COMPOSIT A, 391 
stration is as follows: about four ounces of the freshly gathered 
stems, infused in a pint of cold water for a night, yield in» 
the morning, when pressed, a quantity of viscid greenish juice, 
which being mixed with the water, is taken at a draught. In 
the evening a further quantity of the juice, made up into 
boluses with flour, is taken. These medicines are directed 
to be repeated for three successive days. The Hditor of the 
Pharmacopwia of India says that from: official documents 
_ placed at his disposal, it appears that the remedy has been 
____ tried in numerous cases ; but as at the time of the infliction of 
the wound, caustic was ee locally in the majority of cases, 
__ itis difficult to determine how far the Notonia apts if at 
_ all, as a prophylactic. (Phar. of India, p. 126.) 
An extract of the herb was tried by the late Dr. Haines and 
_ One of us on dogs, and afterwards at the Haropean Hospital in 
= Bombay (1864). In one drachm doses it had a feebly aperient 
: action ; no other effect was observed. The dried plant was for 
__ & time issued to medical officers in Government employ, but no 
farther information as to its properties would appear to have 
_ been obtained. N. grandiflora is a shrub, fleshy, smooth; 
_ Stem thick, round, marked with the scars of fallen leaves ; 
> leaves oblong or ovate, entire ; flowers terminal, corymbose, 
few, pale yellow. The dry stems, which are white, soft and 
frapile, yield an abundant greenish extract. 
_ Tagetes erecta, Linn. Bot. Mag. t. 150. French Mari- 
_ gold (Eng.), Ciillet d’Inde, Rose d’ Inde (Fr.), Makhmal, 
Gul-jaferi (Hind.), Rojia cha phil (Mar.), is quite naturalized in 
India. One tola of the-j juice of the petals heated with an equal - 
_ Quantity of melted butter is given daily for three days asa 
Temedy for bleeding piles; they are considered to have a puri- 
- fying action upon the blood. The flowers of this plant are much. 
used for garlands to hang over doorways on festive 
Ooceasions. Rojia (rose), the name current on the Western Coast, 
as probably introduced with the plant by the Portuguese, with _ 
whom it appears to represent the Rosa de ouro or golden rose, 
the Pope usually blesses at mass on a Sunday 
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