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tence, and filter. Add two pounds of sugar, and claa-ify with the 
white of an egg. 
Cula)2tro {Eryngmn fcelidum, L.). An infusion of the leaves is 
taken as an aromatic. It is seldom used in Venezuelan cookery, al- 
though it grows abundantly throughout the valley of Caracas. 
Cundiamor {Momordica Charaniia^ L., y. muricaia, W.). This 
plant is veiy common near houses, and one can scarcely pass a hedge 
without seeing its scarlet fruits. The ripe fruit, bruised and mixed 
with olive oil, is put on wounds or contusions. Children are very fond of 
eating the red pulp. It is, however, insipid, and thought to produce 
diarrhoea. 
Cuspmia^ Cuspare {Galipea Cusparia^ St. Hil.). The Corf.^nguS' 
tur(jB verm is administered as a febrifuge in intermittent and remittent 
fevers, principally in the worst forms of the bilious remittents of tro- 
pical climates. (Pereira, Mat. Med., p. 1915, 1916.) 
Dividive {Lehidibia coriaria, Sehlecht.). The pods are so astringent 
that they are used for tanning. In the valley of the Tuy, and in the 
states of Maracaybo and Coro the tree is common, so that in the econo- 
mical year 1859-1860, 3,343,648 lb. of the fruit w^ere exported, tlarough 
the three ports of La Guayra, Maracaybo, and La Yela. (* Memoria de 
Hacienda/ 1861.) 
Doradilla {Hymenophyllum phimatnm, Kaulf.). Growing in the 
higher mountains, and said to be antisyplulitic. 
Durazno (Peach; Amygdahis Fersica^ L.). An infusion of the 
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flowers is a mild purgative. The frnit is far from being so fine as in 
Europe. It is generally not much larger than a walnut, and sells 
at about two shillings a hundred. Boiled with sugar, peaches form 
one of the best preserves. 
Eneldo (Anethum graveolens^lj.^. Cultivated. A decoction of the 
flowers or seeds gives relief in flatulent colics, caused by a cold. 
Escoha amarga {Parthenmm HgsteropJiorus, L.) . A bath made with 
this plant will heal inflammation and breaking out with sores on the 
legs. (Lunan, *Hortus Jamaicensis,* ii. 299.) Little brooms are 
made with it; this explains the vernacular name ''Bitter Broom." 
Escoba hahosa (Sida rJiomhifolia, L.). One of the most variable and 
troublesome weeds. The most common form about Caracas is y. 
retusa, L. ; but I never saw the petals blotched with red at the 
base, as Grisebach, in West Ind. Flora, p. 74, states them to be. The 
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