N. 0. EUPHOUBIACEjE. 
1177 
In Fiji, it is employed for the cure of leprosy, its mode of 
application being very singular. The body of the patient is 
first rubbed with green leaves ; he is then placed in a small 
room and bound hand and foot, when a small fire is made of 
pieces of the wood of this tree from which rises a thick smoke ; 
the patient is suspended over this fire, and remains for some 
hours in the midst of the poisonous smoke and under the most 
agonizing torture, often fainting. When thoroughly smoked, 
he is removed, and the slime is scraped from his body ; he is 
then scarified and left to await the result. In some cases he 
is cured, but frequently the patient dies under the ordeal. 
(Smith’s Econ. Die.) 
1164. E. acerifolia, F. Didrichs, H.F.B.I., v. 
473. 
Vern. : — B6singh (Kumaon). 
Habitat : — Western and Central Himalaya from Nepal to 
Kumaon. Khasia Mts. 
A small evergreen tree, milky, glabrous ; foliage deep-green. 
Leaves 3-6 by l-2in., alternate, membranous, elliptic, oblong- 
lanceolate, or oblanceolate, acuminate, serrulate or crenulate ; 
nerves 8-10 pairs, strong beneath, arched, petiole i-Jin., stout, 
eglandular. Spikes terminal and axillary, l-2in., slender, an- 
drogynous ; bracts rounded or acuminate, broadly ovate, acute, 
entire, 2-3-fid. Male flowers : — sessile, 2-3 in. ; the axil of a broad- 
ly ovate bract. Female flowers pedicelled, at the base of the 
spikes. Male sepals lanceolate, acuminate, entire ; female 
sepals broadly ovate, acute, glandular at the base within ; style 
stout, very short. Capsule about fin. diam., 2-3-lobed; seeds 
smooth, globosely ovoid, mottled. (J. D. Hooker.) 
Uses : — The Bhutias inhabiting East Kumaon use the leaves 
of this plant as a remedy for rheumatism. (Watt.) 
1165. Sebastiania Chamcelect, Mull-Arg., h.f. 
b.i , v. 475. 
Vern. : — Bhui-Erandi (Concan). 
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