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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Leaves excessively variable, g-2 in. long, sometimes quite 
obcordate, at others almost orbicular, at times narrow, linear, 
rather thick and coriaceous, glabrous, ciliate, hoary or pubes- 
cent, margins usually flat, opaque. Racemes axillary and extra- 
axillary, much shorter than the leaves, truncate, almost 
capitate. Bracts persistent, at least till the flower expands. 
Flower g-| in. long. Wings longer than the sub-orbicular, 
notched, ciliate, narrowly winged, capsule green, falcate, 
obovate, acute ; margins membranous ; crest of corolla very 
6inall. Seeds silky, strophiole with 3 short appendages. 
Part used : — The root. 
Use : — In Chutia Nagpur, the root is given medicinally in 
cases of fever and dizziness (Campbell). 
114. P. telephioides, Willd. h.f.b.i., i. 205. 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Carnatic and Travancore. 
An annual herb ; stems very many from an annual 
woody root, prostrate, not exceeding 2-4 in. in height, pubes- 
cent. Leaves sessile, g -§ in., margins usually recurved, 
glabrous, often imbricate, very thick, obovate or oblong, obtuse 
or acute. Bracts caducous before flowering. Flowers in. 
long, fascicled on very short, extra-axillary peduncles ; outer 
sepals acute, wings herbaceous, oblique, acuminate. Capsule 
glabrous ; not ciliate, T * g in. broad and long, deeply notched ; 
Valves margined. Seeds minute, silky, strophiole minutely 
3-appendiculate. 
Use : — Used in catarrhal affections by the natives of 
Madras. (Ph. Ind., p. 29.) 
N. 0. FRANKENIACE2E. 
115. Frarikenia ■pulverulata, Linn, h . f . b . i ., 
1. 212. 
Vern. : — Khareeya (Sindh.) 
Habitat : — On the Sea Coast of Sind ; also on the salt 
plains of the Punjab, and probably also in Cutch. 
