MEDICAL BOTANY. 251 



AURANTIACE^E. 



CITRUS. 



316. Aurantium. Peel of the fruit tonic and aromatic. Produces 



Seville Oranges. 



317. Bigaradia. Peel of the fruit bitter and tonic. 



318. Limetta. Fruit fragrant. Produces Limes. 



319. Limonum. Juice of the fruit yields citric acid. The peel 



aromatic and stomachic. Produces Lemons. 



SPONDIACE^. 



SPONDIAS. 



320. Mangifera. Emollient. 



RHAMNACE^E. 



ZlZIPHUS. 



322. Jujuba. Fruit pectoral. Bark used for diarrhoea. Produces 



Jujubes. 



323. Vulgaris. Fruit pectoral. Bark used for diarrhoea. 



BERCHEMIA. 



324. Volubilis. Roots used in cachectic disorders ; said to be anti- 



siphilitic. 



CEANOTHUS. 



325. Americanus. Astringent and antisiphilitic. 



RHAMNUS. 



326. Catharticus. Fruit purgative ; produces colic. An hydra- 



gogue. The Buckthorn. 



327. Frangula. Fruit emetic. 



328. Infectorius. Fruit emetic. 



329. Saxatilis. Fruit emetic. 



331. Oleoides. Fruit emetic. 



332. Buxifolius. Fruit emetic. 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 

 Buxus. 



350. Sempervirens. Leaves and wood bitter and nauseous ; sudorific 



and purgative. Produces Box -wood. 



CICCA. 



351. Disticha. Leaves sudorific. Seeds cathartic. Fruit sub-acid. 



CROZOPHORA. 



359. Tinctoria. Plants with emetic, drastic, and corrosive proper- 

 ties. Seeds cathartic. 



