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with some other drugs of similar nature." He recommends 

 the -fresh succulent leaves as a cooling external application in 

 the place of ice or cold lotion. The seeds and juice of the 

 fresh leaves may be best administered in the form of a draught, 

 from thirty grains to one drachm of the former, and from one 

 to two fluid ounces of the latter (obtained by pressing the 

 leaves) being the dose. He recommends either of these as 

 substitutes for spirits of nitrous ether, Pareira-brava, tragacantb, 

 elm-bark, rhatany, copaiba, and ice. 



By Natives generally at the present day, the herb is chiefly 

 valued as a refrigerant and alterative pot herb, particularly 

 useful as an article of diet in scurvy and liver disease. In 

 addition to the properties above detailed, the seeds are believed 

 in the Punjab to be vermifuge. 



The juice of the stems may be applied with advantage to 

 prickly heat, as well as to the hands and feet when a burning 

 sensation is felt. 



119. P. quadrifida, Linn., h.f.b.i., i. 247. 



Syn. : — P. meridiana, Roxb. 391. 



Sans : — Laghu Lonika 



Vern. : — Chounlayi, loniya, khate chaw r al (Hind.) ; Nuniya, 

 chhota lunia (Beng.) ; Lunak, haksha, lunki-buti (Pb.) ; Kota, 

 chaval-ke-bhaji, barika, ghola (Bomb.); Luni(Guz.j; Ran Ghol 

 (Mar); Choulayi-ki-bhaji, ghol-ki-bhaji, chowli (Dec); Soin- 

 parpu-kirai, pasarai-kirai, siru-pasarai-kirai, passeli-kirai(Tam.) ; 

 Sanna-pappu, sanna-pavili, goddu pavili, pedda pavili, sunpail 

 kura, pavili, kura, payalaku, sanna payala (Tel.) ; Hali bachcheli 

 (Kan.) ; Hin-gende-kola (Sing.) ; Baqlatul-yamaniah, baqlatul- 

 aarabbiyah budelut-ul-mobarik (Arab.) 



Habitat : — Throughout the warmer parts of India. 



A diffuse, annual, succulent herb. Stem filiform. Rooting 

 at the nodes ; nodal appendages pilose, more or less copious. 

 Leaves flat J-J in., opposite, very shortly petioled, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers terminal, solitary. Calyx-tube J-itn- 

 mersed in the extremity of the axis, surrounded by a four- 

 leaved involucre, and long silky hairs. Petals 4, yellow; 

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