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• FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
II. -MENISPERM ACE JE. 
2 » Tinospora Miers» 
2, Tinospora tomentosa Miers; F. B. I. i. 96. Menispermum 
tomeniosum F, 1 . iii. 813. 
Jatta, ruins of pagoda^ Prain ! 
Vernac» Padma-guldncha, 
Scandent; possesses the tonic properties of the common GuMncha {T, eordifo^ 
lia). 
Distrib.— Lower Bengal 1 Lower Burma ; always rare. 
III. — CRUCIFERdE. 
3 . SeneMera Poir. 
3, Senebiera pinnatifida DC. 
Banks of Mdtla river, in sandy places, Calcutta Garden Collectors 1 
A diffuse procumbent annual 1 properties insignificant. 
Distrib.-— Temp. S. America. Apparently a recently introduced plant in 
India; reported from Upper Sind {Cooke^ Woodrow) and from Banda {Mrs. 
Bell) I earliest Sundribuns record, 1898. 
IV. -CAPPARIDEJE. 
4 . Cleome Linn. 
4, Cleome viscosa Linn,; F. I. iii, 128; F. B. 1 . i. 170. E, D. C 
1367. 
Jatta, among ruins of pagoda, Prain 1 
Vernac. Hurhiria, 
An erect annual % seeds yield an oil which, with the juice of the plant, is used 
for ear complaints ; seeds also used as food ; flowers yellow. 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical regions. 
5 , Gynandropsis DC 
5. Gynandropsis peiitaphylla DC.; F. B. I. i. 171. Cleomi 
pentaphylla F. 1. iii. 126. E. D. G 753. 
Canning Town, Calcutta Garden CollectorsX Prain! 
Vernac. Sada Hurhuria, 
An erect annual, cult, or an escape ; properties much as in Cleome viscosa ; 
flowers pale-purple to white, 
Distrib. — C osmopolitan in the tropics, 
6 . CratoYa Linn. 
6 , Catseva religlosa Forst. ; F. B. L 172.— trifoliata 
F. I. ii. 571. E. D, c 2039. 
