n. o, ampeud.t:. 
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301 . V. sctosa, Wall, ii.f.b.i., i. 654 . 
Syn. : — Cissus Setosa, Roxh. 1:47. 
Vern. : — Baru-butsali, bane bacli-cliali, warsi pain, pulla 
bach-cliali (Tel.); Harwal (H.) ; Yek-gisam-ka-bachla (Dec.); 
Khaj goli-cha vel (Mar.); Puli-perandai ; puli-naravi ; Anuittad- 
beticbal (Tam.) 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, from the Circars and Mysore 
southwards. Ceylon. 
Stems prostrate, weak-branched, succulent, zigzag, striate, 
hispid, with glandular hairs. Tendrils long, forked. Leaves 
3-foliate (rarely simple), sessile. Leaflets shortly stalked, 
obovate or oblong-cuneate at base, obtuse, irregularly toothed 
or laciniate, succulent, glabrous above, glandular-hispid on the 
veins beneath, pale green, the central one narrower and on 
longer stall Stipules broad ovate, acute. Flowers small on 
long glandular pedicels. Cymes teminating lateral branches, 
dichotomous, lax, divaricate. Peduncle l£-4 in. long, glandular- 
hispid. Calyx loose, truncate. Petals contracted in the middle, 
hooked, ultimately rellexed. Berry over. \ in., ovoid, strongly 
glandular-hisped, scarlet, size of a pea. Seed sub-globose, nearly 
smooth. The fruit is acid at first to taste, but afterwards very 
burning and acrid. In fact, every part of the plant is exceedingly 
acrid, says M. B. Lawson in Hooker’s Flora. Br. Ind. 
Farts used : — The leaves. 
Use : — It is exceedingly acrid. The leaves are sometimes 
externally applied as a domestic remedy to promote suppuration 
and assist in the extraction of guinea-worm (Dymock). 
It is a useful local stimulant, in the form of a poulitice 
(Moodf.en Sheriff). 
302 . V. trifolia, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 654 , Foxh. 
137 . 
Syn. : — V. Carnosa, Wall'. 
Sans : — Amla-parni. 
Vc.rn. : — Amal-bel, gidad-drak, kassar (II.) ; Bundal, amal- 
lata, sone-kesur (B.); .Tarila-lara (Paharia); Takbli-rik (Lepcha); 
