406 
Plants of the Puniab. 
Heres, Erect, with ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Datisea eannabina, 
Akalbir, bhangjala. 
DatISCACER. 
F..B. 1. 1. 656. 
Himalaya, 
1-6,000 it. 
Kashmir. 
Ariszema utile, 
Ariseema 
intermedium, 
Ariseema 
Wallichianum, 
Ariseema tortuosum 
or helleborifolium, 
Ariseema curvatum, 
Ariseema flavum, 
Ariseema 
Jaequemoniil, 
PETALS NONE. 
large, stout, smooth ; leaves, lower pinnate, 12 in., leaf- 
lets 7-11, 6 by 1} in., stalked, lanceolate, coarsely toothed, 
tip !ong-pointed, entire, upper leaves of branches 1-3 in., 
linear-lanceolate, toothed or entire ; flowers small, yellow, 
shortly stalked in axillary clusters, male and female on 
different plants, male flowers calyx tube very short, 5- 
lobed, petals none, stamens 11-13 on the calyx, female 
flowers calyx-tube ovoid, 3-angled, 5-toothed on the ovary, 
petals none, styles 3, each divided into 2 linear stigmas ; 
capsule 4 in., oblong, opening at the top, seeds many, 
minute. The root, bark, and wood supply a yellow dye, a 
medicine is also obtained from this plant which i8 used in 
rheumatism, also in fevers. 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound, 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound. 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound, 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound. 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound. 
see Herbs, Hrect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound. 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Oom- 
pound. 
