N. 0. HANUNOUUOKJE. 
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imbricate. Petals none. Stamens many. Carpels many, sessile, 
many ovuled, Style short, curved. 
Fruit a head of narrow, flattened, many-seeded follicles, 
beaked with the persistent styles. 
Use : — In Hazara, the root is considered poisonous. 
(Stewart;. 
8 . Goptis leeta, Wall, h.f.br.i., i. 23 . 
Vent.: — Tita(Ass); Mahmira (Sind ; Mamira (H.). 
Habitat : — Met with in Mishmi mountains, east of Assam, 
in temperate regions. 
Small stem less herbs. 
Rootstock horizontal, perennial, golden yellow, woody, 
densely fibrous, very bitter. Leaves ternatisect, glabrous, 
petioles 6-12 in. ; leaflets 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate, pinnalifid, 
lobes incised, terminal largest. Scape equalling the leaves. 
Flowers 1-3 — pedicelled, regular, small, white on slender leafless 
scapes. Bracts leafy. Sepals 5-6, | in. oblong— lanceolate, acute. 
Petals 5-6, narrow, ligulate, obtuse, f shorter than the sepals. 
Carpels pedicelled, spreading. Ovules many. Follicles many- 
seeded. Seeds with a black crustaceous testa. Mishmi nuts, 
Bengal. 
Part used: — The root. 
Use:— It is a bitter tonic, useful in fevers and atonic dys- 
pepsia. 
9 . Delphinium denudatum , Wall. h.f. br. i., i. 25 ! 
Vern. : — Nirbisi, judwar (H.) ; Nilobikli (Nepal); Munila 
(Simla). 
Habitat: — West temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Kumaon, in grassy places. 
Glabrous or slightly downy herbs. Stems 2-3 ft. branched. 
Radical — leaves 2-6 in. across, orbicular, long-stalked, divided 
