a - CELASTRINEZ,. 345 
EB sngular like the section of a sphere ; the testa is hard, and the 
a kernel which is white has an acrid taste. The expressed oil 
_ (sometimes called staff tree oil) has a deep reddish-yellow colour, 
_ apparenty derived: from the adhering arillus; it deposits a 
quantity of solid fat after it has been kept for a short time. 
Chemical composition.—The powdered seeds exhausted with 
ether afford 30 per cent. of a thick reddish, bitter oil with 
_ aromatic odour. The bitter principle is insoluble both in cold 
and boiling water, but is readily extracted from the seeds with 
proof spirit. Ether extracts it together with the oil, and it - 
may.be separated by shaking the oil with 85 per cent. alcohol. 
The bitter principle is of ‘a resinous nature, similar to a 
glucosidal resin. A small quantity of a tannin giving a greenish 
colour with ferric salts is present. The ash amounts to 5°8 per | 
cent. of the seeds. 
 Commerce.—The seeds and le oil are always obtain- 
able in the shops. Value, seeds, 2 as. per lb.; oil, Rs. 20 per 
ewt. The pomatum sold in the bazars ausloe the name of 
Maghas-shuddhi (brain polisher) is.probably composed chiefly 
of this vil. 
-ELZODENDRON GLAUCUM, Pers. 
Fig.— Wight Il. 178, t. 71. | 
Hab.—Hoiter parts of India and Ceylon. The bark and 
eaves. : wee 
Vernacular. ee Chauri, Jamrasi (Hind.), Témruj 
(Mar. a Nerija (Tel.), Chellupa-maram (Tam.)- 
History, Uses, &c.—According to Dr. Sakharam Arjun, — 
the leaves are called Bhutapéla by the Marath4s, and are used — 
a fumigatory to rouse women from hysterical syncope, ure : 
affection supposed by the Hindus to be due to demon acal 
Possession. Dried and powdered the leaves actas a sternutatory 
and are used to relieve headache. Roxburgh “says :—“ : 
fresh bark of the root, rubbed with plain water, aie the na 
plied ez erorael to remove almost arene sort o 
