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panicles. Calyx J-fin., pubescent or mature glabrate ; lobes 
3-5, very short, broad. Corolla l|-2in., campanulate or ventri- 
cose from near base, sub-glabrous ; lobes round, crispid. Fila- 
ments hairy below. Capsule long, hard, woody, rugged or 
tuberculous, 12-30 by l-l|in., a little curved says Brandis. 
Valves l-l£in. broad, woody ; edissepiment, cylindric, shining 
Seeds, including the wings li- Jin., thinly discoid, in 4 rows. 
Uses: — The oil from the wood is useful in cutaneous affec- 
tions. Dr. Gibson is of opinion that it is well worthy of atten- 
tion as an external application in these cases (Ph. Ind.). 
From some trials which I have made with it, I conclude that 
its properties are similar to those of Pine tar (Dymock). 
908 . Amphieome Emodi, Lindl. h f.b.i., iv. 385 . 
Vern. : — Kaur. (Kashmir). 
Habitat. : — W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal. 
A perennial, erect, glabrous herb. Stem 12-24in. Rootstock 
woody. Leaves alternate 1-pinnate, 5-8in. Leaflets 5-9, l-ljin. 
ovate, end one usually longest, sometimes lobed, scarcely acute. 
Flowers pink. Racemes not rarely 2-3 sub-panicled. Calyx, says 
Collett, entire or obscurely toothed ; “ truncate or with triangu- 
lar scarcely acuminate teeth.” (C. B. Clarke). Corolla l|-2|in. 
long, §-l£ wide at the mouth ; tube tinged with yellow. Capsule 
linear, slender, terete, smooth. Seeds winged. 
This, a discovery of Dr. Wallich, is the original or first species of Amphi- 
come ; a genus of Northern India, consisting of two species. It is indeed a 
remarkably handsome plant, native of the mountains of Emodi, near Srinaghur 
and on the Suen range of hills. [Hot. Mag. December 1st, 1855.] 
Parts used : — The root and stem. 
Uses. — in Kashmir, the drug is prescribed for fever, and is 
considered a substitute for cbirata. 
It contains an alkaloid, an acid fat, a wax, yellow colouring 
matter and sugar. The alkaloid is intensely bitter and is pro- 
bably the active medicinal agent in the plant (Annual Report 
of the Indian Museum, Industrial Section, for the year 1907-8, 
p. 21 ; Ph. J! Vol. 79, p. 506). 
