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SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



latter is Quinine. 



The emetic Ipecacuanha, or " Ipecac," 

 is from the root of Ceph- 

 mlis Ipecacuanha, a small 

 shrub of Brazil. The 

 Coffee-tree (Coffea Aror 

 bica') is a native of Abys- 

 sinia, has glossy evergreen 

 leaves, white axillary 

 flowers, and red berries, 

 each with two seeds, the 

 It has varied much under the exten- 

 which it has been subjected. The 

 Madder-plant {Ruhia tinctoria) 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 {Mltehella), Bluets 

 (JSoustonia, Fig. 322), Button-bush {Cephalanthus), etc. 



coffee of commerce, 

 sive cultivation to 



i8. Caprifoliaceae. The Honeysuckle family. 

 Mostly woody plants; flowers generally zygoraorphic ; 

 stamens epipetalous. There are two hundred species, found 



Fig. 322. Housiouia- purpurea : an, anthers; s(, stigma; p, pisiil. Fig. 323. 

 Asperula. 



