_ GENTIANALS. : 194 
3. S. towifera Bentham.—(Wooraty Sarvs.) Fig. 264. 
- Branches climbing and covered with long rufous hairs, as well as the cirrhi; 
leaves nearly sessile, oval-oblong, membranous, 3-nerved, acute, 
covered with long coarse hairs. - 
Habitat. Demerara. 
ate ma aie? 
gerous poison, 
like Nux vomica; is 
the base of a for- 
midable substance, 
called Wooraly, used 
among the savages 
_ of Demerara. 
Uses, Bark has been 
used as an applica- 
tion to foul ulcers. 
Natural Order, Gentiantworts ; Gentianaceer (V. K., p. 619.) 
Prevailing Quality. Pure bitterness. 
GentTiaNa. Linneeus. 
4stivation of the corolla left-handed. Style 0. Flowers not gl und 
of _ Stigmas 2, revolute. , 3 
os ‘ G. lutea Linneus.—(Yewtow Gentian.) 3 
| pede er yellow ; leaves broad, many-nerved, on a stout, erect ' 
— A pure bitter ; narcotic, deleterious in large doses. ie 
"bees 3 intermittents ; against worms. In full doses it is apt to Te! 
ore? wud it does not always agree with the stomach ; in fact : 
volatile principle capable of producing nausea and a kind of intoxication. 
root. contains a good deal of sugar and mucilage, which enables the Swiss to’ 
from ita liqueur held in high esteem among that people. — 
Fig 264.—Leaves of Strychnos toxifera. 
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