Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . , rising from the river. The first is apublic promenade; the third is cro^vned by thecapitol, now the state university. It has alsocounty buildings, and the state asylums, \^dthfactories on the falls of the river. There is steam-boat navigation to the Mississippi, and connectionwith the east by railway. Pop. hi 1850, 2262-in 1860, 5214. 621 IPECACUANHA—IPSWICH. IPECACUANHA, the ncome both of a veryvaluable medicine and of the plant producing jJant (Cephatlis Ipecacuanha) belongs to thenatural order Cinchonacece, and grows ia
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . , rising from the river. The first is apublic promenade; the third is cro^vned by thecapitol, now the state university. It has alsocounty buildings, and the state asylums, \^dthfactories on the falls of the river. There is steam-boat navigation to the Mississippi, and connectionwith the east by railway. Pop. hi 1850, 2262-in 1860, 5214. 621 IPECACUANHA—IPSWICH. IPECACUANHA, the ncome both of a veryvaluable medicine and of the plant producing jJant (Cephatlis Ipecacuanha) belongs to thenatural order Cinchonacece, and grows ia dampshady voods in Brazil and some other parts ofSouth America. It is somewhat shrubby, vrith afew oblongo-lanceolate leaves near the ends of thebranches, long-stalked heads of small white flowers,and soft dark purple berries. The part of I. used inmedicine is the root, which is simple or di\-ided tutoa few branches, flexuoiis, about as thick as a goose-qmU, and is composed of rings of various size, some-what fleshy when fresh, and appearing as if closely. strung on a central woody cord. The different kindsknown in commerce (Gray, Bed, Brown) are all pro-duced by the same plant; the differences arisingfrom the age of the plant, the mode of drying, & root is prepared for the market by mere is collected at all seasons, although chiefly fromJanuary to March; the plant is never cultivated,but is sought for in the forests chiefly by Indians,some of whom devote themselves for months at atime to this occupation. It has now become scarcein the neighbourhood of towns. Various other plants, containing emetine, areused as substitutes for true ipecacuanha. The Venezuela is produced by Sarcostemma glaucinn,of the order Asclepiadece ; and to this order belongsTylophora asOimatica, the root of which is founda valuable substitute for I. in India. It is in the bark of the root that the activeprinciple, the emetine, almost entirely lies, and ingood specimens it amounts t
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