N. 0. SAPINDACE^. 357 



serrate ; lateral nerves 15-22 pair, arcuate ; base acute. Petiolules 

 J-l in., long. Bud scales about 1| in. long, membranous, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers white, horizontal, in large thyrsoid, cyme-bearing, 

 terminal panicles. Calyx |-| in. long, tubular, with 5 short, 

 rounded lobes, often split longitudinally in open flowers. Petals 

 4, the place of the 5 usually vacant, white and yellow, §-§ in. 

 long, clawed, unequal in breadth. Stamens 7 filiform, curved 

 upward, longer than the petals ; anthers variable. Disk one- 

 sided. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; style simple, sessile, slender, 

 Fruit a 1-3-celled. Capsule, lj in. long, ovoid, rough outside. 

 Seeds ex-albuminous, about 1 J in. diam. dark brown, smooth, 

 shining. Hilum about \ in. diam. 



Use : — The fruit is used for horses in colic. It is also ap- 

 plied externally in rheumatism ; for this purpose the oil is 

 generally extracted from the seeds (Watt). 



313. Schleichera trijuga, Willd., H. F. B. I., 

 i. 681, Eoxb. 331 : 



Vern. — Kosum, kusum, gausam, (Hind.) ; Puvatti, (Kaders.) ; 

 Baru, (Santali ; Kol.) ; Kosum, kohan, kosimb, peduman, (Mar); 

 Kosum, kocham, kosumb, gosam, assumar, (Guj.); Komur, 

 pusku, (Gond.) ; Rusara, (Uriya) ; Kussam, kojba, (C. P.) ; 

 Samma, jamoa, gausam, kussumb, (Pb.) ; Pava, pu, pulachi, 

 zolim buriki, pumarum, pularari, puva, (Tarn.) ; Pusku, posuku, 

 pusi, may, mayi, rotanga, roatanga, (Tel.) ; Sagdi,' sagade, 

 akota, chakota, (Kan.) ; Chendala, (Coorg) ; Puva, (Mai); Gyo, 

 kyetmouk, kobin, (Burm.) Kon, kong, conghas, (Sing.) 



Kusum is the Hindustani name for the Safflower plant, and 

 perhaps refers to the colouring matter of the lac-insect which 

 often feeds upon the tree. The seeds are called paka or pacca 

 in Calcutta. 



Habitat. — " Dry, chiefly deciduous forests in the greater part 

 India, Burma, and Ceylon, but apparently absent from Bengal 

 and Assam. It is found from the Sutlej to Nepal in the lower 

 Himalaya, Sub-Himalayan tract and Siwalicks up to 3,000 feet, 

 throughout Central India, the East and West coast regions, the 

 Deccan and Carnatic, in all deciduous forests throughout Burma 



