560 ISALVADORACEiE— SCROPHULARIACE^. App. C. 



SALYAD0EACEJ3. 



Salvadoea, SJ). 



A decoction of the bark of a species of SaJvudora is recomm ended by 

 Ilindu doctors in cases of low fever, and as a tonic. Great confusion, how- 

 ever, exists among the species of this genus, and it is therefore uncertain 

 wliich one is thus emploj'ed. Aiuslie mentions Salvadora Ptrsica, but 

 it is very doubtful whether that species is found in any part of India. 



COEDIACE^. 



CoRuiA Myxa, Linn. 



Tonic and febrifuge properties are ascribed to the bark of this tree, it 

 being, according to Horsfield, one of the chief remedies used in fevers by the 

 Javanese, who call it " Kendal." It is a small tree with rounded branches, 

 ovate leaves, smooth on the upper surface but roughish imderneath, and 

 usually tenninal panicles of flowers, producing yellow, sweet-tasted pulpy 

 fruits about the size of chemes. In the Tamul language it is called " Vidi 

 marum ;" " Nekra " in Telinga ; " Lesura " in Hindostanee ; and " Loloo" 

 in Cinghalese. 



SOLANACE^. 



SoLANUJi XANTHOCARP0M, Sckrcid. ef Wendl. (== tiolaaum Jacquini, 



Willd.). 



There are two varieties of this plant, one of wliich was fuiTnerly con- 

 sidered a distmct species, and named Solanuvi Jacquini. All parts of the 

 latter variety are used medicinally, and it is one of the fever remedies 

 employed by the Cinghalese, who call it " Kattoo-wel-battoo." It is a 

 decumlx'nt, spreading annual plant, armed with numerous long white 

 prickles, and has sinuately-pinnatifid prickly leaves. The Tamuls call it 

 " Kandung Kattiri." 



SCROPHU LARl ACE^E. 



PiCRORHizA KuREOOA, Eoyle. 



A small perennial herbaceous plant found in Kemaon, at Gossain-than, 

 and other parts of the Himalaj'an mountains, where its roots, which are 

 called " Hoohng " in Tibet, and have a powerful bitter taste, are iTsed as a 

 febrifuge by the natives, and also sent down to the bazaars of Bengal, where 

 they form one of the many bitter roots sold uuder the name of " Teeta." 

 The plant grows about six inches high, and has scarcely any stem, its 

 leaves all rising from the summit of the thick root, and also its flower- 

 stalks, which are five or six inches high, and bear a dense spike of smali 

 bluish flowers at the top. 



