a TAMARISCINEE,  - ‘189 
Sled. Baklat-el- humaka. or. Baklat-cl- mubarika sid Kurfelr ; 
d astringent properties. Portulaca is the ay®paxvn of Diosco- 
es (ii., 113), and is mentioned ey Celsus (2, i: who. = 
t Portulaca. Macer says:—. 
Andrachne Grecis que eoaiten Latinis 
‘Dicitur, hee vulgi pes pulli more vocatur. 
alli pes, v.e., poulpied, whence the modern name pourpier.) ee: 
The plant and seeds are recommended in a great many 
iseases of the kidneys, bladder, and lungs, which are supposed 
o be caused by hot or bilious humours. - They are also praised 
an external application in burns, scalds, and various forms 
fskin disease. Ainslie mentions P. quadrifida.and P. oleracea 
being used -in Southern India by Tamil physicians. These 
s can be obtained in most vegetable markets, and the seeds 
P. oleracea, are kept in druggists’ shops: In Guadaloupe, 
pilosa, Linn., is known as pourpier amer or quinine-pays, 
n account of its bitter and febrifuge properties.. It is best 
ministered inthe form of a tincture composed of Bitter. 
rslane 100 parts, Rum 150 parts,. sap ieety wine 850 parts, 
rate of iron 5 parts. Dose 60—100 par 
Description. —The two Portulacas, called Barra and’ 
hota Lonia in Hindustani, may be readily recognised by their 
w growth, succulent, flat or hearly eylin dante! leavés, and - 
all yellow flowers (in P. guadrifida there are tufts of bristles 
1 the axils), the seeds. are black, minutely tubercled, and 
ee Shaped; those of P. oleracea Are much the largest. 
he leaves einin acid poesnant oxalate and — eos 
‘TAMARISCIN ER. 
TAMARIX GALLICA, Linn. mo 
Fig.— Wight. Il.; t. 24 A: Var, ra 
Sees 256. Ta amarisk a am 
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