Flora Medica

POLANISIA.fi. zeylan. t. 99. Among rubbish and byin the East Indies.the sides of wallsStem covered with viscid glandular hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ;leaflets obovate cuneate or oblong, pubescent, scarcely longer than thepetiole. Stamens about 20. Silique terete, striated, rough with glandularhairs, sessile, acuminated. W. and A. Used in Cochin Chinaas a counter-irritant, in the same same way as sinapisms in Europe,and as a vesicant. The root is used as a vermifuge in the UnitedStates.CRAT^VA.Sepals 4. Petals 4, unguiculate, larger than the calyx not;closing over the stamens during aestivation. Stamens 8-28.Torus elongated or hemispherical. Berry stalked, betweenovate and globose, pulpy within ; pericarp thin. W. and A.201. C. gynandra Linn, sp.pl. 636. DC. i.prodr. 243.Thickets in Jamaica. (Garlick Pear.)Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, acute. Stamens 20-24, longerthan the petals, inserted upon a cylindrical torus. Berry ovate. Barkof the root said to blister like cantharides.202. C. Tapia Linn. sp. pi. 637. DC. i.prodr. 243. Macfady.fi.jam.(Piso t. 69. Camm. hort. i. t. 67.) WestIndies.A tree about 20 feet high. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broad, ovate,acuminate. Raceme terminal, corymbose when young. Flowers onlong stalks, purplish. Sepals spreading, deciduous. Petals about 1 inchlong, rounded at the apex. Stamens 8-16, declinate, about 3 timesas long as the petals. Stipe of the ovary as long as the stamens ;stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, size of a small orange. Barkbitter and tonic, and has been used in the cure of intermittent fevers.Burnett.95