pubescent outside. Stamens 30-40; filaments short; anthers 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, 2-2½ in. long, splitting open into valves, fruiting-Calyx small, segments reflexed. Cotyledons filled with fat (Piney tallow)— Brandis. Piney gum — resin, says Gamble, (P.85, Indian Timbers), makes an excellent varnish. One of the handsomest trees in Madras and Travancore.
Parts 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 diarrhœa (WATT).
N. 0. MALVACEÆ.
143. Althœa officinalis, Linn., h.f.b.l, i. 319.
This is the English Marsh-mallow, which yields " Guimauve," the sweet soft lozenges of which are used for sore-throat.
Vern.: — The flowers, Gul-Khairu (Hind, and Bomb.); Shemaituti (Tam.)
The fruits, Tukm-i-khitme (Pers. 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
