26 MYRTACEZ. 
phala (king’s-fruit), &c. According to the Dirghama-Sutraitis 
one of the four colossal mythic trees which mark the four cardinal _ 
points, standing to the south of Mount Méru ; four great rivers 
rise at its foot. The Vishnupurana states that the continent of 
Jambudvipa takes its name from this tree. Ibn Batuta, who — 
visited India in 1332, mentions w»+> (Jamin) as one of the 
fruits of Delhi. A vinegar prepared from the juice of the ripe — 
fruit is an agreeable stomachic and carminative ; it is also used 
as a diuretic. A sort of spirituous liquor, called Jémb4va, 1s 
described in recent Sanskrit works as prepared by distillation 
from the juice. The bark is astringent, and is used, alone or 
in combination with other medicines of its class, in the prepa- 
ration of astringent decoctions, gargles and washes. The fresh 
juice of the bark is given with goat’s milk in the diarrhm@a of 
children. (Chakradatta.) The expressed juice of the leaves 
s used alone or in combination with other astringents in dysen- 
tery, as for example in the following prescription :—Take of | 
the fresh juice of the leaves of B. Jambolana and the Mango 
aboata drachm each, Emblic myrobalans a drachm, and admin- | 
ister with goat’s milk and honey. (Bhavaprakasa.) a : 
The author of the Makhzan notices the Jamin at conside — 
able length; after describing the tree, he says that the fruit is 
a useful astringent in bilious diarrhoea, and makes a good 
-gargle for sore throat or lotion for ringworm of the head. The 
root and seeds, he observes, are useful astringents, also the 
leaves. He tells us that a kind of wine is made from the fruit, 
and that the juice of the leaves dissolves iron filings, or, as lie 
expresses it, reduces them to so light a condition that 
float upon the surface of the liquid as a scum. 
A wine and syrup of the fruit has been shown to us by Mr. M 
C. Pereira of Bombay; they much resemble in flavour pene 
preparations made with red currants, and a 
stomachic and astringent properties, 
