734 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PI ANTS. 
Habitat: — Temperate and Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir 
to Bbotan. 
A small, aromatic shrub, young parts covered with glandular 
scales. Leaves j 2 0 -lin. long, approximate at the ends of bran- 
ches, sessile or subsessile, obovate or obtuse, or lanceolate and 
subacute ; glabrous above, silvery or brown tomentose beneath. 
Flowersred, yellow or purple, solitary or 2-3 together; pedicels 
|-]|in. long, very scabrous. Calyx-lobes oval, not ciliate. 
Corolla-tube short; lobes round, spreading, J-^in. long. Sta- 
mens usually 8. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule 5-celled, -j by £in. 
Seeds oblong, acute. 
Use : — To it are attributed the same medicinal properties as 
to R. Anthopogon. 
709. R. setosum, Don., h.f.b.i , hi. 472. 
Vern. : — Tsallu (Rhutia and Tibetan). 
Habitat : — Sikkim and Nepal. 
A small shrub, lft. Branchlets bristly. Leaves £ by iin., 
elliptic obovate, obtuse, scaly on both surfaces and often bristly 
beneath. Pedicels 4in., glandular, scaly, 3 8-clustered, short 
Calyx-lobes by i-|in., obtuse, glandular, scaly, elliptic. 
Corolla red, tube very short, -|in., lobes \ by I'D*, oblong spread- 
ing. Stamens 8, sometimes 10 ; filaments hairy below. Ovary 
5-celled, glandular, scaly. Capsule \ by ^in., ovoid, hardly 
larger than the Calyx-lobes. Seeds ellipsoid, subacute at the 
ends; testa close, not produced. 
Use: — “ The Sikkim Bhutias and Tibetans attribute the op- 
pression and headaches attending the crossing of the loftiest 
passes to the strongly resinous odour of this and R. anthopogon. 
A useful volatile oil, of no less marked character than that of 
the American gaultheria, might probably be obtained from the 
foliage by distillation ” (Hooker). 
710. R. Anthopogon, D. Don., h.f.b.i., hi. 472. 
Vern. Niehni, rattankat, nera (Jhelum) ; Tazak-tsum ; 
Talis-far (Kashmir) ; Palu (Bhutia). 
Habitat : — Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan. 
