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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS, 



the same country, as also G, resinifera ' and G. Jovis tonantis,^ the 

 branches of which are placed on the roofs of dwellings to protect them 

 from lightning. Then the Genipas proper, all of American origin : 

 G. americana^ (fig. 296), very rich in an astringent tannic substance; 

 G. hrasiliensis,^ employed in inflammatory and syphilitic attacks ; G. 

 Garuto ^ and G. oblong if olia,^ which, in Mexico, the Antilles and Peru, 

 have similar uses. The Mussaendas often have analogous properties. 

 Thus ill". Landia ^ (fig. 308, 309) serves as an astringent and febrifuge 

 in Madagascar and the Mascarene islands ; M.frondosa ^ is prescribed 

 in Chinese India as tonic, expectorant, diuretic in phlegmatic, asth- 

 matic and dropsical affections ; M, glabra,^ in India ; M, luteola,^^ in 

 Nubia and Arabia for the same disorders. At Sierra-Leone, Canthiiim 

 Afzelianum^^ is used as an astringent against swellings in the legs 

 and knees. The Hamelias, in America, are also employed in certain 

 inflammatory conditions. H. patens *^ (fig. 306, 307) is prescribed 

 for dysentery and scorbutic affections ; a syrup made from the fruit 

 is chiefly used. Tanners use the stems and leaves, which, as well as 

 the fruit, cure itch and scab. This plant has been considered 

 poisonous. In Arabia, Virecta lanceolata '^ (fig. 322, 323) is applied 



* G. resinifera Both. Nov. Sp. 150. — Kurz, 

 For. Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. 42, n. 8. — (7. lucida 

 EoxB. Fl. Ind. ii. 553. 



^ Becameria Jovis tonantis "Welw. Apuntam. 

 679, not. 12. — Gardenia Jovis tonantis Hiern, 

 Fl. Trap. Afr. iii. 101, n. 2 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvi. 260 {N-day, JJr.datj of the natives). 



3 L. Spec. 251.— Plum. (ed. Burm.) t. 136.— 

 Genipa fructu ovato Plum. T. Inst. 658, t. 436, 

 437 (1700).— Gardenia Genipa Sw. Obs. 84. 



^ Mart, ex Rosenth. op. cit. 349. — G. ameri- 

 cana Velloz. (not L.) {Genipabeiro of the 

 Brazilians). 



5 H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 407.— DC. Frodr. 

 iv. 378, n. 2. — Rosenth. op. cit. 350. 



6 R. at Pay. Fl. Per. ii. 67, t. 220, n.—BC. 

 Prodr. n. 4. — G. oblongifolia Poir. 



7 Lamk. III. t. 157, fig. 2.— DC. Frodr. iv. 372, 

 n. 16. — -Smith, Rees Cyclop, n. 5. — M. Stadmanni 

 MiCHX. ex DC. Prodr. n. 17. — M. lat if o Ha Foir. 

 — M. holosericea Sm. — Rondeletia Landia Spreng. 

 {Quinquina indigene, in Mauritius, Q. de Mada- 

 gascar). This plant, rather than Banais, is 

 thought to be Cinchona afro-inda Willem, (see 

 p. 379, note 1). 



* L. Spec. 251.— DC. Prodr. n. 3.— Lamk. /^;. 

 t. Ibl.—M. formosa L. — M. zeylanica Burm. — 



M. Belilla Ham. — Belilla Rheed. Hart. Malab, 

 ii. 27, t. 17. 



9 Vahl, Sgmb. iii. 38.— Lodd. Bat. Cab. t. 

 1269. — Folium Principissce'RvuTH. Eerb.Amboin. 

 iv. t. 51 (ex DC. Prodr. n. 4). 



'0 Del. Cent. PI. Afr. Caill. (1826) 65 (^part), 

 t. 1, fig. 1 (not HocHST.).— Hiern, Fl. Tr. Afr. 

 iii. 71, n. 12. — Vignaudia luteola Schweinp. et 

 Asch. Fnum. 282. 



'1 Hiern, Fl. Tr. Afr. iii. 142, n. 26.— Pavetta 

 parviflora Afzel. Rem. Guin. vii. 47. — Pi*. 

 Smeathmanni DC. (ex Hiern). 



12 Jacq. Amer. 72, t. 50.— Sm. Exot, Bot. t. 

 24.— Gjertn. f. Fruct. iii. t. 196, fig. 3.— DO. 

 Prodr. iv. 441, n. l.S. coccinea Sw. — Buha- 

 melia pato/s Pers. Sgn. i. 203. 



^3 Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forsk. Fl. JSg.-Arab. 

 42, n. 39. — Manettia lanceolata Vahl, Symb. i. 

 12. — Neurocarpma lanceolata R. Br. Salt. Abyss. 

 App. iv. Ixiv. — Vignaldia Quartiniana A. Rich. 

 FL Abyss. Tent. i. 357. — Pentas carnea Benth. 

 Bot. Mag. i. 4086.— Hiern, Fl. Tr. Afr. iii. 

 46, n. 3. — P. Quartiniana Oliv. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. t. 46. — P. Klotzschii Vatk. — 

 Pentanisia nervosa Kl. Pet. Moss. Bot. 287. 

 — P. cymosa Kl. — P. suffruticosa Kl. loc. 

 cit.. 



