N 0. 0LEACR&. 765 



Uses :— The root is useful in ringworm (Honnigberger). 

 The milky juice, which exudes on an incision in the bark of 

 this plant, is alleged to have the power of destroying the un- 

 healthy lining walls of chronic sinuses and fistulas (Snrg- 

 Major B. Gupta, in Watt's Dictionary). 



737. J. officinale, Linn., h.f.b.l, III. 603. 



Vern. : — Chamba, Chirichog, Kiri (Kashmir) ; Bansu, 

 Kwer, Dnmni (Chenab) ; Dassi, Sanosem (Ravi) ; Suni, Somun 

 (Sutlej) ; Chambeli (Kumaun). 



Habitat : — The Salt Range and Himalaya, from the Indus 

 to the Sarda. 



A large, twining shrub. Youngest shoots slightly pubescent. 

 Branches long, weak, dark-green, slightly ribbed. Leaves oppo- 

 site imparipinnate ; rachis channelled. Leaflets 2-3 pair, the 

 terminal largest, lanceolate or rhomboid oblong, acute 2-3in. 

 long ; the upper pair generally confluent with the terminal 

 leaflet. Petiole marginate. Flowers white, with faint pink- 

 streaks outside, delightfully fragrant, in lax terminal cymes, 

 rarely solitary and axillary. Pedicels slender, |--lin. long. 

 Calyx-teeth linear, half, f the length of the Corolla-tube. Corol- 

 la-tube about lin. Lobes usually 5, acute, about Jin. long, 

 elliptic. Berries of 2 carpels ellipsoid, fin. long. 



Use : — The root has been found useful in ringworm (Hon- 

 nigberger). 



738. J. grandiflovum, Linn, h.f.b.l, hi. 603 ; 

 Roxb. 34. 



Sans. : — Jati. 



Vern. :— Chambeli (H. and Bomb.) ; Jati (B.) ; Jaji (Tel.) ; 

 Ghambeli (Guz.) ; Jahi (U. P.). 



Habitat : — Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Chenab westward, 

 Oudb, Central India, Jumna to Godavery, Saharanpur, Siwalik, 

 Dun. 



A large, glabrous shrub, erect while young, say Kanjilal and 

 Brandis, usually climbing or scrambling when older. Branches 

 ribbed. Leaves opposite 3-4in., imparipinnate. Leaflets 3-7, 



