764 INDIAN MEDICINAL PL\NTS. 



A scandent shrub, stems glabrous ; twigs minutely pubescent 

 or almost villous. Leaves very variable on the same plant, 

 simple, numerous, small, usually i-2in., but at times attaining 

 3Jin. Ovate-oval or oval-lanceolate, rounded at base, sometimes 

 alternate, acute or obtuse at apex, glabrous. Flowers variable 

 in size, white, on long slender peduncles, solitary or more usual- 

 ly in threes, at ends of short lateral divaricate twigs ; Calyx 

 glabrous ; segments distant, short, i-g-in., filiform, acute ; Corolla- 

 tube about fin. ; lobes 7 or 8, equalling the tube, linear oblong, 

 very acute, ripe carpel, about fin. by £in. broadly-ovoid, un- 

 symmetrical, both usually developed. 



Use : — The bitter root, ground small and mixed with pow- 

 dered vassumboo (root of Acorus Calaums) and lime-juice, 

 is considered a valuable external application in cases of ring- 

 worm (Ainslie). 



736. J. humile, Linn., h.f.b.l, hi. 602. 



Syn. : — J. chrysanthemum, Roxb. 33; J. revolutum, Sims. 

 Sans. : — Hemapushpika. 



Vern. : — Chamba, juari, tsonu, tsuman, summan, kuja (Pb.) ; 

 Sonajahi (Kumaun) ; Swarna-jui (B.) ; Malto, Pitmalti (H.) ; 

 Pachcha adavi molla (Tel.). 



Habitat: — Hills of India; Himalaya, from Kashmir to 

 Bhutan ; Abu. Hills of South India, common in the Nilgiris. 

 Hills of Ceylon. 



A small, erect, rigid, wholly glabrous shrub. Bark thin, grey. 

 Wood white, moderately hard-grained. Branches angular, green, 

 glabrous. A handsome shrub, with fragrant yellow flowers. 

 Leaves alternate imparipinnate, rachis 1-1 Jin. ; leaflets 5 (2 pair 

 and an end one) (Trimen and Kanjilal), 2-3 by T 7 -l£in., variable 

 in size, lanceolate-oval, oblong or ovate, very variable, glabrous. 

 Flowers dimorphic, |-f in. long, 1-3 together, terminal or leaf- 

 opposed, in short terminal, compound, corymbose cymes. Pedi- 

 cels |in., drooping, thickened below flower. Calyx glabrous, 

 segments short, triangular, acute. Corolla about lin., tube funnel- 

 shaped, lobes 5, short, recurved, rotundate. Fruit didymous. 

 Ripe berries globose or ellipsoid, pulpy, fin. 



