BIXA

(Lat.), n. f. Bi?x’a’. Ger., Orleanbaum, A Linnæan genus of bixineous plants. [B, 42.)—B. a cum in at a [Bojer]. A variety of B. orellana. [B.]—B. orellana [Linnæus]. Fr., rocou, rocowyer. Ger., ächter Orleanbaum, Rukubaum. The arnotto tree; a small tree growing in South America, Mexico, the West Indies, the East Indies, Ceylon, and Senegal. The fruit is a cordate (sometimes lanceolate) capsule dehiscing by two valves and containing from eight to ten obovoid seeds surrounded by three enve- Topes, the outermost of which is pulpy, and contains the yellow coloring matter, an not to (q. v.), which is employed as a ‘dye. This pulp is both astringent and purgative, and has been used as a remedy for dysentery and renal disease and as an antidote to the mandioc poison. The seeds are held to have astringent, cordial, and antipyretic properties. [B, 121, 172; Clos, ‘* Ann. des sci, nat.,” iv, 8, p. 209 (B).|—B. platy carp a [Ruiz and Pavôn}. Syn,: B. urucurana. A species found in Peru and New Granada, distinguished by its more or le reniform or globose fruit; said to have the same properties as B. orellana. [B, 180; Clos, I. c. (B).]—B. purpure a, A variety of B. orellana with rose-colored flowers. [Clos, 1. c. (B).] —B. urucurana [Hoffmannsegg]. See B. platy carp a.