picramnia

[ Gr.pikros =bitter, and tham nos a shrub.] tropical America. Tall shrubs with unequally pin Botany : A large genus or A i lan these, natives of nate leaves and large racemes of red flowers. The bark of Picramnia ciliata , a small Brazilian free, is sub-acrid, and, according to Martius, is given as a substitute for cascarilla. An infusion of P. anti desma furnishes the majo bitters of the West in IMG:content-1044.png:[blocks in formation]