and they are separated as before from 
Jiquor by tration rimo i cloth. The crystalline mass dinis y 
filtration is then placed in small lumps on "euh bie koreans paper 
E racticall 
stretched « p 
dried. They are afterwards thoroughly dri ied b oy pale: laid on blotting 
lend a room heated to about 10 degrees above the temperature of the 
open ai 
UE In Cinchona febrifuge is wanted, the alkaloids are exhausted from 
_ the oil by muriatic acid, the solution being neutralized and filtered in the 
: e 
alkaline liquor has drained off, the precipitate is washed with a little 
plain water, dried, and powdered. The powder is Cinchona febrifuge 
ready for use. . : 
March 24, 1888. : J. A. GAMMIE. 
. XLVIIL—JOB'S TEARS. 
(Coix Lachryma, L. var. stenocarpa.) 
The round shining fruits of a grass Ty vet ipn in tropical 
countries are familiarly known as Job’s Tears. The fruits when youn 
nd. Japan, belongs to thé “tbe Maido of the natural order, 
ramineæ. It is a tall growing grass, now commonly found in damp 
in tropies of both hemisp n man soanen it is 
egarded as a troublesome weed and a source of annoyance, especially 
Tice fields. As far as we are aware, the fruit possesses no prod 
1e* wild state. The stem is stout, 
ect, a . In favourable situations it often 
attains a eet. The leaves are broad and. 
flattish, about a foot long, with a distinct midrib. The flo wers are 
moncecious, male and female in different parts of the same panicl 
W es bee simple branches icle break 
Spi die so yat when the fruit is ripe, the male spikelets 
comnis disappeared. 
The globular Job’s Tears as commonly found in the tropics are used 
; laces, and in various ways as articles of ornamentation. The 
colour is s white, but j^ are cheap s found slightly tinged with 
