530 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



N. 0. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 



479. Saxtfrag a tigulata, Wall, h.b.f.i., ii. 398. 



Vern.: — Pakhan-bed ; Silphora (H.) ; Batpia, popal, shafrochi, 

 banpatrak, dakachru (Pb.) ; Pashanbheda (Bomb.) ; Kamarghwal 

 (Pushtu). 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Bhotan to Kashmir, 

 and the Khasia Mts. 



Perennial herbs. Rootstock stout. Leaves ample, undivided, 

 with a large sheath at the base of the petiole ; 2in.-lft. in diam.; 

 glabrous on both surfaces, dotted on the lower ; scape corym- 

 bose, 6-18in. high. Petals white or red, rose or purplish, |-lin. 

 long, orbicular, with a claw of variable length. Calyx-lobes erect 

 in fruit Fruit sub-globose ; styles very long. Capsles sometimes 

 three-seeded, much larger than in any of the other species, 

 elongate, sub-pyramidal, smooth. 



Part used : — The root. 



Use : — The root is used as a tonic in fevers, diarrhoea and 

 cough, and also as an antiscorbutic. It is bruised and applied 

 to boils and also in ophthalmia. It is also considered absorbent 

 and given in dysentery (Atkinson and Dr. Stewart). In Sind, 

 the root is rubbed down and given with honey to children when 

 teething. (Murray.) 



480. Diehroa febrifuga, Lour, h.f.b.l, ii., 406. 



Syn.: — Adamia cyanea, Wall. 



Vern : — Basak, bansuk asern Nepal) ; Gebocanak (Lepcha) ; 

 Singnaamuk (Bhutia.) 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya from Bhotan to Nepal and 

 Khasia Mts. 



An evergreen shrub, 5-9ft. high, somewhat virgate. Bark 

 yellow, peeling off in flakes ; wood white, moderately hard ; 

 young offshoots and inflorescence pubescent, with short hair. 

 Leaves opposite 3-8in., lanceolate, blade 3-8, tapering into the 

 petiole, J-lin. long ; pubescent or puberulous on the nerves, 

 otherwise glabrous, usually narrow, sometimes obovate-lanceo- 

 late. Petals 5 or 6, thick, valvate, ^ 6 in. long. Ovary J inferior 



