Flora Medica

RICHAKDSONIA.895. R. rosea Aug. de St. Hil. pi. us. bras. t. 7. DC.prodr.568. R. emetica Mart. spec. mat. med. bras. 11. t. 9. f. 19.iv.Brazil, in sandy places in the provinces of St. Paulo, RioJaneiro, and the Mines.Stems spreading, round, a span long, hispid with white spreadinghairs. Leaves short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, cuneate at the base,slightly hairy, with a short acute point. Stipules very hairy. Flowerspink, arranged in a hemispherical, terminal head, surrounded by about4, ovate-acuminate, cordate leaves. Calyx hispid, with linear acuteciliated segments. Corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, ventricose,funnel-shaped, with 6 ovate triangular acute spreading segments whichare hairy at the points. Von Martius speaks highly of the excellenceof the root of this plant as an agreeable emetic in doses of 1 or 2drachms.CAPRIFOLIACE^E.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 247.TRIOSTEUM.Calyx with an ovate tube and a 5-parted permanent limb, withlinear-lanceolate permanent segments. Corolla gibbous at thebase, almost equally 5-lobed, tubular, longer than the calyx.Stamens 5, inclosed. Stigma oblong, thick. Berry coriaceous,obovately triquetrous, crowned by the calyx, 3-celled, 3-seeded.896. T. perfoliatum Linn. sp. pi. 250. Bigelow med. bot. i. t. 9.DC. prodr.iv. 330. United States, borders of woods, rare ;called " Fever Root" and " Wild Ipecac."Root perennial,subdivided into numerous horizontal branches. Stemerect, hairy, fistular, round, from 1 to 4 feet high. Leaves opposite,the pairs crossing each other, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, ratherflat, abruptly narrowed at the base into a winged petiole, and more orless connate. Flowers axillary, sessile, 5 or 6 in a whorl, the upperones generallyin a single pair. Each axil is furnished with 2 or 3 linearbractes. Calyx 5-parted ; segments spreading, linear, coloured, unequal,persistent. Corolla tubular, curved, dull brownish purple, covered withminute hairs, its base gibbous, its border open and divided into 5rounded, unequal lobes. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla,hairy, with oblong anthers. Ovary inferior, roundish ; style longerthan the corolla; stigma peltate. Fruit oval, baccate, ofadeep orangeyellow, hairy, somewhat 3-sided, crowned with the calyx, containing 3cells and 3 hard bony, furrowed seeds. Bark of the root emetic andcathartic ;leaves diaphoretic. The efficacy impaired by age ; shouldbe kept in closely stopped jars, and renewed annually.SAMBUCUS.Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, urceolate, 5-cleft.445