or ferruginous tomentum. Branches very spreading. Leaves 6-9in. diam., usually broader than long-alternate palmy-nerved glabrous when mature, deeply 3-5-nerved ; base cuncate, truncate or cordate at the insertion of the petiole. Lobes irregularly toothed or lobulate. Petiole l-3in., says Brandis, 3-5in., (Kanjilal.) Stipules large, deciduous on shoots, leafy and lobed. Flowers monoecious, in unisexual, usually sessile, globose heads, 1-1½in. diam., 2-5in., long ; axillary peduncles 4-6in., long, male and female heads sometimes on the same peduncles. Sepals 3-6, petals as many, all extremely minute scale-like, often more or less confluent, formerly regarded as bracteoles. Male stamens as many as sepals, each consisting of a long almost sessile anther, the 2 cells parallel, adnate to a cuneate, connective with a truncate top. Female Ovaries hairy, at base, as many as sepals, surrounded by staminodes, narrowed into a long, subulate style, ovule 1, pendulous. Fruiting head 1-1½in. diam., consisting of numerous 1-seeded achenes, densely clothed at base, with long fine hairs, the broad apex narrowed gradually into the persistent long style.
Uses : — The fresh leaves bruised and applied to the eyes in cases of ophthalmia, the bark boiled in vinegar is given in diarrhœa, dysentery, hernia and toothache. (Honigberger.)
N. 0. JUGLANCEÆ.
1195. Juglans regia, Linn., h.f.b.l, v. 595. Roxb. Fl. Ind.III. 631.
Sans :-— Akshota ákschóda, âkhóda, ákhóta.
Vern. :— Akhrót, (H. and B.) Tagashing (Bhutia) ; Kabsing (Ass.) ; Kowal (Lep.) ; Akhor, krot dún (Kash.) ; Akhrót, dún, chármag., than thán, khór, ká, darga, akhóri, krot, ka-botang, starga, ughz, magz, thanka, [bark = dindása] (Pb.) ; Ughz, magz ( Afg.) ; Akróda (Mar.) ; Akhrot (Guz.) ; Akróttu (Tam.) ; Akrótu (Tel.); Akródu (Kan.); Jouz (Arab.); Girdagán, chár-maghz (Pers.).
Habitat :— Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir eastwards. Khasia Hills.
