THE MEDKJINAL PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



A_ wineglassful several times a day in cholera, fevers, diar- 

 Ba, etc. 



Botanical Dbsckiption. — A small tree, trunk straight, the 

 od white and very light in weight. Leaves 4-5' long, alter- 

 :e, acute, oval, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, veined. Petioles 

 'y short, no stipules. Flowers in terminal umbels, each com- 

 3ed of 4-6 flowerets with moderately long pedicels. Common 

 luncle, very slender, very long, drooping. Calyx of same 

 or as corolla, inferior, very small, 4-lobuled. Corolla pur- 

 sh, very long, 4 straight, linear petals. Stamens 8, inserted 

 the receptacle. Filaments of equal length \vith the petals, 

 th 1-2 appendices at the base. Anthers spiral. Ovary 5- 

 )uled, borne on small stalk. One style of equal length with 

 5 stamens, situated above the center of the 5 lobules of the 

 ary which develop into 5 future pods. Stigma simple. Fruit 

 voody pods, short, united centrally above a small base, semi- 

 nar in form, medianly expanded, venate, containing a small 

 inkled, kidney-shaped seed attached by a seed-stalk to the 

 perior suture. 



Habitat. — ^Very common and well known everywhere in 

 2 Philippines. Blooms in February. 



BURSERACE.^. 



Myrrh Family. 



Garuga pinnata, Roxb. ((?. Madw/ascarcnsis, DC.) 



NoM. VuLG. — Bugo, Tag. 



Uses. — The fruit is slightly acid and edible. The trunk 

 Lides an abundant gum, of the odor of turpentine, translucent, 

 senish-yellow, forming small masses slightly soluble in alco- 

 1, soluble in water, with which a mucilage is formed. The 

 ce of the leaves is used for asthma. The sap is used in 

 imbay to remove opacities of the cornea. There is another 

 3cies in the Philippines, G. Jioiibunda, Deaaae [Idea Abilo, 



