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Western 



an aphrodisiacal tonic. It occurs in irregular-shaped pieces 

 about half an inch thick, and often as large as the palm of the 

 hand, from which the epidermis has been removed by scraping 

 and trimming. The structure is that of coarse cork, the cells 

 being about six times the size of ordinary cork cells. This sub- 

 stance has a glistening appearance, and is always kept saturated 

 with water, so that on breaking it, it appears to be full of juice. 

 It is inodorous and tasteless. 



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its for fishin 



Descripti 



k small evergreen tree or shrub^ growing 



along with Ehizophora and Avicennia, and sometimes called the 

 *' milky mangrove/' Leaves ovate, between fleshy and coria- 

 ceouSj 2 to 4 inches, entire or sinuate crenate, pale brown when 

 dry, base acute or rounded; nerves many, very faint, sub- 

 horizontal ; petiole 4 to 1 inch. Flowers fragrant, male spikes 

 numerous, 1 to 2 inches; female racemes few, ^ to 1 inch. 

 Bracts of male spike with one flower and several minute 

 bractioles. Filaments much lengthened after flowering. Styles 

 free nearly to the base. Seeds subglobose, smooth. The 

 variations in the size of the fruit and seeds are remarkable. 

 {FL Br. Ind.) 



Plants of minor importance belonging to this order, which 

 are used medicinally, are : 



Macaranga Roxburghii, Wight Jc, t. 817, a small 



tree of the Deccan Peninsula, with peltate, cordate leaves, small 

 green flowers, and fruit the size of a pea. The young shoots 

 and fruit are covered with a clammy, reddish secretion having 

 an odour like turpentine. The country people use the following 

 in Jarandi [Angh, Liver): — One part of the young shoots, with 

 3 parts of the young shoots of Khor^ti {Ficus asperrima), are 



