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‘Erythroea Centaurium, Pers., the Centaury of theBritish Flo 
which it only resembles in having pink flowers. D. anatoli 
flowered ; leaves rigid, slender, with a very thick midrib a 
- The plant contains a little sit gece It is imported 
reptiles. Its Tamil name’ is Nilaisedachi. It may 
_ contain a little: saponin, but we have not thongm 
sufficient importance to be examined. 
probably been long us 
_ The Sanskrit names are Loniké and- Lonémla, The - 
__ leaves-are acid, and are prescribed when bruised as a 
. external application im erysipelas, and an infusion of t 
given: as a diuretic, — In Arabic and pieces works 
is a densely-tufted plant, with a much-branched, short, woo 
stock; stems 6.to 10 inches, very slender, strict, one or m 
margin ; bracts with sometimes foliaceous points ; calyx 
eaiacnits'- petals rosy, blade small, broad, crenate-too 
Persia vid Bombay. 
Polycarpza eos Siboea: Lum., Ill. 2798; Wigh 
é. 712. A small plant found in many arts of Tide froma 
Himalaya to Ceylon, is administered in Pudukota both ext 
PORTULACEAR. 
PORTULACA OLERACEA, Linn, 
Fig.—Plant. Grass, 123; Rheede, Hort. Mal. By 
Purslane (Eng. )» Pourpier potager (F’r.). 
PORTULACA QUADRIFIDA, Linn 
Fig.—Jacq. Col. If; t:-17; f. 4; Rheéde, Hort. Mal. « 
Hab.—All warm climates, 
Vernacular.—Lonia . (Hird., Beng. ), Kurfah (Pers.), 
gholi (Mar.), Passelie Keeray (Tam.), Loni (Guz.). 
History; Uses, &c. —The creeping annual Pursk: 
sed as a domestic remedy by the 
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