792 DIORCIA HEXANDRIA, Smilax, 
1, S. glabra, R. 
Scandent. Stem and branches unarmed, columnar, polish- 
ed, Leaves laiceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, polish- 
three-nerved, glaucous underneath. | Umbellets axillary, 
simple, sessile, solitary. Calyaine leaflets broad, obserdates 
sessile, 
A native of the Silhet district, and of the ndjaiiiek Gar- - 
row country, where it is called Hurina or Hurina-shook- 
China. Its root is large and tuberous, and not to be distin- 
guished by the eye, from the medicinal drug brought from 
China, under the name of China root, The natives of the above 
countries use a decoction of the fresh root annually, for the 
cure of sores and venereal complaints, . It flowers about the 
end of the rains, and the seed ripens in the hot season, . It is 
remarkable for its broad, obcordate, calycine leaflets, and 
large, two-lobed, sessile anthers. The fomephinsae broad: 
9, Ss. pee Pe R. ; 
. - Scandent, Stem and branches unarmed, dima achiake 
= Leaves lanceolar, three-nerved, polished. Umbellets 
simple, axillary, solitary, peduncled. —— Kiang ed 
near, oblong. 
Giistea-shoole Chinn the reunion name sanieget ae 
people of the eastern frontier, where the plant is’ indigenous, 
and its large tuberous roots much used in medicine; they are 
so like those of the Smilax China as not to be distinguished 
by the eye, It cannot therefore be Louriero’s S, lanceolata, 
which he says has a long filiform root, not tuberous. By the 
natives where the plants grow, the juice of the fresh root is 
taken inwardly for the cure of rheumatic pains, and the re- 
fuse after extracting the juice, laid over the parts most pain- 
ed. The whole plant, root included, is very much like wf 
_ paint so awl ainokaeals 
8 S. Pseudlo-China, Willd. iv. 785. eat 
Scandent, Stem and branches unarmed, gabe no. 
