138 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



stamens 8-12 (Hooker); anthers two-celled. Style filiform, 

 4-fil to the middle. Ovary half-ad nate. Fruit a capsule 

 dehiscing transversely. Seeds minutely tubercled, compressed. 



Parts used : — The leaves and seeds. 



Uses : — The leaves are similar to those of P. oleracea. 

 The seeds also possess identical qualities to those of the former 

 species. 



120. P. tuberosa, Boxb. H.F.B.I., i. 247. Roxb. 

 391. 



Vern. : — Loonuk (SincL) ; Dhamnee— the seed ; Bodda kura 

 (Tel.) 



Habitat: — Behar, Sind, the Punjab, and the Western 

 Peninsula. 



A diffuse, succulent, perennial herb. Root tuberous, 2-3 

 in., slightly fusiform. Stem short, 2-3 in., spreading from 

 the root, with a few branches towards the extremity, villous. 

 Leaves |-| in., alternate, fleshy, linear ; nodal appendages 

 * in., of sparingly tufted brown hairs. Flowers yellow, in 

 small terminal clusters, surrounded by about 8 leaves and tufted 

 hairs. Stamens 20. Style filiform, 5-cleft. Seeds black, 

 granular. 



Use:— The fresh acid leaves are used medicinally ; an 

 external application is prescribed by native practitioners in ery- 

 sipelas and an infusion in dysuria (Murray, 96 ) 



N'. O. TAMARlSOINEiE. 



121. Tamarix galliea, Linn., h.f.b.l, i. 248. 



Syn. : -T. Indica, Willd. 



Sans. : — Jhavooka, Shavaka. 



Vern. :— Jhau (H. & B.V Jhav-nu-jhada (Gnz.) ; Pilchi, 

 Koa; rukh ; lainya ; jhau; lai (Ph.); Atru-shavnkhu-maram 

 (Jain) ; Eru-saru-manu (Tel.) ; Ler, lai, jhau (Sind.). 



The galls : — Baramai ; barri main (H.) ; Magiya main. 



(Bomb.) 



