RfltAl Bi ] 



1 IBA( I 1 





its pods i> na '1 u :i substitute for that of tbi 



tonic powers ai inected « itli the astringent and tanning pro] 



Some of the Algarobat or Prosopiai - of the weeu rn i 



the periearp of which «•■ >i«— i— t— almost wholly >>f tannin. The lark ol 



oi Icacia abound to such :i degree in tanning principles as to i 



eommerdal importance. In 1824 Bome tons ol the • 



ported from New South Wales for the use of tanners Th< 



in Nubia for tanning. The valuable astringi ot substance call< 



ponica, is procured by 1 >« ► i 1 i 1 1 ^r and evaporating the brown heart I of A. • 



Khair-tree : it i- obtained by simply boiling the chips in water until the i 



juice li;t~ acquired a proper consistency ; the liquor is thi d 



tatee into a mass. The lugs vera, and Unguis cati, with Stryphn 



mas and Jun ma, are Brazilian astringents ol a -miliar oature. Th( 



■reused by the tanners of Egypt, who call them Neb-neb Others 



According to Horsfield, the Entada Purssetha of Java is emetic. A 



gativee. Properties of this kind exist in the pulp within the fruit of ln| 



same may be said of I. Emculifera, or the Pois doux of St Domingo, that I 



filled with a Bweel pulp, which the natives use. A small numl 



root of a Mimosa i- accounted a ]ioi-"ii in BraziL That of Mimosa bi oath 



emits a most offensive smell, resembling the odour of a sewer at the time ol in 



ingrain.- . 1. -.'>. It is reported that the I i branch 



iuliflora are poisonous to cattle. The bark of bod 



leuoophasa, added to jagghery water, is distilled in India a.s an intoxicating 1 t}u >t \ 



drink called Chica, much used in South America, is prepared from th< 



Proeopis Algaroba. a It is said that old women are employed to chew ti 



and the Schinus, and then to spit them into a vesseL" Wal 



fermented. — (. 14. 131. Several afford very valuable timl ■ 



of A. arahica and VacheDia Parnesiana is used in India for wheels and tent-] 



of other species attains a Lai . asof A. Kalkera and \. ; the lati 



dark-coloured, and close enough grained for making furniture. \ 



Sandra, odoratissima, stipulacea, and cinerea, all yield it ofg 1 quality. Tl 



tin' Mora excelsa, the most majestic tree of Guiana, according to its 

 Sir K. Schombnrgk, is said to be equal to ''ak of the finest qnahty. — S 

 qualitii s n side in Bomi The legumes of A. concinna ( Mimoc 



form a considerable article of commerce in India, and the large brown I i 

 I'nrsa tlia, called Grela, are used by the natives for washing their hair, 

 are dyes. A deep red is yielded by the chips of Adenanthi ra i 



Rukta-chundun, or Red Sandal-wood Lastly, the fragrant Bowi ■ ■ 



Parnesiana yield, by distillation, a delicious perfume, to which a - an? 



ascribedL 



GENERA 



[The following List «n^ drawn ap bj Mr. Bentham, A 



Suborder I. Papii.min.v- 



-Petals papQlon- 



.^, Imbricated in 



at! on, the upper 



lor. 



Tribe i. Podalyrieas. 

 afl/i ■ . I 

 mtinuout. 



Jvii.ii/. 



Subtribe 1. Bi PODAI.T- 



RIK.K. 



§ 1. Cistropical. 

 \ - j ris. Linn. 

 Plptanthus, 

 Thermopsis, Br. 

 • <<i. Nutt. 

 . Kaf. 



■ 

 lis, Midi. 

 Plckeringia, .Viiff. 



I Sape. 

 Cyclopia, i 

 /bbotmua, ^ims. 



Podalyria, / 



Neck. 



§ a. \ Ian. 



Brachysema, /'. Br. 

 I tachj i, i 

 Oxylobium, 



■■.. /.'. Br. 



■ 

 Gompholobium, - 



Bubtribs 'J. l*i i ; 



Kurtonia. /.' 



.ilh. 



Vnamaria, flwirt. 

 Sphro S u'M. 



Ivoi a. // . 



Phyllota, I 



3, tmith. 

 l>ill«\nia. Smith, 



! . K. l'>r 



Eutaxia, It. Br. 



an. A". Br. 



I 



i 

 - 



itk. 



- 



I 



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La thru . 



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