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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Branchlets, petioles, underside of leaves and inflorescence 
clothed with short, soft brownish grey pubescence (Brandis). 
Leaves not aromatic, imparipinnate, over a foot loDg, turning 
red before falling; common petiole usually winged. Leaflets 
4-6 pair, opposite, sessile 2-4 by l-2in., elliptic, acuminate, 
deeply crenate or dentate, glabrous above, soft tomentose 
beneath ; lateral nerves 10-15 pair, parallel ; base rounded, some- 
what oblique. Panicles terminal, 6-8in. long, conical, dense- 
flowered. Flowers i^sin. diam., pale green. Sepals ovate; petals 
obiong, ciliate, much exceeding the sepals. Wood soft, white, 
with dark streaks. Fruit a drupe, tomentose, eaten by the 
hill people (Kanjilal). 
Outer Himalya Ranges, Assam, Khasi Shan and Naga 
Hills. Jaunsar and Tehri-Garhwal, 3-7000ft. Dharfgad and 
Tons Valleys. Simla, the glen, Mahasu. 
Galls of various shapes on branches, used for ink 
(Collett). Flowers pale yellow green (Brandis). 
Use : — The fruit is given in colic (Stewart.) 
322 . R. Wallichii, Hook /. h.f.b.i., ii. 11 . 
Vern. : — Kambal, godumbal, arkhar (Pb.) ; Akoria, Kaun- 
ui, bhaliiin (N. W. P.); Bhalaio, chosi (Nepal). 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Garwhal to Nepal. 
A small or moderate-sized, deciduous . tree, attaining 
50ft. Bark smooth, grey; resin-canals in bark, filled with 
white milk which turns black and raises blisters in skin. 
Sapwood white, soft. Heartwood reddish brown, yellow when 
dry (Brandis). Branchlets, petioles, underside of leaflets and 
panicles densely clothed with yellowish brown tomentum. 
Leaves imparipinnate, approximate, near the ends of branches, 
not aromatic, petiole terete. Leaflets 3-5 pair, quite entire, 
coriaceous, elliptic or oblong acuminate, shortly petiolulate, 
base rounded, upper surface pubescent or glabrous ; 4-7in. 
long, 2-3in. broad. Secondary nerves 18-25 pair ; parallel. 
Panicles axillary, much shorter than the leaves ; branches 
short, stout. Flowers sub-sessile, join, diam., greenish white. 
Petals longer than sepals, with dark veins, concave ; sepals 
broadly ovate-obtuse. Filaments short, anthers large. Disk 
