1170 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
strong nerves above the basal, and strong cross nomiles. Pet- 
iole 3-Gin., glabrous or pubernlous. Stipules ovate or oblong 
lanceolate, not broad, tomcntose. Panicles densely rusty-to- 
mentose or the branches nearly glabrous. Bracts at the axils and 
at the bases of the terminal branches very broad, dentate, and 
often veined, floral hemispheric. Bracteoles concave. Flowers 
coin. diam. Male flowers : — Clusters enveloped in bracts and 
bracteoles ; sepals 3 ; stamens 2-5. Female flowers:— panicles 
simpler, in racemose branches with larger bracts. Calyx-limb 
obsolete; ovary densely glandular, L-celled, glabrous or puberu- 
lous ; style lateral. Stigma sessile, persistent, often embracing 
one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. Capsule globose, Jr-|in. 
diam., covered with hairs and glands. Seed globose ; testa 
brown, crustaceous, rough. 
Uses : — The gum powdered and made into a paste isarecko ti- 
ed a good external application for venereal sores (Drury.) 
The country people used the following in jarandi (Liver) : — 
One part of the young shoots, with three parts of the young 
shoots of khoreti (Ficus asperimma) are sprinkled with hot 
water and the juice extracted ; in this is rubbed down two 
parts each of the barks of both trees. The preparation may be 
administered twice a day in doses of £th of a seer. (Dymock.) 
1158. Ricinus communis, Linn., ii.f.b.i., v. 457 ; 
Roxb. 690. 
Vent. : — Aland ; Eranda. 
Habitat: — Cultivated throughout India and naturalized 
near habitations. 
An evergreen, small tree. Shoots and panicles glaneous. 
Leaves green or reddish, l-2ft. diam., membranous, lobes from 
oblong to linear-acute or acuminate, glandserrate ; petiole 4-12in. 
Racemes stout, erect. Male flowers: — jin. diam., being above 
the female in the same panicle. Stamens numerous. Female 
calyx jin. long. Ovary 3-celled ; styles spreading, feathery, 
often highly coloured, principally crimson. Capsule globose, 
generally echinate, j-lin. long. Seeds mottled, oblong, smooth, 
with fleshy albumen. 
