972 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



sepals elliptic or obovate, suddenly spinulose and densely hairy 

 in fruit ; thickened , very hairy upwards, with a mucro. Corolla 

 iin., densely hairy in bud, white, with brown or purple spots in 

 the palate. Stamens glabrous, anther-cells one slightly above 

 the other, papillose, ciliate. Ovary glabrous. Capsule fin., 2- 

 seeded, elongate conic, dorsally scarious, thin, irregularly tearing, 

 only ultimately 2-valved from the subsolid tip. Seeds ovate- 

 lanceolate, with very long hair, spreading elastically when wet, 

 very mucilaginous (C.B. Clarke). 



Uses : — A bitter herb used in fevers (Sakharam Arjun). 

 The ash of the dry plant is employed in Chutia Nagpur as 

 an application to sores (Revd. A. Campbell). It is applied to 

 cure itchy affections of the skin (Dymock). 



933. Justicia Oendarussa, Linn. /. h.f.b.l, iv. 

 532, Roxb. 43. 



Syn. : — Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees. 



Sans. : — Nil-nirgandi. 



Vevn. ' — Udf-sanbhalu, nili-nargandi (Hind.) ; Jagat-madan, 

 jogmodon (Beng.) ; Teo, kala-adulsa (Bomb.) ; Kalishanbalf 

 (Dec); Karu-noch-chi, karuppu-noch-chi (Tarn.); Nela-vavili, 

 nalla-noch-chi, nalla-vavili (Tel.) ; Karelakki-gida (Kan.) ; 

 Karun-noch-chi, vatak-koti, vatan-golli (Mai.) 



Habitat : — Throughout India, from Bengal to Ceylon. 



A perennial, much branched, undershrub. Stems 2-4ft., erect, 

 quadrangular, thickened above the nodes, glabrous, purple. 

 Leaves 4 by fin., sometimes 5in. long, linear lanceolate, acute 

 at base, tapering to obtuse apex, entire or slightly and irregu- 

 larly crenate, glabrous and shining, rather thick, veins promi- 

 nent beneath, purple. Petiole Jin. Flowers rather small, white 

 or pink, with minute red dots in the throat and lip, in opposite 

 clusters of three short interrupted sessile terminal spikes, lower 

 clusters usually distant. Bracts £in., linear, acute. Bracteoles 0. 

 Sepals |-in., linear, subulate, glabrous. Corolla nearly glabrous ; 

 tube fin., upper lip notched, lower lip transversly rugose. Fruit 

 not seen, says Triman, from Ceylon. "Lower anther-cell distinctly 

 tailed. Capsule ^in., clavate, glabrous, 4-seeded" (C.B,. Clarke), 



