N. 0. LAIUAT/K. 
1023 
loosely paniculate irregularly branched, caly* 2 5 mm. (tube 2 mm ), corolla 
14 mm. (tube infundibuliform 6 mm., upper lip8mtrO, pollen grains minute 
oval smooth, nutlets 125 mm.— The cultivated plant smells very strongly of 
Patchouli, much more so than does the Patchouli plant of commerce, but it is 
only grown as a curiosity ; the natives of the hills of. Assam do not grow this 
plant of the true Patchouli plant, nor do they know or use the prepared 
article : the Shan hill plant is devoid of smell. (Prain). 
982. Colebrookia opposite folia, Smith, H.F.B.I., 
iv. 642 ; Roxb. 467. 
Sjyn. : — C. ternifolia, Itoxb. 466. 
Vevn. : — Pansra (H.); Shakarddna (Trans-Indus) ; Duss, 
sampru, suali, briali, casuti, barmera, pbisbekkar (Pb.) ; LOulsabat 
(Kumaon) ; Dosnl (Nepal) ; Binda (Debra Dun) ; Bhainsa, barsa 
pakor (Santal) ; Bahmani, dasai, dasari 'Bomb.). 
Habitat : — Subtropical Himalaya, from the Salt Range and 
Peshawar to Sikkim, Behar, Central India and the Deccan 
Peninsula to Travancore. 
A densely woolly hoary shrub 5-10ft,, erect. Trunk stout ; 
branches stout, terete often whorled in threes. Leaves opposite 
or in threes, shortly stalked, lanceolate, 4-8in., crenate, long- 
pointed ; upper surface pubescent, wrinkled, lower grey- 
tomentose. Flowers minute white, 2-or 1-sexual, the male and 
female often on different plants in large whorls, crowded in long, 
cylindric, erect spikes, axillary or paniculate at the end of 
branches. Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes linear, hairy, becoming 
much elongated, and leathery in fruit when the tips often turn 
purple. Corolla pubescent ; tube as long as the Calyx ; limb 
spreading, 4-lobed, lobes unequal. Stamens 4, equal, protruding 
in male "flowers, included in the female, filament naked. Style 
protruding in female (lowers, wanting in male flowers. Nutlet 
usually only one, tip hairy (Collett). The spikes are suggestive 
of Indian squirrels’ tails (Nairne). 
Uses : — The leaves are applied to wounds and bruises 
(Stewart). A preparation from the root is used by the Santalis 
in epilepsy (Revd. A. Campbell). The down on the stem and 
leaves is used by the Paharias of Sikkim to extract worms- 
from bad sores on their legs (Gamble). 
