456 ASCLEPIADEZ. 
j CEROPEGIA BULBOSA, “Roxb. 
Fig. —Roxb. Cor. Pl. i., 11, t.. 7; Wight Te., t. Ee Hook. 
Bot. Misc. ii., 99; and Supe t, 2. 
Hab. 43 From Western India, the Punijab isa Upper Gan- 
getic plain as far east as Allahabad, southwards to Travancore. 
Vernacular.—Manchi, Manda (Tel., Tam.), Gdlot (Punj.), 
Khapparkadu, Gayala (Mar.). 
History, Uses, &c.—Several forms of this variable 
plant are described in the Flora of British India with leaves 
from nearly orbicular to linear-lanceolate.. Roxburgh remarks 
that every part of the plant is ‘eaten by the natives, either raw 
or stewed in their curries... Edgeworth and Dr. J. L. Stewart 
have recorded its use as a vegetable in the. Punjab and at Mool- 
tan, and: in the Materia Medica of Western. India it is stated 
that shepherds are fond of the tubers, which they consider 
to be tonic and digestive. R. Brown notices the use of 
C. juneea as a vegetable, and we have also observed 
that C. tuberosa is not distinguished by the natives from (. 
ee : On the Nilgiris the tubers of. 0; pusilla are known 
“ Chutlan-killangu,” and are much appreciated asan article 
at diet... 
The ‘tubers when boiled lose their bitterness, bia ptlped 
with milk form a sweet mucilaginous mixture not unlike salep, 
which, judging from their chemical nes ge should be 
ee; nutritious. 
. Description.—Root tuberous, a little flattened like a 
sinus, with several fibres from its base ; it is abont as. large 
asasmallapple. Stemstwining, her budsotid, smooth, succulent; 
from 2 to 4 feet long. Leaves opposite, short poticlads 
shai with a small point, entire, fleshy ; size various. 
Umbels lateral, length of the leaves, peduncled, few-flowered. 
‘Flowers pretty large, erect, tube greenish, border pu 
oe tO, ni Mleaders se About 3 or r 4 in hin’ ies 
d Rowburgh.) pe’ 
