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The analyses of these tubers gave the following results : 



Thegi. Pudhya. 



Fat 



73 -65 



Sugar, &c. (spirit extract) ... *82 1'64 



Gum and carbohydrates 9*00 5'69 



Albuminous matter 6-68 8*68 



Starch 6299 6624 



Fibre 6-78 4*51 



Ash :. 3-60 2-06 



Moisture 10-40 10-63 



100-00 100-00 



The amount of nitrogen in the first was 1-07 per cent, and in 

 the second 1-39 per cent. There were traces of an alkaloid in 

 both tubers. 



KYLLINGIA MONOCEPHALA, Linn. 



Fig. — Rheede, Sort. Mai. xii., t. 53 ; Rumfh. Ami. m'., 8, 

 f.2;Eotfl.Gr.,lS,t4:,f.4 



KYLLINGIA TRICEPS, I^inn. 



Fig. — Rheede, Hort. Mai 

 Hab. — Throughout the ] 



India. The 



Femac«/ar.— Nirbisi {Bind.), Sveta-gothubi, Nirbishi 

 {Beng.), Mottenga, Pee-mottenga [MaL], Musta {Mar.)^ 



History, Uses, &C.-~The8e plants are the Nirvisha of 

 Sanskrit medical writers, who describe them as antidotal to 

 certain poisons. Rheede describes K triceps and K. mono- 

 cephala as having similar properties, and states that the former 

 plant is called Coquinha by the Portuguese. In Malabar a 

 decoction of the roots is used to relieve thirst in fevers and 

 diabetes, and oil boiled on the roots to relieve pruritus at the 

 skin. He also states that they distil an oil from the roots, 

 which is of a dark yeUowish- green colour, pleasant odour and 



