194 MALAMBO BARK FRANGIPANI. 



1859. and the position of the stamens in the bud, which while in this 

 state are not incurved, as is usual in the genus, but stand per- 

 fectly erect. To found a generic division, however, upon these 

 characters appears unnecessary. To the sub-genus Eucroton 

 (Baillon, Etude generate des JEuphorbiace'es, 1858) C. Malambo is in 

 close proximity. From the very few species with glabrous leaves 

 with which C. Malambo may be compared, the latter is distin- 

 guished by its oval leaves from C. castaneifolium, L. (Sp. PL, ed. 1), 

 which has lanceolate leaves, and from C. ovalifolium, Willd. and 

 C. microphyllum, Lorn., by its being glabrous and not hairy. 



Crot<m Croton Malamlo grows in the neighbourhood of the Caribbean 



Malamlo. g ea on f ne nor t;h C0 ast of Venezuela and New Granada, in the 

 former of which countries it is known by the names of Torco or 

 Palo Mathias, and in the latter by that of Malamlo. In New 

 Granada especially, it is of very frequent occurrence in the 

 country lying between Eio Hacha and Carthagena, where some- 

 times in the low forests of the coast it prevails to a vast extent. 

 Its stem, which grows to a height of four feet, is covered with a 

 yellowish-white, rough, externally somewhat corky bark, which 

 possesses a very aromatic odour resembling that of Calamus 

 aromaticus. The leaves have, when bruised, a peculiar hircine 

 odour, which is not very agreeable. The bark is a remedy of 

 considerable reputation throughout all Columbia ; its aqueous 

 infusion is used inwardly in diarrhcea and as a vermifuge, while 

 the alcoholic tincture is employed externally in rheumatism. 

 Its application for these purposes is extolled by both the medical 

 profession and the public. It is said also to have proved useful 

 in the treatment of cholera. 



[In the United States, it is said to be largely used for the 

 adulteration of ground spices ] 



F11ANGIPANI. 



(Notes and Queries, Dec. 24, 1859.) 



1859. THIS is the name of a composition sold as a perfume, and 



Ori "rTof the wn * ca ^ ^ ate ' through the enterprise of its vendors, has been 



word. much pressed on the attention of the public through the adver- 



