ST. 0. SAPINDACEffi. 
357 
serrate ; lateral nerves 15-22 pair, arcuate ; base acute, Petiolules 
J-l in., long. Bud scales about If in. long, membranous, cadu- 
cous. Flowers white, horizontal, in large thyrsoid, cyme-bearing, 
terminal panicles. Calyx jl-f in. long, tubular, with 5 short, 
rounded lobes, often split longitudinally in open flowers. Petals 
4, the place of the 5 usually vacant, white and yellow, f-g in. 
long, clawed, unequal in breadth. Stamens 7 filiform, curved 
upward, longer than the petals ; anthers variable. Disk one- 
sided. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; style simple, sessile, slendeT. 
Fruit a 1-3-celled. Capsule, If in. long, ovoid, rough outside. 
Seeds ex-albuminous, about If in. diam. dark brown, smooth, 
shining. Hilum about fin. diam. 
Use : — The fruit is used for horses in colic. It is also ap- 
plied externally in rheumatism ; for this purpose the oil is 
generally extracted from the seeds (Watt). 
313. Schleiehera trijuga, Willd., n. F. B. I., 
i. 681, Roxb. 331 
Vern. — Kosum, kusum, gausam, (Hind.) ; Puvatti, (Kaders.) ; 
Baru, (Santali ; Kol.) ; Kosum, kohan, kosimb, peduman, (Mar); 
Kosum, kocham, kosurnb, gosam, assumar, (Guj.); Komur, 
pusku, (Gond.) ; Rusam, (Hriya) ; Kussam, kojba, (C. P.) ; 
Samma, jamoa, gausam, kussumb, (Pb.) ; Pjiva, pu, pnlachi, 
zolim buriki, pumarum, pularari, puva, (Tam.) ; Pusku, posuku, 
pusi, may, mayi, rotanga, roatanga, (Tel); Sagdi,’ sagade, 
akota, chakota, (Kan.) ; Cliendala. (Coorg) ; Puva, (Mai.) ; Gyo, 
kyetmouk, kobin, (Burm.) Kon, kong, conghas, (Sing.) 
Kusum is the Hindustani name for the Safflower plant, and 
perhaps refers to the colouring matter of the lac-insect which 
often feeds upon the tree. The seeds are called paka or pacca 
in Calcutta. 
Habitat . — “ Dry, chiefly deciduous forests in the greater part 
India, Burma, and Ceylon, but apparently absent from Bengal 
and Assam. It is found from the Sutlej to Nepal in the lower 
Himalaya, Sub-Himalayan tract and Siwalicks up to 3,000 feet, 
throughout Central India, the East and West coast regions, the 
Deccan and Carnatic, in all deciduous forests throughout Burma 
