SAPINDAOJEjE. 387 



aftertaste of muscatel ; it is also dried, and preserves and drinks are 

 prepared from it and administered to fever patients and persons at- 

 tacked by bilious maladies. The Ramboutan is N. lappaceum^ of 

 tropical Asia. The aril is employed for the same purposes ; it is said 

 to be delicious. The seed is considered bitter and narcotic. Another 

 of the Sapindacece with edible fruit is Cupania sapida^ from Guinea, 

 which has been transported to India and the Antilles, and is used 

 for seasoning stews ; with sugar and cinnamon a cooked preserve is 

 prepared, used for the treatment of diarrhoea. Boiled under the 

 cinders, the fruit is applied as a maturative to abscesses. The odour is 

 agreeable ; women employ as a cosmetic a perfumed water obtained 

 from it by distillation. In many other Sapindacece, either the peri- 

 carp, aril, or embryo are eaten. In Melicocca hijuga^ of-the Antilles, 

 the pulp of the pericarp and the grilled kernel are both in use. The 

 seeds of Cupania americana have the flavour of chestnuts or sweet 

 acorns, and are used, on the banks of the Orinoco, to make a fermented 

 liquor. The aril of DiplogloUis Cunninghami'^ (fig. 378-381) is 

 fleshy, acid, and sweet. In Schmidelia edulis^ the fruit, said to be 

 much sought after by the Brazilians, has a mild and sweet taste, In 

 the Isle of France an excellent jelly is again prepared with imperfectly 

 ripe fruits. In Java a kind of cider is made from the pericarp of 

 Pancovia edulis^ (p.g. 876-377). At the Cape is eaten, under the 

 name of Wild Plum, that of Pappcea capensis '' (fig. 359, 360) assigned 

 by us to the genus Nephelium? The seeds are oleaginous. Many 

 species of Cupania^ and PaulUnia have edible seeds. The most 

 celebrated in America is that of P. sorbilis ^° (fig. 382, 383), having on 



ensis Gr^RTN. Fntct. i. t. 42, fig. 3. — Dimocarpus Malabar as anti-diarrhoeic. Its root is strongly 



Zichi IjOub. {Osa, Xfmo (Kat), Ly-chi, Litchi astringent, the same as that of 8. Afrieana DC. 



ponceau). In Cochinchina the leaves and bark of S. coehin- 



' L. Syst. iv. 236. — Lima. ill. t. 764. — Dimo- chinensis DC. are applied to wounds and 



carpus •erwita LouB. op. eit. 234. — Euphoria bruises. {Allopht/llus terimtus Lot;k. op. cit. 



Nepheliuin DC. ' 232). 



2 C. edulis ScHUM. et Thonn. Beskr. 190. — ^ Eriogloasum edule Bi. Eumphia, iii. 119, t. 



Blighia sapida K(en. in Ann. Sot. (1806), ii. 166. — Benth. Fl. Amtral. i. 454. — Sapindua 



571. — DO. Prodr. i. 609.— Baker, M. Trop. ruHginosus Eoxn. Ft. Coram, i. 44, t. 62. — S. 



Afr. i. 426. — Kosenth. op. cit. 780. — Aakesia edulis Bl. Cat. Sort. Buitenz. 64 {Kilaleyo 



Afrieana Tuss. Fl. Antt i. 66, t. 3. — Bonnania Sundaic.). 



nitida Kafin. ' EcKL. et Zetii. Finum. 53. — Pappe, Fl. 



3 L. Spec. 495.— DC. Frodr. i. 616. — ilf. Med. Cap. 3. — Hook. Icon. 352.- 



Carpoodea J. Mim. Mm. iii. 187, t. 4. — Meli- Fappea Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 241. — Kiggelaria inte- 



coccus bijugatus Jacq. Amer. 108, t. 72. M. grifolia E. Mey. 



trijuga J., type of the genus Schleichera, has also * See p. 351. 



an edible fruit. ' Eosenth. op. cit. 780, 1152. 



* See p. 416, n. 7. '" Mart. Mat. Med. Brae. 59 ; PL Med. et 



5 A. S. H. Fl. Us. Bras. t. 67. S. serrata (Econ. Bras. ined. t. 110.— Endl. Enchirid. 



C. (_Ornitrophe serrata EoxB.) is employed in 663. — Eosenth. op. cit. 777. 



