598 



AQUIFOLIACE^E. 



[Perigynous Exogens. 



fever ; the root and bark are said to be emollient, resolving, expectorant, and 

 diuretic ; Haller recommends the juice of the leaves in icterus ; Reil also affirms 

 that he has employed the bark successfully in cases of epidemic intermittent fever 

 when Peruvian Bark had failed. The berries are purgative and emetic ; six or 

 eight will occasion violent vomiting. Birdlime is obtained from the bark, and the 

 beautiful white wood is much esteemed by cabinet-makers for inlaying ; a strong 

 decoction of Ilex vomitoria, called Black drink, is used by the tribes of the Creek 

 Indians at the opening of their councils. It acts as a mild emetic. Some species 

 are employed as substitutes for tea, among which is the Prinos glabra, an ever- 

 green North American bush. But the most celebrated is the Ilex paraguayensis, or 

 Mate, whose leaves are very generally employed in Brazil and the adjoining South 

 American governments ; of this plant, called Paraguay Tea, a full account has been 

 given in the London Journal of Botany, 1. p. 30 ; Mr. Stenhouse has detected Theine 

 in its leaves. Martius states that Ilex Gongonha, called also Gongonha, and I. theezans 

 are also employed in Brazil in the same manner ; he describes all three as being 

 valuable diuretics and diaphoretics. According to the same author the leaves of Ilex 

 paraguayensis and several others are used by dyers ; the fruits of Ilex Macoucoua, 

 when unripe, abound in tannin, and bruised in a ferruginous mud are employed in 

 dyeing cotton fabrics ; they act something like galls. — Mat. Med. Br. 126. 



Cassine, Linn. 



Maurocenia, Mill. 

 Ilex, Linn. 



Aquifolium, Tournef. 



Paltoria, Ruiz et Pa v. Prinos, Linn, 



GENERA. 



Macoucoua, Aubl. 

 .Labatia, Scop. 

 Jlurglaria, Wendl. 

 Chomelia, Fl. Flum. 



JEgeria, Adans. 

 Winterlia, Monch. 

 Nemopanthes, Raf. 

 Nuttallia, DC. 

 Ilicioides, Dumort. 



Byronia, Endl. 



Poli/stigma, Meisn. 

 Siphonodon, Griff. 

 Villaresia, Ruiz et Pav. 



Citronella, Don. 



Numbers. Gen. 11. Sp. 110. 



Rhamnacem. 



Position. AquifoliacevE. — Ebenacere. 



SapotacecB. 



