LEGUMINOSA-CHiSALPINIEZ. 153 
&e. C. glauca’ is prescribed for gout, diabetes, &c., in the same 
regions. C. auriculata’ is also used in the treatment of diabetes, 
ophthalmia, and chlorosis. The seeds of C. Adsus,’ a native of Africa, 
are employed under the name of Chichim or Tchechum, and are 
commonly used in cases of ophthalmia in Egypt. C. occidentalis* 
produces the Fédégose of Brazil, which bears the reputation of being an 
antidote to poisons and a good remedy in stranguria, erysipelas of the 
legs, &. C. alata,’ made by several authors the type of a section 
Herpetica,’ and remarkable for the two large lateral longitudinal 
wings of its pod, is often called Dartrier ['Tetter-tree |, its antiherpetic 
properties being undoubted in India, Java, and the Antilles. 
Medicinal powers have also been attributed to upwards of twenty 
other species of the genus Cassia.’ 
Among the purgative or laxative Leguminose, we must not omit to 
cite the Tamarind, of which we shall have to treat later, on account 
of its edible fruits, and certain species of Bauhinia and Brownea. In 
the last genus the Venezuela Rose, B. coccinea Jacg.,* is noted for 
having emollient leaves and laxative refreshing flowers which are 
hence constantly used in ptisans in the Antilles and the north of 
the adjacent mainland or Tierra Firma. 
Bauhinia acuminata UL. 
and variegata L. are used in India as laxatives and carminatives.’ 
Cesalpiniee possess many other medicinal properties. Parkinsonia 
acuminata is cited as a febrifuge and anti-putrescent. 
species of Cesalpinia also furnish drugs. 
Several 
Of course all the species 
1038. Its seeds are used in the Mauritius for 
dyeing black, under the name of graines de 
Cassier. 
1 Lamx,, Dict., i. 647.—DC., Prodr., u. 
67.—C. surattensis Burm., Fl. Ind., 97 (see 
Mér. & DEL., op. cit., ii. 129). 
2 L., Spec, 542.—DC. Prodr., n. 79.— 
Arnsu., Mat. Med. Ind., i. 162 ; ii. 82. 
3 L., Spec., 587.—DC., Prodr., nu. 126.— 
Mér. & DEL., op. cit., ii. 127. 
41L., Spec., 539.—DC., Prodr., n. 92.—Mér. 
& DEL, op. cit., ii. 130.—Linvu., Fl. Med., 261. 
5 L., Spec., 541.—DC., Prodr., u. 32.— Mir. 
& DEL, op. cit., ii. 128.—Linpi., Fl. Med., 
260.—Senna alata Roxs., Fl. Ind., ii. 349. 
6 DC., in Collud. Monogr., 91; Prodr., ii. 
492, sect. iii, (see above p. 116, note 2). 
7 Especially C. Akakalis RoyuE, supposed to 
produce the Chichim seeds; C. mimosoides L. ; 
C. sericea Sw. (Doenca do bicho of the Brazi- 
lians); C. biflora, used as an anti-syphilitic in 
South America; C. acuminata W.(C. Apo- 
couita AUBL.) of Guiana; C. florida Vanu (C. 
sumatrana Roxs.), or Juwar of the Indians; C. 
mimosoides L. (C. rachiptera Hocust.); C. 
venenifera Muy., &c. (see ROSENTH., op. cit., 
1039, 1040). 
8 See above, p. 97, figs. 70-72.—RosENTH., 
op. cit., 1047. 
9 See H. Bn,, in Dict. Encycl. des Sc. Méd., 
viii. 585. Other species, such as B. tomentosa 
L., are antiphlogistic and antidysenteric. B. 
forficata LINK., is used for its mucilaginous 
properties in Brazil. B. scandens is the Daun 
lolab mubut or “ mouth-opening tree” of the 
Moluccas. (For the other Bauhinias (Caulo- 
tretus, Phanera, Pileostigma) employed in Asia 
or Africa see ROSENTH., op. cit., 1043, 1044.) 
10 |, Hort. Cliff., 157, t. 13.—Jacg., Amer., 
121, t. 180.—Derscourt., Fl. Méd. des Ant., i. 
54,—RosENTEH., op. cit., 1035. 
