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strong sulphuric acid it forms a reddish violet, and with 
nitric acid a purple solution, the latter of which changes to 
green and ultimately to yellow. Its salts are amorphous. 
In the .author’s opinion all these alkaloids belong to one 
series :— 
Ditamine C'6H NO? 
? C18H*5NO°* 
KEchitenine C*0H*7NO* 
Kchitamine Hydrate (Echit-ammonium 
Hydroxide) ... ices 3 eh hed Od 
(Liebig’s Annalen, cciit., a) tn Year-Book of Pharmacy 
for 1881.) 
Commerce.—The bark is nof an article of commerce in 
India. 
Rhazya stricta, Decaisne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot., t. 111, 
_ Vernacular.—Sewar (Sind). . 
This plant is widely distributed through Western Asia, 
from Yemen in Arabia, to the North-West Provinces of India. 
Tis leaves, which are very bitter, are sold in the bazars in 
Sind, the natives using them in the preparation of cooling 
bitter infusions. AR. stricta is a stiff-growing plant with erect 
stems 2 to 3 feet high, and upright thickish smooth leaves 
placed rather close together on the stem. Dr. Stocks de- 
scribes the infusion asa good and peculiar bitter tonic, and 
recommends it for trial. 
HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSEN- 
ERICA, Wail. 
Fig. —Brand. For. Fi., t. 40; Wight Ic., t, 1297; Rheede 
Hort. Mal. i., ¢. 47. Conessi or Tellicherry Bark (Eng.), 
_ Ecorce de Codagapala (Fr.). 
Hab -—Throughout the drier forests of India. The bark. 
_ Vernacular Kura, Kaureya (Hind.), Kurchi (Beng.). Kuda, 
_ P4éndhara-kuda (Mar.), Kuda, Doula-kuda (Guz.), Kulap Bier 
Stross m Amkudu (Tel.), pre hee Ber ie 
