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1. pentaphyllum, (Amyris pentaphylla, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 247.) B Cawn- 

 pore. Fl. small, whitish, fragrant, H. S. ; fr. R. S. ; — Leaves, when 

 bruised between the fingers, very fragrant. W. and A. would 

 refer it to Cookia, from which, as well as from Clauseneae, the many 

 ovula in each cell of the ovary exclude it. 



Feronia, Corr. {DC. pr. 1, p. 538; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 96.) 



1. Elephantum, Corr. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 

 141 ; /. ind. 2, p. 411 ; — Wight icon. I, t. 15 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 24. — Cratseva Vallanga, Kbn. Anisifolius, Rumph. 2, t. 43.) 

 ^^WW Kuthbcl. Elephant or Wood- Apple. L. b Moluccas. Cororaan- 

 del. Bombay Presidency, especially at Guzerat. Bengal, (Serampore.) 

 Assam. Fl. small, greenish- white, anise-scented, March ; fr. Oct. 

 Wood hard, durable. From wounds in the bark exudes a very 

 transparent gum, having the properties of Gum Arabic, and said to be 

 better suited for mixing colours than it. The young leaves emit a 

 fragrance of anise, and are therefore considered stomachic and carmi- 

 native. The pulp of the fruit affords a very pleasant jelly, so closely 

 resembling black currant jelly, as to be only distinguished by a slight 

 degree of astringency. {Wight.) 



^GLE, Corr. {DC.pr. 1, p. 538 -.— W. and A.2>r. 1, p. 96.) 



1. Marmelos, Corr. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 

 143 ; /. ind. 2, p. 579 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 24 \— Wight icon. 

 1, t. 16. — Feronia lucida, Rath. ; — DC. I. c. — Crataeva Marmelos, L.; 

 — Rheed3, t. 37. — Rumph. \,t. 81.) C?«f Bel. b Coromandel, Mala- 

 bar Hill, Bombay. Elephanta. Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam. Com- 

 mon about the Pagodas, as the Natives have a deep reverence for 

 this tree. Fl. middle-sized, greenish-white, fragrant. May ; fr. Oct. 

 and Nov. The fruit is nutritious, warm, cathartic, delicious, ex- 

 quisitely fragrant. Its aperient and detersive qualities, and its effica- 

 cy in removing habitual costiveness, have been proved by constant 

 experience. {Roxb. in As. Res. 2, p. 349.) The bark of the root is 

 sometimes used by the Natives in compound decoctions against inter- 

 mittent fevers ; while the fresh expressed juice of the leaves, diluted, is 

 praised in catarrhs and feverishness — the leaves in a poultice against 

 ophthalmias and a decoction of the immature dried fruit against diar- 

 rhoea and dysentery. The mature fruit, mixed with tamarind juice, 

 forms a sort of antifebrile sherbet. {Trans. Med. and Phys. Soc. Cal- 

 cutta. 4, p. 110.) The astringent rind of the fruit is used in dyeing 

 yellow, while the glutinous and tenacious matter which surrounds 

 the seeds is considered an excellent addition to mortar, especially in 

 well-building. {Royle.) 



Citrus, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 539;— fF. and A. pr. I, p. 97.) 



1 . decumana, L. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 393; 

 —/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 25 -.—Risso and Poit. Hist. d'Or. t. 61. 



