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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Use : — In Sikkim the bark and acorns are used medicinally 
as astringents. (Watt.) 
1202. Corylus Colurna, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 625. 
Vern. : — Urni fJhelum) ; Winri, wiri, warawi, wuriya, thangi, 
thankoli (Kashmir and Chamba); Jangi (Clienab) ; Shurli, 
sharoli, ban pdlu, geh, ban dilla (Shtlej) ; Kapdsi, bhotia badam 
(Kumaon) ; Shirol (Garwhal) ; Jhangi (Kangra). 
Habitat -. — Western Temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to 
Kumaon. 
A moderate, rigid, gregarious tree, 40-50ft. high. Bark thin, 
dark. The scales of the bark often detaching themselves at 
the base and exfoliating upwards. Wood pinkish-white, moder- 
ately hard. Leaf-buds short, rounded in hoary, ovate scales. 
Leaves' 3-6in. long, glabrous when mature, rather membranous, 
ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate ; base cordate, unequally or 
doubly serrate, often slightly lobed, 5-8 by 22-6in. Lateral 
nerves 10-12 pair, straight, generally pubescent beneath, each 
terminating in a long tooth. Petiole 1-1 |in. glandular-pubes- 
cent. Stipules jin. long, lanceolate, hairy. Flowers monoe- 
cious. Male flowers one in each bract ; perianth 0. Stamens 
usually 4, filaments forked, separating the anther-cells. Spikes 
fascicled, l-2in. long, cylindrical, drooping. Female flowers 
in pairs in the upper bracts of a small, many-bracteate bud- 
like spike. Perianth superior. Owary 2-celled, 2-ovuled. 
Nuts 1-seeded. l-ioim long ; somewhat compressed, hard, 
deep-brown, 2-3 together in a ribbed, coriaceous, double- 
involucre. (Kanjilal). 
Uses : —The nuts are not uncommon in drug-seller’s shops, 
being considered tonic. (Watt.) 
N. 0. SALICINEiE. 
1203. Salix tetraaperma, Roxb., h.f.b.i., v. 626; 
Roxb. 712. 
Sons. : — Burum. 
Vern. Bed, bent, baishi, bet (H.); Nachol (Kol.) ; Gada, 
