212 _ RUBIACER. 
tion; given in powder to children, the dose is about a drachm 
or more. 
Description.—The root is crooked, from inch tofinch 
ix diameter. The bark is grey, with a hight brown papery epi- 
dermis, and seems to be the most active part. It has a sweetish 
aromatic taste followed by a bitterness, A section placed under — 
the miscroscope shows large laticiferous vessels, containing 4 
greenish latex, and a parenchymatous structure containing many 
small starch granules. It is not an article of commerce. 
Chemical composition —The powder gave off a pleasant odour 
when boiled with water, and a greenish resinous scum separated 
on the surface of the liquid. The decoction showed the pre- 
sence of starch, the absence of tannin, and contained a coloured 
_ organic acid. Aloohol removed the active bitter principle of 
dont i Fa ee a’ 
inactivity and its greater solubility in water. 
IXORA COCCINEA, Linn. . 
__ Fig.—Wight Ic, t. 153 ; Bot, Reg. 513 and 154, Jungle 
Geranium (Zng.). ‘a 
_ Hab.—Western Peninsula. Cultivated elsewhere. : 
gu! (Mar.), Vitchie (Tam.). gir rede weaker 
