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flows from it, whence the Sanskrit name Dhava, from yj, to 
_ flow. The gum has a great reputation in India among calico- 
a printers for use with certain dye-stuffs, such as turmeric. The 
leaves are used in most parts of the country for tanning. 
Description.—Leaves short petioled, ovate, generally 
emarginate, entire, smooth, from one to four inches long, and 
from one and a half to two broad. Taste very astringent. 
In the variety villosa the leaves are rusty villose on both 
surfaces, and in the variety parvifolia they are very small and 
_ silky pubescent. For a description of the gum the reader is 
referred to the article upon the Substitutes for Gum Acacia, 
Vol. L, p. 544. 
Chemical composition.—The leaves have been examined by 
‘ Hummel, who obtained from them a pale yellow decoction, and 
15:5 per cent. of tannic acid. (Watt, Selections from the 
Records of the Govt. of India Vol. I., p. 93.) iyon, who has 
also examined them, obtained a similar result. 
QUISQUALIS INDICA, Linn. 
. Fig.—Lam. Iil., t. 857; Wiyht Ill., t. 92; Bot. Reg. N. 
_ §. XXX.,t 15. Rangoon creeper (Eng.), Liane vermifuge 
P(Fr.). , 
Hab.—Malaya. India, cultivated. The seeds. 
Vernacular.—Rangun-ki-bel( Hind. ), Vilayati-chameli(Mar.), 
 Trangun-malli (Tam.), Rangunu-malle-chettu (Tel.), 
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| History, Uses, &c.—In the Moluccas the seeds have 
_ long been held in repute as an anthelmintic, and in 1853 they 
were brought forward by Dr. Oxley and Mr. Gordon of Singa- 
pore. (Calcutta Med. and Phys. Trans., vii., p. 488.) The 
_ testimony adduced in their favour by these authorities is strong, — 
and is to the effect that in cases of lwmbrici, four or five of 
these seeds, bruised and given in electuary with houey or jam, 
4 suffice for the expulsion of the entozoa in children. . puton é 
(Med. Plants of Mauritius, p. 58), who gives Liane v if 
