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it as a vesicant. Virey (Hist. Nat.^ p. 299) says : — II gu^rit tres 

 bien Tafiection venerienne ; il est aussi purgatif et vomitif /' 

 Loureiro notices its caustic nature : '* Occulos si tangat ex- 



csecat/' lAmslie, Mat 



In the Concan 



1 to 4 drops of the milky juice are given with treacle or the 

 flour of Cieer arietinum as a purge, and the charcoal, which is 

 very light, is used in making pastilles. Dr. G, Y. Hunter 

 speaks of the juice as a good application in neuralgia. In Goa 

 it is used for poisoning fish. 



Description. — A shrub or small tree, 15 — 20 feet, with 



numerous slender branches, smooth, and of a bright-green colour, 

 having a few, most minute leaves at the extremities, which soon 

 fall off ; as the plant grows older, the stalks become stronger, and 

 at length woody and of a brown colour. The wood of old trees 

 is white, close-grained and strong ; it produces a good charcoal 

 for gunpowder and other purposes. 



Chemical composition, — See next article, 



EUPHORBIA NERIIFOLIA,J>i»w. 



Fig, — BG. Plant. Grasses, ii.^ t. 46 ; Riimph. Eerh. Amh. iv., 

 f. 40. 



Hab. — Deccan Peninsula, B elucMstan, Malay Islands. 

 Cultivated elsewhere. The juice and root. 



Vernacular.—Sehund, Thohar {Rind,), Mansa-sij, Pdta-sij 

 {Beng.), Nevadunga, Mingut [Mar.), Thohar-kantaro {Quz.), 

 Ilaik-kalli (Tf?;;?.), Aku-jemudu(JeL),Yale-kalli {Can.), Elak- 



kalli(ilfa/.). 



EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM, Linn. 



"* 



Fig. ^Wight Ic, t 897 ; Eheede, Sort. Mai. ii.y t. 42. 



Hab. Throughout the hotter parts of India and Ceylon. 



The juice and root. 



Ferwacw /ar.—Tidhara-sehund {Hind.), Tekata-sij {Beng.), 

 Tridh^ri-nevadunga, Nara-seja (3far.),Shadhurak-kalli {Tarn.), 



