76 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



agent. Much 



f.Z „,i • 1. ,v u , r • , . *!"""** »' Umchona, that yield the different kinds of bark 



foZl nnXv-rFl' " M*".^- "'"^\'?"J ? ^^'""^ '^' "«'^' «'=^"' ""'l best e:.position is to be 

 summarv „f »fe f L " f ,"''°*' '"'"'^ '" ? • ^^^ ^Pace puts us in possession of an exeellent 

 mlj^t'^dt !?°™.™,."'^_ ^"''J-'• .1' -»'d of -'-? be a waste of space for 



rpecie-s^f a„chon; lund" A iT : iXt" tfe°eftL\™™'r '" ""'='' T' ""^ «^"r 



distinct ; our nearest allies being MZnSZn'Z 'rt^^ t? !? "A"l' "IfTiTfil 



Hymenodictyo 



Hymenodictyoriy H, 



as a substitute An S;-*^ ^"e Peruvian liark, but I am not aware of its having been used 



&'^l,^:ItZ '::^£:r:Ztilo & '-'' r r^^ extract/resernblln, 

 the products of tlil^ fiiTn;i.7 ^^^'^'*='""''^^y .®*Portedto iLurope as such. Jpecacuana is another of 



when administered in kr^edo^I/ T ^^^^^^ ^""^^H treatment of chronic bowel complaints, 

 qualities and eonl fr£.l?f : Jl'T^J'^'''' «f ^iarrh^a it seems to lose its emetic 



from 15 to 20 or even SoT«i.= a .v. ^^""^ """^ *^® ***^^^«^' *» ^^ administered in doses of 

 cases are ho ^veCorrareocc?^^^^^^^^^^ ^T ''^'^^'^ ^* comparatively short intervals. Such 



depressing passYons acti^rnn f 5 ' '""'f^ ""'^^^ '^"^^«*« i° J^ils> ^l^ere confinement and the 

 +.if:„„i f:.^^^^ ,' ^^r"^ »n a aepraved const tut on. mv« .;.:^ ♦. *k. .* ^.,.„i ^.-^« ^4^ ^n. 



depressing passions, act ng on TrpVaSon^T^r''''"^- ' '^ ^""^'^ Y^''' confinement s 

 testlnal disease. In thJJl..^F^'V:.l^^'^'^^^^^^^ the most fatal forms 



forms 



suitable. 



sm 



all and 



found 



properties, as forTxampirthI ff « wJ^'^' ^^f ^^ ^T^ ^^^ reported to possess somewhat similar 



The plant supposed t7suppiyfhe Mnn ^'^^ ^'^^'-^"^ ^^^^^°^ '''^'^'' '' k°^^" regarding them, 

 membpr nf fl.f= ^„^:,_ ^^^^^ ^?^ Mungoose with its ant dote flcrn^n^f +T,. >.;.. «f *v,« .^cItp is a 



snake root). 

 India. 



•ot). It is a native of bn 1,+^ /^ T ^^^'cumstance OpiorMza Munaos (Mungoose 

 The root is intensely bittern,. ^^^^^^^^^ ^« J Inlands, but is by no mef ns common in 

 that name, the leaves and bark of wh^ri ''' ^''''' ^^^'^ ^'^*^^"- ^inslie alludes to a tree under 

 administered in cases of snake bifpTf ^ '^^'' ^'^ '°?^' *"*^ ^ decoction by the Cingalese and 

 80 called bv Botanists, which is a L Jl 1' 'i! ''*''''i^ '"^ '^"^"^ '^ ^ t^^e, it cannot be the plant 

 seems to Ae down to near the rooTfftl !"' ^' '^^^'' ^" ^°^^^1 ^^^^ ^ perennial root, which 

 genus greatly resembling each other but nil I'f ?'"^ '^% T^^' ^^^'^ are many species of the 

 IS common in Malabar durin7the kin v.i«! 1! T ^ ^^^^ '^«"' «^^^ suffruticose plants. It 

 ei^cept where exposed to tKouthwe ^Jnt ' ^1 'T ^" ^^« Coromandel side of the hills, 

 As a i"mor,f/„ i>._ . ""«_ *3ouinwest monsoon. In the wnn^. «f rt„.,-.i„ii -^ .• r„ „* I 



As aWts a fefs^^cies-re ir„r 



woods 



fiierce. 

 are lar 



these Coffee occupies the first place, a: 

 ^tion in this countrv as an article of 



parvijli 



The pulp enclosing the seed, he also nform« ^T"""* . ^ ^°^ ^*^* otherwise aware of the fact. 

 flr'>' *° the European taste it is no? l ' '' f ^^?, ^^ *^« ^^tives. This I can readily 

 family Fan^^ria ednlu^t, Bengal pllt TalJo Yi'H"^'",: ^^' ^'""^ ^^ ^^^ther plant of the 



remarkable bnghtness and durabmty. Madura is fam i^'-^''*' "^^^^^ ^^" managed, one of 



Madura is famous for its turbaS 



