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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
1217. J. macropoda, Boiss., h.f.b.i., v. 647. 
Syn. : — J. Excelsa, Brand., For. FI. t. 68. 
Vern . : — Dhupi, dhupri, chandan, shupka (Nepal) ; Dhup, 
padam, padmak, surgi (H.) ; SQrgi, lewar, newar, dupri, 
chundan (Kumaon) ; Chalai, shfipka, shur, shurgu, lewar, luir 
(Pb.); Apfirz (Beluch.) 
Habitat : — Inner drier ranges of the Himalaya from Nepal, 
westward. 
A moderate-sized, ever-green tree. Bark thin, reddish-brown, 
fibrous, peeling off in thin, longitudinal flakes. Wood moderately 
hard, fragrant ; sapwood yellowish ; heart-wood red, with 
a purplish tinge. Height rarely 50ft., trunk short, but of 
great girth, usually 6-7 ft. , at times even more, 33 ft. Branchlets 
sub-distichous, slender. Leaves dimorphic, of the lower branches 
subulate, of the upper branches and branchlets, scale like. 
Foliage light and open ; the scale-like leaves usually opposite, 
rhomboid, convex, obtuse, closely depressed up to the apex, with 
a large, resinous gland on the back, the subulate leaves 
opposite or in whorls, pungent, £in. long. Male catkins on 
a scaly peduncle at the ends of branchlets, £-£in. long, closely set 
with imbricate scales. Berries sub-globose, bluish-black when 
ripe, very resinous ; the tips of the scales forming transverse 
ridges or crests. Seeds 2-5. 
Uses : — The fruit is used medicinally, and appears to have 
similar properties to that of J. communis. The smaller branches, 
when burnt, are supposed to exercise a deodorising and cleans- 
ing influence, and, in Khagan, they are believed to act as a 
remedy for the delirium of fever. 
1218. Taxus baccata, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 648. 
Vern. : — Thuno, birmi, zirnub, birmi (Hind.) ; Rurmie, 
bhirmie, sugandh (Beng.J; Dingsableh (Khasia); Teheiray 
sulah, teheiray gulab (Nepal); Nhare (Tibet); Tingsohi, tsash- 
iug (Bhutia) ; Cheongbu (Lepcha) ; Thuner, geli, gallu, lust 
(U. P.); Patr (Bomb.) 
