N. O. CBENOPODICE.E. 1069 



1048. Sueeda fruticosa, Forsk., h.f.b.l, v t . 13. 

 Syn. : — Salsola fruticosa, Linn. 



Vern. : — Lcormk, chotee lanee, usak lanee tPb.) ; Morasa 

 (Mar.) ; Ushuklani (Sind.) ; Zimeh (Pushtu). 



Habitat: — North-West India, from Delhi, and throughout 

 the Punjab, westward to the Indus, common in the plains. 



A perennial herb, sub-erect or decumbent. Stem and branch- 

 es usually slender, erect or divaricate. Leaves J-terete, linear 

 or ellipsoid, obtuse (very variable) J— Jin . long. Spikes slender, 

 leafy. Flowers minute, axillary, usually 2-sexual, bracteate, 

 and 2-bracteate. Perianth short, subglobose, 5-lobed or partite ; 

 lobes or segments equal or unequal, simple or gibbous 

 or sub winged. Stamens 5, short ; Styles 3, short. Fruit, 

 utricle included, membranous. Seeds vertical or horizontal ; testa 

 black, shining. 



Uses : — This is one of the plants from which sajji-khar is 

 prepared. The woolly excrescenses on the tips of its branches, 

 mixed with an empyreumatic oil, are used as an application to 

 sores on the backs of camels. The leaves are applied as a 

 poultice to ophthalmia, and used, infused in water, as an 

 emetic by Sindhis. (Stewart and Murray.) 



1049. 8. monoiea, Forsk., h.f.b.i., v. 13. 



Vern. : — Umari Nandi (South Arcot.) 



Habitat : — South Deccan ; on the seacoast at Tinnevelly and 

 Tuticorin. 



Shrubby, branches suberect, leaves linear flattish obtuse, 

 spikes leafy panicled, flowers axillary 2-3-nate polygamous, 

 bracts minute scarious entire, fruiting perianth obovate-oblong, 

 lobes obtuse incurved, styles 2-5 short, seed vertical, testa black 

 shining. I am in great doubt about this Indian plant, which 

 in a dry state is difficult to distinguish from S. fruticosa and 

 vermieulata. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Use : — It is put to the same uses as the preceding. From 

 it also Sajji khar is prepared. Indian Forester for Nov. 1914, 

 contains a note on Saltworts of South Arcot from the pen of 

 Mr, T. P. Ghose, who says— 



