1018 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



975. Anisochilus carnosus, Wall, h.f.b.i., iv. 627. 



Syn. : — Plectranthus strobiliferus, Roxb. 466. 



Sans. : — Utpalabheda, ajapada, induparni. 



Vern. :— Panjiri-ka-pat, Sitd-ki-panjiri (Hindi) ; Ajvan-ka- 

 patta, Panjfri (Dec); Karppiira-valli (Tarn.); Panajiren, Kapurli, 

 chora-onva (Mar.) ; Karpiira-valli (Tel.) ; Cbomaru (Mai.) ; 

 Dodda-patri, kuruvelu-balli (Kan.); Kattuktirkka, kurkka, 

 patu-kurkka (Mai.) ; Omamu-aku, roga-chettu (Tel.); Ajmanu- 

 patru, ajama (Guz.). 



Habitat : — Western Himalaya ; Kumaon and Garwhal, and 

 throughout Central and Southern India to Travancore. 



An erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Stem stout, bluntly 4-angled, 

 glabrous or sparsely pubescent, often tinged with red. Leaves 

 rather fleshy, 1-2-J-in long, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate, round- 

 ed or subcordate at the base, usually hairy beneath, petioles 

 J-1J in. long. Spikes J-l^in. long, 4-gonous in flower and 

 becoming cylindrical in fruit, peduncles slender ; bracts i in. 

 long, ovate, acuminate, ciliate, glandular. Calyx pubescent, 

 £in. long, enlarging in fruit ; upper lip ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 ciliolate, bending over the lower lip and closing the mouth of 

 the calyx when in fruit ; lower lip truncate, its membranous 

 ciliate tip reflexed and appressed against the tube. Corolla pale- 

 purple, fin. long, hairy outside ; upper lip short, erect, with 

 shallow lobes. Nutlets suborbicular, compressed, polished and 

 brown when ripe. 



Uses : — Ainslie says that the fresh juice of the leaves mixed 

 with sugar-candy is given by the Tamil doctors in Cynanche, 

 and, mixed with sugar and gingelly-oil, is used as a cooling 

 liniment for the head. 



Dr. Bidie characterises it as a mild stimulant, expectorant, 

 and particularly useful in the cough of childhood. Its pro- 

 perties depend upon a* volatile oil (Ph. Ind.) 



976. Lavendula Burmanni., Benth, h.f.b.i., iv, 

 631. 



