RUTALS. 116 
Habitat. Surinam, 
Quality. Intensely bitter. 
Uses. Like those of Simaruba ; its infusion a fly-poison. 
SmmaruBa. Aublet. 
Flowers polygamous. Stamens 10, as long as the 
petals. Carpels 5, surrounded by 10 short hairy 
scales. 
1. 8. amara Aublet.—(Movuntain Damson.) Fig. 171. 
Leaves abruptly pinnate; leaflets alternate, on short 
stalks, downy on the under side. 
Habitat. West Indies. 
Quality. Bitter, tonic ; emetic, purgative. 
Dses. Dysentery, diarrhoea, anorexia, intermittents. 
Picrana. Lindley. 
Flowers polygamous. Stamens 5, as long 
as the petals. Carpels 3, on a tumid 
receptacle. = 
1. P. excelsa Lindley.—(Jamatca QuasstA.) 
Leaves unequally pinnated; leaflets opposite, 
on short stalks. 
Habitat. Jamaica. ae 
Quality. Narcotic poison ; bitter, stomachic, 
tonic ; antiseptic. 
Uses. Dyspepsia, anorexia, intermittents. 
Natural Order, ficliaus; Meliacew ; 
(V. K., p. 463.) 
Prevailing Quality. Bitterness. 
172 | Meuia. Linneus. oe 
Tube of stamens very long, ten-cleft, bear- 
ing 10 anthers below the en 
Fruit a drupe, with a 1 
bony nut. er 
1. M. Azedarach Linneus. Fig 
172. : : 
Leaves unequally bipinnate with 
opposite ovate acute se 
i leaflets ; fruit the size of 
ee Olive. — 
aK Habitat, Syvia ; commonly cultivated | 
\\.\ Quality. Root bitter, nauseous. Pulp’ 
\ | trait suspicious. ae 
, | Uses. Root as an anthelmintic ™ 
‘/ United States. ee 
Fig. 171.— Portion of inflorescence : 3 < ae 
Aiealae section of o oren ee eecence of Simarabs amars ; 172. a, do. of Melia Azedarach ; >» 2 
