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formula O8H'3NO. It therefore furnishes another example 
- of a volatile oxygenated base, near to conhydrine, C8H!7NO 
_and tropine, C°H''NO. From some experiments made by 
Tanret it appears that the bark of the fibrilla of the roots 
_ contains by far the largest proportion of alkaloid, viz., 2°25 per 
cent. when dry. Tanret subsequently obtained from the bark 
a second alkaloid, isopelletierine, having anthelmintic properties, 
and two inactive alkaloids. 
Commerce.— Pomegranate root bark is seldom to be met with 
in the shops, as few gardens are without the plant; it is freshly 
_ dug when required. © The rind is brought to Bombay from the 
_ Persian Gulf ports chiefly. Value, Re. 14 per maund of 37} 
_ Ibs. The dried seeds are also imported, 
ONAGRACEZi. 
JUSSLZA SUFFRUTICOSA, Linn. 
Fig.—Rheede Hort. Mal. w., t. 50 ; Lam. Ill, ¢. 280, f. 3. 
Hab.—India, Ceylon. The plant. e 
_ Vernacular.—Lal-bon-lavanga (Beng.), Ban-laung (Hind.), 
ana-lavanga (Mar.), Nir-kirambu (Tam.), Kavacula (Can.), 
~Hemarago (Cingh.). 
History, Uses, &c.— Rheede under the name of Oatrainbu 
fa man,and Bhillavi-anga would signify « having a body like 
hallavi.” According to Rheede a decoction of this plant is 
used in Malabar to dissipate flatulence, act as a diuretic, purge 
he body and destroy worms; when ground small and steeped 
butter-milk it is administered in dysentery. Ainslie quotes 
‘neede, and says that the plant is called Hamarago in Ceylon. 
iller, he says, has noticed the resemblance of its fruit to the 
. 
ove, and in Jamaica J. repens is used as an 
