1060 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



1036. A. gangetieus, Linn., Var. angusti folia. 

 h.f.b.l, iv, 719;Roxb. 662. 



Vern. : — Bans-pata-natiya (B.) ; Mati chulai (Bomb.) ; Lilsag, 

 ehulai-sag, labra (Merwara). 



Habitat :— Cultivated throughout India. 



An erect glabrous annual herb, stout handsome species, much 

 cultivated, 2-3ft., leafy green, pink, rufnse liver-coloured or 

 bright-red. Leaves 2-5in., very variable from linear-lanceolate, 

 to rounded-oval and 3in., diam. or deltoid ovate ; tip rounded 

 or long and slender, but always obtuse and often notched, base 

 elongate cuneate. Petiole equalling the blade. Clusters squar- 

 rose, crowded in the lower axils and forming a terminal spike ; 

 bracts ^in. long. Bracts awned subulate, equalling or exceeding 

 the 3 ianceolate sepals and utricle. Stamens 3. Utricle circum- 

 ciss Seeds lenticular, pitch-black, Jo'm- diam., border acute. 



Use : — Used as an emollient poultice. 



1037. Mvua javanica, Juss,, h.f.bj., iv. 727. 

 Syn. : — Achyranthes incana, Roxb. 225. 



Habitat :-~ From the Oudh Terai to the Punjab, Sindh, 

 and Central India. The Deccan, from the Concan southward. 



A semi-shrubby plant. Stem 2-3ft, branched, cylindric, 

 covered with a thick coat of very dense stellate wool which is 

 easily detached. Leaves nearly sessile alternate, l-l Jin., linear- 

 oblong or oblong-spathulate, rounded, slightly emarginate or 

 acute, with dense woolly coat like the stem. Flowers white, 

 sessile, uni-sexual, arranged in naked terminal panicles. Bracts 

 large, broadly ovate, acute, papery, veinless. Perianth leaves 5, 

 rather unequal, lanceolate or oval, papery, densely covered 

 outside with long woolly hair, stigmas 2, long. Seed lenticular, 

 black polished (Trimen) ; style elongate ; flowers it in. (J. D. 

 Hooker.) Male flowers are said to be few. 



1038. M lanata, Juss., h.f.b.l, iv. 728. 

 Syn. : — Achyranthes lanata, Linn. Roxb. 227. 

 Sans. : — Astmabayda. 



Vern. .— Chaya (B.); Bhui (Raj.^; Bui, jari (Sind) ; Bui- 

 kallam(Pb); Kul-ke-jar, khul (Duk.) ; Azmei, spirke, sassai 



