944 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
mottled with lighter streaks (Gamble); youngest shoots and in- 
florescence often minutely pubescent, or grey-pubescent. Glab- 
rate when old. Leaves simple, 6 by Ifin. (C.B. Clarke) obtuse, 
narrowly or linear-oblong, undulate, entire, grey, glabrous, but 
somewhat rough ; Brandis says the blade is only 2-4in. Petiole 
f-lin. long. Flowers inodorous large, from pale-yellow to deep- 1 
orange, in short 5-10-fid .corymbs at the ends of branchlets, or 
on flattened lateral branches. Pedicels f-fin. Calyx campanulate, 
fin., hardly fin. broad, teeth 5 obtuse. Corolla campanulate, 
limb oblique, Sin. across, lfin. long, orange. Stamens scarcely 
exsert, glabrous ; anther-cells distinct, pendulous, narrowly ob- 
long, sub-2-lobed. Capsule curved, 6-8in. long, fin. broad, 
glabrous, Valves tough, thin. Seeds including the wing 1 by 
fin., wings very narrow round the apex of the seed, 0 at its base. 
“A tree with drooping branches like the weeping willow; when in flower 
few trees can present a more noble or beautiful sight." (Gibson). 
Uses :■ — The bark of the young branches is often employed 
in Sind as a remedy for syphilis (Murray). 
902. Dolichan Irone Rheedii Seem, h.f.b.i , iv. 379. 
Vern. : — Vilpadri (Tam) ; Nir — pongelion (Mai). 
Habitat : — Malabar. 
A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a feet long; leaflets 3-4 
pairs with an old one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the 
base ; petiolule f in. Corymbs few- (sometimes 1-) fld., short- 
peduncled ; pedicels f-1 in., stout. Calyx If in. Corolla 4-7 in., 
white ; tube campanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., 
crenate toothed. Anther cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. 
Capsule 18 by f 1 in., nearly straight, not ribbed. Seeds 
(including the wings) f by f in., rectangular. 
Uses: — The seeds with ginger and Pavetta root are admi- 
nistered in spasmodic affections. Rheede). 
The bruised leaves have an aromatic but disagreeable odor 
(Trimen). 
903. D. falcatn, Seem, h.f.b.i., iv. 380 ; Roxb. 
492. 
Vern. : — Hawar (Oudh); Mendal, manehingi (Banswara) ; 
