472 - - LEGUMINOSE. 
only in a large quantity of alkali; eeg were both acid in 
reaction. 
Tourhi Pods. —These dried pods, which are sold in ‘ie 
bazars of Bengal, are apparently those of a species of Derris; 
they Mig much in size, being 4 to 2 inches in length, and 
from + to. 4 an inch in breadth. They are brittle and of a 
briwai colour with a prominent dorsal suture. 
The pods are astringent, and when powdered are used as a 
tooth powder and to stain the teeth. A decoction is used as 
an astringent injection in leucorrhcea, but their ss va use is 
in the preparation of writing ink, 
Chemical composition.—The pods with their Sine reduced to 
powder contained 473 per cent. of moisture, and 2:86 per cent: 
of ash ; a slight trace of manganese was present. 
With the exception of a very large amount of astringent 
matter giving a blackish coloration with ferric salts, and ‘a 
resinous principle soluble in chloroform, and affording a bright 
yellow coloration with alkalies, nothing oe was detected. 
No. Blucoside was present. 
SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA, Pers. 
5 Fig. —Rheede, Hort. Mal.1., ¢. 51. Syn. —~Agati g grandiflora. 
3 ‘Hab. —Ww. Peninsula. The bark and flowers. 
~ ~ Vernacular—Agista (Mar. \s Avisi (T'el.), A oAtti (Tam. 7 Bak 
: (Beng .), Agasthio. hs A Basie avy ‘ Apesti cna 
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