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GLYCYRRHIZA. 



500. Glabra. Roots sweet, tonic, demulcent. Produces Liquorice. 



501. Echinata. Roots less sweet, tonic, demulcent. Produces an 



inferior sort of Liquorice. 



AGATI. 



507. Grandiflora. Bark bitter and tonic. 



PISCIDIA. 



508. Erythrina. Tincture of the bark narcotic and diaphoretic. 



Bark astringent and irritating. 



COLUTEA. 



509. Arborescens. Leaves purgative. 



ASTRAGALUS. 

 512. Tragacantha. Emollient. Produces a kind of Tragacanth. 



CORONILLA. 



514. Emerus. Leaves cathartic. 



515. Varia. Leaves diuretic and cathartic. Juice poisonous. 



ARTHROLOBIUM. 



516. Scorpioides. Leaves vesicant. 



ALHAGI. 



518. Maurorum. From the branches exudes a substance of the 



nature of Manna. 



ERVUM. 



519. Ervilia. Seeds poisonous. 



LATHYRUS. 



520. Aphaca. Seeds narcotic, producing head-ache if eaten in a ripe 



state. 



521. Cicera. Seeds narcotic. 



ABRUS. 



522. Precatorius Root and leaves employed as a substitute for 



Liquorice. 



MUCUNA. 

 526. Pruriens. Hairs irritating. Produces Cowitch. 



TRIBE II. CjESALPINIEjE. 



ANDIRA. 



533. Inermis. Bark anthelmintic, mucilaginous, drastic, emetic, pur- 

 gative, and narcotic ; poisonous in large doses. 



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