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of which are intensely bitter, and are sometimes used by the Chilians to cure 
intermittent fevers. 
6. Mar gyr war pus, one species of which, (M. setosus,) is a native of arid hills 
in Brazil, with white, pearl-like fruit, resembling that of the mistletoe, but differ- 
ent from it, in having a grateful acid taste. 
7. Cercocarpus, a genus comprising the C. fothergilloides, a tree native of 
Mexico, with elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous leaves, and conspicuous flowers and 
fruit. 
