986 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



from the oil from the leaves, and the refractive index of each 



fraction determined : — 



31*5° 



Fractions B. P. n D 



1. ... 145°-154° ... 1-48395 



2. ... 154°— 105 n ... 1-48914 



3. ... 165°— 180° ... 1-49485 



4. ... above 180° ... 1.49703 



The results obtained are very similar to those recorded for 

 the oil from the leaves of the South American plant (Phillipines). 



To summarise :— 



Neither the leaves, the stems nor the roots of Lantana Camara were found 

 to contain an alkaloid. 



The aqueous liquid was found to contain a large quantity of tannin and 

 sugar ; the solution in which sugar was found was glucosidic in character. 



The petroleum extract of the green resin was found to contain a mixture of 

 resin acids in very large quantities. 



The neutral portion of the petroleum ether extract was found to contain 

 very likely a mixture of palmitic and stearic acids, mixture of oleic and 

 Emucic acids and very probably a phytosterol. 



The ether extract of the resin was found to contain a crystalline substance, 

 which is a glucoside ; the formula of this substance may very probably 

 be C 27 H 42 4 . 



The oil yeilded by flowers has got a pleasant and very powerful and 

 persistent odour. 



945. Lippia nodi flora, Rich., h.f.b.l, iv. 563. 



Sans. : — Vashira. 



Vern. : — Bhin-okra (H.) ; Mokna, btikan, jalnim, jorakh, 

 mundi, boken butee, chamiara (Pb.) ; Ludra (P.) ; Wakan 

 (Sind.) Tan (Dec.); Ratolia (Bomb,); Podutalei (Tarn.); 

 Bokenaku (Tel). 



Habitat : — Abundant in wet places throughout India. 



An annual herb, roughly pubescent, creeping, minutely 

 strigose, extending 6-30in., much branched, often rooting from 

 the nodes. Stems prostrate, sub-quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves 

 numerous, small f-li in., obovate, narrowed to the sessile base, 

 toothed at top sharply, rather thick, minutely punctate. 

 Flowers A in. long, pink or white, crowded in axillary, long 

 stalked, oblong-ovoid, bracteate heads. Heads at first nearly 

 globose, but becoming spicate and oblong in fruit. Peduncles 

 l-3in. from axil of only of each pair of leaves. Bracts ovate, 

 acute, or subacute. Heads \ by ^in., ovoid or cylindric. Calyx 



