the Juribali, 57 
traversed by a pith in the centre. The seed, crowned with 
a foliaceous appendage, corresponds with that of the first 
tribe, Melieze, of De Candolle; in other respects, to his se- 
cond tribe, Trichiliez.* 
In respect to the calyx (being quite entire), it seems 
unique, as all the others of the order are divided or dentate. 
The structure of the flower, in all other respects, is strictly 
_ conformable to the order Meliacez; whilst, in the fruit, (a 
single-seeded capsule,) it agrees with very few of them: in 
one species only, Trichilia moschata, we observe it noted 
oa, submonospermis. 
_ ‘The most remarkable disparity, however, seems to be in the 
resence of stipule, which have hitherto in no instance 
ar ebieered in this order. 
The Juribali, therefore, will be found, I presume, to con- 
_ stitute a distinct genus from any yet described: it so appears, 
at least, by comparing it with the forty-fourth order in De 
Candolle’s Prodromus. The admirable arrangement, con- 
ciseness, and precison of this work enables us, at one glance 
almost, to observe the actual state of the science, so far as it 
goes, and, when completed, it will furnish an invaluable trea- 
sure to the botanist.: 
The bark of the Juribali gives a deep and lively red colour 
to water and spirit, in both of which its virtues are very soluble. 
It is a very potent bitter and astringent; in these qualities 
much exceeding the Peruvian bark, and will often be found 
to succeed after the latter has failed to remove an intermittent. 
I have commonly employed it in about half the quantity 
I should do for a corresponding dose of the Peruvian bark, 
_ to which, in fevers of a malignant and typhoid nature, it ap- 
— to be far superior. Notwithstanding its astringency, it 
oes not, like Peruvian bark, constipate the bowels or affect 
the head, but generally opens the pores of the skin and pro- 
motes diaphoresis. ‘Io render it still more effectual, it 
should be taken warm. 
More than one fourth the weight of this bark is soluble in 
water, whilst, according to Fabroni’s experiments, the cin- 
chona yields but about one sixth or one eighth. The active 
principle appears to be readily soluble in aqueous menstrua, 
and is therefore taken with much more facility than an inso- 
luble woody mass, which passes the throat with difficulty and 
; 
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* The learned author has this remark on the order Meliacew: “Ordo non 
definitus et forsan typos plurimos diversos colligius sed ob descriptiones 
m generum maneas, in statu scientiw presenti extricatu difficillimus et 
heritis commendandus,” Pars i. p. 619. 
