1264 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



long at the lower forks ; flower suberect, shortly pedicelled, 

 1-liin. long ; bracts small, cup alar ; calyx-tube f-Jin., sub- 

 campanulate, pubescent, mouth oblique, obtusely 2-3-toothed ; 

 corolla-tube as long as the calyx segments, longer than the tube, 

 linear-oblong, cymbiform, dorsally pubescent, shortly spurred 

 below the hooded tip ; lip lin. long, including the slender 

 claw, cuneiform or nearly orbicular, bifid, margins waved and 

 erose, claw as long as the limb, base with 2 fleshy teeth ; fila- 

 ments nearly as long as the anthers, cells distant, glabrous, 

 connective produced into a small, lobed crest ; style glabrous, 

 stigma small ; fruit globose, fin. diam., pericarp black, fragile ; 

 seeds small, black. (Trimen.) 



Uses : — According to Trimen, the aromatic rhizomes are used 

 as a medicine, probably for the same purposes as other species 

 of this genus. 



1251. A. calcarata, Rose, h.f.b.l, vl, 254. 

 Roxb. 169. 



Habitat : — Southern Malay Peninsula and the Concan. 



Root-stock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem slender, 

 2-4ft. Leaves 6-12 by l-2in., lanceolate, acuminate, green and 

 glossy on both surfaces. Panicle short, dense-fid, 3-4in. ; rachis 

 pubescent ; lower branches short, bearing 3-4 crowded flowers ; 

 bracts small, ovate. Calyx- tube funnel-shaped, i-|in. ; ovary 

 densely pubescent. Corolla segments Jin., oblong, greenish- 

 white. Lip l-ljin., oblong, beautifully variegated with red and 

 yellow on a pale ground with edges slightly incurved ; base 

 spurred. Anther-cells minutely margined. Ovules many in a 

 cell. Capsule globose, red. (Baker). 



Uses : — Sold and used as a substitute for galangal in Hyder- 

 abad and other parts of India. (Moodeen Sheriff.) 



1252. Ganna indica, Linn., h.f.b.l, vi., 260. 

 Roxb. 1. 



Sans, : — Sarvajaya. 



Vern. : — Sarba jaya, Kiawra, Ukilbar-ki-munker (H.); Sar- 

 bajaya, Kamakshi (B.) ; Hakok (Pb.) ; Devakeli, kardali (Mar.) ; 



