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dard roundish, emarginate, longer than the keel. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Ovary 3-ovuled. 

 Legume stipitate, suborbiculate, hardish, 1-locular, 

 1 -seeded. De Cand. 



Name, from avdrigov the bank of a river ; the locality in which 

 plants, belonging to this genus, usually delight. 



Andira inermis. Bastard Cabbage Bark. 



Leaflets 13-15 oblongo-lanceolate acuminate glab- 

 rous, flowers panicled shortly pedicelled, calyx urceo- 

 late ferrugineo-puberulous. 



Geoffrsea inermis, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 1255. Wright, 

 Phil. Trans. 1777, p. 512, t. 70. 



HAB. Common in the mountains, and by the banks of 

 rivers. 



FL. August. 



A tree of moderate height ; branches suberect ; at their ex- 

 tremities terete, glabrous, ash-coloured. Leaves alternate about 

 a foot in length, impari-pinnate : leaflets 5-8-paired (on short 

 roundish ferrugineo-puberulous petiolules,) oblongo- rarely 

 ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, for the most part rounded at the 

 base, entire, glabrous, thin, with the nerves scarcely prominent, 

 about 4| inches long, and 1 broad : petioles minutely puberu- 

 lous. Stipules subaxillary, lanceolate, persistent : stipels mi- 

 nute subulate. Panicle terminal, and axillary, erect ; branches 

 subdivided, patulous, angulose, of a brownish purple colour, 

 ferrugineo-pubescent : pedicels very short, 1 -flowered, nume- 

 rous, crowded. Calyx turbinato-cainpanulate, ferrugineo-pu- 

 berulous. Standard and wings clawed ; keel composed of two 

 petals, smaller than the standard. Stamens purple. Ovary 

 stipitate : style subulate, curved : stigma simple. Legume 

 size of a large plum. 



The flowers are very showy, the beautiful reddish lilac of the 

 petals contrasting well with the dark purple of the branches of 

 the flower stalk. I could not detect that the legume, as stated 

 by Swartz, was separable, when ripe, into two valves. 



The bark of this tree has been employed as a vermifuge. It 

 has a disagreeable smell, and a sweet mucilaginous taste. Its 

 effects are emetic, drastic, purgative, and narcotic. In large 

 doses it is poisonous, producing violent vomiting, with fever 

 and delirium. It was first brought into notice by Dr Wright. A 

 decoction of it (Decoctum Geoffrcetz inermis) has obtained a 

 place in the Edinburgh and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. It is pre- 

 pared by boiling an oz. of the coarsely powdered bark in 2 

 pints of water, over a slow fire, to 1 pint. The dose for adults 

 is a table-spoonful, and for children a tea-spoonful, which may 



