RUTALES.] 



SIMARUBACE^. 



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properties, but is less active. The Jamaica plant, which being dioecious, may be another 

 species, has an inodorous bitter bark which yields its properties to both alcohol and 

 water. It has been remarked that the infusion is more bitter than the decoction. It 

 acts as a tonic and is used in dyspepsia, dian-hoea, chronic dysentery, and all cases of 

 impaired tone of the alimentary canal. Nima quassioides is used for similar purposes 

 in the North of India. The timber of Simaruba amara is described by Sir R. Schom- 

 burgk as resembling White Pine, both in colour and quaUty. Niepa bark, an Indian 

 febrifuge, is obtained from Samadera indica. Brucea antidysenterica and Sumatrana 

 possess properties similar to those of Quassia. 



GENERA. 



Quassia, DC. 

 S>ima.m\)2L, Aubl, 

 Simaba, Aubl. 



Aritba, Aubl. 



Phyllostema, Neck. 



Zwingera, Schreb. 



Samadera, Gdrtn. 

 Samandura, Linn. 

 Locandi, Adans. 

 Vittmanma,ya.hl. 

 Niota, Lam. 



Bipm-eia, Thouars. 



Mauduyta, Commers. 



Manungala, Blanco. 

 Nima, Hamilt. 

 Picraena, Lindl. 



Harrisonia, R. Br. 



Ebelingia, Reichenb. 

 Lasiolepis, J. J. B. 

 ? Picrasma, Blitme. 

 ? Brucea, Banks. 



Numbers. Gen. 10. Sp. 35. 

 Position. — Zygophyllacese. — Simarubace^. — Xanthoxylacese. 



