N. 0. PUTANACE*;. 
1207 
1193. Lciportea crenu/ata, Gaud., h.f.b.i., v. 
550. 
Fern.: — Chorpatta ; Surat (B.) ; Utigun Isa bij (Behar).; 
Moringi (Nepal) ; Sir-nat (Assam) ; Mealum-ma, sunkrong 
(Lepclia). 
Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya, from Sikkim eastwards, 
Assam, the Khasia Mis., and southwards to Perak ; the Concan. 
A large, evergreen shrub, 8-10ft., or a small tree. Wood very 
soft, separating when dry into concentric, long, fibrous layers. 
Cystolith cel 1 1 s conspicuous in the epidermis. Brancldets, 
petioles and inflorescence armed with stinging haira of two 
kinds, minute and long. Branches stout, terete, green. Leaves 
9-10in. long, largest, 16 by 1 2in., ovate or elliptic, orenulate in 
the upper part or nearly entire ; petiole l-4in. long, with a few 
long hairs, otherwise glabrous, round, raised, cystolith cells 
prominent on both surfaces. Stipules ovate, lanceolate. Flowers 
minute, green, dioecious, in axillary, panicled cymes, longer than 
petiole, dichotomously branched. Flower clusters remote, often 
unilateral. Male perianth deeply 4-partite. Female sub- 
campanulate ; lobes acute. Achenes oblique, Jan. diam., seated 
on the cup-shaped perianth, and crowned by the style. This is 
the worst of the stinging nettles of India, says Gamble. The 
effects last for many days, says Brandis. 
Use: — In Patna, the seeds in doses of J dram to Jounce, 
are used in the same way as coriander. (Irvine.) 
N. 0. PLATANACEiE. 
1194. Platomis orientalis, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 
594. 
Vern : — Buin, bqna, chan4r (Pb.h, Chintar, chinar (Pushtu). 
Habitat : — Cultivated in the N.-W Himalaya, from the Sutlej 
westwards. 
A large, deciduous'tree. Bark J in. thick, smooth, light or 
dark-grey peeling off in thin scales. Wood white, hard, with 
a faint tinge of yellow or red. Buds densely clothed with long 
hairs. Branchlets and young leaves'with soft, deciduous, tawny 
