100 I. VEGETABLES.— Terebintace.^. 



Prosopis spiciGEiiA. Pod esculent. 



Tespesia ? Cercis ? Wood, cam icoocl, red icood, hois de 

 cham, pao c/aban, red, with black veins, more porous, lighter, and 

 smoother than either logwood, brasilletto, or Nicaragua wood; 

 from Africa. 



130. POLYGALE^. 



*MiLK WORT, Poly gala vidgaris ; — P. amara ; — P. sanguinea ; 

 — Bitter polygala, P. ruhella. Roots may be substituted for rat- 

 tlesnake root, dose in powder is 3ss to 5j, useful in pleurisy ; herbs 

 bitter, diaphoretic, in infusion oiiij taken daily, promote expecto- 

 ration, and are used in catarrhous coughs. 



PoLYGALA SEJs'EGA. Root, rattlesnake root, Smeka snake roof, 

 senega, senegce radix, diaphoretic, diuretic, used in America against 

 the bite of the rattlesnake, either in powder 3i to ij, or 5j boiled 

 in lb. jss of water to lb. j, and given by 5ij at a time ; from North 

 America. Black snake root is used for it. Officinal preparation, 

 — Decoctum senega?, Z). E, 



PoLYGALA THEEZANs. Mixed with tea in Japan. 



Krameria ixiNA ; — K. triandra. Root, ratany, rhatania^ 

 Kramerice radix, astringent and tonic. 



132. TEREBINTACE.E. 



Cashew-nut tree, Cassuvium occidentale, Anacardium occi" 

 dentale. Peduncle of the nut astringent, eatable ; juice astringent, 

 made into a kind of wine ; kernel of the nut aphrodisiac, used to 

 increase the memory, as also to quicken the genius ; shell of the 

 nut contains an acrid oil : exudes gum. 



Malacca bean tree, Anacardium orientale^ Semecarpus ana- 

 cardium. Nut, Malacca hean, boiled for the oil, contain a caustic, 

 black, oily mucilage, and then a sweet white kernel, which is 

 cephalic, and increases the memory ; the mucilage is used exter- 

 nally in disorders of the skin ; green fruit used for marking, eat- 

 able. 



Mangoe, Mangifera Indica, Fruit eaten raw ; — Pickled ma??.- 

 goes. Used as sauce ; — Preserved mangoes. The fruits peeled, 

 and pressed into sheets like brown paper. 



Sumach, Rhus ohsoniorum, R. coriaria. Bark, leaves, flowers, 

 and fruits acidulous, very astringent ; shoots and leaves imported 

 and sold ground, for dyeing. 



Venice sumach, Red sumach, Rhus cotinus. Equally astrin- 

 gent ; wood, young fustick, yellow, dyes coffee-colour, and with 

 nitromuriate of tin an orange ; fruit, sumach berries, astringent. 



Poison oak, Rhus toxicodendron. Juice caustic, dyes linen, 

 &c., black, raises blisters on the skin, and is poisonous taken 



