402 



CLUSIACEiE. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



stamens ; so much indeed, that Von Martius says he obtained an ounce from two flowers ; 

 this resin, rubbed down with the butter of the Chocolate-nut, the Brazilian women employ 

 to alleviate the pain of a sore breast. A few are cultivated for their timber. Calophyllum 

 angustifolium, the Piney-tree, furnishes the straight spars called Peon at Penang, and in 

 the islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal, and the Mesuas are said to have exces- 

 sively hard timber. Of these last plants the root and bark are bitter and aromatic, and 

 powerfully sudorific, their leaves mucilaginous, their unripe fruit aromatic, acrid, and 

 purgative ; the blossoms of Mesua ferrea occur in the bazaars of India under the name of 

 Nagkesur, being used in medicine and esteemed for their fragrance. Lastly, the fruit 

 of many species acquires great excellence and is highly esteemed in tropical desserts. 

 The Mammee Apple, or Wild Apricot of South America, is said to rival the Mangosteen : 

 its seeds are anthelmintic ; its flowers yield, by distillation, a stomachic spirit called Eau 

 de Creole : and a wine is obtained by fermenting its sap. The large berries of Plato- 

 nia insignis (called Pacoury-uva in Brazil), are very sweet and delicious, while their 

 seeds have the taste of Almonds. The Mangosteen itself, produced in the Straits of 

 Malacca by Garcinia Mangostana, has the reputation of being the finest of all fruits ; it 

 resembles a middle-sized Orange, and is filled with a sweet and most delightful pulp. It 

 is generally thought that this tree will not thrive beyond the hot and damp atmosphere 

 of Malacca : but Dr. Wight states that it has been introduced into the gardens of Courtal- 

 lum, where it had already begun to bear in the year 1340. Illust. 1. 115. Garcinia 

 cornea, Kydiana and pedunculata are mentioned as other species whose fruit is brought 

 to table, but they are represented to be very inferior ; that of G. pedunculata is said to 

 be the nearest approach to the Mangosteen. 



GENERA. 



I.- Ci.usiE.ffi:. 



Tovomita, Aubl. 



Marialva, Vand. 



Marialvea, Mart. 



Beauliarnoisia, Ruiz, 

 et Pav. 



Micranthera, Chois. 



Bertolonia, Spreng. 



Ochrocarpus, Thouars. 

 Chrysochlamys, PSpp. 

 Vei ticillaria, Ruiz etPav. 



Chloromyron, Pers. 

 Ilavetia, //. B. K. 

 Renggeria, Meisa. 



Schweiggera, Mart. 

 Rengifa, Pbpp. 



Quapoya, Aubl. 



Xanthe, Schreb. 

 Clusia, Linn. 

 Triplandron, Benth. 

 Arrudea, St. Hil. 



II. — Moronobe.e. 



Chrysopia, Nuronh. 

 Moronobea, Aubl. 



Symp/ionin, Linn. f. 



Blackstonia, Scop. 



Aneurisms, Presl. 



III.— Garcinie*. 

 Mammea, Linn. 



Garcinia, Linn. 



Mangostana, Rumph. 



Oxycarpus, Lour. 



Brindonia, Thouars. 

 Xanthochymus, Roxb. 



Stalagmitis, Mun. 

 ? Discostigma, Hassk. 

 Pentadesma, R. Br. 

 Cambogia, L. 



Hebradetirlron, Grah. 

 Gynotroches, Bl. 

 Platonia, Mart. 



IV.— Calophylle.e. 

 Mesua, Linn. 



Rhyma, Scop. 



Nagassarium, Rumph. 

 Calophyllum, Linn. 



Bintngor, Rumph. 

 Calysaccion, Wight. 

 Kayea, Wall. 

 Apoterium, Blum. 



?Rheedia, Linn. 



Van.-Rhee.dia, Plum. 



?Stelechospermum.M» hi. 

 ?Macanea, Juss. 

 Mucahanea, Aubl. 



?Macoubea, Aubl. 

 ?Souala, Blanc. 



Numbers. Gen. 30. Sp. 150. 



Ebenacew. 

 Position. — Hypericacea?. — Cldsiack.e. — Ternstromiacea?. 



ADDITIONAL GENERA. 



Cochlanthera, Choisy, near Clusia. 

 Androstyliurn, Miguel, near Quapoya. 



According to Dr. Hancock, Hog gum is not furnished by any plant of this order, 

 but by Rhus Metopium. The resinous matter of Clusia flava and others has been 

 described by Hamilton in the Pharmaceutical Journal. He says its properties do 

 not appear to have been made the subject of investigation. The Clusia flava is 

 known in Nevis by the names of Fat Pork, Monkey-apple, and Mountain or wild 

 Mango ; in Jamaica by the name of the Balsam-tree ; and among the French by 

 that of Figue Modique. In Nevis and St. Kitt's, two other species inhabit the 

 mountain woods, namely, C. alba and C. rosea, both trees from twenty to thirty feet 

 in height, to which the local names, already noticed, are indifferently applied, all of 

 which yield a glutinous sap whose properties appear to resemble those of the 

 C. flava, or yellow Balsam-tree. The glutinous sap of Clusia alba becomes red by 

 exposure to the air, and, like the former, is employed by the Caribs for covering the 

 bottom of their canoes in place of pitch. 



