1216 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Use : — In Sikkim the bark and acorns are used medicinally 

 as astringents. (Watt.) 



1202. Corylus Colurna, Linn., h.f.b.l, v. 625. 



Vern. : — Urni (Jhelum) ; Winri, wiri, warawi, wuriya, thangi, 

 thankoli (Kashmir and Chamba) ; Jangi (Chenab) ; Shurli, 

 sharoli, ban palu, geh, ban dilla (Sutlej) ; Kapasi, bhotia badam 

 (Kumaon) ; Shirol (Garwhal) ; Jhangi (Kangra). 



Habitat: — Western Temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to 

 Kumaon. 



A moderate, rigid, gregarious tree, 40-50ft. high. Bark thin, 

 dark. The scales of the bark often detaching themselves at 

 the base and exfoliating upwards. Wood pinkish-white, moder- 

 ately hard. Leaf-buds short, rounded in hoary, ovate scales. 

 Leaves' 3-6in. long, glabrous when mature, rather membranous, 

 ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate ; base cordate, unequally or 

 doubly serrate, often slightly lobed, 5-8 by 22-6in. Lateral 

 nerves 10-12 pair, straight, generally pubescent beneath, each 

 terminating in a long tooth. Petiole 1-1 Jin. glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Stipules §in. long, lanceolate, hairy. Flowers monoe- 

 cious. Male flowers one in each bract ; perianth 0. Stamens 

 usually 4, filaments forked, separating the anther-cells. Spikes 

 fascicled, l-2in. long, cylindrical, drooping. Female flowers 

 in pairs in the upper bracts of a small, many-bracteate bud- 

 like spike. Perianth superior. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled. 

 Nuts 1-seeded. i-ioin- long ; somewhat compressed, hard, 

 deep-brown, 2-3 together in a ribbed, coriaceous, double- 

 involucre. (Kanjilal). 



Uses : — The nuts are not uncommon in drag-seller's shops, 

 being considered tonic. (Watt.) 



N. 0. SALICINE.E. 



1203. Salix tetrasperma, Roxb., h.f.b.l, v. 626; 

 Roxb. 712. 



Sans. : — Burum. 



Vern. : —Bed, bent, baishi, bet (H.) ; Nachol (Kol.) ; Gada, 



