Calo trop is

[Gr. kalos, beautiful, trop is, keel, in allusion to the keel of the flower.] ( Bot. ) A genus of tropical plants, order Asclepiad ace a. The species C. gi gantea, or procera, yields the medicinal bark known as Mudar bark, which has been much employed in India for the treatment of cutaneous affections, and occasionally as a substitute for ipecacuanha. It contains a peculiar principle, called mudarine. The fibres of the bark are known under the names of Ak and Mudar fibres. The bark of the root of C. Hamilton i i has similar properties, and is said to yield the fibres termed Yercum. Calotte, Calote, ( ka - lot ',) n. [Fr. calotte ; Celt. cal , gal , the head, and ot , habitation, covering.] A cap or coif of hair, satin, or other material; a skull-cap formerly worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics. -The cap of a sword-hilt; anything resembling in form a small cup. ( Arch .) A round cavity or depre ion in form of a cap IMG:content-0028.png:[blocks in formation]