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The small number of useful species 1 that are found in this group, 

 are remarkable for their bitter qualities, recalling those of Quassia. 

 In Brazil, Ouratea Jabotapitd 1 and kexasperma 3 are used in all cases 

 where bitter drugs are considered useful. The bark of the latter, 

 which probably acts in this case as an astringent, is used in treat- 

 ing wounds of cattle caused by stings of insects. At Malabar, the 

 root and leaves of 0. angustifolitf are prescribed as bitter, stomachic, 

 digestive, and as preventing sickness. A decoction is administered 

 in milk or water. In the Antilles, the same properties are ascribed 

 to 0. ilicifolia. 6 The seeds of O.parvijlora give an oil used in Brazil 

 as a condiment. The wood of some beautiful trees of the Luxcm- 

 burgice group is usefully employed in Columbia, and the habit, foliage, 

 and the beauty of their flowers make them valued in our greenhouses. 

 We may especially mention : Cespedesia Bonplandi' and raacrdphylla* 

 Godoya splejidida 9 and antioqiiiensis. i0 Gomphia Theophrasta" is also 

 beautiful and ornamental ; 0. mozambicensis (figs. 3 S3, 384), atro- 

 purpurea, and some Ourateas, with abundant brilliant yellow flowers, 

 are also cultivated. 



1 Endl., Enchirid., 606. — Likdl., Vey. 

 Kingd., 474. — Rosenth., Syn. PI. Diaphor., 

 869, 1156. 



2 Gomphia Jabotapita Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, 

 ii. 740 (nee Velloz.). — DC, in Ann. Mus,, 

 xvii. 418. — Ochna Jabotapita L. (part.). 



3 A. S. H., PI. Us. Bras., n. 38, ic. 



4 Gomphia angiistifolia Vahl., Symb. Pot., 

 ii. 49. 



5 DC, loc. cit., n. 10; Prodr., i. 736, n. 11. 



6 DC, in Ann. Mus., xvii. 420, t. 16. — 



O. Jabotapita Velloz., Fl. Flum., v. t. 90 

 (ncc Plum.). 



' Gofd., in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, ii. 319. — 

 Marcgravia H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec, vii. 

 277 {Lingua de vacca, of New Grenada). 



8 Seem., Toy. PZer., Pot., 97. 



9 See p. 371, note 1. 



10 Pl, in Hook. Lond. Journ., v. 597, ic. 

 (Caunce, in N. Grenada). At the Cape, the 

 wood of Ochna arborea Burch, is used for 

 domestic purposes. 



11 See p. 367, note 1. 



