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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



44. Anda-a^u, Indaya^u, Purga de Gentio, in Rio 

 and S. Paulo; Cocco or Purga dos Paulistas, Frutta 

 d'Arara, in Minas Geraes. Johminesia Princeps^ Velloso 

 and Gomez, Memor. de Lisboa, 1812, p. 5., t. 1. Anda 

 brasiliensis^ Raddi, quarante piante del Brasile, p. 25. ; 

 Mart. Amoen. Bot. Monac. t. i. Two or three seeds of 

 this large tree, which Piso knew and described, prepared as 

 an emulsion, act as a very })owerful and safe purgative ; 

 they seldom excite vomiting. It has been found extremely 

 efficacious in weakness of the lymphatic system, and parti- 

 cularly in general dropsy. 



45. GoNGONHA, in S.Paulo and Minas Geraes; Yapon, 

 Matte, Yerva de palos, on the Rio Paraguay. This 

 herb produces the Paraguay tea, which deserves to be 

 reckoned among the officinal plants as a diuretic. Ac- 

 cording to our examination it is a nondescript species, 

 Cassine Gongonha, Mart. [Ramulis teretihus foliis ohlongis 

 basi rotundatis apice breviter acuminatis marginatis remote 

 serratis, racemis aocillaribus parce ramosis, Jloribus sessilibus,) 



46. Myrtus cauliflora,. Mart. [Trunco ramisque excorti- 

 cantibus Jlorigeris^ foliis lanceolatis longe acuminatis, basi 

 acutis glaberrimis, Jloribus congestis, baccis globosis violaceO" 

 purpurascentibus.) The Jabuticaba is one of the most agree- 

 able fruits in Brazil, and the taste will be improved by 

 further culture. A very good wine, syrup, &c., are made 

 of it. The Jabuticabeira grows principally in the pro- 

 vinces of Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo, and Minas Geraes. 



47. Polygala Poaya, Mart. {Perennis^ radice subannulata^ 

 glabra^ caulibus quinquarigularibus subsimplicibus ei^ectis, foliis 

 spar sis ovata-lanceolatis acutis trinerviis subsessilibus, foribus 

 terminalibus laxe racemosis cristatis. Akin to the Polygala 

 Timoutou^ Aubl., which is different radice annua, foliis inferi- 

 crribus termis, racemis Jiorum densis,) The root of this plant, 

 which is called Poaya in S. Paulo, is an excellent emetic, 

 the effects and dose of which, when fresh, are almost the 



