CINCHONALS. 239 CINCHONADS. 
Mayettia. Mutis. 
Calyx permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-cleft. Anthers 4, sessile in 
the hairy mouth. Capsules 2-valved, septicidal, with numerous 
winged seeds. 
_ M. cordifolia Martius. 
tem twining, terete, rough ; leaves ovate, cordate, acute, downy on each 
side ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. 
abitat. Woods of Brazil. Quality. Bark of root emetic. 
ses, Regarded in Brazil as a valuable remedy in dropsy and dysentery. 
Cutococea. P. Browne. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla short, funnel-shaped, smooth inside. Stamens 5, 
in the bottom of the corolla. Fruit succulent, crowned by the calyx, 
_ _ with 2 papery stones. 
a. C. densifolia Martius. Fig. 318. 
Leaves ovate, rather cordate ; 
stipules broad at the base ; 
racemes many-flowered ; co- 
rolla much longer than the 
calyx. 
Habitat. Tropical America. 
Quality. Bark of root violently emetic 
and drastic ; diuretic. 
Uses, y, visceral obstructions, 
snake-bites ? hydrophobia ? 
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Correa. Linneus. é , 
ily 4.5-cleft. Corollas funnel-shaped, with 4-5 oblong spreading 
_ twisted lobes. Fruit a compressed drupe, furrowed along Pee ne 
crowned by the calyx. Seeds solitary, plano-convex, with a deep 
“nici along the flat side. Tia) = = gaa 
©. arabica Linneeus.—(COFFEE TREE. ig viv. eee 
Ves oblong, ovate, acuminate, smooth ; peduncles. axillary, short, clus- 
tered ; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens projecting. gas 
ntat. Arabia Felix and Nubia. ‘ Sl Se a ee 
ity. Antisoporific, stimulating ; apt to produce constipation. == =, 
Chintebantd ‘ogieta, iieeens intoxieation, removes headache ; in a —" 
