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The leaves are ground in their raw state and mixed with lime 

 juice (Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 483) ; the Arab women dry and powder 

 the leaves and young twigs, moisten with water for a few 

 days, then boil the mass with more water for a few hours ; the 

 decoction is used diluted or otherwise according to the shade of 

 colour desired, or the decoction may be evaporated and the dark- 

 brown extract used (Pharm. Journ. [4] xxx. 1910, p. 670). 



An ointment made of the leaves is used for wounds, bruises and 

 ulcers (Safford, PL Guam, p. 320), and they are used for similar pur- 

 poses and for leprosy in French Guiana (Heckel, Ann. Inst. Col. 

 Marseille, iv. 1897, p. 141). 



Various medicinal uses are recorded for the several parts of the 

 plant in India (see Watt, Diet. Ec. Prod. India). 



The plant is easily cultivated from seed or cuttings, and is often 

 used to make low fences or in the same way as box (Buxus semper - 

 virens) edgings in this country ; it stands cutting and grows 

 compactly. Cultivated at various places along the Scarcies and the 

 Talla plains, Sierra Leone, for local use (Scott Elliot, Col. Rep. Misc. 

 No. 3, 1893, p. 31). 



Bef.-~" Laivsonia alba" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, iv. 1890 



pp. 597-602. " Henna (Laivsonia alba)" in New Comm. PI. and 



Drugs, Christy, No. 7, 1884, pp. 50-51. Laivsonia inermis, 



" Henna," in Useful PL of Guam. Safford (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



ix. J905), pp. 306-307. "Henna," in Pharm. Journ. [4 | xxvi. 



1908, p. 754. " Use of Henna as a Hair Dye," I.e. xxxi. 1910, 



p. 722. 



PUNICA, Linn. 



Punica granatum, Linn. ; Sp. PL (1753), p. 472. 



Small tree, 15-30 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, entire. 

 Flowers red, in twos and fives at the tips of the branches. Fruit 

 golden, tinged with red, about the size of an apple or orange, sur- 

 mounted by the prominently persistent, leathery calyx, many- 

 seeded ; seeds embedded in a reddish pulp, sweet or slightly acid ; 

 rind thick and leathery. 



111. — Rumpf, Amb. ii. t. 24 ; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. PL i. t, 38 ; 

 Good, Fam. Flor. ii. t. 66 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 415 ; Plenck. Ic. t. 376 ; 

 Schk. Handb. t. 131b ; Andr. Rep. ii. t. 96 (var. fiore albo) ; Duhamel 

 Traite des Arbres, iv. tt. 11, 11 bis ; Bot. Mag. t, 1832 ; Desc. 

 Ant. i. t. 35 ; Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 476 ; Hayne, Darst. Beschr. Gewiichse, 

 x. t. 35 ; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant, Medic. Diisseld. t. 301 ; Guimpel, 

 Abbild. Beschr. t, 89 ; Woodville, Med. Bot, iii. (1832) t. 190 ; 

 Burnett, PL Util. i. t. 6a ; Schnizlein, Ic. t. 269* ; Wight, Illust. tt. 

 97, 97 bis, f. 1 (section of fruit) ; Berg & Schmidt, Darst, Beschr. 

 Pharm. i. t. 3a (fl. br.), 3b (fr. & sections) ; Bentl. & Triinen, Med. 

 PL t. 113 ; Kohler, Med. Pflan. ii. ; Nicholson, Diet. Gard. iii. p. 252 

 (var. jlore plend) ; Pharm. Journ. [4]. xvii. 1903, p. 454 (single k 

 double fl. & sect, of fr.) ; Temple, Fl. & Trees, Palestine, t. 27. 



Pomegranate. 



Native of S. Europe and W. Asia. Largely cultivated in the 

 tropics and sub-tropics. 



The fruit is one of the oldest known and is commonly imported to 

 this country, though not in large quantities. The pulp is used in 

 warm countries for making cooling drinks. 



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