yet this very plant, when boiled, has been eaten as a potherb. The leaves of 
Maprounea brasiliensis, or the Marmeleiro do Campo of Brazil, yields a black 
dye, which is, however, fugitive. A decoction of its root is also administered 
in derangement of the stomach ; — a most remarkable circumstance, if we con- 
sider the close relation that is borne by it to Manchineel and other most poi- 
sonous trees. According to Auguste de St. Hilaire, the Maprounea is destitute 
of the milky juice of Sapium, Excsecaria, Hippomane, and other dangerous ge- 
nera. PL Us. 65. The seeds of Omphalea are eaten safely, if the embryo is 
first removed ; if this is not done, they are cathartic. Both Pedilanthus tithy- 
maloides and padifolius are used medicinally in the West Indies : the former, 
known under the name of Ipecacuanha, is used for the same purposes as that 
drug ; the latter, called the Jew Bush, or Milk plant, is used in decoction of 
the recent plant as an antisyphilitic, and in cases of suppression of the menses. 
Hamilt. Prodr. FI. Ind. 43. The root, leaves, and young shoots of Phyllan- 
thus Niruri are considered, in India, deobstruent, diuretic, and healing. The 
leaves are very bitter, and a good stomachic. Ainslie, 2. 151. Some other 
species, particularly Ph. urinaria, are powerful diuretics. The fruit of Phyllan- 
thus Emblica is frequently made into pickle ; it is acid, and, when dry, very 
astringent. Ibid. 1, 240. The bruised leaves of Phyllanthus Conami are used 
for inebriating fishes. Aubl. 928. The boiled leaves of Plukenetia corniculata 
are said to be an excellent potherb, for which purpose the plant is cultivated in 
Amboyna. Rumph. The purgative quality of Ricimis, the Castor oil plant, 
is well known ; the root is said to be diuretic. The juice of Sapium aucupa- 
rium is reputed poisonous. A case is mentioned by Tussac {Journ. Bot. 1813. 
1. 117.) of a gardener whose nostrils became swollen and seized with erysipe- 
latous phlegmasis, in consequence of the fumes only of this plant. The root 
of Tragia involucrata is reckoned, by the Hindoo doctors, among those medi- 
cines which they conceive to possess virtues in altering and correcting the ha- 
bit in cases of cachexia, and in old venereal complaints attended with anoma- 
lous symptoms. Ainslie, 2. 62. There is reason to believe that the timber 
imported from the coast of Africa, under the name of African Teak, belongs to 
some tree of this order. From a species of a tree, stated by Brown to be of 
an unpublished genus, it is said that a substance resembling caoutchouc is pro- 
cured in Sierra Leone. Congo, 444. The true caoutchouc is furnished by 
Siphonia elastica, a Surinam and Brazilian tree. 
§ 1. BuxejE, Bartl. 
Drypetes, Vahl. 
Sarcococca, Lindl. 
Plagianthus, Forst. 
Thecacoris, Adr. J. 
Adenocrepis, Bl. 
Pachysandra, Mich. 
Buxus, L. 
Tricera, Schreb. 
Crantzia, Sw. 
Securinega, Juss. 
Geblera, F. et M. 
Savia, Willd. 
Actephila, Bl. 
Leiocarpus, Bl. 
Amanoa, Aubl. 
Richeria, Vahl. 
Fliiggea, Willd. 
§ 2. PHYLLANTHEiE, 
Bartl. 
Epistylium, Sw. 
Scepasma, Bl. 
Gynoon, Adr. Juss. 
GENERA. 
Glochidium, Forst. 
Bradleia, Gaertn. 
Glochidionopsis, Bl. 
Anisonema, Adr. J. 
Leptonema, Adr. J. 
Poranthera, Rudge. 
Cicca, L. 
Cheramela, Rumph. 
? Tricarium,, Lour. 
Emblica, Gagrtn. 
Kirganelia, Juss. 
Phyllanthus, L. 
Nymphanthus, Lour. 
? Breynia, Forst. 
Niruri, Adans. 
Conami, Aubl. 
Melanthesa, Bl. 
Sauropus, Bl. 
Cyclostemon, Bl. 
Trigostemon, Bl. 
Ryparosa, Bl. 
Xylophylla, L. 
Genesiphylla, L’Her. 
Menarda, Commers. 
Micranthea, Desf. 
Agyneja, L. 
Andrachne, L. 
Telephioides, Mcench. 
Limeum, Forsk. 
Eraclissa, Forsk. 
Arachne, Neck. 
Cluytia, Ait. 
- Clutia, Boerh. 
Altora, Adans. 
Cratochwilia, Neck. 
Briedelia, Willd. 
§ 3. RiciNEAi, Bartl. 
Argythamnia, P. Br. 
Ateramnus, P. Br. 
Ditaxis, Vahl. 
Chiropetalum, A. de J. 
Caperonia, A. St. H. 
Crozophora, Neck. 
Tournesolia, Scop. 
Croton, L. 
Ricinocarpus, Boerh . 
Brunsvia, Neck. 
Cascarilla, Adans. 
Tridesmis, Lour. 
Aroton, Neck. 
Luntia, Neck. 
Cinogasum, Neck. 
Crotonopsis, Michx. 
Leptomon, Rafin. 
Friesia, Spreng. 
Adelia, L. 
Bernardia, Houst. 
Haematospermum, 
Wall. 
Baliospermum, Bl. 
Spathiostemum, Bl. 
Acidoton, Sw. 
Adriana, Gaudich. 
Adisca, Bl. 
Cheilosa, Bl. 
Rottlera, Roxb. 
i Mallotus, Lour. 
Codiseum, Rumph. 
Phyllaurea, Lour. 
