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XANTHOXYLON.nant ulcers, both internally administered and externally applied. Aninfusion reckoned antispasmodic. Tincture found by Dr. Gillespie, aWest India practitioner, to be a good febrifuge ; according to othersthe decoction is antisiphilitic.446. X. alatum Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 768 Nepal and other mountainouscountries north of Bengal.Trunk short. Branches covered with dark brown bark, spotted withsmall, scabrous, white dots. Prickles stipulary, straight, dark-colouredand sharp. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from 2 to 4 incheslong; leaflets from 3 to 13, 5or7 the most usual, opposite, sessile,lanceolate, in young plants crenulate, pretty smooth on both sides, witha few pellucid points containing a fragrant juice. Petioles winged.Stipules 0.

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