CINCHONACE^. 



rous, small, half immersed in a globose placenta. Small herba- 

 ceous or suffruticose plants, resembling chickweed. Peduncles 

 axillary or terminal, 1-2- or many-flowered ; generally long and 

 slender. 



868. O. umbellata Linn. sp. pi. 174. Roxb. corom. i. t. 3. 

 Burm.fi. ind. 37. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 421. DC.prodr. iv. 426. 

 Java, Coromandel, Mexico. 



Root long, orange-coloured. Stem diffuse, 4-cornered, nearly smooth. 

 Leaves narrow, linear, acute, recurved at the edge, roughish above, 

 paler beneath, in threes or fours. Stipules ciliated with bristles. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, somewhat umbellate. The root is employed in 

 Coromandel to dye the best and most durable red on cotton cloth. 

 The leaves, according to Ainslie, are considered by the native doctors 

 expectorant. 



Tribe IV. ISERTIEJE. 



Fruit drupaceous, containing several many -seeded stones. Al- 

 bumen fieshy. Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite. 

 Stipules interpetiolar. 



ISERTIA. 



Limb of calyx 4 6-toothed, tube somewhat globose- Corolla 

 with a long tube, 6-lobed at the apex, woolly inside, having the 

 recesses between the lobes drawn out into crests. Stamens 6, 

 inclosed. Stigmas stellate. Berry globose, crowned with the 

 calyx, containing 6 triquetrous, brittle, many-seeded stones. 

 South American trees. Branches striated. Leaves velvety un- 

 derneath. Stipules lanceolate subulate, 2 on each side. Thyrse 

 terminal, many-flowered. Flowers scarlet. 



869. I. coccinea Vahl eel. ii. 27. DC. prodr. iv. 437. 

 Guettarda coccinea Aubl. guian. i. 317. t. 123. Guayana. 



A small tree, with a trunk 10-12 feet high. Leaves decussating, 

 smooth, oval, long-pointed, green above, ash-coloured underneath, with 

 strong reddish veins. Stipules broad, quickly deciduous. Flowers in 

 a large terminal panicle, with 3-flowered branches. Calyx purple, with 

 a yellow firm 4-toothed limb. Corolla bright red, curved, about 

 2 inches long. Fruit red, succulent, the size of a cherry. A decoc- 

 tion of the leaves employed by the Creoles as a fomentation to cure 

 swellings. Its bark is considered febrifugal. 



Tribe VII. GUETTARDEJE. 



Fruit drupaceous, with many \~seeded stones. Seeds slender, 

 long, generally erect. Albumen fieshy. Shrubs or trees. Leaves 

 opposite, rarely ternate, with interpetiolar stipuks. 



NONATELIA. 



Limb of calyx 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla tubular, funnel- 



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