362  AMPELIDEZ., 
VITIS QUADRANGULARIS, Wal 
Fig.— Wight Ic., t. 51; Bheede, Hort. Mal. vii., t. 41. 
Vigne et Raisins de Galam (Fr.). 
Hab.—India, Arabia. The stalk and leaves. 
Vernacular.—Harsankar, Harjora, Nallar (Hind.), Pirandai 
(Tam.), Nalleru (Tel.), Horjora (Beng.), Mangaruli (Can.), 
Chaudhari-kandvel (Mar.), Chodhari, Harsankar (@uz.). : 
History, Uses, &c.—This is the Ashti-sandhana of 
Sanskrit writers. The leaves and stalks when young are some- 
times used as a vegetable, when older they become acrid and 
are thought to have medicinal properties. Ainslie says that 
when dried and powdered they are prescribed by the Tamool 
practitioners in certain bowel affections connected with indiges- 
tion; they are also considered as powerful alteratives; of the 
powder about two scruples may be given twice daily in a little 
rice water. Forskahl states that the Arabs when suffering 
from affections of the spine make beds of the stems. 
The juice of the stem is dropped into the ear in otorrhea, 
and into the nose in epistaxis; it has also a reputation in 
scurvy, and in irregular menstruation ; in the latter disease, 2 
tolas of the juice, extracted by heating the plant, is mixed 
with 2 tolas of ghiand 1 tola each of Gopichandan (a white 
clay) and sugar, and given daily. 
Description.—A climbing glabrous plant with fibrous 
roots; stem 4-angled, winged ; stipules lunate entire; leaves 
very thick and fleshy, alternate, generally 3-lobed, cordate- 
ovate, serrulated, short petioled ; umbels shortly peduncled ; 
stamens 4; petals 4, distinct ; fruit globose, size of a large 
pea, very acrid, one-celled, ESO ; seed solitary, obovate 
and covered with a dark brown spongy integument ; flowers 
small, white, appear at the end of the rainy season. 
ce VITIS INDICA, Linn. : 
Fig.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. vii., 6. Indian Wild Vine 
os ree : = @’Inde (Fr.), Uvas — bugios (Port. x 
