1208 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



or ferruginous tomentum. Branches very spreading. Leaves 

 6-9in. diaaj., usually broader than long-alternate palmy-nerved 

 glabrous when mature, deeply 3-5-nerved ; basecuncate, truncate 

 or cordate at the insertion of the petiole. Lobes irregularly 

 toothed or lobulate. Petiole l-3in., says Brandis, 3-5in., 

 (Kanjilal.) Stipules large, deciduous on shoots, leafy and lobed. 

 Flowers monoecious, in unisexual, usually sessile, globose heads, 

 1-1 Jin. diam., 2-5in., long ; axillary peduncles 4-6in., long, 

 male and female heads sometimes on the same peduncles. 

 Sepals 3-6, petals as many, all extremely minute scale-like, often 

 more or less confluent, formerly regarded as bracteoles. Male 

 stamens as many as sepals, each consisting of a long almost 

 sessile anther, the 2 cells parallel, adnate to a cuneate, connective 

 with a truncate top. Female Ovaries hairy, at base, as many as 

 sepals, surrounded by staminodes, narrowed into a long, subulate 

 style, ovule 1, pendulous. Fruiting head 1-1 Jin. diam., consist- 

 ing of numerous 1-seeded achenes, densely clothed at base, with 

 long fine hairs, the broad apex narrowed gradually into the 

 persistent long style. 



Uses : — The fresh leaves bruised and applied to the eyes in 

 cases of ophthalmia, the bark boiled in vinegar is given in 

 diarrhoea, dysentery, hernia and toothache. (Honigberger.) 



N. 0. JUGLANCEiE. 



1195. Juglans regia, Linn., h.f.b.l, v. 595. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. in. 631. 



Sans :-— Akshota akschoda, akhoda, akhota. 



Vern. :— Akhrot, (H. and B.) Tagashing (Bhutia) ; Kabsing 

 (Ass.) ; Kowal (Lep.) ; Akhor, krot dun (Kash.) ; Akhrot, cliin, 

 charmag., than than, khor, ka, darga, akhori, krot, ka-botang, 

 starga, ughz, magz, thanka, [bark = dindasa] (Pb.) ; Ughz, magz 

 ( Afg.) ; Akroda (Mar.) ; Akhrot (Guz.) ; Akrottu (Tarn.) ; Akrotu 

 (Tel.); Akrodu (Kan.); Jouz (Arab.); Girdagan, char-maghz 

 (Pers.). 



Habitat :— Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir eastwards. 



Khasia Hills. 



