DLAURACHZ. 
Machilus; 
Daphnidium,' Mespilodaphne,* Chibaca, Christmannia,® Cassytha.” 
Cryptocarya,' Persea,’ 
459 
Lindera;'! Tetranthera,’ 
In 
Litsea,’ 
some others these parts become more or less bitter and astringent, 
so that they have been proposed as tonics and febrifuges. This 
has been the case with Lindera Benzoin,” of North America (figs. 258— 
260), prescribed as a stimulant, antiperiodic, and even vermifuge, and 
still more with Nectandra Rodici,® the Bebeeru of Guiana, which 
Prodr., 112, n. 1) is used in Guiana in the 
treatment of abscesses, buboes, &c.—O. opifera 
(Oreodaphne opifera Nrxs, Syst., 390; Mutssn., 
Prodr., n. 4) is the Canella de Cheiro of the 
Rio-Negro (Bucun., Rep., xxxv.179; ROSENTH., 
op. cit., 235). Its fruit is gorged with a limpid 
yellowish volatile oil, extracted by distillation. 
Its scent resembles a mixture of that of Hyperi- 
eum and Portugal. Jt is used in affections of 
the joints, rheumatic pains, lumbago, &c. 
1 The Brazilian Nutmegs (Fr., noiz de Mus- 
cade du Brésil) are the fruits of C. moschata 
Mart. (ex Merssn., Prodr., 74, n. 30; Fl. 
Bras., Laurac., 319) ; they serve the same pur- 
poses as the Pichurim-beans. From the bark of 
C. densiflora Bu, (Caryodaphne densiflora 
Nexs) is extracted an aromatic bitter substance, 
used in Java, like the infused leaves, under the 
name of Kitedja, in spasmodic affections of the 
bowels, puerperal convulsions, &c. (BL., in Nees 
Syst., 228). 
> P. drimyfolia Scuxtt. (in Linnea, vi. 365), 
indica SPRENG. (Syst., ii. 268), and some others 
are used as tonics and stimulants. 
> WW. odoratissima Nezxs, and pilosa NEES, are 
also aromatic. 
4 L. triloba Bu. (Mus, Lugd.-Bat., i. 325) 
has the properties of Sassafras officinale, and 
indeed was given that name by SIEBOLD (in 
Verh. Bat, Gen., xii. 23). The same virtues 
must exist in ZL. obtusiloba Bu., sericea Bt, 
and wmbellata TuuUnB., also natives in Japan, 
and there used indifferently as sudorifics and 
depuratives. 
® The bark of L. Myrrha Nzxs, and zeylanica 
Nees (in Amen, Bot. Bonn, i, 58, t. 5; 
Metssn., Prodr., 226, u. 27) is aromatic, bitter, 
anthelmintic, excitant, and emmenagogue (Ro- 
SENTH., op, cit., 237). The latter appears to 
be Laurus Cassia L. (nec alior.), the Cassia 
cinnamomea Myrrhe odore of PLUKENET 
(Almag., 80; Amalth., 52, t. 381).—L. glauca 
Srez. (Laurus glauca Tuone., Fl. Jap., 173) 
yields a camphorated oil, of properties eae 
similar to those of Cinn C 
6 7. laurifolia Jacq. (MEIssN., Prodr., “178, 
n. 5;—Glabraria tersa L., Mantiss., 246; — 
Sebifera glutinosa Lour., Fi. Cochinch,, 783 ;— 
-Lhtsea sebifera Prrs., Syn., ii. 4;—L. chinensis 
LamkK., Dict., iii. 574), an Asiatic species intro- 
duced into America, has its leaves and: branches 
gorged with a glutinous substance, so that when 
bruised in water they make it mucilaginous. 
It is used in inflammations, redness of the skin, 
hysterical affections, &c. T. eitrata Nuxs, gla- 
braria Neus, Roxburghii Bu., are only varieties 
of this, and possess the same properties, T. 
monopetala Roxs. (Pl. Coromand,, ii. 26, t. 148 5 
Metssn., Prodr., vu. 44) has an astringent bark, 
prescribed in India for diarrhoea, dysentery, é&c. 
7D. Cubeba Nes (Syst., 615) is Laurus 
Cubeba Lour. (Fl. Cochinch., 310;—Litsea 
Cubeba Pzrs., Syn, ii. 4), whose aromatic 
berries have the same medicinal powers as the 
true cubebs. 
8 The Bois de Cannelle of tle Mascarene islands 
is Wf. cupularis Metssn. (Prodr., 104, n. 28 ;— 
Laurus cupularis amMK. ;—Agathophyllum cu- 
pulare Bu.). Aromatic stimulant barks are also 
produced by some neighbouring species of the 
same country. The Canella Sassafras of the 
Brazilians is M. Sassafras Merissy. (Prodr., 
n. 21), 
° os bark of this doubtful Laurad (see 
above, p. 449, note 10) is considered in South 
Africa as an all-powerful specific in the malig- 
nant sore throat endemic in those parts (Ro- 
SENTH., op. cit., 2388); whence the name of 
C. salutaris BERT, 
19 Corondi is an Indian drug, produced by C. 
Corondi Denyst. (ex RosEntu., op. cit., 1066) ; 
but this plant probably does not belong to the 
order Lauracee (see p. 449, note 10). 
Ul ¢. filiformis L. (see above, p. 440, note 6, 
figs. 264-268) is mixed with butter and used 
in urethritis in Senegal. A sort of putty is 
prepared in Java from bruised Cassytha and 
chalk. 
2 Mutssy., Prodr., 244, u. 1.—Laurus Ben- 
zoin L., Hort. Cliff., 184; Spec., i. 580.—L. 
pseudo-Benzoin Micux. — Evosmus Benzoin 
Nurr.—Benzoin odoriferum Nuzs, Syst., 497. 
—Livon., Fl. Med., 339,—H. By., in Dict. 
Encycl. des Se. Médic., ix. 96.— Feverwood, 
Spicewood, Spiceberry of the natives. A vola- 
tile oil is also extracted. 
13 Scuoms., ex Mzissn., Prodr., 155, n. 23. 
—WN. leucantha y Neus, in Linnea, xxi. 508 
(part.). 
4 Or Bibiru of the Arrawacks, Sipeeri of the 
Dutch, Ceur vert [green-heart] of the French 
‘colonists, 
