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WINGED CASSIA. 



This species bears a profusion of gaudy, yellow flowers, 

 and is much cultivated by the natives for its medicinal 

 properties in diseases of the skin. 

 Cassia alata. 



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WESTERN CASSIA. 



There is a small species of cassia that I have occasion- 

 ally noticed in native cultivation for medicinal uses, 

 which was originally introduced into India from the West 

 Indies. 



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COW-ITCH. 



The covvhage, or cow-itch, with its stinging pods is very 

 common in the Karen jungles. I believe it is the common 

 species, but I never met with the plant in flower. 

 Mucuna pruritus. 



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MYROBALANS. 



Myrobalan fruit is esteemed medicinal by the Burmese, 

 and is dried and sold among the drugs. The tree is indi- 

 genous, but not very abundant. 

 Terminalia Btllerica. 



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BAMBOO-FUNGUS. 



There is a fungus like a mushroom that grows at the 

 root of the bamboo in these Provinces, hence called the 

 bamboo-fungus, which is regarded by the natives as quite 

 a specific for worms. It has also been introduced into 

 European practice, and is regarded by some physicians as 

 superior to any anthelmintic in the Materia Medica. 

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