XXXVIII. 



IPECACUANHA. 



OEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA.) 



Ipecac nan. 



Synonyms. — Callieocca Ipecacuanha, Brotero, Linn. Trans., vol. vi. p. 137. 

 Ipecacuanha fuse-a, Piso, Bras., p. 101. Herba Paris Brazilians, Polycocco9, Baii 

 Ilisl. Psychotria Ipecacuanha, Stokes, Bot. Mai. Med., vol. vi. p. 364. Cephaelia 

 Ipecacuanha, Rich. Hist, Ipec, t. ii. p. 21, etc. 



Foeeign Names. — Fr.: Ipecacuana. Ital.: Ipecaquana. Span, and Port.: 

 Ipecacuanha. Germ.; Breehwurzel, Ipecacuanha. Dut.: ipecacuanna. Stvcd.: 

 Krakrot. Dan. : Americansk, Brakrod. Buss. : Rvotnoi koren. 



Nat. Order, Aggregate, Linn.; Rtjbiace^e, Jus 8./ ClNCHO- 



nace^e, Lindl. — Pentandria, Mosogynia. 



Gen. Chae. — Tube of the calyx obovate. Limb very short, five-toothed. 



funnel 



Anthers inclosed. Stigma bifid, usually exserted. Berry, obovate, 



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( D. C.) 



Sl'ec. Char. — Stem ascending, at length erect, somewhat pubescent at the 

 apex. Leaves oblong-ovate, rough above, finely pubescent beneath. 

 Stipules cleft into setaceous segments. Heads terminal, erect, at length, 

 pendulous. Bracts four, somewhat cordate (I). C.) 



History.— Guillaume Pison, in 1648, was the first person who 

 mentions Ipecacuanha as a remedy commonly employed in 

 Brazil against dysentery. In Europe, however, it was not used 



Ftg. 1. A floret. 2. The same cut open, showing position of the anthers. 

 3. Stigma. 4. Berry. 5. Section of the same. 6. The root. The chawing is 

 taken from Brotero's figure in the Linmean Tnv fcctioiw. 



