BlGMONI ill.- I 



BIGNON1 \' l I 





Indians use ii for painting their bodies red ; il 

 in nature ii approaches the resins, I" : 

 orange-red to cotton. The tough shoots ol U ■ 



;i,.ii ..i the pods of • atalpa sj rin 

 dyspnoea and coughs, i iciii. 524. Ac 



species, or perhaps the same, found in Japan, 

 :i decoction >.t the |""l- is employed in asthmatic complaints; tli 

 loin, illation-. The bark of the younger branches ol I 



Brazil one of the rt powerful remedii 



character. The decoction is chiefly used, and also tin 



oally. The roots of Bome are ven tus and bitter ; liuii 



The bark of It. leucoxylon i- regarded as an antidote to tlic j 

 tree. The branches "t II. echinata are said to be • mployi 1 in adulti 

 Tecoms impetiginosa abounds in tannin ; it- bark i- bitu r and mucila 

 in lotions, baths, i\>-. in inflammations ■>(' tlic joints and debility. I- 

 similar qualities, and is prescribed by the Brazilians as a gargle in 

 die leaves are milder and are sometimes used in ophthalmic al 

 Bparattosperma lithontriptica are bitter, acrid, and diuretic, and liav< 

 taftion in calculus, iii which indeed Martius testifies to their efficacy, J 

 and other species of thai genus are employed in syphilitic affections. I 

 i- said to be a useful diuretic and cathartic. & \ ■ i al kind- • 

 in tlir forests of Brazil, where they are f< lied for the sake of th< ir timl 

 [pe-tabacoa furnishes durable ship-timber; the [pcuna, another sp 

 «o.>i| iii BraziL Another, railed the Pao d'arco, Biipplii 

 used for bows by the Brazilian savages, especially the Botocudos • •! thi . 

 Behnonte,and the Patachos of the Rio do Prado. 



i ■ • .in, L. 



nil, DOB. 



Ttrnnoeydla, Mart. 



Altocpdia, Mart. 



Batocjfdia, Miirt. 

 Pachyptera, DC. 

 Fridericla, '■' 

 V -t iii nt luis , n. Dm. 

 . I- 



ilrnj -iilum, \ .11*.. 



Cuspldaria, DC 



\mocgdia. Mart. 

 Macfadyana, .1 Di 

 LuDdia, DC. 

 Manaoa, DC. 

 MOUngtonla, / 



<,i S 



A.rrablda*a, DC 



Ko* Mart. 



Anemopffigma, '■: 

 Ulgtlctls, hi . 

 Haplolophinm, Endl. 



in, < ham. 

 Ampbilophlum, Klh. 

 LMtheooctenium, Mart. 



- una. / '. I 'tin. 



CybUtax, Mart 



I'hr 



\ ealymna, Mart. 

 UMpenn i. Hart. 

 Spatl iu» 



i, 'in Ira, Cham. 

 il DC. 



i i; \. 



permum, I 



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Mart. 

 ■ ■ . Lour. 



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Numbi 14. S ISO. 



Position. — Qesneraceae. — Biononiaci b. Ci 



Tlic bsrk of the young bnu 

 and left to dry, is employed in Abyssinia in making flut< 

 or Medet Deur, is asserted to p 

 and incredible nature. See A. Richa :! ' 



NOTR. — Oxymitm. /• \ 



