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remedy for toothache and aphthae. The whole plant, rubbed 
up with butter, is applied to reduce cedematous tumors. A 
preparation is made from the ashes of the burnt plant to re- 
move dandruff from the hair. The leaves are applied to ab- 
scesses ; and an oil is obtained from the root which is used to 
anoint the head in erysipelas (Ainslie and Rheede). 
354. I. trifoliata, Linn., h.f.b.i., ii. 96. 
Syn. I. prostrata, Willd., Roxb. 583. 
Vern. : — The seeds — WekarialBomb.). 
Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India. 
Use: — The seeds are prescribed along with other mucila- 
ginous drugs as a restorative (Dymock). 
• 355. I. paucifolia Delile., h.f.b.i., ii. 97, Roxb. 
583. 
Vcrn : — Kuttukkarchammathi (Tam.). 
Habitat : — The plains of Sind and the upper Gangetic basin. 
A shrub, reaching 4-6ft., with copious woody branches 
which, along with the sub-coriaceous leaves, are argento-canes- 
cent. Leaflets 3-5, alternate, firm, oblanceolate oblong, £-1 in. 
long, sometimes solitary on the branches ; petiole short,' but 
distinct. Racemes short-peduncled, 20-50-flowered, reaching 
3-4 in. long. Calyx silvery in.; teeth lanceolate, cuspidate, 
as long as the tube. Corolla red, 3-4-times the Calyx, thinly 
silvery externally. Pod J-f in. long, glaucous, distinctly toru- 
lose, 6-8-seeded, recurved. 
Parts used : — The root and stem. 
Uses: — It is considered an antidote to poisons of all kinds. 
The root boiled in milk is used as a purgative, and a decoction 
of the stem as a gargle in mercurial salivation (Watt.) 
356. I. tinctoria, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 99, Roxb. 585. 
Sans. : — Nila. 
Vern. : — Nil (H. B.) ; Averi (Tam.) ; Ameri (Malay.) ; Neelie 
(Tel.) ; Nil guli (Bomb.) ; Jil, nil (Sind.). 
Eng . : — Common indigo. 
Habitat : — Cultivated throughout India, for Indigo. 
This is the universally cultivated Indigo. 
