eee MYRTACEAE. 
carminative and stimulant ; to relieve irritation of the throa’ 
accompanied by racking cough, and to deaden the pain 
toothache. 
Description.—The flowers of the Clove grow in cymes 
lection as witnessed by one of us at Zanzibar is by hand, eac 
clove is about two-thirds of an inch long, and consists of th 
calyx-tube, which divides above into four pointed spreadi 
- sepals, surmounted by a globular bud, consisting of 4 pe 
and enclosing a number of stamens. All parts of the cl 
abound iu oil cells. If of good quality it should be plump, 
a rich brown colour, and the oil should exude upon pressur 
being made with the finger nail ;the taste should be aroma 
and very pungent. 
Mother cloves, called in India Narlaung (male cloves), a 
ovate-oblong berries about an inch long, and contain two da 
brown oblong cotyledons which abound in starch; they h 
the odour of cloves, but contain much less essential oil. 
Clove stalks, in Guzerathi Vikunia, are oo Dont 
India for re-export to Europe. : 
‘The oil of cloves of the Indian bazars is made ey steeping 
cloves in sweet oil. No — oil is manufactured in the 
country. 
Chemical composition.—Oleum Caryophylli, whick is t 
most important constituent of cloves, is obtainable to the 
extent of 16 to 20 per cent. But to extract the whole, the 
_. distillation must be long continued, the water being returned 
to the same material. 
The oil is a colourless or yellowish liquid with a powe 
odour and taste of cloves ; sp. gr. 1:046 to 1-058. Itisam 
of a terpene and an oxygenated oil call 
ed Hugenol, i in) 
