USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKH I M PUR 
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05. A. mangos ta MIS Linn. F. B. I. iv, 720 ; Beng. PL 871; D. E. 
P. i, 213. 
Dibrugarh. No. 27. 
Dis^iub. — T hroughout Lidia, and Ceylon. 
51. Achyra tithes Linn. 
06. A. bidentata Bl. F. B. I. iv, 730; Eng. & Prantl iii, la, 112 y 
Beiig\ PL 875. 
Dibrugarh. No. 353. 
Local Name.— Apamarga, bankhat. 
Distiub.— Temperate and sub-tropical regions in India, abundant in 
Ceylon. Also in China, Java and Japan. 
The villagers state that a bit of the plant tied on the waist of pregnant women is said 
to induce safe delivery. 
MM.L BASELLACEAE. 
53. Basel lit Linn. 
07. B. alba Linn. Eng. & Prantl iii, la, 126; FI. Ind. ii, 104 
/>. rubra Linn. F. B. I. v, 20 ; Beng. PI. 882 ; D. E. P. i, 403 ; 
Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 148. 
Dibrugarh. No. 2. 
Local name. — Pol sag. 
Djsthib. — T hroughout India, wild or cultivated and in Ceylon. Also 
in tropical Asia and Africa. 
A glabrous, succulent twiner often grown by the country people on cottages and sheds 
and used by them as a sag. 
XXIV. PORTE L AC ACEAE. 
53. Poftulaca Linn. 
08 . P. oleracea Linn. F. B. I. i, 240 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, lb, 59; 
Beng. Pl. 240; D. E. P. vi, 1, 329 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 158. 
Local name.—- Noniya. u Purslane . n 
Distrib. — Common in waste ground throughout India and in all 
warm countries. 
A much branched succulent herb with wedge-shaped leaves and inconspicuous yellow 
flowers. Purslane is common in Lakhimpur especially on cultivated ground and near 
dwellings. The plant is eaten as a sag and is said to have the property of absorbing md 
retaining the flavour of herbs with which it is cooked. This is one of the various plants 
formerly used as a pot-lierb in Britain but now no longer used, 
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