178 A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN 



SjBjd CoRDiFOLiJ, (W.) Bandla.i^'^ H. BaVydlaca, S. 



SiBA Rhombifolia. (W.) Zdl Baridla^H. 



SiDA Ri^oMBOincEA, ( HoxB, Ms. ) Safid Bar'idla, H, 



Sp, Ch. — Slirobby, Erect. Ramous. Leaves short-petioled, rhomboid^ 

 lanceolate^ serratCj S-nerved^ villous. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles axillary^ 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves^ one-flovv^ered. Capsules 10, without beak, 



(RoxB. Ms.) 



There are several other species of the Sida in Bengal; but I have se- 

 lected these three, as being the kinds most generally used in medicine by 

 the Hindus. Like the other columniferous plants, they all abound in 

 mucilage, and are much employed by the natives as demulcents and emol- 

 lients. They possess these virtues, in at least an equal degree with our 

 officinal Althcea and Malva ; and may well supply their place, either for 

 internal use, or, externally, for fomentation, cataplasms and enemata, 



Strycmnos Nux Komica, {W,.} Cuchilayi^^ H.. Culaca^ S. m-- I ..:-:■■.:; 



Murray, I. 703. .-■•.;:' . .^ 



WOODVILLE, IV. 29. 



Strychnos Potatorum', {W.) Nir-malliS^'^ H. Cataca, S. 



^ The seeds of the -S/ryc^^zo^ Mux Vomica are reckoned amongst the 

 most powerful of the narcotic poisons. In ,G^rma«jK> nevertheless, they 

 are considered as medicinal, and have been recommended, by many au> 

 thors of that nation, as efficacious antispasmodics and tonics ; but the British 

 physicians haye prudently abstained from the use of so dangerous, a reme- 

 dy; and, for the same reason, these seeds are seldom, if ever, employed 

 in medicine by the Hindus. They are sometimes used, however, for a 

 very pernicious purpose, by, the distillers, who add a quantity of them in 

 the process of distilling arrack,, to render the spirit more intoxicating. 



(0 Burijala. (2) KoochUa^ <3) Nirmulke. 



