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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
1089. C. glanduliferum, Meissn., h.f.b.t., v. 135. 
Vern. Malligiri, marisgiri (Nepal); Rohu (Lepcha) ; Gun- 
serai (Assam) ; Gundroi (Cachar). 
Habitat : — Central Himalaya, from Nepal and Kumaon, 
eastward to Assam, Khasia Hills and Sylhet. 
A tree with branches, stout, smooth, black when dry. 
Leaves very variable, 3-5in., alternate, elliptic or lanceolate, 
caudate, acuminate, penni-nerved, thickly coriaceous, often 
glaucous beneath, brown when dry; nerves erecto-patenf; 
petiole 5 -lin., slender. Panicles axillary, 2in. long ; peduncle 
very slender, glabrous; flowers very shortly pedicelled, x^in. 
diam., sparsely pubescent without, villous within. Stamens 
hairy. Ovary glabrous. 
Use : — The wood may be used as a substitute for Sassafras. 
It seems worthy of more attention than has been awarded 
to it. (Ph. Ind.) 
1090. C. Parthenoxylon, Meissn., h.f.b.i., v. 135. 
Syn . : — Laurus porrecta, Boxb. 340. 
Vern. Kayo-gadis (Mai.). 
Habitat : —Malay Peninsula,, from Tenasserim to Penang. 
A large tree. Branches stout, black when dry, with very 
smooth bark. Leaves alternate, elliptic, ovate or oblong, sub- 
caudate-aeuminate, penni-nerved, often glaucous beneath, ex- 
tremely variable, the largest 8 by 4in., coriaceous ; others thinner, 
almost membranous and glaucous beneath ; base acute ; nerves 
spreading, the lowest pair sometimes longest. Petiole slender, 
1-llin. Panicles l-3in. long, with the young shoots enclosed 
in round, coriaceous, silky, caducous scales, black when dry, 
many-fid. Flowers T ain. diam., pedicelled. Perianth nearly 
glabrous without, pubescent within ; stamens very short, hairy. 
Ovary glabrous. Stigma discoid. Fruiting perianth i-£in. long, 
funnel-shaped, suddenly expanding into the fruit-bearing disk ; 
lobes broadly oblong, wholly deciduous. Fruit £io. diam., 
globose, succulent. 
Use : — The fruit yields aq oil used in rheumatic affections. 
An infusion of the root is also employed as a substitute for 
Sassafras. 
