N. 0. HTPERI01NEE 
143 
length of the ovnry, equalling the stamens. Capsule ^ in., 
egg-shaped. 
Parts used The leaves and the whole plant. 
Use : — It is recommended in Arabian medicine as a vermi- 
fuge, also used to cure piles, prolapsus uteri et ani (Honning- 
berger, Vol. II., p.289,. The herb is bitter and .astringent, 
and was recommended by Arabic writers as a detersive, reso- 
lutive, anthelmintic, diuretic and emmenagogue and, externally, 
as excitant, but it does not appear to be used in modern 
medicine (Watt). 
The plant is certainly astringent and aromatic ; taken 
internally, it occasionally acts as a purgative, but not powerfully. 
In country districts, it is sometimes used still as a medicine, and 
oil, in which the shoots or flowering tops have been steeped, is 
sold by herbalists as “ oleum hyperial.” The leaves have beer, 
used as a vermifuge (Sowerby’s English Botany). 
N. 0. GUTTIFERjE. 
Oarcinia Mangostana, Linn., h.f.b.i., I. 260 
Roxb. 441, 
Vern. :~-Mangustan (Bomb.); Mengkop (Burm.l. 
Eng : —The Mangosteen. 
Habitat : — Cultivated in some parts of the Madras Presi- 
dency, as at Barlivar in the Nilghiri Hills ; Tenasserim. Malay 
Peninsula (doubtfully wild) Gamble says it has never been 
successfully grown in Northern India as it requires, a very hot, 
moist and uniform climate. “ Home unknown ; cultivated in 
moist regions of tropical Asia” (Brandis). Found in Cobliin- 
China, Java, Singapore. 
An evergreen, small, conical tree, 20-30 ft., glabrous. 
Branches many and decussate. Under favourable circumstances, 
says Brandis, the tree attains 60ft. and more. “ Bark dark 
brown or almost charcoal-black, inner bark yellowish. Wood 
brick-red, hard. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, single or in small 
groups surrounded by loose tissue, the groups very irregularly 
