POLANISIA. 



fi. zeylan. t. 99. — Among rubbish and by the sides of walls 

 in the East Indies. 



Stem covered with viscid glandular hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; 

 leaflets obovate cuneate or oblong, pubescent, scarcely longer than the 

 petiole. Stamens about 20. Silique terete, striated, rough with glan- 

 dular hairs, sessile, acuminated. W. and A. — Used in Cochin China 

 as a counter-irritant, in the same same way as sinapisms in Europe, 

 and as a vesicant. The root is used as a vermifuge in the United 

 States. 



CRATtEVA. 



Sepals 4. Petals 4, unguiculate, larger than the calyx ; not 

 closing over the stamens during aestivation. Stamens 8-28. 

 Torus elongated or hemispherical. Berry stalked, between 

 ovate and globose, pulpy within ; pericarp thin. W. and A. 



201. C. gynandra Linn, sp.pl. 636. DC. prodr. i. 243. — 

 Thickets in Jamaica. (Garlick Pear.) 



Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, acute. Stamens 20-24, longer 

 than the petals, inserted upon a cylindrical torus. Berry ovate. — Bark 

 of the root said to blister like cantharides. 



202. C. Tapia Linn. sp. pi. 637. DC. prodr. i. 243. Mac- 

 fady.fi. jam. i. 37- — (Piso t. 69. Comm. hort. i. t. 67.)— West 



Indies. 



A tree about 20 feet high. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broad, ovate, 

 acuminate. Raceme terminal, corymbose when young. Flowers on 

 long stalks, purplish. Sepals spreading, deciduous. Petals about 1 inch 

 long, rounded at the apex. Stamens 8-16, declinate, about 3 times 

 as long as the petals. Stipe of the ovary as long as the stamens ; 

 stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, size of a small orange. — Bark 

 hitter and tonic, and has been used in the cure of intermittent fevers. 

 Burnett. 



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