498 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
In tropical Africa we find especially 1. madagascariensis Lamx.,' and 
the two species we made known under the names of MW. Miohue* and 
M. Kombo.’ Several are energetic tonics, such as M. offcinalis, 
acuminata, Otoba. On merely plunging the fruits of M. sedifera 
into hot water, a sort of grease is freed and rises to the surface.* 
The mace of MZ. Otoba is used in Colombia to cure itch. The 
excessive use of Nutmeg may cause various ill effects. In several 
species the pericarp is caustic, and the bark is usually gorged with 
an acrid vi jd liquid, often reddish. That of the Nutmeg named 
Dungan, in the Philippines, is used instead of gum dragon.’ That 
of , tingens,’ of Amboyna, is also red. Lime added to its mace is 
used to dye the teeth red; this is considered the height of beauty 
by the natives.’ 
1In Mém. Acad. Se. Par. (1788), 163, t. 4, ® Bu, Rumphia, i, 179. Dughan, Dun- 
—Porr., Dict., iv.. 338 (nec Bos.).—A. DC, 
Prodr., u, 52.-— Madagascar Nutmeg-tree, or 
Muscadier de Madag , cultivated, it is said, 
in Bourbon, and used exclusively as an aromatic. 
-* H. By, in Adansonia, ix. 79, not, 1— 
Niohue of the natives. 
3 H, By., loc. cit., note 2.— Kombo or 
N’combo of the natives; Arbre & suif [grease- 
tree] of the Gaboon. Its seeds are exhibited in 
several chronic affections; a nauseous-smelling 
grease, analogous to that of I. sebifera. 
4 Yellowish, slightly scented, of a crystalline 
appearance, used to make candles. 
® Hinps, in Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 675, ex 
Liyp1,, loc. cit., 302. 
ghan, or Gono-gogo seems to be (ROSENTH. 
op. cit. 588) produced by WM. ? spuria Bu. 
(ML. philippinensis Lamx.?; — M. luzonica 
Buanco, Fl. d. Filipp., 664;—--A. DC., Prodr., 
u. 207), 
7 The wood of the Myristicace@ is sometimes 
handsome, though not strong, and occasionally 
scented. That of If. Kombo is used in the 
Gaboon for making pirogues. At Cayenne 
they use that of IM. surinamensis RoLAND., 
under the name of Guinguamadou de montagne ; 
and the red Moussigot or Mouchigo is another 
species of the same genus, which we shall name 
M. Mouchigo. 
