App. C. OLACACE.^.— CEDRELACE.E. 551 



OLACACE.E. 

 Olax Zetlanica, JJnn. 

 A small tree, native of Ceylon and of some parts of India, jiekling a 

 fojtid, salt-tasted wood, which is employed in putrid fevers. The 

 Cinghalese, who call the tree " Malla," eat the leaves in their curries. 



AURANTIACEiE. 

 ^GLE Marmelos, Corr. (= Cratceva Marmelos, Linn.). 

 The Bengal Quince-tree. Almost every part of this tree is used medi- 

 cinally by the native Indian doctors. In fever cases a decoction of the 

 bark of the root, and also of the stem, is employed, but when the latter is 

 used it is generally combined with a great variety of other substances. 

 The expressed juice of the leaves, diluted with water, is also administered 

 in incipient fevers and colds. The fruit is a valuable remedy in diarrhoea 

 and dysentery, and has been succcssfuly employed in those complaints by 

 medical men in this country. It is a tree of moderate size, with its young 

 branches furnished with sharp spines, and has temate or rarely pinnate 

 leaves, and axillary panicles of few large fragrant flowers. It has a great 

 number of vernacular names. In Hindustanee and Bengalee it is called 

 " Bael, Bel, or Bela ;" in Telinga, " Maredoo ;" in Tamul, " Willamarvum ;" 

 in Malayan, " Tanghula," &c. 



MELIACE^. 



AzADiKACHTA Indioa, A. de Juss. (= Melia Azadirachta, Linn.). 

 The bitter astringent bark of this tree, the Neem or Margosa tree of 

 India, is considered by the native doctors to be a most valuable tonic 

 and febrifuge, and it has been successfully employed as a substitute for 

 Chinchona-bark by English physicians in India. A bitter principle called 

 Azadirine has been obtained from it. Other parts of the tree are likewise 

 reputed to possess medicinal properties : the bitter oil obtained from the 

 pericarp being emjiloyed as an anthelmintic, and the olive-like fruit itself 

 in leprosy, while the leaves are universally used in India for poultices. 

 The Xeem forms a large ornamental tree, and has pinnate leaves with 

 unequal-sided smooth leaflets sharply toothed at the edges, and loose 

 axillary panicles of bluish flowers. " Xeem " or " Nim " is its Hindu- 

 stanee and Bengalee name ; " Nimba," in Sanscrit ; " Vaypun " or " Vapan," 

 in Tamul ; and " Kohomba," in Cinghalese. 



CEDRELACE^. 

 Cedrela Toona, Roxl. 

 The Toon-tree gi-ows to a large size, and yields a valuable reddish 

 timber, resembling some kinds of mahogany. It has abruptly pinnate 



