N. 0. LABIATE. 1023 



loosely paniculate irregularly branched, calyx 25 mm. (tube 2 mm), corolla 

 14 mm. (tube infundibuliform 6 mm., upper lip 8 mm.), pollen grains minute 

 oval smooth, nutlets 1*25 mm— The cultivated plant smells very strongly of 

 Patchouli, much more so than does the Patchouli plant of commerce, but it is 

 only grown as a curiosity ; the natives of the hills of Assam do not grow this 

 plant of the true Patchouli plant, nor do they know or use the prepared 

 article : the Shan hill plant is devoid of smell. (Prain). 



982. Colebrookia oppositifolia, Smith, H.F.B.I., 

 iv, 642 ; Roxb. 467. 



Syn. : — 0. ternifolia, Boxb. 466. 



Vern. : — Pansra (H.); Sbakardana (Trans- Indus) ; Duss, 

 sampru, suali, briali, casuti, barmera, phisbekkar (Pb.) ; Dulsahat 

 (Kumaon) ; Dosnl (Nepal) ; Bin da (Dehra Dan) ; Bhainsa, barsa 

 pakor (Santal) ; Bahmani, dasai, dasaii (Bomb.). 



•Habitat : — Subtropical Himala3 7 a, from the Salt Range and 

 Peshawar to Sikkim, Behar, Central India and the Deccan 

 Peninsula to Travancore. 



A densely woolly hoary shrub 5-10ft., erect. Trunk stout ; 

 branches stout, terete often whorl ed in threes. Leaves opposite 

 or iti threes, shortly stalked, lanceolate, 4-8in., crenate, long- 

 pointed ; upper surface pubescent, wrinkled, lower grey- 

 tomentose. Flowers minute white, 2-or 1-sexual, the male and 

 female often on different plants in large whorls, crowded in long, 

 cylindric, erect spikes, axillary or pauiculate at the end of 

 branches. Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes linear, hairy, becoming 

 much elongated, and leathery in fruit when the tips often turn 

 purple. Corolla pubescent ; tube as long as the Calyx ; limb 

 spreading, 4-lobed, lobes unequal. Stamens 4, equal, protruding 

 in male flowers, included in the female, filament naked. Style 

 protruding in female flowers, wanting in male flowers. Nutlet 

 usually only one, tip hairy (Collett). The spikes are suggestive 

 of Indian squirrels' tails (Nairne). 



Uses : — The leaves are applied to wounds and bruises 

 (Stewart). A preparation from the root is used by the Santalis 

 in epilepsy (Revel. A. Campbell). The down on the stem and 

 leaves is used by the Paharias of Sikkim to extract w T orms 

 from bad sores on their legs (Gamble). 



