112 I. VEGETABLES.—Hesperide^.. 



UvcB passes majores. These and the other raisins are prepared by 

 being left to wither a little on the vine, the stalk being cut half 

 way through, then gathered and dipped in a ley of wood ash, and 

 barilla at 12 to 15 deg. Baume, or spec. gr. 1*094 to 1-116, to 

 every four gallons of which are added a handful of salt, and a pint 

 of oil or a pound and half of butter, and then drying them in the 

 sun ; they lose about two-thirds of their weight, and become 

 covered with a saccharine exudation ; — Denia raisins, Malaga 

 raisins ; — Valencia raisins ; — Belvidere raisins ; — Lexia raisins ; — 

 Muscatel raisins ; — Bloom raisins ; — Sultana raisins, Uvce apyrence, 

 (Small, yellowish red, without stones) ; — Black Smyrna i-aisins ; — 

 Red Smyrna raisins ; — Currants, Uvce minor es Corinthiacce ; — Ea^t 

 Indian raisins, Kishmish, From the small Shiraz grapes. — All 

 these dried grapes are used for food, or fermented with water and 

 made into wine. — Rape, Vinacea. The cake left on pressing 

 grapes; it is fermented with water, and distilled for brandy. 

 Officinal preparations. — Decoctum altheae, D. E. Decoct, guaiaci 

 comp., E, Decoct, hordei comp., Z). L, Tinct. cardam. comp., 

 L, Tinct. sennse, L. 



157. MELIACEiE. 

 WiKTERA CANELLA. Berry aromatic, used as a spice; bark, 



white cinnamon, canella alha, canelloi cortex, rolled, peeled, whitish, 

 thicker than cinnamon, pungent, and sweet smelling ; warm, 

 stimulant, antiscorbutic; dose gr. x to 3ss; used also as a sternu- 

 tatory ; alouchi is said to be the produce of this tree. 



AzEDARAcn, Bead tree, McUa azedarachta. Seeds yield oil ; 

 bark, azedaraclita, P. U. S. used for die Peruvian ; leaves vul- 

 nerary, vermifuge, diuretic : pulp of the fruit poisonous ; trees 

 yield gum, and also toddy. 



Red wood tree, Swietenia fehrifuya. Bark astringent, tonic, 

 used as a substitute for Peruvian bark ; dose, in powder, 3ss. 



Mahogany, Sicietenia maliogani. Wood astringent, an extract 

 is made from it. 



Barbadoes. cedar, Cedrela odorata ; — Cedrela rosmarinus, 

 AVood slightly odoriferous, anti-rheumatic ; yields a resin. 



TooNA, Poma, Cedrela Toona. Bark used as a febrifuge. 



Trichilia spondioides. Wood, bastard hrasil, used in dye- 

 ing. — T. spinosa. Berries boiled for their oil. 



GuAREA trichilioides. Bark emetic and purgative. 



158. HESPERIDE.^. 



Fruits generally acidulous, refreshing. 



Citron tree, Citrus medica, C vidgaris. Fruit, citria malus, 



