APOCYNUM. 



nivent, oblong arrow-shaped anthers, cohering with the stigma about 

 their middle, and often holding fast such insects as may thrust their 

 proboscis between them. The nectary consists of 5 oblong glandular 

 bodies, alternating with the stamens. Ovaries 2, ovate, concealed by 

 the anthers. Stigma thick, roundish, agglutinated to the anthers. 

 The fruit is a pair of slender linear-lanceolate follicles, containing 

 numerous imbricated seeds, each crowned with a long pappus or down, 

 and attached to a slender central receptacle. — Every part lactescent. 

 Root with an unpleasant intensely bitter taste ; acts as an emetic when 

 recent. In small doses is a useful tonic. 



1131. A. cannabinum Linn, is also emetic; and in decoction 

 diuretic and diaphoretic. 



WRIGHTIA. 



Corolla hypocrateriform ; the throat surmounted by 10 lace- 

 rated scales. Stamens projecting, inserted in the throat ; an- 

 thers sagittate, adhering by the middle to the stigma. Hypogy- 

 nous scales 0. Ovaries 2, adhering ; style filiform, dilated at the 

 apex ; stigma narrower. Follicles distinct or united. There 

 are from 5 to 10 scales at the base of the calyx, on the outside 

 of the corolla. 



1132. W. antidysenterica R. Brown trans. Wern. soc. i. p. 74. 

 — Nerium antidysentericum Linn, sp.pl. ii. 306. Echites anti- 

 dysenterica Roxb. (Burm. Zeyl. 167. t. 77.) — Coast of Mala- 

 bar, Ceylon, and elsewhere in India ; Isle of France. 



A small shrub. Leaves ovate-oblong, or exactly oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, smooth, bright green on each side. Corymb terminal, few- 

 flowered. Corolla hypocrateriform, white, very sweet-scented, with a 

 slender tube f of an inch long; limb spreading, flat, about the same 

 length, with obovate segments. Follicles very long and slender. — 

 The bark is called Conessi in commerce, and has been introduced into 

 European practice on account of its astringent febrifugal qualities. 



ICHNOCARPUS. 



Corolla hypocrateriform, with the segments of the limb falcate ; 

 the throat without appendages. Stamens enclosed; anthers 

 sagittate, with the posterior lobes empty of pollen. Scales 5, 

 hypogynous, filiform. Ovaries 2 ; style 1, filiform ; stigma ovate, 

 acuminate. Follicles slender. 



1133. I. frutescens RBr. in Wern. soc. trans, vol. i. — Apo- 

 cynum frutescens Linn. jl. zeyl. 114. R. and S. iv. 398. 

 (Burm. thes. zeyl. 23. t. 12. f. 1.) — Ceylon. 



Stems woody, smooth. Leaves short-stalked, oblong, acute, broad, 

 smooth, veiny, dark green above, paler beneath. Peduncles axillary, 

 long ; pedicels shorter, fasciculate. Flowers small, tubular, 5-cleft, 

 purple. Calyxes 5-cleft, oblong. — Sometimes used in India as a sub- 

 stitute for Sarsaparilla, according to Professor Royle. It appears from 

 a quotation in R. and S. that it is also mentioned as a medicinal plant 

 by Afzelius, in his Remedia guineensia, a work to which I have not 

 access. 



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