676 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



paring antiseptic and anodyne fomentations (Ainslie, Mat. 

 Ind. L, p. 483.) 



The juice of the leaves is employed as an instillation for ear- 

 ache (Kinsley, in Watt's Dictionary). 



634. E riger on aster oides, Roxb. H f.b.i., hi. 254 ; 

 Roxb. 603. 



Vern. — Maredi, Sonsali (Bomb.). 



Habitat. — Tropical Himalaya ; Nepal, Sikkim, Bengal and 

 the Western Peninsula. 



A coarse annual, l-2ft. high, erect, or in a dwarf state, 

 decumbent; pubescent or villous. Branched. Radical leaves 

 obovate, petioled. Cauline leaves i~lin., numerous, obovate or 

 oblong, J-amplexicaul, all toothed or lobulate. Involucre- 

 bracts 1-2-seriate, very narrow, with their hair points much 

 shorter than the pappus. Heads J-£in., peduncled, solitary or 

 corymbose. Ligules capillary, rather blue, longer than the 

 dirty white or reddish pappus. Achenes very minute, g^in., 

 nearly glabrous, flat, pale. 



Uses. — Dr. Dymock writes that he noticed it, being offered 

 for sale in the bazaar as a stimulating and diuretic medicine. 

 Several species of Erigeron are used as diuretic in America. 



635. Blumea lacera, DC, h. f.b.i., hi. 263. 



Syn.— Conyza lacera, Roxb. 601. 



Sans. — Kukuradru. 



Vern. — Kokronda, Kukkurbanda, Jangli-muli (H.) ; Kukur- 

 sunga, bura-suksung (B.) ; Nimurdi (Bomb.); Jangli-kasni, 

 jangli-mulli, divari-mulli (Duk.) ; Narak-karandai, Kattu- 

 mullangi (Tam.) ; Karn pogaku, advi-mulangi (Tel.). 



" Kakronda and other vernacular names are applied to more 

 than one allied species of Blumea and Laggera, without much 

 regard to the color of their flowers" (Moodeen Sheriff). 



Habitat : — Throughout the plains of India, from the N.-W. 

 Himalaya to Travancore. 



A hairy, villous, or glandular, rarely glabrescent herb, stem 

 erect, simple or branched very leafy, rarely 2ft. high. Leaves 



