_ with the kernels and shells of castor seeds as a remedy {oF 
iol Latterly the oil has been brought to the notice of 
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linear-oblong. The scales opposite to the petals are less long 
and more ciliated, the stigma is furrowed in its whole extent,’ 
and is only toothed towards the extremity of its reflexed 
margin, while in H. alpina itis furnished with large lobes. — 
The male-flower contains a rudimentary ovary; in the female 
flower this is pyramidal. The seeds are used as a vermifuge — 
by the Annamites. The names given in Annam to the plant — 
are dai-phong-tu and thaoc-phu-tu. The specimen sent was — 
gathered in the province of Bien Hoa, in Southern Cochin- — 
ina,” . . 
HYDNOCARPUS WIGHTIANA, Blume. 
Fig.— Wight, Ill. i. t. 16; Rheede, Hort. Mal. i., t. 86. 
Jungle almond (Eng.). 3 
Hab.— Western Peninsula, South Concan to Travancore: 
The seeds. 
Vernacular.—Kadu-kavatha (Mar.), Niradimutu (Tam. )y < 
Niradivittulu (Tel.), Tamana, Maravetti ( Mal.). 
History, Uses, &c.—All that we know of the history _ 
of this tree is that the seeds have long been used as a domes- 
tic remedy upon the Western Coast in certain obstinate skin _ 
diseases, and that the oil is expressed by the poorer classes for 
burning, and for use as a medicine, In scabby eruptions the — 
oil mixed with an equal portion of Jatropha Curcas oil, sulphur, 
camphor and limejuice, is rubbed in. For scald head equal — 
parts of the oil and lime-water are used as a liniment. — 
The oil has also a reputation in the Concan as a remedy for 
Bursati in horses. Rheede tells us that it relieves rheumatic — 
pains, is used in skin diseases, and mixed. with ashes is 
applied to abscesses, sore eyes and wounds infected with — 
maggots. (Hort. Mal. i., 36.) In Travancore half-teaspool- 
ful doses are given in leprous affections, and it is beaten ™P_ 
