>INDALS. 103 ERYTHROXYLS. 
fabitat, Persia ? 
ity. Seeds acrid ; bark febrifugal. 
ses. Seeds a good sheep-food ; yield abundance of nutritious starch when washed. 
Sarinpus. Linneus. 
Leaves alternate. Flowers regular. Disk complete. Stamens 8-10. 
Fruit wingless, indehi- 
scent, fleshy. 
. 8. saponaria Linneus.— 
(Soap-Berry.) 
Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaf- 
lets oblique, entire, lanceo- 
late, in 3 or 4 pairs, with 
_ a broad-winged petiole ; 
flowers in large panicles. 
‘abitat. West Indies. 
Quality. Fruit detersive, acrid, nar- 
Cotic. 
| Tees, Used instead of soap; intoxi- 
cates fish, 
atural Order, €rythropyls ; 
| Erythroxylacece (V.K., p.391.) 
Prevailing Quality. Uncertain. 
Eryraroxyton. Linneus. 
Calya 5-parted, pentan gular at 
the base. Styles 3, dis- 
i (tinet. 
ey Coca meaty .—(The : 
OCA, ig. 153. : ao 
eaves ath aie. thin, with 3 slight line-like ribs near the midrib. 
Habitat, Peru. 
Puality. Stimulating, narcotic. 
8s. Leaves largely chewed instead of Opium. 
| THE BERBERAL ALLIANCE (V. K., p- 432.) 
Satural Orders of ABerberats. 
Bevberins (Berberidacew.) Anther valves recurved. 
Vinewarts (Vitacew.) Anther valves straight. 
‘Natural Order, Berbers; Berberidacee (V. K., p- 437.) 
: sed Quality. Astringency, slight acridity. 
Flow Berseris. Linnceus. 
ici 4’. Stamens 6. Petals with 2 gnds at “the base. 
__ Stina’ sessile, peltate. uit fleshy. _ ——— 
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