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siiccosa,^ species from Cayenne, often bear edible fruit. The bark of 

 the last is used in the treatment of abscesses and wounds. Many 

 species of Miconia are used : the fruit of M. cinnamomifolia,^ from 

 the Antilles, yields a yellow dye ; that of M. agrestis,^ from Peru and 

 Guyana, is considered antibilious ; that of M. macrophijlla ,^ from 

 equinoctial America, is edible ; the juice of M, Fothergilla ^ is applied 

 to punctures to relieve pain ; the down of M, stenostachya,^ from 

 tropical America, is employed as a haemostatic ; a decoction from M, 

 alata/ in Guyana, forms a detergent for obstinate ulcers ; M. prasina,^ 

 in Cayenne, and M, longifolia DC. yield a black dye ; M. tinctoria 

 Maet. dyes yellow, and its fruit is edible ; M. redinata Naud. and 

 M. media Tri. also furnish a yellow dye; from M. milleflora,^ in 

 equinoctial America, aromatic and digestive infusions are prepared. 

 The genus Maieta, as limited by us, also contains some useful species : 

 the fruit of ilf. giiianensis,^^ as also of M. Pcepjngii and heterophylla DC. 

 is eaten ; the berries of M. hirta ^^ are acidulous and considered 

 antibilious ; M. dependens ^^ also supplies edible fruit ; in the Antilles 

 infusions from the fruit of M. angustifoUa ^^ are used in case of 

 swellings, stomatitis, angina, &c. ; the fruit of M. rubra ^^ is eaten. 

 In Java and Sumatra, refreshing drinks are prepared from the berries 

 of Marumia muscosa ^^ (fig. 25) and stellulata}^ In Panama Miconia 

 speciosa ^^ is used to clean plate, &c. ; it is vulgarly called Fviego-plato. 



1 DC. Proc/r. iii. 178. — H. brasiliensis Ga&ar. rum DC. — C. rubens Guiseb. — C. amhiguum 

 — M. succosa AuBL. Guian. 418, t. 162.— Jf. Benth. Fl. Rartweg. 181. 



bntnnetcm Vahl. i" Aubl. Guian. 443, t. 176. — M. dispar MiQ. 



2 Tri, Melast. 101 (not Naud.). — M. cinna- — M. hypophysca DC. — M. Maieta Desrx. Diet, 

 momifolia Jacq. Coll. ii. t. 6. iv. 34. — Toeoca Maieta Don. 



^ M. agresta Aubl. Guian. 425, t. 166. — Cli- ^^ Clidemia hirta Don. Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 



demia agrestis Don. — C. depauperata DC. — Oxy- 309. — G. elejans Don. — C. crenata DC. — M. 



meris agrestis Tri. elegans Aubl. Guian. 427, t. 167 .— Siaphidium 



4 Tri. Melast. 103. — M. platijhedra Naud. — paucijlorum Naud. 



Chitonia mocrophylla Don. ^^ Clidemia dependens Don, Mem. Wern. Soc. 



5 Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xvi. 119.— Jf. iv. 307. 



Fothergilla B. Melast. t. 32. ^^ M. hirta Desrx. Lamk. Bid. iv. 42 (not 



^ DC. P?Wr. iii. 181. — M. argyrophylla^A.VD. L.), — Heterotrichum angnsti/olium DC. Frodr. 



loc. cit. xvi. 147 (not DC). iii. 173 {Groseillier epineux des Antilles). 



t DC. Frodr. iii. 184. — M. alata Aubl. Guian. ^^ M. rubra Avbl. Guian. 416, 1. 161. — Sagrcea 



410, t. 158. rubra Tri. Melast. 137. 



8 DC. Frodr. iii. 188.— Jf. prasina Sw. Fl. ^'^ Bl. Flora (1831), 204 ; Fumphia, i. t. 4. 



Ind. Ocelli. — M.parriJloraKvi&i..Guian.^2,^^ 16 Bl. Flora (1831), 585. — M. vulcanica 



t. 171. KoRTH. — M. Jackii Korth. — M. stellula Jack, 



^ Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xvi. 237. — M. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 6. 



dimorpha Naud. — M. hartigioides Naud. — M. ^-^ Comstegia speciosa Naud. — Seem. Voy. 



the(Bzans DC. Frodr. iii. 194. — Cremanium mille- Herald. Bet. 121. 

 Jiorum DC. — C. glaberrimum DC. — C. minutijlo- 



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