ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. AT 
on account of the caruncula of their seed. To Fumariee they approach in the general aspect 
of their flowers; but if my theory of the structure of that order be admitted, their resem- 
compare this order with Rutacee; but they appear to have finally decided upon the vicinity 
Soulamia is as yet only known to exist in the Moluccas. Xanthophyllum has a range nearly 
as wide as Salomonia, extending from Java, (whence Blume has three species which he had 
published under the generic name of Jackia) through Silhet, Ceylon, and Coromandel, to Mala- 
bar, but has not yet been met with out of Asia. Most of the other genera are American, but 
Muraitia is confined to the Cape of Good Hope. 
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used by the inhabitants of these hills as a remedy in snake bite in like manner as P. sene a, 
is by the Americans. Such being the case, it appears somewhat remarkable, that of all the 
and American ones. 
A peculiar vegetable principle, called Senegen has been discovered by one chemist, 
(Gehlen) and a different one by another, (Reschier) which he has called Polygaline, but it is 
still uncertain whether they are not the same. A third (M. Folchi) has procured a sub- 
