480 LTLIACEjE. 



Ashrash, or Sarcsli in Persian; Ibn Sina says (^Avi-'t J^t 

 * I JiJI U, To this plant they attribute the same properties as 



u» 



hfat 



^iii.). The root of AspJiodelus hulhosiis under the name of 

 Teinisse is used in the East to prepare mucilage and adulterate 



salep. 



Description- — Annual, stem naked, ramous; leaves erect, 

 linear, cylindric, fistulous, tapering to a point; scape erect, 

 hranched; flowers small, white with a brownish line running 

 along the centre; filaments ciliate, contracted; corol 6-partite; 

 stigma capitate ; ovary 3-celled. 



GLORIOSA SUPERBA, Zhm. 



Fig.SoL Reg., t 77 ; Wight Ic, U 20-i7 ; Rheede, Hort. 

 Mai uL, t. 57. Superb Lily [Eng.). 



J^ab. Throughout India. The tubers. 



r^r;2,^c?f/4>\— Kalihari, Languli {RincL), Bisha-hinguli 

 {Z?^>^i7.), N^ga-karia, Indai, KaKvi [Mar.), Kalaipai-kizhangu 

 (rt/»^.)> Kalappa-gadda, Adavi-nabhi {TeL), Radagari (C^;?.), 



Khadya-nuga, Nagli, Kalalavi {Gm.). 



History, Uses, &C. — This very ornamental creeper is 

 common on hedges during the rainy season, and its flowers are 

 used by the Hindus in the worship of Siva and the Lingam. 

 It is one of the seven minor poisons of Sanskrit writers, and is 

 described in the Raja Nirghanta under the name of Kalikari. 

 The synonyms are numerous ; amongst those which are 

 descriptive we may mention Chihna-mukhi *^ having a spotted 

 mouth/' Sakra-pushpika " having splendid flowers,'^ Agni-sikha 

 " having a crest of fire," and Langalika ''plough-like,'' in 

 allusion to the shape of the root. 



Other synonjTns, auch as Garbha-ghatini, Garbha-patani, 

 Garbha-iiud, allude to the use of a paste of the root as an 

 application to the lower part of the abdomen for the purpose of 

 promoting labour pains. In retained placenta a paste of the 

 root is applied to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, 



