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ZYGOPin I.I. .' I..I 





Zygophyllum Fabago is souk times i mployed a- an antlielminl 

 ..f the Order are remark a b le for the extreme bardn. - of their w< 

 cums at-.- well known for their exciting properties ; thi 



sanctum an. I officinale have a a what bitter and acrid flavour, an. I 



employed aa sudorifics, diaphoretics, ...• alteratives; they contains particular m 



often designated as resm or gum-resin, but which i* nov. .-..., rider. .1 a 



called Guaiacuie. According to Dr. Hancock (in the i 



value ..I Guaiacum resides principally ... the Lark. The foliage i- veu , 



u frequently used ... the W est Indi. a to scour and whiten floors, which il 



better than soap. Porlieria hygrometrica has similar properties. Th< 



Lignum mi..- is remarkable for the direction of it.- fibres, one layer •: which ofi 



crosses another diagonally ; a circumstance first pointed out to me bj Pn 



rma valuable timber is generally said to be furnished by Guaiacum officinale : but - 



Probably toe vt I oi some other species, for the small size of thai • 



incompatible with the production of timber -I or 5 inches in diameter 



Fhe flowers of Melianthus major are so full of honey, that the natives of the I 



Good Hope, where u grows wild, obtain it for f 1 by shaking the branches, when it 



rails m ah. avy shower. 'I he flowers of Zygophyllum Fabago area substitute for I a, , 

 toe smell oi /. simplex u bo detestable that .... animal will touch the foliage, not . ven 

 toe camel ; toe Arabs, however, beat the leaves ... water, and apply the infusion in 

 diseases ol the eyes. TheTurksuse the Beeds of Peganum Harmala as a spice, and for 

 dyeing red. 



i.i.N! i; \. 



MII.KV. 



without albumen. 

 Trlbulua, Tourn.f. 



I'.lir, a'; rgia, .Mart. 

 Uet i . mg. 



II. Zyuopryi i 



.- with albumen. 



un, /.. 

 uarmaia, Hnch. 

 Malaeocarpos, F. ■ I '•/. 

 Chitonia, it 

 Juliania, i ■ . i , 



1 



i, .' 

 R Opera, Adr. J 

 ZygophyUum, Linn. 



Fai 



Agrophyllum, Neck. 

 l-.urvn. : 



I 



t Porliera, R 

 P irpa, Gill. 



in. 

 - txenia, H. lir. 



Numi ERS . .in. 7. Sp. 100. 

 Position.— Simarubac. Zygophyllaci e. Elatim 



ADDITION \l GENERA 

 Planchon's Mi mavhii-.i in Linnean 





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