484 LILIAGEM 



prepared sesamum oil, sixteen scrs of cows' or goats'milk, and a 

 paste prepared with four tolas of eacli of the following drugs 

 Fennel seeds, wood of Cedrus 'Deodara, root of Nardostachy^ 

 Jatamansi, liquid storax, Acorus root, sandalwood, herb of 

 Linmanthenium cristatitm, costus, cardamoms, leaves of Desmodium 

 gangetimm, of Uraria lagopoides, of Phaseohis tvilohus^ and of 

 TerrmDius lahialis, roots of Withania somnifera^ Vanda Itoxhtirghn, 

 and BoerJiaavia repens^ rock salt. The whole is then rehoiled 

 and perfumed, {Chahradatta,) 



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Description. — Both plants are scandent woody shrubs, 

 the roots of which consist of numerous fusiform, smooth, per- 

 ennial tubers, 6 to 8 inches long and \ inch in diameter. They 

 have a light brown^ silicious external covering which is removed 

 before they are used. The substance of the fresh tubers is 

 mucilaginous, white, and somewhat translucent, and has a 

 mawkish, insipid flavour. 



Chemical composition. — The powdered roots were separated 



into 



Water extract 52-43 



Crude fibre 33-65 



Moisture 9*46 



Ash 



4-46 



100-00 



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The amount of saccharine matter, estimated as glucose, in the 

 water extract was 7-14 per cent. Some of this extract was 

 boiled and filtered and evaporated down to a soft consistence 

 and allowed to remain for three months under a bell jar. At 

 the end of that time no crystalline substances had formed, 

 indicating the probable absence of crystalline sugars, mannite, 

 and asparagin. 



Asparagus adscendens, Roxb., is an herbaceous, erect, 

 ilioruy plant growin«- in Iloliilkliaud, Guzerat, and other parts 



