TERMINAL I A

(Lat.), n. f. Tu6rm(te3rm)-i2n-al(a3l)'i2-a8. From terminal is, terminal. Fr., badamier, term in a lier. Ger., Catappenbaum. A genus of the Terminaliacece (a family referred by Bentham and Hooker to the genus T.). The Terminaliece, or Terminalece, are a tribe of the Combretaceoz, corresponding e entially to the suborder Combretece. [a, 35.] T. alata. Fr., badamier aile. An East Indian species. The bark is febrifuge, and the juice of the leaves is injected into the ear in otitis. [a, 35.] T. an gust i folia. Fr., faux benjoin, bien-joint, badamier benjoin. Ger., falscher Benzoebaum, schmalblattriger Catappenbaum. A species found in the East Indies and the Mauritius, yielding a resin which contains benzoic acid and is much employed as a cosmetic and as incense. The fruits are used like those of T. chebula; and their almond-like seeds, containing a bland oil, are eaten, [a, 35.] T. argnntea. A Brazilian species yielding a purgative gumresin, [a, 35.] T. arjuna. An East Indian species. The astringent bark is used as a cholagogue and vulnerary. The juice of the leaves is used in otalgia, and the fruit as a deobstruent and tonic, [a, 35.] T. bell eric a, T. bell i rica. A large Ceylon and East Indian tree. The fruits, bell eric myrqbalans, are 'astringent and tonic. Their kernels, which yield an oil used as a hair-tonic, are edible, though narcotic in large quantities; mixed with honey, they are used in ophthalmia. The bark yields by inciiion an insipid gum. The leaves are astringent, [a, 35.] T. benzoin. See T. an gust i folia. T. catappa. Fr., badamier de Malabar, arbre d huile, bois-canots. Ger., achter Catappenbaum. Country (or Indian, or Malabar) almond-tree; a native of the Moluccas, cultivated in the East and West Indies. The kernels yield a straw-colored oil which has the odor and taste of almond-oil. The astringent bark and leaves yield a black pigment used to color teeth and to prepare Indian ink. The leaves are used in fevers and as an emollient, [a, 35.] T. chebula. Fr., badamier chebule, olivier des negres. Ger., rispiger Myrobalanenbaum. Negroes' olive-tree; found in the tropics of both hemispheres. The highly astringent fruits, known to old authors as myrobalan i indae. (seu indices, seu indict, seu nigrce) when unripe, and as myrobalan i chebulce (seu chebuli) when ripe, are used in tanning, as a purgative, and as an application to ulcers and in skin diseases; combined with galls and catechu, they are also used for aphthous affections. The astringent galls produced on the leaves (which have the properties of those of T. catappa) are used in infantile diarrhoea. The oily seeds are eaten. [a, 35.] XT. citrin a. Fr., badamier citrin. Ger., gelber Myrobalanenbaum. Hara-nut tree; a native of Bengal. The fruits, myrobalan i citrince (seu lute i, seu flavce), resemble and are used like those of T. chebula, but are more bitter, [a, 35.] T. latifolia. A South American and West Indian species. The bark and seed O, no; O, not; O>, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 605]