N. 0. URTICACE-E. LLVd 



A dried specimen from Bundi was analysed and found to contain — 



Water ... ... ... ... ... 9-9 



Albuminoids* ... ... ••• ••• 7*9 



Oil ... ... ... ... ... 5-3 



Carbohydrates! ... ... ... ... 54*9 



Fibre ... ... ... ... ... 337 



AshJ ... ... ... ... ... 8-3 



100*0 



The alcoholic extract contains a soluble tannin which gives a green pre- 

 cipitate with ferric chloride. 



The colouring matter appears to be identical with that characteristic 

 of the other varieties of Picus.— (Agricul. Ledger 190i— No. 4). 



1181. F. infectoria, Roxb. y h.f.b.l, v. 515 ; 

 Roxb. 643. 



* Sans. : — Plaksha ; Parkati. 



Vern. : — Pilkhan, kahimal, ramanjir, pakar, kaol, kaim, 

 Pipli, (H.) ; Pakar (B.) ; Baswesa (Kol.) ; Prab (Garo) ; Safed- 

 kabra (Nep.) ; Kangji (Lep.) ; Pepre (Kurku) ; Serelli (Gond.) ; 

 War, batbar, janglipipli, palakb, pakbar, pilkin, trimbal (Pb.) ; 

 Killah (Konkan) ; Pepar, gandhaum bara, dhedhumbara, 

 lendva (Mar.) ; Pepri (Guz.) ; Jooi, kall-alun, pepre, kurku 

 (Tarn.) ; Jewi, yuri, bassari (Tel.); Kari, bassari (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Plains and lower hills of India, from the Salt 

 Range to Sikkim ; Bengal ; Assam ; both Peninsulas. 



A large, widely spreading, deciduous, fast-growing tree, 

 usually epiphytic. Bark Jin. thick, greenish-grey, smooth, 

 exfoliating irregularly in flakes and patches. Wood grey, 

 moderately hard ; with narrow concentric bands of soft tissue 

 alternating with broader bands of firm texture. Pores large, 

 scanty, often sub-divided. Medullary rays uniform, moderately 

 broad, equidistant. (Gamble.) Young shoots and stipules 

 minutely hairy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, margin undulate, 

 base acute, rounded or cordate, blade 3-6in., petiole l-3in. 



* Containing nitrogen ... ... ... ... 1*27 per cent. 



t Ditto colouring matter ... ... ... 7*5 



f Ditto silica (Si 2 ) ... ... ... ... 1*85 



[Ditto phosphoric acid (P 2 O 9 ) ... ... ... 0-69 



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