Flora Medica

DILLENIACEJE.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 20.DAVILLA.Sepals 5, very unequal, increasing after flowering. Petals1-6, deciduous. Stamens numerous, placed all round thepistil, with linear filaments dilated upwards. Carpel 1, testaceous,1-2-seeded, enclosed in the two inner concave, opposite,thickened, valve-like sepals. Seeds solitary, enveloped in anarillus, which is only open at the apex.64. D. elliptica A. S. H. pius. Bras. No. 23. /. bras,merid. i. 17. In carrascos or thickets of Brazil, in the provinceof Minas Novas. (Cambaibinha.)Stem shrubby, erect, much branched ;branchlets hairy. Leaveselliptical, obtuse at each end, entire, between crustaceous and leathery,rough and hairless above, downy and netted beneath ; petiole villouson the under side. Racemes hairy, bracteolate. Sepals silky. Petals1-6, somewhat obcordate. Carpels 2. An astringent ; furnishingthe vulnerary called Cambaibinha in Brazil.65. D. rugosa Poir. encycl. suppl.ii. 4-57. A. S. H. pi.i. 405.us. No. 22. /. bras. i. 18. D. brasiliana DC. syst.Dekssert ic. i. t. 71. Forests of Brazil. (Cipo de Carijo,Cambaibinha, Cipo de Caboclo Brazil.)Stem twining ; twigs hairy. Leaves oblong, remotely and obsoletelyserrated, rough and hairless above, shaggy beneath on the principalveins. Petioles very shaggy beneath. Peduncles and pedicels hairy.Petals 2-3. Carpels usually solitary. Astringent. A decoctionused in Brazil in swellings of the legs and testicles, very commoncomplaints in the hot damp parts of South America.CURATELLA.Sepals 4-5, permanent, roundish, unequal. Petals 45.Stamens numerous, surrounding the pistil. Carpels 2, roundish,hispid, united at the base, 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Seeds obovate,with an arillus.66. C. Cambaiba A de S.H. pi. us. No. 24. /. bras. i. 22.In wooded plains, and the deciduous forest ground of Brazil.(Cambaiba Brazil.)Twigs downy. Leaves broad, very obtuse, more or less repand, toothed,rough above, downy beneath. Compound lateral racemes, pedicels, andsepals villous. Petals very deciduous. Astringent. A decoctionused in Brazil as a wash for wounds.31