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~ GENTIANALS. 192 ie. 
Fane cts, ‘Giperng to the base, coriaceous, smooth ; cymes diche- 
tomous, terminal. 
Habitat. East Indies, ; : 
See ties cat mie yates wid nit ‘substitute for Senna, especially in Jah 
according to Waiz. 
Nerium.. Linneus. 
Calyx 5-parted, with numerous glands inside. Corolla hypocrateriform, 
with large lacerated faucial appendages. Fruit bifollicular. 
1. N. Oleander Linneus.—(The OLEANDER.) 
Leaves opposite and ternate, lanceolate, acute. 
Habitat. Shores of the Mediterranean. , 
Quality. All the parts acrid, poisonous, very dangerous. 
Uses. "Dassen of leaves kills vermin and cures itch ; powdered bark on ae ee 
rat-poison. Cases are recorded of persons having been poisoned by mea 
upon skewers of Oleander wood. 
Autamanpa. Linneus. 
Calyx 5-parted, without glands. 
Flowers funnel-shaped, with a 
campanulate limb. Fruit a 
prickly capsule.’ 
1. A. cathartica Linneus. 
Leaves whorled or opposite, oblong, 
acuminate, membranous ; lobes 
of the calyx acuminate, smooth. 
| Habitat. West Indies. 
Quality. Cathartic, poisonous, emetic. 
Uses. An infusion of the leaves in small 
doses in painters’ colic. In over-doses 
it is violently emetic and purgative. 
Icunocarpus. R. Brown. 
Corolla hypocrateriform, with a cal- 
lous contracted orifice, Hypo- 
gynous glands 5, long, capitate. 
Stigma with a long subulate 
point. 
1. I. frutescens R. Brown. Fig. 262. 
Leaves elliptical, acute at each end, 
smooth above. 
Habitat. East Indies, especially the island 
of Ceylon. 
Fig. 262.—Ichnocarpus frutescens in flower, after Burmann’s figure. 
