N. (> TIIYMEI-AOCBjE. 
1109 
Vevn. : — I’ecli (Sind) ; Kutilal, kanthan, gnndalfin, mtcshur, 
shalangn niggi, channf zlii, kak, zosho (Pb.* ; Laghiinc (Afg.). 
Ilahitat: — Western Himalaya, from Garhwal westwards 
to Murree and the Sulaiman Itange. 
A small, much- branched shrub. Park grey, with occasional 
prominent, horizontal lenticels. Wood white, soft. Young 
shoots pubescent. Branches green-brown or purple, pubescent 
or glabrate. Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
very variable, coriaceous ; midrib prominent, terminating in a 
sharp mucro. Flowers white, with a pink tinge, slightly seen to 
in terminal heads of 3-9 (lowers. Perianth-tube £in. long, 
outside densely tomentose, inside glabrous. Ovary pid)cscent. 
Fruit orange or scarlet, dry or rather fleshy, J |in. long, 
ellipsoid. 
Uses : — Aitchison, in his Flora of Kurram Valley , says that 
the roots of this plant are used internally, after boiling as a 
purgative. He, in another place, says Camels will not eat 
this shrub except when very hungry. It is poisonous, producing 
violent diarrhoea. 1 feel certain that much of the mortality of 
camels in the Kurram division was due to the prevalence of this 
shrub.” 
The bark and leaves are used in native medicine. The 
berries are eaten to induce nausea. Stewart refers to this 
plant as hurtful to camels, making the same observation as 
was made by Aitchison in Kurram. He further says: 
“ The bark is used by women in lvanawar for washing their 
hair,” and adds that it has been tried for paper-making. 
The bark and leaves are used in cutaneous affections and, on the 
Chenab, the leaves or an infusion are given for gonorrhoea 
and applied to abscesses. (Stewart.) 
1098 . Wihstroemia Inclica, C. A. Mey. h.f.b.i., 
v. 195 . 
Syn. : — Daphne Viridiflora, Wall. 
Habitat : — Chittagong, Tenasserim, Singapore. Distributed 
to China, Mauritius, Philippines. 
