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YIII. BEEBEEIDEiE. 



uvalifolia. C. Vareira is a southern Brazilian shrub, the root of which, called ' Pareira Brava,' is woody, in- 

 odorous, of a taste at first mild, then bitter and somewhat acrid ; it was formerly renowned as a lithotriptic, 

 and is still used in Martinique against the bite of the Trigonocephalus. CissamjJehs Caapeba, from the 

 Antilles, and C mannWaMa, from the Mascarine islands, are used as substitutes for the Pareira Brava. 

 The root of Coscinium fenestratum, of Ceylon, is a stomachic. The negros of Senegambia employ that 

 of Coccidus Bakis as a diuretic and febrifuge. The roots of Cissampelos glaherrimus and ebracteattis are ad- 

 ministered in Brazil in cases of snake-bites. Cocculus erinpus, of the Moluccas, contains a glutinous and 

 bitter juice, -commonly used by the Indians in intermittent fevers, jaundice, and intestinal worms. 



The bark of several species is extremely bitter ; some yield a yellow dye. Anamirta Coocuhis is a 

 tropical Asiatic shrub, whose extremely poisonous fruits are used in India to intoxicate and poison fish, 

 which fl,re thus obtained in abundance, but are sometimes dangerous to eat, the narcotic principle con- 

 tained in the seed (pierotoxine) being scarcely less deleterious than strychnine. In England beer is some- 

 times adulterated with Coocidtts indieits. 



VIII. BERBERIDE^. 



(Bebbeeides, Jussieu. — Beebeeidb^, VerdtenaL — Berberace^, Lindl,] 



Barberry. 



Vertical section of 



ovary (mag.)- 



Barberry, 



Seed, entire and cut 

 vertlcaUy (maff.)* 



Barberry. 

 {Berbeins vulgaris.) 



Barberry. Diagram. 



