I. VEGETABLES.— Magnoliace^. 123 



Sour sop, Annona muricafa. Root, in decoction, used against 

 fish poison ; fruit eatable ; inner bark made into bast. 



Nettle custard apple, Annona reticulata; — Stceet sop, A, 

 squamosa; — JVater apple, Alligator apple, A. pahtstris. Fruits 

 esculent ; imported from the West Indies, preserved in syrup. 



Bitter wood, Hylopia glabra, Xylopicrum, Picroxylon .... 

 Fruit eatable. 



PoRCELiA NiTiDiFOLiA. Fruit grateful, leaves yield a yellow 

 colour. 



MoLLiNEDiA REPAXDA. Fruit yields a purple colour.— iVf. 

 ovata. Fruit yields a violet colour. 



180. MAGNOLIACEiE. 



Bark of these trees is bitter, astringent, or aromatic. 



WixTERANA AROMATICA, Dryiuis Wviteri, Bark, Winters 

 cinnamon^ Winter's hark, cortex Winteranus, thick, channelled 

 across on the outside, grey, much cracked ; on the inside solid, 

 iron grey ; sharp-tasted, aromatic, very fragrant ; used in scurvy, 

 vomiting, and palsy ; rare at present, being not in such esteem as 

 canella alba ; dose, in powder, gr. x to 3j ; from America. — 

 Caxelo, Drymis maynolicEfolia ; — Drymis granateiisis, and two 

 other species, not well known. Bark slightly bitter, very acrid, 

 heating, and aromatic. 



Drvmis ? Bark, melamho hark, febrifuge ; contains the bitter 

 principle without any tannin or gallic acid. 



Star anise, Anisum stellatum, Illicium anisatum. Seeds fine 

 <CLincd, stomachic, make excellent liqueurs; also burnt as incense ; 

 yield an essential oil ; capsules. East Indian. 



Virginia tulip-tree, Liriodendron tulipifera. Root and bark 

 -tiif 11 like essence of bcrgamot, and are used to flavour liqueurs, 

 hark of the root, liriodendron, P. U. S., used in fevers, contains 

 only the bitter principle without tannin or gallic acid. 



T r WOOD, Magnolia Plnmieri, Annona dodecapetala, 



1'iih J ,/iieri. Flowers distilled with spirit into a spirituous 



ii'jueur. — Magnolia glanca ; — M, grandijlora ; — M. anricnhita ; — 

 M. acuminata ; — M. tripetala. Bark febrifuge ; used lor the 

 Peruvian ; flowers strongly scented, causing nausea, hcadach, 

 and even fever. 



TsiK-Y, Yn-lan^ Magnolia previa, M. Yu-lan. Seeds bitter, 

 febrifuge ; flowers used in perfumery. 



C'lfAMPAC, Mich^lia Cliampsacay M, maveolens. Flowers used 

 in perfumery. 



