1098 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



to Arnst and Hart (1893), the former contains 61*05 per cent, of fat and only 

 0*27 per cent, of essential oil, while the latter contains only 26-78 per cent, 

 of fat and 4*12 per cent, of essential oil. 



This difference is observed not only in the composition of the crude 

 material, but also in the characters of the separated fats. E. Spaeth in 1895 

 determined the constants of the fat from the Bombay mace and compared 

 them with those of genuine Banda mace, with the following results : — 



Bombay. Banda. 



Melting point .... 31° 25° to 26° 



Iodine value . . . . 51" 3 to 53*5 78 to 80 



Saponification value . . . 189*4 to 191*4 170 to 173 



It would seem that both these fats contain myristin and olein in varying 

 proportions. (Agric. Ledger, No. 3 of 1907.) 



N. 0. LAURINE^E. 



1084. Cinnamornum Tamala, Fr. iVees, h.f.b.i., v. 

 128. 



Vem. : — Dalchini, kirkiria, kikra, talisputar, silkanti (Hind.) ; 



Chota sinkoli (Nepal) ; Nupsor (Lepcha) ; Dopatti (Ass.) ; 



Zarnab (Arab.) ; Tejpat (Dec.) ; Talisha-pattiri (Tarn.) ; Talisha- 



patri (Tel.). 



JV.B. — " The word tamali occurs in the Raja Nighantu, and tejiiat is appa- 

 rently derived from the Sanskrit tvacli " (Watt). 



Habitat: — Tropical and sub-tropical Himalaya, from near 

 tbe Indus to Bhotan and Sikkim, Silhet and Kbasia Hills. 



A moderate-sized, very aromatic, evergreen tree. Bark tbin, 

 compact, brown, wrinkled, witb an aromatic taste. Wood 

 reddish-grey, splits and warps, moderately bard, close-grained, 

 scented. Leaves usually 4-5in. long, very variable in breadtb, 

 glabrous, 3-nerved, opposite or nearly so, often alternate 

 on tbe same brancb. Petiole Jin. long ; tbe young foliage 

 pink. Flowers Jin. diam. ; perianth silky, of 6 unequal 

 lobes, in fruit breaking off transversely about the middle. 

 Fruit black when ripe, succulent, Jin. long, supported by the 

 thickened pedicel at the base of perianth with short truncate 

 teeth. The lobes are ribbed longitudinally. " Perfect stamens 

 9, the 6 outer eglandular with 4-celled anthers opening inwards, 

 the inner 3 with 2-glands at the base, and 4-2-celled anthers 



