276 Umbelliferce. [Sanicula. 



3. H. asiatica, L. Sfl. PL 234 (1753). Hin-g-otukola, S. 

 VaSlarai, T. 



Herm. Par. Bat. 238. Burm. Thes. 122. Fl. Zeyl. n. 118. Moon 

 Cat. 22. Thw. Enum. 130. C. P. 2810. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 669. Herm. Par. Bat. t. 238. Wight, Ic. t. 565. Bentl. 

 and Trim. Med. PL t. 117. 



Stems long, prostrate, given off from l.-axils of a short 

 vertical rootstock, cord-like, glabrous, with very long inter- 

 nodes; 1. several from the rootstock and 1 to 2 from each 

 node of the runners, petiole 3-6 in., erect, glabrous, furrowed 

 above, stip. short, adnate to petiole and forming a sheathing 

 base, blade horizontal, more or less cupped, 1 \-2 in., reniform, 

 rather broader than long, the rounded basal lobes often over- 

 lapping, shallowly dentate-crenate, glabrous and shining on 

 both sides; fl. nearly sessile, usually 3 together at end of short 

 erect pubescent peduncles, 1-3 from the nodes, opp. the 1., 

 bracts 2, close beneath umbel, ovate, obtuse ; cal.-segm. o ; 

 pet. minute, ovate, acute, slightly imbricate (?) ; ov. very much 

 compressed, slightly hairy, styles very short, erect ; fruit 

 about \ in., ovoid, hard, pericarps thickened, mericarps with 

 the primary and secondary ribs very obscure or vein-like. 



Waste grassy places from sea-level to the highest elevations ; a very 

 common weed. Fl. May to October ; dark pink. 



In all Tropical and Sub-tropical countries. 



Much used as an alterative tonic, especially for children, and has al?o 

 a reputation for skin complaints. The powdered dry leaves are an official 

 drug in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. 



2. SANICULA, L. 



A perennial, erect herb, 1. deeply palmatisect; fl. minute, 

 in small involucrate heads arranged in cymes ; cal.-segm. 

 lanceolate ; pet. with a long incurved point ; fruit ovoid, not 

 compressed, thickly covered with hooked spiny prickles, ribs 

 obscure. — Sp. 10; 1 in Fl. B. Lid. 



S. europaea, L. Sp. PI. 235 (1753). 



Thw. Enum. 130. C. P. 2813. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 670. Wight, Ic. t. 1004 (S. elata). 



Rootstock stout, ascending; 1. mostly radical, on erect 

 petioles 4-6 in. long and glabrous and sheathing at the base, 

 i|-2 in., very broadly ovate in outline, cordate at base, 

 palmately cut nearly to the bottom into 3 acute, spinous- 

 serrate lobes often again deeply 3-fid, glabrous on both sides, 

 dark green above, paler beneath; flowering stem 9-18 in. 

 high, slightly dichotomously branched above, with a short- 

 petioled leaf at each node, striate, glabrous ; fl. sessile, 3 or 4 



