N. O. EUPHORBIACEyE. 1127 



fleshy, linear or linear-cuneate or obtuse, sessile, up to |in. long, 

 turbinate, crowded at the ends and in the forks of the branches, 

 sub-sessile, with 2 small leaves at the base of the pedicel ; lobes 

 short, hairy ; glands transversely ovate, punctate ; bracteoles 

 very numerous, lacerate. Capsules fin. long, darkbrown, deeply 

 3-lobed, villous ; cocci compressed, velvety. Seeds ovoid, 

 smooth. 



Uses : — The fresh milky juice of E. Tirucalli is said to be an 

 effectual application for the removal of warts, and, incorporated 

 with any bland oil, is used in common with the milky juice of 

 other species as a rubefacient embrocation in rheumatism. The 

 inspissated milky juice formerly enjoyed great repute in India 

 as an antisyphilitic (Ives Voyage to India, p. 462, and Sonnerat 

 Voyage, vol. L, p. 146) ; and Dr. J. Shortt reports having found 

 it an excellent alterative in these cases in doses of five grains 

 night and morning. (Ph. Ind.) 



In the Concan 1 to 4 drops of the milky juice are given with 

 treacle or the flour of Gicer Arietinum as a purge, and the char- 

 coal, which is very light, is used in making pastilles. Dr. G. Y. 

 Hunter speaks of the juice as a good application in neuralgia. 

 (Dymock.) 



1117. E. neriifolia, Linn., h.f.b.l, v. 255. 



Syn. : — E. ligularia, Roxb. 391. 

 Sans. : — Snuhi ; Vujri ; Sehunda. 



Vern. : — Sehund, kutte ki jibh ki send va patta, thohar, sij 

 (H.) ; Mansa sij (B.) ; Gangichu (Pb.) ; Nivadunga, minaguta, 

 (Mar.) ; thohur (Sind) ; llaik-kalli (Tarn.) ; Aku-jemudu (Tel.) ; 

 Yalekalli (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula ; common in rocky places ; 

 cultivated in Bengal and elsewhere in native villages. 



A small, erect, fleshy, glabrous tree, armed at the nodes with 

 a pair of sharp spines, i-Jin. long. Bark reticulated ; pith large, 

 round. Wood white, soft, even-grained. " Stems cylindric, 

 branches round, but the nodes arranged in 5 more or less 

 spirally twisted ribs ; branchlets 5-angled. Leaves few, decidu- 

 ous, 6-1 2in. long, terminal on the branches, waved, narrowed 



