N. 0. LADRINRili. 
1107 
Fruit ellipsoid (unripe), fin. long, seated on the entire or 
irregularly lobed, turbinate, thickly pedicelled perianth tube. 
Uses : — A cold infusion of the leaves is mucilaginous, and is 
used in irritation of the bladder and urethra. The oil of the seeds, 
Pisa-tailn, is used as an application to sprains and itch 
(Pharmacog. Ind. Vol IIP, p. 21?>;. 
Clmn. rump .— The dried and powdered rod fruits of tins tree yielded 
to otlier 310 per cent, of extract consisting mainly of crystalline fats. 
Petroleum ether separated tliis extract into a soluble fatty portion, and an 
insoluble neutral reddisli resin. The petroleum ether solution left on evapora- 
tion some fatty acids melting at 30' and solidifying at 35°, but which, on 
crystillization from boiling alcohol and pressure between filtering paper, 
afforded some purely white crystals melting at 425. The fatty acids would 
appear to consist of lauric acid with a small admixture of oleic acid. 
The resin in the fruits was associated with a volatile oil to which the 
fragrance is due. The alkaloid detected in the spirituous and the watery 
extracts of the drug had the reactions of laurotetanine. The dried fruits 
left after ignition 4 77 per cent, of mineral matter. 
The seeds contain 31 6 per cent, of fat extracted by other. The fat melted 
at 39 5 and afforded white crystals melting at 42'5', consisting of lauric acid. 
1095. Lindera Neesiana, Benth., H f.b.i., v. 186. 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya ; Nepal ami Sikkim, 
A middle-sized very aromatic tree, deciduous, quite glabrous, 
excepting the hairy pedicels. Shoots terete, smooth, quite 
black when dry, often very stout Leaves 3-7in., membranous, 
ovate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Petiole slender, b-lin. 
Basal nerves three, short, not reaching the middle of the leaf. 
Umbels unopened, globose, |in. diam., solitary or clustered, 
on slender pedicels, -J-|in. long. Bracts, outer membranous, 
glabrous, hemispherical ; inner narrower. Flowers on toment.ose 
pedicels, iin. diam., green, 5-7 flowers in each head. Sepals 
orbicular, nearly glabrous, very membranous. Stamens 0, 
filaments short, glabrous, seated on the unaltered 6-lohed 
perianth. 
Use : — Yields excellent Sassafras (Kurz). 
1096. Cassytha filiformis , Linn., v. 188; Roxb. 
342. 
Sans. : — Ak£s Villi. 
