CLUSIACEJE, 419 



Mascarene isles ; the balsam of focot and angelic tacamac of Mada- 

 gascar have also been attributed to Calophylhim. In Peru, 0. 

 thurlferiim gives a yellowish resinous juice having the properties of 

 incense. That of C. Inoj)hyUurn,^ a species common in Asia, Oceania, 

 and Africa, is purgative and vomitive, and the bark of the same tree 

 is extolled as diuretic. The American Bheedia has analogous pro- 

 perties. Mesua, especially M.ferrea ^ (fig. 380) and speciosa,^ Indian 

 species, have a root and a bark bitter, aromatic, sudorific. The fruit 

 is acrid and purgative ; the leaves rich in mucilaginous matter. In 

 America, several species of Glusia are valued for their latex. That 

 of G, rosea* (fig. 355, 356) is thick, balsamic, and bitter; it is used 

 for the same purposes as pitch and scammony. That of G. fiava is 

 considered a vulnerary.'^ From the 0. insignis ^ of Brazil flows 

 abundance of resinous juice. The bitter bark of (7. Pseudochina * 

 has been used to adulterate Peruvian bark. 0. Panapanari ^ (fig. 

 359, 360) yields, in Guyana, a yellow juice resembling gum-gutta. 



A great number of Glusiacece are esteemed in both worlds for their 

 fruit. One of the most delicious of tropical Asia is said to be that 

 of Garcinia Mangostana^^ (fig. 376, 377). It is a berry with a 

 coloured coriaceous bitter and astringent pericarp. This is rejected 

 and the white sweet aromatic exterior tegumentary layer of the seeds 

 is eaten reported to be of exquisite flavour. Some other Garcinias 



^ L. Spec. 732 (not Lamk,). — Wight, IU. i. (part), Spec.iv. 976 {Figuier maudity MUlepiedSj 



128 ; Icon. t. 77.— Fl. et Tri. loc. cit. 282.— C, Cope grande in Panama, Cupay in Venezuela). 



ovatifolium Nor.— C. Bintangor Roxb.— C. Blu- * L. Spec. 1495,— .Jacq. Amer. 272, t. 167 ; Ic 



mei WiGwr.— Bintangor maritima Rumph. Herb, Plct. t. 251.— DC. Frodr. i. 559, n. 3.— Eosenth. 



Amboin. ii. 211, t, 71. — Ponna^ Founa Maram op. cit. 740. 



Rheed. Hart. 3fal. iv. 76, t. dS.—Fooraha Flac. ^ What has been attributed to the juice of 



Madag. IZ^.—Kalophyllodendron indicum folio this plant ought probably to be applied to that 



subrotimdo Vaill. Mem. Acad. Par. (1722) 207. oi Symphonia globulifera (p. 418, note 6). 



~? Balsamana Inophyllim Lour. Fl. Cochinch. ^ Mart, ex Rosenth. op. cit. 741. 



(ed. 1790) 470 {Bomba-gass in Ceylon, Jamplond ^ Pospp. ex Rosenth. loc. cit. 



in Java, Tamana in Otahiti. ^ Chois. FC. Frodr. n. 13.— Quapoga Fanapa- 



* L. Spec. 734 (part).— Kosenth. op. cit. 745. nari Aubl. Guian, ii. 901, t. 344.— H. Bn. Bull. 



— M. Nagaha Gardn. — Naghas Herm. Zeyl. 7. — Soc. Linn. Far. 77. 



Arbor Naghas Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 2o.—Nugassa- '<> L. Spec. 635.— DC. Frodr. i. 560, n. 1.— 



rinm Rumph. Herb. Amboin. vii. t. 2. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 618.— Chois. Gutt. hid. 33.— 



3 Chois. BG. Frodr. i. 562 ; Gutt. Ind. 40.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4847.— Pl, et Tri. Ann. Sc- 



Bulluta Tsjampacam s. Castanea rosea, indica Nat. ser. 4, xiv. 325.— Guib. Drog. Simpl. ed. 6, 



Rheed. Hurt. Malab. iii. 63, t. 53. iii. 602.— Laness. Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 62.— 



•» L. ^pec. 1495.— Tuiip. Fict. Sc. Nat. Atl. t. Maugostana Rumph. Herb. Amb. i. t. 43.— Gar- 



156.— Schlchtl. Liuncea, viii. 181.— Pl. et Tri. cin, Act. Angl. 431, t. 1 (ex W.).—Mangodana 



Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, xiii. 324.— Rosenth. op. cit. Garcinia G;brtn. Fruct. ii. t. 105. 

 Ua.— C. return Lamk. III. t. 852. -C. alba W. 



