132 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Leaves excessively variable, |-2 in. long, sometimes quite 

 obcordate, at others almost orbicular, at times narrow, linear, 

 rather thick and coriaceous, glabrous, ciliate, hoary or pubes- 

 cent, margins usually flat, opaque. Racemes axillary and extra- 

 axillary, much shorter than the leaves, truncate, almost 

 capitate. Bracts persistent, at least till the flower expands. 

 Flower i-| in. long. Wings longer than the sub-orbicular, 

 notched, ciliate, narrowly winged, capsule green, falcate, 

 obovate, acute ; margins membranous ; crest of corolla very 

 small. Seeds silky, strophiole with 3 short appendages. 



Part used : — The root. 



Use : — In Chutia Nagpur, the root is given medicinally in 



cases of fever and dizziness .Campbell). 



114. P. telephioides, Willd. h.f.b.l, i. 205. 



Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Carnatic and Travancore, 



An annual herb ; stems very many from an annual 

 woody root, prostrate, not exceeding 2-4 in. in height, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves sessile, §-§ in., margins usually recurved, 

 glabrous, often imbricate, very thick, obovate or oblong, obtuse 

 or acute. Bracts caducous before flowering. Flowers ^ in. 

 long, fascicled on very short, extra-axillary peduncles ; outer 

 sepals acute, wings herbaceous, oblique, acuminate. Capsule 

 glabrous ; not ciliate, xs in - broad and long, deeply notched ; 

 valves margined. Seeds minute, silky, strophiole minutely 

 3-appendiculate. 



Use : — Used in catarrhal affections by the natives of 

 Madras. (Ph. Ind., p. 29.) 



N. 0. FRANKENIACE^L 



115. Frankenia pulverulata, Linn, h.f.b.l, 

 i. 212. 



Vern. : — Khareeya (Sindh.) 



Habitat : — On the Sea Coast of Sind ; also on the salt 

 plains of the Punjab, and probably also in Cutcb. 



