MIXOR PRODUCTS OF CEYLOX 



521 



worth 2s. 9</. per Ib. in London, while at the present time (1913) 

 the London price is reported as varying from 2\d. to 4^d. per Ib. 

 according to quality. They are exported from the West Coast of 

 Africa to some considerable extent. The export of Kola-nuts from 

 Ceylon in 1912 was 97 cwt., valued at 77. The Kola-nut tree 

 has been introduced into various tropical countries, and is said to 

 have become naturalised in the West Indies. 



XUX-VOMICA. Stryclinos Xii 



N ux- vomica. Goda-kaduru, S. ; Kanchurai, T. (Slrychnos Xnx- 

 vonrica. Loganiaceae). A moderate-sized tree with opposite shiny 

 leaves, indigenous to Ceylon (forests of the dry region), India and 

 Burma. The flat, circular, ash-grey poisonous seeds, produced 

 chiefly from August to November, are collected from wild trees, 

 and exported for the purpose of extracting from them the alkaloid 



