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the joints, and a dose of from 3 to 4 ounces is administered 
internally twice a day. A decoction of the root is also used as 
a remedy for periostitis. It is made with 2 ounces of the — 
powdered root and 10 ounces of water boiled down to one half. 
Dose 1 to 2 ounces. 
Indigofera enneaphylla, Linn., Wight. Ie., t. 408 ; 
Burm. Fl, Ind., t.55, f. 1. Kennegilu (Can.), Adambedi (Tam.). 
According to Ainslie, the juice of this plant is given as an anti- 
scorbutic, alterative-and diuretic. It is called Bhui-guli in 
Marathi. 
Indigofera trifoliata, Linn., Wight Ic., t. $14. The 
seeds, which are oblong, about +¢ of an inch long; polished; 
yellowish and marked with minute dull red blotches, are pre- 
scribed along with other mucilaginotis drugs as a restorative: 
They are called Vekério in Guzerathi. 
PSORALIA CORYLIFOLIA, Lina. 
Fig.—Burm. Fl. Ind., t: 49; Bot. Mag., t: 665: 
Hab.—Himalaya to Ceylon. The seeds. 
Vernacular.—Bukchi; Bébachi (Hind.), Bavachi (Mar.); 
Latakasturi (Beng.), Karpo-karishi (Tam:), Bhavanchi-vittule; 
K4ru-bogi vittulu (Tel:) 
History, Uses, &¢.—Sanskrit writers mention a plant 
called Lata-kasturika or Lata-kasturi as growing in the Dec 
can ; it has been supposed by most modern writers on Indian 
- Materia Medica to be the Musk Mallow; but as that plant does 
not grow in the Deccan, and P. corylifolia is very common 
there and is known in Bengal as Lata-kasturi, we think it 
probable that it is the plant alluded to, especially as the seeds 
are used in making @ perfumied oi! which is applied to thé 
skin. Native works on Materia Medica describe the seeds as 
hot and dry, or according to some, cold and dry, lenitive, 
_ fragrant, stimulant and aphrodisiac. They are recommended a 
_ in leprosy, and other chronic skin diseases which depend upon — ; 
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