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BEAUMOJN'TIA. Wall. 



grandiflora, Wall. ; cl. ; East India. A.B. 



ECHITES, Linn. 



melaleuca, Hook. ; cl. ; Brazil. B. 



MANDEVILLA, IAndl. 



suaveolens. IAndl. ; Chili Jasmine ; cl. ; Buenos lyres. A.B. 



Order ASCLEPIADEJS. 



e poisonous ; an acrid mill 

 TEIBE PEEIPLOCEiE. 



Plants of this order, as a rule, are poisonous ; an acrid milk which pervades all their parts being 

 eminently emetic and purgative. 



CEYPTOSTEGIA, R. Br. 



grandiflora, R. Br. ; India-rubber vine ; cl. ; Madagascar. A.B. 



The milky sap of this plant may be converted into excellent caoutchouc, 

 madagascariensis, Lodd. ; cl. ; Madagascar. A.B. 



PEBIPLOCA, Linn. 



graeca, Linn. ; cl. ; Syria. A.B. 

 The milky sap of this plant has been used in the East for poisoning wolves. 



Teibe Secamone-E. 

 SCAMONE, R. Br. 



elliptica, R. Br. ; cl. ; Queensland. A. 



Teibe Cynanche^:. 

 ABAUJIA, Brot. 



albens, Mart, (as Physianthus) ; cl. ; Buenos Ayres. A.B. 



CALOTEOPIS, R. Br. 



gigantea, R.Br. ; sli. ; East India. A.B. 

 The inner bark gives a valuable silky fibre, used in India for bowstrings, . &c, fishing lines, and 

 the powdered root is used medicinally as an emetic. 



ASCLEPIAS, Linn. 



curassavica, Linn.-, Bed-nead or Wild Ipecacuanha; sli. ; South. 

 America. A.B. 



This pest, in its native country, is used as an emetic. 



SAECOSTEMMA, R. Br. 



australe, R. Br. (Gaoloowurrah of Port Darwin natives) ; cl. ; Eastern 

 Ausiralia. A.B. 



This succulent, milky, leafless climber is said to be used by the natives at Port Darwin as a 

 remedy in cases of smallpox. 



Teibe Maesdexie^;. 

 STEPHAJN"OTIS. Thou. 



iloribunda, Brougn. ; cl. ; Madagascar. A.B. 



PEEGULAEIA. Linn. 



odoratissima, Andr. ; cl. ; East India. A.B. 



HOYA, R.Br. ; Wax-plant. 



australis, R. Br. ; cl. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 

 This has the reputation of being a sheep poison. 



bella, Hook. ; cl. ; East India. A. 

 carnosa, R. Br. ; cl. ; Queensland. A.B. 

 var. variegata ; cl. A.B. 



