1208 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
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or ferruginous tomentum. Branches very spreading. Leaves 
6-9in. diatn , usually broader than long-alternate palmy-nerved 
glabrous when mature, deeply 3-5-nerved ; base cuncate, truncate 
or cordate at the insertion of the petiole. Lobes irregularly 
toothed or lobulate. Petiole l-3in., says Brandis, 3-5in., 
(Kanjilal.) Stipules large, deciduous on shoots, leafy and lobed. 
Flowers monoecious, in unisexual, usually sessile, globose heads, 
1-1 Jin. diam., 2-5in., long ; axillary peduncles 4-6in., long, 
male and female heads sometimes on the same peduncles. 
Sepals 3-G, petals as many, all extremely minute scale-like, often 
more or less confluent, formerly regarded as bracteoles. Male 
stamens as many as sepals, each consisting of a long almost 
sessile anther, the 2 cells parallel, adnate to a cuneate, connective 
with a truncate top. Female Ovaries hairy, at base, as many as 
sepals, surrounded by staminodes, narrowed into a long, subulate 
style, ovule 1, pendulous. Fruiting head 1-1 Jin. diam., consist- 
ing of numerous 1-seeded achenes, densely clothed at base, with 
long fine hairs, the broad apex narrowed gradually into the 
persistent long style. 
Uses : — The fresh leaves bruised and applied to the eyes in 
cases of ophthalmia, the bark boiled in vinegar is given in 
diarrhoea, dysentery, hernia and toothache. (Ilonigberger.) 
N. 0. JUGLANCE/E. 
1195. Juglans regia , Linn., ii.f.b.i., v. 595. 
Roxb. FI. Ind. hi. 631. 
Sans ■ — Akshota dkschoda, akhoda, dkhota. 
Vcrn. : — Akhrot, (H. and B.) Tagashing (Bhutia) ; Kabsing 
(Ass.) ; Kowal (Lep.) ; Akhor, krot dun (Kash.) ; Akhrot, dun, 
charmag., than than, khbr, lea, darga, akhori, krot, ka-botang, 
starga, ughz, piagz, thanka, [bark = dindasa] (Pb.) ; Ughz, magz 
CAfg.) ; Akrbda (Mar.); Akhrot (Guz.) ; Akrottu (Tam.); Akrotu 
(Tel.); Akrodu (Ivan.); Jouz (Arab.) ; Girdagdn, chdr-maghz 
(Pers.). 
Habitat Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir eastwards. 
Ivhasia Hills. 
