I. VEGETABLES Sarmentaceje. Ill 



Stalagmitis cambogia; — Camhooge tree, Camhogia giitta^ 

 Garcinia cambogia ; — G. morella. Produce gamboge. 



Clusia alba; — C rosea. Juices used as pitch. 



Mamm-ea Americana, Fruit eaten. — M. Asiatica, Barring- 

 fonia speciosoy Butonica speciosa. Kernels mixed with baits, and 

 flung into the sea, used to intoxicate fish. 



Grias cauliflora. Half-ripe fruits, preserved in syrup or 

 brine, used as food. 



Dryobalanops camphora. Trunk contains cells filled with 

 camphire, or oil of camphire. 



155. GERANIE^. 

 Herbs slightly acrid, or acid, vulnerary, and astringent. 



*Cr axes'* bill. Geranium cicutarium ; — *Musk cranes* bill, 

 G. moschatum ; — *Herb Robert, Gratia Dei, Geranium Roberti- 

 anum ; — * Doves' foot. Geranium columbinum, Pes columbinus, G. 

 rotundifolium ; — * Bloody cranes^ bill, G. sanguineum ; — Blue 

 doves'' foot, G. batrachgoides. Astringent and detersive ; used in 

 |X)ultices. 



American cranes' bill. Geranium maculatum. Root, gera-- 

 nium, P. U. S. boiled in milk, used in the cholera of infants. 



Bulbous-eooted cranes' bill, Geranium txJyerosum. Root 

 in wine used as a wash in inflammation of the vulva. 



Nasturtium, Indian cress, Tropceolum majus ; Smaller nas- 

 fHrfium, T. minus. — Eaten in salads, antiscorbutic, excite the 

 titc, assist digestion ; externally used in stubborn itch. — T. 

 rosum. Root eaten. 



•Yellow balsam, Touch me not, Impatiens noli tangere. Herb 

 '• nctic, capable of producing a diabetes ; but extremely uncer- 

 . n in its operation. 



•Green sauce. Wood sorrel, Alleluja, Lujula, Acetosella, 

 Trifolium Acidum, Oxalis acetosella ; — *0. comicidata. Herbs 

 in salads very refreshing, acidulous, antiputrescent ; make a very 

 pleasant whey ; used for the extraction of salt of sorrel. 



Jamaica wood-sorrel, Oxalis stricta ; — O. compressa ; — O. 

 fnitesccns ; — O. dodecandra. Acid, cooling. — O. tuberosa. Root 

 like potatoes ; herb acid. 



156. SARMENTACEiE. 



GuAi'i. ...,.., Vitis, V. vinifera. Numerous varieties of this 

 plant are cultivated; fruits, grapes, uvcb, esculent, juice made into 

 a variety of wines, also inspissated, and made into sugar. — Dried 

 grapes, Uvoi siccatcn. From Barbary, in jars. — Raisins of the sun, 



