1116 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



(H.); Chulu-Ka-Banda (Jaunsar); Hurchu (Nepal) ; Perbika 

 (Rawalpindi). 



Habitat :— • Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal. 



A large, parasitic, leafy shrub, green all over. Branches 

 diehotomous or whorled, jointed, terete. Leaves about 2 by fin., 

 sessile, very coriaceous, cuneate, oblong or oblanceolate, with 3 to 

 5 longitudinal basal nerves. Flowers dioecious, sessile in clusters 

 of 3 to 5, supported by concave bracts. Perianth-segments 3-4, 

 triangular, deciduous. Fruit i-Ain. long, ellipsoid, white, 

 smooth, almost transparent. Chiefly on rosaceous shrubs, 

 such as apricot and on elm, walnut and willows. ( U. Kanjilal.) 

 Bird lime is made of the viscid pulp of the fruit. The 

 parasite is also found on the Alder, Maple, Poplar, Olive and 

 Mulberry. ( Gamble. ) Embryos sometimes 2-3in. each ; seed, 

 terete, in fleshy albumen. 



Uses : — Mr. Honigberger states that it is given by the Ha- 

 kims in enlargement of the spleen, in cases of wound, tumour, 

 diseases of the ear, etc. The dried berries imported into 

 Bombay under the name of Kishmish-i-kdwuliydn (vulg., 

 Kishmish-hawli) are probably obtained from this plant. The 

 plant is used as a medicine in Lahonl. (Stewart.) 



It contains a liquid volatile base, C 8 H u N, with an odour resembling 

 that of nicotine or of coniine. It forms a crystalline sulphate, a very 

 deliquescent crystalline hydrochloride, and a more stable platino-chloride 

 ( C d H u N, Hcl ) 2 Ptcl 4 , in yellowish, shining, micaceous scales, darkening 

 at 230 °C, and melting, with decomposition, at about 250 P C. The base is 

 extracted from the dry plant by means of 95 per cent, alcohol, acidified with 

 1 per cent, of hydro-chloric acid. After distilling off the solvent, the residual 

 extract is made alkaline with sodium carbonate and distilled. The alkaline 

 distillate is saturated with sulphuric acid, evaporated in vacuo, and fche 

 sulphate of the alkaloid crystallised in the usual manner.* It also contains a 

 viscachoutin, viscic acid, a glucoside, and a resinoid substance. (J. Ch. I. Jan. 

 31, 1908, p. 88.) 



1107. V. monoieum, Roxb. h.f.b.i., v. 224 ; 

 Roxb. 715. 



Vern. :— Kuchle-ka-malang (Hind.); Kuchle-ki-sonkan (Dec); 

 Pullurivi (Tel.); Uchchichedi, Kamaricham ; Pulluri (Tarn.) ; 

 Kasarakana-bandanige (Kan.); Pet chamra banda (SantalV 



