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ZINGIBERACEAE 
(Ginger Family) 
ALPINIA OFFICINARUM Hance. Galangal. 
Extracts ware not repellent to the Japaneae beetle.— Met tger and 
Grant (277), 
AMOMUM MELEGUETA Roac. 
A decoction was rubbed on the 8kin of domestic anlnala In Africa, 
to repel tsetae flies.— Sander ( 351 , p. 567) • 
CUlfCUMA AROMA TICA Saliab. 
CURCUMA LONGA L. Turmeric. 
In India C. aromatioa was used externally for scabies and smallpox. 
Pure turmerio waa useful for scabiea and other akin diseases .—Watt 
( 422 , v. 2, pp. 657, 669). 
CURCUMA ZEDOARIA Rose. Zeoary. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
HEDYCHIUM SPIOTUM Hani It. 
In India this plant was said to proteot clothes from inaect at- 
taoka.— Watt ( 422 , ▼• 4, p. 207). 
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE 
(Caltrop Family) 
GUAIACUM OFFICINALE L. Guallacan tree. 
Guaiaool, which is derived from this tree, waa considered one of 
the best repellents to the ecrewwornu— Parman and ooworkera ( 502 ). 
LARREA DIVARICATA Cav. Synonym: Covillea trldentata (DC.) Vail. 
Creosotebuah. 
Extracts of the leaves killed only 20 percent of the mosquito lar- 
vae tested, and extracts of the stems and roots killed none.— Hartiell 
end Wilcox on ( 188 ). 
PEGANUM HARMALA L. 
In India the roota were uaed to kill lice in the hair.— Watt ( 4 22 , 
v. 3, p. 86). 
