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shorter than the leaves, with a greenish gland on either side of 

 the apex. Peduncles as long as the petioles, usually 7-flowered, 

 bracts lanceolate. Flowers white, fragrant. Sepals about fin 

 long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, thick, silky-hairy outside, persis- 

 tent. Corolla- txbe 2-3 in. long, limb about 2-2J in. in diam. 

 Berry oblong, pointed, 1 celled. Seeds usually solitary. 



The flowers open at sunset and wither on the following 

 morning. The so called R. omata of S. India is a separate 

 species. A more correct name for this plant of N. India would 

 be E. Roxburghii, Prain. (See Prain in Nov. Ind. viii, 89. 

 (Duthie). 



Habitat. — India, from Assam to Belgaum and Mysore. Fre- 

 quent in Bengal plain. 



Uses. — In the Concan, the juice is made with Borneo camphor 

 and butter into an ointment for pityriasis. For piles, one tola of 

 the juice, with half a tola of Babul pods, and a little sugar, is 

 given in a quarter seer of cow's milk every morning fTharma- 

 cographia Indica, Vol. II., p. 541). 



832. Argyreia speciosa, Sweet. h.f.b.i., iv. 185. 

 Syn. :— Lettsomia nervosa, Roxb. 1M. 

 Sans. : — Samudra palaka ; Vriddha-daruka. 



Vern. : — Samandar-ka-pat ; Samandar-phen (Hind.); Bich- 

 taraka (Beng.) ; Kaf-darya (Pers.) ; Shamuddi rap-pachchai, 

 (Tarn.) ; Samudra shoka (Bomb.) ; Samudra-pala (Tel) ; Saman- 

 dar-ka-patta (Dec); Samandar-sof ; Samandar-sokh (H.) ; Guguli 

 (B.) ; Kedok arak (Santal) ; Shamuddirap-pachchai (Tarn.) ; 

 Chandra-pocla, kokkita, pala-samudra (Tel.) ; Samudra-pach-cha, 

 samudra-zogam, samudra-pala (Mai.). 



Habitat : — India, from Assam to Belgaum and Mysore ; 

 frequent in Bengal plains. 



A shrub, with a stem climbing, not twining, rather stout, 

 cylindric, fine silky pubescent, with white adpressed hairs. 

 Branchlets stout, white tomentose. Leaves lj-3in., broadly 

 ovate or reniform, cordate at base, very shortly acuminate, 

 apiculate, glabrous above, more or less densely white, silky 



