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physicians as tridosha. The whole plant is used in decoction 

 along with other drags supposed to have similar properties ; 

 it must not be confounded with Jivaka, one of the Ashtavarga, 

 which is a drug unknown to the modern Hindus. D. Macraei 

 does not appear to have been noticed by any of the European 

 writers upon Indian Materia Medica. ( Pharmacogr Ind. Ill 390.) 

 The authors of the Phcwmacographia Indica have isolated from the dried 

 roots and stems, an alkaloid which they have provisionally named Jibcuitine 

 and two acids A and B Jibantic acid. 



1225. D. chlorops Lindl,, h.f.b.l, v. 719. 



Vern. : — Maravar (Malabar;. 



Habitat: — The Deccan peninsula, from the Concan to 

 Malabar. " In the Thana District I have found it growing on 

 branches of mango trees in the rainy season." (K.R.K.). 



Stems tufted, 12-1 Sin. long, usually slender. Leaves on 

 first year's shoots 2-4 by i-ii n -> lanceolate, acute, the second 

 year's shoots leafless and flower-bearing. Flowers fin. in diam., 

 with a primrose-like scent when first expanded, in lateral and 

 terminal racemes 3-6in. long ; pedicels and ovary together 

 reaching iin. long in flower, slender ; bracts below the pedicels 

 Jin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Sepals cream-colored ; lateral 

 sepals Jin. long by fin. broad at the base, oblong-lanceolate, 

 subacute ; dorsal sepal fin. long, less than -Jin. broad, 

 oblanceolate, obtuse. Mentum conical, Jin. long. Petals f by 

 Jin., cream-colored, obovate. Lip flat, rather more than fin. 

 long; side lobes small, rounded, greenish; mid-lobe large, 

 subquadrate, cream-colored ; disk pubescent with a channelled 

 ridge. Column greenish : anther white. Fruit not seen. 

 (Cooke.) 



Uses : — The entire plant, recently gathered, chiefly its juice, 

 when given internally, cures all kinds of stomach ache, excites 

 bile and acts as a laxative to the intestines. (Rheede, transla- 

 ted from Latin by K.R.K.) 



1226. Eidophia campestris, Wall., H.F.B.I., vi. <!-. 



Vent. :— Salib-misri (H. B. and Pb.) ; Bougataini (Santal) ; 

 Hatti-paila (Nepal) ; Salum ( Guz.) ; Sung-misri (Per.) ; 



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