576 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. StryclmOS. 



many purposes by the natives. It is exceedingly bitter, par- 

 ticularly that of the root, which is used to cure intermitting 

 fevers, and the bites of venomous snakes; when that oiNaga 

 mitsadi cannot be had. The seeds are employed in the distil- 

 lation of country spirits, to render them more intoxicating. 

 The pulp of the fruit seems perfectly innocent, as it is greedi- 

 ly eaten by many sorts of birds. 



2. S. potatorum. Willd. sp. i. 1052. Corom. pi. 1. N. 5. 



Leaves opposite, from ovate to oval, smooth, pointed. 

 Bark deeply cracked. Berries one-seeded. 



Beng. and Hind. Nmnwlee. 



S. potatorum. Asiat. Res. xi.p. 178. 



Teling. Induga. 



Tarn. Tettan-kotta. 



Eng. Clearing-nut. 



This species grows to be a larger tree than Nux-vomica. 

 It is much scarcer, being only found amongst mountains and 

 woods of o-reat extent. It flowers during the hot season. 



Dr. Konig's description of this tree in the supplementum 

 phmtarumofLhuweuz, page 148, is so perfect, as to leave me 

 little to add, the only observation I have to make is, that the 

 leaves cannot be said to be either three or five-nerved. 



Stipules entire, connecting. Corymbs from the extremi- 

 ties of the last year's shoots, round the base of this year's, 

 small, bearing in ternary order, many small, erect, fragrant, 

 greenish-yellow flowers. Filaments rather longer than in 

 Nux-vomica. Germ and contents as in S. Nux-vomica, 

 Berry shining, black when ripe. 



The wood of this, like that of the former, is hard and dur« 

 able, and is used for various economical purposes. 



The pulp of the fruit, when ripe, is eaten by the natives; to 

 me the taste is rather disagreeable. 



The ripe seeds are dried, and sold in every market to clear 

 muddy water. The natives never drink clear well water if 

 they can get pond or river water, which is always more or 



