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yields a quantity of alcohol varying in strength from 13 to 33 per cent. 

 Like the officinal manna, this is used for its sweetening and slightly 

 laxative properties. The wood is white with a reddish tinge, soft to 

 moderately hard in structure, resembling in some respects the European 

 ash. This tree is very valuable and is used in the manufacture of oars, 

 jampan poles, ploughs, platters, spinning wheels, and for many other 

 purposes." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.) 

 See S. P. I. No. 39014 for previous introduction and description. 



39116. Gynura nepalensis DC. Asteracese. 



"A tall, handsome species, native of the temperate Himalayas from 

 Kumaon to Bhutan at altitudes ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 feet and in tha 

 Martaban Mountains near Maulmein at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feei. 

 The lower portion of the stem is as thick as the little finger, and the 

 leaves are 3 to 7 inches in length, acuminate, usually irregular, coarsely 

 toothed, and broadly pubescent on both surfaces." {.Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 3, p. 337.) 



39117. Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy. Hypericacese. 

 {Hypericum cemuum Roxb.) 



"A glabrous shrub, 3 to 6 feet in height, native of the western temperate 

 Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim at altitudes ranging from 5,000 td 

 7,000 feet. The branches of this species are cylindrical in form, glaucous 

 when young, and the leaves, which are minutely dotted, are sessile and 

 range from 1 to 3 inches in length. The cymes are 3 to 5 flowered and 

 terminal, while the flowers are 2 inches in diameter, at first white, then 

 gradually turning to yellow." {Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 

 i, p. 253.) 



39118. Hypericum patulum Thunb. Hypericaceae. 



" This is a small, glabrous shrub found growing throughout the temper- 

 ate Himalayas from Bhutan to Chamba and in the Khasi Hills. The 

 scented seeds of this species are employed as an aromatic stimulant in 

 Patna, to which place they are exported from Nepal." ( Watt, Dictionary 

 • of the Economic Products of India.) 



"A dwarf shrub in this country [England], but said to grow as high 

 as 6 feet in Japan and the Himalayas. Leaves 1 to 2\ inches long, ovate, 

 deep green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers 2 inches across, borne in 

 a cyme at the end of the shoot ; petals bright golden yellow, overlapping, 

 roundish; sepals broadly ovate, one-third inch long. Stamens in five 

 bundles. ^ 



" Introduced to Kew from Japan by Oldham in 1862 ; a native of China 

 and the Himalayas. The type is not absolutely hardy, and almost always 

 has its stems cut back to ground level during the winter. These spring 

 up again the following season from 1 to 2 feet high, and flower from July 

 to October. After a few years the shoots are apt to become more and 

 more weakly and it becomes necessary to renew the stock from cut- 

 tings. The only species with which it can be confounded are H. hook- 

 erianum, from which it differs in the branchlets being two-edged, espe- 

 cially just beneath the flowers; H. lysimachioides, which has narrow, 

 linear-lanceolate sepals; and H. uralum, with flowers half the size." {W. 

 J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 639.) 



