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HYDNOCARPUS VENENATA Gaertn. 
The fruit was used as a fish poison and as an insecticide in 
India.— Roark (332, p. 25). 
HYDNOCARPUS mGHTTANA Blume. Maravitti tree. 
In India the oil, beaten up with the kernels and shells of castor 
oil seeds, was used as a remedy for itoh.— Watt ( 422 , v. 4, p. 309), 
The use of the powdered oake of the fruit in India checked the 
coconut rhinooeros beetle.— Ayyar (43, p. 48). 
This tree was olaimed to be a fish poison in East Africa, but 
extracts of the leaves and bark had no appreciable toxic effect on 
citrus aphids.— Worsley ( 431 ). 
FUMARIACEAE 
(Fumitory Family) 
DICENTRA CANADENSIS (Goldie) Walp. Synonymi Bikukulla canadensis , 
(Goldie) Millsp. Squirreloorn. 
FUMARIA OFFICINALIS L. Common fumitory. 
Extracts from these plants were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle.- Metsger and Grant (277 ). 
GENTIANACEAE 
(Gentian Family) 
CENTAURIUM UMBELLATTJM Gilib. Centaury gentian* 
A decoction of the whole plant destroyed lice and cured the itch.— 
Green ( 169) . 
GENTIANA LUTEA L. Yellow gentian. 
Radix gentianale had no effect on caterpillars of Prodenia litura 
(F.) .— PeBussy (76). 
Bxtraots were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metager and 
Grant (277). 
MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA L. Bogbean. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
Extracts of the leaves killed none of the mosquito larvae tested.— 
Hartsell and Wilooxon (188). 
