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GormiMw.] LOGAN] i( I 



•ometamea more pieces than the calyx, as In r 

 dueedtoone.aeuiUeteria. The auun, 



of th. corolla ;tl f Loganhl^ 



opposite in Potalia. In I I ., banes the ,'„„„ 



Logamada, genus, Latordia, has ; 



cnrolla is dwaystwiated, except in M 



•2* f?« back of each iSbe which J 



mads the oestivation is ven variable and i« 

 the term. Dogbanes JtTK C 



^venot.tra f either The firat^ 



— >"-;'• "ay ;,,„ onsider the hair* « 



sfagmais often ol conmderable aize, and b, 

 ^^ave no such appear, a." |,„. 



All Logamada ,are either tropical or inhabit c 

 ^eam New Holland and America forming the o, 



II i would be difficult to name a re venomous Order than U 



stffjsssfir^sr' ■■'" * a -- 



an Indian tree, with small greenish- 

 white flowers, ribbed leaves, and :i 

 beautiful orange-coloured round fruit, 

 tin- si/..- of a small Apple, having a 

 brittle shell, and a white gelatinous 

 pulp, The wood is exceedingly 

 bitter, particularly thai of the root, 

 which is used to cure intermittent 

 B vers, and the bites of venomous 

 snakes. The seeds are i mployed in 

 the distillation of country spirits, to 

 render them more intoxicating. The 

 pulp of the fruit seems perfectly 



u cent, .-is it is greedily i aten by 



many sorts of birds.- Roxb. The 



seeds are extremi lv poisonous, in 



large doses producing extraordinary 



rigidity and convulsive contraction of 



the muscles previous to death. In 



very small and repeated doses it 



promotes the appetite, assists the 



digestive process, increases the - 



bon i>f" urine, and sometimes acta 



slightly upon the bowels. It is 



employed medicinally in paralysis, 



dyspepsia, dysentery, affections of 



the nervous system, &c. and appears to be QTO in n 



Another virulent kind is the Strychnos toxifera, which Torn 



l ""-""' a !" 1 u •''.* orOurari Dr. Hancock thinks it is 



nature For an account of it bj SirR.Sc! ibur* 



me Dark ol the root ol Strychnos Tieute another frightful i 



where it ts called Tjettek and Dpa I ; i, acta 



intense and violent manner. Notwithstanding the act ■ 



Wants, othereare used in medicine with advanta 



Blume to yield the genuine Lignum colubrinum, a dm ■ 



aremedy for paralysis of the lower extremities; it is ah 



be, and to be useful in blenorrhuaa faucium et laryi 



subject in Java. Blume adds that several oth< 



jiiar,.,t under the name of Lignum colubrinum. Strychi 



best febrifugein Brazil; with the exception of I ; 



Sanger, all the parts, especially the bark, an 



It is universally employed instead of Cinchona, ai 



ruvian Bark, in ,]„■ cure of the intermitt. 



and could find in it neither brucine, nor Btrychnim . 



name of Copalche bark. The seeds 



need succ essfully in India as a remedj for cho 



fig. CCCCVIII. Strychnos ligustrioa.— /...■. i 

 ■oross ; I. seed; 6. tliesawe moi 





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