CuIHvaiion. "srfJ moi^ .tef'^rf^f. 

 The <.rronnd ■■'■iMst be ricli, tn:ib1c, and so hljlrailiiot to be over- 

 flowed luring ihe ra'nv senson, such as the BengaTtes about Caltrrt- 

 iii call DiMJa. Iris often planted on land >vhere sup;ar-cane gi'6\vthe 

 piecedin<r year, and is deeun^d a meliontting crop. -The' soil must 

 be Weil plou-j^httd aivc'tvclearctUOi? weeds, &c. It is then raised, in 

 April and May, accoidnig as tiidi^^ns begin to ialJ, ii>t6 ridges,' nine 

 or len inches high, and eighteen oi* twenty broad, ' vVith iuteivening 

 tr-jMclits nine or ten inches biwad. The cuttings or set:?, vi^zjiaiali 

 pjii.onj oi the iTfcsli root, are piantt'd on tbeJ'tbps'^ef itb<y''ri<.1t>'i&,<&t 

 about eighteen inches, or two Taet asunder.. One acre requTte^*; Ubblit 

 9K) such sets, and yields in i)e<fcinber and Ja«u'ary;'ab6ut-2iOGdk). 

 weight of the tresh root. i«i5>v;r* - . .tJ.;i-.o--,. /^i; -c-'i ,'/;/• 



■33. C. Aniada. R. 



Bulbs conic, and with tlie palmate tubers, inwardly pale -yellow. 

 Leaves long-petioied, broad-iauceolatej smooth. Spikes scaniy/fcw- 

 jla.\'eied.' t fie whole plant uuifor'nily" green. i'ViOwi .v/«,i 



Aniada oi' the Bengalees, which' ineaus man2:o-;yin^er, tUi fi'ksh 

 root possessing the peculiar sii'iell of a greeii ^rtiango. It is used 

 njcdicinally by the natives. It' is a uii'tiVe ci^'l?c?/?^^'r/. Fia,tering 

 '^■'tiiiie the latlei- part of the rains. 



Root cousislihg of horuoutal, palmate, sessile tubers united to the 



sides of an ovale-conic bulb of the same colour, which gives existence 



*' and support to the leaves, and spike : from its sides and base long 



* "fleshy riJ)'res issue, whicii ^jene'trate deep into the soil ; some of which 



wd iu oblotig, paler (pendulous) 'tubers. — Sterna na 6ther than the 



uaitecl shfeatlis oi'ilie leaves.— -jLeflwsi-adi'cal, bifario\i5, pctioled ab(3ve 



*" tbeir sheadis, venUiCose, lan(::eolar, ch'spidate, smooth on both sides ; 



lengih fioiu six to eighteen inches, by three to six broad ;' they decay 



abou die i\\ of October, and appear agaia^ with tlie first sho.\yers of 



April or May. — i'he petioles I divide into two.poitioiis : the lower 



or siitfiA.hin ■ i>art iiuxu six lo twelve iuclies long : and the upper or 



