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of the middle fractions. 



8( Co., 1891.) 



Santalum cignorum 



from 



sandalwood. The oil, which has the same peculiarity, has a sp. 

 gr. of 0-953, rotation +5° 20. 



African Sandalwood (botanical origin unknown) is 

 reddish-hrown in colour, and very hard and close. Distilled 

 wath water it yields 3 per cent, of a ruby-red oil having the 

 consistence of true sandalwood oil. Its sp. gr. at 15° C. is 

 0-969. The odour resembles that of West Indian sandal oil. 

 {Bcn'chte von ScMmmel ^ Co., 1891.) This wood is largely 

 imported into Bombay; a sample kindly supplied by Messrs. 

 Schimmel & Co. was found to agree exactly with that sold in 

 the bazaar. It is used in India as a cheap substitute for true 

 sandalwood. 



EUrHORBIACE^. 



EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA, Linn. 



I 



Fig.— /acy. Icon,, t. 478 ; Bunn. Thes. ZcyL, tt. 104-105, 



/. 



H;ab. Throughout the hotter parts of India. The herb. 



Fcyvmc?(to'.— Dudhi {Hind.), Bara-keru (JBcng.), Goverdhan, 

 Mothidudhi, Xayeti (Mar.), Dudheli [Guz.), Amurapatchai-arissi 

 [Tarn.), Bidari, Nanabala {Tel.}, Gentikasa, Barasu {Can.). 



History, Uses, &C.— This plant is not mentioned by 

 Hindu medical writers, nor does there appear to be any Sanskrit 

 name for it. It is known, however, as a popular remedy for 

 worms, bowel complaints, cough and gonorrhoea, and as a local 

 application for the cure of ringworm, the Marathi name Naydi 

 si <5-nifies ringworm. Ainslie (ii., 99) remarks: — "If we may 

 believe Piso {De Med. Brazil), and Barham (p. 180), it possesses 

 most extraordinary qualities, such as a few drops of the juice 



