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TH EACEAE 
(Tea Family) 
CAMELLIA SINEJJS'S (L.) Ktze. Synonym: Thea sinensis L. Tea. 
The addition of oil of teaseed increased the toxioity of derris 
to the squash bug,— Fulton and Howard ( 149 ) • 
CAMELLIA spp. 
In China the toxic property of the seeds of camellia was due en- 
tirely to a saponin, which was about one-fiftieth as toxic as rotenone 
to goldfish* The larvae of a sawfly, tent caterpillars, and silkworms 
refused to eat leaves with the saponin on them.— Wilson and coworkers 
(429) . 
CARAIPA FASCICULATA Camb. 
This species furnished one of the resins used as an insecticide 
and as a cure for itch.— Barcellos Fagundes (51). 
THEOPHRASTACEAE 
JACQUINIA RUSCIFOLIA Jacq. 
Extracts of the stems and leaves of this plant from British Guiana 
were nontoxic to the bean aphid.— Tattersfield and Gimingham (391) . 
JACQUIITCA, probably SPRUCEI Mez. 
Fruit of this bushy tree from Ecuador is used as a fish poison 
but was not toxio to the bean aphid.— Tattersfield and coworkers ( 394 ) • 
THYMELEACEAE 
( Mez er euro Family) 
AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA Roxb. 
In India the powerful wood was preventive against fleas and lice.— 
Kirtikar and Basu ( 230 , v. 2, p. 1112)* 
DAPHNE MEZEREUM L. Spurge laurel. 
This plant, which is well known in medicine, was observed never to 
have insects on it, but frequently dead beetles, flies, and wasps were 
found beneath it* Extracts of various parts of it should be tried on 
forest pests.— Gomilevsky ( 164 ) ♦ 
Ten grams of cortex mezerei in 500 cc. of water had no effect on 
the caterpillars of Prodenia litura (F.). — DeBussy (76). 
