Or Cayan. Phaseolus erectus incanus siliquis torosis, thora parou, pisum arborescens; cytizus cajan Lin. Sp. Pi. 1041. A shrubby plant, with pods containing four reddish peas. A decoction of the leaves restrains the haemorrhoids when excessive. Raii Hist.

C Ajeputioleum. An oil distilled from the leaves of the melaleuca leucandron Lin. not included in his own edition of the species plantarum. The tree is of the naj order, myrtoides, whose wood is useful from its not corrupting in sea water. Its bark is reproduced like cork. The oil is highly fragrant and aromatic, and a few drops of it inclosed in a box will destroy insects which infest the collections of natural historians, particularly among the papilios. It is of a green colour; its smell resembling turpentine, and its taste peppermint. It is considered as a stimulant, carminative and emme-nagogue; is highly commended in flatulent colic, in spasms, and in paralysis. Externally it is applied to piles; to the mouth, in palsy of the tongue; and to diseased teeth, which it is said soon to destroy. In the Moluccas also, it is used externally as an aphrodisiac. The dose is from four drops to ten, frequently in a day, but it is seldom used in this country. It is said to dissolve very perfectly the caoutchouc.