388 NATURAL SISTOBY OF PLANTS. 



Asiatic species is imperishable ; particularly of N. orientalis, excelsa, 

 sessilifolia, cordifolia,^ rotundifolia, &c. That of N. parvifolia is light 

 and not durable. That of several African Genipas is the best, 

 particularly G. Jovis tonantis. The branches of G. Thunhergia (fig. 

 299-301) are sufficiently solid for them to be planted as hedges to 

 prevent the passage of elephants. The pikes of the savages of Bongo 

 are made of the branches of G. dumetorum, the wood of which is as 

 hard as ebony. The Niani-niams make seats employed in the 

 incantations of sorcerers from that of Sarcocephalus Eusseggeri.^ At 

 the Cape, Genipa capensis ^ furnishes a sort of ironwood. In America 

 that of G. americana is used for a variety of purposes, particularly in 

 the manufacture of gun-carriages. Several Ixoras of the same 

 country, as we know, have received the name of Siderodendron, and S. 

 triflorum gives the ironwood of Martinique. Burchellia bubalina* (fig. 

 305) furnishes a buffalo wood; Guettarda racemosa,^ in the Antilles, a 

 goldenwood ; Eriihalis fruticosa, a citronwood. The wood of Hymeno- 

 dictyon excelsum of India has been compared to Mahogany. That of 

 the Cinchonas, often soft, is used for domestic purposes. That of 

 Elceagia contains, as we have said, a resinous oil. In Europe that of 

 Lonicera Feridymenum is used for'harrow-teeth, stays of looms, shanks 

 of pipes, also made of the branches of L. Xylosteum. Those of the 

 Elders are hollow ; tubes and musical instruments are made of them. 

 The pith is used for making paper, artificial flowers, toys, ornaments, 

 stumps, &c. ; botanists often use it for preparing microscopic sections. 

 In America, the arrows of the Canadians are said to be made of the 

 branches of Viburnum dentatum. The flexible branches of V. Lantana 

 are used for cords. Those of V. Opulus yield a good charcoal for 

 making gunpowder. Several Lonicerece are planted in ornamental 

 fences, arbours, alcoves. Many species of Lonicera, Symphoricarpos, 



' See Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S.-Itid. oxxvij. — Kuitz, ■• B. capensis R. Bk. Bot.Mag. t,466. — Hakv. 



Tor. Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. 64. and Sond. Fl. Cap. jii. 3. — B. parmjlora Lindl. 



2 KoTSOH. exScHWEiNP. Bel. Kotsch. 49,t.33 Bot. Beg. t. 891. — B. Kramsii Hoohst. Flora 



(part). — HiEKN, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 39 ; Journ. (1842), 237. — Cinchona capensis Burm. herb. — 



i/jM/(. -Sic. xvi. 260(Z)«mma). Canephora i^pUata Lamk. III. t. 151, fig. 2. — 



^ Bothmannia capensis Thunb. Act. Solm. Zonicera brtbalinalj.F. Suppl. li6,—TRvt!Ji.Fl. 



(1778) 65, fig. 2. — Gardenia Bothmannia h. y. Cap. 187 {Buffeldoorn). 



Suppl. 165. — Hart, and Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 6, n. = Lhek. ex Kosenth. op. cit. 332. 

 7. — RoSENTH. op. cit. 319. 



