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AQUIFOLIACE^. 



[Perigynous Exogens. 



fever ; the root and bark are said to be emollient, resolving, expectorant, and 

 diuretic ; Haller recommends the juice of the leaves in icterus ; Reil also affirms 

 that he has employed the bark successfully in cases of epidemic intermittent fever 

 when Peru^^an Bark had failed. The berries are purgative and emetic ; six or 

 eight will occasion violent vomiting. Birdlime is obtained from the bark, and the 

 beautiful white wood is much esteemed by cabinet-makers for inlawing ; a strong 

 decoction of Ilex vomitoria, called Black dinnk, is used by the tiibes of the Creek 

 Indians at the opening of their councils. It acts as a mild emetic. Some species 

 are employed as substitutes for tea, among which is the Prinos glabra, an ever- 

 green Noi'th American bush. But the most celebrated is the Ilex paraguayensis, or 

 Mate, whose leaves are very generally employed in Brazil and the adjoining South 

 American governments ; of this plant, called Paraguay Tea, a full account has been 

 given in the London Journal of Botany, 1. p. 30 ; Mr. Stenliouse has detected Theine 

 in its leaves. Martius states that Ilex Gongonha, called also Gongonha, and I. theezans 

 are also employed in Brazil in the same manner ; he describes all three as being 

 valuable dim'etics and diaphoretics. According to the same author the leaves of Ilex 

 paraguayensis and several others are used by dyers ; the fruits of Ilex Macoucoua, 

 when unripe, abound in tannin, and bruised in a ferruginous mud are employed in 

 dyeing cotton fabrics ; they act something Uke gaUs. — Mat. Med. Br. 126. 



GENERA. 



Cassine, Linn. 



Maurocenia, Mill. 

 Hex, Linn. 



Aquifolium, Toumef. 



Paltoria, Ruiz et Pav. 



Macoucoua, Aubl. 



Labatia, Scop. 



Bnrglaria, Wendl. 



Cliomelia, Fl. Flum. 

 Prinos, Linn. 



^geria, A dans. 



Winterlia, Monch. 

 Nemopanthes, Raf. 



Nuttallia, DC. 



Eicioides, Dumort. 

 BjTonia, Endl. 



Polystigma, Meisn. 

 Siphonodon, Griff. 

 Villaresia, Ruiz et Pav. 



Citronella, Don. 

 ? Jodina, Hook, et Am. 



Numbers. Gex. 11. Sp. 110. 



Monetia, Merit. 

 Azima, Lam. 

 ??Skimmia, Thunb. 

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Rhaptostylum, Humb. et 

 Bonpl. 



RhamnacecB. 



Position. Aquifoliace^. — Ebenacese. 



Sapotaceoe. 



