N. 0. CRASsULACE^. 533 



trifoliate, upper few, scattered, linear, i-|in. long. Corymb 

 flattish or more rarely elongate. Flowers clear, yellow ; the 

 Corolla-tube glabrous. Calyx in fruit often as much as fin. 

 wide, 4-partite, elongate. Corolla, with a flask-shape tube and 

 spreading 4-fid limb, much exceeding the Calyx, persistent. 

 Stamens 8, in two series, adnate to the Corolla-tube, hypogyn- 

 ous scales 4, linear. Carpels 4, adnate to the base of the 

 Corolla-tube, attenuated into long styles ; ovules very many. 

 Follicles 4, seeds very many, oblong, ellipsoid, with 8-15 longi- 

 tudinal ribs. 



Part used: — The leaf. 



Use : — It is poisonous to goats, and the leaves are, at Lahore, 

 reckoned a specific for cholera. In Kangra, they are burned and 

 applied to abscesses. (Stewart). 



484. Kalanchoe laeiniata, DC, h.f.b.l, ii. 415. 



Syn. : — Cotyledon lanciniata, Boxb. 388 ; K. teretifolia, 

 Haw. 



Sans. :— Hemsagara (Sea of Gold). 



Vern. : — Tukhmhyat, Parna-bij (Bomb.) ; Mala-kullie 

 (Tarn.). 



Habitat : — Tropical regions of the Deccan Peninsula, in 

 Bengal, at Patna and Dacca. 



A suffruticose, fleshy plant. Leaves opposite, pinnatifid- 

 laciniate, the lobes thick, entire, sub-serrate or dentate. Cymes 

 panicled. Calyx 4-partite, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, spread- 

 ing. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube cylindrical ; limb spread- 

 ing, 4-partite. Carpels 4 ; styles filiform. 



There are 3 varieties. 



Uses:- The succulent leaves are valued as an application 

 to wounds and sores ; they allay irritation and promote cicatri- 

 zation. In the Concan, the juice of the leaves is given in bilious 

 diarrhoea and lithiasis. (Dymock). 



I can myself speak of their good effects in cleaning ulcers 

 and allaying inflammation (Ainslie). 



