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stationed at rcsluiwur, tapeworm is so common, that it is believed tliat every third 

 man suffers from it during the two yeuis that the regiment usually remains there. 

 To give Dr. Gordon's o^\ti words : 



' Those who have escaped the misfortune of having had to pass some years in India, can form 

 no idea of the vast herds of lean, half-starved pigs that roam over the fields and waste grounds 

 in the vicinity of villages ; neither can they have any conception of the nature of the food on 

 which these pigs subsist.' 



" After some revolting details as to the habits of swine in India, Dr. Gordon 

 continues ; 



' Pigs, however, are not the only animals that live in this filthy manner in India. Cattle and 

 .sheep, that are so particular in their food in Britain, ai'(|uire dcgemrate' tastes in India; and 

 it is needless to enter into similar particulars regarding ducks, fowls, turkeys, and pigeons, all of 

 which are more or less used as food by our countrymen there.' 



" The dose of Kamala may be stated as from i- a drachm to 3 drachms susjionded 

 in water: a single dose is fre(]uently found sufficient, and in general it is not necessary 

 to give any other medicine before or after. In some cases, however, where but a small 

 dose of Kamala has been administered, castor-oil has been afterwards given with good 

 effect. Dr. Gordon has prescribed Kamala in the dose of I drachm, repeated at 

 intervals of three hours. 



"Kamala may al.so be given in the form of Tincture : the formula for which, 

 recommended by Dr. Anderson, is as follows : 



p, Kamiihi;, gvj. 



Sptritiis rectiticati, fjxvj. 

 Macera per biduum et cola. 



" An ethereal tincture may be prepared of the same strength, but it is said to 

 offer no p.articular advantage over the alcoholic. 



"Thedoscof Tinctura Kamalce hiiom '^j togiv, diluted with some aromatic water." 



Alchoexea, Sw. 



Floicers usually dioecious. Calyx in males 4- (rarely 3-2-)parted valvate in bud, 

 in females imbricate, and G-5- (rarely 4-)parted. Disk in males none, in females 

 sometimes developed. Stamens numerous, or 8-4, usually in 2 alternate rows, the 

 filaments only basally connate. Anthers 2-rimose, the cells free from the base to the 

 middle. Ovary -rudiment none. Ovary 3- (rarely 2-)celled, cells I-ovu1(h1. Vapsule 

 3-1-coccous, dry. 



A. EUGOsA, 3Iuell. Arg, E.S. Upper Tenasscrim and tree forests of 



the Andamans. 

 Leaves short-petioled, capsules glabrous. 



A. TiLLasFOLiA, Muell. Arg. E.S. Tenasserim (or the Andamans). 



Leaves long-pctioled. Capsule lenticellate-muricate, shortly tomentosc. 



A. Jatensis, Muell. Katchall and Car Nicobar. 



Macaranga, Thouars. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx in males, valvate, in females, imbricate in bud. Disk 

 none. Stamens usually fewer than 15 (rarely 1-3 only), inserted on a central 

 receptacle. Anthers almost peltately dorsili.\;ed, 3-4-cclled, connective incomplete, 

 shorter than the cells. Orary-nidiment none. Ovary 6-2-celled, each cell 1-ovuled. 

 Capsule diy, 6-2-coccous. Seeds albuminous. 



* Leaves ample, broadly peltate at base. Capsules unarmed. 

 X Female flowers and capsules pedieelled. Injlorescence a panide. 



M. DKSTiuuLATA, Mucll. Arg. F.T. Tree forests of Arakan, 



Toung-hpet-wim (Kur^). ^^^ "^'l Tenasserim. 



Bracts minute, broad, acute, shorter than the flower capsules. Capsules usually 

 2-coccous. 



' I'.i. Onthopliagous. 



