. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. rhoea faucium et laryngis, diseases to which Eiuopcans aresubject in Java. Blume adds that several other species of the genus are brought into themarket under the name of Lignum colubrinum. Strychnos pscudoquina is said to be thebest febrifuge in Brazil; with the exception of the fruit, which is eaten by children withoutdanger, all the parts, especially the bark, are extremely bitter and rather is universally employed instead of Cinchona, and is asserted to be ful
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. rhoea faucium et laryngis, diseases to which Eiuopcans aresubject in Java. Blume adds that several other species of the genus are brought into themarket under the name of Lignum colubrinum. Strychnos pscudoquina is said to be thebest febrifuge in Brazil; with the exception of the fruit, which is eaten by children withoutdanger, all the parts, especially the bark, are extremely bitter and rather is universally employed instead of Cinchona, and is asserted to be fully equal to Pe-ruvian Bark, in the cure of the inteimittents of Brazil. Vauquelin analysed the baikand could find in it neither brucine, nor strychnine, nor quinine. It is sold midcr thename of Copalche bark. The seeds of Ignatia amara, called St. Ignatiuss Beans, areused successfully in India as a remedy for cholera, mider the name of Papeeta, but gid- Fig. CCCCVIU.—Stryclinos ligustrina.—iiVwiHt. 1. a flower ; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. fniit cntacross ; 4. seed ; 5. the same more magnified and 604 LOGANIACEiE. [Perigynous Exogens. diness and convulsions are known to follow their exhibition, if given in an ovei-dose. InIndia there is a nut called the Clearing Nut, of which the ripe seeds are dried, andsold in every market, to clear muddy water. The natives never drink clear well water,if they can get pond or river water, wliich is always more or less* impure according tocircumstances. One of the seeds is well rubbed for a minute or two round the inside ofthe vessel, generally an unglazed earthen one, containing the water, which is then leftto settle ; in a very short time the impm-ities fall to the bottom, leaving the water natives of India eat the pulp of the fruit when ripe ; Dr. Roxburgh found it disa-greeable. These nuts are produced by Strychnos potatorum. Bitter Almonds are saidto be employed for the same pm-pose in Egypt, and those of the Kol
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