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APPENDIX. 



MALVACE^. 

 Althoea lavateraeflora, DO. 



Aitchisou (Notes on Prod, of W. Afghanistan and N.'-E. Persia^ 

 p. 9) notices it as a cultivated plant usually gi'own on tbe ridges 

 between fields. It is grown not only for the sliowiness of its flowers, 

 but foi' the petals, which are collected as they fall off the plant, and 

 employed in local medicine or exported under the names of yul-i^ 

 Ichatmi or gul-Jchairu. The seeds are also collected and sold as 

 tuhm-i'lihairu^ and the roots as res7tai-hhatnit\ We have received the 

 flowers from Afghanistan, where they are used as a substitute for 

 those of A. officinalis ; they are very mucilaginous. 



STERCULIACE^. 



Heritiora littoralis, JDryand,^ Uhcede, Ilort^ 2faL ?'*., t, 21. 



The seeds of this plant^ common on the coast, have been substi- 

 tuted for white Kola nuts, to which, when the chestnut coloured, 

 papery, episperm has been removed, they bear some resemblance, 

 but are a little larger and nearly orbicular, with a somewhat sinuous 

 instead of an angular outline, Heritiera seeds are fromO'OlO m. to 

 0-015 m. thick, and have a diameter of about D'OI; m. ; they are 

 concave on one side and convex on the other, and are composed 

 of two cotyledons, one of which is double the size of the other, 

 Heckel and Schlagdenhauffen {JVouv. Remcdes^ 1887, p. 155) give 

 the following as the composition of the almond : 



• ■ « 



Oil ... 



Tannin and colouring matter 



Sugar ... 



Sodium chloride 



Cellulose and starch . 



n 



Albuminoids 

 Lignin 



Fixed salts 



IjOSS ... 



• m 9 



• ■» 



« • » 



9 « 



■ •■ 



• • • 



« • ■ 



# •• 



• • # 



• ■ V 



» « i» 



« « <* 



4-306 



4-983 



5-738 



0-288 



55-987 



13-537 



12-367 



2-645 



0-089 



The ash contained traces of iron and manganese, and consisted 

 chiefly of phosphates and sulphates of liine^ potash, and soda, xso 

 caffeine was found. The seeds are eaten in India, and it is evident 

 from the analysis that they have considerable alimentary value. 



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