Be =e -MENISPERMACEZ.. ee 4 
S growing in stony cn seldom branched, feactare fibrous, « 
bark corky, and thick for the size of the root, wood yellowish, — 
in from 10 to 15 wedge-shaped bundles, containing many large ~ 
; vessels, and separated by narr ow pees reyes -odour none} a 
_ taste very bitter. E 
~ Microscopie str satura ty cannot. be distinguished from a 
several other Menispermaceous roots common in India. 
Chemical com position.—The pelosine or cissampeline of Wig- j 
gers, which Flickiger has.foundto be identical with bebeerine, | 
- existsin this root to the extentof about $ per cent. (Fluchijer-) 
Pelosine is amorplious; nearly insoluble in water, somewhat 
soluble in ether and carbon bisulphide, freely soluble in chlor¢ 
from and acetone, also in alcohol and benzol ; its nitrate - 
sparingly soluble, and its acetate is precipitated by sodium 
phosphate, by the group re-agents for alkaloids, and by iodide, 
'- ferrocyanide, ferridcyanide, and chromate of potassium 5 t 
precipitate with phosphomolybdic acid dissolves in ammon 
with a blue colour. The formula of bebeerine is oe NO”. 
Stephania hernandifolia, Wall., Wight Te. 
extending from Nipal to Chittagong, Singapore and C 
has similar properties, and is known by the same native nam 
as Cissampelos Pareira. It is the Agnéd (Akanddi) of Bengal, 
where the striated. stems are sold in the bazars; but it seems 
probable that the true ——— name of this plant.is Vanatik- 
"TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA, Miers. 
Fig.  Rneats Hort. - Mal. vit., 21: > Bentl, and. Trim:, ts lag 
Hab. —Tropical India. The stem. : 
Vernacular.—Gurach, Giloe, Gulaticha (H ate Beng.), 
Cait Guloe, Gharol (Mar.), Tippa-tige (Tel.), Shindfl-kodi 
4 (Tam.), Amrita-balli (Can.), Rassakinda om ) atig (gine) 
‘An rit itwel Ssh Gado (Guz. Ye : 
