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| pericarp contained some of the principles Sisinibak to 
sup, such as saponin, wax, resin and colouring matter, 
addition a volatile odorous body of the nature of a 
ble fatty acid, which was obtained by distillation and 
med soluble salts with silver and barium. A portion of the 
: distillate was neutralized with caustic soda, and carefully eva- 
rated to dryness. The residue was crystalline, deliquescent, 
uble in rectified spirit, and sweetish to the taste; treated 
s acid no doubt existed in the pericarps of the fresh fruits 
a free state. . 
The unripe fruits of Randia uliginosa, DC., Wight Ie. 
897, are astringent ; roasted in hot ashes they are used as a 
cooked and eaten asa vegetable. They are ofa yellow 
ur, and have the appearance ofa small pear. ‘The struc- 
of the fruit is similar to that of R. dumetorum. It is 
ed Pind4élu or Pedalu in Hindi, Pinglu in Guzarathi, Chu- 
alu or Piralu in Bengali, Pendhéri Pendhru or Péndhar in 
athi, Nalaika in Telugu, Wagata in Tamil, Karé in Cana- 
», and Pindélu or Pinddluka in Sanskrit; and is described 
; sweet, cooling, and diuretic. 
GARDENIA GUMMIFERA, Liu. f. 
Fig,—Thunbd. diss. Gard., t. 2, f. 3. 
-Hab.—-Western Peninsula, Chittagong, Burma. The resin~ 
exudation. 
Vernacular.—Dikamili (Hind., Gua. ), Dikémali (Mar., Can.), 
umbai, Dikamali (Tam.), Tella-manga, Chiaka-ringuva (Tel. ). 
History, Uses, &c.—This remarkable substance is 
posed to be the Nadi-hingu, Hingu-n4dika or Pindahva of . 
krit writers, and is used by the Hindus in fever, as 
ulence, and chronic skin diseases. In veterinary p 
nh used to keep flies from sores, pare St 
have used it to expel round wo: 
