N. O. BIGNONIACE/K 949 



panicles. Calyx i-|in., pubescent or mature glabrate ; lobes 

 3-5, very short, broad. Corolla l|-2in., campanulate or ventri- 

 cose from near base, sub-glabrous ; lobes round, crispid. Fila- 

 ments hairy below. Capsule long, hard, woody, rugged or 

 tuberculous, 12-30 by l-l|in., a little curved says Brandis. 

 Valves 1-lfin. broad, woody ; edissepiment, cylindric, shining. 

 Seeds, including the wings lj-jin., thinly discoid, in 4 rows. 



Uses: — The oil from the wood is useful in cutaneous affec- 

 tions. Dr. Gibson is of opinion that it is well worthy of atten- 

 tion as an external application in these cases (Ph. Ind.). 

 From some trials which I have made with it, I conclude that 

 its properties are similar to those of Pine tar (Dymock). 



908. Amphicome Emodi, Ltndl. elf.b.i., iv. 385. 



Vern. : — Kaur. (Kashmir). 



Habitat. : — W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal. 



A perennial, erect, glabrous herb. Stem 12-24in. Rootstock 

 woody. Leaves alternate 1-pinnate, 5~8in. Leaflets 5-9, 1-1 Jin. 

 ovate, end one usually longest, sometimes lobed, scarcely acute. 

 Flowers pink. Racemes not rarely 2-3 sub-panicled. Calyx, says 

 Collett, entire or obscurely toothed ; " truncate or with triangu- 

 lar scarcely acuminate teeth." (C. B, Clarke). Corolla l£-2f in. 

 long, \-\\ wide at the mouth ; tube tinged with yellow. Capsule 

 linear, slender, terete, smooth. Seeds winged. 



This, a discovery of Dr. Wallich, is the original or first species of Amphi- 

 come ; a genus of Northern India, consisting of two species. It is indeed a 

 remarkably handsome plant, native of the mountains of Emodi, near Srinaghur 

 and on the Suen range of hills. [Bot. Mag, December 1st, 1855.] 



Parts used : — The root and stem. 



Uses. — In Kashmir, the drug is prescribed for fever, and is 

 considered a substitute for chirata. 



It contains an alkaloid, an acid fat, a wax, yellow colouring 

 matter and sugar. The alkaloid is intensely bitter and is pro- 

 bably the active medicinal agent in the plant (Annual Report 

 of the Indian Museum, Industrial Section, for the year 1907-8, 

 p. 21 ; Ph. J. Vol. 79, p. 506). 



