N. O. EnPHORBIACFJE. 
1133 
An erect annual, dichotomously branched above. Stem often 
very stout and copiously umbellately branched above, with 
divaricate branches. Leaves 2in. long and under, membranous, 
alternate, shortly petioled, obovate or spathulate, serrulate ; floral 
large, similar ; involucral, orbicular or oblong, 2-4, small. In- 
volucre join, diam., glabrous ; lobes, turbinate, small, oblong ; 
glands reniform, fimbriate. Capsule smooth, globose, Jin diam. ; 
cocci round at back. Seeds deeply reticulated, pitted, turgidly 
oblong or sub-globose. 
Uses: — The milky juice is applied toeruptions, and the seeds 
are given with roasted pepper in cholera (Honnigberger). The 
juice is also used in the form of a liniment in neuralgia and 
rheumatism, and the root is employed as an anthelmintic 
(Murray). It is used as a hydragogue cathartic, and the juice 
is applied to remove warts. Dr. Bandry has- reported a case 
of severe ulceration resulting from the application of a poultice 
of the bruised plant. (Dymock.) 
1123. E. dracuneid oides, Lamb., h.f.b.i., v. 
262 ; Roxb. 390 
V em : — Itichni, suddb (the fruit', Kangi (the plant) (Pb.) ; 
Jy-chee, Chhagul-puputi (B.); Parwa (Santal) ; Til la kiida 
(Tel.). 
Ilahiiat : — From the Punjab to Behar in the plains and low 
hills, and southward to Canara and Coromandel. 
An annual. Stems erect, many from the root leafy, 12-18in. 
high, often extensively branched dichotomously ; branches 
divaricate. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, sub-acute, rarely 
rounded, or sub-cordate, l-l^in. long, involucral, shorter 2, 
broader at the base. Involucres solitary, hairy within, turbi- 
nate ; lobes ovate, ciliolate; glands semi-lunate; styles short, 
free. Capsule smooth, J-J-in. diam., hardly depressed. Seeds 
oblong with a white tuberculate testa. 
Use: — The fruit is officinal and used to remove warts 
(Watt). 
The seeds yield a limpid, clear, yellowish or greenish-yellow oil, used as a 
drying oil and for burning. In 1843 it was pronounced in London to be as 
valuable as linseed oil, H is only used locally. (Ayric. Ledg., 1911-12, No. 6.) 
