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solution was then rendered alkaline and reagitaied with’ ether, 
the ethereal extract contained -an alkaloid, for which we 
propose the name Jasminine, and which afforded no special 
colour reactions. 
The Mogra, J. Sambac, is considered to have the the same 
properties as J. grandijlorum. In the Pharmacopwia of India 
the flowers, upon the authority of Mr. J. Wood, are said to have 
considerable power as_a lactifuge ; he speaks of them as effec- 
tual in arresting the secretion of milk in the puerperal state, 
in cases of threatened abscess. For this purpose about two or 
three handfuls of the flowers are bruised and applied to the 
breasts and renewed once or twice aday. The secretion is 
sometimes arrested in twenty-four hours, though generally a 
longer time is required. Mr. Wood speaks of this practice as 
being well known in Madras. 
The wild single variety, called Vikhmogra or Vishmogra, 
( Rheede vi., 56,) is used as an emmenagogue. 
The juice of the leaves of J. arborescens, Rozb., is used 
with pepper, garlic and other stimulants as an emetic in ob- 
struction of the bronchial tubes by viscid phlegm. Seven 
leaves will furnish sufficient juice for a dose. For young 
children the juice of half a leaf and of four leaves of Agasta 
(Sesbania grandiflora) may be mixed with two grains of black 
pepper and two grains of dried borax and given in honey. 
The bark and leaves of the following plants, belonging to thia 
Order, are used by the hill villagers in the Madura District, in 
the preparation of Sago-toddy. 
They are believed to assist and regulate the process of 
fermentation, but do not directly impart any intoxicating 
properties to the liquor. 
Olea glandulifera, Wall. Wight. Ic., t. 1238; Bedd. 
Fil. Sylv. t. 238. Kadaly (Tam.). 
The bark, which is externally greyish with whitish specks, 
internally brown and about } of an inch in thickness, breaking 
with a close granular facture, contains a bitter glucoside and — 
quercetin. The water extract amounts to 14%, Spirit: one 
12'9, and ash 8:2 per cent. — 
