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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
1209. P. eiliata, Wall., h.f.b.i., v. 638. 
Vern. : — Bangikat (Nepal); Sungribond (T.epcha) ; Garpipal 
(ICumann); Clielun (Simla); Safeda, bagnu, asan, pahari pi pal 
(Pb.) ; Palaeli (Pb.) ; Sliodar (Pushtu); Piplas (corruption of 
Poplar), Bi4on, Sharphara, Tilaunja, Kapasil (Jamsar.) 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan. 
A large, deciduous tree. Bark greenish-grey, smooth when 
young, brown, with deep vertical fissures when old. Wood 
grey or brownish-grey, soft.. Buds viscid, lanceolate, the yellow 
resinous gum sometimes secreted in large masses. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, broad-ovate, as a rule finely ciliate along the 
edge, pale and often minutely pubescent beneath, denticulate, 
usually cordate, 3-6in. by 2f-4 |in., 3-5-nerved ; lateral nerves 
4-6 pairs above the basal, irregularly forked. Petiole 2-5in. 
long, compressed above. Flowers before the leaves or with 
young leaves in lateral catkins, raceme-like and drooping. 
Male catkins 2-tin. long, somewhat interrupted ; Perianth 
bell-shaped. Margins undulate. Stamens numerous, filaments 
free, short, slender ; bract fringed, early caducous, fin. long. 
Female catkins 6-12in. long, lax in fruit. Pedicels as 
long as flowers. Ovaiy conical; ovules along the centre of 
the valves. Stigmas 3-4; nearly sessile, spreading, 2 lobed, 
disk toothed. Capsule f-fin. long, ovoid, 3-4-valved, glabrous ; 
seeds numerous. Stipes and hairs of the seeds as long as 
the capsules. The female tree is common ; the male is very 
scarce. 
. Use : — The bark is occasionally used as a tonic stimulant 
and purifier of the blood. (Atkinson.) 
1210. l J . euphratica, Oliv., h.f.b.i., v. 638. 
Vern. : — Sufaida ; Bahan (Sind) Padar (Baluchj ; Patki 
(Brhui); Hodung (Ladak); Sufaida; Junglee bentee (Pb.) ; 
Bahan (Pushtu) ; Pada, padak (Afg.). 
Habitat : — Common in the forest belt of Sindh along the 
Indus “ Where subject to inundation, the lower part of the 
trunk often gets covered with short horn-like loots and shoots, 
hard spine-like processes are found projecting from the wood 
