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in the common Rue 1 (figs. 391-397), which is irritant, rubefacient, 

 and venomous in certain quantities, and especially celebrated as an 

 emmenagogue and abortive. Its seeds are said to be sudorific, 

 antispasmodic, anthelmintic, and antidotal. 2 The same properties 

 are found in most species of the genus B. angustifola? bracteosa ; 4 they 

 are more decided still in B. montana? contact with which inflames 

 the skin, and when applied to the head producing a pustular eruption 

 resembling erysipelas. B. tuberculata, 6 of Nubia, whose odour is 

 nearly like that of our Rues, is used by the Egyptian women in pre- 

 paring a watery decoction said to make the hair grow. The odour 

 of the Boroniecs is often very strong, but still more aromatic. 

 Several of them are also used in Australia, in preparing digestive 

 infusions analogous to tea. 7 The Diosmas of the Cape are also very 

 aromatic. The most common are those which furnish Bucliu, Bucco, 

 or Bocco s of this country, employed as tonics, stimulants, diapho- 

 retics, aud diuretics : these are principally the Barosmas, 9 espe- 

 cially B. crenulata, 10 crenata, serratifolia, 11 odorata, 12 betulina™ and 

 pulcheUa. u Empleurum serr datum, 1 ' of the same country, gives also 

 a sort of Bucliu long ; and there are many other aromatic Diosmas, 

 which are used in these regions in the preparation of digestive 

 stimulant drinks, especially Adenandra fragrans, 16 Agathosma, 11 micro- 



1 L., Spec, 548 (part.). — DC, Prodi:, i. 

 710, n. 3. — Guib., op. cit., 550, fig. 725. — 

 Lindl., Fl. Med., 210.— Rev., in Fl. Med. du 

 xix. e Siecle, iii. 246, t. 24. — R. hortensis Mill., 

 Diet., ti. 1. — Dcham., Arbr., i:. t. 61. 



2 The Rues arc also used in the preparation 

 of an essential oil, and in the fabrication of a 

 vinegar called quatre voleurs (four thieves). 

 Mutiae has been named as one of its active prin- 

 ciples. In spite of its irritant properties it is 

 said to be eaten in salads in Italy and Greece. 



3 Pees., Sgn., i. 461.— DC, Prodi-., n. 6.— 

 R. graveolens a. L., Spec., 518. — R. chalepensis 

 L., Mantis*., 69 (oart.). — Moe., Ox., t. 35, 

 fig. 8.— Sms, in Pot. Mag., t. 2311. 



1 DC, Prodi:, n. 4. — R. chalepensis tenv.i- 

 folia d'Uev., Enum., 44. 



5 Clus., Hist., ii 136.— DC, Prodr., n. 2.— 

 R. sylves'ris Mill., Diet., n. 3. — R. legit ima 

 Jacq., Ic. Ear., i. t. 76. — R. tenuifolia Desf., 

 Fl. Ail., i. 336. 



6 POKSK., Mg.-Arab., 86.— DC, Prodr., n. 

 14. — HaplopJiyllum tuberculatum A. Jrss. 



7 C. alba Akde., spinosa Andh., virensSM.. 

 (see Rosenth., op. cit., 880). 



s Guib., Drog., Sinvpl., id. 6, iii. 551. — 

 G. Pl., in Did. Encycl. St: Med., xi. 280. 



9 See H. Bn., in Diet. Fncycl. Sc. Med., 

 v'.ii. 380. — Rosenth., op. cit., 881. 



10 Hook., in Pot. Mag., t. 3413. — Hart. eV 

 Sond., Fl. Cap., i. 393, n. 2. — P. crenata Kze. 

 — Diosma crenulata L., Amom., iv. 30S. — 

 D. crenata L., Spec, 2S7. 



11 W., Enum., 257. — Hart. & Sond., loc. 

 cit., n. 1. — Diosma serratifolia Curt., in Pot. 

 Mag., t. 456. — Parapet al if era serrata Wendl., 

 Coil., i. 92, t. 31, 



12 Var. of P. crenulata (Hart. & Sond., 

 loc cit.). 



13 Bartl. & Wendl., Coll., 102.— Pucco 

 beiulina Rcem. & Sen. 



u Uaetl. & Wendl., loc. cit., 107.— Diosma 

 pulchella L., Spec, 288.— Pot. Mag., t. 1357. 



15 Ait., Sort. K~eio.,ed. 1, iii. 310.— Haev. & 

 So>'D., Fl. Cap., ii. 442. — Diosma ensaia 

 Thunb., Fl. Cap., 226. 



16 Rcem. & Sch., loc. cit., 451. — Haev. & 

 Sond., Fl. Cap., i. 391. — H. Bn., in Diet. 

 E.uijcl. Sc. Med., i. 691. — Diosma fragrans 

 Sims, in Pot. May/., t. 1519. 



''" See H. Bn., in Diet. Encycl. Sc Med., ii. 

 132. 



