1080 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Variyattu (Tarn.) ; Nattureval-cliinni (Tel.) ; Gamni-revan-chini 

 (Guz.) ; Padam-chal (Nepal); Arclm (Garhwal); Mulka-cha-reval- 

 chini (Mar.) ; Nat-re va-chinni (Kan.). 



Habitat : —Sub-alpine and Alpine Himalaya ; Nepal, Sikkim 

 and Simla. 



Herbs. Stem very stout, tall, branched, leafy ; 5-6ft. high, 

 streaked, green and brown. Root very stout. Radical leaves 

 often 2ft. diam., papillose beneath, scabrous above ; petiole 

 12-18in., very stout, scaburlous, orbicular, or broadly ovate, 

 obtuse ; base cordate, 5-7-nerved. Panicle leafy, papillosely 

 puberulous, fastigiately branched, 2-3ft. Flowers dark-purple, 

 iin. diam. Fruit Jio. long, oblong, ovoid, purple, base cordate, 

 apex notched, wings narrower than the disk. 



1067. R. aecuminatum, Hook. f. and Thorn. , 

 H.F.B.I., v. 57. 



Habitat : — Sikkim, Himalayas. 



Probably only a small form, says J. D. Hooker, of R. Emodi, 

 Wall., with acuminate leaves, but the flowers are considerably 

 larger, and, though long under cultivation, it does not attain half 

 the size of that plant or vary in its character. Stem leafy ; 

 leaves long-petioled, triangular or orbicular, ovate, acuminate ; 

 base cordate, 5-7-nerved, panicles papillosely puberulous, fasti- 

 giately branched and leafy ; flowers red ; fruit ovoid, oblong, 

 base, cordate, tip entire or notched, wings narrower than the 

 nucleus. 



1068. R. Webbianum, Royle, h.f.b.i., v. 57. 



Habitat :— Central and Western Alpine Himalaya. 



Very variable in size, from 1 to 6ft. high, stem branched, leafy. 

 Leaves 4in. — 2ft. in diam. ; long-petioled, orbicular-cordate or 

 reniform, 5-7-nerved papillose or glabrous, tip rounded or sub- 

 acute Panicles axillary and terminal, leafy, quite glabrous. 

 Flowers pale-yellowish, very much smaller than R. Emodi, the 

 panicles less strict, the fruit broader, |in. diam., with broader 

 wings. Fruit notched at both ends. 



