N. 0. CORIARLE. 395 



The fruit is an useful antiscorbutic. The gum, in the form 

 of mucilage, is a useful adjunct to other medicines for the pur- 

 pose of suspending heavy powders, etc. The pulp, when boiled, 

 has a faint rosy smell. 



N. 0. CORIARLE. 



335. Coriaria nepalensis, Wall, h.f.b.i., ii. 44. 



Vern — Masuri, makola, (H.) ; Lizaklo, (Sutlej) ; Raselwa, 

 archarru, pajerra (Simla 1 ); Bhojinsi, (Nep.) ; Mosroi, Gangeru, 

 Gangaru (Jaunsar) ; Ayar (Kumaon) ; Gogsa, Makala (Garh- 

 wal), Tons Valley. 



Habitat : — Jaunsar and Tehri-Garhwal, 4-8.000 ft., fairly 

 common among shrubby vegetation on hill sides and in ravines, 

 occasionally in the Saharanpur Siwaliks, e. g., Chillawali Ran. 

 Outer Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending to 

 8,000 ft. in the west and to 11,000 ft. in Sikkim. The name 

 of the Hill Station Mussoorie (properly Masuri) is said to have 

 been caused by the abundance of this plant on the site 



A deciduous, straggling shrub or small tree, says Gamble. 

 A large shrub with long spreading branches, says Kanji Lai. 

 Bark reddish brown, rough. Wood grey, hard, beautifully 

 mottled. No heart-wood. Branchlets quadrangular. Leaves 

 2-4 by 1-2J in., ovate oblong, cordate, acuminate, obscurely 

 serrulate, 3-7-nerved at the base, sometimes puberulous 

 beneath. Petiole 0-^ in. long. Racemes 2-6 in. long, usually 

 clustered. Flowers J- in. diam., greenish yellow. Fruit |-|- in. 

 diam., dark-brown or black. 



Fl.— April, May. Fr.— June and July. Fruit edible. 

 Branches browsed by sheep. 



It is called the Mussoorie-berry (Kanji Lai). 

 Use. — The leaves are used to adulterate senna, and act as a 

 poison in large doses. The fruit is said to produce symptoms 

 like tetanus (Watt). 



