Order Li
OCHNACEÆ.
Beautiful yellow-flowered tropical shrubs or trees with lucid leaves. The roots and leaves of Walkéra serráta, a Cingalese plant, are bitter; a decoction of them, either in water or milk, is used in Malabar as tonic, Cingalese plant, are bitter; a decoction of them, either in water or milk, is used in Malabar as tonic, stomachic, and antiemetic. The bark of Gómphia hexaspérma is found useful in healing sores produced in cattle in Brazil by the stings of insects. 1001 Gómphia W. 1191 O'chna W.