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 | | It has a strongly irritating effect upon the eyes and has been used both to produce and to allay certain ophthalmic diseases. |
 | | The hard, red, glossy seeds, nearly globular, with a large, fl spot at one end, are known as Prayer Beads, or Jequirity seeds. |
 | | The seeds, weighing about 1 carat each, have been used in India from very ancient times for the purpose of weighing gold, under the name of Rati. |
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