N. 0. APOCYNAOEJ2. 
783 
application to wasp stings (Surgeon-Major P. N. Mukerji, in 
Watt’s Dictionary). 
752 . V. pusilla Murr. h.f.b.i., iii . 640 . 
Syn. : — V. parviflora, Eetz. Roxb. 242. 
Sans. : — Sangkhi ; Sangkhapuli. 
Vern. : — Kapa-vila (Malay.). 
Habitat: — Western Himalaya ; Garhwal, and Upper Gange- 
tic Plain ; common throughout the Deccan. 
An erect, pale-green, annual herb, l-2ft. high, erect, glabrous, 
branched from the base. Stem and branches acutely 4-angled. 
Leaves l£-2£ by £-£-in., lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 
margins minutely scabrid, stipular, glands subulate. Petiole 
4in., or less, slender. Flowers very small, subsessile, §in. long, 
on short pedicels, white. Sepals filiform. Corolla-mouth narrow, 
hairy, throat glabrous, thickened. Follicles 2-3in., very slender, 
diverging, straight membranous. Seeds j^in., linear-oblong, 
cylindric, rounded at both ends ; testa black, many-ribbed, ribs 
rough. Except for the Corolla this has all the appearance of a 
gentian. 
Use : — A decoction of the dried plant, boiled in oil, is 
rubbed on the loins in cases of lumbago (Ainslie). 
Dr. W. Burns, Economic Botanist, Agricultural College, 
Poona, has had cases of cattle-poisoning from this plant, re- 
ported to him. (K. R. K.). 
753 . Plumeria ' acutifolia, Poiret., h.f.b.i., iii. 
641 . 
Syn. ■ — P. acuminata, Eoxb. 248. 
Vern. : — Gulachin, goburchamp, golainchi, chameli (H.); 
Gorur champa (B.) ; Kdt champa (Uriya); Gulanj baha (Santal.) ; 
Champa pungar (Gond.) ; Khair-champa, dolochfipa, khad- 
champo, gulachin, chameli (Bomb.); Rhurucbapha [ Khair 
champa (Mar.) ; Rhadachampo (Guz.) ; Vada ganneru (Tel.) ; 
Kanagala ; Ganagalu ; Go Sampige. (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Cultivated and naturalised in many parts of India, 
