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milk. The 



com 



recommended 

 f tlie fruits of 



Cfrewia 



■j of Andropogon muricafus (ushira), equal parts, in all 

 two tolas (360 grains), water thirty-two toMs, and boil till reduced 

 to one half. [Chakradatta, quoted by Dutt, Hind. Mat Med.^ 

 p. 218). The juice of the young leaves is used as a demulcent 

 in gonorrhoea, cough, &c., alone or with other demulcents 

 (Pharmacopceia of India, p. 164). The bark of the tree is used 

 by arrack manufacturers in the Madura district to regulate 

 the fermentation of toddy. 



The wood of this tree on account of its lightness and tough- 

 ness is much valued for carriage-building and all ornamental 

 work ; it is light yellow with a reddish heart wood, close and 

 even-grained, easily worked, and readily takes paint or varnish. 

 At the Q-ovemment Medical Store Depot Workshops it has 

 been found to be the best wood for making artificial limbs, 

 stethoscopes, &c. It turns well. Weight 30 to 40 lbs. per 

 cubic foot. 



Description. — An unarmed tree, sometimes attaining 60 

 feet, deciduous, flowering with the young leaves. Leaves 9 by 

 6 inches, more or less acuminate, entire, mature glabrate above 

 stellately hairy beneath ; petiole 3 inches, top glandular. 

 Panicles often one foot in length, terminal ; bracts. | inch • 

 flowers numerous. Calyx ^ inch, teeth very small or obsolete. 

 Corolla brownish-yellow, upper lip shortly bifid, longer than the 

 lower. Drupe | inch, ovoid, usually 2 to 1 seeded. The roots 

 have a light brown bark and yellowish wood, which is li^ht 

 and tough ; they have a bitterish mucilaginous taste. The fruit 

 is bitter-sweet and mucilaginous. 



ili! Chemical composition. — ^The root reduced to fine powder lost 

 8-39 per cent, at 100°C. The ash amounted to 14'41 per cent, 

 and was free from any trace of manganese. 



