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188 . Alpiiiia Linn. 
249. Alpinia Allug’has Roscoe ; F. I. i. 61 ; F. B. I. vi. 253. E. D. 
A 849. 
Northern river-banks, Dacopie, Heinig ! 
Vernac. Hazi ; Taruko, 
A large herb with perennial rootstock ; properties aromatic. 
Distrib. — India ; Indo-China. 
LXI.-AMARYLLIDACEiE, 
189 . Criiiuni Linn. 
A 
250. Criimm asiaticum Linn.; F. B. I. vi. 280. C. toxicarium 
F. I. ii. 134. E. D. c 2062. 
Plentiful on river-banks in the northern and central forests, some- 
times occurring also in the interior of the islands, Heinig ! Prain ! ^ 
Vernac. Kdchori. 
A large succulent herb ; properties emetic. 
Distrib. — Coasts of Ceylon : common elsewhere in India, but cultivated. 
LXII.— MO8COREACE7E. 
190 . Dioscorea Linn. 
251. Dioscorea pent apliylla Linn.; F. I. iii, 806; F. B. I. vi. 289. 
E. D. D 522. 
Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
Vernac. Kanta-diu. 
A large climber with bulbiferous stems ; root-tubers sometimes eaten, 
Distrib. — Tropics of Eastern Hemisphere. 
LXIII.— LILIACEE. 
191 . Aspliodelus Linn. 
252. Asphodelus teiiuifolins Cav.; F. B. I. vi. 332. A, clavatus 
F. I. ii. 148. E. D. A 1579. 
Sundribuns,’' Calcutta Garden Collectors (1845) ! 
An annual weed ; occasional only in fields in Lower Bengal and then usual'y 
only when the crop with which it is associated is raised from seed imported from 
Upper India ; it has not been reported from the Sundribuh clearings since 1845. 
In Upper India the seeds are used medicinally. 
Distrib, — Africa; Upper India. 
