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stated in a general manner. Gustavia speciosa,^ of Columbia, has a 

 fruit reputed to be icteric. 0. sujperha^^ from the same country, and 

 G, fastuosa^^ from Guyana, are employed topically for liver com- 

 plaints. G. hrasiliana'^ has a bitter and aromatic root, prescribed 

 for liver complaints and as a curative of abscesses. Lecythis has, 

 not unfrequently, alimentary seeds: those of L. Ollaria^ (fig. 324) 

 furnish a useful oil. The liber is used for making a sort of paper 

 and bands for tying up various objects, especially cigars. The seeds 

 of L. lanceolata,^ a native of Brazil, and transported thence to 

 Madagascar and the Mascarene isles, has seeds rich in a fatty matter, 

 used for preparing emulsions and in the treatment of affections of 

 the urinary glands ; they are narcotic. The seeds of L. grandiflora 

 AuBL.^ and Plsonis Camb.^ have similar qualities. L. Zabucayo^ 

 (fig. 325, 326), a species from Guyana, has a textile bark serviceable 

 for making many articles of domestic use. L. amara, Idatimon, and 

 jparvifiora Aubl., from the same country, have bitter seeds; only 

 apes eat them. L.parvifolia ^" and grandifolia^^^ of Brazil, have the 

 same uses as L. Ollaria. Couroupita guianensis ^^ (fig. 317-321) 

 attains great dimensions; but the wood is of little value, being 

 wanting in solidity. The fruit is well known under the name of 

 Camion hall fruit ; ^^ the negroes eat the refreshing pulp and the 

 seeds, vulgarly called Andos almonds. In Jamaica the fruit of 



1 DC. Frodr. iii. 289.— Lindl. Fl. Med. 79.— 

 Pirigara speciosa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. vii. 

 200 {Chupo^ Chupa). Children who eat its fruit 

 are said to acquire a yellow tinge, lasting only- 

 one or two days. 



2 Berg, ex Eosenth. op. cit. 939. — G. atigusta 

 DC. Prodr. n. 1. — Pirigara superba H. B. K. 

 {Membrico, Baca of the Columbians). 



3 W. Spec. iii. 847.— DC. Prodr. n. 5.— Berg, 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 473. — G. hexapetala Sm. 

 Bees Cyclop, n. 2. — G. pterocarpa Poit. Mem, 

 Mm. xiii. t. 6, 7.— Hook. Bat. Mag. t. 5239 (ex 

 Berg). — Pirigara hexapetala Aubl. Guian. i. 490, 

 t. 193. 



* DC. Prodr. n. 6.— Mart. Mat. Med. Bras. 72. 

 — Berg, loc. cit. 472, t. 7, fig. 160. — Janiparan- 

 diba Pis. Bras. i. 121 ; ii. 172 {Japoarandibay 

 Jandiparana). 



5 L. Spec. 734.— DC. Pro(?r. iii. 291, n. 1 (excl. 

 syn.). — Eosenth. op. cit. 940. — PLcefl. It. 159 

 {Marmite de singe, Quatele). 



^ PoiR. Diet. vi. 37.— Mart. Mat. Med. Bras. 

 18.— DC. Prodr. n. 3.— Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 Myrt. 482, n. 2, t. 7, fig. 156 : 58.—/;. minor 



Velloz. Fl. Flum. 222 ; v. t. 85 (not Jacq.). 



7 Guian. 712, t. 283-285.— DC. Prodr. n. 7 

 {Canari-Macaqtie, Marmite de singe). 



8 A. S.-H. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 272.— Mart. 

 Mat. Med. 17. — Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 

 480, t. 62.— X. Ollaria Velloz. Fl. Flum. 222 ; 

 V. t. 88 (not L.) — ZapucayaMARCGR. Bras. 128. 

 — Zabucayo Piso, Bras. (ed. 1) 65. 



9 Aubl. Guian. 719, t. 284, 285 (part), 288.— 

 DC. Prodr. n. 15. — Eosexth. op. cit. 940 {Qua- 

 tele, Zabucayo). 



10 Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 496, n. 27.— 

 Fschweilera parvifolia Mart. — DC. Prodr. iii. 



293, n. 1 (excl. syn.). 



11 Berg, loc. cit. 494, n. 21, t. 73, fig. 1.— 

 Fschweilera grandi folia Mart. — DC loc. cit. n. 2. 



12 Aubl, Guian. 708, t. 282.— DC. Prodr. iii. 



294, n. 1.— Tuss. Fl. Ant.ii.^b, t.lO, 11.— Turp. 

 Diet. Sc. Nat. Atl. t. 227-229.— Descourt. Fl. 

 Ant. V. 340. — Poit. Mem. Mus, xiii. 152, t. 7. — 

 Eosenth. op. cit. 941. — Lecythis bracteata W. — 

 Pekea Couroupita J. 



13 Ape's apricot, Calebaise-colin. 



