as RUTACER. . 957 
sians call it Kabdbeh-i-kushédeh opeuicuathed cubebs). 
he fruits of a Zanthorylum are figured by Clusius under the 
* . 
er Mahometan writers speak of a Faghireh coming from 
th India, and doubtless allude to the carpels of Z. Rhetsa, 
large tree of the Western Peninsula which derives its 
otanical name from the Telugu word Rhetsa, ‘‘ an assembly. 
oxburgh tells us that the elders amongst the Telugu people 
r meet under this tree to settle disputes, it is therefore called —— 
Rhetsa-maum or “assembly tree.” Z. Budrunga, a tree of the — 
tropical Himalaya, hascarpels which canehardly be distinguished a 
from those of Z. Rhetsa. The Mahometan physicians consider 
bitants of Southern and Western India use fie pale of Zz 
edy for cholera. These carpels are the Fagara major of ‘die: oe 
pharmacologists, and are much larger than those described by _ 
Si The fruits of Z. ory phyllum and Z. Hamiltonianum a 
are also used: they are so similar to one another in appearance 
‘to be hardly distinguishable. Besides its medicinal uses, — 
hat, and in the preparationof ground bait for fishing. 
© bark of these trees is tonic and aromatic, =e ot be be 
adémie des Sciences, ie. Ist, 1884,) eee that a cry’ ‘ ‘ 
€ principle, obtained from the bark of a West Ind an 
th pth produced in frogs, rabbits, &e., —— ite rs 
