Order Lxiv
COMBRETACEÆ.
Combretum and Quisqualis are among the most splendid of the climbing plants of the tropics, adorning the trees from which they depend with garlands of white and crimson, and yellow. ellow. The bark of Búcida Búceras is used with success in Guiana for tanning leather. The juice of Terminália vérnix is employed by the Chinese as a varnish; it is, however, caustic, and its exhalation dangerous; benzoin is the produce of Terminália Benzóin. as a The kernel of several species is eaten as a nut, and the expressed oil has the remarkable quality of not becoming rancid. 514 Conocárpus W. 916 Combrétum W. 1027 Getónia Roxb. 1028 Quisqualis W. 2140 Terminália W.