ma.= TILIACE #. 
Vernacular.—Dopahariya (Hind.), Kat-14l4; Band huli(Beng.), 
Tambri-dupari (Mar.), Niga-pi (Tam.)  ~ ee 
A large annual (4 to5 ft.) found in rice-fields and other wet 
places during the monsoon. It is the Naga-pu of Rheede, The 
capsules of this plant are used medicinally: on account of their 
mucilaginous properties ; they are subglobose, bristly, 5-celled , 
5-valved, about half the length of the persistent interior calyx, 
which is 5-partite and bristly. Each cell contains from 8 to 
12 seeds arranged in two vertical rows. (See Gartn. I'r., t.134.) __ 
The plant appears to have attracted the attention of the Hindus 
on account of its peculiar habit and time of flowering, and has 
many Sanskrit names, such as Bandhuka and Bandhujivas 
living in association or groups; Arka-vallabha, beloved of the ~ 
sun ; Pushparakta, red-floweréd, &c. : 
TILIACE. 
CORCHORUS TRILOCULARIS, Linn. 
. Fig.—Jacq. Vind. 2, t. 178. Trilocular Jew’s Mallow 
 (Eng.), Corete trilocutaire (Fr.).. o : 
Hab.— Asia, Africa. The seeds. 
Vernacular.—Kurré ‘Chuntz (Mar.), Pit (Hind., Beng-), 
Peratti-kirai (Tam.), Parinta (Tel.). The seéds, Raja-jit. 
Wai yc5 — | : 
ae History, Uses, &c.— 0, trilocularis is a small annual 
plant which appears in the rainy season along:with C. olitorius, 
from which it may be distinguished by its oblong, lanceolate © 
~ leaves, trilocular capsules, and small secds; both plants are 
known by the name Nadika in’ Sanskrit, Ainslie mentions 
the latter plant as being used medicinally by the Hindus, and 
says that they reduce it to ashes and mix it with honey for 
_ administration in obstructions of the abdominal viscera. He 
, also notices its use as a pot-herb. According to Twining 
- an infusion of the leaves forms # useful fever drink, In India . 
