N. 0. EUrHOIt 1H ACE/E. 
1127 
fleshy, linear or linear-cuneate or obtuse, sessile, up to |in. long, 
turbinate, crowded at the ends and in the forks of the branches, 
sub-sessile, with 2 small leaves at the base of the pedicel ; lobes 
short, hairy ; glands transversely ovate, punctate ; bracteoles 
very numerous, lacerate. Capsules 1-in. long, darlcbrown, deeply 
3-lobed, villous ; cocci compressed, velvety. Seeds ovoid, 
smooth. 
Uses : — The fresh milky juice of E. Tirucalli is said to be an 
effectual application for the removal of warts, and, incorporated 
with any bland oil, is used in common with the milky juice of 
other species as a rubefacient embrocation in rheumatism. The 
inspissated milky juice formerly enjoyed great repute in India 
as an antisyphilitic ( Ives’ Voyage to India , p. 462, and Sonnerat 
Voyage, vol. i., p. 146) ; and Dr. J. Shortt reports having found 
it an excellent alterative in these cases in doses of five grains 
night and morning. (Ph. Ind.) 
In the Concan 1 to 4 drops of the milky juice are given with 
treacle or the flour of deer Arictinum as a purge, and the char- 
coal, which is very light, is used in making pastilles. Dr. G. Y. 
Hunter speaks of the juice as a good application in neuralgia. 
(Dymock.) 
1117. E. neriifolxa, Linn., H.F.ts.i., v. 255. 
Syn. : — E. ligularia, Roxb. 391. 
Sans. : — Snuhi ; Vujri ; Sehunda. 
Vern. : — Seliund, kutte ki jibh ki send va patta, thohar, sij 
(H.) ; Mansa sij (B.) ; Gangichfl (Pb.) ; Nivadunga, minaguta, 
(Mar.) ; thohur (Sind) ; llaik-kalli (Tam.) ; Aku-jemudu (Tel.) ; 
Yalekalli (Kan.). 
Habitat: — Deccan Peninsula; common in rocky places; 
cultivated in Bengal and elsewhere in native villages. 
A small, erect, fleshy, glabrous tree, armed at the nodes with 
a pair of sharp spines, y-fin. long. Bark reticulated ; pith large, 
round. Wood white, soft, even-grained. “ Stems cylindric, 
branches round, but the nodes arranged in 5 more or less 
spirally twisted r : bs ; branchlets 5-angled. Leaves few, decidu- 
ous, 6-12in. long, terminal on the branches, waved, narrowed 
