FLACOURTIA

(Lat.), n. f. Fla3-kurt'ia -a. Of Commers on, a genus of the Bixinece. The Flacourtece of Lindley are a tribe of the Flacourtiaceai. The Flacourtiacece of Dumortier and others are the Bixinece, and the Flacourtia} are the Flacourtieoe. The Flacourtianai of Agardh are an order of the Valvisporce; of De Candolle, an order of the Thalami flora}; of Reichenbach (1827), a division of the Samydece, and subsequently a division of the Capparidece; of Bartling and others, a division of the Cist i florae,; of Endlicher, a tribe of the Bixaceae; of Ju ieu, a division of the Flacourtiaceai, comprising (De Candolle) the Patrisiece, Flacourtieae, Kiggelariece, and Erythrospermece; or (Reichenbach) Ryamia, Flacourtia, Erythrospcrmum, etc.; or subsequently the Melicyteaj, Flacourtiea>, and Kigqelariece; or (Clos) the Flacourtiece, Azarece, LcetiecR, Bixeo?, and' Pangiece. The Flacourtiece (Fr., flacourtiees) of De Candolle are a tribe of the Flacourtianece; of Reichenbach, a division of the Cappartdeae; of Dumortier, a tribe of the Flacurtiacece; of Bartling, a division of the Flacourtianece, and of Bentham and Hooker and others, a tribe of the Bixinece or Bixacece. The Flacourtiacece of Dumortier are the Flacourtiacece; the Flacurtiance, or Flacurtianece, of Richard are a family of the Exorhizce, corresponding to the Flacourtianece, of De Candolle; and the Flacurtiece of Reichenbach are the Flacourtieoy. [B, 42, 121, 170(a, F. catapliracta. A species found in India. The 24).] bitter and astnngent leaves and young shoots are given in diarrhoea, dysentery, fevers, and sometimes in phthisis. The bark in infusion is employed as a remedy for hoarsene . The fruit is eaten. [B, 19, 172 (o, 24).l F. i IK-I-III is. A species found growing in Asia, having edible fruit. [B, 121 (o, 84).] F. Raiiioiitrhi. The Mauritius plum; a species similar in its properties to F. sapidn. [B, 121, 172 (o, 24).J F. rliamnoides. A species found growing at the Cape of Good Hope, with elliptical leaves, small, axillary flowers, and ovate red berries. [B, 214 (o, 24).] F. sapid a. An East Indian species the fruit of which is eaten but is not very palatable. Its thorns are used to open the pustules of small-pox on the ninth or tenth day. | B. \'<~ ia.,'!). ]F. seplarla. A very common species found in the East Indies, where the leaves and roots are given in infusion for snake bites, and the bark, fried in oil. is used externally in rheumatism. On the Malabar coast the bark is rubbed with oil, and used as a liniment in gout. The fruits are edible. [B, 19, 172 (o, 24).] E, he; E, ell; O, go; I, die; I*, In; N, In; N, tank; [s. 70]