N. O. VERBRENACFAJ. 
997 
In Bombay, the juice of the young leaves is used as a 
demulcent in gonorrhoea, cough, etc., either alone or combined 
with other drugs of similar properties (Dymoek). 
Chemical composition.— The root reduced to fine powder lost 8'89 per cent, 
at 100’C. The ash amounted to 14 41 per cent., and was free from any trace 
of manganese. 
On analysis the following results were obtained : — 
Petroleum ether extract 180 per cent. 
Ether 21 
Alcoholic „ 4'274 
Aqueous 19 - n60 
The petroleum ether extract consisted of a yellow viscid oil, with slight 
siccative properties On standing, white grains separated, which were non- 
crystalline when examined microscopically. In alcohol the extract was partly 
soluble; no alkaloid was present. The other extract was yellowish-white, 
and contained a traco of oil ; it gave no reaction with ferric salts ; in addition 
to resins a trace of benzoic acid was present. 
The alcoholic extract was yellow and brittle; with water a turbid mixture 
was obtained, which hada bitter taste. In addition to resins, a trace of an 
alkaloidal principle was detected. 
The aqueous extract was sweetish and slightly bitter, and easily reduced 
Folding's solution on boiling. 
The fruit contained butyric acid, with a trace of tartaric acid a trace of 
astringent matter giving a greenish coloration with ferric chloride, an 
alkaloid, and a white principle, non-crystalline, and neutral, with resin and 
saccharine matter. 
The alkaloids present in the fruit and in the root appear to bo identical. 
The amount present in each case was very small, not exceeding a trace. 
(I'harmacographia Indlea III, 71-72). 
957. G. cisiatica, Linn., h.f.b.i., iv. 582 ; Roxb. 
487. 
Sans. : — Biddari. 
Vern. : — Badhara, Nag-phul (Hind.) ; Gannudu, Chintaganer 
Clielu (Tel.) ; Nalacomul (Tam.) ; Nilak-kumizh (Tam.) ; Cballa- 
gummudu (Tel.) ; Nilak-kumazh (Mai.) ; Laban sliivan (Mar.). 
Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula and Bengal. 
Flowers appear along with young foliage. 4 upper lobes 
dull orange-pink, lower one lemon-yellow. 
A, large straggling shrub, with bright yellow (lowers some" 
times climbing, branches frequently spinescent, at times un- 
armed. Bark brownish white thin. Wood bard grey. Leaves 
2 -J£in., ovate or obovate, frequently lobed, pubescent when 
young ; mature beneath, glabrous glaucescent from a coat of 
