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Wood. " A tree of the coast and the coast ranges. A smooth 

 barked, erect, deciduous tree, from its clean stem and its habit of 

 branching only at the top, adapted for live telegraph posts. As a 

 timber used in coopering." (Hooper.) 



All parts of the tree produce a gum, capable of being substituted for 

 gum-mastic as a transparent varnish. It might be given in form of 

 pills, as a substitute for copaiba, in diseased discharges from the mu- 

 cous membranes. (Macfadyen.) 



BUTTER WEED. See Erigeron canadense. 



BUTTON WOOD. See Conocarpus erecta. 



BYRSONIMA CORIACEA, Dc. 



Lotus-Berry Tree. 



Native of W. Indies. A tree 20 to 30 feet high; leaves simple, 

 flowers golden- yellow ; fruit, yellow, size of a small cherry. 

 Fruit edible. 



BYSSY. See Cola acuminata. 



CABBAGE BARK TREE, BASTARD. See Andira inermis. 



CACAO. See Theobroma Cacao. 



C^ISALPINIA BONDUCELLA, Fleming. 



Grey Nicker Seed, Bonduc. 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. A woody climber, belonging to the 

 Pea Family (Leguminosce) ; leaves twice-pinnate with hooked prickles 

 by which the plant climbs ; flowers yellow ; pod dry, orange-brown 

 covered with spines ; seeds lead-coloured. 



Root bark, and also the 



Seeds considered tonic, antipyretic and antiperiodic. 



Seeds used for necklaces, etc, 



O^SALPINIA BONDUC, Roxb. 

 Yellow Nicker Seeds. 



W~est Indies, East Indies, Polynesia, Malay Isles. A plant like the 

 preceding, but of larger size, less hairy, and with yellow seeds. 

 Seeds used for necklaces, etc. 



OESALPINIA CORIARIA, Willd, 



Diyi-divi. 

 Native of W. Indies and tropical America. A small crooked tree ; 

 leaves twice-pinnate ; flowers fragrant, white ; pod flat, incurved. This 

 tree is worth cultivating, it grows in hottest and driest places. 

 Wood of little value. 



Pods rich in tannin. Exported to a very small extent. If seeds 

 not removed, the oil they contain induces fermentation ; this might be 



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