70 DIDYNAMIA ANtilOSPKinil A. VHcX. 



tile. Seed solitary. Ferispenn when the seeds are quite 

 rii)e none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons obovate-oblong. Ra- 

 dicle oval, inferior. 



2. V. JVeynnda. Willd. iii. 393. 



Arboreous. Leaves teruate, and quinate. Leaflets en- 

 tire, lanceolate ; the lower two sessile. Panicles terminal, 

 lono- pyramidal, with cross-armed, two-forked ramifications. 



Bem-nosi. Rheed. Mai. ii. t. 12. 



Laofondium litoreum. Rumph. Amh. iv. t. 19. 



Snidooka in Sanscrit. See Jlsiat. Res. vol. iv. p. 292. 



Also Sindoowara, Indrasoorusrt, Nirgoond?', Indranika. 



Beng. and Hind. Nisinda. 



An elegant, small tree, though generally found in the 

 state of a large shrub ; delights in a rich, moist soil, yet it 

 grows almost every where. Flowers all the year round. 



Trunk irreg-ular, often as thick as a man's thioh or 

 more, ^rawc^es rather thin, opposite ; yovny shoots downy, 

 slightly four-sided. Leaves opposite, petioled, ternate and 

 quinate. Leaflets, the exterior one or three, petioled; the 

 lower two sessile; all are lanceolate, entire, soft ; below of a 

 very pale whitish green ; from two to four inches long, and 

 less than one broad. Panicles terminal, oblong, tapering to 

 a point, erect; raciiis straight, four-sided ; ramifications de- 

 cussated, generally three-forked ; or two-forked with sessile 

 flowers in the cleft. Flowers small, numerous, a most beau- 

 tiful bluish purple. Calyx permanent, closely embrace the 

 bottom of the berry. Corol ; /ojcer ///? large, entire ; iipper 

 lip shorter, four parted. 



A decoction of the aromatic leaves helps to form the warm 

 bath for women after delivery ; bruised, they are applied to 

 the temples for the head-ache; pillows stuffed with them are 

 put under the head to remove a catarrh, and the head-ache 

 attendino- it. 



