Flora Medica

APOCYNACEJE.double ; each lobe with 1 ovule ; style filiform, enclosed ;stigma capitate. Drupes berried, 2, by abortion solitary, eachwith a rugose 1 -seeded nucleus. Blume.1122. O. serpentinum Linn. ji. zeyl. 329. Wendt in Rom.arch. i. 53. t. 7. f. 2. Blume Bydr. 1034. Roxb.fl. ind. i. 694-.(Rheede vi. t. 47. Humph, vii. t. 16. Burm. zeyl. 141. t. 64.)Various parts of India.Stem woody, erect, climbing or twining. Leaves in threes or fives,short-stalked, oblong, pointed, wavy, entire smooth, 4-5x2 inches.Fascicles axillary, peduncled, many-flowered. Peduncles long, smooth,round, sometimes nearly erect, sometimes drooping. Pedicels andcalyxes bright red. Corolla white. Root employed by the Telingaphysicians of India as a febrifuge, and alexipharmic ;and also to promotedelivery in tedious cases.ALYXIA.Calyx short, 5 -toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform; throatnaked; limb 5-cleft. Stamens enclosed ;anthers distinct. Ovarydouble, with 1 -celled few-seeded lobes ;style double ;stigma2-lobed. Drupes 2 or 1 only,stalked, containing a single 1-seededstone.1123. A. stellata R. and S. iv. 439. Blume Bydr. 1031. -Gynopogon stellatus Forst. prodr. 117. Alyxia aromaticaRnwdt. A. Reinwardtii Blume in cat. hort. Buitenz. 43. MalayArchipelago, Society and FriendlyA Islands.shrub with slender twigs. Leaves in whorls of 3, lanceolate,rather obtuse, short-stalked, with very numerous fineparalleloblique veins. Cymes axillary, stalked, few-flowered, much shorterthan the leaves. Tube of corolla longer than the calyx. Bark aromatic,with similar effects to those of Canella alba and Drymis Winteri,for which itmay be substituted. Lately introduced into Germanpractice, as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea and nervous complaints.Dierbach. The bark 'has the odour of Melilot, and traces of Benzoicacid have been found in it.WILLUGHBEIA.Calyx 5- toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform. Stigma capitate.Ovary superior, 1-celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2opposite parietal placentae. Berry 1-celled. Seeds few, nestlingin pulp. Albumen 0. Roxb:1124. W. edulis Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 57. Forests of Chittagongand Silhet where it is called Luti-am.A very large climbing plant. Leaves opposite, short- stalked, oblong,acuminate, entire, polished, with simple parallel veins ;3-5 X 1-2inches. Peduncles axillary and terminal, solitary, short, each supportinga few middling-sized, pale pink, short-stalked flowers, formingsmall fascicles. Bracts solitary, at the base of each pedicel, ovate.Calyx 5-toothed, with ovate, subciliate segments. Corolla infundibuliform;the tube gibbous near the middle where the stamens arelodged, a little hairy on the inside; the limb of 5, sublanceolate,smooth, expanding segments, which are imbricated in the bud. Fila-532