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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
tapeworm ; it is given, in decoction, prepared with two ounces 
of fresh bark, boiled in a pint-and-a-half of water till but 
three-quarters of a pint remain ; of this, when cold, a wine- 
glassful may be drunk every half-hour, till the whole is taken. 
This dose sometimes sickens the stomach a little, but 
seldom fails to destroy the worm, which is soon after passed 
(Dymock). 
Pomegranate peel, combined with opium and an aromatic, 
such as cloves, is a most useful remedy in chronic dysentery 
as well as in diarrhoea. A decoction of the bark followed by a 
purgative, acts as an anthelmintic (Pharmacographia). 
The root-bark aud rind of the fruit are officinal in the Indian 
Pharmacopoeia. 
There are two chief alkoloids, vis., PeHetierine and Isopelleticrine present 
in the hark. These alkoloids are closely related, are liquids and volatile at 
ordinary temperatures and are present to the extent of 0-5— per cent. The 
bark also contains 25 per cent of tannic acid. 
N. 0. ONAGRACEiE. 
517. Jussicea s uffruticosa, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 587. 
Syn. : — J. exaltata, Roxb. 371. 
Vern. ■ — Lal-bunlanga (B.) ; Neeroo-agheen-drapakao (Tel.) ; 
Carambu (Mai.) ; Panalavanga (Bomb.); Petra da, dak ichak 
(Santal). Parsati (Chutia Nagpur). 
Habitat : — Throughout the greater part of India, except the 
Western desert region. 
A semi-shrubby perennial, erect, 2-4ft., sometimes 4-Gft., 
much branching, woody below. Branches stiff, erect, cylindric, 
striate, thickly clothed with short spreading hair. Leaves 2-4 
by -fin., nearly sessile, varying from linear to broadly oval, but 
usually lanceolate, entire, tapering to base, acute, hairy on both 
sides. Lateral veins numerous, prominent beneath. Flowers 
bright chrome-yellow, IJ-lfin. pedicels, shorter than Calyx- 
tube, with two lanceolate bracts at summit. Calyx hairy ; 
tube quadrangular ; segments four, ovate, alternate, acute, 
larger than the tube. Petals 4,|:-f in., wholly yellow, rotundate, 
shortly-clawed, often emarginate, ninnately veined. Stamens 
