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CAPPARIDEZ. 
CLEOME VISCOSA, Linn. 
Fig.—Wight Ic., t. 2; Rheede ix., Hort. Mal. i 23. 
4 Sticky Cleome (Eng.), oa puante, Brede puante (Pr, Ve 
3 Hab. —Tropical India and other warm climates. The 
3 lent and seeds, 
——-* Vernacular.—Halhél, Hurbér (Hind.), Hivhirié (Beng.), 
_ Kanphiti, Pivala-tilavana (Mar.), Nai-vela. (Tam.), Kukka- 
vaminta (Tel.), Hucha sdsavi (Can. ). 
History, Uses, &c.—This common ed on cultivated 
ttish tasted seeds have got the Tamool name of Nahi Kud- 
aghoo, or ‘ dog’s mustard,’ and are considered by the Vytians 
s anthelmintic and carminative ; they are administered in the 
quantity of about a tea-spoonful twice daily.” The juice of 
he leaves, Rheede says, “is useful in deafness poured into the 
s.”’ This account agrees with the way in which the plant. 
s used at the present time, the juice mixed with oil being a 
popular remedy for purulent discharges from the ear; hence 
he name Kénphtti.* It is the Her ‘be-puante or Broilo: pivatll S 
nd even vesication. Given internally it is sudorific; when _ 
ooked it loses its acrid properties. Rumphius gives a simile! e 
account of its properties, and says the Ratio call it Bredo” 
“SE VIM TEN SR a ea aS, 
_* The juice of plants was used i in this way by the Greeks ‘and 
‘ib. Larg. vaaip. 89. Ad auricule et tumorem et. dolorem si e 
