TER EDINTHA CEM. 307 



and forms the American Mastic, the Resin of Mulli, 3Iolk, or Arocira, 

 employed as a masticatory and purgative. S. Aroeira L. yields an 

 analogous mastic, used to prepare baths and lotions for gout and eye- 

 salves. The essence of *S^, terehinthifolius ^ is used also in Brazil for 

 acute pains. The gum-resin of *S'. dependens ~ is employed for gout, 

 syphilis, and ulcers. The fi-uits have a less disagreeable flavom- than 

 those of ;S'. 3IoUe ; chika wine is prepared fi-om them, a fermented 

 stomachic, diuretic, and antihysteric di'inli. The gum which exudes, 

 in Guiana, from several Tapiriras"^ has the same properties, as also 

 that extracted in India from the trunk of T. Wodier^ (fig. 302, 

 303) ; it is used for the treatment of contusions and sprains ; and is 

 even taken as food in the milk of the cocoa-nut. The bark is astrin- 

 gent, and is employed as a remedy for sores, gout, and dysentery. 

 In the Mappice, the greater part of these properties disappear ; some 

 African species of 3fappia (Icacina) are still slightly astringent. 

 Plvjtocrcne owes its name to the large quantity of watery and 

 drinkable sap flowing from the sections of the porous stem.^ The 

 Cardioptcris Etoupkii/' of India, and its numerous Asiatic varieties, 

 are also employed for rheumatic affections. By a singular exception, 

 these plants have oleraceous leaves, almost insipid. Many Terebin- 

 thaceœ have wood useful in cabinet-work,' particularly the Sumachs.^ 

 That of several Pistachios is very beautiful, less so however than that 

 of Comodadia mtegrifoUn^ which resembles mahogany ; that of the 

 Mango is yellowish.^ This tree is ciiltivated in our greenhouses, as 

 is also Anaeardium occidentale. Our gardens are adorned by several 

 Sumachs, with magnificent foliage, which often takes a brilliant red 

 tint in autumn. 



' Raddi, ex EosENTH. oj>. cit. 849. There xvii. 26. ^C. molucciina Bl.^C. suhhamata 



are also mentioned as species with analogous Wall. — 0. lobata E. Br. — Olus sanguinis 



qualities S. rhoifolitis, mucronulatus, antarthri- Rumpu. Serb. Amboin. v. 482, t. 180. — Dios- 



ticus Mart. corea siitiva L. Amain, iv. 133. — Sioja mngui- 



- Makcu. Anacard. 150. — Duvaita dependens naria'B.Ayi. — Feriptcrt/giumquitiQtielobilinîlASSK. 



DC. Ffodr. ii. 74.— Eosenth. op. cit. 849. — [Utta-lata, Uttatuer, Amboia. ; Ulge-jabba, Mat- 



Amyris polygama Cav. Io. iii. 30, t. 239. — ta-matta, Macass. ; Qamhas-I^miiong, Sund.). 



Sohinus dependens Orteg. Dec. viii. 102 {Suing- 7 March. Anacard. 1 39. 



han). 8 Such as Ithns glabra, radicans, lucida, glauca 



■* March. Anacard. 40, 150. (with yellow wood), coriaria, rubra, tomentosa 



* March, op. cit. 150. — Odina TFodier Eoxi!. (with red wood). 



F/. Iiid. ii. 293.— RoYL. III. Eimal. 130, t. 31, ^ In New Caledonia, Anisomalhn clnsiœ- 



fig. 2.— Eosenth. op. cit. 838. folium (fig. 329), a very large and beautiful 



» Especially in the P. palmata Wall, macro- tree, yielding, it is said, an excellent building 



phylla Bl. and gigantea Wall. wood. 



* H. Bn. in Adansonia, x. 280 ; in LC. Frodr. 



