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TiNOSPORA CRisPxV, Miers {= Cocculns crispus, D. C, and Menispermum 

 crisptimj Linn.). 



This is closely allied to the above, and is known by the same name, 

 " Guluncha." It has smooth bark, more oval and less heart-shaped 

 leaves on shorter stalks. Like the last it is greath' valued in the treat- 

 ment of intermittent fever ; but the natives in Silhct consider that it is 

 more efficacious when found climbing u]ion mango-trees. It is found in 

 Silhet and Pegu, and in several of the Indian islands. 



CissAMPELOs Paretra, Linn. 



The woody stems of this widely spread tropical plant are used in a 

 varietj' of diseases, and amongst others in fevers, but it is principally 

 valued for its autilithic properties, on account of which it is admitted into 

 our Pharmacopoeias under the name of Pareira-brava. It is a tall, hard- 

 wooded climber, indigenous to the tropics of both hemispihercs, and is 

 found in all parts of India. In Ceylon, where it is also used as a fever 

 medicine, it is called " Deyamitta." 



CAPPAHIDACE^. 

 Gynandropsis pentaphylla, D. C. (= Cleome pentap)hylla, Linn.). 



A decoction of the little black seeds of this plant is considered useful in 

 typhus fever, and in convulsive afiections. The plant is called " Vaylee" 

 in the Tamul language ; " Hurhuriya " in Bengalese ; " Caraila " by the 

 Hindus ; and " Waila " by the Cinghalese. It is an annual plant, a foot 

 or more in height, with hairy stems, and palmately divided leaves usually 

 with five, but sometimes with seven or only three segments. 



CRATiEVA Nurvala, Ham. (= Cratceva Tapyia, Burm.). 



A small tree, fifteen to twenty feet high, common on the banks of 

 rivers on the Malabar coast and in Mysore, producing an astringent bark, 

 a decoction of which is prescribed as a tonic in both intermittent and 

 typhus fevers. The Sanscrit name of the plant is " Varuna," and it is the 

 " Nurvala " of Kheede's Hortus Malabaricus, according to Hamilton, who 

 says that the real name of the plant in the Malabar dialect is " Vala," the 

 prefix " Nur " (water) merely denoting the localities in which the tree is 

 found. 



MORINGACEiE. 



MoRiNGA PTERYGOSPERMA, Ociertu. (= Hypercinthera Moringa, Valil.). 



AVell known in India as the Horse-radish tree, on account of its I'oots 

 ])ossessing a pungent odour and biting aromatic taste similar to those of our 



