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Bowers and lobed cotyledons ; tlie foiwr circumsl . 



onepoiiitinto the vicinity ol Amentals still «thantl 



Natives sparingly i pe, and the nortliern | 



r parts ..i |,,dia and South America, and abundant at the I 

 In New Holland. Dirca occurs in North America, and La 

 cal parts ol America Drapefa - is a little antarctia plant 



The great featur this Order is the causticitj oi tin 



as a vesicatory, and caua a excessive pain in the mouth il chi wed. Dap 



'- extensively used in medicine. In Germany the bark ol ■ 



is removed in spring, folded in small bundles, and dried for medi I 



country the hark of the root i- employed, It- taste is al m 



highly acrid. All the parts are U acrid, and act a] irritai 



Voigt says that a vomits and purges and affects the urinary 



l """ lta '"••■' l operation. Asa local irritant, Mi lereum bark is employ 

 I ranee, und< rthe name of Garou.to produce vesication. In this country it i- • 

 employed a- a topical remedy for tootliache. Dr. Withering cured a ca 

 of swallowing by Mezereum, which he directed to be chewed frequently. Hi- < .,,!■ 



he has employed it with success in ,i ,- diseases. Similar qua 



been remarked in l>. Laureola, pontica, Gnidium, and several others. The causticity of 

 the Mezereum and Spurge Laurel are - great that persons who prepan 

 medical use often suffer great inconvenience from particle* and irritating the 



nostrils wlule pounding them. The inner bark of the- Mezereum en a., a in tin- mouth 

 a burning Bensation, and if swallowed affects tin- lining of the (esophagus and stomach 



"' ''"' - : ""'- " 1:i '■•• Mr- Squire remarks that this effect is followed in Daphne 



by profuse perspiration of the face, In ad, and neck, after which the bun 

 hon subsides. I he bark ..1 tin- pool is tin- most efficacious part. /' 



The inn. of Dirca palustris is narcotic, producing effects like tlioa „n urn! 



1 l . ,1: "" t Utt P' cestnfoha,a Bogota plant, is pois us to cattle, according to Mr 



nartweg- I '"■ berries ol Daphne Laureola an- poisonous to all animals exci pt I 

 Ibebark ol Gmdia daphnoides, is manufactured into ropes in Madagascar; tl 

 Dais jnadagascaneiiais into paper. From a Daphne the Afghans prepare die mat 

 forUieir match-locks. A soft kind of paper is made from the inner Lark of Daplme 

 Mh.,ina in Nepal. Daphne cannabina is used in a similar way in China I 

 -ark ol Lagetta lint, ana is the beautiful Lace-bark, so called because, when . 

 and Btretched laterally, it assumes the appearance oi coarse la,-,- ; tw 

 [t was formerly employed in making the slave whips used by v h i 



■Mhlnnn and Passerma tinctoria are used in the south of Europe I 



!' "•''•." ;i1 " 1 '-' b -.1 the l- 1, and young leaves are all slightly i 



Kumplnus says that the fibrous roots chewed and applied to worn 



war poison, . nsure an effectual erne. The juici of the leav, 

 lory ; it destroys hair, wherever it is applied, witliout pain. Thew lis] 



■ Vublet, that ..t H.guianensis takes fire readily from a flinl 

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