n. o, scrophularinEjE. 933 



Use : — Used in a ghrita as a remedy for gonorrhoea, and the 

 juice is given to children who pass green-colored stools (Pharma- 

 cographia Indica, iii. 14). 



893. V. pedunculata, Benth. h. Fl. Br. i. iv. 



282. 



Vern. : — Gadagvel (Mar.). 

 Habitat : — Throughout India. 



A glabrous, annual herb. Stem sometimes creeping at the 

 base and rooting from the nodes, sometimes tinged with purple. 

 Branches 4-10 in. long, procumbent, slender. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, i-lin., obtuse or subacute, obscurely crenate, toothed. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary ; pedicels as long as the leaves some- 

 times IJin., Sepals £in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla fin. long 

 white, or pale blue with a white spot. Longer filaments, with 

 a small obtuse tooth. Capsule Jin., much longer than the Calyx 

 linear lanceolate. Seeds ellipsoid. 



Use. : — It is used for the same purpose as V. erecta. 



894. Picrorhiza Kttrrooa, Benth. h.f.b.l, iv. 



290. 



Sans. : — Katuka ; Katurohini. 



Vern. :— Katki (B. and (H.) ; Karru (Pb.);Kali kutaki, 

 balakadu (Bom.); Kutki (Mar.) ; Kadu (Guz.); Kali-kutki (Dec). ; 

 Katuku-vogani (Tam.) ; Katuku-roni ; Katuka-rogani (Tel.). 



Habitat : —Common in Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to 

 Sikkim. 



A low, more or less hairy, herb, with perennial woody 

 bitter stock. Root-stock as thick as the little finger, 6-10in. 

 long, clothed with withered leaf-bases. Leaves subradical, 

 spathulate, serrate, 2-4in., rather coriaceous, tip rounded, base 

 narrowed into a winged sheathing petiole. Flowering stems or 

 scapes ascending, stout, longer than the leaves, naked or with 

 a few bracts below the inflorescence. Spikes 2-4in. long 

 subcylindric, obtuse, many-flowered, subhirsute ; bracts oblong 

 or lanceolate, as long as the Calyx. Sepals iin. long, ciliate. 



