CONDAMINEA. 



little longer than the calyx, a dilated throat, and a 5-parted 

 limb. Stamens inserted above the middle of the tube, or near 

 the throat; anthers oblong-linear, bifid at the base, length of 

 corolla. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule turbinate, truncate, opening 

 in the middle of the cells. Seeds numerous, very small, wedge- 

 shaped American shrubs, with 2 parted, acuminate stipules^ 



and terminal many-flowered corymbs. 



866. C. corymbosa DC. prodr. iv. 402 Macrocnemum 



corymbosum Fl. peruv. ii. 48. 1. 189. HBK. iii. 399 Hills 



and ravines of the Peruvian Andes; mountains of Huanuco ; 

 near Maraquita and Santa Anna in New Granada. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, cordate, sessile, plaited, coriaceous. 

 Corymbs large, brachiate, trichotomous. Corolla purple externally, 

 with the throat and filaments naked. Teeth of the calyx broad, short 

 and blunt. — Bark febrifugal. The Bark gatherers of Peru are said by 

 Ruiz and Pavon to use this plant for adulterating the samples of Cin- 

 chona. Its bark is only slightly bitter, and may be easily recognised 

 by its being white inside, rather bitter and viscid. 



OPHIORHIZA. 



Tube of calyx short, turbinate, with a permanent 5-cleft limb. 

 Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, hairy inside, with 5 ovate lobes. 

 Stamens enclosed in the tube. Style filiform, surrounded at the 

 base by a cup ; stigma 2-lobed, shorter than the corolla. Cap- 

 sule broad, compressed, 2-lobed, crowned by the calyx. Seeds 

 numerous, small, hexagonal. 



867. O. Mungos Linn. sp. 213. Roxb. ji. ind. i. 701. DC. 



prodr. iv. 415. — Mungo Kcempf. amozn. 573 and 577. Java 



Ceylon, Sumatra. 



Stem sufFruticose. Leaves stalked, oblong, entire, pointed, very thin, 

 4-6 inches long ; petioles short, downy ; stipules slight, membranous'. 

 Corymbs terminal, many-flowered. Tube of the corolla short, with 

 the lobes oblong, and pointed. Cup of the style 2-lipped, thick, fleshy. 

 Filaments very short, inserted at the base of the tube. Capsule in- 

 versely reniform, compressed, with 5 ribs proceeding from the lobes of 

 the calyx. — The parts are so intensely bitter that the plant is called 

 by the Malays, " Earth gall ; " according to Kjempfer the taste re- 

 sembles Gentian, but is more penetrating and less unpleasant. It has 

 the reputation of being a most powerful alexipharmic ; but this re- 

 quires confirmation. 



OLDENLANDIA. 



Calyx with a globose tube. Limb 4-toothed, permanent, the 

 lobes very distant in the fruit. Corolla short, with a 4-cleft 

 limb, and a villous or glabrous throat. Stamens a little exserted ; 

 anthers ovate or orbicular. Stigma undivided or bifid. Capsule' 

 nearly globose, crowned by the small, distant lobes of the calyx, 

 dehiscing at the vertex by a loculicidal chink. Seeds nume- 

 435 f f 2 



