230 
1696. P. Pertusa. Rox. Flora. J. p. 434. Elettadi Marawara. Rheed.. 
Mal. 12. ¢. 20 and 2h. 
Gunneskund.— Perennial; running over frees and rooting on them; leaves 
alternate, from 12to 18 inches long; often perforated, and eut in the mar- 
gins like thoseof the Bread fruit tree. (Artocarpus incisa.) S. Concan. N. 
751, ACORUS. L. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From a—privative—Kore—the pupil of the eye: the plant is thought te 
be good for maladies of the eye, Lam. £. 252. Gaert. 2. ¢. 84. 
1627. A. Caznamus. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 169. Vaembu. Rheed. Mal. 11. ¢. 48. 
Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢. 72. f. 1. English Botany ¢. 356. Calamus aromaticus of 
the Shops C, Verus of Willdenow. N. 
Yekund. The Sweet Flag. Grows wildin the Southern Concan. N. cultivat- 
edin Deccan gardens. (Dr. Lush.) ts 
Linnaeus observes, that it is the’only native aromatic plant of northern 
climates. Solomon notices it ‘‘Calamus and Cinnamon with all trees of 
Frankincense.” (Song. Chap. 4.) : 
The root is employed in medicine as a febrifuge. . 
752. TACCA. i. Hexandria Monogynia, . 
The Malay name of the plant. Gaert. 1. ¢. 14. Lam. ¢. 232. 
1628. T. Pinnatiripa. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 172. T, littorea. Rumph. Amb. 
5. t. 114. Bot. Cab. ¢. 692. 
A curious looking herbaceous plant, with leaves like Dracontium poly- 
philum. Scapes radical, 3 or 4 feet high, bearing an umbel of greenish 
coloured flowers. Worlee and Parell hills, Bombay; throughout the Concans. N. 
Roxburgh says, an excellent starch is obtained from the large tuberous’ 
roots. In Otaheite where the plant also grows, bread is made of the starch, 
1629. T Laevis. Rox. Flora. 2.p. 171. Grows in the S. Concan. N. 
Itis perhaps allied to T. integrifolia, Bot. Mag. ¢. 1488. 
ORDER 160. JUNCEE. 
753. FLAGELLARIA. Lt. Hexandria Monogynia. ' 
From Flagellum,—a thong; in. allusion to the length and toughness of 
the shoots. Gaert. Fruct, t. ¢. 16, Lam. 111, ¢. 266. 
1630. F,. Inpica. L. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 154. Panambuvalli, Rheed. 
Mal. 7. ¢t. 53. Siricides. Rumph, Hort. Amb. 5. ¢. 29. Redout. Lil. ¢. 257: 
Climbs by means of it’s cirrhose leaves like the Gloriosa Superba. 
Intd. by N. 
ORDER 161. ERIOCAULE. Beauvois. 
Restiace#. Lind. nat. syst. p. 283. 
754. ERIOCAULON. Grenov. Monoecia Hexandria, 
From Erion, wool—caulos—a stem. Roxburgh’s name Leucocephala is 
much more appropriate to the Indian species. Lam. Ill. 1. ¢. 50. 
163f. E, SeTAceuM. L. Tsjeru cottsjelleti pulu, Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 68. 
A Small annual with an angular culm and white globular heads, like 
some of the Cyperacece. Rice fields after the rains. 
1632. E. QUINQCUANGULARE. L. Leucocephala graminifolia. Rox, Flora, © 
find. 3. p.612. Pluk, Alm. é. 221. f. 7, Rice fields and moist places, © 5 
