1280 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



has experience, which acts without producing griping, purging, 

 or other unpleasant symptoms. In a communication to the 

 Editor, he remarks that it is a good emetic and diaphoretic 

 whenever ipecacuanha is not at hand, but that it should be 

 regarded, not so much as a substitute for that article, as a 

 resource in case of need] — Ph, Ind. 



The leaves bruised and mixed with castor oil useful in 

 whitlows and local inflammations. The juice of the leaves is 

 used in ear-ache. In Java, it is used as an emetic. (Drury). 



1263. G. latifolium, Linn., h.f.b.i., vi., 283. 



Syn. : — Crinum zeylanicum, Linn ; Roxb. 286. 



Vern. : — Sukh-darsan (B. and H.) ; Gadambikanda (Bomb.) ; 

 Vishamungil (Tarn.). 



Habitat : — Plentiful throughout the peninsula of India. 



Perennial herbs, with large coated bulbs. Bulbs 5-6in. long, 

 globose or ovoid, elongate ; neck stout, short. Leaves many, 2f ft. 

 by 3-4in., lorate or oblong-linear, acuminate, flat ; margin slight- 

 ly scabrous. Scape inserted on the neck of the bulb, about as 

 long as the leaves, stout, tinged with purple. Bracts 3-4in., 

 oblong or broadly lanceolate, inner linear. Umbel 10-20-iid ; 

 pedicels very short ; perianth-tube 3-6in., curved, cylindric, limb 

 nodding, 3-4in. long, funnel-shaped ; segments about 3-4 by lin., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute. Stamens decimate, about i shorter 

 than the perianth segment. Athers i-fin. long ; style longer 

 than the stamens. Ovary cells 5-6 — ovuled. Fruit snb-globose, 

 l}-2in. diam. Flowers white with purplish or pink stain down 

 centre of perianth-segments. Trimen says this is an extremely 

 variable plant. 



Uses : --The bulb is extremely acrid, and is used for blister- 

 ing cattle, a slice being bound upon the skin. When roasted, 

 it is used as a rubefacient in rheumatism. The juice of the leaf 

 is used in earache. 



Rheede states that the crushed and toasted bulb is applied 

 to piles and abscesses to cause suppuration, and that if given 

 to dogs it causes their teeth to fall out. According to Loureiro, 

 it has the properties of squills. 



