jr. o. olaoinetE. 325 



Ovary ovoid-oblong, 1-celled, 1-rarely 2-ovuled. Drupe ovoid, a 

 globose, yellow, f covered by the accrescent membranous calyx, 



apiculate. 



£7 S g.__l n Cbutia Nagpur, a preparation of the bark is 

 given for proverty of blood during fevers (Campbell). 



277. 0. Nana, Wall h. f. b. i., i. 576. 



Vern. :—Merone met (Santal) (Porebunder and Guj.) 

 Sudi ; Himi. Tadholi, called Shigroti at Junagadh (J. Indraji). 



Habitat : — Hot valleys of the Western Himalaya, from 

 Nipal westward and in the Punjab, Porebunder. 



An undershrub, with a woody root-stock, from which annual 

 shoots, about 2ft. high, spring up during the rains. Stems 

 ribbed. Leaves alternate, 1|-2|- by |-|in., oblong lanceolate, 

 subsessile, glabrous and light green above, glaucous beneath ; 

 margins recurved ; midrib prominent beneath, straight ; lateral 

 nerves indistinct. Flowers solitary, fin. across ; buds ovoid. 

 Calyx minute, accrescent. Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate; fertile 

 stamens 3, opposite to the petals. Staminodes 5-6, bifid, longer 

 than the fertile Stamens. Ovary 1-celled. Style simple, termi- 

 nal. Fruit the size of a pea, globular, (Kanjilal). 



On the crest of the Saharanpur, Sewalik, behind Rampur. 

 Hot valleys of the Western Himalaya. From Nepal westward 

 and in the Punjab. Bengal, in the grass lands of the sub- 

 Himalayan tract. 



Use:— The fruit is used medicinally by the Santals 

 (Campbell). 



. 278. Sarcostigma Kleinii, W. and A. H. F. B. I., 

 i. 594. 



Vern: — Puvana, puvenagah ( = the plank) adul, odul 

 ( = tne oil). 



Habitat: — Eastern and Western Peninsulas; Cochin, 

 Malacca, Maingay, and Travancore, the Concan, in evergreen 

 parts. 



A climbing, branched shrub. Wood without zones. Bran- 

 ches terete. Leaves alternate simple, coriaceous, 4-10 by 2-4in., 

 glabrous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, pale on both 



