ANGRAECUM

(Lat.),n.n. A?n*(a5n2)-gre’(gra%/e?)-ku8m(ku‘m), From the Malay, angrek, or angurek, Fr.,angrec. Syn.: Angurek (Kampf, ‘Angorchis [Nees], Aerobium [Sprengel] (in part). A enus of orchids estal ed by Petit-Thouars, found in Africa, Madagascar, the Mauritius, and the West Inc [B, 19, 170.J—A.. earinatum [Kostel]. Syn: Limodorum car in a tum [Willdenow], Aerobium car in a tum [Sprengel]. A species found on trees and on the ground iu the East Indies, The juice of the tuber is bitter, purgative, and anthelminthic; together with that of the leaves, it is applied to burns, and the whole plant is used to promote the resolution of inflammatory swellings. _ [B, 180.]—A. fragrans [Petit- Thouars]. Fr., fan an, {Fr. Cod.], angrec odorant. Syn.: Aerobium fragrans |Sprengel].. An East Indian species distinguished by the great fragrance of its leaves (called faam or fah on on the Isle of Bourbon, Bourbon tea in commerce, and folia {seu herbal angræci [seu angræci fragrant is] in the formularies), which taste like bitter almonds and have similar medicinal properties. The plant contains coumarin. [B, 19, 180.]