RUTACEA. 
Rueworts. 
N° 82. 
GUAIACUM OFFICINALE. 
Lienum-vitz, Guaiacum. 
Place—Jamaica, Hispaniola, 
Quality—Drying, somewhat acrid. 
Power—Aperient, purifying, sternutatory. _ 
- Use—The bark and resin in syphilis, leucorrheea, gout, 
scabies. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. ; 
Natural Order. Gruinales—L. Rutacee,—J. 
Crass X. Decandria Orprer Monogynia. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 546. Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 538. Woody. i. 43. Lind. Flor. Med. 214, 
Stokes ii. 486. Stephenson and Churchill ii. 90. Loudon, Ency. Pl. 352. Raf. Med. 
Bloc, 3 205, Us 8. Bi aeaeae: ieee cges. Per, SMe. ME. leis 
Beach Fam. 7, 656. Kosts, Mat. Med. 528. 
ate Genus. GUAIACUM. 
From Guaiac, the chal given to the tree by the natives of Guiana. 
Synonymes.—Gayac, Gomme-resin de Gayac (F.) Gemeiner Franzosenholz, 
Guajak-gummi (G.) Pokhout (Dutch.) Franzostrace (Dan.) _ Franzosenholts 
(Swed.) Guajaco, Gommo-resina di Guajaco (Z) Guayaco(S.) Guajaco (Port.) 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, four—five. 
‘Corotita, Petals, four—five, rarely wanting, or none. 
Sramens. As many, or twice or thrice as many as petals 
inserted on the outside of a cup-like disk. 
Ovary. ‘Three—five lobed, three--—five celled. Szyles united 
or distinct only at base. 
Frurr. Uusually separating into its gee few-seeded 
carpels. : 
_ Szeps. Not numerous. 
