266 EUPEOEBIACE^. 



. VernacuIar.^'BhMmi-a'nxala iSvicl), Blim-amla [Bcnfj.), 



{Mar.), Kizhkay 



Kizha-nelli (Ifal 



Bhui-amali [Gtiz.]. 



P. urinaria is distinguislied by tTie addition of the adjective red 

 to the aLove names. 



History, Uses, &C. — These plants are common weeds 

 which appear in the cold season. They are called in Sanskrit 

 Tamra-valK (P. urinaria) and Bhnmy-amali (P. NiruH),^ and 

 bear among other synonyms those of Tamalika, Bhu-dhatri, and 

 Bahu-pattra, "having many leaves." Hindu physicians consi- 

 der them to be deobstraent, diuretic, astringent and cooling, and 

 prescribe the dried plant in powder or decoction in jaundice. 

 The dose of the powder is about a teaspoonful. Mir Muhaiu- 

 mad Husain in the IfaMzan states that the milky juice is 

 a good application to offensive sores, and that a poultice 

 of the leaves with salt cures scabby affections of the skm; 

 without salt it may be applied to bruises, &c. From Ainslie we 



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with fenugreek seed is considered a valuable remedy in chronic 

 dysentery, also that the leaves are a good stomachic bitter. J-D 



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run IS usea as a aiurexic in guiiui x nuio, «x±«^ ^ 



The dose is 2 tolas of the juice with 2 tolas of 

 ghf twice a-day. The root rubbed down with rice-water is 

 given in the Concan as a remedy for menorrhagia. 



Dr. A. J. Amadeo states that the plant is known as Y(f^(i 

 de qidninic at Porto-Eico, and is used in decoction in inter- 

 mittent fevers ; he thinks favourably of it, and uses a tincture 

 in 2-drachm doses; it acts as a gentle purgative, aud is 

 especially useful when the liver and spleen are infarcted. It 



is diuretic. 



Description.— P. mniri: Annual, erect-branched; 

 branches herbaceous, ascending; floriferous branchlets fili- 

 form ; leaves elliptic, mucronate, entire, glabrous ; male and 

 female flowers in separate axils, male on the lower ones ; 

 dehiscence of anthers transverse ; glands in the female bifid 



