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with deep longitudinal furrows. Wood soft to moderate hard ; 

 heartwood orange-brown ; sapwood white. Branches dark brown. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, silvery beneath, l-3in., 

 obtuse ; nerves faint, petiole Jin. Flowers 1-3-nate, pedicelled, 

 yellow, fragrant. Perianth ^in. long, silvery, campanulate 

 above ; teeth triangular, ovate ; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, 

 oblong, fin. long, red, dry or fleshy ; endocarp thick, long, 

 sweet and mealy when ripe. 



Uses : — The flowers are reported to be medicinal. "The 

 oil from the seeds with syrup, as a linctus recommended in catar- 

 rhal and bronchial affections" (Honnigberger, Vol. IT. p. 273 ) 



1102. E. umbellata, Thumb., h.f.b.l, v. 201. 



v'ern.: — Ghiwain, ghain, kankoli, bammewa (Pb.); Ginroi 

 (Jaunsar). 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal. 



A thorny, deciduous shrub. Bark grey. Wood white, hard, 

 even-grained, warps in seasoning. Branches numerous, often 

 forming a dense bush. Branchlets and underside of leaves 

 densely clothed with shining silvery scales, upperside bright 

 green with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves 1-3 by i-fin-, elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; blade Jin.; petiole \m. long. Flowers white, exqui- 

 sitely scented ; axillary often fasciculate on the current year's 

 branchlets appearing with or after the leaves. Upper portion of 

 perianth slender tubular. Fruit ovoid or globose, Jin. long, 

 succulent ; endocarp ribbed, coriaceous, clothed inside with a 

 dense felt of white hairs. 



Uses : — The seeds are said to be used as a stimulant in coughs, 

 the expressed oil in pulmonary affections, and the flowers as a 

 cardiac and astringent. (Watt.) 



1103. E. latifolia, Linn., h.f.b.l, v. 202, 



Syn. : — E. conferta, Roxb. 148. 



Vevn. : — Ghiwain, mijhanla (Kumaun) ; Loharu (Garhwal); 

 Jarila (Nepal) ; Guara (Beng.) ; Kamboong(Magh.) ; Kunkoe {11.) ; 

 Shenshong (Garo Hills) ; Amgul, nurgi (Bomb.).. 



Habitat -.—Subtropical and temperate Himalaya, from 

 Kumaon to Sikkim ; Bhotan and the Mishmi Hills ; Khasia Mts., 

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