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sion to their glutinous pulp,. Both trees are minutely de- 
yxa is used by the Javanese as a tonic. This tree is the 
Vidimaram of Rheede, the Fruita d’ Entrude of the Portuguese, 
nd the Arbor glutinosa or Kleeverige Boom of Rumphius. 
_ Description.—C. obliqua : Drupe oblate-spheroidal ; about 
inch or inch and a quarter in diameter, smooth, when ripe 
low ; pulp in large quantity, soft, clear and very clammy, 
one-celled ; nut nearly circular, laterally compressed, rugose 
the outside, with a cavity at each end, the lower one deeper 
than the other, exceedingly hard, 4-celled, though rarely all 
fertile ; seed solitary, ovate-oblong. 
Ev. Sia Drupe globular, smooth, the size of.a cherry, sit- 
ting in the enlarged calyx, when ripe yellow ; the pulp almost 
trausparent, very tough, and viscid ; nut cordate, at both ends 
ntate and perforated, rugose, somewhat. 4-sided, 4-celled, 
it rarely happens that all prove fertile; seeds solitary. 
urgh.) Both kinds of fruit when dry are shrivelled, and 
he colour of a dry prune. The pulp of C. obliqua can be 
ated from the nat, that of C. Myxa cannot; on sawing 
gh the nut a heavy disagreeable smell is observable. 
hemical composition.—The palp of the fruit of C. obliqua 
r cent, 
Moisture ....é....:.. 12-85 
- Extracted by hot water ... . 64°25 
|. Sugar (by copper estimation) ...........0+ 29°76 
- Acidity neutralizing Na i 5. OS 
_- Alkalinity of ash as KHO . .. 8°06 
Total ash P 8°85 
PRC Ash i im insoluble atin er eee eee ere 408s ee tee eee 
alkaloid, and was not rendered turbid with lime water. 
plums appear to have properties: similar to prunes, 
ey _— a —* laxative action when’ taken in set : 
