944 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



mottled with lighter streaks (Gamble); youngest shoots and in- 

 florescence often minutely pubescent, or grey-pubescent. Glab- 

 rate when old. Leaves simple, 6 by ljin. (C.B. Clarke) obtuse, 

 narrowly or linear-oblong, undulate, entire, grey, glabrous, but 

 somewhat rough ; Brandis says the blade is only 2-4in. Petiole 

 f-lin. long. Flowers inodorous large, from pale-yellow to deep- 

 orange, in short 5-10-fid corymbs at the ends of branchlets, or 

 on flattened lateral branches. Pedicels ^-|-in. Calyx campanulate, 

 Jin., hardly fin. broad, teeth 5 obtuse. Corolla campanulate, 

 limb oblique, 2in. across, ljin. long, orange. Stamens scarcely 

 exsert, glabrous ; anther-cells distinct, pendulous, narrowly ob- 

 long, sub-2-lobed. Capsule curved, 6-8in. long, Jin. broad, 

 glabrous, Valves tough, thin. Seeds including the wing 1 by 

 fin., wings very narrow round the apex of the seed, at its base. 



"A tree with drooping branches like the weeping willow ; when in flower 

 few trees can present a more noble or beautiful sight." (Gibson). 



Uses : — The bark of the young branches is often employed 

 in Sind as a remedy for syphilis (Murray). 



902. Dolichan hone Rheedii Seem, h.f.b.i , iv. 379. 



Vern. : — Vilpadri (Tarn) ; Nir — pongelion (Mai). 



Habitat : — Malabar. 



A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a feet long ; leaflets 3-4 

 pairs with an old one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the 

 base ; petiolule \ in. Corymbs few- f sometimes 1-) fld., short- 

 peduncled ; pedicels \-\ in., stout. Calyx \\ in. Corolla 4-7 in., 

 white ; tube campanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., 

 crenate toothed. Anther cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. 

 Capsule 18 by | 1 in., nearly straight, not ribbed. Seeds 

 (including the wings; f by \ in., rectangular. 



Uses: — The seeds with ginger and Pavetta root are admi- 

 nistered in spasmodic affections. Rheede). 



The bruised leaves have an aromatic but disagreeable odor 

 (Trimen). 



903. D. falcata, Seem. h.f ? b.i., iv. 380 ; Roxb. 

 492. 



Vern.: — Hawar (Oudh) ; Mendal, manehingi (Banswara) ; 



