EUPHORBIALS. 84: SPURGEWORTS. 
3. C. Tighum Lamarck. Fig. 126. 
A small tree; leaves oval-oblong, acute, 3-5-nerved, acuminate, wi 
shallow glandular serratures, thin and membranous, with 2 glands 
the base. 
Habitat. East Indies. 
Quality. Oil of seeds a powerful irritant, drastic, cathartic ; poisonous. 
Uses. Mania, obstinate constipation, stercoraceous vomiting, paralysis, hydrocephalus, 
4. C. Pavana Hamilton.—(Tuy Srxp.) 
Leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, smooth, with all the veins alternate. 
Habitat. Indian Archipelago, Ava, &c. 
Quality and Uses. As in C. Tiglium. 
5. ©. Draco Schlechtendahl.—(Mexican Dragon's Buoop.) a2 
All covered with starry coarse hairs; leaves cordate, acuminate, minutely 
toothed, with 4 glands at the apex of the petiole ; racemes very lo 
interrupted. 
Habitat. Ll ‘ : 
tet uice om iaitinewee My Pe 8 blood, called Sangre del drago. 
6. C. balsamiferum Linneus, a 
A rusty, downy, resinous, balsamic shrub ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, ob' 
with two cup-shaped glands at the base ; spikes terminal compact. 
Habitat. West Indies. 
Uses. _A spirituous liquor, called Eau de in i ti 
titled Bone fe q Mantes, used in irregular menstrua’ on, 
Fig. 125.—Croton Eleuteria ; 126. Leaf of Croton Tiglium. 
