Amaranthus Spinosa

over Bengal and the North-Western Provinces. In the latter place it is somewhat scarce in the hot weather, as it dries up by exposure to the powerful rays of the sun, but even then it can be found out there in shady places. In Bengal it is constantly found every where. Cows and rabbits are very fond of the leaves. In milking cows some people believe that it increases the secretion of milk. In the human constitution, internally, the fresh root acts as diuretic, slightly laxative and refrigerant. I have used the fresh root in numerous cases of gonorrhoea with remarkable success. It niay be called a specific for gonorrhoea. I generally direct my patients to chew it as a betel with or without a betel leaf, five or six times a day. For this purpose the root of young plants is admirably suited ; tender parts ?of the root of grown up plants may be also used. The root