208 



SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



latter is Quinine. The emetic Ipecacuanha, or " Ipecac," 



is from the root of Ceph- 

 cells Ipecacuanha, a small 

 shrub of Brazil. The 

 Coffee-tree {Coffea Ara- 

 bica) is a native of Abys- 

 sinia, has glossy evergreen 

 leaves, white axillary 

 flowers, and red berries, 

 each with two seeds, the 

 coffee of commerce. It has varied much under the exten- 

 sive cultivation to which it has been subjectedi The 

 Madder-plant {Ruhia tinetoria) is a perennial herb of 

 Europe, now cultivated in many parts of the world for 

 the red dye, or Madder, which its roots yield. The family 

 furnishes a few ornamental plants, as Asperula (Fig. 323), 

 etc. Our common wild representatives are Cleavers, or 

 Bedstraw (Galium), Partridgeberry (Mitchella), Bluets 

 (Houstonia, Fig. 322), Button-bush (Cephalanthus), etc. 



323 



i8. Caprifoliaceae. The Honeysuckle family. 

 Mostly woody plants ; flowers generally zygoraorphic ; 

 stamens epipetalous. There are two hundred species, found 



Fig, 322. Houstonia purpurea; an, anthers; si, stigma; /, pistil. Fig, 323. 

 Asperula, 



