142 THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OP THE PHILIPPINES 



an alterative in 'mild fevers in combination with "Hydrocotyle 

 Asidtka and Adiantum luntdatum." 



In Concan they apply the juice to the hands and feet in 

 fevers, giving at the same time a dose of one "tola" (6.80 

 grams) in sweetened water or milk. This juice is obtained by 

 soaking the bruised plant in water. In remittent fever the 

 decoction is also used as a liijiment for the whole body. It is 

 given internally for skin eruptions due to excessive heat, espe- 

 cially " lichen tropicus." 



Botanical Desckiption. — A small herb, stem straight, about 

 30 centimeters high, glabrous, dichotomous. Leaves opposite, 

 linear, green, lanceolate, stipulate. Flowers small, hermaph- 

 rodite, axillary, solitary, or in pairs, alternate or opposite. 

 Calyx gamosepalous with 5 short teeth. Corolla gamopetalous, 

 funnel-shaped. Stamens 5, free, inserted in the tube of the 

 corolla. Ovary inserted in the hollow of the receptacle, 2 many- 

 ovuled locules. Style simple, ending in a bifid stigma. Cap- 

 sule rounded-oval, membranous. Seeds numerous, polyhedrous, 

 albuminous, surface granular. 



Habitat. — In the rice fields. 



Randia dumetorum, Lam. [R. hngispina, DC; R. cwidata, 

 Blanco; R. stipidosa, Miq.; Gardenia npinosa, Blanco.) 



NoM. VuLG. — Sinnmjxtga , Tag. 



Uses. — The fruit is used in some parts of India to kill the 

 fish in ponds and sluggish rivers, the same use to which they 

 sometimes put the "Cocculus Indicus." It is prescribed as an 

 emetic by the Sanscrit and Arabic medical authors of India. 

 Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, 

 the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority. 

 It is a substitute for ipecac even in the treatment of dysentery 

 in which case the decoction of the trunk bark is also used. 



The dried and powdered pulp is given in dose of 2.50 grams 

 as an emetic and 1-2 grams as an antidysenteric. To prepare 



