2. Asparagus. ] 86. LIL1ACEM. [ 4. Dispobum. 



hemisphere low down and the filiform embryo asoenda in a large semicircle 

 remote from the " nmbilicns " and down again to the eqnator the other 

 Bide- The arch, however, is not in one plane bnt wavy. The needling from 

 the very commencement only shews scale-leaves and cladodes. 



" A decoction of the root is given in fevor," Camp. 



3. Gloriosa, L. 



1. G. SUperba, L. Bunum ki chuog, Bing ki chung, 

 K. ; Sinic' samanom, S. ; Karihari, Kharw. 



A well-known and beantiful plant 3-10 ft. high with a 

 large torulose tuberous rootstock, sessile or sub-sessile lanceo- 

 late leaves 6" long with the tip more or lesB converted into a 

 tendril, and large red and yellow flowers solitary, or sub- 

 corymbose at the ends of the branches. 



Hedges and thickets throughout the area. Fls. and Fr- in the rain* 

 and dying down in the cold season. 



Perianth-leaves linear-lanceolate crisped reflexed- Capsule 2" long 

 eepticidal. 



The root gives one of the ' seven minor poisons ' of Sanscrit writer* 

 and is used medicinally. It is also said to yield a violent poison with 

 which the Kols once used to poison their arrows, nevertheless it is eaten 

 by them after preparation. 



4. Disporum, Salisb. 



1. D. pullum, Salisb. 



A stout herb 3-4 ft. with tuberous rootstock and thick 

 fleshy" roots, stem often J" diam. dichotomously branched 

 with opp. and alt. ovate-lanceolate leaves 3-5" by 1J-1} ¥ . 

 Fls. \" long about 5 in an umbel with very short peduncle. 

 Fr. black succulent depressed globose and sub- trigonous \* 

 diam. 



Shady damp forests in Singbhum. Parasnath. Fla. July- Fr. Dee 

 L. acute or acuminate- Very short petiole decurrent as a line on the 

 stem. Peduncle \" or less fluted, at first terminal, ultimately appearing 

 lateral by growth of a lateral axis. Pedicels l-l|* .angled or fluted, 

 d ecurved. Seeds 3 light-brown, rounded-oblong, under i'' long. 



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