urara

[Mod. Lat., from Gr. our a =a tail, which the bracts resemble.] Bot.: A genus of Hedysaree. Papilionaceous plants with pinnate leaves, having generally three leaflets, purple or yellow flowers, and nearly se ile legumes contracted between the seeds. Uraria lagopoides , an Indian species, is considered by the Hindus to be alterative, tonic, and anti catarrhal, and is an ingredient in some of their medicines. The fruit of U. picta , another Indian species, is applied to the sore mouths of children, and the plant itself is deemed an antidote for the bite of a Southern Indian snake ( Echis car in at a ). IMG:content-0331.png:[blocks in formation] long; flowers small, greenish, in terminal cymes; calyx five-cleft; corolla pitcher-shaped, hairy, with five erect teeth; stamens five, with sagittate anthers; ovaries two, developing into fruit the size Urceola elastic a of Roxburgh(= U . of oranges. esculent a of Bentham) is an extensive woody climber in the forests of Tena erim and Pegu. Mr. G. W. Strettell believes that it may be utilized for supplying caoutchouc. ( Calcutta Exhib . Report.) Ecclesiol .: A pitcher for containing water for ritual use in the Eucharistic service, whether for washing the ministrant's hands or for cleansing the ve els. (Smith: Christian Antiquities . )