RUB I ACE JE. 381 



to bites of serpents and other venomous animals. Portlandia 

 grandijlora,^ of the Antilles, has a bitter, stomachic and tonic bark. 

 P. speciosa,'^ of tropical America, has the same properties ; its bark 

 is also said to be febrifuge. 



Diervilla acadiensis ' or lutea (fig. 356), of North America, is also 

 an astringent plant, reputed antisyphilitic. Many Lonicerece have 

 analogous properties. Linrma horealis* (fig. 380) is used in Sweden 

 in the treatment of gout, sciatica and rheumatism. The leaves of 

 the honeysuckle^ (fig. 871-376) have been used as in astringent 

 gargles. L. Periclymenum^ has the same properties. From L. 

 Xylosteum ' (fig. 378) is extracted an empyreumatic oil used in scorbutic 

 and syphilitic affections, cold tumours and madness. Symphoricarpos 

 vulgaris^ and racemosus^ (fig. 365-370) are reputed febrifuge in 

 America ; the young branches reduced to powder are said to be used. 

 The Sambucece, on the contrary, are evacuant plants. The root of 

 Sambucus Ebulus (fig. 382-384) is said to be violently purgative. Its 

 leaves are extolled as dissolvents ; they are esteemed in veterinary 

 medicine for anasarca, putrescence, dropsy in the legs and farcy. 

 The leaves and inner bark of the Black Elder are also purgative. 

 Sambucus racemosa " and canadensis " (fig. 385, 386) have the same 

 properties. S. peruviana '^ is purgative. S. mexicana '^ is extolled as 



1 L. Spec. 244. — Jacq. Amur, t. 44.— Cdbt. italicum Mill. Diet. n. 5. — Caprifolium hortense 

 Bot. Mag. t. 286. — HG. Prodr. iv. 405, n. 1. — Lamk. — C. italicum 'R(su. et &cs..^C. rotundifo- 

 EosENTH. op. c'lt, 336. Hum Mcench {Patte-de-loup, Maire, Moire). 



2 F. hemndra Jaco. Amer. 63, 1. 182, fig. 20.— ' L. Spec. 247.— Gk. et Godh. Fl. de Fr. ii. 10 

 Cotitarea speciosa Aubl. Guian. i. 304, t. 122. — (Cranqmllier), 



Lamk. III. t. 157.— DO. Prodr. iv. 350, n. 1.— , 7 L. Spec. 248.— Dcham. Arbr. ii. t. 54.— 



KosENTH. op. cit. 346 (fiujina de Pernamlmco, Xylosteum dumetorum TiIL<etscb, — ^. j)»/yar« Ehl. 



Cortex Jlavajiirosa a. Psetido-Carth(igena oS.). — C. dumetorum Lamk. {CAamdcerisier, Cami- 



3 DuHAM. Arbr. i. t. 87 (1755). — D. trijida riaier, Soriau). 



McENOH. Meth. 492 (1794). — B. Tournefortii ' MiCHX. Fl. Bor.-Jmer. i. 106. — Symphoria 



MiCHX.ii?.£or.-4m«r.i. 107(1803). — B.humilia conglomerata Vevs. Sj/n. i. 214. — S. glomerata 



Pbrs. Si/n. . i. 214 (1805).— Z). canadensis W. Pubsh. — Lonicera Symphoricarpos L. Spec. 249 



Enum. i. 222 (1809). — Z». lutea Pursh. Fl. Am. {Arbomier cCAmerique). 



Sept. i. 162 (181i).— Lonicera Diervilla, L. Mat. ' Michx. loc. cit. 107.— Sims, Sot. Mag. t. 



Med. 62. 2211. — S. leueocarpa hort. — S. racemosa Pdhsh. 



* L. Spec. 880 ; Fl. Lapp. (ed. 2) t. 12, fig. 4. — ? S. heterophylla Pbesl. 



—Sow. Mngl. Bot. t. 433.— Schkuhk, Eandb. t. '" L. Spec. 386.— jAca. Ic.Sar. t. 59.— Duham, 



176.— Lamk. III. t. 636.— Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. Arbr. t. 66.— Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. ii. 7 



170, t. 9, fig. 3. — Hook. Fl. Land. v. t. 199. — {Sureau de Monlagne, S. & grappes). 



KoBENTH. op. cit. 351. 11 L. Spec. 385. — Pdrsh, Ft. Amer. Sept. i. 



'Lonicera Caprifolium li. Spec. 246. — Sow. 203. — Schm. (B«<r. JSawma. t. 142. 



Fngl. Bot. t. 799.-1)0. Prodr. iv. 331, n. 1 ; Fl. 12 H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 429.— & 



Fr. iv. 270.— Gr. et Godr. Fl, de Fr. ii. 9. — L. suaveolens "W. Seh. Syst. vi. 441. 



pallida Host, F%. Austr. i. 298. — Pericb/meiium i^ Peesl, ex DO. Prodr. iv. 322, n. 7. 



