N. O. ZYGOPHYLLEifc. 2^3 



Habitat :— North -West India. Peshawar. 



A small, green, spiny, undershrub, with procumbent 

 branches. Internodes short, Lower leaves 3-foIiate, the rest 

 1-foliate ; young branches sub-tetagonous, sides grooved, spines 

 (modified stipules) exceeding the ovate, rather fleshy leaflets ; 

 young leaflets rather minute. Peduncles solitary from between 

 the spiny stipules. Fruit, a capsule, bearing on its top the 

 remnant of the tapering subulate style. 



Part used : — The whole plant, 



Use : — The plant is given as a tonic and febrifuge, and in 

 the Peshawar Valley it is given to children as a prophylactic 

 against small-pox (Bellew). 



It is useful as an application to tumors, also in chronic 

 fever, dropsy, and delirium, and in any disorder which arises 

 from poisoning. (Punjab Products). 



N. 0. GERANIACEiE. 



209. Geraniim Walliehianum, Sweet, h.f.b.l, 

 i. 430. 



Vern :-- Liljahri, N. W. P. Kao-ashud (Kashmir) Roots.— 

 Mam-i-ran (Pushtu). 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Nepal to Murree. 



A perennial hairy herb. Root-stock thick. Stems robust, 

 l-4ft., erect. Leaves orbicular, 2-5in. across, palmate! y-3-5- 

 lobed ; segments wedge-shaped, pointed, acutely and irre- 

 gularly toothed ; stipules oblong-ovate, J-lin. Flowers blue- 

 purple, H-2in. diam. Sepals abruptly long-pointed. Petals 

 slightly notched, claw hairy (Collett); filaments suddenly dilated 

 at base. Carpels pilose ; seeds smooth. 



The very large solitary stipules best distinguish this 

 species (Edgeworth and Hook. FiL). 



Use : — Aitchison says the root of this plant was brought to 

 him in Kuram as a valuable medicine known as Miim-i-ran (Ku- 

 ram Valley Flora, J. L. S. xviii-p-26. ). 



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