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hentriacontane, C 51 H J4 m. pt. 67”-68 < ’C., and a crystalline substance, *-'10^3*0, 
m. pt. 180°-183'C., [o] 23°u = — 37’7‘, allied to the cholesterols, and agreeing in 
composition with quebrachol, cupreol, and cinchol ; (4) Two bitter principles. 
The bitter principles are fonnd in the aqueous layer of the residue from the 
steam-distillation of the combined alcoholic and petroleum extracts ; the 
solution also contains a quantity of reducing sugar, and a very small amount 
of a substance which gives a deep green colour with ferric chloride. One of 
the bitter principles (a) is completely extracted by chloroform from the 
aqueous solution and can subsequently be obtained from ether, in which it is 
sparingly soluble, as a light-coloured amorphous powder. The other bitter 
principle (b) could only be obtained as a brown extract. The authors could 
obtain no evidence of the presence of quassin as stated by Heckel and 
Echlagdenhauffen, nor of the glucosidal bitter principle, named “ kosamiae” 
by Bertrand. — J. S. of C. I. September 15, 1908, page 1018. 
The bark of Urttcca Sumatrana yielded an amorphous, bitter principle, 
volatile acids (.formic, acetic, and butyric), proteins, and an acid which was 
probably behenic acid.— (Ph. J. 1907 Vol. 79 pp. 126-130). 
250. — Balanites Roxburgh ii, Blanch. H. F. B. I., 
i. 522. 
Syn. : — Ximenia .ZEgyptica, B. ^Egyptica, Wall. 
Sans : — Ingudi-Vrikshaka. 
Ver Hingan, ingua, hingol, hingota (H.) ; Egorea, hinger 
(Guz.) ; Hiugon (B.) ; Hinganbet, hingan (Dec.) ; Garah, (Gondi) ; 
Nanjunda (Tam.) ; Mancliuta (Mai.) ; Gari ; gara-chethi, ringri 
(Tel). Iiingoriyun (Porebunder and Guz.) 
Habitat : — Drier parts of India, from Cawnpore to Sikkim, 
Behar, Guzerat, Khandeish and the Deccan. Mhaevad Road, 
Satara district. Burmah. 
A scraggy shrub ; in favourable situations, a small tree, 
30ft. high, with glabrous puberulous branches, ending in very 
strong, sharp, ascending spines. Wood yellowish white, moder- 
ately hard. Bark yellow or cinereous. The roots spread far 
and throw up root-suckers at a considerable distance from 
the trunk. Leaves of two elliptic or obovate puberulous, entire 
coriaceous leaflets. Cymes 4-10-flowered. Flowers white or 
green, fragrant. Sepals and petals ovate, velvety-pubescent, 
more than an inch long. Drupes ovoid, 1 £-2in. long, 5-grooved ; 
pulp bitter, with an offensive greasy smell. Stone hard, 
tubercled. 
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