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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



Macrocnemum,^ Hippotis,'' Remijia,^ Condaminea,* Bathysa.' In India, 

 Luculia gratissima ^ and Hymenodictyon excelsum ' produce a false 

 Cinchona praised as a febrifuge ; and in tropical Africa, Crossopteryx 

 fehrifuga * has a similar reputation. Besides the American species 

 E. caribaum^ (fig. 343) and E. floribundum^" formerly renowned as 

 febrifuges, the genus Exostema is represented in Oceania by Badusa,^^ 

 which has similar properties. They are said to be found also in 

 another South Sea species, Bikhea australis " and in some congeneric 

 plants of New Caledonia. The Manettias have been recommended as 

 febrifuge ; M. cordifolia,^" however, is evacuant and is prescribed for 

 dysentery, dropsy, (tc. 



The barks of the Rubiacece are rarely aromatic. More frequently 

 the corolla has a sweet odour and contains much essence resembling 

 Orange flower in perfume. The same is true of several Gardenias, 

 -paxticnlarlj Cr. fiorida (fig. 297, 298) and citriodora ; a great many 

 Ixoras, whose name some of the perfumes bear ; the Coffees, 

 especially Coffea arabica, the odour of which has been comparedwith 

 that of Jasmine ; the Cinchonas, whose inflorescences are sometimes 



' EOSENTH. op. cit. 336. 



2 In. Mexico S. arboreseens (Sommera arbo- 

 reseens Schlchti,) yields a bitter tark, substi- 

 tuted for quinquina. 



•'' A. Saint-Hilaibe has described them as 

 Brazilian Cinchonas, and has set forth their tonic 

 and febrifuge virtues. They are principally B. 

 Vellozii DC. {Cinohona Vellozii A. S.-H.) S. 

 ferruffinea UO. ( O.ferruginea A. S.-H.) R. SUarii 

 DO. (C. Semijiana A. S.-H.) vulgarly named 

 Quitia da eampo, da serra, da Semijo ; E. euja- 

 bensis (^Qmna da Cujaha) and R. Sergeriana, 

 firmula and macroenemia Wedd. (Eosenth. op. 

 cit. 339, 340). 



< 0. tinctoria DO. furnishes the Bark of Pa- 

 raguatan. G. coryinbosa DO. (^Macroenemum 

 corymboaum H. B.) has a tonic febrifuge tinc- 

 torial bark. 



' To this genus belong Exostema amtrale and 

 cuspidatum A. S.-H. {PI. Us. Bras. t. 3). 



« Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. t. 146.— DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 358. — Cinchona gratissima Wall. Roxb. Fl. 

 2nd. ii. 154; Tent. Fl. Nepal, i. 30, t. 21.— 

 Mussaenda Zuculia Ham. (Lucali iSma, Ussakoli, 

 Cortex China nepalmsis off.). 



' Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 149.— DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 358, n. 1. — Cinchona excelsa EoxB. PI. Coram. 

 ii. 3, t. 106 (Bundaroo en teliuga). 



* Benth. Niger Fl. 381. — C. Kotschyana 

 Penzl, Endl. Nov. St. 46.— Hiebn, Fl. Tr. Aft. 

 iii. 44. — Rondeleiia febiifuga ArzSL.— -ffi. afri- 

 cana Winters. (Bemnhee, Bellenda). 



9 E. et ScH. Syst. v. 18.— DC. Prodr. iv. 359, 

 n. 1. — GuiB. op. cit. iii. 187. — ^Ldjdl. Fl. Med. 

 430. — EosEKTH. op. dt. 337. — Cinchona caribaa 

 Jaco. Am^r. t. 179, f. 65 ; Obs. t. 17. — Lamb. 

 Cinch, t. 4. — GrJEB,TN. Pruet. i. t. 33. — C.jamai- 

 censis Weight, Trans. Soo. Roy. Bond. Ixvii. 

 S04, t. 10 {Quinquina caratbe). 



" E. et ScH. Syst. v. 19.— DC. Prodr. n. 9.— 

 C.Jloribunda Sw. Prodr. il.—Fl. Ind. Gee. 375. 

 — Lamb. Cinch. 27, t. 7. — C. muntana Bad. — C. 

 Lueiana Vitm. Quinquina Piton, Q. de Sainte- 

 Lucie, Sea-side Beech), 



1' B. corymbifera A. Gray (p. 491, note 8). — 

 Cinchona corymbifera Forst. Act. Nov. Upsal. 

 iii. 176. — Lamb. Cinch. 25, t. 5. — Bxostemma 

 corymbiferum E. et SoH. Syst. v. 20. — DC. 

 Prodr. n. 12. — Eosenth. op. cit. 338. 



'■■I DC. Prodr. iv. 405.— Bikkia grandijlora 

 Eeinw. Bl. Bijdr. 1017. — Portlandia te- 

 trandra Forst. Prodr. n. 86 {Quinquina de 



" Mart. Spec. Mat. Med. Bras. i. 19, t. 7. — 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 363, u. 8.— Lindl. Fl. Med. 432. 

 — Eosenth. op. cit. 337. 



