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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
stamens 8-12 (Hooker; ; anthers two-celled. Style filiform, 
4-fil. to the middle. Ovary half-adnate. Fruit a capsule 
dehiscing transversely. Seeds minutely tubercled, compressed. 
Parts used : — The leaves and seeds. 
Uses : —The leaves are similar to those of P. oleracea. 
The seeds also possess identical qualities to those of the former 
species. 
120. P. tuberosa , Roxb. h.f.b.i.; i. 247. Roxb. 
391. 
Vern. : — Loonuk (Sind.'; Dhamnee — the seed ; Bodda ktira 
(Tel.) 
Rahitat : — Behar, Sind, the Punjab, and the Western 
Peninsula. 
A diffuse, succulent, perennial herb. Hoot tuberous, 2-3 
in., slightly fusiform. Stem short, 2-3 in., spreading from 
the root, with a few branches towards the extremity, villous. 
Leaves in., alternate, fleshy, linear ; nodal appendages 
* in., of sparingly tufted brown hairs. Flowers yellow, in 
small terminal clusters, surrounded by about 8 leaves and tufted 
hairs. Stamens 20 Style filiform, 5-cleft. Seeds black, 
granular. 
Use: — The fresh acid leaves are usqd medicinally ; an 
external application is prescribed by native practitioners in ery- 
sipelas and an infusion in dysuria (Murray, 96 ) 
N. 0. TAMARISCINEiE. 
121. Tamarix gallica, Linn., h.f.b.i., I. 248. 
Syn. : — T. lndica, Willd. 
Sam. : — Jhavooka, Shavaka. 
Vern.: — Jhau (H. & BJ; Jhav-nu-jli&da (Guz.) ; Pilchi, 
Koa ; rukh ; lainya ; jhau; lai (Pb.) ; Atru-shavukhu-inaram 
(Jain); Erusaru-manu (Tel.); Ler, lai, jhau (Sind.). 
The galls : — Baramfii ; barri mSin (H.); Magiya ratlin. 
(Bomb.) 
