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suceosa,^ species, from Cayenne, often bear edible fruit. The bark of 

 the last is used in the treatment of abscesses and wounds. Many 

 species of Miconia are used : the fruit of M. cinnamomifolia,^ from 

 the Antilles, yields a yellow dye ; that of M. agrestis,^ from Peru and 

 Guyana, is considered antibilious; that of M. macrophylla,* from 

 equinoctial America, is edible ; the juice of M. Fothergilla ® is applied 

 to punctures to relieve pain; the down of M. stenostachya,^ from 

 tropical America, is employed as a haemostatic ; a decoction from M. 

 alata,'' in Guyana, forms a detergent for obstinate ulcers ; M, prasina,^ 

 in Cayenne, and M. longifolia DC. yield a black dye ; M. tinctoria 

 Maet. dyes yellow, and its fruit is edible ; -M. redinata Naud. and 

 M. media Tri. also furnish a yellow dye; from M. milleflera,^ in 

 equinoctial America, aromatic and digestive infusions are prepared. 

 The genus Maieta, as limited by us, also contains some useful ispecies : 

 the fruit otM. guianensis,^^ as also of M. Pceppigii and heterophylla DC 

 is eaten ; the berries of M. hirta ^^ are acidulous and considered 

 antibiUous ; M. dependens ^^ also supplies edible fruit ; in the Antilles 

 infusions from the fruit of M. angustifolia " are used in case of 

 swellings, stomatitis, angina, &c. ; the fruit of M. rubra ^* is eaten. 

 In Java and Sumatra, refreshing drinks are prepared from the berries, 

 of Marumia muscosa '^ (fig. 26) and stelhilata}^ In Panama Miconia 

 speciosa '^ is used to clean plate, &;c. ; it is vulgarly called Friego-plalo. 



' DO. P»-orfr. iii. 178. — S.hrasiiie^nma C^Hl^. rum DC— C rubeiis GtBIEEb. — C. amhiguum 



— M. succosa AuBL. Gman, 418, t. 162.— Jf. Benth. PL Hartioeg. 181. 



brunneum Vahl. '» Aubl. Guian. 443, t. 176. — M. dispar MiQ. 



'Tri. Melast. 101 (not Natjd.). — M. cinna- — M. ht/pophysca DC. — M. Maieia T)ebb.x. Diet, 



momifolia Jacq. Coll. ii. t. 6. iv. 34. — Toeoca Maieta Don. 



^ M. agresta AueIi. Guian. 425, t. 166. — Cli- '' Clidemia hirta Don. Mem. Wern. Soc. iv, 



derma agreatis Don. — C depauperata DC. — Oxi/- 309. — C. elejans Don.— C crenata DO. — St. 



meris agrestis Tri. elegans Aubl. Guian. 427, t. 167.— Slap hidium 



* Tri. Melast. 103. — M. platyhedra Naut). — pamiflorum J^aud. 



Ohitonia macrophylla Don. '^ Clidemia dependens Don, Mem. Wern, Soc. 



5 Naud. Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3, xvi. 119.— Jf. iv. 307. 



Fothergilla B. Melast. t. 32. '' M. hirta Desrx. Lamle. Diet. iv. 42 (not 



^"DG. Prodr. ni. 161. — M.argyrophylla^AVD. L.). — Seterotrichum angustifolium DC. Prodr. 



loe. eit. xvi. 147 (not DC). iii. 173 [Groseillier epineux des Antilles). 



' DC Prodr. iii. 184. — Jf. alata Aubl. Guian. '■* M. rubra Am-bi,. Guian. 416, 1. 161. — Sagreea 



410, t. 158. rubra Tri. Melast. 137. 



» DC Prodr. iii. 188.—^ prasina Sw. Fl. " Bl. Flora (1831), 204 ; SumpMa, i. t. 4. 



Ind. Oec. 777.— M.parmjora, AvBh. Guian. iS3, " Bl. Fhra (1831), 585. — M. vulcanica 



t, 171, KoRTH. — M. Jackii KoitTH.^Jf. stellula Jack, 



' Naud. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3, xvi. 237. — M. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 6. 



dimorpha Naud.— Jf. hartigioides Naud.— ilf. " Comstegia specioaa Naud. — Seem. Voy. 



theeezans DC. Prodr. iii. 194. — Cremanitim mille- Herald. Bot, 121. 

 fiorum DC — C. glaberrimum DO. — C. minutijlo- 



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