262 MEDICAL BOTANY. 



BALSAMACE^E. 



LlQUIDAMBAE. 



661. Orientate. Bark pungent, bitter, expectorant. Produces Storax. 



662. Styraciflua. Almost inert. 



THYMELACE.E. 



DAPHNE. 



666. Mezereum All the parts excessively acrid, acting as an irri- 



tant poison. 



667. Laureola. All the parts excessively acrid, acting as an irritant 



poison. 



668. Gnidium All the parts excessively acrid, acting as an irritant 



poison. 



DIRCA. 



670. Palustris. Bark acrid, cathartic, vesicant. Fruit narcotic. 



HERNANDIACE^E. 

 HEENANDIA. 



671. Sonora. Bark, seed, and leaves purgative. Juice of leaves a 



powerful depilatory. 



LAURACE^E. 



ClNNAMOMUM. 



674. Zeylanicum. Aromatic, stimulant. Produces Cinnamon. 



CAMPHORA. 



685. Omcinarum. Yields Camphor. 



PERSEA. 



686. Gratissima. Leaves balsamic, pectoral, and vulnerary. Seeds 



astringent. Yields the Avocado Pear. 



SASSAFRAS. 



697. Officinale. Dried leaves mucilaginous. Plant employed as a 

 diuretic and sudorific. Produces Sassafras. 



BENZOIN. 

 699. Odoriferum. Bark aromatic, stimulant, and tonic. Infusion of 



the twigs a vermifuge. Fruit aromatic, oil a stimulant. 



LAURUS. 

 701. Nobilis. Leaves and fruit aromatic. Fixed oil a stimulant. 



