stamens 8-12 (Hooker); anthers two-celled. Style filiform, 4-fid to the middle. Ovary half-adnate. Fruit a capsule dehiscing transversely. Seeds minutely tubercled, compressed.
Parts used : — The leaves and seeds.
Uses : — The leaves are similar to those of P. oleracea. The seeds also possess identical qualities to those of the former species.
120. P. tuberosa, Roxb. H.F.B.I., i. 247. Roxb. 391.
Vern. : — Loonuk (Sind); Dhamnee— the seed; Bodda kura (Tel.)
Habitat: — Behar, Sind, the Punjab, and the Western Peninsula.
A diffuse, succulent, perennial herb. Root tuberous, 2-3 in., slightly fusiform. Stem short, 2-3 in., spreading from the root, with a few branches towards the extremity, villous. Leaves ½-3/5 in., alternate, fleshy, linear; nodal appendages 1/6 in., of sparingly tufted brown hairs. Flowers yellow, in small terminal clusters, surrounded by about 8 leaves and tufted hairs. Stamens 20. Style filiform, 5-cleft. Seeds black, granular.
Use:— The fresh acid leaves are used medicinally; an external application is prescribed by native practitioners in erysipelas and an infusion in dysuria (Murray, 96 )
N. O. TAMARlSCINEÆ
121. Tamarix gallica, Linn., h.f.b.i, i. 248.
Syn. : -T. Indica, Willd.
Sans. : — Jhâvooka, Shâvaka.
Vern. :— Jhâu (H. & B); Jhav-nu-jhâda (Gnz.); Pilchi, Koa; rukh; lainya; jhau; lai (Ph.); Atru-shavnkhu-maram (Jain); Eru-saru-manu (Tel.); Ler, lai, jhau (Sind.).
The galls: — Baramâi; barri mâin (H.); Magiya main. (Bomb.)
