DSEPVL PLANTS OP THE DISTRICT OP LAKHIMPUR. 
393 
Distrib. — From North-west India through Bengal to Sylhet and 
Assam, generally cultivated. Said to be found wild on the Arakau 
Yoma and Minbu District, Burma. Also in China and Japan. 
A tctee with long, pinnate leaves. The leaflets are narrow, pale green and haye an almost 
white midrib which projects on the nnder surface of the leaflet. This plant is apparently not 
common in the district. We saw a specimen in a cottage garden at Sadiya. The nnt lathers 
in water and is used for washing clothes. A paste of the nut is nsed internally in fevers. 
XLIY. BALSAS IN ACE/E. 
113. Itopatiens Linn. 
137. 1. ttiptt ala Roxb. F. B. I. i> 470 ; Ft. Ind. ii, 453. 
Dibrugarh. Nos. 358, 41158 
Local name.— K arya bijal, dam doka. 
Distrib. — Tropical Himalaya, from Sikkim to Assam. 
An annual herb with long-stalked) leaves and purple flowers. It is common ahont Dibrngarn 
■especially by the Red R._>ad. The juice ef the root is used in hsemataria. One tola o the 
juice is mixed with one tola of milk. 
XLV. RHAMXACEiE. 
114. Zizyphus Juss. 
138. Z. Jujuba Lamk. F. B. I. i, 632 ; Eng. & Pranti iii, 5, 402 ; 
Beng. PI. 333; D. E. P. vi, 4, 367 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 351. 
Dibrugarh. No. 49. 
Local name. — Ber. 
Distrib. — Throughout India, wild and extensively cultivated. Also 
in Malay Archipelago, China, Tropical Africa and Australia. 
A small tree beautiful in all its parts, common by roadsides and in cottage gardens. The 
leaves are 3 -nerved, dark green above and covered with brownish pink wool beneath. This 
•wool reddens the light beneath the curiously bent and drooping branches. The ripe fruits 
look like large cherries and taste not nnlike crab-apples. The unripe fruits are pnt into 
carries. 
XLVI. VITACE E. 
115. Leea Linn. 
139. L. crispa Willd. F. B. I. i, 665 ; Beng. PI. 340 ; D. E P iv, 
616 ; Pharmacog. Hid. i, 365. 
L. crispa Linn. Eng. & Pranti iii, 5, 455. 
Above Dibrugarh. No, 314. 
Local namk. — 13eju. 
