I. VEGETABLES.— SiMPLociNEiE. 59 



occasions giddiness, convulsions, and vomiting, but has been used 

 in small doses to cure agues. 



Strychxos colubrinum. Wood, snake icood, lignum colu- 

 brinum^ occasions tremblings, is emetic, vermifuge, very bitter, and 

 serviceable in stubborn intermittents, and chronic diarrhoea. 



Titan cotte, Strychnos potatorum. Wood and seeds very 

 bitter, used to render muddy water clear ; flowers aromatic ; ripe 

 fruit emetic ; young fruit preserved used as a sweetmeat. 



85. JASMINE.E. 

 Flowers odorous, and leaves slightly astringent. 



Jasmine, Jasmi?ium, J, officinale. Flowers recommended in 

 shortness of breath, and in schirrus of the womb. — J. grandijlorum. 

 Yields essential oil. 



*Privet, Ligusfnun, L. vulgare. Leaves bitter and slightly 

 astringent ; flowers astringent and temperant, used in washes and 

 gargles for ulcers ; berries have a dry spongy pulp, from which a 

 rose-coloured paint may be obtained. 



Sambac, Targorium sambac. Yields essential oil, 



86. OLEINEiE. 



!MocK PRIVET, Phillyrea^ P. media. Leaves astringent, 

 cleansing ulcers of the mouth. 



Olive Tree, 0/m, O. Europea, Unripe fruit preserved in 

 brine, oily, astringent. Ripe fruit yields oil ; leaves astringent ; 

 bark substituted for the Peruvian Dark. — 0,fragrans, Flowers 

 used to scent tea. 



•Ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior. Bark febrifuge and diuretic ; 

 seeds acrid, bitter ; leaves 3 vj to ^ jss in infusion a good purge ; 

 and a decoction of the same has been used to cure agues ; exudes 

 a small quantity of manna from the leaves in hot weather. — F. 

 rvtimdifolia ; — F. emus ; — F. parvifolia. Exude manna. 



87. TERNSTROMIEiE. 



KoU'ho, Sc^pJia Fruit acidulous, eaten. 



88. SIMPLOCINE/E. 



Alstonia Leaves astringent, used as tea. 



HoPEA TiN'CTORiA, Sgmplocos Martinicensis, Leaves used to 

 ye yellow. 



Cane storax tree, Styrax officinale. Yields, by incision, 

 ttorax. 



Benzoin' laurel, Stgrax benzoin. Yields, by incision, 

 zoin. 



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