priGELIACK.K APOCYNACK*. 



ORDER CCXII.— SPIGELIACE^, Mart.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 298. 



THE WORMSEED TRIBE. 



Herbs or undershrubs, by Lindl. referred to 2 genera. Of these Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates 1 1 species, all natives of S. America, Mexico, and the 

 southern part of N. America. "The root of Spigelia marilandica is used 

 in N. America as a vermifuge." (Lindl.) 



* Spigelia fruticulosa, Lam. ^ Cayenne. — S. marilandica, L. ; B. M. 3, 

 t, 80. % Carolina. Georgia. Maryland. 



ORDER CCXIII.— APOCYNACEJE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 299. 



Trees or shrubs, seldom herbs, by Lindl. (excluding Cryptolepis, and add- 

 ing Epichysianthus, Pentalinon, Echaltium, Calpicarpum, and Tanghinia) 

 referred to 73 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates for S. America, 

 Mexico, and the W. Indies, about 126 species; for New Holland and the 

 South Sea Islands 24 ; for N. America 8 ; for Madagascar 6 ; for the 

 Mascarenhas Islands 6 ; for Europe 5 ; for Mozambique 4 ; for Guinea 3 ; 

 for Arabia 3 ; for China 2 ; for Owaree 1 ; and for the Canaries 1 . In S. 

 Africa have been discovered 12 species; (Harvey) and in the E. Indies 

 about 153, viz. 23 of Echites ; 5 of Epichysianthus ; 4 of Ichnocarpus ; 1 

 of Beaumontia ; 2 of Holarrhena ; 3 of Vallaris ; 7 of Parsonsia ; 5 of 

 Apocynum ? ; 1 of Nerium ; 1 of Echaltium ; 4 of Strophanthus ; 8 of 

 Wrightia; \\ oi Alstonia ; 2oiVinca; 14 oi Taberncemontana ; I oi Plu- 

 miera ; 1 of Urceola ; 1 of Rejona ; 8 of Carissa ; 2 of Melodinus ; 1 of 

 Strychnos ; 3 of Cerbera ; 1 of Calpicarpum; I oi Rauwolfia ; 7 of Hun- 

 ter a ; 4 oi Alyxia ; 1 oi Ophioxylon ; 5 of Willughbeia ; 1 oi Leuconotts ; 

 1 of Cercocoma ; 1 of Orchipeda ; 1 of Copsia ; 1 of Heylygia ; 2 of Chi- 

 locarpus ; and 1 oi Kitabalia. The greater part of these prevail in Java, 

 Ceylon, both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, and the Khassya Mountains, 

 whence they extend to the forests bounding Nepal. The order abounds in 

 a milky juice, distinguished, like that of Asclepiadacese, by its acrid, purga- 

 tive, febrifugal, and perhaps, more suspicious properties. {Lindl.) 



A. EcHiTEiM, Bartl. 

 Echites, L. {R. Br. in. Wern. soc. 1, p. 59; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 72.) 



l.apoxys, (E. acuminata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 15. not Ruiz, and Pav. 

 — Aganosma acuminata, O. Don. o. c. p. 77 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 424.) 

 L. B \^ Silhet. Fl. 10 lines, pale greenish white, fragrant, April and 

 May ; fr. Jan. and Feb. 



