MYRTACEyE. 343 



is tonic, stomachic, digestive, and slightly astringent ; it is employed 

 as a condiment and often substituted for Cinnamon and Clove, The 

 latter is the product of Eugenia aromatica ' (fig. 288, 289), a native 

 of the Moluccas, but now introduced and cultivated in the tropical 

 regions of both worlds. The Clove, the pkrt most used as spice 

 and as medicine, it is the bud gathered before the expansion of the 

 corolla. Its agreeable stimulating odour is very remarkable. It is 

 used as a digestive, masticatory, odontalgic ; an oil of cloves is ob- 

 tained by distillation. The floral peduncles are also employed in 

 perfumery. The fleshy and odorous fruit is used for the same 

 purposes, and a preserve is made of it with sugar and with wine.^ 

 The buds of Myrtiis pseudocaryophyllus ^ are employed for the same 

 purposes in Mexico, but their properties are less energetic. A large 

 number of other Myrtles have an odorous pungent bark, more or less 

 astringent. We may mention Calyptranthes aromatica,* of Brazil, a 

 substitute for cloves ; G. paniculata,^ serving the same purposes in 

 Peru ; G. obseura,^ the fruit of which is sold in Rio Janeiro as aro- 

 matic and astringent ; G. Schlechtendaliana and Sehiedeana,'' which 

 plays the same part in domestic economy in Mexico; Myrcia coriaeea,^ 

 of the Antilles, the leaves of which, with the odour of citron, are 

 astringent, and employed as a haemostatic, antidiarrhcetic, while the 

 bark is used for dyeing brown and black ; Myrtus camphorata,^ of 

 Chili, which yields by distillation an etherial essence, employed for 

 the same purposes as Cajeput ; Eugenia Gheken,^" used in Chili in 

 the treatment of diarrhcetic, rheumatic, and ophthalmic affections ; 

 E. angustifolia,^'^ of the Antilles and Yenezuela, the root and aromatic 

 seeds of which are prescribed in the treatment of stomatites, and 



> H. caryoph/llata Thtinb. — Myrtus cwryo- da terra), 



phyllus Spreng. Syst. ii. iSS.—Caryophyllus ^ E. et Pav. ex Rosenth. op. cit. 924. 



aromaticua L. Spec. 736.— Blackw. Seri. t. 338. « DO. Prodr. iii. 257 (not Mart.).— Bbkg. 



—Hook. JBot. Mag. t. 2749.— DC. Prodr. iii. 262, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrtae. 52, n. 35 {Titmga de 



n. 1. — GuxB. op. cit. iii. 272, fig. 641.— Rosenth. Caohorro). 



op. cit. 926.— Berg, et Schm. Off. Gew. t. iii. d ' Berg, ex Eosenth. op. cit. 92i.— Myrcia 



{Bois de clous, Bois de Qirofle), aromatica Sohlechtl (part). 



2 Clous-matrices, Mires de CHrqfle. » DC. Frodr. iii. 243, n. 2.— Myrtus coriacea 



3 Gomez, Mem. Acad. Lish. iii. 92.— ilf. cary- Vahl, Symi. ii. 69.— Jf. acris fi Sw. (not of 



ophyllata'VvLLOZ.—M. Oleaster Mab.i.— Eugenia 



Pseudocaryophyllus DO. — Fseudoca/ryophyllus se- ' Myrceugenia camphorata Berg. — Eosenth. 



riceus Berg. Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrtae. 429, t. 6, op. cit. 929. 



fig 136 t 47 a -Eosenth. op. cit. 936 {Grave- '» Hook, and Arn, Beech. Voy. Bot. m. 66.— 



iro, Cravo 'da terra) . C. Gay, Fl. CkU. ii. Z9,Q.-Cheken Fedill. Obs. 



* A S -H. P;. Us. Bras. 1. 14 ; Fl. 'Bras. Mer. iii. 45, t. 32. 



ii. 268.— DC. Prodr. iii. 258.-Eobenth. op. cit. » Lamk. Diet. iii. 203.-DC. Prodr. ill. 266, 



923.— Berg. Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrtae. 38 {Cra/vo n. 18.— Myrtus angustifoHa Spreng. 



