278 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



which, though astringent, has a root said to be purgative; T. 

 7nauritiana^ (fig. 235-237), the seeds of which are edible; T. 

 angustifolia^^ which, in India, yields a kind of benzoin; T. Buceras^^ 

 of the Antilles, the astringent bark of which is employed in medi- 

 cine ; T, ereda"^ (fig. 240), the bark of which is useful in the 

 treatment of ophthalmia, syphilitic, diabetic, and many other 

 affections.^ Laguncularia racemosa,^ of the tropical African and 

 North American shores, is also an astringent plant. Quisqualis 

 indica^ (fig. 229-234) has anthelmintic seeds of a sharp and bitter 

 taste ; its leaves also, either alone or with mustard, are prescribed 

 for worms and affections of the lower intestines. Many species of 

 Comhretum are also useful. 0. coccineiim^ (fig. 226-228) and 

 0. argentenm, grandiflorum,^ and alternifolium, have astringent 

 barks. Several are tinctorial. The ashes of G. glutinosum^^ are 

 used in Senegambia to fix the colours of indigo. In Guyana, the 

 Galibees rubbed the muzzle of their dogs with the fruit of T, 

 Cacoucia to increase their power of scent. ^^ De Maetius made known 

 in Europe Terminalia argent ea^^^ of Brazil, as yielding a drastic and 

 resolutive juice used in his country for the same purposes as gum 

 gutta. Several species of Terminalia of the same countries are 

 tinctorial. In Mozambique an aromatic fatty matter is extracted 

 from the seeds of C hutyrosum,^^ used for preparing food. Alangium 

 has aromatic roots. The wood is good and the fruit edible, but often 

 viscous and nearly tasteless. A. decajpetalum'^^ (fig. 245-248) and 



1 Lamk. Diet. i. 349; III. t. 848, fig. 2.— ^ JjAuk. Diet. i. 734; III. t. 282, fig. 2.— C. 

 Catappa mauritiana GiERXN. f. purpureum Yx^j..—Bot. Eeg. i. i29.—Foivrea 



2 Jacq. Hort. Vindob. iii. t. 100.— T. Benzoin coccinea DO. Frodr. iii. 18, n. 5. 



L. F. Suppl.— C. Benzoin G^rtn. f. {Faux- ^ Boi^. Fdinb. Mw Fhil.Journ. (1824:) 3i6.— 



Benjoin, Bien-joint). DC. Frodr. n. 24.— Laws. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 423. 



3 Bucida Buceras L. Spec. 556.— DC. Prodr. —G- Afzelii Don. — Poivrea grandijtora Bie^hiu. 

 iii. 10.— EiCHL. Mart. Fl. Bras. Combret. 94, t. Niger, 337. 



35, fig. 1. This species, pierced by insects, also ^° Peer. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. 288, t. 68. 



produces galls rich in tannin {Chene frangais of ^^ Cacoucia cocdnea Aubl. Guian. t. 179. — 



the Antilles). Eichl. Mart. Fl. Bras. Combret. 122, t. 32.— 



4 Conocarpus erecta L. Syst. 217.— Descourt. Schousbcea coccineaW. 



Fl. M4d. Ant. vi. t. 399.— Eichl. loc. cit. 101, t. ^^ Mart, and Zucc. Nov. Gen. et Spec. i. 43.— 



35, fig. 2 {Mnnglier Jlibustier, M. droit, M. noir). Eichl. Mart. Fl. Bras. Combret. 86, 126, t. 23, 



5 T. glabrata Forst. trovancorensis Wight, ^^ Gas,. Journ. Linn. Soc.'w. IQI. — Shcadendron 

 Famcea DC. crenulata Roth. (Rosenth. loc. cit. butyrosum Bertol. Mem. Acad. Bologn. (1850) 

 900-902), etc. 12, t. 4. 



^ See p. 282, note 2. ^"^ Lamk. Diet. i. 174. — A. aemninatumWiGnT 



7 h. Spec. 556. — liAMK. 7^^. t. 357. — DC. Prodr. and Arn. — Rosenth. op. cit. 903. — Grewia 



iii. 23.-^0^. 3Iag. t. 2033.— i?o^. Beg. t. 492.— salvifolia L. F. Siippl. 409 (ex Vahl, Symb. i. 61). 



Rosenth. op. cit. 903. — Angolam Rheed. Hort. Malab. iv. t. 17. 



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