2fA NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



tliese barks are especially efficacious in affections primarily arising 

 from obstruction of the portal vein, but that they require to be used 

 with caution, for in excess they will produce vertif^o, haemorrhage, 

 and even abortion. The root of i'liona macrop/ii/l/a is very aromatic, 

 and is used by the Javanese mountaineers in infusion, prescribed in 

 variola maligna and typhoid fever. The same people consider that 

 the fruit of U. mfjcordata will cure colic. Unona {VolyaUhia) ma- 

 crojj/ii/lla, U. Ke/i/ii, U. latifoiia Bi^., Uvaria argenlea Bl., moluccana 

 KosTL. [Unona Musaria Dun.), Naruni Bl. {U. zeijlanica Lamk., — 

 Unona Nnriim Dln.) and zeylanica L. {U. Ileyneana W. & Arn., nee 

 Wall., — Guatteria malabarica Dun.), are aromatic species, used 

 as drugs or cosmetics. In tropical Asia the perfumed fruits of 

 Ucaria BuraholJih., dtilcla DuN., and hetcrojj/iyl/a Bl., are eaten, as are 

 those of Unona {Polyalthid) cerasoides, Corinthi, sempervirens, species 

 with stimulant tonic aromatic barks, sometimes prescribed in rheu- 

 matic affections. 



Cananga cetan, or Ucaria fripetala Lamk., has very aromatic seeds, 

 used by the women of Amboyna to perfume their bodies. The 

 trunk is incised to extract a juice which, when concreted, forms a 

 white scented gum. 



The flowers of Artabotrys also are very aromatic,' as indicated 

 by the specific names of odoratissima, suavcolens, &c. The latter 

 species is known in the Indian Archipelago as Burie carban? Its 

 leaves are used to prepare an aromatic infusion, whose good effects 

 in cholera have been related by Blume. Several species of this 

 genus, especially A. intermedia Hassk., afford a scented oil, much 

 used as a perfume in Java, under the name of Minjakkenangan. The 

 Arhor nigra maculosa, of which IvUMriiius has described the various 

 properties, is probal)ly our A. uncata^ Many species of the same 

 genus have edible fruits. 



The Canang of the Moluccas, now cultivated in all warm countries, 

 is Unona odorala ;* it owes tliis name to the sweet scent of its 



' .See H. Us., Did. Encycl. dea 8e. Midie., * Duir., Mon., 107, t. 2»> {U. vtlutina 



vi. 2fil . Ojehtv. ; — U. l^iopetala Dt". ; — Cananga oHo- 



' Hi.., op. riV., 1. 30, 31 D. rata ItoXB. ; — Uvaria Cananpa Vahl. ; — I'. 



s See II. 2-.ir>. A. odora/lnximut R. Rn. odorafa Lamk. ;— I '. Ga^rtnrri l)V. ; — I'. axU- 



Aiionii hexojiftala L. ; — A. uiirinata Lamk.; laris Uo\i\. ; I'./arrtu U'ai.i.. ; — Cananqa sf/t- 



— Cnona hamala Dr.v.; — V. uiirinata Din.; ventrit Irifolia prima Rr Ji I'll. , //rr*. Amlioin., 

 Ucaria unralu Loi K. ; U. rnrulrnla RoTTi,.; ii. ]<J7, t. GG; — Arhor S,i>/iiis,iH RaY. Sitpp. 



— U. odortilisnimii RoXli. ; — Modiri U'alli Luz.,8'3; — A/antjuilan of bU'xnn i'^osy.). (St-o 

 Rheed., Hort. M.ihih., vii.Mf), l.8i;). LxMk., Dirt., i. 6%, 5U7 ; ///.. t. Ill, fig. 2.) 



