BUBIACE^. . 377 



neous affections. I. grandiflora ' is accounted in the same country 

 as astringent, and its fruit as diuretic. In the Moluccas, the root of 

 I. lanceolata^ is prescribed for pleurisy, pulmonary affections and 

 dental decay. I. congesta Koxb. and tenuiflora Koxb. have similar 

 properties. In Brazil the root of DecUeuxia Arisiolochia ' is extolled 

 as an emmenagogue. In India a decoction from the leaves of 

 Canthiumparvifloruin * is employed against diarrhoea, and its root is 

 said to be anthelmintic. The young leaves are eaten. Those of 

 C. Rheedii DC. and its root are used in the treatment of hepatic 

 maladies. Several Morindas are in repute as remedies for inflamma- 

 tory affections, particularly M, umbellata and citrifolia (fig. 275, 276). 

 Several Guettardas are equally astringent, especially G. speciosa ^ (fig, 

 286, 287), used, in India and the Indian Archipelago, in the treat- 

 ment of wounds, ulcers, abscesses, and the bark, administered to 

 women, facihtates and accelerates childbirth; G. ambigua DC. and 

 argentea,^ recommended as tonics in Guiana ; G. Angelica,^ the bitter 

 and aromatic bark of which is employed, especially in Brazil, in 

 veterinary medicine ; and still more G. verticillata ® and dioica,^ of the 

 Mascarene Isles, extolled beyond measure in that country for fever, 

 haemorrhage, diarrhoea and even for cholera. Erithalis fruticosa ^° is 

 reputed tonic and stimulant in -the Antilles. The wood contains an 

 astringent resin, which gives it an agreeable perfume and is said to 

 cure affections of the reins and bladder. E. polygama, from tropical 

 Oceania, a Guettarda of the section Timonius,^^ is employed in the 

 treatment of rheumatic fevers ; its bark has the same use as Betel. 

 Ixora, which has received the name of Stylocoryne Eheedii,^^ is used 



' Kek, Sot. Seg. t. 154. — Rosenth. op. dt. • XjAmk. Diet. iii. 54; III. t. 154, fig. 1. Cf. 



329. — Pavetta coceinea Bl. Bijdr. 960. — Schetti speciosa Aubl. Guian. i. 320 (not L.). 



BuBM. Thes. Zeyl. t. 57. ? Mart, ex Robenth. op. cit. 332 {fiaiz d"An- 



2 J)8C<. iii. 343 (part). — /. fulgent Roxb. (ex yeSca of the Brazilians). 



DC. Prodr.n. 6).— ? Bem-schetti Rheed. Sort. ^ Malaiiea vertieUlata liAUK. III. t. 66, fig. 1. 



Malab. ii. t. 57 (ex DC.). — ^Desrx. Lamk. Diet. iii. 688. — Antirhaa Los- 



' Mart, ex Rosenth. op. cit. 330. — Asperula tceaiia Comuers. (ex J.). — A. borbonica Gmel. 



cyanea Velloz. Syst. i. 244. — A. verticillata DC Prodr. iv. 459, 



■> Lamk. Diet. i. 602. — DC Prodi: iv. 474. — n. \.— Cimninghamia verticillata W. Spec. i. 615 



Webera tetrandra W. Spec. i. 1224. — Kanden- (^Bois de Zosteau). 



kara Rheed. Hort. Malab. v. 71, t. 36. » Anthiroea dioica Bort, ex DC Prodr. n. 2. 



5 L. Spec. 1408 (not Acbl.).— Lamk. III. t. " L. Spec. 251.— DC Prodr. iv. 466, n. 1. 



154, fig. 2.— EoXB. J;. Ind. u. 621.— Bedd. Fl. E. odorifera jAoa. Anter. 72, t. 173, fig. 23 



Syh. Madr. t. 17, fig. 2. — Cadamba jasminiflora Rosenth. op. cit. 332 {Spanille, Lignum nephre- 



SoNNEK. Voy. ii. t. 128. — Gardenia speciosa tieum). 



EoxB. ex Rosenth. op. cit. 332. — Raca-pon " T.RumpUi'DG. Prodr. r<r. i6\,ji. \. 



Rheed. Sort. Malab. iv. t. 47, 48. 12 Kost. ex Rosenth. op. cit. 333, 1120. 



