1170 INDIAN MEDTCINAL PLANTS. 



strong nerves above the basal, and strong cross nervules. Pet- 

 iole 3-6in., glabrous or puberulous. Stipules ovate or oblong 

 lanceolate, not broad, tomentose. Panicles densely rusty-to- 

 mentose or the branches nearly glabrous. Bracts at the axils and 

 at the bases of the terminal branches very broad, dentate, and 

 often veined, floral hemispheric. Bracteoles concave. Flowers 

 sain. diam. Male flowers : — Clusters enveloped in bracts and 

 bracteoles ; sepals 3 ; stamens 2-5. Female flowers :— panicles 

 simpler, in racemose branches with larger bracts. Calyx-limb 

 obsolete ; ovary densely glandular, 1-celled, glabrous or puberu- 

 lous ; style lateral. Stigma sessile, persistent, often embracing 

 one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. Capsule globose, J-iin. 

 diam., covered with hairs and glands. Seed globose ; testa 

 brown, crustaceous, rough. 



Uses : — The gum powdered and made into a paste is reckon- 

 ed a good external application for venereal sores (Drury.) 



The country people used the following in jarandi (Liver) : — 

 One part of the young shoots, with three parts of the young 

 shoots of klwreti (Ficus asperimma) are sprinkled with hot 

 water and the juice extracted ; in this is rubbed down two 

 parts each of the barks of both trees. The preparation may be 

 administered twice a day in doses of Jth of a seer. (Dytnock.) 



D58. Rieinus communis, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 457 ; 

 Roxb. 690. 



Vern. :~Arand ; Eranda, 



Habitat: — Cultivated throughout India and naturalized 

 near habitations. 



An evergreen, small tree. Shoots and panicles glaneous. 

 Leaves green or reddish, 1-2'ft. diam., membranous, lobes from 

 oblong to linear-acute or acuminate, glandserrate ; petiole 4-1 2in. 

 Racemes stout, erect. Male flowers: — Jin. diam., being above 

 the female in the same panicle. Stamens numerous. Female 

 calyx Jin. long. Ovary 3-celled ; styles spreading, feathery, 

 often highly coloured, principally crimson. Capsule globose, 

 generally echinate, J-lin. long. Seeds mottled, oblong, smooth, 

 with fleshy albumen. 



