loosely paniculate irregularly branched, calyx 2.5 mm. (tube 2 mm), corolla 14 mm. (tube infundibuliform 6 mm., upper lip 8 mm.), pollen grains minute oval smooth, nutlets 1.25 mm— The cultivated plant smells very strongly of Patchouli, much more so than does the Patchouli plant of commerce, but it is
only grown as a curiosity ; the natives of the hills of Assam do not grow this plant of the true Patchouli plant, nor do they know or use the prepared article : the Shan hill plant is devoid of smell. (Prain).
982. Colebrookia oppositifolia, Smith, H.F.B.I., iv, 642 ; Roxb. 467.
Syn. : — C. ternifolia, Roxb. 466.
Vern. : — Pansra (H.); Shakardána (Trans- Indus) ; Duss, sampru, suali, briali, casuti, barmera, phisbekkar (Pb.) ; Dulsahat (Kumaon) ; Dosul (Nepal) ; Binda (Dehra Dan) ; Bhainsa, barsa pakor (Santal) ; Bahmani, dasai, dasari (Bomb.).
Habitat : — Subtropical Himala3 7 a, from the Salt Range and Peshawar to Sikkim, Behar, Central India and the Deccan Peninsula to Travancore.
A densely woolly hoary shrub 5-10ft., erect. Trunk stout ; branches stout, terete often whorl ed in threes. Leaves opposite or in threes, shortly stalked, lanceolate, 4-8in., crenate, long-pointed ; upper surface pubescent, wrinkled, lower grey-tomentose. Flowers minute white, 2-or 1-sexual, the male and female often on different plants in large whorls, crowded in long, cylindric, erect spikes, axillary or paniculate at the end of branches. Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes linear, hairy, becoming much elongated, and leathery in fruit when the tips often turn purple. Corolla pubescent ; tube as long as the Calyx ; limb spreading, 4-lobed, lobes unequal. Stamens 4, equal, protruding in male flowers, included in the female, filament naked. Style protruding in female flowers, wanting in male flowers. Nutlet usually only one, tip hairy (Collett). The spikes are suggestive of Indian squirrels' tails (Nairne).
Uses : — The leaves are applied to wounds and bruises (Stewart). A preparation from the root is used by the Santalis in epilepsy (Revel. A. Campbell). The down on the stem and leaves is used by the Paharias of Sikkim to extract worms from bad sores on their legs (Gamble).
