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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



interposed between the distant male and female infloresence 

 respectively; no appendage. Anthers crowded, very short, 

 pores confluent. Ovaries scattered, globose, narrowed into a 

 short style. Stigma large, 2-3 lobed. (J. D. Hooker). 



Uses : — " The country people in Goa use the crushed seed to 

 cure toothache ; a small quantity is placed in the hollow tooth 

 and covered with cotton ; it rapidly benumbs the nerve ; they 

 also use it as an external application to bruises on account of 

 its benumbing effect." (Dymock). 



1316. Remusatia vivipara, Sehott. h.f.b.l, 

 vi. 521. 



Syn. : — Arum viviparum, Roxb. 625 



Vern. : — Mara vara Tsjembu (Mai.) ; Rukh-alu (Mar.). 



Habitat: — Subtropical Himalaya. The Khasia Hills. Behar, 

 on Parasnath. The Western Ghats. 



Tubers l-ljin. in diam., clustered, depressed, rooting from 

 the crown ; bulbilliferous shoots 6-12in. long, as thick as a 

 goose quill, simple or shortly branched, ascending, flexuous, 

 bearing at the nodes clusters of oblong, squarrosely scaly 

 bulbils 5(5-4 m. long. Leaves peltate, 5 by 3 J to 18 by 12in., 

 membranous, orbicular-ovate or cordate, acute or acuminate, 

 with strong main nerves and fine venation between them ; 

 petiole 6-12in. long, with a short sheath. Spathe 4-5in. long, 

 coriaceous ; tube l-2in. long, oblong or oviod, green ; limb 2-3in. 

 long, broadly orbicular-ovate or ovate-cordate, 2-3in. broad, 

 golden-yellow. Spadix 1-1 Jin. long ; the male inflorescence 

 Jin. long. The plant rarely flowers, but sends up long 

 bulbilliferous shoots from the crown of the tuber. 



Uses:— The root is made into an ointment with turmeric and 

 used as a remedy for itch ; and the juice with cow's urine is 

 considered to be alexipharmic, (Rheede.) 



1317. Aoloeasia Antiquoram, Sckott, h.f.b.l, vi. 

 523. 



Syn. ; — Arum Colocasia, Willd. Roxb. 621. 

 Sans. : — Kachchi, katchu, kachwi, kachwae . 



