N. 0. LINE.E. 



225 



tryosine, an insoluble basic salt, 2Pb(C 9 H 10 O 3 N) 2 ,5Pb(OH) 2 - This separates 

 in a granular state and is readily filtered and washed. J. Oh. I. for Feb , 15, 

 1911 p. 148. 



"My experience has been that Bombay oils usually give the highest 

 iodine value, but that these vary from year to year with the crop and season." 



Oil. 



Iodine 

 value. 



Sp. gr. 

 at 15 3 . 



Hexabro- 

 mides. 

 1 2 



M. pt. 



Calcutta oil 



185 



0-9322 



39-1 39-3 



140-5°C. 



Dr. Harry Ingle in the J. Ch. I. for March 31, 1911 p. 344. 



200. Reinwardtia trigyna, Planch, h.f.b.l, 

 i. 412. 



Syn. :— Linura trigynum, Roxb. 277. 



Vern. : — Karkiin, kuar, gud batal, basant, bal-basant, gul- 

 ashruf (Pb.) Abai (Deccan). 



Habitat : — Hilly parts of India, Simla. From the Pan jab 

 to Sikkim. Behar, Assam, Chittagong. Southward from the 

 Bombay Ghats to the Nilgiri Hills. Very common in the Dun, 

 and the Hills around. 



A tufted glabrous shrub, 2-3ft. high, with erect and 

 prostrate rooting ; terete, rather stout, soft branches ; leaves 

 entire, ovate-lanceolate, 2-4in., narrowed into a slender stalk ; 

 tip obtuse or acute, minutely mucronate, lower surface pale. 

 Flowers about lin. dia., axillary, solitary or in small clusters, 

 sometimes combined in a terminal corymb. Sepals 5, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, green. Petals primrose-yellow, much longer 

 than the calyx, obovate. Stamens usually in 2 sets, 3 long, 

 2 short. Ovary 5-celled. Styles usually 3, sometimes 4-7, 

 longer or shorter than the stamens, more or less united, rarely 

 free. Capsule size of a pea ; papery (Kanjilal), globose Jin. 

 diam. ; separating into as many valves as there are styles. 

 See Darwin's Forms of Flowers, Chap. VII. 



Use : — Said to be used as a medicine for cattle (Dr. 

 Stewart). 



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