 
€s twice or thrice pinnate, with an odd leaflet; leaflets phe 
oblong ; flowers white, in naked terminal panicles; seed roun is : 
crid, pungent, aromatic, stimulant. : 
Leaves in curries, as sinapisms ; paralysis 
‘Natural Order, Winletwarts ; Violacewe (V. K., p. 338.) 
ing Quality. Emetie, depurative. 
ae Viota, Linneeus. 
Patel equal, extended backwards at the base. Peta 
Owermost spurred. Stamens distinct. 
Fig. 145,—Leaf of Passitiora 
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ity. Flowers pectoral ; leaves emollient ; narcotic ! emmenagogue ? 
ses. Leaves in poultices ; flowers in hysterics ; root in amenorrheea. 
Natural Order, Movingaus ; Moringacee (V. K., p. 336.) 
Fruit long, siliquose, 3-angular, 3-valved, bearing the amygdaloid seeds 
intermittents ; seeds yield oil of 
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