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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



the same country, as also G. resinifera ' and G. Jovis tovaritis,^ the 

 branches of which are placed on the roofs of dwellings to protect them 

 from lightning. Then the Genipas proper, all of American origin : 

 G. americana ' (fig. 296), very rich in an astringent tannic substance ; 

 G. hrasiliensis,^ employed in inflammatory and syphilitic attacks ; G^ 

 Caruto ' and G. ohlongifolia,^ which, in Mexico, the Antilles and Peru, 

 have similar uses. The Mussaendas often have analogous properties. 

 Thus M. Landia ' (fig. 308, 309) serves as an astringent and febrifuge 

 in Madagascar and the Mascarene islands ; M.frondosa * is prescribed 

 in Chinese India as tonic, expectorant, diuretic in phlegmatic, asth- 

 matic and dropsical affections ; M. glabra,^ in India ; M. luteola,^" in 

 Nubia and Arabia for the same disorders. At Sierra-Leone, Canthium 

 Afzelianum " is used as an astringent against swellings in the legs 

 and knees. The Hamelias, in America, are also employed in certain 

 inflammatory conditions. H. patens '^ (fig. 306, 807) is prescribed 

 for dysentery and scorbutic affections ; a syrup made from the fruit 

 is chiefly used. Tanners use the stems and leaves, which, as well as 

 the fruit, cure itch and scab. " This plant has been considered 

 poisonous. In Arabia, Virecta lanceolata '* (fig. 322, 323) is applied 



1 ff. resinifera Roth. Nov. Sp. 160. — Eukz, 

 For. Fl. Brit. Surm. ii. 42, n. 8.— C. lucida 

 KoxB. Fl Ind. ii. 653. 



^ Secameria Jovis tonantis Welw. Apuntam. 

 679, not. 12. — Gardenia Jovis tonantis Hieen, 

 Fl. Trop. Afi: iii. 101, n. 2 ; Journ. Zinn. Soe. 

 xTi. 260 {N-day, Unday of the natives). 



' L. Spec. 261.— Plum. (ed. Bukm.) t. 136.— 

 Genipa frtiitu ovato Plum. T. Inst. 658, t. 436, 

 437 In 00). —Gardenia Genipa Sw. Obs. 84. 



* Mabt. ex EosENTH. op. dt. 349. — 6. ameri- 

 cana Velloz. (not L.) {Genipabeiro of the 

 Brazilians). 



5 H. B. K. JVoff. Gen. et Sp. 407.— DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 378, n. 2. — Eosenth. op, cit. 360. 



« R. et Pay. Fl. Per. ii. 67, t. 220, «.— DO. 

 Prodr. n. 4. — G. oblongifolia PoiR. 



' Lamk. III. t. 167, fig. 2.— DC. Prodr. iv. 372, 

 n. 16. — Smith, Sees Cyclop, n. 5. — M. Stadmanni 

 MiCHX. ex DC. Prodr. n. 17. — M. latlfoliaPoin. 

 — M. holoserieea Sm. — Rondeletia Landia Spreno. 

 {Quinquina indigene, in Mauritius, Q. de Mada- 

 gascar). This plant, rather than Danais, is 

 thought to he Cinchona afro-inda Willem. (see 

 p. 379, note 1). 



» L. Spec. 251.— DC. Prodr. n. Z.—'Lhrna. HI. 

 t. 167. — M. formosa L, — M, zeylanica Burm. — 



M. Belilla Ham. — Belilla Eheei). Sort. Malab. 

 ii. 27, t. 17. 



9 Vahl, Syinb. iii. 38!— Lodd. Pot. Cab. t. 

 1269. — Folium PrinHpissce Etimph. Herb.Amboin. 

 iv. t. 51 (ex DC. Prodr. n. 4). - 



'0 Del. Cent. PI. Afr. Caill. (1826) 65 (part), 

 t. 1, fig. 1 (not HocHST.).— HiERN, Fl. Tr. Afr. 

 iii. 71, n. 12.— Vignaudia luteola Schweinp. et 

 AscH. Enum. 282. 



" HiBBN, Fl. Tr. Afr. iii. 142, n. 26.—Pavetta 

 parvijlora Afzel. Sem. Guin. 'yii. 47. — ^ P. 

 Smeathmanni DC. (ex Hiern). 



'2 Jacq. Amer. 72, t. 50.— Sm. Exot. Sot. t. 

 24.— G^ffiiRTN. p. Fruct. iii. t. 196, fig. 3.— DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 441, n. l.—H. coccinea Sw. — Puha- 

 melia patens Pees. Syn. i. 203. 



" OpAiorrkisa lanceolata Foesk. Fl. ^.-Arab. 

 42, II. 39. — Manettia lanceolata Vahl, Symb. i. 

 12. — Neurocarpcsa lanceolata E. Br. Salt. Abyss. 

 App. iv. Ixiv. — Vignaldia Qtiartiniana A. BicH. 

 Fl. Abyss. Tent. L 367. — Pentas camea Benth. 

 Pot. Mag. t. 4086.— Hiern, Fl. Tr. Afr. iii. 

 46, n. 3. — P. Quartiniana Oliv. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. t. 46. — P. Klotischii Vatk. — 

 Pentanisia nervosa Kl. Pet. Moss. Pot. 287. 

 — P. cymosa Kl. — P. suffruticosa Kl, loc. 

 cit. 



