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~ Bark smooth, wrinkled esgieainallys yellowish brown ; wood 
hard,. very porous, and of a bright yellow colour, dies: wet it. 
_ stains the fingers yellow. Magnified, the porous woody stem 
is seen to be traversed by medullary rays consisting of several 
rows of elongated cells: the bark shows a brown suber, and 
numerous rows of tangentially extended cells; opposite the 
_ terminations of the. medullary rays, the cells take a rounded 
form and. their arrangement becomes irregular; between the 
~ terminations of the rnedullary rays there is a large deposit of 
_ yellow. colouring matter with thickening of the cell walls, form- . 
ing yellow columns which extend to the suber and often end. 
- in patches of liber cells. The root at first sight might be 
mistaken for liquorice root; it is extremely bitter. 
_ . Chemical composition. —Thalictrum root contains a, pe : 
. quantity of lec tee so combined as to be peoene. soluble in 
4 _ water. : 
- Commerce.—It. eisai Sppears in the shops 3 in. sical 
Biaititise as Piaranga — root. ‘Supphes can be obtained, if : 
4 ordered from Mussoorie, through the ee of = 
- Government Gardens. 
CLEMATIS TRILOBA, Heyne. 
Has. —Mountains’ of W estern India. * 
Vernaculur.—Morwel (Mar.). 
This plant, and probably aunthes iitondapan species, Ge: 
 nepalensis, De., is mentioned by Sanskrit writers under the 
eaves mixed with that of the leaves of Holarrhena anti-_ 
sentertca is dropped into the eye to cure se ee j 
70 drops are used. / | 
* The Clematis stab, zbin: kAnparis érépa of Dioscorides was use! 
similar” Ney Seow by the Greeks. The plants of this genus have. 
hate not ‘ae Siserved byes? a. active ee le may: -be 
_ with water and is. mite _ 
ae ait 
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