14 | ORD. III. Compositz Discoideer. SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA. 
deere bought, is best for the ladies.’ Thus much I have spoken, to bring 
these new-fangled fellowes back again, to esteeme better of this admirable 
plant.” Gerarde, no doubt, overrated the medicinal properties of this indi- 
genous herb; but modern practitioners, probably, equally undervalue it. 
We feel convinced that many valuable native plants are discarded from our 
materie medicz, to gratify the prevailing rage for exotic productions. 
ORD. IV. AGGREGATA. 
CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA. TIPECACUAN. 
SYNONYMA. Ipecacuanha fusca. Piso, Bras. p.101. Herba Paris Bra- 
_ Siliana, Polycoccos. Raii Hist.669. Callicocca ipecacuanha. Brotero, 
Linn. Trans. v. 6. p. 137, t. 11. Psychotria ipecacuanha. Stokes, Bot. Mat. 
Med. v. i. 364. Cephaélis ipecacuanha. Rich. Hist. Ip. p. 21. t. 2. Reem. 
et Sch. Syst. Veg. v. 1. p. 210. St. Hil. Pl. Us. Brazil. v. i. t. 6. 
Class Pentandria. Ord. Monogynia. 
Nat. Ord. Aggregate. Linn.—Rubiace. Juss. Cinchonacee, Lindley. 
Gen. Char. Flowers in an involucred head. Corolla tubular. Prostar 
two-parted. Berry two-seeded. Receptacle chaffy. 
Spec. Char. Stem simple ascending, somewhat shrubby, sarmentose. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, somewhat pubescent. Head of flowers terminal, 
pedunculated, solitary. Corolla five-cleft, chaffy. piiauniee ee Involucre 
tetraphyllous. 
THE Cephaélis yes is a perennial plant, native of Brazil, and 
found in moist situations in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, Mariannia, 
