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 GRAPE, SEASIDE. See Coccoloba uvifera. 



GRAPE VINE. See Yitis mmi era. 



GRAPE, WILD. See Vitis caribcea. 



GR E E N" B E A RT. See Sloa nea jamaicensis. 



GUAIACUM OFFICINALE, Linn. 

 Lignum Yit.e. 



Native of West Indies, Venezuela. Colombia. A small tree ; leaves 

 compound, leaflets opposite in 2 or 3 pairs : flowers of a bright pale 

 blue, covering the tree ; berries brownish-yellow. (Zygophyllacece) 



Wood : hard, tmigh, dense, and durable. 1'sed for pulleys, blocks, 

 pestles, rulers, skittle ball-. <! 



"On the alluvial deposits near the coast. A tree up to two feet six 

 inches in diameter (Mitel.' 1 1 town, Vere), though randy exceeding one 

 foot and a half, with a height of 15 feet. A hard, close-grained wood, 

 exported to Europe for the manufacture of small articles. Since It 



580 tons have been exported, valued at 12,820." (Hooper.) 



The heart wood is of a dark greenish-brown colour, owing to the de- 



dtion of guiacum resin ; the sap wood is pale-yellow. 



The wood is official in the Pharmacopoeias, and owes its medicinal 

 properties to the presence of the resin, which is also official. "Guiacum 

 resin possesses stimulant, diaphoretic, and alterative properties like the 

 wood ; but its action is much stronger. By some practitioners it is 

 also regarded as an emmenagogue. It is a useful remedy in chronic 

 forms of rheumatism ; also in syphilitic and gouty affections, scrofula, 

 ^kin diseases ; and in dysmenorrhea, and other uterine affections, cv^c.'' 

 (Bent ley & Trimen.) 



GUANGO. See Pithecolobium Saman. 



GUAREA SWARTZII, D. C. 



Alligator Wood, Musk Wood. 



Native of Jamaica and Guadeloupe. 



A low tree; leaves pinnate , flowers small, white. [MeliacecB.) 

 " Common on Blue Mountains. Used for shingles." (Hooper.) 

 " All parts of the tree especially the bark, have a strong smell of 

 musk, resembling that of the Alligator. There cannot be a doubt, that 

 many parts of this tree are possessed of medical properties. The pow- 

 dered bark is a good emetic. The seeds are bitter, and have a warm 

 musky taste." (Macfadyen.) 



GUAVA. See Psidium Guava. 



GUAVA, MOUNTAIN. See Psidium Montanum. 



