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FLACOURTIA SEPIARIA.—A bushy shrub, used in India for hedges. 
Its fruits have a pleasant, sub- acid flavor when perfectly ripe, but ‘the 
unripe fruit is extremely astringent. The Indian doctors use a liniment 
made of the bark, in cases of gout, and an infusion of it as a cure for 
snake-bites. 
FouRCROYA CUBENSE.—This plant is closely related to the Agave, 
and, like many of that genus, furnishes a fine fiber, which is known in 
St. Domingo as Cabuya fiber. These plants are very magnificent when 
in flower, throwing up Stems twenty to thirty feet in height, covered 
with many hundreds of yuecea-like blossoms. 
FRANCISCEA UNIFLORA.—A Brazilian plant, called Mercurio vegetal ; 
also known as Manaca. The root, and, to some extent, the leaves, are 
used in medicine; the inner bark and all the herbaceous parts are nau- 
seously bitter ; it is regarded as a purgative, emetic, and alexipharmic ; 
in over-doses iti is an acrid poison. 
GALIPEA OFFICINALIS.—This South American tree furnishes Angos- 
tura bark, which has important medical properties, some physicians in 
South America preferring it to cinehona, in the treatment of fevers. Its 
use has been greatly retarded by bark of the deadly Nux-Vomica tree 
having been inadvertently sold for it. As this bark is sometimes used 
in bitters, a mistake, as above, might prove as fatal as cholera. 
GARCINIA MANGOSTANA.—This tree produces the tropical fruit called 
Mangosteen, a beautiful fruit, having a thick, sueculent rind, which 
contains an astringent juice, and exudes a gum similar to gamnboge. The 
esculent interior contains a juicy pulp, having the whiteness and solu- 
bility of snow, and of a refreshing, delicate, delici jous favor. The bark 
of the tree is used as a basis for black dye, and it has also some medi- 
‘inal value. 
GARDENIA FLORIDA and GARDENIA RADICANS.—Are known as Cape 
Jasmines, from a supposition that they were natives of the Cape of 
Good Hope. The genus belongs to the Cinchona family. G. lucida fur- 
nishes a fragrant resin, Somewhat similar to myrrh. The fruit of G. cam- 
panulata is used as a cathartic, and also to wash out stains in silk. 
G. gunmifera yields a resin something like Elemi. 
GASTROLOBIUM BILOBUM.—A Leguminous plant, having poisonous 
properties. In Western Australia, where it is a native, farmers often 
lose their cattle through their eating the foliage. Cats and dogs that 
eat the flesh of these poisoned cattle are also poisoned. G.obtusum and 
G. spinesum possess Similar properties. 
GENIPA AMERICANA.—This belongs to the Cinchona family, and _ pro- 
duces the fruit called genipap or marmalade box. It is about the size 
of an orange, and has an agreeable flavor. 
GEONOMA SCHOTTIANA.-A pretty Brazilian palm; the leaves are 
used for thatching huts, and other parts of the plant are utilized. 
GEOPHILA RENIFORMIS.—A creeping plant, belonging to the Rubi- 
acer. The root, when reduced to powder, acts upon the respiratory 
passages as an irritant, producing spasmodic asthma. With some per- 
sons the mere odor of the root excites difficulty of breathing, with a 
feeling of suffocation. 
GOUANIA DOMINGENSIS.—A plant of the Buckthorn family. Known 
in Jamaicaas Chaw-Stick, on account of its thin branches being chewed 
as an agreeable stomachic. Tooth-brushes are made by cutting pieces 
of the stem to convenient lengths, and fraying out the ends. A tooth- 
powder is prepared by pulverizing the dried stems, It is said to possess 
febrifugal properties; and, owing to its pleasant bitter taste, it is used 
for flavoring cooling beverages. 
