AZIMA

(Lat.), n.f. A?z(a3z)i?-mas, Syn.: Monetia [L'Héritier]. A genus of salvador a ceo us plants established by Lamarck, distinguished by its axillary spines and its flowers with free petals, free stamens alternate with the petals, and bilocular ovary containing 2 ovules in each loculus. [B, 42.]—A. diacantha [Lamarck]. A Species referred by some to the Canthium parviflorum, but probably different from the latter and also from A. [B, 173, 214.J—A) nova [Blanco], A. tetracantha [Lamarck]. Syn.: Monetia barlerioides |L'Héritier]. A shrub with aes ranches and whitish flowers, growing in the East Indies. The juice and the powdered leaves are used in the treatment of cough, especially that of phthisis. [B, 173, 214.]