N. 0. VERBBENACEiE. 1005 



A small tree, up to 30ft. high, or large pubescent semiscand- 

 ent shrub. Bark light brown thin smooth. Wood grey hardclose- 

 grained. Branches cinereous. Leaves small l|-2Jin. long,ovate or 

 rhomboid more or less sinuate-crenate, often broader han long, 

 truDcate subi^ordate at base, often apiculate, undulate, rather 

 thick puberulous beneath. Petiole |-lin. pubescent. Flowers 

 white or pink, fragrant, moderate-sized on slender pubescent 

 pedicels ; cymes small, axillary, dichotomous combined to form 

 a rounded terminal panicle. Bracts small leafy, oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate. Calyx large, over fin., segment cut fully half way, 

 ovate acuminate, glabrous, veiny. Corolla-tube lin., slightly 

 pubescent outside, lobes fin., very nearly equal, oval or elliptic- 

 obtuse. Drupe, not seen, says Trimen Dry, i-^in. long separating 

 in 4 pyrenes, says Brandis, slightly succulent, says C. B. Clarke. 



N. B. — The specific name is given by Trimen as C. Phlomides, Linn f. He 

 says it is incorrectly given as C. Phlomoides (K.R.K.). 



Mr. H. H. Haines, I. F. S. gives Safed tekar as its Marathi name, and 

 mentions a variety of it as Var. Donaldi, and gives Kala tekar, as its Marathi 

 name. He says the ' Safed tekar ' is used in native medicine, but not the « Kala 

 tekar,' which is distinguished by the following characteristics :— Leaves 

 attaining 3-25" (while those of 'safed tekar' only reach 175"), glabrous, 

 membranous, with a cuneate base (type pubescent on both sides). Calyx *25" 

 in flower and enlarged calyx as long as lobes of fruit only, which is '3'' long 

 (in ' safed tekar ' the sepals are acuminate and are at least - 12" longer than 

 the fruit), glabrous, deltoid apiculate. Corolla '75" long (The Indian Forester, 

 Aug., 1914, p. 402). 



Uses : — In Bombay, the root is used as a bitter tonic, and is 



given in the convalescence of measles (S. Arjun). In Southern 



India, the juice of the leaves is given in neglected syphilitic 



complaints in doses of half an ounce or more twice daily 



(Ainslie). TheSantals rub the plant over their bodies in dropsy 



and give it to their cattle to cure them of diarrhoea and worms 



or when the stomach swells (Campbell). 



964. C. serratum, Spreng. h.f.b.l, iv. 592. 



Syn. : — Volkameria serrata. Linn. Roxb 479. 



Sans. : — Barbara 



Vern. : — Barangi (H.) ; Ban-bakri ( Jaunsar) ; Cbua (Nepal) ; 

 Yi (Lepcha); Chirudekku (Tarn.) ; Brahmari mari (Tel.) ; Bharang, 

 bharangi or Bhangra (Bomb.) ; Bharanga-mnla, mula-root (MaiO ; 

 Bharurgi Guz.). 



