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the kernel which is about half the size of an almond and 
nearly cylindrical, is iv common use in Bengal, amongst Huro- 
peans under the name of “leaf nut.’ According to Brannt the 
almonds contain 28 per cent. of oil, which excels almond oil as 
regards flavour and mildness, and has the further advantage 
of keeping well. It is of a pale yellowish colour and entirely 
- _ inodorous. Its specific gravity is 918 at 15° C., and it is com- 
__ posed chiefly of stearin and olein, the stearin separating at 
5° C. The bark is astringent, and has been recommended for 
internal administration in the form of decection asa remedy 
for gonorrhcea and leucorrhcea. (Pharm. de St. Dominque.) 
The tree yields a gum of the Bassora type. 
MYRTACE. 
BARRINGTONIA ACUTANGULA, Gartn. 
Fig.—Bedd. Fl. Sylv., t. 204. The fruit, Gartn. Fruct. it., 
4 97, te 101. i 
Hab.— Throughout India. The seeds. 
Vernacular.—Hijjal, Samandar-phal (Hind., Beng.), Samudar- 
| phal (Guz.), Samutra-pullam,. Kadapum (Tam.), Kadamik, 
| Kanapa (Tel.), Pivar, Séthphal, Dh&triphal, Ingli (Mar. Can.). 
’ History, Uses, &c.—This is an evergreen tree of 
] q moderate size, called by Sanskrit writers Hija or Hijjala. The 
) fruit is spoken of as Samudra-phala and Dhdtriphala or 
_ “nurse’s fruit,” and is one of the best known domestic remedies, 
F When children suffer from a cold in the chest, the seed is rub- 
| _ bed down on a stone with water and applied over the sternum, 
and if there is much dyspnoea a few grains with or without the — . : 
_ juice of fresh ginger are administered internally and seldom _ 
_ fail to induce vomiting and the expulsion of mucus from the 
‘passages. To reduce the enlarged abdomen of chi 
