I. VEGETABLES.— Terebixtace^. 101 



internally ; leaves, toxicodendron^ P.U.S. toxicodendri folia ^ stimu- 

 lant, narcotic, used in palsy ; dose gr. ss to gr. iv, twice or thrice 

 a-day. 



CoMMo>i Pennsylvanian sumach, Hhus glahrum. Bark 

 febrifuge, used in dyeing red. — BIms copallinum. Yields West 

 India copal. — R. vernix. Yields, by incision, Japanese varnish ; 

 milky juice dyes linen, &c., black. 



Virginian SUMACH, Bhns Virginianum^ R. typliinum. Berries 

 astringent, used in fluxes of different kinds; juice of the stem 

 raises blisters on the skin. 



Hog gu.m tree, Rhus mctopium. Yields hog gum. — R. Ja- 

 vanicnm. Berries boiled in water yield rosin. — R. striatum. 

 Juice of the bark yields a black colour. — R. radicans. Juice ve- 

 sicatory. 



Myrtle-leaved sumach, Coriaria myrtifolia. Leaves used 

 ill tanning and dyeing the same as sumach ; mixed with senna. 



Widow wail, Cneorum tricoccum. Acrid, caustic, drastic, a 

 powerful detersive, but dangerous. 



CoMOCLADiA DENTATA. Wood, bastard hrasil, dark red, dyes 

 like Brasil wood ; juice dyes the skin of a nearly indelible black 

 colour. — Comocladia angulosa. Wood, Saint Domingo brazilettOy 

 used in dyeing. — C. illicifolia. Juice dyes the skin black. 



Balm of Gilead tree, Amyris Gileadensis, A, opohalsamum. 

 Yields, by incision, the true balm of Gilead in very small quanti- 

 ties, generally at the rate of three or four drops a-day from a 

 branch ; even the most resinous trees not yielding more than sixty, 

 whence arises its value : fruit, carpohalsamum^ and branches, xylo- 

 hahamum, vulnerary, antiseptic, and used against barrenness. 



Amyris elemifera. Yields, by incision, gum elemi ; wood, 

 hois de chandclle 7ioir, spHt in laths, and burned for lights. 



Amyris balsamifera. Wood, Jamaica rose icood^ lignum 

 rhodium^ used in cephalic fumigations, burning with a scent of 

 loees ; leaves, in infusion, diaphoretic, aromatic, cephalic ; berries 

 used for balsam of capivi. From undescribed trees of this genus, 

 Amyris, are produced true or male frankincense, myrrh, opocal- 

 pasum, bdellium, and liquid myrrh. 



Amyris toxifera. Yields a rosin used as a poison in war 

 and hunting, which is, perhaps, that called ticuna. — yl. amhrosi- 

 Yiclds coumia. — A, proteum. Shells of the fruit yield an 

 jntial oil. — A. acuchina, Idea Qcuchina. Yields balsam acouchi. 



IciCA heptaphylla. Yields woorali poison, and, according 

 ic, gum clcnii. 



[yrodendrum houmiri. Yields balsam houmiri; bark re- 

 sinous. 



