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CORIARIACEJE.Nat.syst.ed. 2. p. 141.CORIARIA.The character the same as that of the order.454. C. myrtifolia Linn. sp. pi. 1467. Lam. ill. t. 822.Duham. arb. i. t. 73. DC. prodr.i. 739. Various parts ofthe basin of the Mediterranean.Leaves opposite ovate-lanceolate, acute, triple-nerved,rather stalked,smooth. Racemes nearly erect. Sepals 5, ovate, acute, smooth,naked, in a broken whorl. Petals 5, ovate, rigid, fleshy, keeled inside,applied closely to the carpels, green. Stamens 5, about as long as thepetals, and alternate with them. Ovaries 5, obliquely converging,opposite the petals, adhering by means of a gynobase, with no style, buteach with a long recurved linear stigma; ovules .solitary, suspended.Fruit a dangerous poison, exciting violent fits of tetanus, giving placeto apoplectic coma. Senna adulterated with the leaves equally dangerous.fatal cases on record.Many223

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