STACHYTARPHA. 



Flowers lilac. The expressed juice of the leaves is given in Tortola, 

 as a cooling purgative to children, in doses of 1 or 2 table-spoonfuls. 

 In the French West India Islands, it is employed in decoction for 

 clysters, and also as an anthelmintic. It has, moreover, some reputation 

 for promoting the menstrual discharge. In Brazil the fresh leaves 

 bruised are applied to ulcers ; it is then called Urgerdo, or Jarbdo. 

 *#* Premna integrifolia Linn., Volkameria inermis Linn, and some 

 others have been occasionally employed in medicine, on account of their 

 slightly bitter, and subastringent qualities,but they do not appear to be of 

 any importance. 



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