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also an astringent bark and root, as is also Ternstroemiajaponica? which 

 is used in the treatment of dysentery in Japan ; Ternstrcemia si/lvatica, 

 or Yerva del Cura, in Brazil ; Caraipa angustifolia Aubl., 2 in Guiana. 

 Some Brazilian Kielmei/eras are employed as being mucilaginous, 

 especially K. rosea and speciosa? Several Asiatic Sauraujas are said 

 to have the same quality. 4 In the Antilles, Maregravia umbellate^ 

 (figs. 269-277) is employed as a diuretic and antisyphilitic. Caryocar 

 has been long celebrated for its fleshy edible embryo, rich in oil, 

 especially in the Saouari of Guiana or C. glabr/mi 6 (figs. 282-285), in 

 C. butyrosum 7 (figs. 286, 287), tuberculosum* and nuciferum of the same 

 country, and in C. amygdaliferum 9 of New Grenada. In the anfrac - 

 tuosity of the external surface of their nut, sometimes prolonged into 

 pointed prickles, entering deeply into the skin, a soft substance is 

 found lodged in the mesocarp, sometimes resinous and bitter, medi- 

 camental, as in the C. amyydaliferum, sometimes butyraceous as in 

 C. bufyrosum, and emploj^ed in Cayenne for the same culinary pur- 

 poses as butter. The bark of C. brasiliense 10 furnishes a black and 

 brown dye. 



1 Thttnb., in Act. Soc. Linn., ii. 335. — 

 Cleyera japonica Thunb., Fl. Jap., 224 (see 

 K.empf., Amain., 774, ic). 



2 Guian., 562, t. 224, fig. 4. 



3 A. S. H., PI. Us. Bras., t. 58.— Rosenth., 

 op. cit., 738. 



4 Endl., Enchirid., 532. 



5 L., Spec, 503 (part.). — Plum., Icon, (nee 

 P. Br., nee Jacq.). 



6 Pers., Enchirid., ii. 84. — DC, Prodr., i. 

 599, n. 2. — Lindl., Veg. Kingd., 399.— H. 

 Bn., in Diet. Encycl. Sc. Med., xii. 741. — 

 Saouari glabra Aubl., Guian., 599, t. 240. — 

 Bhizobolus Saouari Corr., in Ann. Mus., viii. 

 394, t. 5, fig. 2. 



7 W., Spec, ii. 1243 —DC, Prodr., loc cit., 

 n. 5.— Endl., Enchirid., 566. — Rosenth., op. 

 cit., 785. — Pelcea butyrosa Ar/BL., op. cit., 594, 

 t. 238. Its wood, like that of several others, is 

 used in ship-building. 



8 C. tomentosum W., loc. cit., 1244. — Pelcea 

 tuberculosa Aubl., loc cit., 397, t. 139. — 

 Rhizobolus Pelcea G^rtn., Fruct., t. 98, fig. 1. 

 (The specific name of Pelcea cannot be pre- 

 served, having been generically applied to 

 several species.) 



9 Cav., Icon., 37. — C. Almendron Mux., in 

 Cav. Icon., t. 361, 362. 



10 Cambess., in A. S. H. Fl. Bras. Mer., i. 

 t. 67 Us. 



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