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form of powder and fluid extract. The dose of 
the powder is 8 to 60 grains (0.5 to 0.4 gram); of 
the fluid extract, 8to 60drops. Part of the name 
is said to be derived from Frederick Paullini, a 
botanist who flourished in the early part of the 
eighteenth century. 
Kino, Kino, Pterocarpus Marsupium.—Nat- 
ural order Leguminosez. Papillionaceze. Native 
of Ceylon and other parts of the East Indies. This 
tree attains a height of 4o to 70 feet, adorned with 
pinnate leaves, unequal in their arrangement, 
with from 5 to 7 leaflets of a leathery texture, a 
dark-green color, elliptical in shape, and slight- 
ly emarginate, Flowers, white, with a slight 
tinge of yellow, in terminal panicles; they have 
Io stamens, diadelphous above and monodel- 
phous below; ovary has 1 or 2 cells; fruit, a le- 
gume, which is indehiscent and winged, and 
contains one black, kidney-shaped seed. The 
Kino of commerce is also obtained from other 
pod-bearing plants and trees, and from the Myr- 
tle and Eucalyptus genus, The African or 
Gambier Kino is rarely found in the market. 
The varieties known as the West India Kino 
Seeciohs Uvifera), Australian or Botany Bay 
ino (from the Eucalypti Myrtle), and the Palas 
or Bengal Kino (Butea Frondosa) are all found 
in commerce. Kino occurs in small irregular 
pieces or fragments either of a dark-brown or 
of a ruby-red color, shining and brittle, having 
little or no odor but an exceedingly astringent 
taste, slightly sweet when chewed. Soluble in 
alcohol and alkaline solutions, and sparingly so 
in water. Kino cotains kino-tannic acid, gallic 
acid, kinoin, and a small quantity of ash, also 
