Theuriet
ANDRÉ, a French author; born in Marly le Roi, near Paris, Oct. 8, 1833; studied law in Paris, and received in 1857 a place in the office of the minister of finance. He published in 1867 "The Woodland Road," a volume of poems. Later poems were "The Peasants of Argonne, 1792" (1871), and "Blue and Black" (1872). But Theu- ; "The riet is best known by his novels, which include: "Mlle. Guignon" (1874); "The Marriage of Gerard" (1875); "The Fortune of Angeli" (1876); "Our Children" (1892) etc. He died April 23, 1907.
THEVETIA (named by Linnæus after its describer, Thevet, a French Franciscan, of the 16th century), in botany, a genus of Carisseæ. Inflorescence consisting of terminal or lateral cymes. Calyx five-parted, with many glands inside at its base; corolla salver-shaped, closed by four scales; fruits slightly fleshy, with a hard stone inside. T. neriifolia is cultivated in tropical America, whence it has been introduced into India. The milky juice is very poisonous, the bitter and cathartic bark is a febrifuge, and an oil extracted from the kernels is emetic and purgative.