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4 |... ANON AO RH. 
- smooth, about one inch in diameter, usually containing 
- mature seeds. . Graham, under the name of Guatteria, laurifo 
' again by heat. The distillate is oily, witha ‘pungent od 1 
The bark has been examined by Pedler and ‘Warden, who © 
found indications of an alkaloidal principle, but failed to 180 
crystalline principle ‘soluble in.alcohol and hee but insolubh 
-in water or dilute word and a viscid yellow neutral resin-l 
body. | <7 
eT Sissies $ HT. 
Hab.—Forests of the Concan and Travancore. The léav x 
Vernacular.—Sajeri, Kochrik, Harkinjal (Mar.). 
Description. —Leaves polished,. narrow-oblong, acut 
obtuse, 5—9 inches long by 1—2 broad, coriaceous, ser 
base acute or rounded; flowers white; carpels glo 
- tion in rheumatism’ by the natives; they have a pungent 
astringent and bitterish taste. The tee Legis a valuable ret 
timber which is used in house building. 
Chemical composition.—The leaves contain tannin, givi 
“lae-black precipitate with ferric salts, and a very ‘small’ 
tity of gallic acid. The aqueous extract contains a fer 
which produces a pungent alliaceous odour as soon as 
infusion is made of the leaves. It is precipitated from 
and taste, and neutral in’reaction. The leaves also contain 
crystalline body extracted by boiling alcohol from the mar 
by ether and cold aleohol exhaustion ; it is probably the 
related to sinigrin of mustard seed; which gives the p 
property in contact with water. The leaves yield 7-8 
of ash. : ag aa 
