86 I VEGETABLES.— MYRTiNEiE. 



119. COMBRETACEiE. 

 Bark generally astringent. 



Terminalia chebtjla. Fruit, hurr nut, ink nut, chehulic 

 myrohalans^ Myrobalani chehuli. Galls, on the leaves, aldecay, 

 excellent for dyeing. 



Terminalia bellerica. Fruit, helleric myrohalans, myro- 

 halani bellerici. Taken from 3VJ to Jjss, are astringent. 



Yellow myrobalans, Myrobalani citrini ; — Pickled myro* 

 balans. The yellow myrobalans preserved in brine. 



Indian black myrobalans, Myrobalani Indici. Fruits of 

 the same genus of plants, but are rather purgative. 



Varnish tree of China, Terminalia vernix. Produces the 

 resin used in varnishing the Indian cabinets. — T. benzoe. Shrub 

 milky, yields benzoin. 



Adamaram, Terminalia catappa. Fruit, Indian almond^ 

 nourishing, used by the sick ; yields an oil. The kernels of 

 several other species are eaten. 



120. MYRTINEiE. 

 Are generally aromatic. 



GuAVA TREE, Bay plum^ psidium pyrifenim. Young leaves, 

 buds, and fruit, in decoction, astringent; marmalade of the fruit 

 the same. — P. pomiferum. Fruit esculent. 



Kya putty tree, Melaleuca leucodendron. Leaves yield an 

 essential oil (cajeput oil). 



Myrtle, Myrtus communis. Leaves odoriferous, cephalic, 

 astringent ; bark and leaves used in tanning : berries used in 

 dyeing, and to form an extract ; flowers and leaves yield an essen- 

 tial oil by distillation ; and the berries a fixed oil, myrteum. 



Musk myrtle, Myrtus ugni. Root used in dysentery ; leaves 

 used as tea. — M. luma. Berries used to make wine ; leaves make 

 a very cordial tea ; root astringent. — M, cheken. Juice, from the 

 green wood, used in glaucoma. 



Allspice tree, Myrtus pimento. Fruit dried before it is 

 thoroughly ripe, allspice, Jamaica pepper, clove pepper. Piper 

 Jamaicense, Pimenta, Pimejitce bacces, Piper odoratum, P. cary- 

 ophyllatum, is heating, aromatic ; used as a sauce, and in liqueurs ; 

 yields an essential oil. Lichen pustulatus may be used to reduce 

 the ground spice. 



Clove berry tree, Myrtus caryopliyllata. Bark, clove 

 bark, canelle yirofiee, Canella caryophyllata, Cassia caryopliyllata, 

 aromatic, cephalic ; fruit, carpobalsamum, amomum, agree in 



