192 A NOTE ON PLANTS USED DURING FAMINES AND -SEASONS 
the Bajri has dried out on account of drought, so it must 
be absolutely reliable as a food product in times of dearth. 
PAMEiE. 
Phoenix sylvestris, Roxb, Kajuri, Leaf buds and inner stems 
eaten, (j. C. Lisboa.) 
Borassus flabellifer, Linn. Tad; Tad^mar. Roots eaten. 
(J. C. Lisboa.) 
PANDAl^EJE. 
Pandanus fascicularis, Lamk. Kenr. *'The tender floral 
leaves are eaten raw or cooked with various condiments 
and the pulp contained in the lower part of the drupes of ' 
the compound fruit is sucked.” (J. C. Lisboa, op cit,) 
AROIDEE. 
Arisoema tortuosum, Schott. ^ DhMhda ; Diwa (Poona and 
t Ahmednagar Districts). 
Arisoema Murrayi, Hook. J Baddha (Junnar, Poona). Corms 
cooked in water and mixed with salt and chillies.” These 
are plants of the highlands with heavy rainfall. 
Sauromatum ^uttatum, Schott. Divakand (Kalwan, Nasik). 
Remarks regarding preparation are given under Dioscorea 
sativa. Corms used. 
Typhonium trilohatum, Dalz. (J. C. Lisboa.) 
Typhonium divaricatum, Dene. (J. C. Lisboa.) 
Theriophorum Dalzellii, Schott. (J. C. Lisboa.) 
Amorphophallns campanulatus, Bl. Suran (Generally). Also 
commonly cultivated. 
Amorphopliallus bulbifer, Bl. Lotha. (Igatpuri, Nasik). No 
information received regarding parts used. 
Synantherias sylvatica, Schott. Vaja (Bardoli, Surat). 
Vagaria, (Panch Mahals.) Cooked in water and mixed with 
salt and chillies.” 
Remusatia vivipara* Schott. T'm (Dang, Surat). Asdia ; Aim. 
(Panch Mahals.) No information received regarding parts 
used. This is a common plant in the moist hilly districts 
and usual grows in the forks of trees. It produces its 
spathes in March and April and leaves at the beginning of 
4;he monsoon. The bulbiferous shoots emerge with the leaves 
and persist till the following hot weather. 
