MISCELLANEOUS. 



N. O. 115. CINCHONACE^E. CINCHONADS. 

 Ixora parviflora. VaU. See " N. O. 70." 



N. O. 141. APOCYNACE.E. DOGBANES. 

 Alstonia scholaris. Don. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 



Habitat. South Concan, Travancore, Coromandel, Assam. 

 Remarks. The pats used by Native school-children are made of the 

 wood of this tree, whence its specific name. 



N. O. 142. LOGANIACtLE. LOGANIADS. 

 Strychnos potatorum. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogrynia. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 

 Remarks. The seed (Clearing nut) is used to clarify muddy water. 



N. O. 157. SOLANACE.E. NIGHTSHADES. 

 Puneeria coagulans. Stocks. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Pentandria. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 

 Habitat. Sindh, Beloochistan. 



Remarks. The berry is used in Sindh to coagulate milk, as that of 

 S. sanctum is in Arabia. 



N. O. 195. EUPHORBIACE^l. SPURGEWORTS. 

 Exccecaria Agallocha. W. 



Linn. Syst. Dicecia Monadelphia. 



Vernacular. Gewa, Hind. Telakeeriya t Cey. 



Habitat. India, Ceylon. 



Remarks. Long supposed to be the source of Aloes-wood, or Eagle- 

 wood, the Aloes of the Old and New Testament, which however is pro- 

 duced by plants of the N. Os. 74 and 186 (Aquilariaceoe). The better kind 

 of Aloes-wood is produced by the leguminous plant Alcsxylon Agallochvm, 

 Lour, a native of Cochin-China, and the inferior kind by Aquilaria. 

 Agallocha., a native of India beyond the Ganges, the Malaya name of 

 which, Ayila, is the origin of most of the synonymes of this precious 

 incense, as Ayaru, Sans. Aggar, Hind. Pao-cTagila, Portuguese, and 

 the common names Eagle-wood, Aloes-wood, Agallochum, Lignum 

 aquilse, Agalluge, &c. The Hebrew name is Ahalim, or Ahaloth. Aloes- 

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