206 seumeenee 
SOLANALS,. 
Natural Order, Asclepiats ; Asclepiadacece (V.K., p. 623.) 
Prevailing Quality. Acrid, purgative, emetic. 
Ascuerias. Linneeus. 
Coronet consisting of 5 cucullate processes, each bearing 
a horninitsinside. Fig. 278. 
1. A. tuberosa Linneus. A. decumbens Linn.—(BUTTER- 
FLY WEED.) : 
Stem ascending, hispid ; leaves linear-oblong, hirsute; _ 
umbels rather corymbose ; pedicels downy ; flowers 
orange red. 
Habitat. United States. 
Quality. Root expectorant, diaphoretic; a mild tonic and 
stimulant, 
Uses, Catarrh, pneumony, pleurisy. 
2. A. curassavica Linneus. 
Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, smooth ; peduncles shorter 
than the leaves ; umbels many-flowered ; lobes of corolla acuminate; 
flowers scarlet. , 
wl Habitat. West Indies. ‘ 
CI Quality. metic and purgative. 
\ Uses. In gleets and fluor albus. 
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Gompnocarrus. Rt. Brown. 
la®, 
cv 
Coronet consisting of 5 cucullate pies: 
cesses, not containing a horn. 
1. G. fruticosus R. Brown. 
; Branches min 
279 
Canorroris. R. Brown. . 
Coronet consisting of 5 blunt saecate processes adhering to the base of 
filaments. eS 
i C. gigantea R. Br.—(Mupar Pant.) Fig. 279. . 
rocesses of the coronet short, incurved, blunt ; leaves cordate, ov ate, ? 
Fig. 278.—Flower of an Asclepias ; 279. Calotropis gigantea. 
