SAPIKDACE^. 387 



aftertaste of muscatel ; it is also dried, and preserves aud driuks are 

 prepared from it and administered to fever patients and persons at- 

 tacked by bilious maladies. The Ramhoutan is N. lappaccum ^ of 

 tropical Asia. The aril is employed for the same piu-poses ; it is said 

 to be delicious. The seed is considered bitter and narcotic. Another 

 of the Sdpiudacece with edible fruit is Cupania sapida,- fi"oii4 Guinea, 

 which has been transported to India and the Antilles, and is used 

 for seasoning stews ; with sugar and cinnamon a cooked preserve is 

 pre^mred, used for the treatment of diarrhoea. Boiled under the 

 cinders, the frait is applied as a maturative to abscesses. The odour is 

 agreeable ; women employ as a cosmetic a perfumed water obtained 

 from it by distillation. In many other Sap/ndacccv, cither the peri- 

 carp, aril, or embryo are eaten. In Melicocca hijuga^ of the Antilles, 

 the pulp of the pericarp and the grilled kernel are both in use. The 

 seeds of Cupania americana have the flavoiu' of chestnuts or sweet 

 acorns, and are used, on the banks of the Orinoco, to make a fermented 

 liquor. The aril of BiplocjloUh Cunninghami* (fig. 378-381) is 

 fleshy, acid, and sweet. In Schmidelia edulis^" the fruit, said to be 

 much sought after by the Brazilians, has a mild and sweet taste. In 

 the Isle of France an excellent jelly is again prepared with imperfectly 

 ripe fruits. In Java a kind of cider is made from the pericarj) of 

 Pancovia edulis'^ (&g. 375-377). At the Cape is eaten, under the 

 name of Wild Plum, that of Pappcea cajjensis ~ (tig. 359, 360} assigned 

 by us to the genus Ncjdiditini.^ The seeds are oleaginous. Many 

 species of Cupania '' and Paullinia have edible seeds. The most 

 celebrated in America is that of P. sorbiUs ^^ (fig. 382, 383), having on 



eiisis Qxwry. Find. i. t. 42, fig. 3. — Dimocarjiiis Malabar as anti-diarrhoeic. Its root is strongly 



ZicM Lour. (O.sn, Usao (Rat), Ltj-chi, Lilcln astringent, the same as that of <S'. Africima DC. 



ponceau). In Cochinchina the leaves and bark of S. coc/iin- 



' L. /Sys?. iv. 236. — Lamk. iK. t. 764. — JDimo- chiiieiisis DC. are applied to wounds and 



carpus criiiita LouE. op. cit. 234. — Euphnria bruises. {All'jilnjlliis ternnlus LovK. op. rit. 



Nepheliiim DC. 232). 



'■^ ('. cduUs ScHUM. ot Thonn. Be.ikr. 190. — " Erioglossum eduh Bl. liimiphia, iii. 119, t. 



lllii/hia tnpidn KffiN. in Ann. Hot. (1806), ii. 166. — Benth. El. Au-^tral. i. 454. — Sapindun 



571. — DC. Prodi: i. 609.— Baker, Fl. Tmp. ruKtfinos.ux Roxn. I'l. Coram, i. 44, t. 62. — S. 



Afr. i. •126. — RosENTH. op. cit. 780. — Aakesia edulis Bl. Cat. Sort. Buitenz. 64 {Kiin!ci/o 



Africann Tuss. Fl. Ant. i. 66, t. 3.- — Jionnania Sundaic). 

 nilida Rafis. ' EcKL. et Zeyii. Enum. 53. — Pappe, Fl. 



•■" L. Spec. 495,— DC. Prndr. i. 615. — -V. Mid. Cap. 3. — Hook. Icon. 352. — Sapindiis 



CarjMOdca .1. Mem. Miis. iii. 187, t. 4. — Me/i- Euppea Soxn. El. Cup. i. 241. — Kiyijtiariu iiile- 



CMCus bijuffattis Jacq. Amei: 108, t. 72. M. . r/rifulia E. Mey. 

 trijuija 3., type of the genus Srhlcichcra , has also " See p. 351 . 



an edible fruit. ' Rosenth. op. cil. 780, 1152. 



* See p. 415, n. 7. '" Mart. Mat. Med. Eras. 50 ; PI. Med. et 



' A. S. H. El. r.t. Brns. t. 67. S. seirata (Ec.in. liras. ined. t. 110.— Enul. E.chirid. 



('. {Oriiilrophe soTn^n Roxn.) is employed in 563. — Rosenth. f/;;. ri/. 777. 



