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sorts : the larger is the product of Uragoga emetica,^ a Columbian 

 species, not rich in emetine ; and the smaller,^ the true source of 

 which is unknown. The undulated varieties are furnished, one by a 

 Columbian shrub, U. undata,^ the other by an herbaceous plant of 

 Brazil, Eichardia scabra* Many other Ruhiacece, belonging to very 

 different series, are equally vomitive. The powdered fruit of Genipa 

 dumetorum is employed for this purpose in India and Nubia. Quin- 

 quina Piton, the bark of Exostema florihundum, also produces emetics; 

 in India, the root oiPoederia foetida^ (fig. 248-250). The roots of 

 various Chiococcas, as C. racemosa^ (fig. 252-285), densifolia/ angui- 

 fuga,^ are mentioned as very vomitive. These roots, as the name of. 

 the last indicates, have a great reputation in America as specifics 

 against the bite of venomous serpents. They are called roots of 

 Cainga or Cahinca. The infusion of the bark is also said to be a 

 violent drastic In the East Indies the same qualities are attributed 

 to Genipa campanulata.^ In Brazil the root of Manettia cordifolia,^" 

 probably from its violent purging, is considered a cure for serous 

 Evacuations ; it is also, like the Ipecacuanhas, an esteemed anti- 

 dysenteric. Several species of Spermacoce are equally employed by 

 the Brazilians as emeto-cathartics, particularly S. Poaya " (fig. 235, 



1 Psychotria emetica Mdt. ex L. p. Stippl. 144 Diet. Encyel, Sc. M4d. xvi. 227 {Fetit Brasida, 



(part). — H. B. K. PI. ^qiiin. ii. 142, t. 126; Bain preta, Snowberry). 



Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 355.— DC. Prodr. iv. 504, ' Mart. Mat. Med. Bras. 17, t. 6.— Cham, et 



n. 2. — ^A. EiCH. Diss. Ipec. t. 2. — Gdie. Drag. Schlchtl, Linnaa (1829), 13. — H. Bn. loc. cit. 



(ed. 7) iii. 91, fig. 602, 603.— CephalU 226.— Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 763. 



emetica Pers. (part). — Ipecacuanha noir Eich. s Mart. foe. cs*. t. 5. — DO. P)'o<?r. iv. 482, n. 3. 



Did. Sc. Med. xxvi. 4, o. icon. — Eosenth. loc. cit. 329. — H. Bn. loc. cit. 226. — 



^ GuiE. loc. cit. 91. — I. des mines d'or Pellet. C. braehiata E. et Pay. Fl. Per. ii. t. 219, fig. b. — 



Journ. Pharm. yi. 265. C. panifiora'W , — G.panieulata'W. — C.raeemosa 



' Jaco. Sort. Schceiibr. iii. 5, t. 260 ; Fragm. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 352 (not jAoa.).— 



n. 101. — Eosenth. op. cit. 326. — Psychotria C. pubescensW. Poem. etSch. Syst. v. 202 {Oa'infa, 



undulata Poik. Suppl. iv. 691. Sipocruz, Scrpentaria brasiliensis off.). 



* L. Spec. 470. — if. pilosa E. et Pav. Fl. Per. ' Gardenia campanulata Eoxb. PL Ind. ii. 657. 

 iii. 60. — B. pilosa K. Nov. Gen. H Sp. iii. 350, t. — DC. Prodr. iv. 383, n. 32. — Eosenth. op. cit. 

 279. — Richardsonia brasiliensis GrOM. Mem. Ipie, 849. — Ktmz, For. Fl. Brit. Bnrm. ii. 40 (Hsay- 

 31, t. 2. — GruiB. Drag. Simpl. (ed. 7) iii. 92, fig. than-paya). The plant is also used as an 

 604, 606. — DO. Prodr. iv. 567, n. 1. — Spermacoce anthelmintic, and several other Gardenias have 

 Mrsuta E(EM. et Son. Syst. iii. 531 ; Mantiss. iii. the same reputation in the ooimtry. 



207 (Poayo do eampl) of the Brazilians. — Ipeea- "• Mart. Mat. Med. Br. i. 19, t. 7. — DC. Prodr. 



cuanha amylaee Mer.). iv. 363, u. 8. — Eosenth. op. cit. 337. — ? M. gla- 



* L. Mantiss. 52. — Lamk. III. t. 166, fig. 1. — bra Cham, et Schlchtl, Linncea (1829), 159. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 471, n. l.— Apoeynwn foetidvm ^ K.^.-E..Pl.Us.Bras.t.l2. — Borreria Poaya 

 BuRM. Fl. Ind. 71 {Somaraji). DO. Prodr. iv. 649, n. 61 (Poaya do campo). 8. 



^ jAcci..4»i«r. 68. — L. iS^pec. 246.— Tkatt. r«i. ferruginea A. S.-H. emetica Mart. {Poaya da 



t. 631. — Hook. Fx. Fl. t. 93.— Andr. Bot.Bepos. hasta comprida), aspera Atjbl. verticillata Linn. 



t. 284. — Eosenth. Syn. PI. Diaph. 329. — H. Bn. rigida Salisb. gentianoidet A. S.-H. glaberrima 



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