ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 7I 



regarding the Indian raembers of the famJlvr Tha ^.^*^• ^e • - . 



e»,.,™6„™ i, astringent, and used in d^ Sfiii, to^t''fdolt:r,vISho?thfs ^f"" •''• 



Medicine, but seen. J„ to tri^^^irdit^rr^ 



of most are supposed to be aperient. The Elder 1ms long been us^d ii „u ,1 Ic H' T ? ,1 '' 



are considered one of the best indigenous sudorifics of Europe; 'w.ie on he otb.r 1 1 a' 



W, ^and ,nner bark are acrid and poisonous, in large dose^ pr^dncinrv^Xt 'vluFng t 



Me extent; and made into n^gus and drank warm.^s bef^ goTng tXd ! "a nonntr ? "'''r 

 of some repute m cases of slight colds unaccompanied with feviish I™ ntms ' ^ '""^^ 



for r^^^^l :sz:^^^^i :?^K^ercl:pCt?'^' »^ ^-"^ - -^wea 



to th^Xirn °of fh^suyect! I belre'awl"i'f Xt'tcLtt h7'l?r"' '"•"' -^-'- 



fact, and one which, a pLi I cS not Tve anUct ed namelv^ ,af J^^f* "% TT 



do not seem to be aware of the structure of the ovaTo V,Xnum AU ZT„ ^l"'"""" 



seeded fru.t but all lead us to suppose the ovary is 3 ce led DeSdoltV./'i It T-" 



Hooker 



neither alludes to 



^'ovarium inferum triloculare^' as part of the iaractrof the .pnn. ^J^^"^ ^^^°^' ^»f°i°8: 



ovary of 17 species, 2 European, I American a^ritlnd a tafl of'wlJch 'witro^ ^^^ 

 exception, had a one-celled ovary with a slnde pendulous ovilpnml fW • '''^''''"^a single 



p"a?e';''"TcS:d?^t^ "' '" "'''"• ^' -'^^-d thr^lt' t tlZIZfjTuXl 



place f According to my experience never, as there is never more than one ov^Ic 



:^ epn- tr ;;^rnf £ ^LrbV™ k^ f S j{9>= t ? 



usual number; but I must at the same time acknowirdJe t^^ '''^' ^^' 



7roXtYrf7hSL^Kr;^f ■ ^'™« ''''-'-' -^'>- "^ - "i ^^^^ 



'^!i^^!^i;^tri-t' t I'll -/!.-" «''=» '"e -- p^i^s: :h';:l; 



of the other 



sufficient characters, we reduced 



No 8 



mg to the Indian Flora, and therefore suitable subjects for this work. 



1. Lonicera LeschemuUii 

 branch, natural size. 



EXPLANATION 



fruit— 5- 



^..u xxaiurai size. " celled and 5-seeded. ' "''"'^ ""^'"^ 



^ OoroUa spUt open, showing the stamens. The ovarv of several ««»..«, r u 



and bractiois* 



ugmentatio 



B 



