734 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Habitat: — Temperate and Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir 

 to Bhotan. 



A small, aromatic shrub, young parts covered with glandular 

 scales. Leaves i&-lin. long, approximate at the ends of bran- 

 ches, sessile or subsessile, obovate or obtuse, or lanceolate and 

 subacute ; glabrous above, silvery or brown tomentose beneath. 

 Flowers red, yellow or purple, solitary or 2-3 together ; pedicels 

 J-l|in. long, very scabrous. Calyx-lobes oval, not ciliate. 

 Corolla-tube short; lobes round, spreading, J-Jin. long. Sta- 

 mens usually 8. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule 5-celled, -J by Jin. 

 Seeds oblong, acute. 



Use : — To it are attributed the same medicinal properties as 

 to R. Anthopogon. 



709. B. setosum, Bon., h.f.b.l, hi. 472, 



Vern. :-— Tsallu (Bhutia and Tibetan). 

 Habitat : — Sikkim and Nepal. 



A small shrub, 1ft. Branchlets bristly. Leaves \ by |in., 

 elliptic obovate, obtuse, scaly on both surfaces and often bristly 

 beneath. Pedicels |in., glandular, scaly, 3 8-clustered, short. 

 Calyx-lobes \-\ by i-g-in., obtuse, glandular, scaly, elliptic. 

 Corolla red, tube very short, Jin., lobes \ by £in., oblong spread- 

 ing. Stamens 8, sometimes 10 ; filaments hairy below. Ovary 

 5-celled, glandular, scaly. Capsule \ by Jin., ovoid, hardly 

 larger than the Calyx-lobes. Seeds ellipsoid, subacute at the 

 ends ; testa close, not produced. 



Use : — " The Sikkim Bhutias and Tibetans attribute the op- 

 pression and headaches attending the crossing of the loftiest 

 passes to the strongly resinous odour of this and R. anthopogon. 

 A useful volatile oil, of no less marked character than that of 

 the American gaultheria, might probably be obtained from the 

 foliage by distillation" (Hooker). 



710. B. Anthopogon, D. Bon., h.f.b.l, hi. 472. 



Vern. :— Nichni, rattankat, nera (Jhelum) ; Tazak-tsum ; 

 Talis-far (Kashmir) ; Palu (Bhutia). 



Habitat : — Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan. 



