s used in India for oil and sugar cane crushers, agricultural imple- 

 ments, bows, spear and sword handles, and wheelwrights' work. A 

 cubic foot weighs about 701bs." (Watt.) 



ACHRAS SAPOTA, Linn. 

 Naseberry, Sapodilla. 

 West Indies. Tree with dark green shining leaves and brown fruit. 

 (Sapotacece.) 

 Wood durable. 

 Fruit, when ripe and fresh, is sweet, and of a good flavour. 



ACROCOMIA SCLEROOARPA, Mart, 

 Groo-groo Palm. 



A native of the W. Indies, and tropical S. America. A palm, 30 to 

 45 feet high, prickly stem ; leaves pinnate ; spathe covered with black 

 prickles; fruit yellow, fleshy, 1 \ inch diem. (Palmce.) 



Yields a fibre "of remarkable softness and fineness." (Cross.) See 

 Bulletin No. 17. 



Fruit. Oil used for external application to ease pain. 



ADENANTHERA PAVONINA, Linn. 

 Circassian Seeds. 



Native of India. A tree belonging to the Pea Family (Leguminosce) 

 with compound leaves, and bright scarlet seeds. 



Leaves. A decoction is used for chronic rheumatism and gout ; as 

 an astringent and tonic in atonic diarrhoea and dysentery. 



Wood. The red heart- wood is used in India as a substitute for red 

 sandal wood. It is hard, closer grained, durable and strong, and is 

 used for house-building and c binet-making. 



Powdered and mixed with water, it relieves prickly heat, ;ind head- 

 aches. 



Seeds. Powdered, and rubbed with water, applied for boils, prickly 

 heat, also for headaches, 



Powdered and beaten up with borax, forms a good cement. 



As ornaments for necklaces, &c, and also as weights. 



ADRUE. See Cyperus articulatus. 



AGAVE MORRISII, Bak. 

 Coratoe, May Pole. 



Native of Jamaica. An agave with green leaves, w r iih prickles, and 

 orange-coloured flowers. (Amaryllidece.) 



Leaves vield a fibre, which is not of much value, as it is slightly 

 curled. The juice is diuretic ; forms a soapy lather with salt water. 

 "Leaf roasted cataplasms maturating . . . Juice, boiled to a thick 

 consistence, spread on leather, as a plaster, to he used in gout." 

 (Dancer.) 



Pole section, used as razor strop 



