N. 0. BURIAOEiE. 653 



Used by natives as an astringent for cleansing foul ulcers, 

 and for allaying irritation of the gums and checking diarrhoea 

 during teething of children (Murray, 195). 



Those who have written upon Indian drugs, say little about 

 this resin, although it is an article of commerce, and can 

 always be obtained in quantity. Recently it has attracted 

 attention in Europe, and has been examined by Stenhouse, 

 Groves and Fluckiger (Dymock). 



The drug is considered antispasmodic and carminative, and, 

 when applied externally, antiseptic and stimulating. Said 

 to be a successful anthelmintic in cases of round worm (Watt). 



The powdered gum-resin is said to have diaphoretic and 

 expectorant properties, used internally in guinea-worm, dose 

 from 2 to 16 grains ("Surgeon Joseph Parker, in Watt's 

 Dictionary). 



604. G. turgida, Roxb. h.f.b.l, hi. 118 ; Roxb. 

 439. 



Vern. : — Thanella, khurur khuriari, gburga, mhaner (H.) ; 

 Bamemia, dhobel kirat (Uriya) ; Karhar, duduri (Kol.) ; Phur- 

 pata (Kurku) ; Dandu kit, dondonki (Santal) ; Panjra. pendra 

 (Gond.) ; Karumba (Raj.); Karhar; Khemra (C. P.); Khur- 

 phendra, pendri, phanda, phetra (Mar.) ; Phetrak (Bhil.) ; 

 Manjunda, telel (Tel.) ; Bongeri (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya ascending to 4,000 ft., from 

 Kumaon to Bhotan, Oudh, Behar, Ohota Nagpore, Bombay, 

 Central and Southern India, also in Burma. 



A small-deciduous tree, 25ft. Bark smooth, bluish — grey, £in. 

 thick, compact. Wood close-grained, white, with a purplish tinge, 

 no heart wood (Gamble). Branches rigid, robust, armed with 

 strong, axillary, often leaf-bearing, spines. Leaves often crowded 

 at ends of branchlets, l-4in. long, obovate, narrowed into short 

 marginate petiole, tomentose or pubescent above, when mature. 

 Flowers white, fragrant. Corolla-tube -J-iin. long. Fertile flowers 

 solitary, sessile. Calyx-lobes oblong, sterile clustered in short 

 pedicels. Calyx-teeth minute, sometimes unequal. Fruit grey, 



