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LABIATE. . 123 



LEUCAS LINIFOLIA, Spreng. 

 Fig.—Jacq. Ic. PI. Ear, i., 11, i. Ill; Bumph. Herb 



Amh. vi., t. 16,/ 1. 



Hab. — Plains of India. The herb 



LEUCAS ZEYLANICA, Br. 



Fig.— Wiffh t III. ,t. 176. Herbe Tomb ^e (i^. ) 

 Hab. — Assam to Ceylon. The herb.. 



LEUCAS CEPHALOTES, Sprmg. 



Fig.— Wight Ic, t. 337; Desf. in Mem. Mm. xi., 8, t. 4. 

 Hab. — Himalaya. Plains of N. India and Deccan. The 



herb 



V&rnacttlar. 



adi 



(Mc 



(Guz.), 'Tumba {3fal), Gul-dora, Chatra (Punj.), Halkasa 

 {Beng. ) , Tumi ( Tel. ) . 



History, Uses, &C. — At least four species of Leucas 



Hindu 



calyx of tliese plants to a little cup. The 



plants are Kv.mhha-yoni, Knrumha, Kharva-yattra, Chitra- 



resemblance 

 synonyins 



dry 



described 



bed for jaundice 



phlegmatic bumors and worms ; they are also considered to be 



diapboretie 



o 



drops 



of cbildren, Tiimha juice 1 part, 

 Eew grains of Borax, may be mixed,' 



intestinal catarrh 



(dry dates). 



uice may be given witb a little powdered Kk 



