110 I. VEGETABLES.— GuTTiFERiE. 



Virginia maple, Acei^ ruhrum. Inner bark used, in decoc- 

 tion, as an astringent eye-water. 



Sugar maple, Acer saccharinum ; — * Greater maple^ Sycamore, 

 A. inajus, A. pseudoplatanus ; — Noricay maple, Acer platanoides. 

 The sap of these trees, as well as that of the common maple, is 

 used for making sugar and wine. 



150. HIPPOCASTANIDEiE. 



Horse chestnut, Hippocastanum, JEsculus Mppocastanum. 

 Bark and skin of the fruit febrifuge, astringent, used for Peruvian 

 bark in doses of 3ss to 3j, also errhine: seeds farinaceous, but 

 must be soaked in an alkaline ley to take off their bitterness. 



Scarlet-flowered horse chestnut, jEscuIus pavia. Bark 

 febrifuge ; root used for soap ; seeds, buck eyes, used to poison 

 fish. 



151. MALPIGHIACE^. 



Switch sorrel, Triopteris Jamaicensis. Acerb, bitterish. 



Barbadoes cherry, Cerasus Jamaicensis, Malpiyhia ylabra. 

 Fruit subacid, carminative, stomachic. — M. mourelia. Bark used 

 as a febrifuge. 



152. HIPPOCRATICEiE. 



Hippocratea comosa, H, multiflora. Nuts white, sweetish. 



153. HYPERICINE^. 



*St. John's wort, Hypericum, H. perforatum. Resolvent, 

 attenuant, nervine ; in maniacal cases ; contains rosin ; leaves 

 give a good red dye to wool, and oil. 



*St. Peter's wort, Ascyron, Hypericum ascyrum. Seeds 

 purgative ; useful in sciatica. 



Bastard St. John's wort, Coris, Hypericum coris. Seeds 

 diuretic, antispasmodic. 



*TuTSAN, Park leaves, Androscemum, Clymenum Italorum, 

 Hypericum androscemum. Resolvent, attenuant. — H. parvijlorum, 

 Vismia guttifera ; — V. sessilifolia, H sessilifoliicm. Yield Mexican 

 gamboge. 



154. GUTTIFERiE. 



PoNNA MARAM, Poon loood tree, Alexandrian laurel, Calo' 

 pliyllum inophyllum, Balsamaria inophyllum. Seeds yield oil. 



Santa Maria tree, Calopliyllum calaba. Yields oleum 

 Sanctae Mariae. — C. tacamahaca, C. inophyllum. Yields Mauri- 

 tius tacamahac. 



Tsi Xu, Augia Sinensis, Yields black China varnish. 



