1046 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Vern. ' — Chota-pal-kusa (11. anrl B.); Thurduri haji (Dec.) ; 
Tamba (Bomb.); Tumbai-cliedi, Thombay-keerary (Tam.); 
Tumma-chettu, Tummi-kura (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Plains of India, from Sikkim and Behar to the 
Punjab, and southward to Cape Comorin. 
An erect or diffuse annual, very variable. Stem stout hispid 
or scabrid, erect, usually much diffusely branched from below. 
Branches 4-6 in., rather leafy, sometimes taller, with erect branches 
and larger leaves | in. broad Leavesl-3in. inner or oblong, 
obtuse entire or crenate. Whorls large terminal and axillary, 
often lin. diam., very dense-fid and hispid. Bracts long, linear 
and filiform. Calyx variable, but with always the upper lip 
produced and with short trianjgilar teeth, -§-§in, tubular 
curved, smooth below, green and ribbed and scabrid above, 
contracted above the nutlets, mouth small, glabrous, very oblique, 
shortly irregularly toothed. Corolla small. The whole plant 
is fragrant and used as a potherb. 
Use : — The juice of the leaves, according to Dr. J. Shortt, 
is applied successfully in psoriasis and other chronic skin 
eruptions. (Ph. Ind.). The leaves are said to be useful in 
chronic rheumatism (Dr. Meadows, in Watt’s Dictionary.) 
1019. L. linifolia, Spreng., h.f.b.i., iv. 690. 
Syn. : — Phlomis zeylanica, Roxb. 461. 
Sans. : — Dronapushpi, Rudrapushpa. 
Vern.: — Hulkussa (B. and H.) ; Poo-all a-toomi (Teh); 
Tumbai tTamj. Tumbe, Ivarjali-gida (Kan.); Tumpa (Mai..); Dron 
(Assam); Gumi, Kumbha (Gond.) ; Goma (Deccan.) 
Habitat : —Plains of India, from Assam, Bengal and Sylhet 
to Singapore. In the Deccan, from the Concan to Travan- 
core. 
An annual erect, smooth or scaberulous herb. Stem 2-3ft., 
usually stout and much-branched above. Leaves 2-4 in., linear 
or linear-lanceolate, obtuse entire or subserrate, rarely fin. 
broad. Petiole 0-£in. Whorls axillary and terminal towards the 
ends of the branches, |-f in. diam. ; bracts few short, setaceous. 
