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value, 184-87 ; iodine value (Wijs), 107*6 ; unsaponifiable matter, 478. Fatty- 

 acids : melting point, 32*5° ; neutralization value, 197*6 ; iodine value, 107'82. 

 The approximate composition of the total fatty acids was calculated as, 

 palmitic 20, oleic 45, isolinolic 35. {Agricultural Ledger.) 



1332. Goix Lachryma-Jobi, Linn., h.f.b.i. vit, 

 100. 



Sans : — Gavedhu, gavedhuka. 



Vern : — Gurgur, (B.) ; jargadi, (Sant.) ; sankhru, sankhlu. 

 gargari-dhan, kaiya, baru, dabhir, ganduta, garun, kasei, gulbi- 

 gadi, gurlu, (H.) ; sanklu, (P.) ; Ranjondhala ; (Mar.)kasai, (Guz ) 

 koamonee, (Assam) , si kra kraou, koa sangti, (Naga) ; jhonki, 

 (Gach.) ; mim, (Lush.) ; chang-mim-khombi, the edible form 

 being simply nim (Manipur; ; gyeik aiog, (Bur.) ; kukirrindi 

 karibu, (Sing.) ; 



Habitat. : — Inhabits ditches and rice-grounds in Bengal the 

 Konkan and Deccan and throughout the hotter and damp parts 

 of India. 



An annual, stem 3-5 ft. or more, stout, rooting at nodes, 

 internodes smooth, polished, leaves 4-18 by 1-2 in., narrowed 

 from a broad cordate base to an acuminate tip, smooth on both 

 surfaces, margins spinulosely serrate, midrib stout, veins many, 

 very slender, sheaths long, smooth, ligule a very narrow 

 membrane. Raceme 1-2J in. long, nodding or drooping from 

 very long penduncles. Rhachis within the bract slender, above 

 it stout, notched at nodes. Male spikelets subsecund imbricating 

 in pairs, very variable in size |-f in. long. Glumes 4 ; I and II 

 subequal, empty, rigid, or herbaceous ; I keeled along the 

 inflexed margins ; III and IV hyaline, paleate, triandrons or 

 empty. Anthers orange-yellow. Fruit from broadly ovoid to 

 globose, £-i in. diam ; pale bluish grey, polished, osseus. 



Uses : — A Missionary, writing of Tonkin to M. Romanet du 

 Caillaud, said that Job's tears made a refreshing drink was a 

 good blood purifier and excellent diuretic. The gruel prepared 

 from the ground seed he observed as also Eau de Larme-de-Job 

 was extensively employed in the summer to cool the body. By the 

 Tonkin people it is spoken of as the " grass of life and healte " 



