ACHYRANTHES

(Lat.), n. f. A®k(a%ch?)-i2(u8)-ra3n(rasn)’thez- (thas). From dxvpov, chaff, and ävßos, a flower. Fr.,achy ran the. Ger., Spreublume. Syn.: cadelari. The representative genus O} the Achy ran theæ. [B, 19.]—A. aspera Willdenow]. A species growing in India, t, the Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, and Sardinia; used in the East, under the name of cadelari, as a remedy for dropsy, as an antidote to the venom of the scorpion, as a depurative, and as an astringent. [A, 305, 321; Ainslie (A, 328); B, 19.]—A. fruticosa [Lamarck]. An East Indian species, used for the same ro rBOSeS) as A. aspera. [B, 19.]—A. globulifolia. A Madagascar species, employed there as a remedy for syphilis. {B, 1. A, lanata [Linnæus]. À species referred by Forskäl to the genus Ærua. It furnishes chaya root, used as a diuretic and depurative, [A, 321.]—A. obtusifolia. Used in India as a diuretic. [A, 228.]—A. repens. Forty-knot. The decoction has been used as a diuretic in dropsy, ischuria, etc. eS 313.]—A. virid is. bruised leaves have been used as an emollient, [A, 316.] -