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Rh hentriacontane, C31H64 m. pt. 67°-68°C., and a crystalline substance, C20H34O, m. pt. 130°-133° C ., [a]23°D =—37.7° allied to the cholesterols, and agreeing in composition with quebrachol, cupreol, and cinchol ; (4) Two bitter principles. The bitter principles are found 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 Schlagdenhauffen, nor of the glucosidal bitter principle, named " kosamiue" by Bertrand.—J. S. of C. I. September 15, 1903, page 1013.

The bark of Brucea 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).

Syn. :— Ximenia Ægyptica, B. Ægyptica, Wall.

Sans : — Ingudi-Vrikshaka.

Ver : — Hingan, ingua, hingol, hingota (H.) ; Egorea, hinger (Guz.) ; Hingon (B.) ; Hinganbet, hingan (Dec) ; Garah, (Gondi) ; Nanjunda (Tam.) ; Manchuta (Mal.) ; Gari ; gara-chethi, ringri (Tel). Hingoriyun (Porebunder and Guz.)

Habitat: — Drier parts of India, from Cawnpore to Sikkim, Behar, Guzerat, Khandeish and the Deccan. Mhasvad 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, moderately 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, l½-2in. long, 5-grooved ; pulp bitter, with an offensive greasy smell. Stone hard, tubercled.