\ 



3AMYDAC] 





p< llucid dote, which distinguish them from all i! 

 are likelj t ■ I" confounded, 



Sai all tropical and principally American. Little i- known of thi 



• •I \ siatic specit s. 



bark and l< avi - an laid to be slightly b I 



ahnifulia are applied to wounds, and their juice is drunk by th< 

 ■ mosl certain remedj against the bite of the most ooxi 



deiro do Mate. A decoction -i tin- leaves -l Casearia lingua, called I 

 Brazilians Cha de Fradeand Lb I in, is also used internally in infl 



orders and m al ign a n t fevers. Casearia astringens bark is mucilaginous and 

 acrid; it is used in Brazil as a poultice or lotion for badh healed ulcers, and 



Martin-, to I"- b lerfully efficacious as a cleanser and Btimulant .»t the i 



I Vnavinga, an Indian Bpecies, i- bitter in all ii- part- ; the leai 



medicated baths; the pulp of the fruit is verj diur* tic. The root ■ ■! 

 i- bitter and purgative ; lint it- foliage is i atable. 



(.1 m i; \ 



-, I'lum. 

 II. 1 1 1 1 1 11 . 



Hill. 



' Aulil. 



Lang 

 Athene 



I 



Pitumba, Aulil. 



' itaurum, I 



\ ubl. 



R 



Vav. 



i 



/ I, Kin. tli. 



i irt. 



hit. 



Btepli 



N i u bhj Gen. 5. S] 



Position. — Passifloracese.— Samydacej .— Flacourl 







