MYRTACE^. "349 



stated iir a general manner. Oustavia speciosa,^ of Columbia, has a 

 fruit reputed to be icteric. 0. superba,'^ from the same country, and 

 G. fastuOsa,^ 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. Lecythis has, 

 not unfrequently , alimentary seeds : those of L. Ollaria * (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,^ a native of Brazil, and transported thence to 

 Madagascar and the Mascarene isles, has 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.^ and Pisonis Came.® have similar qualities. L. Zabucayo^ 

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

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

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

 apes eat them. L.parvifoUa ^'' and grandifoUa,^^ of Brazil, have the 

 same uses as L. Ollaria. Couroupita guianensis^^ (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 ; ^^ the negroes eat the refreshing pulp and the 

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



' DC. Frodr. iii. 289.— Lindl. Fl. Med. 79.— Velloz. FL Flam. 222 ; v. t. 85 (not Jacq.). 



Pirigara speeiosaB.. 'S.K.Nov. Gen. et Spec. Yii. ' Guian. 712, t. 283-285.— DC. Frodr. n. 7 



200 (Ohiipo, Chupd). Children who eat its fruit (^Canari-Macaque, Marmite de singe). 



are said to acquire a yellow tinge, lasting only « A. S.-R. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 272.— Mabt. 



one or two days. Mat. Med. 17. — Beeg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 



2 Beeg, ex Eosenth. op. eit. 939. — G. augmta 480, t. 62. — L. Ollaria Veiloz. Fl. Flum. 222 ; 



DC. Prodr. n. 1. — Pirigara awperha H. B. K. v. t. 88 (not L.) — ZapmayaWks.c<is.. Bras. \1%. 



(Membrico, Baco of the Colmnbians). — Zabucayo Piso, Bras. (ed. 1) 65. 



* W. Spec. iii. 847. — DC. Prodr. n. 5.— Beeo, » Aubl. Guian. 719, t. 284, 285 (part), 288. — 



Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 473.— G. hexapetala Sm. DO. Prodr. n. 15.— Eosenth. op. eit, 940 !fi,ua- 



Sees Cyclop, n. 2. — G. pterocarpa PoiT. Mim. teU, Zabucayo). 



Mus. xiii. t. 6, 7.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5239 (ex ' '» Beeg, Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 496, n. 27.— 



'Bsb.q).— Pirigara hexapetala AvBh.Guian.i.iSO, Esehweilera panifolia Mart.— DC. Prodr. iii. 



1. 193. 293, n. 1 (exol. syn.). 



*'DG.Prodr.n.6.— yUia:. Mat. Med. Bras. 1% " Berg, loc. eit. 494, n. 21, t. 73, fig. 1.— 



—Berg, loc. eit. 472, t. 7, fig. im.—Janiparan- Fschvieilera grdndifoUa M. Am. —JiG loc. cit.n. 2. 



diba Pis. Bras. i. 121 ; ii. 172 (Japoarandiba, '^ Aubl. Guian. 708, t. 282.— DC. Prodr. iii. 



Jmdiparana). 294, n. 1.— Tuss. Fl. Ant.ii. 45, 1. 10, 11.-Turp. 



5 L. Spec. 734.^DO.P«<?r. iii. 291, n. 1 (excl. Diet. So. Nat. Atl. t. 227-229.— Descoukt. Fl. 



syn.).— Eosenth. op. eit. 940.— PLospl. It. 159 Ant. v. 340.— Poit. M4m. Mus, xiii. 152, t. 7.— 



{Marmite de singe, QuatelS). Eosenth. op. eit. 9il.— Lecythis braeteata W.— 



^ PoiR. Diet. vi. 37. — Mart. Mat, Med. Bras. Pekea Couroupita J. 



18.— DC. Prodr. n. 3.— Berg, Mart. Fl. Bras. " J.pe's apricot, Calebasse-cplin. 

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



