. 244 ZYGOPHYLLEE. 
Jacquini, Solanum indicum, Tribulus terrestris, digle Marme- | 
- los, Calosanthes indica, Gmelina arborea, Stereospermum- 4 
suaveolens, and Premna spinosa. The first five of these are 
called Hrasva (or laghu) pancha mula, or the five minor plants, 
and the last five, Vrihat pancha mala, or the five major plants: 
According to Loureiro, 7. terrestris is astringent. a 
Tt is the Khasak or Hasak of the Arabs and Persians; 
and is well described by Ainslie, who says:—“It is a 
common plant near the Dardanelles, and is called in modern’ 
Greek tpx8édca. Dioscorides calls it tpiSodos and Pliny tribulus ; 
they both describe two kinds, ‘terrestris’? and ‘ aquaticus.’ 
The latter is the Trapa natans, Linn., or Water Chestuut.* 
In the Pharmacopcia of India the use of 7. terrestris as @ ae 
diuretic in Southern India is noticed.? In Pudekota the 
flowers rubbed with silver are applied in inflammation of the — 
cornea. The action of this drug on the mucons membrane of © 
_ the urinary passages appears to resemble closely that of Buchu 
and Uva Ursi ; it may often be advantageously combined with 
opium and hyoscyamus. 
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Description.—Tribuius terrestris has a slender fibrous — 
Ns 
" * Dios. iv., 16. Plin. 21, 58; 29, 19, 
attention to the abundance 
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