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IJ 30 0^. It contains hydroxyl groups. By fusion with alkalis at 220-240° it 

 yields acetic and benzoic acids together with phloroglucinol. (The Agricul- 

 tural Ledger, 1905. No. 4. pp. 61-62.) 



The ash of Kamala contains a considerable proportion of manganese. 



When extracted with ether, Kamala yields a dark, brownish, resinous 

 product from which six distinct substances can be isolated. Five of these, 

 namely, rottlerin, isorottlerin, a wax, and two resins, one of high and the 

 other of low melting point, form the principal constituents, but there is 

 also present a trace of a yellow, crystalline colouring matter. 



Kamala contains also a minute amount of an essential oil or similar 

 substances, giving to it when gently warmed a peculiar odour, but from 

 which it can be readily freed by treatment with steam. 



Kamala contains, moreover, a small quantity of a sugar, which is extract- 

 ed from it by water. 



Seeds. — The seeds, of which three are contained in each 



capsule, are black or dark grey, rounded, and slightly flattened 



on one side. They are about the size of black pepper. Their 



' resemblance to the fruits of Embelia Ribes has been observed 



in the Panjab where the confusion of the names — baobrang for 



Mallotus and bebrang for Embelia — has existed. In Katha, 



Burma, the seeds ground to a paste are applied to wounds and 



dah cuts. 



Greshofl, in 1898, discovered in the seeds a bitter glucoside soluble in 

 water and alcohol, that may be shaken out of a water extract by chloroform. 



The seeds analysed in the Indian Museum afforded :— Moisture, 8'75 ; fat 

 585 ; albuminoids, 16'8l ; carbohydrates, 47 49 ; fibre, 17*35 ; ash, 3*75. They 

 are, therefore, not oil-yielding seeds as has been reported. 



1157. Macaranga Roxburghii, Wight, h.f.b.i., 

 v. 448. 



Vern. :— Chandkal (Kanara) ; Chan d war, chandada (Mar.); 

 Vattekanni (Tam.) ; Boddichettu (Tel.) ; Chentha-kanni (Mysore). 



Habitat:— The Deccan Peninsula; in the Circars and on 

 the ghats, from the Concan to Travancore. 



A small or middle-sized resinous tree. Wood reddish brown 

 or soft. Branchlets stout, glaucous, youngest shoots stellateto- 

 mentose. Leaves deltoid-or rhombic-ovate or orbicular, broadly 

 peltate, cuspidate, palmati-nerved, entire or minutely toothed ; 

 5-8m. diam., coriaceous or thin, glabrous above, except the 

 pubescent nerves, and eglandular at the rounded base, beneath 

 finely pubescent or glabrate and gland-dotted with 6-8 pairs of 



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