1082 Indian medicinal plants. 



1069. Oxyria digyna, Hill, h.f.b.i., v. 58. 



Vern. : — Amlu ; Chohahak (Pb.). 



Habitat :— Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir. 



An erect, fleshy-glabrous herb. Rootstock tufted, with many 

 erect succulent stems, 4-18in. high. Leaves radical, many, 

 long-petioled, l-4in. diam., rarely 3-lobed or sub-hastate, 

 cauline 1-2 ; petiole sometimes 8in. Racemes slender, panicled. 

 Flowers 2-sexual ; pedicels pointed in the middle ; tip thickened. 

 Outer two sepals, spreading or reflexed ; inner two spathulate, 

 3-5-nerved. Stamens 6. Ovary compressed, Styles 2, short , 

 stigmas fimbriate. Fruit a nut, 2-winged, biconvex, i-iin. diam., 

 orbicular-cordate, wing membranous, veined, top notched. 



A most agreeable salad, raw and cooked. Except in often 

 attaining a very large size (18in. high), the Himalayan plant 

 does not differ from the European. (Hooker.) 



Use : — In Chumba it is eaten raw and in cliatni, and is 

 considered cooling, and in Kanawar it is known as a medicine 

 (Stewart). 



1070. Rumex maritimus, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 59. 



Syn. : — R. acutus, Eoxb. 309. 



Vern. :-- Jangli-palak, jul-palam (H.) ; Bun-palung (B.) ; Hula 

 obul ; Zagu-kei ; Khattikan ; Bij-band (Pb.). 



Habitat: —Marshes in Assam, Silhet, Cachar and Bengal. 



An annual herb, rather shrubby. Stem l-4ft., angled and 

 deeply grooved. Leaves 3-10in., lanceolate, narrowed into the 

 petiole. Whorls of flowers lax or dense, many-or few-fid. 

 Panicles leafy to the top. Flowers 2-sexual. Fruiting perianths 

 all unarmed, or on the same plant, some armed and some 

 unarmed, yellow-brown when ripe, tubercle smooth, with a 

 narrow, sometimes reticulate, margin ; spine sometimes 4 times 

 as long as the valve ; tip straight or slightly hooked. Stamens 6. 

 Ovary 3-gonous; styles 3, terminal. Stigmas fimbricate. Nut 

 included in the usually enlarged inner sepals (valves), angles 

 acute. 



Uses :— -The plant has cooling properties, the leaves are 

 applied to burns and the seeds are sold as bij-band of the 



