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SELAGTNELLACEAE 
(Club-?/0S3 Allies) 
SELAGINELLA SCANDENS Spring. 
The leaves of this small creeping herb were put on fires to keep 
tiolcs away from houses in the Gold Coast, Africa*— Irvine ( 213 ) ♦ 
PART II— PHANEROGAMS or SPERMATOPHYTBS 
ACANTHACEAE 
(Acanthus Family) 
JUSTICIA ADHATODA L. Synonym: Adhatoda vasioa Nees. Malabar nut. 
This plant was fatal to flies, fleas, mosquitoes, and the pupae 
of aquatic insects.— Rusby (350 ) . 
This species was reported to be *sed as an insecticide in India.- 
Roark ( 332 , p. 2). 
JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA L. f. Synonym: Gendarussa vulgaris Nees. 
In India the natives scattered the leaves among their clothes to 
preserve them from insects.— Drury ( 122 , p. 233). 
This plant is widely distributed in India. A 5-percent extract 
of the leaves killed 100 percent of the caterpillars of Prodenla 
litura (F.) and Euprootie fraterna (Moore), and a 3-percent extract 
killed 80 peroent of E. fraterna . A 3-percent extraot of the root 
bark killed 60 percent of E. fraterna and a 4-percent extract killed 
100 percent. Powdered roo^s, leaves, and stems dusted upon beetles, 
Callosobruchus chinensis (L.), killed 75 to 80 percent of them in 5 
days .—Putt arudri ah and Subramanian ( 31l ). 
RHINACANTHUS NASUTUS (L.) Kurz. Synonym: R. communis Nees. 
In India the root bark was used as a remedy for dhobi's Itoh.— 
Watt (422 , v. 3, p. 90). 
RUNGIA REPQJS (L.) Nees. Synonym: Justiola repens L. 
In India the fresh leaves were bruised, mixed with castor oil, and 
applied to the scalp. The whole plant was considered a vermifuge.— 
Watt (422, v. 6, pt. 1, p. 593). 
