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399. F. aongesta, Boxb. h.f.b.l, ii. 228, Roxb. 572. 



Vern : — Bara-salpan, bhalai (B. & H); Batwasi (Nepal); 

 Nipitmuk (Lepcha) ; Dowdola (Bom.). 



Habitat : — From the Central Himalayas throughout India. 



Far.— nana, H. F. B., II, p. 229. 



Vern. : — Supta-kasunit (H.). 



Syn. : — F. nana, Roxb. 572, F. procumbens, Roxb. 571. 



Habitat : — Central and Eastern Himalayas and Concan. 



An erect, woody shrub, 4-8ft. high, with terete, glabrescent, 

 old and rather angular sulcate, silky, young branches. Stipules 

 linear, -Jin. ; caducous ; petiole l-4in. sulcate down the face ; 

 not winged. Leaves digitately 3-foliate ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 thin, not plicate, 4-6in. long, narrowed to a long point, and 

 downwards to a rather rounded base, green, glabrous above, 

 thinly grey-silky beneath. Recemes dense, subspicate, axillary, 

 oblong, l-2in. long, sessile, often fascicled ; bracts caducous, 

 linear or lanceolate, i-Jin. long, silky on the back, not at all, 

 rigid ; pedicels short. Calyx i-fin., densely clothed with 

 adpressed, shining, pale-brown, silky hairs, teeth linear- lanceo- 

 late, the lowest exceeding the others. Corolla scarcely exserted, 

 keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. Pod ob- 

 long ; fin. long, obscurely downy, 2-seeded. 



Uses : — It is remarkable that its native properties are ap- 

 parently quite unknown to the Native doctors (Watt). 



The roots are used by the Santals as an external applicant 



to ulcers and swellings, mainly of the neck (Revd. A. Campbell). 



From this is obtained the coloring product Waras. Waras consists of a 



purplish, resinous powder, which covers the seed pods. From Waras is 



obtained a compound, Flemingin, 12 H 12 , 3 (J. Ch. S. 1898 T., p. 660). 



400. Dalbergia Sissoo, Roxb. h.f.b.l, ii. 231, 

 Roxb. 533. 



Vern: — Sisam, sisu, sissai (H.) ; Shisu (B.) ; Tali, safedar 

 (Pb.) ; Sissai (Oudh) ; Nukku-kattai, zette (Tam.) ; Sissukarra 

 (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Plains throughout India proper, ascending to 

 5,000 feet in the Central Himalayas. 



Parts used :— The bark, roots, leaves, mucilage. 



