icine; the inner bark and all the herbaceous parts
are nauseously bitter; it is regarded as a purgative, emetic, and
alexipharmic; in overdoses it is an acrid poison.

211. FUSANUS ACUMINATUS.--A small tree of the Cape of Good Hope and
Australia. It bears a globular fruit of the size of a small peach,
and is known in Australia as the native peach. It has an edible
nut, called the Quandang nut, which is said to be as sweet and
palatable as the almond.

212. GALIPEA OFFICINALIS.--This South American tree furnishes Angostura
bark, which has important medical properties, some physicians in
South America preferring it to cinchona in the treatment of
fevers. Its use has been greatly retarded by bark of the deadly
nux-vomica tree having been inadvertently sold for it. As this
bark is sometimes used in bitters, a mistake, as above, might
prove as fatal as cholera.

213. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA.--This tree produces the tropical fruit called
mangosteen, a beautiful fruit, having a thick, succulent rind,
which contains an astringent juice, and exudes a gum similar to
gamboge. The esculent interior contains a juicy pulp, of the
whiteness and solubility of snow, and of a refreshing, delicate,
delicious flavor. The bark of the tree is used as a basis for
black dye, and it has also some medicinal value.

214. GARCINIA MORELLA.--It is supposed that Siam gamboge is obtained
from this tree, also that known as Ceylon gamboge. The juice is
collected by incising the stems, or by breaking young twigs of the
tree and securing the yellow gum resinous exudations in hollow
bamboos, where it is allowed to harden. It is employed by artists
in water colors and as a varnish for lacquer work.

215. GARCINIA PICTORIA.--A fatty matter known as gamboge butter is
procured from the seeds of this tree in Mysore. They are pounded
in a stone mortar, then boiled till the butter or oil rises to the
surface. It is used as a lamp oil, and sometimes in food.

216. GARDENIA FLORIDA and GARDENIA RADICANS.--Cape Jasmines, so called
from a supposition that they were natives of the Cape of Good
Hope. The genus belongs to the cinchona family. _G. lucida_
furnishes a fragrant resin somewhat similar to myrrh. The fruit of
_G. campanulata_ is used as a cathartic, and also to wash out