RHIZOPHOBACEJE. 301 



a reddish juice is obtained from incisions made in the trunk which, 

 dried in the sun, constitutes a kind of false dragon's blood, not 

 unfrequently brought to Europe as American kino and having the 

 same astringent qualities as that of India.' The wood'* of this 

 species is tolerably hard and durable. Several Mangroves of the 

 old world (many of which are scarcely specifically distinct) have 

 quite analogous properties, particularly B. apiculata and mucronata? 

 The Bruguieras of India, chiefly B. gymnorhiza* (fig. 261-263) and 

 B. Bheedii, Bumphii, cylindrica, parviflora, have the same uses. 

 Kandelia Bheedii^ is also employed as an astringent medidine. The 

 leaves of several Indian Barraldeias, among others B. corymbosa and 

 integerrima^ (fig. 264-269), are used in the treatment of ulcers in 

 the mouth and throat. At Sierra Leone, the fruit of Anisophyllea 

 laurina ^ is sold in the markets in spring ; it is about the size of a 

 pigeon's egg and edible. Except Barraldeia, the plants of this group 

 are rarely seen in our conservatories. Bhizophora grows with 

 difficulty and ordinarily attains but little development. 



' GruiB. Drog. Simpl. ed. 6, iii. 434. * See p. 303, note 8. Its baxk is febrifuge. 



2 Vulg. Sorse-flesk, Fistermen apply it as a remedy for the bite of 



3 Lamk. Diet. vi. 169 ; III. t. 396, fig. 2. — R. certain fishes and other venomous animals. Its 

 eandelaria Wight and AnN. Frodr. i. 310 (not fruit is edible, and its wood is used for boat- 

 DC). — Mangivm, candelarium Eumph. Serb. makitig. 



Amboin. iii. 108. t. 71, 72 (ex Bl.). The seeds ^ Carallia integerrima DC. Prodr. iii. 33.— C. 



of this species and of some others are not vin- zeylanica Ahn. Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 371. — C. co- 



frequently used as a masticatory instead of rymhosa Akn. loe. cit. — C. sinensis Arn. foe. cit. 



catechu powder, and for this purpose are mixed — C. timorensis Bl. — G. octopetala P. Mueh. — 



with betel. In India and the Moluccas cords Pootiia coreopsifolia Mia. 



are rubbed with Mangrove leaves to render them ? E. Bk. Trans. Hort. Soc. v. 446. — Oliv. Fl. 



more durable. Trap. Afr, ii. 413. — Anisophyllvm. laurinum 



* Lamk. III. t. 397. — JB. gymnorhiza L. Spec. Don. — Benth. Niger, 342 {Monkey Apple). 

 634.— DO. Frodr. n. 10 {PaUtimier des Indes). 



