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301. V. setosa, Wall, h.f.b.i., i. 654. 



Syn. : — Cissus Setosa, Roxb. 137. 



Vern. : — Baru-butsali, barre bach-cbali, warsi pala, pulla 

 bach-cbali (Tel.) ; Harwal (H.) ; Yek-gisam-ka-bachla (Dec.) ; 

 Khaj goli-cha vel (Mar.); Puli-perandai ; puli-naravi ; Anuittad- 

 betichal (Tarn.) 



Habitat :- Western Peninsula, from the Circars and Mysore 

 southwards. Ceylon. 



Stems prostrate, weak-branched, succulent, zigzag, striate, 

 hispid, with glandular hairs. Tendrils long, forked. Leaves 

 3-foliate (rarely simple), sessile. Leaflets shortly stalked, 

 obovate or oblong-cuneate at base, obtuse, irregularly toothed 

 or laciniate, succulent, glabrous above, glandular-hispid on the 

 veins beneath, pale green, the central one narrower and on 

 longer stalk. Stipules broad ovate, acute. Flowers small on 

 long glandular pedicels. Cymes teminating lateral branches, 

 dichotomous, lax, divaricate. Peduncle l|-4 in. long, glandular- 

 hispid. Calyx loose, truncate. Petals contracted in the middle, 

 hooked, ultimately reflexed. Berry over \ in., ovoid, strongly 

 glandular-hisped, scarlet, size of a pea. Seed sub-globose, nearly 

 smooth. The fruit is acid at first to taste, but afterwards very 

 burning and acrid. In fact, every part of the plant is exceedingly 

 acrid, says M. B. Lawson in Hooker's Flora, Br. Tnd. 



Parts used : — The leaves. 



Use : — It is exceedingly acrid. The leaves are sometimes 

 externally applied as a domestic remedy to promote suppuration 

 and assist in the extraction of guinea-worm (Dymock). 



It is a useful local stimulant, in the form of a poulitice 

 (Moodeen Sheriff). 



302. V. trifolia, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 654, Foxb. 

 137. 



Syn. : — V. Carnosa, Wall. 

 Sans : — Amla-parni. 



Vern. : — Amal-bel, gidad-drak, kassar (II.) ; Bundal, amal- 

 lala, sone-kesur (B.) ; Jarila-lara (Pah aria) ; Takbli-rik (Lepoha); 



