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USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
M. P. flaccidum Meissn. F. B. L v, 39 ; Beng. PL 887 
J J . 'flaccidum Roxb . Eng. & Prantl iii, la, 28* 
Sadiya. No. 374. 
Local name.— Mau mau blielagni. 
Distiub.— -I ndo-Malay region. Common throughout India in wet 
places. 
Cultivated in gardens at Sadiya. 
When bruised the plant at hrst has a pleasant smell and then an unpleasant soap'like 
smell. It is used as a spice. 
55. P. Cliinense Linn. F. B. I. v, 44 ; Eng. & Prantl hi, la* 
28; Beng. PI. 887. 
Sadiya and Dibrugarh. Nos. 596, 368 and 41176, 
Local name. — Mudhuri tenga. 
Distuib. — Sub-tropical and Temperate Himalayas, from B ho tan 
through Assam to Chittagong and Burma. The Deccan, Ceylon, Malacca* 
and Sumatra. 
A very common weed especially on river .sand. The whole plant has a reddish tinge. 
It is used in carry. v 
56. P. glabrum Willd. F. B. I. v, 34; Beng. PL 886; D. E. F. 
vi, 1, 318 ; Pharmacog. Ind. 152. 
Dibrugarh. No. 119. 
Local name. — Pathurua bhelagni. 
Distiub.- — From Burma and Assam through Bengal westward to the- 
Indus and in the Temperate Himalaya, Ceylon, Tropical Asia, Africa, 
America. 
A glabrous erect annual with reddish stem almost as thick as a finger It grows i» 
ditches and sw-amps. 
The juice of the plant mixed with other ingredients is said to cure pneumonia. 
57. P. pcrfoliatnm Linn. F. B. I. v, 46; Beng. PL 887. 
Dibrugarh. No. 163. 
Distiub. — Central and Eastern Himalayas (in Assam ana Bengal 
found in the jhils). Java, China and Japan. 
A curious species. The stem has recurved prickles. The leaves arc triangular and 
are borne on very long stalks. The stipules are circular and embrace the stem. A not 
uncommon weed. No use is made of it but it has a • pleasant acid taste and is probably 
wholesome. 
58. P. Fagopyrum Linn. Camb. Br. FL ii, 110; FI. Ind. ii, 292. 
Farjopyrum esculentum Moench. F. B, I. v, 55; Eng. & Prantl 
iii, la, 29 ; D. E. P. iii, 310. 
Dibrugarh. No. 21. 
Local name.— a Buckwheat ” 
