590 , CRASSULACEZ. 
CRASSULACEZ. 
~“BRYOPHYLLUM CALYCINUM, Salisb. 
Fig.—Bot. Mag., t. 1409; Hook. Bot. Misc., tiie, 100. 
Hab.—tTropical India. The leaves. 
| KALANCHOE LACINIATA, pc. 
Fig.—Pl. Grasses, t. 100; Wight Ic., 1158. 
Hab.—Deccan Peninsula, Bengal. 
Vernacular.—Hemsagar, Zakhmhyat (Hind. Beng.), Parna- 
bij, Ghaimari, Ghaipat, Aranmaran (Mar.), Mala-kulli (Tam.), 
Kalnaru, Haradhachchaka (Can.), 
History, Uses, &c.—These two plants, as wellas K. 
spathulata, DC., a native of the tropical Himalayas, known 
to the natives of the Punjab as Talara and Haiza-ka-patta, are 
called-in Sanskrit Asthibhakshaand Parna-vija or “ leaf-seed,” 
because their leaves when placed upon moist ground, take root 
and produce young plants. The leaves slightly toasted are used 
as a styptic application to wounds, bruises, boils, and the bites 
of venomous insects. Ainslie, speaking of K. laciniata, says: “I 
can myself speak of their good effects in cleaning ulcers and 
-allaying inflammation.” We have seen decidedly beneficial effect 
follow their application to contused wounds ; swelling and dis- 
coloration were prevented, and union of the cut parts took 
. place more rapidly than it does under ordinary treatment. 
The juice of the leaves is administered i in doses of to 1 tola | 
(45 to 180 grains) with double the quantity of siatted butter 
in diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera; it is also considered bene- 
ficial in lithiasis. Corre and bejauw (Mat. Med. et Tox. Colo- 
niale) state that B. calycinum is called “ Herbe a mal de téte”’ 
in the Antilles, and is used to cure headache, also that itis a 
: _ emollient. They remark that it bears the popular name 
slic dou de “heapaesl parceque les feuilles ee de la tige, 
