n. o. scitamine;e. 1245 



1230, Saccolabium papillosum, Lindl, h.f.b.i., 

 vi. 63. 



Syn. : — Acampe papillosa, Lindlcy. 



Sans. : — Rasna, gandhat, nakuli. 



Vern. : — Kanbher, r&sna (Mai.). 



Habitat :— Bengal and the Lower Himalaya Mts., from 

 SikWm eastwards, Assam, the Gangetic Delta and the Circars. 



Stem2-3ft., elongate, epiphytic, branched, scan dent, as thick 

 as a goose-quill. Leaves 4-5in., obliquely notched. Scape l-2in., 

 internode, close. Flowers fin. diam., bracts semi-circular, mid- 

 lobe of the lip ovate, spur conical, pubescent within. Ovary 

 very short. Capsule IJin., fusiform. 



Use : — In Konkan, its roots are considered to have cooling 

 properties. (Dymock.) It is said to be a specific for rheumatism. 

 It is invariably given as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. 



In the Concan, S. Wightianum, Hook, f., Rheede, Hort. Mai. xii.,t. 4, and S. 

 preemorsum, Hook. f. Rheede, Hort. Mai. xii., t. 4, very similar plants, are 

 used as Rasna. The Marathi peasants call these plants Kanbher. (Pharmacocp; 

 Ind. Ill 393.) 



N. 0. SCITAMINEiE. 

 1231. Curcuma angitstifolia, Roxb., h.f.b.i., 

 iv. 210, Roxb. 10, 11. 



Vern. : — Tikhur (H. and B.) ; Ararut-cha-gadda, Tavakhira 

 (Mar.) ; Kuve-gadde (Kan.) ; Ararut-kishangu ; Kua (Tarn.) ; 

 Ararut-gaddalu (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Tropical Himahvya, from Kumaon to Nepal. 



A dwarf herb. Rootstock small, globose; tubers many, 

 oblong, at the end of long fibres. Leaves with short petioles 

 1-lfft. blade lanceolate, plain green J-lft. by 2-3in. Spike 

 with peduncle, asstival, -§-lft., 3-6 by 2in. diam. ; flower 

 bracts lin. green, ovate ; pink ; bracts of coma few or many. 

 Corolla tube ^in., lobes of corolla pale-yellow, upper segment 

 ovate, lateral oblong, shorter. Staminode and lip bright yellow, 

 the latter orbicular cuneate, emarginate. 



