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DC, Pterota K. In Eastern Asia several species are used as con- 

 diments and drugs. Z. piperit/tm, 1 of Japan, has in all its parts the 

 warm, pungent flavour of Anacylus Pyreihrum. Several Chinese species 

 bear the significant name of Hoatsiao (Pepper- flower). 2 Z. alatum, 3 

 and ze/jla)iicum A are also prized as bitter and aromatic. Z. R/tetsa, 5 

 from the mountains of India, has bitter, pungent inner bark ; the 

 fruits are used in the same way as black pepper. Z. Budrmiga, 6 of 

 India, is also recommended as digestive, stomachic, and stimulant. 

 In America several other species enjoy an analogous reputation. 

 Z. hyemale' and Langsdorfii* of Brazil, have an aromatic bitter bark ; 

 the former is copiously employed in powder as a remedy for ear affec- 

 tions, and ophthalmia. Z. ternatum? of the Antilles, whose bark 

 has sometimes been substituted for that of the Geofrece of the same 

 country, is reputed astringent, vulnerary, antirheumatical, and anti- 

 syphilitic. Z. emarginatum™ of the same country, has a close hard 

 wood, the odour of which is aromatic, as are all other parts of the 

 plant. It is one of the Rose-woods or Rhodes-woods which come to 

 us from America. Z. senegalense 11 is also considered as aromatic, sudo- 

 rific, and stimulant. The same properties are found to a high degree 

 in the different varieties of Toddalia asiatica,™ especially those named 

 acideata} 3 and inermis™ and which, under the common name of Pied- 

 de-poid& h (Hen's-foot), are used in India and the Mascareigne Islands 

 as a bitter pungent stomachic drug and condiment, and as a febrifuge. 

 The Evodias are analogous by their qualities to the preceding genera. 



1 DC, Prodr., n. 10. — Lindl., Fl. Med., 

 217. — Rosenth., op. cit., 875. — K^mpf., 

 Amain., t. 893. — Fagara piperita L., Spec, 172 

 (vulg. Seo, Sansjo des Jap., Peppel-mool Baccce 

 Fay arts s. Piper japonicum Ofl'.). 



2 DC., Prodr., n. 36. — Rosenth., op. cit., 

 874. — ? Fagara piperita Lour. 



3 Roxb., Fl. 1ml, iii. 7(58.— Lindl., Fl. 

 Med., 217. — Hanbttry, in Pharm. Joum., ser. 

 2, ii. 554. — Z. hostile Wall. 



4 DC, Prodr., n. 42. — Rosenth, op. cit., 

 874. — Fagara Lunu ankenda G^RTN., Fruct., 

 i. 334, t. 68 (ex DC). 



5 DC, loc. cit., n. 38. — Rosenth., op. cit., 

 875. — Fagara Ehetsa Roxb., Fl. Ind„ 438. 



6 DC, loc. cit., n. 41. — Rosenth., op. cit., 

 §76. — Fagara Budrunga Roxb., Fl. Ind., i. 

 437. 



? A. S. H., PI. Us. Bras., n. 37 (vulg. 

 Coentrillo).— ? X. CulantriUo H. B. K., Nov. 

 Gen. et Spec, vi. 2. — Tr., in Arm. Sc. Nat., 

 ser. 5, xiv. 312. 



s Mart., ex Rosenth., op. cit., S76 (vulg. 

 Tembetam) . 



9 Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, i. 570.— Endl., Fn- 

 chirid., 610. — Fagara ternata Sw., Prodr. 

 Fl. Ind. Occ, 33. 



10 Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, i. 572.— DC, Prodr., 

 loc cit., n. 18. — Rosenth., op. cit., 875 

 {Lignum So rum v. L. Shodium Jam.). 



11 DC, Prodr., n. 1J. — ? Z. polygamwm 

 Schum. & Thonn., Beskr., 433. — Fagara zan- 

 thoxyloides Lame., Diet., ii. 446. 



12 Paulliiiia asiatica L., Spec, 524. 



13 Pers., Fnchirid., i. 249. — DC, Prodr., ii. 

 83. — Rosenth., op. cit., 876. 



14 Vepris inermis Commers., herb. — A. 

 Juss. in Mem. Mus., xii. 509, t. 26, fig. 41. 

 — ? Toddalia paniculata Lame., III., t. 13, 

 fig. 2. 



lo We may possibly ascribe to this plant the 

 origin of the racine de Jean Lopez (root of 

 John Lopez) (Guib., Lrog, Simpl., ed. 6, iii. 

 560). 



