n. o. liliaoejE. 1287 



1273. Asparagus filicinus, Ham. h.f.b.i., VI., 314. 

 Vem. :— (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Temperate and Tropical Himalaya, from Kashmir 

 to Bhutan. The Khasia hills. Jaunsar, Burma. 



A tall, erect, unarmed shrub, having tuberous roots. Stems 

 flexuous, fistular, much branched, smooth; lower branches spread- 

 ing ; upper internodes short. Cladodes 2-5nate, falcate, flat, 

 acuminate, costate, iViin. Pedicels solitary or 2-nate, i-^in., 

 jointed above the middle, very slender. Flowers white, scarcely 

 TO in. diam. ; solitary or in pairs, polygamous. Perianth is-Join., 

 sub-campanulate ; stamens short ; anthers minute. Berry £-fin. 

 diam. 



Uses : — The root is considered tonic and astringent. In 

 Kanawar a sprig of this is put in the hands of small-pox patients 

 as a curative measure. (Stewart.) 



1274. A. racemosus, Willd., h.f.b.i., vl, 316 ; 

 Roxb. 291. 



Sans. : — Shatamuli (S. and B.). 



Vem. : — Shakakul (H.) ; Satawar, bozandan, bozidan (Pb.) ; 

 Shaquaqul-e-misri (Duk.) ; Satavari (Guj.); Satavari-mul. (Mar.); 

 Tannir-muttan-kizhangu, skimai-shadavari (Tarn.) ; Khalla- 

 gaddu, pilli-pichara (fresh-root) ; sima-shata-vari (dry root) 

 (Tel.) ; Shatavali (Mai.) ; Majjige-gadde (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Found all over India. 



A tall, rambling and scandent, spinous, excessively branched 

 undershrub, root-stock tuberous. Branches triquetrous ; spines 

 J-iin., straight or sub-recurved. Cladodes 2-6-nate, |-|in. long, 

 T^in. broad, in the middle, acicular, trigonous, falcate, finely acu- 

 minate at both ends. Raceme l-2in., many-fid, solitary or fasicled, 

 simple, rarely branched ; pedicels very slender, -§-in., joined at 

 or above the middle. Perianth white, fragrant, xVJin. across ; 

 segments oblong, obtuse ; anthers small, shortly oblong, purplish. 

 Ovary-cells ovuled. Berry 1-2 seeded, globose or didymous, 

 ^-^in. diam. Very variable in length of leaves and spines. 

 (Trimen). 



