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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
N. 0. SAXIFRAGACEiE. 
479. Saxifrag a h'gulata, Wall, h.b.f.i., n. 398. 
Vern .: — Pakhan-bed ; Silphora (H.) ; Batpia, popal, shafrochi, 
banpatrak, dakachru (Pb.); Pashanbheda (Bomb.) ; Kamarghwal 
(Pushtu). 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Bhotan to Kashmir, 
and the Khasia Mts. 
Perennial herbs. Rootstock stout. Leaves ample, undivided, 
with a large sheath at the base of the petiole ; 2in.-lft. in diam.; 
glabrous on both surfaces, dotted on the lower ; scape corym- 
bose, 6-18in. high. Petals white or red, rose or purplish, i-lin. 
long, orbicular, with a claw of variable length. Calyx-lobes erect 
in fruit Fruit sub-globose ; styles very long. Capsles sometimes 
three-seeded, much larger than in any of the other species, 
elongate, sub-pyramidal, smooth. 
Part used : — The root. 
Use : — The root is used as a tonic in fevers, diarrhoea and 
cough, and also as an antiscorbutic. It is bruised and applied 
to boils and also in ophthalmia. It is also considered absorbent 
and given in dysentery (Atkinson and Dr. Stewart). In Sind, 
the root is rubbed down and given with honey to children when 
teething. (Murray.) 
480. Dichroa febrifuga, Lour, h.f.b.i., ii., 406. 
Syn .: — Adamia cyanea, Wall. 
Vern : — Basak, bansflk asern Nepal); Gebocanak (Lepcha) ; 
Singnaamuk (Bhutia.) 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya from Bhotan to Nepal and 
Khasia Mts. 
An evergreen shrub, 5-9ft. high, somewhat virgate. Bark 
yellow, peeling off in flakes ; wood white, moderately hard ; 
young offshoots and inflorescence pubescent, with short hair. 
Leaves opposite 3-8in., lanceolate, blade 3-8, tapering into the 
petiole, i-lin. long ; pubescent or puberulous on the nerves, 
otherwise glabrous, usually narrow, sometimes obovate-lanceo- 
late. Petals 5 or 6, thick, valvate, ^in. long. Ovary f inferior 
