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jungles of tlie Indi.an hills. Tt is a moderately tall shrub with prickly 

 stems and branches, alternate, trifoliate, smooth leaves marked with 

 numberless pellucid dots, and usually having prickles on their stalks and 

 on the midribs of the leaflets ; and its flowers, which are whitish and 

 strong scented, arc borne in simple or comi)ound racemes. Its Cinghalese 

 name is " Koodoomirris-wel." 



SIMARUBACE^. 



Samadera Indica, Gaertn. 



All parts of this tree partake of the excessively bitter qualities common 

 to the order. The decoction of the rasped wood has recently been exten- 

 sively and successfully emploj^ed in Ceylon, in the treatment of intermittent 

 fever, and is recommended to be given in combination with Myrobalan 

 galls. The wood is of a pale colour, resembling quassia-wood, and is very 

 light. The tree is indigenous to Ceylon, and also to the Indian peninsula, 

 and is the " Karin-njotti" of Eheede. It attains a considerable size, and 

 has oblong-elliptical, alternate leaves, and long, pendulous, compressed 

 flower-stalks, divided at the top into a many-flowered umbel. The bark, 

 called "Niepa bark," also possesses febrifugal properties. 



RHAMNACE^. 



ZizTPHUS JuJUBA, Lam. (= Bhamnus Jujuha, Linn.) 



The root of this common Indian tree is a reputed febrifuge, and an 

 infusion of it, combined with some warm seed, is said to be employed as 

 such in the Moluccas, while the bark is used in diarrhoea. It is a small 

 tree, with prickly branches, usually having the spines in pairs, and elliptical 

 or oblong obtuse leaves, covered on the under side, as also arc the branches, 

 with dense short tawny tomentum, and it bears small greenish-yellow 

 flowers, which produce roundish, yellow, edible' fruits about the size of 

 cherries. Its Sanscrit name is " Vadari," and its Bengalese "Kool." 



LEGUMINOS^. 



Cassia Fistula, Linn. (= Catfiartocarpus Fistula, Pers.). 



The black, sweet-tasted pulp contained in the long cylindrical pipe-like 

 pods of this cominon tropical plant is well known as a gentle laxative 

 medicine ; and its roots are reputed to be an excellent febrifuge. It is 

 the " Souali " of the Bengalese, the " Amultas " of the Hindus, and the 

 " Ahalla " of the Cinghalese, and is a moderately large ti-ee, with very long 

 pinnate leaves, and loose drooping racemes of bright-yellow fragrant 

 flowers. 



