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greenish juice, which, being mixed with water, is taken at a 

 draught. In the evenings, a further quantity of the juice, made 

 up into boluses with flour, is taken. These medicines are 

 directed to be repeated for three successive days. 



Dr. Waring says that from official documents placed at his 

 disposal, it appears that the remedy has been tried in numerous 

 cases ; but as at the time of the infliction of the wound, caustic 

 was applied locally in the majority of cases, it is difficult to 

 determine how far the Notonia operated, if at all, as a prophy- 

 lactic (Ph. Ind.). 



" An extract of the herb was tried by the late Dr. Haines 

 and myself on dogs, and afterwards at the European Hospital 

 in Bombay (1864). In one drachm doses it had a feebly aperient 

 action ; no other effect was observed " (Dymock). 



673. Senecio tenuifolius, Burm. h.f.b.l, hi. 345. 



Vern. : — Sanggye, mentog, nimbar (Pb.). 



Habitat :— Western Peninsula ; on the dry hills of the Wes- 

 tern Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 



Slender annual herbs, glabrous, much branched, or, like 

 most annuals, says J. D. Hooker, reduced to a single weedy 

 stem. Leaves sessile, pinnatifid or sub-2-pinnatifid lobes, very 

 slender, spreading, obtuse. Heads few, long-peduncled, ebrac- 

 teolate in divaricating corymbs; involucre-bracts 10- 12^ in. 

 long, ovate oblong, acute membranous, glabrous ; ligules 6-10, 

 Achenes T V n -> broader upwards, scabrid, equalling the reddish 

 or yellowish pappus. 



Use : — Mr. Honnigberger states that it is officinal in Kashmir. 

 The ni7hhar of the Lahore drug-sellers may probably be the 

 produce of this plant (Dr. Stewart). 



674. S. Jacquemontianus, Bentham, h.f.b.i. hi. 

 350. 



Vern. : — Hater mool (Kashmere). 

 Habitat ; — Western Himalaya. 



