L VEGETABLES. — Legdminos^. 96 



very hard, sinks in water, pale when fresh cut, but turns nearly 

 lilack by exposure to air ; used to dye red, and for ink ; from 

 South America, — Ccesalpinia BrasiliensiSf C. BahameJisis, Wood, 

 Bahama brazilletto^ used to dye red, gives a deep colour to water. 

 — C, echinata. Wood, Xicara//ua wood, brcsil de St. Marthe, 

 stockvisch houf, in short lojrs with a thin bark, much split, very 

 hard and heavy, smells like salt fish ; used to dye red. — C. 

 resicaria, C. hijuga, Poinciaiia bijuga. Wood, bastard Nicaragua 

 wood, brown, dyes red ; from Jamaica. — C. coriaria. Pods, 

 libidibi, used in tanning. 



Barbadoes flower fence, Barbadoes pride, Spanish cama-- 

 fions, Ccesalpinia pidcheirima, Poinciana pulcherrima. Tea of 

 the leaves and flowers, and syrup of the flowers, purgative, and 

 cmmenagogue; also the seeds in powder, dose 3j, in common 

 use with the negro slave girls to procure abortion. 



BcTEA FRONDOSA. Yields, by incision, gummi rubrum astrin- 



Aden'anthera pavoxia. Wood substituted for red sanders. 

 Lotus courbaril, Hymenia courbaril. Exudes gum anime, 

 pods contain an acidulous nutritive farina. 



PoDALYRiA tinctoria. Root dycs black. 



Jcdas tree, Cercis siliquastrnm. Flowers piquant, antiscor- 

 butic, in salads. 



Stinkixg bean trefoil, Anaggris foetida. Leaves cmmena- 

 gogue, cephalic ; seeds emetic. 



'Furze, Whins, Gorse, Genista spinosa, Ulex EuropcBus. 

 Plant attenuant, diuretic, determining to the skin, occasioning 

 nausea. 



Canary rose wood, Genista Canariensis. Root, lignum rho- 

 dium, yellowish, with red veins, has the scent of roses: used for 

 fumigation, is cordial and cephalic. 



* Dyers' broom. Green weed. Wood waxen, Sereque, Genista 

 tinctoria. Flowers and leaves aperitive, diuretic ; used to dye 

 yellow. 



Genista ovata, used to dye yellow. 



Spartium purgans. Leaves and seeds purgative. 



* Broom, Genista, Spnrtium scoparium. Tops, spartii cacuminay 

 diuretic, even to animals who browse on them ; flowers used as a 

 {)!( kic for the table ; seeds emetic, cathartic ; roasted and used as 

 coflce. Officinal preparation. — Extract, scoparii, D. 



Spanish broom, Spartium junceum. Qualities the same as 

 common broom. 



Trefoil acacia, Aspalathus, Spartium spimsum. Yields 

 Italian acacia. 



