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also an astringent bark and root, as is also Zernstremia japonica,’ which 
is used in the treatment of dysentery in Japan; 7ernstræmia sylvatica, 
or Yerva del Cura, in Brazil; Caraipa angustifolia Avr.” in Guiana. 
Some Brazilian Ave/meyeras are employed as being mucilaginous, 
especially A. rosea and speciosa.’ Several Asiatic Sawraujas are said 
to have the same quality‘ In the Antilles, Marcgravia umbellata’ 
(figs. 269-277) is employed as a diuretic and antisyphilitic. Caryocar 
has been long celebrated for its fleshy edible embryo, rich in oil, 
especially in the Saovari of Guiana or C. glabrum® (figs. 282-285), in 
C. butyrosum’ (figs. 286, 287), tuberculosum® and nuciferum of the same 
country, and in C. amygdaliferum? of New Grenada. In the anfrac- 
tuosity of the external surface of their nut, sometimes prolonged into 
pointed prickles, entering deeply into the skin, a soft substance is 
found lodged in the mesocarp, sometimes resinous and bitter, medi- 
camental, as in the C. amygdaliferum, sometimes butyraceous as in 
C. butyrosum, and employed in Cayenne for the same culinary pur- 
poses as butter. The bark of C. drasiliense” furnishes a black and 
brown dye. 

1Tuuns., in Act. Soc. Linn., ii. 335.— 
Cleyera japonica Tuuns., Fl. Jap., 224 (see 
7 W., Spec., ii. 1248.—DC., Prodr., loc. cit., 
n. 5.—Enpu,, Enachirid., 566.— ROsENTH., op. 
Kzæmpr., Amen., 774, ic.). 
2 Guian., 562, t. 224, fig. 4. 
3 A.S. H., Pl. Us. Bras., t. 58.—ROSENTH., 
op. cit., 738. 
4 Enpt., Enchirid,, 532. 
5 L., Spec., 503 (part.).—PLUM., Icon. (nec 
P. Br., nec JACQ.). 
6 Pers., Enchirid., ii. 84.—DC., Prodr., i. 
599, n. 2.—Linpu., Veg. Kingd., 399.—H. 
Bx., in Dict. Encycl. Sc. Méd., xii. 741.— 
Saouari glabra AvBL,, Guian., 599, t. 240.— 
Rhizobolus Saouari Corr., in Ann, Mus., viii. 
394, t. 5, fig. 2. 
cit., 785.—Pekea butyrosa AUBL., op. cit., 594, 
t. 238. Its wood, like that of several others, is 
used in ship-building. 
8 C. tomentosum W., loc. cit., 1244.—Pekea 
tuberculosa AuBL., loc. cit., 397, t. 139. — 
Rhizobolus Pekea GÆRIN., Fruct., t. 98, fig. 1. 
(The specific name of Pekea cannot be pre- 
served, having been generically applied to 
several species.) 
9 Cav., Icon., 37.—C. Almendron Mut., in 
Cav, Icon., t. 361, 362. 
10 Camgess., in À. S. H. Fl. Bras, Mer. i. 
t. 67 bis. 
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