RUTALES.J 



RUTACEyE. 



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blisters the hands of those who gather it, through tliree pairs of gloves, aud produces 

 erysipelas and ulcerous pustules when applied to the naked head. Egyptian women 

 biniise the leaves of Haplophyllum tuberculatum in water and wash their hair with it in 

 order to make it grow. The Diosmese, or Bucku plants, of the Cape, are well known 

 for their powerful and usually offensive odour ; several, especially Bai'osma crenata, are 

 recommended as antispasmodics and diiu'etics. The American species possess, in many 

 cases, febrifugal propexi;ies. There is an excellent bark used by the Catalan Capuchin 

 friars of the missions on the river Cai'ony m South America, called the Quina de la 

 Guayna, or de la Angostura, or Angostura bark, which is said to be the produce of 

 Galipea Cusparia (Bonplandia trifoUata, TF.), a plant of tliis family. Dr. Hancock, 

 however, thinks that it is a distmct species, which he calls GaUpea ofhcinahs. He says 

 that he is fully con^'inced, from ample experience of the virtues of this bark, that it is 

 one of the most valuable febrifuges we possess, being adapted to the worst and 

 most mahgnant bihous fevers, while the fevers in which Cinchona is chiefly administered 

 ai-e simple intermittents, for the most part imattended with danger. The Indians also 

 use the bruised bark as a means of intoxicating fishes, which is a very singular coinci- 

 dence with what is mentioned by Dr. Saunders, of the same use being made of Cinchona 

 bark by the Peruvians. Melambo bark, another bitter aromatic astringent, is supposed 

 to belong to some allied species. Esenbeckia febrifuga, one of the Quinas of Brazil, 

 has a bark so powerfully febrifugal as to compete with that of Cmchona. A bark much 

 spoken of by the miners of Bi'azil, under the name of Casca de larangeira da terra, and 

 in which Cinchonine was detected by Dr. Gomez, probably belongs to this tree. One 

 of the Quinas of Brazil is the Ticorea febrifuga : its bark is a powerful medicine in 

 intei'mittent fevers. Hortia Brazihana possesses similar properties, but in a less 

 degree. An infusion of the leaves of Ticorea jasminiflora is drunk in Brazil as a 

 remedy for the disease called by the BraziHan Portuguese Bobas, and by the French 

 Frambsesia. Dictamnus abounds in volatile oil to such a degree, that the atmosphere 

 svu-rounding it becomes inflammable in hot weather. Its root was formerly esteemed 

 as a sudorific and vei*mifuge. The settlers in New Holland employ the leaves of 

 Correas for tea, especially of C. alba. 



GENERA. 



CUSPARIE.?:. 



Monnieria, Linn. 

 Aubletia, Rich. 



Spiranthera, St. Hil. 



Terpnanthus, Ns.et M, 

 Almeidea, St. Hil. 



Aruba, Xees et Mart. 

 Galipea, Aubl. 



Rapidia, Aubl. 



Pholidandra, Neck. 



Sciuris, Schreb. 



Cusparia, Humb. 



Bonplandia, Willd. 



^«^o*<Mra, Rom. et St. jMetrodorea, St. Hil. 



Conchocarjms, Mik. j Pilocarpus, Vahl. 



Ravia, Nees et Mart. Hortia, Vandell. 



Lasiostemum, Ns.et M. I Choisya, Kiinth. 



Obentonia, Velloz. 



Dangervilla, Fl. Flum, 



Rosscnia, Fl. Flum. 

 Diglottis, Nees et Mart. 

 Erythrochitou, Ns. et Mt 

 Ticorea, Aubl. 



Ozophyllum, Schreb. 



Sciuris, Nees et Mart. 



Costa, Fl. Flum. 

 Lemonia, Lindl. 



II. PlLOCARPE^E. 



Melicope, Forst. 



Entoganum, Banks. 

 Evodia, Forst. 

 Esenbeckia, H. B. K. 



Colythrum, Schott. 



Evodia, St. Hil. 



9 Polembryinn, Adr..Js. 



Geigera, Schott. 



III. BORONIE^. 



Zieria, Smith. 

 iBoronia, Smith. 

 I Cyanothamnus, Lindl- 

 iEriostemon, Smith. 

 ' Crowea, Smith. 



Philotheca, Rudge. 



Phebalium, Vent. 

 Didymeria, Lindl. 

 Chorilaena, Endl. 

 Diplolsena, R. Br. 

 Correa, Smith. 



Mazeutoxeron, Lab. 



Antomarchia, Aubl. 

 Hiigelia, R. Br. 



IV. EUDIOSME-E. 



Pachystigma, Hooker. 

 Calodendron, Thunb. 



Pallasia, Houtt. 

 Adenandra, Willd. 



Glandulifolia, "VVendl. 



Ockenia, Dietr. 



Ockia, Dietr. 



Hcenkea, Smith. 

 Coleonema, Bartl. 

 Diosma, L. 



Euchaetis Bartl. et Wdl. 

 Gymnonychium, Bartl. 

 Acmadeuia, Bartl. et Wl. 

 Barosma, Willd. 



Baryosma, Rom. 



Parapetalifera,\\Qnd\ . 

 Agathosma, Willd. 



Bucco, Wendl. 



Dichosma, DC. 

 Macrostylis, Bartl. etWl. 

 Empleurum, Sol. 



V. DiCTAMNEiE. 



Dictamnus, Linn. 

 Fraxinella, Toumef. 



VI. ROTE^. 



Biebersteinia, Steph. 

 Boenninghausenia, Rchb. 

 Ruta, Toumef. 



Desmophyllum, "Webb. 



Ruteria, DC. 

 Haplophyllum, Adr. Jus. 



? Vn. CNEOREaS. 



Cneorum, Linn. 



Chamcelea, Toum. 

 Heterodendron, Desf. 



Numbers. Gen. 47. Sp. 400. 



Ericacece. 

 Position. — Aurantiaccae. — Rutace.e. — Xanthoxylacese. 



