MALVACER.* 5 tS 
on the bark of which were cut a number of European names ; 
15th century. In 1555, the same trees were seen by Thevet, 
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_ another. French traveller, who mentions them in his Travels. 
" where: it is called Mowana. In India it ‘thas been introduced — 
: by the Arabians, | and is common on the Western Coast and 
chinch, signify Gorakh’s tamarind ; Gorakh was a celebrated 
Hindu ascetic. Hiathi-khatiyén is Elephant’s flax, a name 
given to the tree on account of the great strength of the fibre 
repared from its bark. Mr. A. Rea, of the Archeological 
: Survey of India, describes a curious old tree at Chezala, in the 
_ Kistna district, standing in the court of a Buddhist chaitya,.. 
Which has a hollow core, and is popularly. supposed to grow . 
from out of a subterranean cave. Itis known-as Peruleni- 
pedda-mann, or “ the nameless great tree.” Around the base is 
platform 25 ft. by 22 ft.6inand 8 ft. high. The circum- 
ference of the trunk at that height is 53 ft.-6 in.; the first — 
branches are 9 ft. 6 in. from the. ground, and there the girth is 
56 ft. The spread of the foliage is 78 ft. across, and the 
height of the tree is about 87 ft. In Africaas in India the shell 
f the fruit is used for various economic purposes, such as floats - 
fishing nets, water bottles, &c. In Africa the pulp and 
seeds are used as a food, and as ‘a medicine in dysentery, and 
he young leaves, which are very mucilaginous, are made into 
Juchassaings of Guadeloupe have recommended the bak 
m fever: they say it is cooling, lessens ‘the frequency of 
pulse, and increases the appetite. It may be given in 
ecoction, 30 grammes in a litre of water, boiled down to two- 
hirds, (Corre et Lejanne. Mat. Med. Coloniale.) Dr. Rar 
his thesis on “ La dyssenterie endémique des pays ¢ chauds et 
ment au Hite ” (Faculté de ae) he siys— 
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