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Plants of minor importance belonging to tHa order, wliich 

 have a certain amount of medicinal reputation, are : 



Torenia asiatica, Linn., Rheede, Hort. Mai. ?^., t- 53, 



tlie juice of whicli is given on tlie Malabar Coast for 



gonor rboca . 



Vandellia erecta, Benth., BJmde, Hort. Mai. ix., t. 57, 



called VaJca-jmshpi, or " crane flower," in Maratlii, is also used 

 in a gbrita as a remedy for gonorrbcea, and tbe Juice is given 

 cbildren who pass green- coloured stools. V. pedunculata, 

 Benth. Griff. Ic. PI. As., t. 418, /. 2, in Maratbi Gadagvel, is 

 considered to bave similar properties. 



Veronica Beccabunga, Lmn, Meichh. Ic Fl. Germ., 



t. 1701, is used in Nortbern India under tbe name of Tezah, 

 ** cress," as a diuretic and antiscorbutic. It is tbe Bacbbunge 

 of tbe Germans, Cressonee of tbe Frencb, and Brooklime of 

 tbe Engbsb, V. Anagallis, Linn. Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ., 



i. 1762, wbicb has similar properties, takes its place in other 

 parts of India. 



Sopubia delphinifolia, G. Don, Roxh. Cor, PI. i-, 



t. 90, is an elegant annual, common in wet fields in tbe rainy 

 season. The juice is applied by field labourers to their feet to 

 heal sores caused by exposure to wet ; it is astringent and 



skin 



The plant 

 was formerly named Gerardia, after John Gerarde, our old 



English botanist, and author of the "Herbal,'' published in 

 1597. ^ 



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