60 I. VEGETABLES.— ERiciNEiE. 



89. EBENACEiE. 



PiSHAMiN, Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana, Berries eatable 

 when rotten-ripe ; bark, diospyros, febrifuge, P. U. S. — D. sapota 

 nigra ; — Ki, Kaki, D. kaki ; — D, decandra ; — D. chloroxylon* 

 Berries esculent. — Z). embryopteris, Embryopteris peregrina^ E, 

 glutinifera. Fruit used as glue, yields gaub ; seeds yield oil. 



90. SAPOTEiE. 



Inocarpus edulis ; — Mimnsojys elengi ; — Imhricaria Mala-- 

 harica. Pulp of the fruit eatable. 



Butter-nut tree, Mava, Maduca, Bassia hutyracea; — B. 

 longifolia. Seeds yield oil. 



AcHRAS LACUMA. Sceds rcsemble chestnuts. A, caimito. 

 Tree milky : fruit eatable. 



Neese berry, Achras sapota. Diuretic : bark used for the 

 Peruvian bark. 



Sapodilla tree, Achras mammosa. Kernel bitter, makes a 

 strengthening emulsion. 



Star apple, Chrysophyllum cainito. Juice of the unripe fruit, 

 with orange juice, very astringent. — C, microcarpum ; — C. Ja- 

 maicense ; — C oliviforme ; — C. macoucou. Fruits esculent. — 

 ? Butter tree. Yields oil. ? Coiv tree. Yields cow-tree milk. 



92, ERICINEiE. 



Roots and leaves mostly astringent ; sometimes narcotic ; ber- 

 ries often esculent. The brown powder that adheres to the 

 petioles of almost every species of kalmia, andromeda, and rhodo- 

 dendron, is used, in America, as snuff. 



^Strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo. Fruit astringent: yields 

 sugar. 



*Bear' berry, Uva iirsi, Arbutus uva ursi. Leaves, uvcb 

 iirsi folia, bitter, astringent, used in disorders of the urinary pas- 

 sages, and thought to be lithontriptic ; in powder, gr. x to 3ij 

 three or four times a day, and in infusion ; boiled with an acid 

 dye brown, used to tan leather ; leaves of red whorts sold for 

 them. 



Strawberry bay, AndracJine, Arbutus andrachne. Fruit 

 acerb and austere, but esculent. — Arbutus Alpina ; — A, integri- 

 folia ; — A, mucronata. Berries esculent. 



*Heaths. Various species of Erica, as E. vulgaris ; — E. 

 herbacea; — E. purpurascens. Used in fomentations and baths, 

 against rheumatism and paralytic affections, causing a sweat : dye 

 a fine yellow, and tan leather. 



