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MALPIGHIACE^E. 



75. BTRSONIMA LAURIFOLIA, H. B. 



a. Bark. (Alcornoque Bark.) 



Note. American Alcornoque bark is derived from other species of 

 Byrsonima as well as from B. laurifolia, and also from Bowdichia 

 virgilioide$. It is used in tanning. Alcornoqne is the Spanish name 

 for the cork oak. See Bentley, Man. Bot., pp. 459 and 498. P. J. [1], vol. 

 vi., p. 862. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. i., ff. 6-8. 



ERYTHROXYLACE^E. 



76. ERYTHROXYLON COCA, Lam. 



a. leaves. (Coca, Ypadu.) 



Note. These leaves are used by the natives of Brazil to allay hunger 

 and diminish fatigue. See P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 660; [1], vol. xiii., 

 p. 224 ; [1] , vol. xiv., pp. 162, 213 ; [2] , vol. i., p. 616. For Cocaine, 

 see Watts' Diet. Chemistry, vol. i., p. 1059 ; Supplt. , i., p. 479. P. J. 

 [3] , vi., p. 883. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 40. 



CEDRELACE^E. 



77. CEDRELA FEBRIFUGA, A. de J. Meliac. 



a. Bark. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 461. 



Note. It is used as an astringent and febrifuge. For fig. of the bark, 

 see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. xxxi., ff. 7, 8, 9. 



78. SOTMIDA FEBRIFDGA, Juss. (Red Wood Tree, Bastard Cedar.) 



a. Bark. (Rohun Bark.) 



Note. Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It is used in diarrhoea 

 and in intermittent fevers ; also as a local astringent like oak bark. Nux 

 vomica bark is sometimes met with in the Calcutta bazaars undter this 

 name. See P. J. [1], vol. i., p. 575; [1], vol. xi., p. 420; Pharmaco- 

 graphia, p. 137. For fig. of plant, see lientl. <& Trim., Med. Plants, tab. 63. 



MELIACE^E. 



79. CARAPA GUINEENSIS, 0. Don. - 



a. Stem. 

 6. Seeds. 

 c. Concrete oil expressed from the seeds. (Tallicoona or 



Kundah Oil.) 



Note. The specimen of oil is from the district of Assin, on the Gold 

 Coast, on the frontiers of the kingdom of Ashantee. See P. J. [1] , vol. 

 ii., pp. 341, 342. It is purgative and anthelmintic, and is also used as 

 lamp oil. This plant is believed by Oliver to be identical with Carapa 

 Guianensis, Aubl. 



80. CARAPA GUIANENSIS, Aubl. 



a. Concrete oil expressed from the seed. (Crab Oil.) 

 Note. This specimen is from the International Exhibition of 1851. 

 See Catalogue No. 53. Contributed by Mr. J. 8. Stutchberry, Rivor 

 Essequibo, British Guiana. It is used in the colony for burning, and as 

 hair oil to prevent the hair turning grey. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160. 



