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676 paring antiseptic and anodyne fomentations (Ainslie, Mat. Ind. I, p. 483.)

The juice of the leaves is employed as an instillation for ear-ache (Kinsley, in Watt's Dictionary).

Vern. — Mâredi, Sonsali (Bomb.).

Habitat. — Tropical Himalaya ; Nepal, Sikkim, Bengal and the Western Peninsula.

A coarse annual, l-2ft. high, erect, or in a dwarf state, decumbent; pubescent or villous. Branched. Radical leaves obovate, petioled. Cauline leaves ½-1in., numerous, obovate or oblong, ½-amplexicaul, all toothed or lobulate. Involucre-bracts 1-2-seriate, very narrow, with their hair points much shorter than the pappus. Heads ¼-½in., peduncled, solitary or corymbose. Ligules capillary, rather blue, longer than the dirty white or reddish pappus. Achenes very minute, 1/30in., nearly glabrous, flat, pale.

Uses. — Dr. Dymock writes that he noticed it, being offered for sale in the bazaar as a stimulating and diuretic medicine. Several species of Erigeron are used as diuretic in America.

Syn.— Conyza lacera, Roxb. 601.

Sans. — Kukuradru.

Vern. — Kôkrondâ, Kukkurbandâ, Jangli-mûli (H.) ; Kukur-sungâ, bura-sûksung (B.) ; Nimurdi (Bomb.); Jangli-kâsni, jangli-mulli, divâri-mulli (Duk.) ; Nârak-karandai, Kattu-mullângi (Tam.) ; Kârn pogâku, advi-mulangi (Tel.).

" Kakronda and other vernacular names are applied to more than one allied species of Blumea and Laggera, without much regard to the color of their flowers" (Moodeen Sheriff).

Habitat : — Throughout the plains of India, from the N.-W. Himalaya to Travancore.

A hairy, villous, or glandular, rarely glabrescent herb, stem erect, simple or branched very leafy, rarely 2ft. high. Leaves