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stated in a general manner. Gustavia speciosa, 1 of Columbia, has a 

 fruit reputed to be icteric. G. superba? from tbe same country, and 

 G. fastuosa, 3 from Guyana, are employed topically for liver com- 

 plaints. G. brasiliana* has a bitter and aromatic root, prescribed 

 for liver complaints and as a curative of abscesses. Lea/this bas, 

 not unfrequently, alimentary seeds: those of L. Ollaria 5 (fig. 324) 

 furnish a useful oil. The liber is used for making a sort of paper 

 and bands for tying up various objects, especially cigars. The seeds 

 of L. lanceolata, 6 a native of Brazil, and transported thence to 

 Madagascar and the Mascarene isles, bas seeds rich in a fatty matter, 

 used for preparing emulsions and in the treatment of affections of 

 the urinary glands ; they are narcotic. The seeds of L. grandiflora 

 Aubl. 7 and Pisonis Camb. 8 have similar cpialities. L. Zabucayo 9 

 (fig. 325, 326), a species from Guyana, has a textile bark serviceable 

 for making many articles of domestic use. L. amara, Idatimou, and 

 parviflora Aubl., from the same country, have bitter seeds; only 

 apes eat them. L.parvifolia 10 and grandifolia, 11 of Brazil, have the 

 same uses as L. Ollaria. Couroupita guianensis n (fig. 317-321) 

 attains great dimensions; but the wood is of little value, being 

 wanting in solidity. The fruit is well known under the name of 

 Cannon ball fruit; 12, the negroes eat the refreshing pulp and the 

 seeds, vulgarly called Andos almonds. In Jamaica the fruit of 



1 DC. Prodi: iii. 289.— Lindl. Fl. Med. 79.— 

 pirigara speciosa'B.. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. vii. 

 200 (Chupo, Chupa). Children who eat its fruit 

 are said to acquire a yellow tinge, lasting only 

 one or two days. 



- Berg, ex Rosenth. op. cit. 939. — 67. augusta 

 DC. Prodr. n. 1. — Pirigara superba H. B. K. 

 (Membrico, Baco of the Columbians). 



3 W. Spec. iii. 847.— DC. Prod,: n. 5.— Berg, 

 Mart. PI. Bras. Mtjrt. 473.— 67. hexapctala Sm. 

 Bees Cyclop, n. 2. — 6r. pterocarpa Poit. Mem. 

 Mm. xiii. t. 6, 7.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5239 (ex 

 Berg). — Pirigara hexapctala Aubl. Guian. i. 490, 

 t. 193. 



4 DC. Prod,: n. 6.— Mart. Mat. Med. Bras. 72. 

 — Berg, loc. cit. 472, t. 7, fig. 160. — Janiparan- 

 diba Pis. Bras. i. 121; ii. 172 (Japoarandiba, 

 Jandiparana). 



s L. Spec. 734.— DC. Prodr. iii. 291, n. 1 (excl. 

 8yn.). — Rosenth. op. cit. 940. — FLcefl. It. 159 

 (Marmite de singe, Quatelé). 



6 Poir. Diet. vi. 37. — Mart. Mat. Med. Bras. 

 18.— DC. Prodr. n. 3.— Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 Mgrt. 482, n. 2, t. 7, fig. 156 : 58. — L. minor 



Velloz. Fl. Plum. Ill ; v. t. S5 (not Jacq.). 



i Guian. 712, t. 283-285.— DC. Prodr. n. 7 

 (Canari-Macaque, Marmite de singe). 



s A. S.-E. PI. Bras. Mer. ii. 272.— Mart. 

 Mat. Med. 17. — Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Mgrt. 

 480, t. 62.— L. Ollaria Velloz. Fl. Plum. 222 ; 

 v. t. 88 (not L.) — Zapucaga Marcgr. Bras. 128. 

 — Zabucayo Piso, Bras. (ed. 1) 65. 



9 AruL. Guian. 719, t. 284, 285 (part), 2S8.— 

 DC. Prodr. n. 15. — Rosesth. op. cit. 940 [Qua- 

 telé, Zabucayo). 



10 Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 496, n. 27.— 

 EschweiUra parvifolia Mart. — DC. Prodi: iii. 



293, n. 1 (excl. syn.). 



11 Berg, loc. cit. 494, n. 21, t. 73, fig. 1.— 

 EschweiUra grandi folia Mart. — DC loc. cit. n. 2. 



12 Aubl. Guian. 708, t. 282.— DC. Prodr. iii. 



294, n. 1.— Tubs. Fl. 4«*.ii.45, t.10, 11.— Turp. 

 Diet. Sc. Nat. Atl. t. 227-229.— Descourt. Fl. 

 Ant. v. 340. — Poit. Mem. Mas, xiii. 152, t. 7. — 

 Rosenth. op. cit. 941. — Zecythis bracteata W. — 

 Pekea Couroupita J. 



13 Ape' s apricot, Calebasse-colin. 



