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The small number of useful species' that are found in this group, 
are remarkable for their bitter qualities, recalling those of Quassia. 
In Brazil, Ouratea Jabotapita® and hexasperma’ are used in all cases 
where bitter drugs are considered useful. The bark of the latter, 
which probably acts in this case as an astringent, is used in treat- 
ing wounds of cattle caused by stings of insects. At Malabar, the 
root and leaves of O. angustifolia‘ are prescribed as bitter, stomachie, 
digestive, and as preventing sickness. A decoction is administered 
in milk or water. In the Antilles, the same properties are ascribed 
to O. ilicifolia.’ The seeds of O. parviflora’ give an oil used in Brazil 
as a condiment. The wood of some beautiful trees of the Zuvem- 
burgiæ group is usefully employed in Columbia, and the habit, foliage, 
and the beauty of their flowers make them valued in our greenhouses. 
We may especially mention: Cespedesia Bonpland® and macrophylla, 
Godoya splendida’ and antioquiensis" Gomphia Theophrasta” is also 
beautiful and ornamental; O. mozambicensis (figs. 383, 384), atro- 
purpurea, and some Ourateas, with abundant brilliant yellow flowers, 
are also cultivated. 

1 Enpu., Enchirid., 606. — Linpu., Teg. O. Jabotapita Vrutoz., Fl. Plum. v. t. 90 
Kingd., ATA—ROSENTH., Syn. Pl. Diaphor., (nec PLUM.). 
869, 1156. 7 Goup., in Ann. Se. Nat., sér. 3, ii. 319.— 
2 Gomphia Jabotapita Sw., Fl. Ind. Oce.,  Maregravia H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec., vii. 
ii. 740 (nec Vetuoz.).—DC., in Ann. Mus, 277 (Lingua de vacca, of New Grenada). 
xvii. 418.— Ochna Jabotapita L. (part.). 8 SErM., Voy. Her., Bot., 97. 
3, A.S. H., Pl. Us. Bras., n. 38, ic. 9 See p. 371, note 1. 
4 Gomphia angustifolia Vaut., Symb. Bot., 10 Pr, in Hook. Lond. Jown., v. 597, ic. 
ii. 49. (Caunce, in N. Grenada). At the Cape, the 
5 DC., loc. cit., n. 10; Prodr., i. 736, n. 11. wood of Ochna arborea Burcn, is used for 
6 DC., in Ann. Mus., xvii. 420, t. 16.— domestic purposes. 
11 See p. 367, note 1. 
