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respiratory passages as an irritant, produciiif 



mer I " 1 "' "*' the '"•" seems suffieii m i ■ excite dirtied 



suffocation. Similar properties are found in the i 

 country, aa in Richardsonia rosea and seabra, Geophi 



'• ' ferruginea and Poaya, &c. The Raiz I',. ■ ,. »-| 



curing dropsy, and in destroying the dangerous •■ 



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Baid I.. be related t.> Ipecacuanha. The spurious barks .'all. d Quinquina ! 



ble of exciting vomiting. The powdered fruil .,t Randia dumetonun 



an infusion of the bark of the root i- administered t.> nauseate it 



The bark of the root ofManettia cordifolia is esteemed in Bi 



in dropsy and dysentery. It is given in powder in d 



a* an emetic. The fruit of < iardenia campanulata i- n gardt i 



anthelmintic. The foetid leaves of Ptederia foetida an 



decoction are administered internally in retention of urine, an. I in 



plaints. According to Roxburgh, the root is used by thi II' 



roots of Chiococca anguifuga and densifolia, the one a Brazilian I 



a woody bush, air employed with i fidenceby the nal 



for serpent bites. The infusion of the bark of tin- root produ - 

 ami drastic effects. In the words of Von Martin- : ••.' 

 Boporosus, vix sui compos, ex quomedicinam Bumserit,prirauiu « • 

 et tantis motibus convulsivis excruciatur, ut. licet i xsai 

 ticA, sub summa viriuin labe in lectulum corruisset, ne unicui 

 mentum quietus maneri possit Tandem post plurim 

 versales et corporis volutationes, in enormes rapitur « 

 chyroum, immo foeces Is ledit Tunc accedunt subil 



quasi succo viscido involutarum quae, -i coutinua p< r alicj 



ant, cum visibili EBgroti levamine, 1 i exitus pro indi 



tions follow, and these are succeeded bj a gentle si 

 renders them dangerous t" employ, except in 

 require a prompt and complete evacuation of the it 

 It may easily be supposed that secretions produi 

 described would, if a little modified or augmented ii 

 accordingly we find sev< ral species oi t inchonads 

 agents. Sir R* Schomburgk assures us that Indiai 

 wood <>t Evosmia cor} mbosa to make spits for 

 219. According t" Roxburgh, the v<«<r of Kan. lia dun 

 ponds where there are fish, intoxicates them like < 

 Palicourea Marcgraavii, both called Erva di 

 where they and other species oi the same 

 rats and mice. CVpliaclia ruelliaefolia is venoi 



Fig. DVI.*— Richanisonia senhra. 1. an ovarj 

 sic, I, with an erect tmbryo i n i-oji. u-. albumen. 



