_ of C. farinosa are hoary, ovate or oblong obtuse and seldom 
volume of alcohol. 
138 CAPPARIDEE. 
According to P. 8. Mootooswamy of Tanjore the trifoliat 
emmenagogue, antisyphilitic, anthelmintic and antiphlogisti 
of Sanskrit writers. 
lengt 
Cadaba is common on the sites of ruined temples and other 
buildings, and the leaves are considered to be purgative, 
they are much employed in preparing medicated oils. 
as senna. In combination with castor-oil and turmeric 6 
decoction is prescribed by native doctors in amenorrh 
and dysmenorrhcea. The boiled leaves are eaten as 
anthelmintic, and are applied externally to rheumatic join 
together with the leaves of Odina Wodier and child’s urine 
they are applied as a poultice to phlegmons to promo 
Suppuration. The pods are boiled, dried, soaked in buttern 
again dried, and fried with melted butter (ghi) as a vegetal 
The medicinal properties of the root are. similar to those 
the leaves. C, trifoliata is supposed to be the Bala 
Description.—¢@. trifoliata has palmately 8-foli 
leaves, with oblong or ‘lanceolate leaflets about 2 inches 
gth. The leaves of C. indica are simple ovate or oblot 
acute or mucronate, from 1 to 13 inches long. The leav 
an inch in length, — . af 
Chemical composition.—The ethereal and alcoholic extr 
evaporated. No tannin 
precipitable from a conce 
