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135. PITTOSPOREiE. 



PiTTOSPORUM TOBiRA. Seeds surrounded by a kind of resin- 

 ous birdlime. 



? BiLLARDiERA SCANDENS. Flesh of the berry eatable. 



136. CELASTRINE.E. 

 Blabber nut-tree, Staphylea trifolia. Kernels eaten. 



* Spindle tree, PHck wood, Fusain, Evonymus Europceus, 

 Seeds, three or four, emetic and purgative ; externally used as a 

 powder to kill lice, &c. ; wood makes good charcoal ; fruits dye 

 a yellowish red or rusty colour. 



Celastrus macrocarpus. Seeds oily. — C. maytemis. De- 

 coction of the young twigs used as a wash, in the swellings pro- 

 duced by the shadow of the tree called lithi, 



137. ILICIDEiE. 



Cassine Peragua, Ilex vomitaria. Leaves, Paraguay tea, 

 diuretic in infusion, and diminish hunger ; but if too much is 

 used, emetic ; an infusion of the high- dried leaves is drank as an 

 exhilarant. 



*HoLLY, Jlex, L aquifolium. Root, bark, berries acrid, pur- 

 gative, and externally used emollient and resolvent ; berries 

 roasted used for coffee; bark yields birdlime. 



138. FRANGULACEiE. 



•Buck thorn, Spiria cervina, Rhamnm catharticus. Berries, 

 rhamni hacca, no. xx,or 3jss, when dried, very purgative, usually 

 made into a syrup ; juice made into sap-green ; bark dyes yellow ; 

 inner bark is cathartic. 



RiiAMNus ixfectorius. Bcrries purgative ; unripe berries, 

 dried, French berries, grana Avenionensia, dye ye\\ow,'-^Turkey 

 berries, preferred by the dyers, arc a larger variety. 



Rhamnus theezans. Leaves used to reduce tea. 



* Black alder tree, AInus nigra, Frangula, Khamnus fran- 

 gitla. Unripe bcrries used to make sap-green ; ripe berries pur- 

 g ative ; bark bitter, emetic, detersive, aperitive, and dyes yellow ; 



|l^H||ric of the root violently purgative ; wood, black dog wood, makes 

 I^H^ftbest charcoal for gunpowder. 



^^B Evergreen privet, liluunnus alaiernus. Some sap-green is 

 ^^Bmade from it ; laxative. 



I^f Jujube tree, lUuimnns ziziphus. Fruit, jujvibesj jujiwce^ 

 nourishing, mawkish, mucilaginous, pectoral. 



