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TAMARISCINEyE. 



Tamarisk {Tamarix Gallica, L.). — Bush, or small tree. 

 Galls formed on twigs of this plant are used in dyeing 

 and in medicine. The plant affords also a manna con- 

 sidered to be detergent, aperient, and expectorant. — 

 'Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India,' W. 

 Dymock, p. 6i. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



Tamarix articulata, Vahl. — Bush, or small tree. 

 Wood used for ploughs, Persian wheels, small orna- 

 ments, and charcoal. Bark and galls used in tanning, 

 and as a mordant in dyeing. — 'Manual of Indian 

 Timbers,' J. S. Gamble, p. 20. 



Distribution : Nile Land, Lower Guinea, South 

 Central. 



Hypericine^. 



Guttier du Gabon, Ogina-gina (Haronga maaagas- 

 cariensis, Chois.). — Shrub, or small tree. The bark 

 secretes a sticky liquid or gum, which is used with the 

 leaves in fumigation as a cure for urinary fi.stula. — 

 Gabon, ' Catalogue des Produits des Colonies Fran- 

 daises, Exposition de 1867,' p. 47. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, Mo- 

 zambique District. 



