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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
N. 0. TERNSTRQEMIACEiE. 
135. Schivia Walliehii, Choisy, H.F.B.I., I. 289. 
Syn . — Gordonia integrifolia, Roxb. 426. 
Vern. Makusal, Chilauni, makriya Chilauni (H.I; Dingan 
(Kbasia) ; Bold alt (GaroA, Jam (Cacbar); Sumbrong (Lepcba); 
Giigera (Goalpara). 
Habitat : — Eastern Himalaya, from Sikkim to Bliotan. 
Assam, Chittagong and the Khasia Mountains. 
A large evergreen, with papery leaves, 80-I00ft. Bark, black 
or dark grey, with deep vertical cracks. Wood rough, red, mo- 
derately hard, shrinks much in seasoning, but is durable. Buds, 
brancblets, petioles and upperside of leaves pubescent, some- 
times tomentose. Leaves 6-7 by 2-3in., elliptic, tapering or 
rounded below, acute or slightly acuminate, glabrous and 
reddish-veined above, reticulate, and more or less pubescent 
beneath, entire or obscutely crenate-serrate, with forked lateral 
veins., petiole Jin., pubescent. Peduncles rather slender* J-2in.. 
with minute white warts. Bracts Jin., alternate, narrow, oblong, 
retuse. Flowers 1| 2in. diam., white, fragrant. Sepals Jin. long, 
with pubescent-ciliate margins, glabrous, or slightly pubescent 
outside ; petals pubescent outside at the base. Stamens yellow. 
Fruit Jin. diam., pubescent when youDg, afterwards minutely 
war ted. 
Use : — “The bark is nearly black externally, with deep 
clefts ; the liber is made up of an abundance of white, needle- 
shaped cells, which are readily detached and act as cowage, in 
producing painful irritation, when brought into contact with 
the skin.” — Gamble. 
N. 0. DIPTEROCARPEAE. 
136. Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gaertn f. 
h.f.b.i., i. 295. Roxb. 439. 
Vern. — Gurjun, tiliya gurjun (Beng.) ; challan (Kan ). 
The Balsam, garjan-ka-tel (H. and Bom.). 
