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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
A shrub or small tree, semi-scandent, by means of its numer- 
ous horizontal branchlets. Bark grey, with horizontal cracks 
arid numerous leaticels ; young parts glabrous. Lriaves 2-4in., 
oval or broadly oval, acute or rounded at base, somewhat 
acuminate, subacute or obtuse, entire, rather undulate, 
thin, glabrous, pale and often reddish beneath, veins purple, 
the lateral ones conspicuous. Petiole f-fin ; channelled above, 
papillose flowers 5— merous, small, pale yellowish green, on 
sharp divaricate pedicels, in small axillary and terminal racemes 
or panicles, shorter than the leaves. Bracts minute. Calyx 
puberulou's, segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla cut nearly to 
the base, lobes 5-recurved, puberulous on both sides. Berry 
about ^-in., nearly globose, apiculate, red, pulp scanty. 
Kanjilal, says “ Flowers dioecious; seed usually solitary, glob- 
ose, with a hollowed base.” 
Uses : — The fruit is said to adulterate black pepper. It is 
given as an anthelmintic, and internally for piles. 
The young leaves, in combination with, ginger, are used as 
gargle in cases of sore-throat ; that the dried bark of the root 
is a reputed remedy for toothache, and that the berries, mixed 
with butter, are used as an ointment, which is applied to the 
forehead as a specific for pleuritis (Treasury of Botany). 
Sometimes used as an antispasmodic and carminative (Sur- 
geon-Major McCanna, in Watt’s Dictionary). 
719 . Ardisia colorata, Roxb., h.f.b.i,., hi. 520 , 
Roxb. 195 . 
Habitat : — A shrub, frequent in Aasam, Cachar to Mallaca. 
A small, evergreen tree, attaining 25ft. Branches round, be- 
coming flattened, only close under the panicle. Branchlets and 
underside of leaves covered with often shining scales. Leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, acute at both ends, 9 by 2jin., parallel-sided, 
glabrous, coriaceous ; base cuneate, petiole fin., primary nerves 
nearly at right angles to the midrib. Panicles glabrous or 
obscurely rusty, 6-12in., divided 2 or 3 times, branches Hat- 
