ft. O. I.AUJUNEyK. 
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1091 . Aetinodaphne Ilookeri, Meissn., h.f.b.i., v. 
149 . 
Vera. : — Pisi (Bomb.). 
Habitat: — A small tree or shrub o( Sikkim, and of the 
Eastern and Western Ghats of South India and in Kanara and 
Sattara, and particularly at Mahabaleshwar. 
A moderate-sized tree in evergreen forest. Bark light- 
brown, smooth. Wood light-brown, moderately hard, even- 
grained. Branchlets and young leaves usually densely, softly, 
rusty-tomentose or villous. Buds large, silky. Leaves whorled, 
coriaceous, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate, glabrous 
and shining above, but often tomentose beneath when full 
grown ; blade 5-7in., petiole in.; secondary nerves 0-8 pair, 
the lowest pair often extending almost to the middle of the leaf. 
Clusters of female flowers sessile. Fruit ellipsoid, seated on 
the campannlate, entire perianth-tube. 
Uses : — A cold infusion of the leaves is mucilaginous, and is 
used in urinary disorders and in diabetes. The oil of the 
seeds, Visa-lela, is used as an external application to sprains ; 
it is of a reddish colour, and has a fatty odour. (Dymock.) 
1092 . Litsea sebi fera, Peru., Var. sebi f era proper ; 
H.F.B.I., V. 158 . 
Syn. : — Tetranthera apetala, Ruxb, 734> 
Veru. : — Garbijaur, singrauf, medh, menda, bark — maida- 
lakri (Hind.) ; Kiikur chita, ratun, garur, bark = maida-chhal 
(Beng.) ; Suppatnyok (Lepcha) ; Medasak, chandna, gwa, rian, 
medachob, bark = meda-lakri, maidasak (Pb.) ; leaves = chickana 
(Bomb.); bark = Mirio (Goa); Maida-lakadi (Mar.); mushaippe- 
yetti, pishin-pattai (Tam.) ; Narra alagi, nara mamidi, meda 
(Tel.). 
Habitat : — Widely distributed throughout India. 
A moderate- si zed evergreen tree, 20-501't., very variable in 
foliage and inflorescence. Bark lin. thick, brown. Wood 
greyish-brown or olive-grey, moderately hard, shining, close 
and even-grained. Inner bark viscid. Branchlets und inflores- 
