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jn ether or chloroform. The oil may be separated by distillation. It is light- 

 yellow, with a pungent odour, and if exposed to the air evolves sulphuretted 

 hydrogen. An alcoholic tincture of the drug is precipitated by acetate of 

 lead, and a solution in sulphuric acid is fluorescent. (Watt's Commercial 

 Products p. p. 534-535.) 



581. Peucedanum graveolens, Beiith., h.f.b.l, 

 ii. 709. 



Syn. : — Anetheum sowa, Eoxb. 272. 



Sans. : — Misreya. 



Vera : — Sowa, Soya (H.) ; Suva, Shopha, Shepoo, Shewpa 

 (Mar., Bomb) Shoyikirai-virai, Shatakuppi-virai (Tarn.) ; Sompa 

 (Tel.) ; Sayi (Dec.) ; Soolpha (B.) 



Habitat : — Throughout tropical and subtropical India. 



A perennial, glabrous herb, l-3ft. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, ulti- 

 mate segments of the leaves f-lin., linear. Pedicels many, 

 Jin. Bracts and bracteoles absent. Petals yellow. Styles small. 

 Fruit i by tain., narrowly winged, plano-convex, 2-3 times as 

 broad as thick. Dorsal and intermediate ridges distinct, slen- 

 der ; vittee large, solitary in each furrow, 2 on the commissure. 



Parts used : — The leaves and fruit. 



Use : — Mahomed an writers describe it as resolvent, and 

 deobstruent, carminative, diuretic and emmenagogue. It is 

 used as a condiment and medicine. An infusion of it is given 

 as a cordial drink to women after confinement. The leaves 

 moistened with oil are used as a stimulating poultice or suppur- 

 ative (Dymock). 



The fruit yields on distillation with water 3 to 4 per cent, of an essential 

 oil. 



582. P. grande, Clarke h.f.b.l, ii. 710. 



Vern. :— Baphali (Bomb.) ; Duku (H.) 



Habitat. — Bombay Ghauts. 



A glabrous, annual herb 3ft. Leaves mostly radical, long- 

 petioled, amplexical at base, 2-pinnate, leaflets with 3 large, 

 rounded lobes, and to be twice as large as the lateral ones. 

 Lobes 3, large, rounded, 3-4in., serrate. Bracts oblong or obovate, 

 obtuse, prominent, Fruit i-Jin., obovate, obtuse. Ray<s 20, 



