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becoming perfect; others were covered with tab 

 mature and mature capsules; but tlie fertile appear- 

 ance of the stigma in the specimens I collected, 

 Mould cause me, in some decree, to doubt the fact 

 of its being dkecious: I, however, mention the 

 circumstauee fpf future investigation. The shrubs 

 al*». I observed at Shigap'tre, were not climbing 



The shrub \ the Gambir, Terra Japonrea. or 

 Gafcechii* of commerce, and is an extract prepared 

 from the leaves; a ca lectin is also, prepared in India 

 IV. mi a *.i>i<-ii s of uracia (A catechu.) which is found 

 <ii n\\ 't>.vx plentifully in Iliiuioostau. on the mount. on 

 of Kaltnana; and there arc also two kinds laid to 

 fee pPHhued from the nut of the Areka palm, named 

 i-i India. Caflaeamboo and Casliculli, and both are 

 used In tlie Indian practitioners. f 



It-! m-dieiuil pr >j>< ITtKBI are astrinireut, and it is 

 considered useful in diarrhoea and dysentery, in 

 gU ««t, catarrhal alfeetioiis. &r. Alkaline salts des- 

 1r>\ iN astringent p-nters, and metallic salts au<l solu- 

 tion of isinglass are i uc< mi pat i hies. The dose is usually 

 JV'iin twelve grains to one drachm. 



The Crambir shruh is propagated either In seeds 

 or cutting, hut tlie latter are preferred. It was 

 formerly cultivaled to some extent at Singapore, 

 (where I had au opportunity of observing it in 

 JVovr on her 1830.) hut the cultivation of the shrub 

 and preparation of the extract is now neglected ; the 

 reason assigned for which w as. that the gambir can 

 be imported Cheaper from the islands in the vicinity, 

 more especially at the Dutch settlement at Kino ; a 

 smaller quantity, however, is grown by some of the 

 Chinese setters Yor their own immediate consumption, 



• K*(c ligiriflea a ire^, and Chu juice, in ilie Oriental language, 

 f Thomson'a Diapensaiory , p. 120. 



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