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Kad. uvse anguinse. Hydragogue cathartic, irritant, rubefa- 

 cient. [In Africa the allied (c) Kedrostis ii^na Cogn. (B. 

 Africanum Thunb. ) is used in the same manner]. 



d. B. epigaea Rottl. (Corallocarpus epigiea Hook, f., the prefer- 

 able name). Java. Boot alterative, cathartic, anthelmintic. 



321. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salisb. Air-plant. Ciassulaceae. 



From Greek, "budding leaf. Syn. Cra'^suvium, iu part. 



a. B. calyj'iimm Salisb. Madagascar, Mauritius, etc. Air-plant, 

 Life-plant. Leaves vulnerary. 



322. BtJCERAS, P. Br. 1756, not Hall, 1785. Combrfttaceae. 



From Greek, "ox horn". Syn. Bucida, L. 1759, Termina- 

 lia, L. 1767 (Kew), Myrobalanus, Gaertn. 1791, Catappa, Pen- 

 taptera, in part. Trees or shrubs. About 90 species, tropical 

 regions, especially of Old World. 



a. B. aiigustifoliiiS (Jacq. ) Lyons (T. angustifolia Jacq., T. 



Benzoin L. fils, Catappa B-nzoin Gaertn.). Mauritius. In- 

 cense tree. Exudate constitutes false benzoin, used as incense. 



b. B. Bellirica (Gaertn.) Lyons (T. Bellerica Roxb. (Kew), M. 



Bellirica Gaertn. ). East Indies. Dried fruits, Round Myro- 

 balans, Belleric Myrobalans, Myrobalani rotundae s. bellericfe; 

 Ger. Runde Myrobalanen. Properties of (d). 



G. B. Catappa (L. ) Lyons (T. Catappa L. (Kew), B. Bucida 

 Crantz, Bucida Buceras Sieber, not L. ). India and tropical 

 regions generally. Umbrella tree, Malabar Almond, Country 

 Almond (W. Indies), Kamani (Hawaii). Seec/s almond-like; 

 yield a bland fixed oil. 



d. B. Chebiila (Retz) Lyons (T. Chebula Retz, M. Chebula 

 Gaertn., Bucida comintana Blanco). India. Harra. Dried 

 fruits are chebulic myrobalans, the yellow from the mature, the 

 black from the blasted fruit; Ink-nuts, Harr-nuts, Myrobalani 

 iudicae s. nigrae; Ger. Indische oder schwarze Myrobalanen, 

 astringent with cathartic properties like rhubarb: also used for 

 tanning and for making ink. Chebida is a conserve made 

 from the fruits. 



323. BT^CHNERA, L. Blue-hearts. Scroplmlariaceao. 



Named for J. G. Buchner. Hispid or scabrous herbs. 

 About 30 species, tropical or sub-tropical; 4 in U. S. 



324. BUCKLEYA, Torr. Buckleya. Santalaceae. 



Syn. Darbva, A. Gray. Shrubs. Two species, 1 in Japan, 

 1 in U. S. ' . 



a. B. lanuginosa (Michx. ) Pers. (Sideroxylon lannginosum 



Michx.). Southeastern U. S. Woolly Buckthorn, Black 

 Haw*, Gum-elastic. 



b. B. lycioides (L. ) Pers. (Sideroxylon lycioides L. ). South- 



eastern U. S. Southern Buckthorn, Carolina Buckthorn, 

 Bumelia, Chittim-wood, Coma, Iron-wood, Mock Orange. 



