RADIX IPECACUAMH/E. . 373 



by artificial fertilization, especially when the flowers of a jjlant produc- 

 ing long styles were fertilized with the pollen of one having short 

 .-tyles,— for Cephaelis like CincJiona has dimorphic flowers. 



With regard to the acclimatization of the plant in India, much diffi- 

 culty has been encountered, and successful results are still problematical. 

 The first plant was taken to Calcutta by Dr. King in 1866, and by 1868 

 had been increased to nine ; but in 1870-71, it was reported that, not- 

 withstanding every care, the plants could not be made to thrive. Three 

 plants which had been sent to the Rungbi plantation in 1868, grew 

 rather better; and by adopting the method of root propagation, they 

 were increased by August 1871, to 300. Three consignments of plants 

 numbenng m all 370, were received from Scotland in 1871-72 besides 

 a smaller number from the Royal Gardens, Kew. From these' various 

 collections, the propagation has been so extensive, that on 31 March 



■In-' n ? '"^^'^^ ^'^^'^ ^'^^^S P^'^'^*^ i^ Sikkim, in addition to about 

 ■m m Calcutta, and much more in 1874. 



The ipecacuanha plant in India has been tried under a variety of 

 conditions as regards sun and shade, but thus far with only a mode- 

 rate amount of success. The best results are those that have been 



tT^ f ^''''^^'' ^^^^^ ^''^ ^^°^^ ^^^ «^^' '-"^^^'^ the plants, placed 

 condition.^ ^"""''^ '^''' "'^'^'^'^ '"^ ^""^ ^^^^ ^' ^" ^^'^ "^""'^ ^^^Itl^y 



soil ^mln- ^^'°"~^n^ '*^? "^'^^^1'" ^ ^^^<^^^ bel^w the surface of the 

 ew inX^i^ ' Ti " ''^"'^' f '^'^^'^^y branching contorted roots, a 

 like ITl ^- t^?^ '■''.°^' "^^^^ >^^^°g ^^'^ ^^^T blender and thread- 

 a very thi? 7 S^'^f ^^^^^ ^^otty and become by degrees invested with 

 tion of r/\^;^' transversely corrugated or ringed. Close examina- 



rid ^esU^i.b 7 '^r^ '^'^''' *^'^.* ^^^ ^^^'^" ^^ ^'^^^^^ i^ ^^rrow warty 

 only hal f^ «?metimes run entirely round the root, sometimes encircle 



-^nkMlt.ZZ^r% ^^'' ^^'^' ^"^^^^^^ ^^ moreover minutei; 

 numb abouT 90 rl^- • V'' ''T '^ '^''^S^^^^^ of a full sized root 

 topeneti^tot thewSoc"^ "'' "^frequently they are deep enough 



&d 'at;:: ^ "r r" iT''^' 'i ^^^^^^ -'- ^^ ^^ -^^^ ^ ^-t 



.1 part i«HSf Pioportion of it is much smaller. The woody cen- 



as 



t^-al part is scarcelv rT • ""i? • 'V' "'^^^ '^^^^'^^- ^ho woody cen- 

 ^tnated. and devoid^S pifh"! ' '"^ ' '"'^-'y^''^'-'^^^^' sometimes 



pot town'" Thf ron^-^'^i grey hue occasionally of a dull ferru- 

 fibrous), exhibitil '' ^'^'^' ^'^'''^' '^°^"t and granular (not 



m--^. T e bal wh- ^r^'' T.^^' «^: >^i--^^^"« interior, white or 

 »-oot, may hi .. r ^'^^ constitutes 75 to 80 per cent, of the entire 



^^'^tiiSh toenn l^f -T'^^'^ ^^°^^ ^^' 1^«« ^^^ttle wood. It haf a 



commerce the roof. . i ^''''^ '' ,^^^^'^ tasteless. In the dru- of 

 biddable senarat^^^^^^ T^ ^\^7' ^"^^ ^^■"^^^"' ^"'^"^ ^l^erc is often a Son 



^^^y> sS'aneTuf st^^ '""^1 "^^^ ' ^^^^'^^^^ '^ ^1- non-annulated. 

 I^urinff tbo 1. Tf ^""^ "^""^ ^^^^y^ present. 



^"^riety of ipecacfarbJ I'T ^^'-'S \^^' ^'^^ ^^P^^^ed into London a 

 ^-; t-^ 4o2Tt ' <i-tmguished as Ccuika^ena or i^c.. Gmnac?a 



^."^^''^""mt^ii^ "^IP^ Pt-^^-- The report for 



•^-e abstracted ^.an^'of ^^ ^S^teeS ^cZ^^f^l ^.^ A^le to 



the prospects of Cephaelis ia India. 



