570 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



tapeworm ; it is given, in decoction, prepared with two ounces 

 of fresh bark, boiled in a pint-and-a-half of water till but 

 three-quarters of a pint remain ; of this, when cold, a wine- 

 glassful may be drunk every half-hour, till the whole is taken. 

 This dose sometimes sickens the stomach a little, but 

 seldom fails to destroy the worm, which is soon after passed 

 (Dymock). 



Pomegranate peel, combined with opium and an aromatic, 

 such as cloves, is a most useful remedy in chronic dysentery 

 as well as in diarrhoea. A decoction of the bark followed by a 

 purgative, acts as an anthelmintic (Pharrnacographia). 



The root-bark and rind of the fruit are officinal in the Indian 

 Pharmacopoeia. 



There are two chief alkoloids, viz., Pelletierine and Isopelleticrine present 

 in the bark. These alkoloids are closely related, are liquids and volatile at 

 ordinary temperatures and are present to the extent of 0'5— per cent. The 

 bark also contains 25 per cent of tannic acid. 



N. 0. ONAGRACEiE. 



517. Jussicea suffruticosa, Linn, h.f.b.l, i.i. 587. 



Syn. : — J- exaltata, Roxb. 371. 



Vern. ' ~ Lal-bunianga (B.) ; Neeroo-agheen-drapakao (Tel.) ; 

 Carambu (Mai.) ; Panalavanga (Bomb.) ; Petra da, dak ichak 

 (Santal). Parsati (Chutia Nagpur). 



Habitat : — Throughout the greater part of India, except the 

 Western desert region. 



A semi-shrubby perennial, erect, 2-4ft., sometimes 4-6ft., 

 much branching, woody below. Branches stiff, erect, cylindric, 

 striate, thickly clothed with short spreading hair. Leaves 2-4 

 by fin., nearly sessile, varying from linear to broadly oval, but 

 usually lanceolate, entire, tapering to base, acute, hairy on both 

 sides. Lateral veins numerous, prominent beneath. Flowers 

 bright chrome-yellow, 1^-lfin. pedicels, shorter than Calyx- 

 tube, with two lanceolate bracts at summit. Calyx hairy ; 

 tube quadrangular ; segments four, ovate, alternate, acute, 

 larger than the tube. Petals 4,^-fin., wholly j^ellow, rotundate, 

 shortly-clawed, often emarginate, ninnately veined. Stamens 



