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is tlcsired to render teiulor should bn washed or soaked for a few minutes (o to 10) 

 in water, to wliieh tlie juice of the I'apaw tree has been added, or the joint wrapped 

 in tlio tresli loaves of the Papaw, and in this state roasted. The juieo mixed with au 

 eiiual ([Uautity of sup;ar is also au exeelleut medieiuo in cases of enlarged spleen. 

 The dose is one teaspdotif'ul of the juice made into three boluses with sug;ar, one bolus 

 to be taken morninj;', noon, and nifiht. The juice is said also to remove freckles. 



The most curious propert}', however, of the active jirinciples of the Papaw is its 

 power of dissolvinii;,' or digestiiifi; (for that is what it amounts to), living tissues. 

 Two grammes of Pajiaine (or Papayotin) dissolved in 200 cubin centimetres of water, 

 eoiuplctely dissolved a living frog of .50 grammes weight in 24 hours, and this 

 peculiar property of Papaiuo has been successfully employed in the removal and 

 destruction of the false membrane formed in diphtlieria. Tape-worms arc also killed 

 by this curious medicine, and as the tree is so common in India, its use and value 

 deserve to be more generally known. The medicinal dose intenially is 4 or 5 

 grammes. A liniment for Diphtheria Eczema, and Psoriasis, is made as follows : 

 Papaine 1 2 grains, Borax in powder 5 grains, Water 2 cli'ams. Pencil the parts with 

 a brush twice a day or oftener. 



MRYTALES. 



Flowers regular or sub-regular, usually hermaphrodite. Ooary syncarpous, 

 usually inferior. Sti/h undivided, veiy rarely styles free. Plitcentas axile or apical, 

 rarely basal. Lcm-c.'i simple, usually quite entire, rarely tri-foliolate in Coiubretacea. 



Order ONAGRARE^. 



Corolla polypetalous, cpigynous, contorted in bud. Stamens inserted with the 

 petals, equal or double them in number, rarely fewer. Ovary inferior, many-celled ; 

 many (rarely few) ovuled. Albumen none. 



* Ovary 2-Q-cellcd, the cells many-ovuled. Capsules dehisciny loculicidally or 

 septkidally, many-seeded. Usually terrestrial herbs. 



Jussi^A, Linnaus. 

 Stamens twice as many as petals. Ovary 4-cell(d. Capsule sopticidal. 

 J. REPEXS, L. Ponds and swamps all over Purma. 



J. Swartziana, DC. 



J. floribimda, Griff. 



Creeping or floating herb. Flowers iisually 5-merous, white, long-pcdicelled. 

 Seeds large, spongy. 



J. suFFKUTicosA, L. Jlud banks and rice fields all over Burma. 



var. a J. anyustifolia, Lam. var. ji Kamorta. 



J. exaltata, lloxb. 



/. lonyipes, Grift'. 



J. Barmanni, DC. 



var. ft J. villosa, Micj. 



J. fruticosa, DC. 



Erect, terrestrial. Flowers mostly 4-merous, very shortly pcdicelled or almost 

 sessile. Seeds minute, crustaceous, glo.ssy. 



LrnwiGiA, Linnaus. 



Stamens as many as jietals. Ovary 3-6 celled. Capsule septicidal. 



L. p.vuviFLORA, Roxb. 



Z. perennis and gracilis, Miq. 

 L. lythroides, Bl. 



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