CAPPARIDE XE. | : 188 
S eslicl in glutinous racemes, bracts 3-foliolate ; stamens 
very long, purple; capsules 2 to 4 inches long, tapering 
towards: the point, which is surmounted by the style, striated, 
pubescent. The whole plant is viscid and covered thickly 
with glandular hairs; it has a strong peculiar odour like the 
black currant leaf. The seeds are black, of the same shape 
and size as those of Oleome viscosa, but rougher ; Sie have a» 
very faint flavour of mustard. 
a 
Chemical composition. —These plants when crushed in the 
a pleae to the skin, 
CRATZVA RELGIOSA, Forst., var. Nurvala. 
Fig. Phase: Hort. Mal. iit., t. 42. Holy Garlick Pear ei 
(fing.), Tapier (Fr.). 
- Vernacular.—Brarna, Bilasi, Bila (Hind.), Barun, Tikoshak 
(Beng.), Maralingam (Tam.), Nirvala (Can.), Uses: Urumatti 
Tel.), Vayavarna, Haravarna, Rémala, Karvan (Mar.). 
Hab. —Malabar, Canara. Cultivated elsewhere. .The - 
History, sea. &c.—This weal tree is a native of : 
Malabar and Canara, Tropical Africa, and the Society Islands; _ 
t is also found ee about temples and- Mahometan ae ae 
basa laxative, and remove disorders of the urinary 
calculous affections it is used in a great voriets 
us a.simple decoction of the — may 
eaves a brown soft resin which has no irritant action when _ 
