DRUGS. 



Jonesia Asoca and the gorgeous Amherstia nobilis, growing about the 

 Buddhist temples in Burmah. 



N. O. 48. SAPINDACE.E. SOAPWORTS. 

 Sapindus emargiliatus. Fohl. Emarginated Soap Berry. 



Linn. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Rishta, Arishfa, Phcenile, Sans. Rita y Hind. Buro- 

 reetha, Beng. Retch, Dec. Rarak, Mai. Poovandie-cottay, 

 Manaypoongunkai, Ponnanga, Tarn. Kunkoodoo, Koomuttie- 

 ghenzaloo, Tel. Gas-penela, Cey. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Arishto is the name of the Neem in Hindoostan. See also 

 " Miscellaneous" Class. 



N. O. 50. MELIACE.E. MELIADS. 

 Azadirachta indica. A. de Juss. Ash-leaved Bead-tree. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Decandria. 



The bark, leaf, and expressed oil of the pericarp of the fresh fruit. 



Vernacular, ftimba, Sans. Nim, Arishto, Hind. Neem, Dec. Bewa, 

 Can. Aria-bepou, Mai. Veypam, Tarn. Fepa, Vaympa, Tel, 

 Tel-kohomba, Cey. Thembau-kamakah y Pegu. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. First described by Breynius. Toddy is prepared from the 

 juice of the young tree (Ainslie). It is sacred to Mariama. The generic 

 name is derived from Azad-i-duruckht (Azadzracht of Avicenna), the 

 Persian for the Melia Azederach (Linn.) the Deb, Common Bead Tree, or 

 Persian Lilac of Anglo-Indians ; and the Melia sempervirens, W. or Ban, 

 the Bukayan of the Deccan and Hindoostan, and West Indian Lilac or 

 Evergreen Bead Tree of English writers. The true Persian Lilac is 

 Syringa persica. See also " Oils and Oil-seeds," and " Woods." 



N. O. 52. CEDRELACE^E. CEDRELADS. 

 Soymida febrifuga. Juss. Febrifuge Soymida. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Decandria. 



The bark. 



Vernacular. Rohuna, Patranga^ Sans. Rohun, Hind. Rouen, Ruhin, 

 Dec. Swamy, Can. Woondmarum, Shemmarum, Tarn. Soimida, 

 Sumi y Tel. 



Habitat . Goozerat ? Deccan. 

 Remarks. See "Woods." 

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