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mentioned. It is found equally powerful in exciting and strengthening the action of the stomach, and obviating 
flatuleney, acidity, and redundancy of phlegm, in dyspepsia and gout. For restoring the tone dnd aetivit of the 
moving fibre in general debility, and in that kind of cachexy which is liable to terminate in dropsy, the Chirayita will 
be found one of the most useful and effectual remedies which we can employ. "The parts of the plant that k used 
in medicine are the dried stalks with pieces of the root adhering to them. A decoction of these, or, which is better 
an infusion of them in hot water, is the form usually administered. Spirituous tinctures are also prepared from the 
plant, with the addition of orange-peel and cardamom-seeds; and those who consider such tinctures as of any avail 
will find these very agreeable bitters. The most useful purpose, however, to which the tincture can be applied is that 
of being added to the decoction or infusion, with the view of rendering them more grateful to the stomach.” —Fleming. 
Plate CCLII. Fig. 1. 2. Detached flower. 
BAUHINIA SEMIBIFIDA. Tab. 253. 
SCANDENS; foliis obovatis, profundè bilobis, stipulis lato-falcatis ; racemis terminalibus, calyce 5-phyllo, petalis ob- 
longis, unguiculatis, staminibus 5, quorum 2 sterilibus ; legumine plano, glabro, lanceolato, oligospermo.—Roxd. MSS. 
Hab. in insulis Malayanis. In Horto Calcuttensi e Sumatra allata floret Octobre, Novembre, fructificatque Aprili. 
Frurex scandens. Ramr varið torti; juniores ferrugineo-tomentosi. Forn approximata, bifarié patentia, petiolata, subobovata, 
pollices 3—5 longa, 2—4 lata, 7—9-nervia, subglabra, profundê biloba; lobi oblongi, obtusi. Perron teretes, villosi, longitudine dimidii 
folii.  STIPULZE lato-falcatæ, obtusæ. Cirrrmi lignei, persistentes. Racemi terminales, magni, erecti, solitarii, multiflori. FLORES majus- 
culi, fragrantes, albi, demüm pallide flavi, successivt a basi ad apicem inflorescentiæ aperti. PEDICELLI adscendentes, clavati, 1—2-pol- 
licares, apice (infra pedicellum ovarii) concavi, cum pedunculo communi omnibusque partibus recentibus ferrugineo villosi. Bracreæ parvæ, 
caduca. Canycrs laciniæ 5 lineares, crasse et carnosæ, reflexæ, caducæ. PETALA 5 oblonga, unguiculata; 2 multd majora. FILAMENTA 5, 
glabra, alba, quorum exteriora 3 fertilia, incurva, petalis majoribus breviora; interiora 2 brevissima. ÅNTHERÆ magnæ, incumbentes. 
Ovarrum breve pedicellatum, oblongum, villosum, ovulis 8—10. SryLus brevis, crassus, villosus. Stigma maximum, viscosum. LEGUMEN 
lanceolatum, tenue, læve, brunneum. Semina pauca, plana, suborbicularia, glabra.— Roxb. MSS. 
Plate CCLIIT. Fig. 1. Flower, dissected. 2. Pod. 3.4.5. Seed. 5. The same, cut across. 
EUONYMUS GRANDIFLORUS. Tab. 254. 
Euonymus erandifforus, Wall. in Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. 2. p. 404. Ejusd. Tentam. Flor. Napal. vol. 1. p. 41. tab. 30. 
Crescit in sylvis convallis Napaliæ, ubi floret mensibus Aprilis, Maji, fructificatque Septembre. In Kamoun 
legit R. Blinkworth. 
Plate CCLIV. Fig. 1.2. Flower. 3. The same, dissected. 4. A ripe capsule. 
ROSCOEA CAPITATA. Tab. 255. 
Roscoea capitata, J. E. Smith in Act. Soc. Linn. vol. 13. p. 461. í 
Crescit in montibus Napaliæ summis versus Gossain Than, florens mense Julii. 
PLANTA erecta, gracilis, levis, staturâ admodim varians, a palmare nn gn ages bipédalemve elevata. panre constans 
tuberibus pluribus pendulis, oblongis, carnosis, pallidis, fasciculatis, OPE, peeve stipitatis, ND oa fibrillosis. CAULIS 
cylindricus, basi vaginatus, levitêr complanatus, a penna cygnea ms ad digitum RHODIO CIMMON, apibe gracia podas. dietam 
approximata, erecto-patentia, subbifaria, ferè graminea, lineari-ensiformia, Gn ata, valde acuminata, PE aapi dines madan 
sima, suprå atroviridia, nitida, tenuitèr parallelè et obliquè nervosa, subtüs pallida, basi contractâ et complicatâ desinentia in vaginam 
