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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
786 . C. tuberosa, Roxb. h.F.b.i,, iv. 70 . 
Syn. : — C. acuminata, Roxb. 251. 
Vern . : — Kappe-kadu (Bomb.); Patal-tumbdi (Mar.) ; Corn- 
ua umadu (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula, from the Concan southwards. 
Twining herbs, quite glabrous ; root tuberous. Stem leafy 
slender. Leaves glabrous, l-4in.; fleshy, from orbiculcular api- 
culate to lanceolate acuminate ; base acute or rounded. Petiole 
£-fin. Peduncles glabrous 1-3 together, J-3in.; pedicels fasci- 
cled or subpaniculate ; bracts minute. Flowers lin. long and 
upwards, rarely less. Sepals subulate, £in., recurved. Corolla 
l-2in., straight, base somewhat inflate, mouth slightly dilated. 
Lobes x shorter than the tube, suddenly contracted from a trian- 
gular base into linear cohering appendages that are at first 
connate throughout their length, and villous within. Coronal- 
lobes ciliate, very short. Follicles 4-5in. long, slender. Seeds 
iin. long, linear. 
Use : — The starchy, somewhat bitter tubers, are used as a 
nutritive tonic in the bowel complaints of children (Dymock). 
787 . Boucerosia aucheriana, Dene, h.f.b.i., iv. 78 . 
Vern. : — Chariingli, chungi, pawanne, pamanke (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Dry hills in the Western Punjab ; the Salt Range, 
&c. 
The genus Boucerosia is described by J. D. Hooker as 
“ fleshy leafless herbs, with thick 4-angled stem, angles toothed.” 
B. Aucheriana is a plant 2-6in. high ; branches J-Jin. diam. 
Flowers capitate. Sepals oyate-lanceolate. Corolla Jin. diam., 
dark-purple, more or less deeply divided into lobes, narrow, 
lanceolate, glabrous, pustular above. Follicles 3-4iD., tips capi- 
tate. 
Uses : — The juicy stems are considered stomachic, carmina- 
tive, and' tonic. Bellew states that they are also used as 
vermifuge, and Masson mentions that, dried and powdered, they 
are taken as stimulants (Stewart). It is also used as a febrifuge. 
