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64 GARCINIA MANGOSTANA, L. (Mangostecn.) 



a. Fruit. 



b. Ditto. Perfect specimens. 



Note. The pericarp is used, in India as an astringent in* dysentery 

 and diarrhoea. Indian Pharm., p. 81. At one than this fruit was sub- 

 stituted for Indian Bael, from which it may be known by its stellate 

 stigma and softer structure. P. J. [2] vol. viii., p. 654. 



65. GARCINIA MORELLA, var. PEDICELLATA, Desraus. 



t a. Section of stem. 



b. Ditto, showing gamboge exuding from the bark. 



c. Roll gamboge of good quality. 



d. Ditto, one piece enclosed in bamboo. 



e. Pipe gamboge from Siam, inferior quality. 

 t / Fine specimen of pipe gamboge. 



See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 448. P. J. [l],vol. vi., p. 60; [1], vol. 

 viii., p. 398 ; [1], vol. x., p. 235; [2], vol. vi., p. 349 ; [3], vol. ii.,p. 

 848 ; [3] , vol. iv., p. 803. For fig. of plant, B. d~ T., Med. Plants, tab. 33. 



66. GARCINIA PDRPDREA, Eoxb. (Kokum Butter.) 



a. Concrete oil expressed from the seeds. 



Note. Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It has been recom- 

 mended for use in ointments and suppositories. It melts at 98 F. 

 Ind. Pharm., p. 31. Pharmacographia, p. 80. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 65. 

 For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 32. 



67. CALYSACCION LONGIFOLIUM, Wight. 



a. Unexpanded flower buds. 



Note. These flower-buds form the Nag-kasar of the Indian bazaars, 

 under which name the flowers of Mesua ferrea, L., are also sold. P. J. [1] , 

 vol. x., pp. 449, 597 ; and for fig., [1] , vol. xii., p. 62. Bentley, Man. 

 Bot., p. 448. See collection of Indian Drugs. 



RHIZOBOLACE^E. 



68. CARTOCAR BUTTROSUM, Willd'. 



a. Fruit (Souari Nuts.) Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 451. 

 Note. These nuts are yielded also by C. nuciferum, L. They yield a 

 bland oil. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 158. For fig. of the nuts, etc., see 

 Treas. Bot., p. 229. 



SAPINDACE^E. 



69. PAULLINIA SORBILIS, Mart. 



a. Guarcuia, in roll. (Brazilian Cocoa) 



b. Ditto, powdered. 



c. Seeds. Presented by Dr. Symes. 



Note. It is used in sick headache, but sometimes purges violently. 

 It contains theine and saponin ; to the latter its occasional irritant 

 effects are probably due. See P.J. [3], vol. i., p. 221 ; [3], vol. ui., 

 p. 773. Guarana consists of the crushed nuclei of the seeds. For fig. of 

 the plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 67. 



