368 
USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LARHIMPUR. 
Distrib.— -Tropical Himalaya ; from Sikkim eastwards, the Concan, 
Malabar, Travancore and Ceylon. Also in Malay Islands and Sumatra. 
A tall herb with divaricately branched axillary panicles of flowers. The plant stings 
very severely. In N. Lakhimpur the juice of the root is used in long standing fevers and 
the flowers are used in curries. 
40. Girardinia Gaud. 
47. G. lieteropliylla Dene. F. B. I. v, 550; Eng. & Prantl iii, 1, 
107; Beng. PI. 961 ; D. E. P. iii, 498. 
Sadiya. No. 382. 
Local name. — Ckurut pat, kukur suta; also known as sisnd. 
Distrib. — Temperate and sab-tropical parts of India, Bui ma, aQf 
Ceylon. 
A stinging coarse fibre plant. Some plants were seen in gardens at Sadiya. 
41. Boelimeria Jacq. 
48. B. nim Hook. & Arn. P. B. I. v, 576; Eng. & Prantl iii, 1, 111 
& 112 ; Beng. PI. 961 ; I). E. P. i, 468 ... 
Urtica nivea Linn. Sp. PI. 985. U. tenacusma Roxb. fl. Ind. m. 
590. 
Jokai. No. 177. 
Local name.— Riba. “ Rhea or China-grass.” 
Distrib. — A native of the Malay Inlands, China and Japan, /U 1Ya 
ed chiefly in Assam and N. Bengal. 
A nettle-like shrub with coarsely serrate leaves which are white beneath. Iti8 grow . 
cottage gardens and yields the well known Rhea fibre which is extracted rom t e p n ltt 
October. 
48. Sarcochlamys Gaud. 
49. S. pulclierrima Gaud. F. B. I. v, 588 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 1, 113 ; 
Beng. PL 966 ; D, E. P. vi, 2, 476. 
Uftica pul chert ima Roxb. FI. Ind. iii, 583. 
Above Dibmgarh. No. 2H3'. 
Local name.— Notke (Miri) . 
Distrib.— Assam, from East Bengal through Chittagong to Tenas- 
serim. A l so Sumatra. 
A curious shrub occurring throughout the district, especially near rivers. The leaves are 
long and narrow, dark above and white beneath, and traversed from end to end by 3 strong 
nerves. Most of the people in Lakhimpur know of no use for the plant but the Miris eat 
the young leaves in curry. 
XVIII. PROTEACEAE. 
43. Gm illea R. Br. 
59. G. robliSta A. Gunn. Man. Ind. Timbs. 576; Ind. Tre^p, 
544, 
