L VEGETABLES.— Leguminos-e. 93 



preparations. — Mucil. acaciae, L. Emulsio Arab., Z). Mist. 

 cornu usti., L. Confectio aniygd., L. D, 



Mimosa CATECHU. Yields terra Japonica. Principal officinal 

 preparations. — Infus. catechu comp., and tinct. catechu, L, 



CoccooN, Mimosa scandens. Seeds eatable. 



Cats' claw, Mimosa ungnis cati. In decoction, diuretic. 



CUEEPING AND PRICKLV SENSITIVE PLANTS, MimOSa 



Roots cleaned and barked, about gr. xv, in red wine, used against 

 poisons ; leaves poisonous. — M, inga ; — M, fagifolia ; — M. ferox. 

 Seeds purgative, but eaten. 



Mimosa natans. Eaten as a salad herb. 

 Babul, Barbura, Mimosa Arabica, Yields yellow gum Ara- 

 bic. — M. amara. Bark bitter. — M. saponaria. Bark makes a 

 kind of soap. 



Tkiple-thorned acacia, Gleditsia triacanthos. Seeds used 

 to feed animals ; sap yields sugar. 



Carob tree, St. JohiUs breads Siliqua didcis, Caroba, Ceratia, 

 Ceratunia siliqiia. Pod used as food for man and beast, and by 

 singers to improve the voice. 



Tamarind, Tamarindus^ T, Indica. Pulp acidulous, cooling, 

 laxative ; stones baked, soaked in water to get off the skins, and 

 the kernels boiled or fried, used for food. 



Tamarinds in the pod, Tamarindi fructus naturalis. From 

 Egypt, in bags of six cwt. each. — Red tamarinds, Tamarindi 

 rubri, Tamarindi prcpparati. The shells broken off, and syrup 

 added to preserve the pulp.-r-BLACK tamarinds, Tamarindi nigri. 

 The shell broken off, and salt added to preserve the pulp. — 

 Eastern Islands tamarinds. The shell broken off, and tlie pulp 

 dried in the sun. Officinal preparations. — Infus. sennae cum 

 Tamarindis, D. E. Electuarium sennae, 1). E. L. Elect, cassiae, 

 D.E. 



Scotia speciosa, Gnaiacnm Afrwn. Seeds eaten. 

 Cassia stick tree, Cathartocarpus JUtida, Cassia fistulari.^. 

 Fruit, rassia JLstida, two feet long, size of the thumb, imported 

 from the West Indies ; pulp purgative, cooling. 



Horse cassia. Cassia Brasiliensis^ C. mollis, C. Javanica. 

 Pulp purgative, bitter. 



Stinking weed, Jamaica pi.ss-a-bed. Cassia occidcntalis. Ex- 

 pressed juice used in eruptions ; root diuretic. 



West India senna, Cassia emarginata. Pulp of the pods 

 laxative ; leaves purgative, used for senna. 



American senna, Cansia Manjlandica. Leaves purgative. 

 Cassia ori en talis, C. ac.nti folia. Leaves, Mecca, .senna, jnl- 

 grim smnn^ sennn^ senna Alexnndrina, sennxp folia, lanceolate, equal 

 sided, with glands above the base of the petiole, 3j to 3Jvor in 



