TEREBINTHACE^. 307 



and forms the American Mastic, the Eesin of Mulli, MoUe, or Aroeira, 

 employed as a masticatory and purgative. JS. Aroeira L. yields an 

 analogous mastic, used to prepare haths and lotions for gout and eye- 

 salves. The essence of aS'. terebinfhi/oUus^ is used also in Brazil for 

 acute pains. The gum-resia of >S'. dependens ^ is employed for gout, 

 syphilis, and ulcers. The fruits have a less disagreeable flavour than 

 those of >S^. MoUe ; chika wine is prepared from them, a fermented 

 stomachic, diuretic, and antihysterie drink. The gum which exudes, 

 in Guiana, from several Tapiriras^ has the same properties, as also 

 that extracted in India from the trunk of T. Wodier^ (fig. 302, 

 303) ; it is used for the treatment of contusions and sprains ; and is 

 even taken as food in the milk of the cocoa-nut. The bark is astrin- 

 gent, and is employed as a remedy for sores, gout, and dysentery. 

 In the Mappice, the greater part of these properties disappear ; some 

 African species of Mappia {Icacina) are still slightly astriagent. 

 Phytocrene owes its name to the large quantity of watery and 

 drinkable sap flowing from the sections of the porous stem.^ The 

 Cardiopteris RumpMi,^ of India, and its numerous Asiatic varieties, 

 are also employed for rheumatic affections. By a singular exception, 

 these plants have oleraceous leaves, almost insipid. Many Terelin- 

 thacece have wood useful in cabinet-work, '' particularly the Sumachs.* 

 That of several Pista.chios is very beautiful, less so however than that 

 of Comocladia integrifoUa, which resembles mahogany ; that of the 

 Mango is yellowish.^ This tree is cultivated in our greenhouses, as 

 is also Anacardium occidentale. Our gardens are adorned by several 

 Sumachs, with magnificent foliage, which often takes a brilliant red 

 tint in autumn. 



' Eaddi, ex EosENTH. op. cit. 849. There xvii. 26. — 0. moluccuna Bl. — C, mbhamata 



a^e also mentioned as speoiea with analogous Wail. — C. lohata K. Br. — Olus sanguinis 



qualities 8. rhoifoUus, muoronulatm, antart/iri- Eumph. Serb. Amboin. v. 482, t. 180. — Dios- 



ticus Mart. corea saliva L. Amosn. iv. 133. — Sioja sangui- 



^ March. Anacard. 150. — Humana dependens naria'H.Kis.. — Periptert/ginmquinquelobum'H.iSSK. 



DO. Frodr. ii. 74. — Eosenth. op. cit. 849. — (Utta-lata, Uttattier, Axahoia.. ; TTlge-jabba, Mat- 



Amyris polygama Cat. le. iii. 30, t. 239. — ta-matta, Maoass. ; Qambas-Kawong, Suud.). 



Schinus dependens Ortbq. Dec. Tiii. 102 {Suing- ' March. Anacard. 139. 



Aan). 8 Such as Shus glabra, radicans, lueida, glauca 



^ March. Anacard. 40, 150. (with yellow wood), coriaria, rubra, tomentosa 



* March, op. cit. 150. — Odina Wodier Eoxb. (with red wood). 



Fl. Ind. ii. 293. — Eotl. III. Simal. 130, t. 31, ' jn j^e^ Caledonia, Anisomallon clusice- 



fig. 2. — Eosenth. op. cit. 838. folimn (fig. 329), a very large and beautiful 



6 Especially in the P. palmata Wall, macro- tree, yielding, it is said, an excellent building 



phylla Bl. and gigantea Wall. wood. 



' H. Bn. in Adansonia, x. 280 ; in DC. Frodr. 



