654 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
1- 3in., ovoid or globose, smooth ; pericarp thick, endocarp 
woody, shining within. Placentas 2-6. 
Use : — A preparation from the root is employed by the 
Santals as a remedy for indigestion in childern (Revd. A 
Campbell J; „ 
605. G. campanulata, Roxb. h.f.b.i., iii. 118 ; 
Roxb. 238. 
Vern. : — Hsay-than-paya (Burm.) 
Habitat Foot of the Sikkim Himalaya ; Assam, Sylhet 
and Chittagong ; Behar, and summit of Parasnath. 
A large, deciduous shrub or small tree, 15-20ft., armed 
with long straight sharp spines, j-ljin., often leafy or leaf- 
bearing. Leaves membranous, glabrous, lanceolate ; blade 
2- 4in., or l£-3in. by in., narrowed into a short petiole; 
midrib slender, nerves faint. Petiole i-Jin. Stipules triangu- 
lar, caducous. Flowers greenish-white. Calyx of male flower 
•jin., ellipsoid or su’bglobose. Corolla-tube jin. long, upper 
portion campanulate, white. Lobes short, obtuse. Fertile 
flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx-teeth oblong or spathulate, foli- 
aceous. Sterile flowers fasciculate shortly pedicellate. Fruit 
|-l}in. long, ellipsoid or globose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp 
very thick ; endocarp woody. Placentas 5. 
Use : — The fruit is used as a cathartic and anthelmintic 
(Roxb.). 
606. Diplospora sphaerocorpa , Dalz. h.f.b.i., 
iii. 123. 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, or the Ghats, from Bombay 
southwards. 
An evergreen, small, glabrous tree. Branches terete. Leaves 
2-6 by l|-2jin., elliptic lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Petiole 
l-|in. ; stipules short, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, 
shortly pedicelled. Calyx-limb 4-lobed. Calyx-teeth obtuse, 
ciliolate. Corolla-tube very short, (shorter than the Calyx-teeth) , 
throat glabrous, lobes |in. Filaments very short. Fruit pedi- 
