PROSOPIS

(Lat.), n. f. Proas-op'i2s. Gen., -op'idos (-idis). -op'is. Gr., 7rpoo-aris. Fr., p. Ger., Su hulsenbaum. A genus of the Adenantherece. [B, 173 (a, 35).] P. dulcis. Cashaw-tree; found in the southwestern United States, [a, 35.] P. glandulosa. The mesquit-bean of Texas; of Bentham, a variety of P. dulcis. It yields Mexican chicle and gomme de Peroa, a variety of mesquite gum. [B, 19, 275 (a, 35).] P. jul i flora. Honey-mesquit, algaroba, July-flower of Jamaica, southwestern honey-locust; a species growing in New Mexico, Texas, Central America, and the West Indies, considered by Bentham a variety of P. dulcis. The stem and branches yield mesquite gum. [a, 35.] P. reptaiis. A Colombian species used in dysentery. [B, 121 (a, 35).] P. spicigera. A species found in the East Indies, extending to Persia. The pods are used like those of Ceratonia siliqua. [a, 35.] Radix p. The root of Lappa to mentos a and other species of Lappa. [B, 180 (a, 35).] [s. 341]