CESTRACEJE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 296. 



CESTRUM. 



Calyx tubular, terete, very short, obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a long slender cylindrical tube, a roundish 

 throat, and a flat limb with ovate equal segments. Filaments 

 the length of the tube, anthers enclosed. Berry roundish, 

 2-celled, many-seeded. 



1084. C.venenatum Thwnb. prodr. S6.fi. cap. 193. Woods 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, hi Houtniqua-land and elsewhere. 



A large woody bush. Branches roughish, purplish ; the young ones 

 furrowed. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, stalked, acuminate, entire, 

 reflexed at the edge, evergreen, ribbed, quite smooth. Flowers sub- 

 sessile, in axillary clusters. Corolla with a reddish tube, and a white 

 limb, villous on the upper side ; the throat being stopped with hair j 

 with the perfume of Jasmine flowers. A decoction of the bark, 

 reduced to the thickness of jelly is used by the Hottentots to envenom 

 their weapons. It is said to be a fatal poison, and to be also used by 

 the same people to destroy wild beasts, by impregnating baits of flesh 

 with its juice. 



1085. C. macrophyllum Vent, and 1085 a, C. nocturnum Lam. 

 have similar properties. 



1086. C. Hediunda Lam. (Hediunda Feuill. ii, t. 20. C. au- 

 riculatum Fl. Peruv. ii. 1. 155. f. a.) and 1087. C. laurifolium 

 L' Herit. are febrifugal, and also used externally as astringents. 

 Martins. 



515 L L 2 



