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110 .°. :. °° PAPAVERACEE. 
Hab:—Awerica.: Naturalized in India. The juice of fresh 
_ plant, and oil of the seeds.” 
Vernacular.—Bharbland, Kutaila or Kutila (Hind.), Shidl- 
kanté (Beng.),, Datturi (Can.), Birama-dandu (Tam.), Bramha- 
dandi-chettw (Tel.), Daruri (Mar.). : : 
History, Uses, &c.—This is an American plant which 
has now run wild all over India; it may easily be known by its 
glaucous prickly thistle-like leaves, bright yellow flowers and 
yellow milky juice. The latter is used by the natives as an a 
application to- ulcers, and in combination with the juice of 
- Aristolochia -bractemta is given internally in syphilis and — ; 
gonorrheea.. (Hové, Tours in 1787-88 ; Bomb. Govt. Records No 
16, New Series.) In the Concan the juiee with milk is given - 
in“ leprosy. The seeds and seed oil have been used by 
European physicians in India, and: there has been much- 4 
difference of opinion regarding their properties, some consider- 
ing them inert, and others asserting that the oilin doses of from _ 
_ 30 to 60 minims is a valuable remedy in dysentery and other : 
affections of the intestinal canal. The evidence collected in India af 
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