BARRING TON I A

(Lat.), n. f. Baîr-ri?ng-ton'i?-a°, From D. Barring ton, an English antiquary. Of Forster, a genus of myrtaceous plants of the tribe Lecythideæ, subtribe Barring to nieæ, distinguished from other genera of the latter by all its stamens being provided with anthers and by its undivided embryo. [B, 42.]—B. a cut an gula (Gartner). Syn.: Eugenia a cut an gut a [Linnæus], Stravadium acutangutum [Miers] (seu rubrum [Wallich]). A tree eS in Bengal and Travancore. The root is bitter, cooling, and ative, and is used like cinchona; the seeds are employed as an aromatic carminative in colic and in urition. [B, 172, 173.]—B. % alba [Miquel]. See B. racemosa, [B, 212.—B. asiatica [Kurz]. See B. speciosa.—B. coccinea [H. Baillon]. Syn.: Stravadium eacelsum [De Candolle], A species the leaves of which are eaten in salad. [B, 121.]—B. edulis. A species eaten in the Fiji Islands, under the name of vutu kana, [B.]—B. inelyta [Miers]. See B. racemosa.—B. racemosa [Blume]. Syn.: Eugenia recemosa Linnæus], Stravadium album [De Candolle], Butonica racemosa Miers] (et alba [Miers]). An evergreen tree 50 feet in height, grow- ‚g on the coast of India and the East Indies, having similar properties to those of the B. a cut an gula, The powdered fruit is used as a sternutatory, and applied externally in sore throat and eruptive affections. The root is used to poison fish. [B, 172, 180, 212.]—B. rubra [Miquel, Miers]. See B. racemosa.—B. speciosa porter Syn.; Mammea asiatica [Linnæus}. A tree from 30 to 50 feet high, Foe in Ceylon, the Deccan, and Singapore, and throughout the Indian and Pacific islands. Its fruit is eaten when green, and is used for poisoning fish. An illuminating oil is obtained from the seeds. The B. speciosa of Wallich is the B. racemosa. [B, 88, 212.] BARRING TON I ACEÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. Ba?r-ritng-ton-i?-a- (a3)’se%(ke?)-e(a%-e?), Of Lindley, an order of the alliance corresponding to the Barring to nieæ. [B, 170.]