APPENDIX. 199 



The Olea glandtdtf 



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small black fniit. The bark is of a greyish colour, with whitish 

 specks, about i of an inch in thickness, breaking with a close granu- 

 lated fracture, inner surface brown. 



The Litswa Zcylanica is a moderate -sized tree, with yellowish-white 

 flowers and black fruit ; the leaves are ribbed and whitish on the 

 under surface. The bark is gray and covered with lichens, smooth, 



of an inch thick, fracture close, showing white, glistening fibres 

 limning through the red substance of the middle and inner layers, 

 brown and smooth internally. The bark gives off a fragrant odour 

 when burning. 



The Iliptage Madahlota is a woody climber, reaching to the top 

 of trees over 100 feet high- The stems are from half to three- 

 quarters of an inch in thickness, and covered with a thin, smooth, 

 reddish-brown bark enclosing a yellowish wood. 



The Jasmmum Jlexile is also a climber. The stems are about one 

 inch in diameter, very woody and knotted, covered with a light 

 yellowish -brown papery bark, exfoliating on the surface. 



The Liyustrtim Roxbxirghii is a stout tree about 50 feet in height. 

 The bark is coloured russet-brown, and is a quarter of an inch or 

 more in thickness; fracture close, showing thick white fibres running 

 through the brown middle and inner layers. 



The Lits(ca Wightiaiia is similar to Z. Zeyhnica in many respects. 



epideiunis. 



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own. fi'acture 



d or brown by exposure to the air. 



The Gmelina arhorea is a common tree in the plains. The bark is 

 about half an inch thick, with a rugged, black and yellowsh-brown 

 surface, middle layer hard and b 



within. 



Some documents accompanying these specimens stated that the 

 barks of these trees were used ^* to increase the intoxicating effi^cts 

 of sago toddy." The bark is simply placed in the toddy and left 

 there °for two or three days. The bark Xo. 3, it is said, is not so 

 frequently used, as the resulting liquor causes headache when di-unk. 

 With reference to No. 7, it was said that a tenth pai't of it would 



the purpose in the absence of other barks. 

 It will only be necessary to give the results of the chemical 



examination of these barks, 



likely to explain 



