N. O. MYRSINjE. 
741 
equalling the blue or red corolla. Corolla 3 - 2 in. diam., closing 
in dull weather, segments often ciliate. CapsuleaboutJin.ru 
diam, dehiscing transversely in the middle ; sttyle persistent. 
Seeds 3-gonous. 
jj^gg . — pised to intoxicate fish and to expel leeches from the 
nostrils. For this purpose the juice of the various species of 
Begnonia would seem admirably suited. It is also used in 
cerebral affections, leprosy, hydrophobia, dropsy, epilepsy, and 
mania. Formerly it was used in Europe in epilepsy, mania, 
hysteria, delirium, enlargement of the liver, spleen, dropsy, 
emaciation, stone, the plague, bites of serpents and mad ani- 
mals, and in numerous other diseases (Honnigberger'. 
Said to be poisonous to dogs, producing inflammation of the 
stomach (Baden-Powell s P. P., h 368). 
Now it is not used in Europe or Asia. “ What a pity that 
such a remedy should have been suffered to pass into oblivion” 
(Honnigberger). 
N. 0. MYRSINiE. 
716. Myrsine africana, Linn. H.F.B.I., ill. 511. 
Vern. : — Bebrang, kakhum, kokhuri, gugul, bandaru, atuljan 
(Pb.) ; Guvaini, Pahari cha, Chapra (U. P.) 
Habitat: — Himalaya, from Kashmir and the Salt Range to 
Nepal. 
A small, evergreen, pubescent shrub, sometimes soft. Bark 
thin, dark-brown, with large lenticels. Wood light-brown, 
moderately hard. Bractlets and petioles ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, |-lin., sharply toothed, midrib 
prominent. Flowers nearly sessile, small in axillary fascicles ; 
in clusters of 3-8, less than j’ 2 in. diam. Calyx and Corolla 4-lohed, 
5-merous. Stamens 4. Anthers exceeding corolla, style short ; 
stigma capitate, covered with minute protuberances. Ben 
dotted with red glands, usually solitary, smooth, says Kanjilal , 
^in. diam., swelling when full ripe Berry, says Clarke, -§•- -§-in. 
diam. ; style branches 2-4, spathulate. 
