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INDIAN MICDIOINAI. PI.ANTS. 
pubescent outside. Stamens 30-40 ; filaments short; antliers 
linear, hairy at base, glabrous above, cells unequal, the outer 
longer ; appendix of connective as long as the anther. Ovary 
tomentose, style filiform, stigma minute. Fruit ovoid, 2-2\ in. 
long, splitting open into valves, fruiting-Oalyx small, segments 
l-cflexed. Cotyledons filled with fat (Piney tallow) — Brandis. 
Piuey gum — resin, says Gamble, (P. 85, Indian Timbers), makes 
an excellent varnish. One of the handsomest trees in Madras 
and Travaucore. 
Part* used : — The oil, and resin. 
Use : — Under the influence of gentle heat, it combines with 
wax and oil and forms an excellent resinous ointment ; it forms 
a good substitute for officinal resin (G. Bidie.) From the fruit 
is obtained a solid fatty oil, which has obtained considerable 
repute as local application in chronic rheumatism and some 
other painful affections. It might be employed as a basis for 
ointments, &c. (Ph. Ind., p. 33.) Fine shavings of the resin 
are said by Irvine to be administered internally to check 
diarrhoea (Watt). 
N. 0. MALVACEAE. 
143. Althaea officinalis, Linn., H.F.B.I., I. 319 
This is the English Marsh-mallow, which yields “ Gui- 
mauve,” the sweet soft lozenges of which are used for sore-throat. 
Vern . : — The flowers, Gul-Khairu (Hind, and Bomb.) ; She- 
maituti (Tam.) 
The fruits, Tukm-i-khitme (Peis, and Bomb.) 
The roots, Resha-i-khitme (Pers. and Bomb.) 
Habitat : — Kashmir. 
A perennial, uniformly downy herb Stem erect, 2-3 ft. 
Leaves ovate or ovoid, simple or slightly lobed, annular, base 
scarcely cordate, unequally toothed. Stipules linear-subulate. 
Flowers peduncled, in axillary clusters, 1-2 in. diam., rosy. 
Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, half the length of the sepals. 
Anthers subglobose. Ovary many-celled ; ovules one in each 
