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Vern. : — Tumbhul (Behari). Habitat: — Throughout the Temperate Himalaya (Sikkim excepted), from Bhotan to Simla and Chamba; also in the Khasia Mountains and Yunnan. A shrub. Leaves distichous, 1-1½ in. long, narrowed rhomboid or elliptical, very shortly petioled, black-dotted and rusty beneath; margins reflexed. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals 1/5 in. Petals yellow, orbicular or elliptical, longer than the stamens. Styles equalling the ovary, but exceeding the stamens. Capsules obtusely conical, 1/5-⅓ in. long.

Dr. Hooker writes in the Botanical Magazine, for February 1st, 1868:-

"It is a native of Japan, where it was discovered by Thunberg ninety years ago, * * As a species, it is very nearly allied to the H. uralum, Hamilton, of Nepal, and will probably prove to be a large- flowered variety of that plant. It is very variable in the foliage, which is flat or has recurved margins, and is green or rust-coloured beneath."

Part used :— The seed.

Use : — The scented seeds are employed as an aromatic stimulant in Patna, where they are imported from Nepal (Irvine).

Vern. : — Balsant, dendlu (H. & Pb.) Habitat : — Temperate Western Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir.

A perennial herb. Stems erect, 2-edged, 18 in., with slender stolons branched above Leaves oblong or ovate, pellucid-punctate, ¾ in., obtuse, with radiating veins, paler beneath, with black dots. Cymes corymbose, 3-chotomously branched; flowers 1 in., sepals 1/6 in., 5, linear, acute connate; 3-delphous at the base; margins of the sepals eglandular. Petals persistent with black glandular edges. Ovary 3-celled; styles twice the