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CAMRUNGA. 
made to do in the day-time by external impressions. 
With a convex lens the rays of the sun may be col- 
lected on a leaf, so as to burn a hole in it, without 
occasioning any motion : but upon trying the ex- 
periment on the leaf stalk, the motion is as quick 
as if from strong percussion, although the rays be 
not so much concentrated as to cause pain when ap- 
plied in the same degree on the back of the hand. 
The electric shock, even when very gentle, has a 
powerful effect on the leaves, causing them to move 
with great celerity. 
The flowers in this species of averrhoa are axillary, 
that is, growing from the angle formed by the union 
of the leaf-stalk with the stem. The fruit is an oval 
fleshy berry, with five angles, and divided within 
into five chambers, each containing one or more 
seeds. It is about the size of a hen’s egg, has a 
crude but not disagreeable flavour, and is said to 
promote the appetite. On account of these pro- 
perties it is given in the East (mixed with sugar) 
for the cure of bilious fevers and dysentery. 
