426 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIOXS. 



X X Ocanj ^-celled {Eu-Randiem). 



Rajtdia, Linnaus. 



Stiyma 2-lobcd. Style thickened spindle-like. Berry large, the seeds imbedded 

 in pulp. Trees or shrubs, erect. 



* Corolla almost rotate, large {up to nearly li inch across). 

 K. FLioixosA, DC. Ava. Pegu. Martaban. 



Leaves glossy, glabrous. Bcmcs large, sessile or prduneled. 



This species, and most likely all true species of T^rtwr//;/, exhibits the same peculiar 

 dimorphism of tlie fruit as some species of section Eandioides of Gardenia. But here 

 the pcduncled fruits differ only in size, while they produce perfect seeds (Kurz). 



* * Corolla salver-shaped, rather small [about 4 lines in diameter or less). 



Pi. LoxGispiNA, DC. Tropical forests of Pegu Range, Southern Slopes. 



Calyx glabrous or nearly so. Berries glabrous or sprinkled with minute hairs. 



R. NUTANS, DC. Pegu and Martaban. 



More or less shortly puberulous. Calyx densely pubescent or almost villous. 

 Berries tawny-velvety. 



The following are doubtful species : 



R. EXALTATA, Griff. Mergui, with Mangroves. 



R. poLTsrERMA, Roxb. Chittagong. 



Xo Eandia, but indeterminable for the present (Kurz). 



The mucus of some species of Randia (R. dumetorum) is an excellent substitute 

 for Ipecacuanha, and Dr. Moodeen Sheriff' gives the following directions for preparing 

 it for use : 



" After breaking and removing the shell, the seeds and mucus will be found 

 as a hard lump, and the two latter cannot be separated from each other, except 

 by dissolving in water, or powdering and passing through a sieve. The lump 

 of two or three nuts is generally a dose of the medicine as an emetic. They 

 should bo bruised, macerated for ten or fifteen minutes in two or three ounces 

 of water, rubbed with the fingers, and then strained through cloth. The mucus 

 being very soluble in water, passes off with it, and the numerous and extremely 

 hard seeds, of a reddish-brown colour, with some resinous and other insoluble matter, 

 remain on the cloth. The draught is now ready for use ; given to a patient it 

 produces nausea and vomiting in about ton minutes, and very fi'ee emesis is produced 

 if assisted with warm water. The whole of this draught, or half of it, with 30 or 40 

 minims of tincture of opium, is to be given in dysentery, three or four times in 24 

 hours, according to the emergency of the symptoms. 



"The best and most convenient way of using this medicine is in powder, 

 which is prepared as follows : the lumps of seeds should be well bruised, and 

 passed through an ordinaiy sieve, or thin cloth. By this means all the seeds will 

 be separated. The coarse powder thus obtained should be powdered again and sifted 

 through a fine sieve or very fine cloth. The powder is now fit for use, and should be 

 kept in a stoppered bottle." In doses of 40 to 50 grains this is said to be fully equal 

 to Ipecacuanha. Dr. Moodeen Sheriff adds the following prescription for use in 

 dysentery. 



R. Pulpre Randiae dumetorum . . . gr. sxs to Is 



Tinct Opii m. xxxtolx 



Aqua?. ...... ji-ii- 



Mis and give three or four times in the 24 hours according to symptoms. Or this pill : 

 R. Pulpa; Randire dumetorun . . . gr. x. to xx 

 Opii ....... gr. i. to ii. 



Make into a pill and give every three, four or six hours, as the case may require. 



' Madi-,as MontUy Journal of Medical Science, 1S70, p. 110. 



