EUPHORD I A CEJT. 261 



grew suddently delirious, and presently became insensible and 



fell in a fit. 



bi 



and full, and bis skin very bot. On being bled, bis conscious- 

 ness returned and be complained of great headacbe. 



Under Eupborbiacea?, I^orman Chevcrs, quoting Dr. H. 

 Clegborn of Madras^ sa3^s : — ^' There are seyeral species of 

 Eupborbia, as tbe i?. neriifolia^ cuiiiquorum, acaidis^ and otbers 

 wbicb abound in a milky juice. Tbis produces a blister wben 

 rubbed on tbe integuments, and serious inflammation if dropped 

 into tbe eye. Several cases bave bappened within my 

 knowledge, wbere tbe sigbt has been endangered from tbis 

 cause." (Indian Med. Jurisprudence^) 



Otber species of Eupborbia found in India, and occasionally 



medicinally, are E* helioscopia 



E, hypericifolia 



Linn., and E. Royleana, Boiss., a native of tbe outer 

 Himalaya. 



E. Jielioscopia is used as a bydragogue cathartic, and tbe 



remove 



Dr. Baudry [BnlL Med, 



JSford, 1887) bas reported a case of severe ulceration resulting 



from 



B. hypericifoUa bas not unfrequently been mistaken for 

 B. pilulifera, but may be distinguished readily by its not having 

 tbe hairy stem of the latter plant. In Reunion it is used as an 

 ocfrn'Tin-o-nf in rlvfifr.-n+Ar\r nnrlpr thfi name of Jlcrbe Jcan-Iiohcrt. 



PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA, Li 



inn. 



-pig,— Brand. For. Fh, t. 52 ; Bedel Fl. S?/h., t. 258 ; 

 Jim. Tent. JEiiphorh.r t. 5,/. 15 ; Rhcede, Hort. Mai. i., t. 38. 



(E. 



Hab.— Thro 



o 



fniit 



flowxrs. 



Veniacular. — Anvula [Hind.), Amlaki {Benff.), Avala, Aval- 

 kathi (Mar.) J Nelli-kai, Toppi {Tarn.), Nelli-kaya, IJsirike-kaya 

 {Tel.), Nelli-kaya {Mal.)i Nelli-kayi {Can.), Ambala {Guz.). 



