N. O. SCITAMINE^L. 1257 



it is used as a diuretic iu cases of gravel of the kidneys." 

 (Assistant-Surgeon Gholam Nabi.> " Invaluable in certain 

 disorders of the digestive system, marked by scanty and viscid 

 secretion from the intestines, promotes elimination of bile, 

 and is useful in congestion of the liver." (Surg. J. Maitland, 

 M, B., Madras.) " Very useful in liver affections, especially 

 where abscess threatens ; dose x grains." ( Surg. -Ma j. C. R. 

 G. Parker, Pallaveram, Madras.) "I have found it most useful 

 iu neuralgia in large doses, 30 grains, in conjunction with 

 quinine." (Surg. - Ma j. H. D. Cook, Calicut.) " Used in gonorrhoea 

 as an aphrodisiac." (Surg.-Maj. J. J. L. Ratton, M. D., Salem.). 

 — Watt's Dictionary. 



1243. .4, aromaticwn, Roxb., h.f.b.l, vi. 241. 

 Roxb. 15. 



Vern. :— Morang-ilachi (H. & B.) ; Veldode (Mar.). 



Habitat: — Eastern Himalayas; Nepal; Sikkim ; Khasia 

 Hills ; Silhet and Northern Bengal. 



Root-stock perennial, widely creeping. Leafy stem 3-4ft. 

 Leaves i-lft. by 2-4in., glabrous on both sides, oblong-lanceo- 

 olate. Spike small, globose. Peduncle short, rarely longer 

 and decumbent. Outer bracts lin., small ovate, pale-brown. 

 Corolla- tube lin.; segments obtuse, nearly as long as the tube, 

 white, tinged with brown. Lip pale-yellow, twice as long as 

 the corolla-segments, outer half deflexed. Anther-crest large, 

 trifid, petaloid, lobes rounded. Capsule lin., oblong, trigonous, 

 neither costate nor echinate. 



Use : — The seeds and oil used like the preceding species. 



1244. Zingiber' officinale, Zosc, h.f.b.l, vi. 

 246. Roxb. 16. 



Sans. : — Plant = ardraka, sringavera ; dried root=vishva- 

 bhishagam, nagara, sunti, mahaushadha ; fresh root — ardrakam. 



Vern. ;— Pl. = adrak, dr. rt. = sonth, sindhi, fr. rt. = adrak, 

 (H.) ; Pl. = ada, dr. rt.=sunt, fr. rt. — ada (B.) ; Pl.=ada, adrak, 

 dr. rt, = zangzabil, sunth, fr. rt. = zunjbel, adrak (Pb.) ; PL — ale 



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