BAUHIJSIIA MALABAEICA 105 



Citric acid 9.40 



Tartaric acid ' 1.55 



Malic acid 0.45 



Potassium bitartrate 3.25 



Sugar 12.50 



Gum ; 4.70 



Vegetable gelatin 6.25 



Parenchyma 34.35 



Water 27.55 



(Yauquelin.) 



At the end of any sickness, especially after labor, the first 

 bath given to the convalescent is with a decoction of the leaves 

 of the "sampaloc," to prevent convulsions, the native herb- 

 doctors say. 



Botanical Description. — A large tree, somewhat re- 

 sembling the elm in contour, with leaves opposite, abruptly 

 pinnate. Leaflets 12 or more pairs, linear, with a notch at the 

 apex, entire, glabrous. Flowers yellow-white, spattered dark 

 red, racemose. Calyx, 4 sepals. Corolla, 5 lanceolate petals 

 with crispate borders. Stamens monadelphous, dividing into 7 

 filaments above. The ripe pod is chocolate color, oblong, 

 slightly compressed, straight or curved, 6-15 centimeters long, 

 full of a light-brown pulp in which rest the seeds enveloped in 

 a cellular membrane. These seeds are flattened, almost quad- 

 rangular ; testa hard, of a chestnut color, shiny and without 

 albumen. 



Habitat. — ^Very common everywhere in the islands. 

 Blooms in May. 



Bauhinia malabarica, Roxb. (B. tomentosa, Wall, 

 and Blanco.) 

 NoM. VuLG. — Alibaghag, Tag., Vis., Pam. 

 Uses. — The leaves of this tree and of the species B. tomen- 

 tosa, L., are quite acid and the Filipinos use them as an ingre- 



