DRUGS. 



Alstonia scholaris. Don. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The bark. 



Vernacular. Septaperna, Sans. Chatinn t Beng. Sativeen, Shaitan, 

 By. Pala, Mookum-pala, Mai. Eer-ellay-palay, Tarn. Edakula- 

 ariti, Pala-garuda, Tel. 



Habitat. South Concan, Travancore, Coromandel, Assam. 



Remarks. "The natives (of the Ghats) have a superstitious fear of it, 

 and say, it assembles all the trees of 'the forest once a year to pay 

 homage." (Graham.) 



Cerbera Thevetia. Don. Linear-leaved Cerbera. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. ? 



Habitat.^ South America. Naturalised throughout the Western 

 Presidency. 



Remarks. First described by Hernandez. Two grains of the bark are 

 said to equal in antiperiodic power a scruple of Cinchona. There is a genus 

 Thevetia, but the genus Cerbera includes no transfer from that genus (?), 

 and it is wrong to give a specific term, unless an old generic, a generic 

 form. Thevetia above should have been thevetiana or else thevetii. 

 Being generic in form, however, it is written as usual with a capital initial. 



Nerium odorum. Box. Sweet-scented Oleander. 



Linn. Sijtt. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The root. 



Vernacular. Karravera, Sans. Hyamara, Hind. Lal-kharubee, 

 Beng. Kunher, By. Tsjavonna-aralee, Mai. Arali, Tarn. Ghen- 

 neru, Tel. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. First described by Van ftheede. The "tree" in Psalm i, 

 v. 3, refers to the Nerium Oleander, W. t Common Oleander t according to- 

 Sprengel. 



Wrighlia antidysenterica. Don. Oval-leaved Wrightia. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The bark and seed. 



Vernacular. Kootuga, Cheeree, Sans. Koorchi, Curayja, Inderjaw, 

 Inderjau-shireen, Hind. Inderjo, Dowla-koora, Koora, By. 6V 

 daga-palla y Palla-patta, Mai. Veppalie, Tarn. Patta-coodija, Ma- 

 noopala t Girimallika, Kodisa, Tel. Tiwaj, Lissan-ul-asafeer, Arab. 



Habitat. Concan, Malabar, Ceylon, Bourbon. 

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