and carminative action of mus 
we  “MALVAOE. Ge 
PAVONIA QDORATA, Willd. = 
- Fig.— Wall. Cat, 1886, 1,2.D.,E. = 
fo 
Hab.—N.-W. Provinces, Sind, W. Renineye: Burmah, 7 
~+ Ceylon, : <-’ 
‘Vernacular. _Sagaaghae bala (Hind.), Bala (Bong) Kalas) =@ 
valé (Mar.), Perdmitiver (Tam.), Balarakkasi-gida (Can. )» 
History, Uses, &c.—This plant is called Bala and a 
-Hrivera in Sanskrit. The root is used*in Hindu medicine to ~ a 
prepare a fever drink known as Shadanga paniya, which is 
made by boiling one drachm each of the roots of Andropogon 
muricatus and Cyperus rotundus or pertenuis, Red Sandalwood, - 
_the herb of Oldenlandia herbacea, the roots of Pavonia odoratas “ ; 
and dry ginger, in two sérs of water down to one sér. ‘Its © 
-eonsidered to be cooling and stomachic. The genus Pavonia 
‘is named after Don Josef Pavon, a botanical traveller in Peru. 
Ainslie (Mat. Med. '1. ” 297,) notices the use of P. odorata by 
the Hindus, but expresses no opinion as’ to its medicinal | 
properties. In Bombay, Serpentary ‘root imported from . 
- Europe, is universally substituted for this drug. In P. odorata, an 
=. asin. the Musk) Mallow, the mucilaginous properties of the geane 4 
are combined with an odorous matter pees the stimulating, 
o Description. —Roots 7 to 8 inches long, more OF less é 
: . IES not more than. Z inch in diametér at the thickest part; 
giving: off numerous thin fibres and haying: a ” delicate musky 
* odour. - * Bark light brown, nearly smooth, wood. hard, yellow? - 
ish. The plant_ has the musky ‘odour of the roots; it is 
herbaceous, erect, and covered swith sticky. hairs. Flowers | 
pink; carpels obovoid, size of a small pea; seeds brown; af i 
not musky. es 
_ GOSSYPIUM STOCKSII + Mact.seicstoursaceut lie 
Fig.— Wight Ic, t. 9,11; at Ii, t. 28. Cotton pe 
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