STARRY ANISE. | 8i 
co-species, the Hlicium anisatum of the East, is 
used as a condiment to communicate an agreeable 
flavour to certain dishes. The Chinese chew it 
after dinner as a stomachic and a sweetener of 
the breath. In some parts of the East Indies 
the natives and Dutch mix it with their tea and 
sherbet. It is also burnt as incense before their 
idols by some of the ortental nations, and ecare- 
fully kept as an antidote to various poisons. 
The beauty of both these shrubs renders hal 
desirable acquisitions to collectors of plants. 
4 - BOTANICAL BEFERENCES. 
4 : danum oa an Bot. a & 439-—Mi- 
cuAvx, i 526—Pensus, iin 380. SEER: Pw os Mae See Te 
MEDICAL REFERENCES. 
Exuis, in Philosophical transactions abridged, xiii, 67. t. 2— 
Scnerr, 91. 
, = PLATE XLVI. nu ee 
ote “3 “Mlicium Floridanum. | i gigi ae 
_, Fig.2 2. Several stamens magnified. 
Fig. 3. Pistils magnified. 
Fig. 4. A piee pies 
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