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with deep longitudinal furrows. Wood soft to moderate hard ; heartwood orange-brown ; sapwood white. Branches dark brown. Leaves ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, silvery beneath, l-3in., obtuse ; nerves faint, petiole ¼in. Flowers 1-3-nate, pedicelled, yellow, fragrant. Perianth 1/6-¼in. long, silvery, campanulate above ; teeth triangular, ovate ; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, oblong, ¾in. long, red, dry or fleshy ; endocarp thick, long, sweet and mealy when ripe.

Uses : — The flowers are reported to be medicinal. "The oil from the seeds with syrup, as a linctus recommended in catarrhal and bronchial affections" (Honnigberger, Vol. II. p. 273 )

Vern.: — Ghiwain, ghain, kankoli, bammewa (Pb.); Ginroi (Jaunsar).

Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal.

A thorny, deciduous shrub. Bark grey. Wood white, hard, even-grained, warps in seasoning. Branches numerous, often forming a dense bush. Branchlets and underside of leaves densely clothed with shining silvery scales, upperside bright green with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves 1-3 by ⅓-¾in-, elliptic- lanceolate ; blade ⅓in.; petiole ¼in. long. Flowers white, exquisitely scented ; axillary often fasciculate on the current year's branchlets appearing with or after the leaves. Upper portion of perianth slender tubular. Fruit ovoid or globose, ½in. long, succulent ; endocarp ribbed, coriaceous, clothed inside with a dense felt of white hairs.

Uses : — The seeds are said to be used as a stimulant in coughs, the expressed oil in pulmonary affections, and the flowers as a cardiac and astringent. (Watt.)

Syn. : — E. conferta, Roxb. 148.

Vern. : — Ghiwain, mijhanla (Kumaun) ; Loharu (Garhwal); Jarila (Nepal) ; Guara (Beng.) ; Kamboong(Magh.) ; Kunkœ (H.) ; Shenshong (Garo Hills) ; Amgul, nurgi (Bomb.)..

Habitat -.—Subtropical and temperate Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkim ; Bhotan and the Mishmi Hills ; Khasia Mts.,