42 Oils of Southern India, [no. 5, new series, 



No. 55. Wild Cummin oil. {Vernonia anthelmintica.) 



This black seed grows plentifully in Mysore, and yields an oil, 

 which however is never prepared for sale. 



The following oils being used only in Native medicine, an enu- 

 meration of their names will be sufficient. 



No. 56. Bonduc nut oil. {Guilandina bonduc.) 



No. 57. Mimusops oil. {Mimusops elengi.) 



No. 58. Moodooga oil. {Butea frondosa.) 



No. 59. Thevetia oil. {Thevetia neriifolia.) 



No. 60. Oodul oil. {Sarcostigma Kleinii.) 



No. 61. Garlic oil. {Allium sativum.) 



No. 62. Sunflower oil. {Helianthus annuus,) 



No. 63. Wild almond oil. (Terminalia catappa.) 



No. 64. Star anise oil. {lllicium anisatum.) 



No. 65. Gayapa oil. ? 



No. 66. Wild nutmeg oil. {Myristica malabarica.) 



No. 67. Thorny trichiha oil. {Trichilia spinosa.) Empyreumatic. 



No. 68. Cyperus or Mat grass oil. {Cyperus juncifolius.) 



No. 69. Thorn apple oil. {Datura stramonium.) Empyreumatic. 



No. 70. Condamunnee oil. {Abrus precatorius.) 



No. 71. Sandbox tree oil. Hur a crepitans. The seeds of this 

 tree (which has been introduced from Jamaica,) yield by expression, 

 a clear oil. The whole tree, abounds in poisonous matter, but it has 

 not yet been ascertained whether the oil possesses similar proper- 

 ties, the tree grows in the Horticultural gardens. 



No. 72. Saul seed oil. {Shorea robusta.) 



In places where this tree abounds, the oil is expressed from the 

 ripe seed, vulgarly called the " dammer tree nut." 



