USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKH1MPUR. 
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IX. AR1RYLLIDACEAE. 
25. Crinum Linn. 
38. C. asi&ticum Linn. F. B. I. vi, 280 ; Eng. k Prantl ii, 5, 108 
Dibmgarh. No. 125. 
Local NAME. — Kanaripat. 
Disteib.— Tluoughout tropical India and Ceylon, common on the sea 
coasts. 
The leaves are applied to skin diseases. 
29. C. anMBiium Koxb. F. B. I. vi, 282 ; Beng PI, 1061 ; D. E. P. 
ii, 589. 
Lakhimpur. No. 41171. 
Local name. — Bihu Lily. 
Disteib. — Temperate Himalaya; from Nepal eastward to Burma. 
26. Curculigo Gaertn. 
30. C. orchioidcs Gaertn. F. B. I. vi, 279 ; Beng. PL 1059 ; D. E. 
P. ii, 650 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 462. 
Jokai jungle. No. 190. 
Local name. — Nagini. 
Disteib. -Sub-tropical Himalaya from Kumaun eastwards to Bengal 
and Assam, the Western Gh&ts, Java. 
A herb with narrow, membranous leaves which are traversed by numerous fine strong 
veins. The plant is common in the jungles. The powdered rhizome put into cuts is said to 
stop bleeding and to dry up the wound. This rhizome is a well known Indian drug called 
u musii si yah.” 
1. DIOSCOREACEAE. 
27. Dioscorea Linn. 
31. D. sp, probably D. spinosa Boxb. F. B. I. vi, 291. 
Dibrugarh. No. 333. 
Local name. — Mo alii, sutni alu. 
Cultivated. The branches straggle on the ground. The leaves are long*petioled with 
broadly cordate, acuminate lamina. There is a conspicuous swelling at the base of the 
petiole. The tubers, which are white and about the size of small potatoes, are eaten. Several 
wild species of Dioscorea, some of which have remarkably large tubers, are eaten by the 
more primitive tribes of the pro.v luce. 
