e to the precipitate caking on the sides of the filter. 
66 CUCURBITACEZ. 
“supposed to be alexipharmic, and to have the power of remov- — 
ing all pains and aches. The fruit pounded or boiled with cow "ga 
strengthen the memory, and remove vertigo. Itis the Bali 
mucca-piri of Rheede, who gives Tindalica as the Portugu 
and Milten as the Dutch name. His brahminical na 
Carinti is Marathi, and most of his brahminical names a 
derived from the South Concan dialect of that language, sho 
ing that he obtained his information concerning the medicinal 
properties of plants from Shenvi and Sarasvat Brahmins who 
hhad migrated to Malabar from the Southern Concan. Modern 
investigation has shown that the medicinal properties of this 
gourd in no way differ from those of colocynth. 
Chemical composition.—The dried fruit was digested with 8 
per cent, alcohol, and the resulting tincture concentrated until 
most of the alcohol had been expelled ; water was then ad 
and the mixtureagitated with petroleum ether. The petro 
which left a greasy stain on paper: with the exception of a 
flocks it was soluble in alcohol, with acid reaction and bit 
taste. On allowing the alcoholic solution to evaporate, 80 
small warty masses separated which were destitute of crystal 
structure under the microscope. After agitation with petroleum 
ether, the aqueous solution, still containing some alcohol, 
heated on the water bath to drive off all the spirit, and thes 
extract was then mixed with water and agitated with a 
ether containing some acetic acid. The acetic ether extra 
was reddish brown, very bitter and partly soluble in boi 
water. The insoluble residue was brittle when cold and ve 
bitter, and had the properties of a resin, and would appear t¢ 
correspond with the resin of colocynth described by Meis 
and others- 
The aqueous solution obtained by the action of boiling 
on the acetic ether extract was cooled and mixed with aq 
tannic acid, and the curdy precipitate separated by filt 
and slightly washed ; thorough washing was not posible 
