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INDIAN MI'.PK'INAI. W.ANTS 
(H.); Chillu-Kn-Biinda (.Taunsar) ; Hurrlin i Nepal' ; Perbika 
(Rawalpindi). 
Ila'ntat Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal. 
A large, parasitic, leafy shrub, green all over. Branches 
dichotomous or whorled, jointed, terete. Leaves about 2 by §in., 
sessile, very coriaceous, cuneate, oblong or oblanceolate, .with 3 to 
5 longitudinal basal nerves. Flowers dioecious, sessile in clusters 
of 3 to 5, supported by concave bracts. Perianth-segments 3-4, 
triangular, deciduous. Fruit B-T 8 <>in. long, ellipsoid, white, 
smooth, almost transparent. Chiefly on rosaceous shrubs, 
such as apricot and on elm, walnut and willows. ( U. Kanjilal.) 
Bird lime is made of the viscid pulp of the fruit. The 
parasite is also found on the Alder, Maple, Poplar, Olive and 
Mulberry ( Gamble. ) Embryos sometimes 2-3in. each ; seed, 
terete, in fleshy albumen. 
Uses : — Mr. Honigberger states that it is given by the Ha- 
kims in enlargement of the spleen, in cases of wound, tumour, 
diseases of the ear, etc. The dried berries imported into 
Bombay under the name of Kishmish-i-kdwuliydn (vuig., 
Kishmish luiwli) are probably obtained from this plant. The 
plant is used as a medicine in Lahonl. (Stewart.) 
It contains -a liquid volatile base, C B H,, N, with an odour resembling 
that of nicotine or of coniine. It forms a crystalline sulphato. a very 
deliquescent crystalline hydrochloride- and a more stable platino-chloride 
( C 4 H,, N, Hcl )j Ptcl 4 , in yellowish, shining, micaceous scales, darkening 
at 230 "C, and melting, with decomposition, at about 2f>0 l 'C. The base is 
extracted from the dry plant by means of 95 per cent., alcohol, acidified with 
1 per cent, of hydro-chloric acid. After distilling off the solvent, the residual 
extract is made alkaline with sodium carbonate and distilled. The alkaline 
distillate is saturated with sulphuric acid, evaporated in vi lean, and the 
sulphate of the alkaloid crystallised in the usual manner. It also contains a 
viscachoutin, viseic acid, a glucoside, and a resinoid substance. 13. Ch. 1. Jan. 
31, 1908, p. 88.) 
.1107. V. monoicum, Boxb. h.f.b.i., v. 224 ; 
Roxb. 715. 
Vern. : — Kuchle-ka-malang (Hind.); Kuchle-ld-sonkan (Dec.); 
Pulluriyi (Tel.); Lchchicliedi, Kamaricham ; Pnlluri (Tam.) ; 
Knsarakana-bandanige (Kan.); Pet ehamra banda (Santa!). 
