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7. Eusselia juncea, Zuccar. (Dolley.) 



New Providence. Probably introduced from Mexico. 



8. Herpestis Monniera, Ktli. {Swains.) 



The plants of this order must be suspected, as many are poison- 

 ous. Seoparia is tonic and febrifugal. Capraria is sometimes used 

 as tea in the West Indies and Central America. 



Order LXXII. BIGNONIAOBAE. 



1. Tecoma leucoxylon, Mart. (Swains.) 



White wood, white wood cedar. West Indies. 



2. T. stans, Juss. 



Yellow Popper, Yellow Elder, Bignonia. West Indian and trop- 

 ical American. 



3. T. radicaiis, Juss. 



Red Trumpet-flower, Trumpet Creeper ; in gardens ; tropical 

 America. 



4. T. Capensis, G. Don. 



In gardens ; from Brazil. 



5. Jacaranda caerulea, Gr. (Swains.) 

 Cancer-Plant. Indigenous. 



Some species of Tecoma have astringent properties. The leaves 

 of Jacaranda are used in this colony as a cure for cancer, and as an 

 anthelmintic in Panama. Jacaranda Brasiliensis Ger. ' Polisander.' 

 Fr. ' Polisandre' — is a beautiful wood for cabinet making, and might 

 be introduced and cultivated with advantage. Smith (Diet. Econ. 

 Bot.) gives this as ' Palissander' or ' Palixander-wood.' The bark 

 of Tecoma leucoxylon is supposed to be an antidote to Manchineel. 



Order LXXIII. ACANTHACEAE. 



1. Blechum Brownei, Juss. 

 Tropical America and Asia. 



2. Justicia Carthaginensis, Jacq. 



Violet-Justieia. West Indies and South America. 



3. Justicia, sp. 



Several kinds of Justicia are cultivated in gardens on account of 



their flowers. 



4. Anthacanthus spinosus, Gr. (Swains.) 

 Indigenous and West Indian. 



