654 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



l-3in., ovoid or globose, smooth ; pericarp thick, endoearp 

 woody, shining within. Placentas 2-6. 



Use : — A preparation from the root is employed by the 

 Santals as a remedy for indigestion in childern (Revd. A 

 Campbellj. 



605. O. campanulata, Roxb. h.f.b.i., hi. 118 ; 

 Roxb. 238. 



Vern. : — Hsay-than-paya (Burm.) 



Habitat :— Foot of the Sikkim Himalaya ; Assam, Sylhet 

 and Chittagong ; Behar, and summit of Parasnath. 



A large, deciduous shrub or small tree, 15-20ft., armed 

 with long straight sharp spines, f-liin., often leafy or leaf- 

 bearing. Leaves membranous, glabrous, lanceolate ; blade 

 2-4in., or lj-3in. by J-ll in., narrowed into a short petiole ; 

 midrib slender, nerves faint. Petiole i-Jin. Stipules triangu- 

 lar, caducous. Flowers greenish-white. Calyx of male flower 

 iin., ellipsoid or subglobose. Corolla-tube |-in. long, upper 

 portion campanulate, white. Lobes short, obtuse. Fertile 

 flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx-teeth oblong or spathulate, foli- 

 aceous. Sterile flowers fasciculate shortly pedicellate. Fruit 

 |-1 Jin. long, ellipsoid or globose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp 

 very thick ; endoearp woody. Placentas 5. 



Use :— The fruit is used as a cathartic and anthelmintic 

 (Roxb.). 



606. Diplospora sphaerocorpa, Dalz. h.f.b.i., 

 in. 123. 



Habitat : — Western Peninsula, or the Ghats, from Bombay 

 southwards. 



An evergreen, small, glabrous tree. Branches terete. Leaves 

 2-6 by li-2Jiu., elliptic lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Petiole 

 4r-Jin. ; stipules short, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, 

 shortly pedicelled. Calyx-limb 4-lobed. Calyx-teeth obtuse, 

 ciliolate. Corolla-tube very short, (shorter than the Calyx-teeth) , 

 throat glabrous, lobes -g-in. Filaments very short. Fruit pedi- 



