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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
pinnate ; petiole liu. Peduncles J-4in. Cymes 2-5in. diam., 
pedicels J-fin. Calyx in fruit almost sauce-shaped, lobes Sin. 
Flower ^in., ovate oblong. Corolla fin. diam. Style glabrous. 
Berry Jin. diam., globose. Seeds jjpn., smooth. 
Uses .- — Officinal in both British and Indian Pharmacopoeias.- 
In India, it is considered alterative, diuretic and diaphoretic ; 
it is regarded as useful in constitutional syphilitic affections, 
chronic rheumatism, and especially so in psoriasis, lepra, and 
other obstinate skin diseases (Watt). 
“ The dried fruit of S. dulcamara, known as Anab-es-salib in 
Bombay, comes from Persia.” (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. Jl. 
p. 533). 
Upon extraction with alcohol anti water, the berries yielded 81’55 p. c. ot 
sugar which appeared to be laevnlose. The berries were then dried and 
extracted with ether, when an oil was obtained, amounting to 0’1560 p. c., 
After purifying, the oil was viscous and of amber colour. It had the sp. gr. 0. 
0604, and an acid value of 806. Nitrogen is present in the berries to the 
extent of 0 034 per cent. Evidence was obtained of the presence of acetic, 
tartaric, and citric acids. The total alkloid wss 0 - 15 per cent, and appeared 
to be solanine. [B. R. Anderson, in Client- New), 1911 ; abstract in J. Ch. I. 
for 31-7-1911, p. 921]. 
855 S. apirale, Boxb. h.f.b.i., iv. 230. Roxb. 
255. 
Vern. : — Bagua (Silhet) ; Muugus kajur (Patna). 
Habitat : — Assam ; Khasia Mountains and East Bengal. 
An unarmed glabrous herb or undershrub, 4-1 2ft. Leaves 
attaining 8-3in., elliptic, entire, acute at both ends, glabrous 
or scarcely puberulous. Petiole fin. Peduncles extra-axillary ; 
pedicels long, densely, spirally racemed. Calyx fin., cup-shaped 
in. fruit, saucer-shaped, not enlarged. Calyx-teeth minute. 
Corolla white, fin. diam., deeply lobed. Anthers oblong, scarce- 
ly narrowed upwards. Berry fin. diam., globose smooth. Seeds 
fin. diam., smooth. 
Use : — The root is given in Patna as a narcotic and diuretic 
i« doses of gr. J to grs. viii. (Irvine). 
856. S. verbasci folium, Linn., h.f.b.i., ia t . 230. 
Vern. : — Dursul (Nepal.) ; Sivor (Lepcha) : Asheta (U. P.) ; 
