620. ORD. XXXVI. Trihilate. sexsents vurearts.’ 
addition of a little fennel seed; the liquor was then strained, 
sweetened, and used as a common drink. : 
That these berries are well calculated to allay heat and thirst, 
and to correct:a putrid tendency in the fluids, will be readily ad- 
mitted; but in this respect they seem to possess no peculiar advan- 
tage over most of the other acid fruits: hence the Colleges of 
London and Edinburgh have expunged this fruit from the Materia 
Medica, and retained that of the currant. Barberries however are 
much more acid, insomuch that they cannot be eaten without the 
addition of sugar, but when boiled with this, they form a most 
agreeable rob or jeliy; they are also much liked as a sweet-meat, 
and as a pickle. The bark is said to be purgative,‘ and Ray» 
experienced its good effects in jaundice. eels 
f © The roots, boiled in lye, dye wool yellow. In Poland they dye leather of 
a most beautiful yellow with the bark of the root. The inner bark of the stems 
dyes linen of a fine yellow with the assistance of allum,” With, J. c. 
SWIETENIA MAHAGONI. - MAHOGANY TREE. 
(Swieteniz Cortex. Pharm. Murray. App. Med. vi. 132.) 
SYNONYMA.. Swietenia foliis abrupte pinnatis, pinnulis ovato- 
‘ Janceolatis obliquis, &c. Cavanill. Diss. Bot. 7. p. 365. t. 209. 
Cedrela foliis pinnatis, floribus sparsis, ligno graviori. Browne, 
Jam. p. 158. Arbor foliis pinnatis, nullo impari alam claudente, 
~ nervo ad latus unum excurrente, &c. Catesby. Carol. vol. 2. p. 81. 
Conf. Jacquin. Select. Stirp. Amer. p. 127. 
Decandria Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 521. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. _ Neciarium cylindrieum, ore 
antheras gerens. Caps. 5-locularis, lignosa, basi dehiscens, 
Sem. imbricata, alata. 3 
$. Mahagoni. Sp. Pl. 548. 
