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The root bark referred to is bitter and nauseous, if taken 

 from the superficial roots — the part usually employed ; the 

 bark of the deeper parts is astringent by virtue of the con- 

 tained tannin. 



Jacobs analyzed the bark and isolated an amorphous resin of 

 yellowish color and very bitter taste. It is soluble in alcohol, 

 ether and chloroform, slightly soluble in sulphuret of carbon, 

 insoluble in turpentine or benzin. He believes that it is the 

 active principle of the root, and produces the anthelmintic ac- 

 tion already mentioned ; the proper dose is 0.20 centigrams to 

 a child of 4 years, followed by a purge of calomel. 



Botanical Description. — A tree, 30-40° high, with leaves 

 alternate, compound, odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, ovate, 

 pointed, dentate. Flowers in large axillary compound panicles. 

 Calyx, 5 sepals. Corolla, 5 petals, rose-colored within, lilac- 

 colored without. Stamens 10, united into a cylindrical tube, 

 expanded at both ends, the mouth 15-toothed. Anthers in- 

 serted near the apex of the tube, short, fleshy, bilocular. Ovary 

 free, of 5 biovuled cells. Style of equal length with the tube. 

 Stigma button-shaped. Fruit a drupe, about the size of a small 

 olive, yellow when ripe, with a dark brown pit of 5 one-seeded 

 cells. 



Habitat. — Native of China ; is cultivated in most gardens 

 in the Philippines. 



Dysoxylum Blancoi, Vidal. (D. salutare, F. Villar ; Turrot 

 virens, Blanco.) 



Nom. Vulg. — Igiw, Agiw, Taliatan, Tag. ; Ananagtai 

 Bakugan, Makasili, Vis. ; Malabagaw, Pam. ; Basiloag, lie 



Uses. — The bark of the trunk, dry and finely powdered, 

 used in doses of 1J-2J grams as an emetic, and, according 

 Padre Blanco, its effect is very certain. 



It is also a febrifuge, and Padre Mercado states that 

 cures " all forms of asthma, suffocative affections of the chest 



