Vitex Peduncularis in the Treatment of Blackwater Fever
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peduncidaris by Messrs. James Finlay & Co., Ltd., Calcutta, in March 1936 by means of an extract from Circular No. 1 (1936) of the Dooars Planters' Association. The extract was entitled ' Vitex Peduncularis and Blackwater Fever ' by L. J. de la Nougerede. In April 1936 Dr. D. Finlayson of Munnar, Travancore, kindly sent me a report from Air. C. Rowson, a planter of great experience from the same district. Mr. Rowson wrote :? ' I find that Vitex peduncularis does not grow in South India or Ceylon, but many kinds of the same family (Verbenacece) do grow in both places. The Forest Trees of Travancore by T. F. Bourdillon, f.l.s., late Conservator of Forests, Travancore, mentions under Order Verben-
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