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The aroma of the ground seeds is not unpleasant. The chemical analysis 

 does not show any ingredients which are known to be harmful. 

 (Adapted from Poona Agricultural College Magazine, vol. 9, p. 1ft.) 



47656. Cautleya lutea Royle. Zinziberaceae. 

 (Roscoea elatior Smith.) 



A slender herbaceous plant, native to the temperate regions of the 

 Himalayas, 12 to 18 inches in height, with narrow, sessile leaves and 

 loose spikes of yellow flowers with red calyces. The globose capsules 

 are bright red. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 6, 

 p. 208.) 



47657. Celasteijs paniculatus Wllld. Celastraceaa. Bittersweet. 

 A climbing shrub of the Himalayan foothills, ascending to 4,000 feet. 



The seeds yield a deep-scarlet or yellow oil used medicinally as an ex- 

 ternal application. When subjected to destructive distillation, the seeds 

 yield the oleum nigrum, an empyreumatic black oily fluid formerly em- 

 ployed in the treatment of beriberi. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary 

 of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 237.) 



47658. Centranthera grandiflora Benth. Scrophulariacese. 



A stiff, rough, yellow-flowered annual with narrow, rigid, sessile leaves 

 about 2 inches long. The plant reaches a height of a foot or two and is 

 a native of Sikkim, India. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British 

 India, vol. 4, p. 301.) 



47659. Clematis gouriana Roxb. Ranunculacese. . Clematis. 

 An extensive climber, found in the hilly districts of the western Hima- 

 layas and south to Ceylon, ascending to 3,000 feet. The leaves and stems 

 abound in an acrid, poisonous principle which, when applied to the skin, 

 causes vesication. The very small yellowish or greenish white flowers 

 grow in dense panicles. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic 

 Products of India, vol. 2. p. 369, and Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 

 1, P. 4.) 



47660. Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Druce. Verbenaceas. 

 (Clerodendron siphonanthus R. Br.) 



A large shrub with hollow herbaceous branches and whorls of 3 to 5 

 narrow leaves 6 to 9 inches long. The flowers, borne in loose terminal 

 thyrsi, are white when first opening, gradually changing into cream 

 color, and the calyces are red. The blue ovoid berries are supported by 

 the enlarged, spreading calyces. This shrub is native to southeastern and 

 southern India, where the roots and leaves are used by the natives 

 medicinally. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products 

 of India, vol. 2, p. 375, and Brandts, Forest Flora of India, p. 364.) 



47661. Coffea bengalensis Roxb. Rubiacese. 



This shrub, which is a close relative of the plant which furnishes the 

 coffee of commerce, is a native of India and is remarkable for the num- 

 ber and beauty of its flowers. These flowers, which are large and white, 

 are borne singly or in pairs at the ends of the branches. (Adapted from 

 Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. J/917.) 



47662. Commelina OBLiQtJA Buch.-Ham. Commelinaceaa. 



A tall, branched herb, common throughout the low moist regions of 

 India, where the blue flowers appear chiefly during the rainy season. 



