rable distance.

247. JAMBOSA MALACCENSIS.--This Indian plant belongs to the myrtle
family. It produces a good-sized edible fruit known as the Malay
apple.

248. JASMINUM SAMBAC TRIFOLIATUM.--A native of South America. The
flowers are very fragrant, and an essential oil, much used in
perfumery under the name of jasmine oil, is obtained from this and
other species.

249. JATROPHA CLAUCA.--An East Indian plant the seeds of which when
crushed furnish an oil which is used in medicine.

250. JATROPHA CURCAS.--The physic nut tree of tropical America. This
plant contains a milky, acrid, glutinous juice, which forms a
permanent stain when dropped on linen, and which might form a good
marking ink. Burning oil is expressed from the seeds in the
Philippine Islands; the oil, boiled with oxide of iron, is used in
China as a varnish. It is used in medicine in various ways, the
leaves for fomentations, the juice in treating ulcers, and the
seeds as purgatives.

251. JUBAEA SPECTABILIS.--The coquito palm of Chili. The seed or nut is
called cokernut, and has a pleasant, nutty taste. These are used
by the Chilian confectioners in the preparation of sweetmeats, and
by the boys as marbles, being in shape and size like them. The
leaves are used for thatching, and the trunks or stems are
hollowed out and converted into water pipes. A sirup called Miel
de Palma or palm honey, is prepared by boiling the sap of this
tree to the consistency of treacle, and is much esteemed for
domestic use as sugar. The sap is obtained by cutting off the
crown of leaves when it immediately begins to flow and continues
for several months provided a thin slice is shaved off the top
every morning. Full-grown trees will thus yield 90 gallons.

252. KAEMPFERIA GALANGA.--This plant belongs to the family of gingers.
The root stocks have an aromatic fragrance and are used
medicinally in India as well as in the preparation of perfumery.
The flowers appear before the leaves upon very short stems.

253. KIGELIA PINNATA.--This plant is interesting from the circumstance
of its being held sacred in Nubia, where the inhabitants celebrate
their religious festivals under it by moonlight, and poles made of
its wood are erected as symbols of special veneration before the
houses of th