N, 0. RUBIACEffl. 
643 
Uses : — “ The small buds, ground with round pepper, are 
sniffed into the nose in severe headache” (Revd. A. Campbell, 
Santal Mission, Pachumba). “ Roots used as a medicine in 
Assam” (H. Z. Darrah, Esq., Assam). 
The juice is used to kill worms in sores (Dymock). 
594 . Nauclea ovalifolia, Roxb. h.f.b.i., iii. 27 ; 
Roxb. 173 . 
The FI. Br. Ind. considers it to be a doubtful species. 
“ Possibly Adind sessilifolia. Don refers it to Uncaria ellip- 
t tea, which is not a Khasian plant. 
Vern. : — Shdl (Sylhet). 
Habitat : — *' A native of the forests of Silhet, where it is 
called sh&l by the natives” (Roxb). 
A small tree. Leaves oblong, glabrous ; rather coriaceous, 
6-10 by 3-6in., glossy above, base cordate, tip rounded. Stipules 
broadly oblong. Peduncles l-2in., very stout 1-3 terminal, 
Solitary 1-headed. Flower-heads lfin. diam., villous. Corolla 
shaggily silky. Stigma clavate, capsule fin , cuneate. 
Use: — The bark is said to possess bitterness equal to that 
of Cinchona, and is used by the border tribes in the treatment 
of endemic fevers and bdwel complaints (Ph. Ind). 
595 . Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall, h.f.b.i., 
iii. 35 . 
Syn. Cinchona Excelsa, Boxb. 178. 
Vern. Bhaulan ; Blialena (H.) ; Kalakurwah (Bomb.); 
BandSri (Dec.) ; Bartu (Pb.) Bandaru (Tel.); Sagapu (Tam ); Pun- 
daroo, Kala buchnak (H.) ; Bodoka, Konoo (Uriya) ; Sali (Kol.) ; 
Bhorkhend (Santal); Bhoursal (Mar.); Dudiyetta, dudippa, che- 
tippa, burja, bandara (Tel.) Bandaray anui (Kan.). Kukurkat, 
lamkana (Merwara). 
Habitat : — Dry hills ; base of the Western Himalaya from 
Garwhal to Nepal ; throughout the Deccan and Central India to 
the Annamallays ; and in Chittagong. 
A large, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark of trunk furrowed 
and rough, that of branches smooth ; f- fin. thick, grey, 
