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TJMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA (Hook, ft Am.) Nutt* Synonym: Oreodaphne 
oalifornica Nees» California laurel* 
The leaves appeared to be a valuable repellent for fleas*— 
Chesnut (89, p* 531). 
LECYTHIDACEAE 
BARHINGTONIA ACUTANGULA (L.) Gaertn* 
The juice of the leaves mixed with oil was made into an ointment 
for scabies*— Drury (122 , p* 65). 
BARRINGTONIA ASIATICA Kuri* Synonym: J3* speoiosa Porst* 
BARRINGTONIA CARETA F. Muell* Synonym: Careya austral! a P. Ifuell* 
Alcoholic extracts of the bark of these fish-poison trees from 
Australia were not toxic to the bean aphid«~Tattersfielcl and coworkers 
(394)* 
BARRINGTONIA KXCELSA Bluae* Synonym: Chydenanthus excelsus Mayr* 
Water extraots of the seed kernels had no effect on the cat erpi Hers 
of Prodenia litura (P*)«— DeBussy (76) ♦ 
BARRINGTONIA RACB40SA (L.) Roxb. 
This species was used in India as a fish poison and as an insecti- 
cide* The seeds were mixed with bait*— Roark ( 332 , p* 8) . 
The bark is reported to be used as a fish poison* A 2*5- and a 
2-percent alcoholic extract of the bark killed 100 and 98 percent, 
respectively, of the aphids sprayed, while a 0*5 percent of a 40-percent 
nicotine sulfate solution killed 95 peroent*— Wore ley (431 ) • 
The natives of Kenya used the bark as a fish poison* A sample of 
bark from Kenya showed no toxicity to the bean aphid.— Tattersfield and 
coworkers (394 ). 
BARRINGTONIA spp. 
A 6-peroent water extraot of the bark of a Malayan fish-poison 
tree (B. speciosa ) killed only one-fifth of the moth larvae tested,— 
Gater Tl53]T 
Fish-poison plants, which might be of value as iasecticides in the 
Solomon Islands, included the seeds of this tree,— Pagden (298). 
