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a tonic in Mexico and used in the treatment of ulcers and abscesses. 

 uEginctia caranifera Cav. which belongs also to the genus Bouvardia, 

 contains a resin used for smoking meat. In Madagascar, Mauritius 

 and Bourbon, the bark of Danais fmgrans,^ occasionally substituted 

 for quinquina and which is also tinctorial, is used in the treatment of 

 cutaneous affections and bears the name of Bois a dartres. In the 

 Antilles, the Cateshceas are often called Spinous Quinquinas ; the bark 

 is tonic, digestive, particularly that of C, spinosa L.^ The following 

 are likewise reputed astringents, stomachics, tonics : in tropical Asia, 

 Cupia corymhosa DC. and Stijlocoryne Rheedii KosT. which with us 

 belong to a section of the genus Ixora ; several GenipaSy as Randia 

 longiflora,^ employed in the treatment of ague; R. dumetorum;^ Gar- 

 denia florida,^ of China and India, renowned for the beauty and perfume 

 of its flowers ; Gardenia Mussaendce,^ of equinoxial America, which is 

 also tinctorial ; G. radicans/ of Japan ; 6f. gummifera,^ of Ceylon, 

 from which exudes a resin similar to elemi ; G. arhorea,^ of India, 

 which yields the resin called Decamali ; G. Pavetta^^^ of the same 

 country, medicinally astringent; G, Rothmannia,^^ of the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; G. malleifera,^^ of western tropical Africa, rich in tannin 

 and used by the natives for darkening the skin; Genipa capensis,^^ of 



1 CoMMERS. ex Lamk. III. t. 166, fig. 2.— DC. 

 Frodr. iv. 361, n. 1. — G^rtn. f. Fruct. iii. 83, t. 

 195, — Pcederia fragrans Lamk. Bict. ii. 260. — 

 ? Cinchona afro-inda Willem. Herb. Maur. 16 (ex 

 DC). 



2 L. Spec. 159.— Lamk. III. t. 67, fig. 1.— Curt. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 131.— DC. Profl^r. iv. 401, n. 1.—G. 

 longijiora Sw. Frodr . 30 (? China spinosa ofi".). 



^IjAuk. Diet. iii. 26; III. t. 156, fig. Z.—H. 

 aculeata L. Spec. 214. — H.mitisli. — Posoqueria 

 longijiora Eoxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 569. — F. muliiflora 

 Bl. Bijdr. 980. 



'■ Lamk. 111. 227, t. 156, fig. 4.— DC. Frodr. iv. 

 385, n. 6.— HiERN, Fl. Tr.Afr. iii. 94 ; Jn.Linn. 

 Soc.xyi. 260. — F. spinosa Bl. Fijdr. 9S1.— Gar- 

 denia dumetorum Retz. Obs. ii. 14. — Roxb.P^. Cor. 

 t. 136. — G. spinosa L. f. Suppl. 164. — Thunb. 

 Fiss. Gard. t. 2, fig. 4. — G. dumosa Salisb. — 

 Posoqueria dumetorum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 564. — 

 Ceriscus malabaricus Gjertn. Fruct. i. t. 28. 



L. Spec. 305.— DC. Frodr. iv. 379, n. \.—Q. 

 jasminoides Soland. — Ell. 



^ Thunb. Diss. n. 5. — G. maritima Vahl. — 

 Mussaenda formosa Jacq. Avier. t. 48. — Randia 



MussaendoB DC. Prodr. iv. 388, n. 29. 



7 Thunb. Fiss. n. 1, t. 1.— Andr. Bot. Fepos. 

 t. 491.— Ker, Bot. Meg. t. 73. 



8 L. F. Suppl. i. 64. 



9 Roxb. FL Fnd. ii. 554. 



10 Hayn. ex Rosenth. o-p. cit. 349. 



11 L. F. Suppl. 165.— Harv. and Sond. FL 

 Cap. iii. 6, n. 7. — Rothmamiia capensis Thunb. 

 Act. Holm. (1776) 65, fig. 2. 



12 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4307.— G^. Whitjieldi 

 LiNDL. Bot. Reg. (1845) sub t. 47. — R. malleifera 

 Bth. Niger Fl. 384. — Randia malleifera B. H. ex 

 HiERN. Fl. Tr. Afr. iii. 98, n. 11 {Blippo of the 

 natives) . 



13 Thunbergia capensis Mont. Act. Holm. 

 (1773) t. 11. — Gardenia Thunbergia L. r. ex 

 Thunb. Diss. 11, 17, n. 3.— Hiern, Fl. Tr. Afr. 

 iii. 100, n. \.— Bot. Mag. i. 1004.— C/. verticillaia 

 Lamk. Diet. ii. 607. — G. speciosa Salisb. — G. 

 crassicaulis Salisb. — ? G. ternifolia Schum. — 

 G. medicinalis Vahl. — G. lutea Fresen. — G. 

 Tinnece Kotsch. etHEUGL. Bot. Zeit. (1865) 173, 

 t. 8. — Bergkias Sonn. — Caquepiria Bergkia, 

 Gmel. Syst. 651. 



