LEG UMINOS H, : “4S 
* the platters required at the Chaul ceramony? ‘when the last tuft. 
hair being removed, the Brahmin boy becomes a Saédhn and 
must eat from a leaf platter (Brahma-pattra). : 
_ The dry twigs of the’plant called Samidhds are used to feed — 
~ the Hom, or sacred fire. The tree is also known in Sanskrit as - 
Lakshataru or ‘“‘ lac tree,’’ because large quantities of lac are 
collected om its calor _Its flowers are likened by the 
dd red, Astrophe ofthe Saptasha- 
taka says—* fn the spring the earth shines with the flowers of 
he Palasha as if it were covered with Bhikshus.” It is the 
e use of the seeds of Paldsa as an aperient and anthelmintic 
is noticed; they are directed to be beaten into a paste with — 
honey for administration, Sdrangadhara also recommends 
them as ananthelmintic. The use of the gum as an external 
ingent application is mentioned by Chakradatta; it is 
cted to be combined with other astringents and rock salt. 
He recommends this mixture as a remedy for pterygium and 
opacities of the cornea. The author of the Makhzan-el- 
dwviya describes the leaves of Palds as very astringent, tonic, 
aphrodisiac, and. says that they are used. to disperse boils 
pimples, and are given internally in flatulent colic, worms 
piles. The flowers are astringent, depurative, diuretic 
anthelmintic, and, combined with astringents and rock salt, 
eady mentioned, is used to remove white spots from the. 
. (Cf. Makhzan, article Palas. ) Ainslie notices the use 
the seeds by Tamil practitioners’as an anthelmintic, in 
_ doses of a tablespoonfut and a half twice daily, both in cases 
tapeworn and ascarides. He quotes Roxburgh’s description 
f the gum and flowers, but remarks that the natives appear to 
@ no use of either of them. From the Hortus Malabaricus, 
appears that the bark is given in conjunction with ginger in — 
es of snake-bite. Dr. Sherwood informed Ainslie that a 
: anthropogonic tree of several castes. In the Bhavaprakasa - 2 
plaints by native sae In India at the present 
