156 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



N. 0. TERNSTRCEMIAOE^E. 



135. Sehima Wallichii, Choky, h,f.b.i.,. I. 289. 



Syn. — Gordonia integrifolia, Roxb. 426. 



Vern. :— Makusal, Chilauni, makriya ChilaunKH.); Dingan 

 (Kbasia) ; Boldak (Garo.\ Jam (Cachar) ; Sumbrong (Lepcha); 

 Gugera (Goalpara). 



Habitat: — Eastern Himalaya, from Sikkim to Bhotari. 

 Assam, Chittagong and the Kliasia Mountains. 



A large evergreen, with papery leaves, 80-l00ft. Bark, black 

 or dark grey, with deep vertical cracks. Wood rough, red, mo- 

 derately hard, shrinks much in seasoning, but is durable. Buds, 

 branchlets, petioles and upperside of leaves pubescent, some- 

 times tomentose. Leaves 6-7 by 2-3in., elliptic, tapering or 

 rounded below, acute or slightly acuminate, glabrous and 

 reddish-veined above, reticulate, and more or less pubescent 

 beneath, entire or obscutely crenate-serrate, with forked lateral 

 veins., petiole Jin., pubescent. Peduncles rather slender, f-2in.. 

 with minute white warts. Bracts Jin., alternate, narrow, oblong, 

 retuse. Flowers lj-2in. diani., white, fragrant. Sepals Jin. long, 

 with pubescent-ciliate margins, glabrous, or slightly pubescent 

 outside ; petals pubescent outside at the base. Stamens yellow. 

 Fruit fin. diam.. pubescent when young, afterwards minutely 

 warted. 



Use : — "The bark is nearly black externally, with deep 

 clefts ; the liber is made up of an abundance of white, needle- 

 shaped cells, which are readily detached and act as cowage, in 

 producing painful irritation, when brought into contact with 

 the skin." — Gamble. 



N. 0. DIPTEROCARPEAE. 



136. Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gaertn f. 

 h.p.b.i., i. 295. Roxb. 439. 



Vern. — Gurjun, tiliya gurjun (Beng.) ; challan (Kan ). 

 The Balsam, garjamka-tel (H. and Bom.). 



