N. 0. BURIAOEjE. 
663 
617 . Spermacoee hispida, Linn. hi . 200 ; Roxb. 
125 . 
Vern. : — rNutteechoorie (Tam.) ; Thartavel (Mai.) ; Madana- 
ghanti (Tel.) ; Ghantachibaji (Concan) ; Madana ghanti (H.) ; 
Pitua arak (Santal). 
Habitat : — Throughout India, from the Western Himalaya at 
Simla, to Assam, and southwards to Ceylon. 
Procumbant herb, scabrid hispid or hirsute. Root-stock 
annual or perennial. Branches 6-14in., ascending, stout, 4- 
angled. Leaves subsessile, $-1$ by -§-fin., often rounded at the 
tip, rigidly coriaceous, ovate, spathulate, oblong or elliptic 
obtuse or acute, margins plater-waved, sometimes thickened and 
cartilaginous. Flowers 4-6 in a whorl. Calyx-teeth linear- 
lanceolate. Corolla §-|in., blue or white. Stigmas 2, very short 
Capsule sin. long, hispid or pubescent, rounded at base. Seeds 
oblong, granulate, opaque, very variable, io-iin. long, narrow 
or broad. 
XJse : — The root possesses properties similar to Sarsaparilla. 
It is used as an alterative, and is generally prescribed in the 
form of a decoction (Ainslie). The seeds have been recommended 
as a substitute for cofiee. 
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618 . Rubia cordifolia, Linn, h . f . b . i ., iii . 202 . 
Syn. : — R. Munjista, Roxb. 125. 
Sans. : — Manjishtha. 
Vern. : — Majitb, Manjit (H. and Bomb.) ; Munjith, Aroona 
(B.) ; Manjiti, shevelli (Tam.) ; Poont (Mai.) ; Mandastic, Tamra- 
valli (Tel.) ; Manjustha (Kan.); ItAri (Bomb). 
Habitat : — Throughout the hilly districts of India, from the 
N.-W. Himalaya eastwards, and southwards to Ceylon and 
Malacca. 
A scandent herb. Root perennial, very long, cylindric, flex- 
uose, with a thick cortex. Stems very long, often many yards, 
becoming slightly woody at base, flexible, tough, cylindric. 
Bark white, branches scandent, by means of the many numerous 
divaricate or deflexed branchlets and petioles, quadrangular, 
