964 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



ovate, acuminate or lanceolate nervose. Corolla l^in., purple- 

 blue or white ; tube funnel-shaped in the upper half, lobes fin., 

 ovate. Capsule fin., 4-seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, 

 silky. 



Uses : — The seeds are supposed to be an antidote for snake- 

 bite, and the roots and leaves are used to reduce swelling, and 

 an infusion is given in coughs (Watt). 



924. B. strigosa, Willd. h.f.b.l, iv. 489. 



Syn. : — B. coerulea, Boxb. 471. 



Vern. : — Dasee (B.) ; Wahiti, Kala Korauta (Bomb.). 



Habitat : — Sub-Himalayan tracts eastwards, Bengal, Assam 

 and Sikkim ; also in the Bombay Presidency, and S. India. 



An unarmed shrub, 3-4ft. high. Stems more or less 

 strigose with fulvous hairs. Leaves 4£-6 in. long, ovate or 

 elliptic, acute or acuminate, the base long-decurrent on the 

 petiole, lineolate and sparingly fulvous strigose on the upper 

 surface, densely strigose on the nerves and veins beneath and 

 with bulbous-based hairs intermixed, margins ciliate, main 

 lateral nerves 6-8 pairs. Flowers in dense fulvous-hairy unilater- 

 al spikes, often crowded at the tops of the branches ; bracteoles 

 about Jin. long, lanceolate, hairy on the back and with ciliate 

 margins. Calyx densely strigose ; outer segments sub-equal, 

 J-lin. long, elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, margins denticulate 

 and ciliate ; inner smaller, linear, acute, densely clothed, with 

 white appressed silky hairs. Corolla l|-2in. long, blue ; tube 

 pale-blue, upper part funnel-shaped ; lobes obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse. Capsule f in long, acute at the top, 4-seeded, glabrous. 

 Seeds silky-hairy (Duthie). 



Use : —The root is used by the Santals as a remedy for 

 coughs. 



925. Neuracanthus sphcerostaehyits,Dalz,ll.F.B.i., 

 iv. 491. 



Vern. :— Ghosvel (M.). 



Habitat : — Concan ; common in Bombay island. 



A stout, unbranched, rough shrub. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 



