530 APOCYNACK^.. 



3. villosa, Roxb. (//. B. [1814,] p.\9;fl. ind. 1, p. 690 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 

 525 ;—G. Don. I. c.;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. l\6 ■—Wight, icon. 2. 

 t. 437. — C. hirsuta, Heyne ; Roth. nov. sp.p. 128.) ^ Hills eastward 

 of Belgaum. Kyouk Talong, Irawaddi. Fl. small, white, March, April 

 and iMay ; fr. R. S. 



4. ovata, R. Br. 3 Tropical N. Holland. 

 Arduina, L. 



l.bispinosa, L. {Mant.—B. Cab. 4, t. 387,) S. Africa. 

 Melodinus, Forst. (G. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 101.) 



l.monogynus, Roxb. {fl. i7id. 2, p. 56; — G. Don. I. c. ; — B. Reg. 

 10, t. 834;— B. M. 52, t. 2527 ;— Wight, icon. % t. 394.) L. 

 S v_/ Silhet. Fl. largish, white, fragrant, March, and April ; fr. 

 Oct. and Nov. Pulp of the berries sweetly agreeable, eaten by the 

 natives. (Roxb.) 

 Strychnos, L. (R. Br.pr.p. 469 ;—G. Bon's Mill. diet. 4, p. 64.) 



l.Nux vomiea, L. {Gartn. fr. 2, p. 476, t. 179,/. 7 ; — 6. Don. o. c. p. 

 65 i—Roxb. Corom. \,t. 4; fl. ind. 1, p. 575 ; ed. Carey, 2, jj. 261 ; 

 —J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 112;— Rheed. 1, p. 37.) ^f^l Koochila. 

 b Martaban. Coromandel. Hilly parts of the Concan. Fl. small, 

 greenish-white, Feb. ; fr. 0. Wood hard, durable, used for many pur- 

 poses by the natives. It is exceedingly bitter, particularly that of the 

 root, which is used to cure intermitting fevers, and the bites of venom- 

 ous snakes. Seeds employed in the distillation of country spirits 

 to render them more intoxicating. The pulp of the fruit seems per- 

 fectly innocent, as it is greedily eaten by many sorts of birds. {Roxb.) 

 Strychnine, an alcoholic extract of the seeds, has been found a power- 

 ful remedy in palsies. 



^. potatorum, h. (G. Don. I. c; — Roxb. Corom. I, t. 5 ; fl. ind. \, p. 

 576; ed. Carey, 2, p. 263 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 112.) fT'sf^ 

 Nirmmulee. — Clearing Nut. b Coromandel. Hilly parts of the Con- 

 cans. Adjunta Jungles. Banks of the Kalinadi River, South Mahrat- 

 ta Country. Hills about Parr. The Ghauts generally. Prome. Fl. 

 small, greenish-yellow, fragrant, April ; fr. 0. {Roxb.) In the garden 

 here it has been more than twelve years without il. The ripe seeds 

 are dried and gold in every bazar to clear muddy water. One of the 

 seeds is well rubbed for a minute or two round the inside of the ves- 

 sel containing the water, generally an unglazed earthen one. In a 

 very short time the impurities fall to the bottom, leaving the water 

 clear, and perfectly wholesome. {Roxb.) 



3. spinosa, Lam. {III. No. 2449 ;—Poir. diet. 8, p. 697 ;— ^- ■t>ow /. c.) 

 5 Madagascar. Fl. small, greenish- whitish, H. S. ; fr. 0. 



4. coluhrina. L. {G. Don. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 577 ; ed. Carey, 2, 

 p. 264 ;— Wight, icon. 2, t. 434.-7. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 1 12. excl. 

 Rheed. 7, t. 5. and Rumph. 2, t. 38.— Rheed. 8, t. 24.) ^f^l ^1^1 

 Koochila-lnta. L. S v_/ S. Concan. Coromandel. Khassya Mountains. 



