326 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



surfaces; base rounded; nerves prominent beneath. Petiole 

 fin., transversely wrinkled. Rachis extra-axillary angular, 

 covered with brownish strigose hairs. Flowers Jin. diam. 

 Male flowers: — Calyx minute, pilosulous, cup-shaped, obscurely 

 4-5-lobed. Petals ^in., glabrous, oblong, acute. Stamens as 

 long as the petals, filaments glabrous, flat, strap-shaped ; anthers 

 2-celled. Rudiment of pistil conical. Female flowers:— Calyx 

 and Corolla as in the male. Ovary obovoid, pilosulous, surround- 

 ed by 5 hypogynous abortive stamens. Stigma subsessile, coni- 

 cal. Ovules 2, collateral. Fruit 1-l^in. olive-shaped, somewhat 

 compressed, bright orange-red, rugose and strigose externally, 

 smooth within. 



Use :— The oil is highly esteemed in the treatment of 

 rheumatism (Drury). 



N. 0. CELASTRINE^. 



279. Euonymus tingens, Wall. h. f. b. i., 610. 



Vern. : — Kungku (N -W. P.); Newar, kashri (Nepali); 



Chopra ; mer mahan (Simla). Skiosh (Bassahir) ; 

 Bhambeli, Roini (Jauns.) 



Habitat :— Western temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-1, 000ft. 

 From Sutlej to Nepal ; Simla. 



A tree 16-20ft. Branches cylindric. Leaves l|-3in. by 

 §-lin., thick, coriaceous, lucid, rugose aud dark green above,, 

 very pale beneath, ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrate. Peduncles 

 compressed. Flowers usually pentamerous. Cymes fascicled ; 

 petals abruptly clawed, nearly orbicular, coarsely crenulate, Jin., 

 yellowish, with purple veins. Fruit Jin. across, nearly round, 

 4-5-angled. The flowers of this species are sometimes tetrame- 

 rous (Lawson). 



Uses : — It is considered by the Natives to be useful in 

 disesaes of the eye (O'Shaughnessy). 



280. Kokoona zeylanica, Thwaites, h, f. b. i., 

 616. 



