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Uses: — " The small buds, ground with round pepper, are 

 sniffed into the nose in severe headache" (Revd. A. Campbell, 

 Santal Mission^ Pachumba). " Roots used as a medicine in 

 Assam" (H. Z. Darrab, Esq., Assam). 



The juice is used to kill worms in sores (Dymock). 



594. Nauclea ovalifolia, Roxb. h.f.b.i., hi. 27 ; 

 Roxb, 173. 



The Fl. Br. Ind. considers it to be a doubtful species. 



" Possibly Adind sessilifolia. Don refers it to Uncaria ellip- 

 tiea, which is not a Khasian plant. 



Verru :— Shal (Sylhet). 



Habitat : — " A native of the forests of Silhet, where it is 

 called shal by the natives" (Roxb). 



A small tree. Leaves oblong, glabrous ; rather coriaceous, 

 6-10by 3-6in., glossy above, base cordate, tip rounded. Stipules 

 broadly oblong. Peduncles l-2in., very stout 1-3 terminal, 

 solitary 1-headed. Flower-heads ljin. diam., villous. Corolla 

 shaggily silky. Stigma clavate, capsule Jin , cuneate. 



Use : — The bark is said to possess bitterness equal to that 

 of Cinchona, and is used by the border tribes in the treatment 

 of endemic fevers and bowel complaints (Ph. Ind). 



595. Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall, h.f.b.i., 

 hi. 35. 



Syri. : — Cinchona Excelsa, Eoxb. 178. 



Vern. :— Bhaulan ; Blialena (PL) ; Kalakurwah (Bomb.); 

 BandSri (Dec.) ; Bartti (Pb.) Bandaru (Tel.); Sagapu (Tarn.); Pun- 

 daroo, Kala buclinak (H.) ; Bodoka, Konoo (Uriya) ; Sali (Kol.) ; 

 Bhorkhend (Santal) ; Bhoursal (Mar.) ; Dudiyetta, dudippa, che- 

 tippa, burja, bandnra (Tel.) Bandaray anui (Kan.). Kukurkat, 

 lamkana (Merwara). 



Habitat : — Dry hills ; base of the Western Himalaya from 

 Garwhal to Nepal ; throughout the Deccan and Central India to 

 the Annamallays ; and in Chittagong. 



A large, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark of trunk furrowed 

 and rough, that of branches smooth ; i-f in. thick, grey, 



