useful plants of the district of lakhimpur. 
365 
35, C. sp. probably C, aromatica Salisb. F. B, I, vi, 210; Eng. 
& Prantl ii, 6, 19. 
North Lakhimpur. No. 393. 
Local name.— Kiturf. 
Distrib.— T hroughout India from the Eastern Himalaya to Ceylon. 
Wild or cultivated. 
A kind of turmeric. Its rhizome is used to colour oxen at the time of the Bihu ceremony, 
a festival held on the day on which the sun enters Aries. (Cf . Crimm „) 
31. Alpinia Linn. 
30. A. malaceeiisis Rose. F. B. I. vi, 255. 
Makum Kila. No. 110. 
Distrib. — E astern Himalayas to Assam and Chittagong ; also m 
Malabar. 
Very common in the jungle a throughout the district. The plant and leaves are given to 
elephants. 
32. Clinogyne Salisb. 
37. €. dichotoma Roxb. F. B. I. vi, 258 ; Eng, & Prantl ii, 6 } 39 ; 
Beng. PI. 1048. 
Hhrynium dichotomum Roxb. FI. Ind. i, 2 ; D. E. P. v, 216. 
Jokai. No. 169. 
Local name; — Pati dai. 
Distrib. — Eastern Bengal through Assam to Burma, Malay Pen in' 
sula. 
A straggling shrub with repeatedly forked stems, very common in the junglee of Lakhim- 
pur. The stems are much used by the natives who split them up and weave them into 
excellent sleeping mats, known as sital pati. 
33. Phrynium Witld. 
3S1 P. capita tutu Wiild. F. B I vi, 258 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 6, 
39; Beng. PL 1049. 
Jokai. No. 170. 
Local name. — -Kowai, kudali. 
Distrib. — E astern Himalayas to Assam ; also in Malabar and 
Travancore, Ceylon and Malay Peninsula. 
A herb with large oblong leaves which are used as plates and for thatching. It is common 
in the jungles. 
XIV. marantaceae. 
34. Mainnta Linn. 
39. ML arundinacea Linn. Eng. & Prantl ii, 6, 41; Beng. PI 
1048; D. E. P. v, 180. 
