Order Liv
RHAMNEÆ. 828 Prínos W. 543 Plectrónia W. 514 Schrebéra Retz.
In nabit, this altogether agrees with the last, from which the medical properties of the species are not widely different. Throughout the order, as far as it has been examined, there is a remarkable agreement between the fruit and the inner bark, especially in Rhamnus catharticus, frangula, and others, in which they both are purgative and emetic. Some, as the Jujuba, and the African Lote, nevertheless, yield a wholesome and agreeable fruit; and the berries, of the greater number, yield, under the chemist's hands, green or yellow dyes of much importance in manufactures. The leaves of Rhamnus theézans are substituted for tea by the poorer sort among the Chinese. The bark of Ceanothus cærúleus is esteemed in Mexico as a good febrifuge. 506 Zizyphus W. 505 Paliúrus Gært. 503 Rhámnus W. 510 Ceanóthus W. 542 Phýlica W. 2146 Gouánia W. 504 Œnóplia Mich. 512 Pomadérris W. 532 Hovénia Th. 2060 Schæfféria W.