N. 0. SCROPHIJIARINE/E. 
933 
Use : — Used in a ghrita as a remedy for gonorrhoea, and the 
juice is given to children who pass green-colored stools (Pharma- 
cographia Indica, iii. 14). 
893 . V. pedunculata, Benth. H. Fl. Br. i. iv. 
282 . 
Vern. : — Gadagvel (Mar.). 
Habitat Throughout India. 
A glabrous, annual herb. Stem sometimes creeping at the 
base and rooting from the nodes, sometimes tinged with purple. 
Brandies 4-10 in. long, procumbent, slender. Leaves shortly 
petioled, f-lin., obtuse or subacute, obscurely crenate, toothed. 
Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels as long as the leaves some- 
times lfin., Sepals fin , narrowly lanceolate. Corolla fin. long 
white, or pale blue with a white spot. Longer filaments, with 
a small obtuse tooth. Capsule fin., much longer than the Calyx 
linear lanceolate. Seeds ellipsoid. 
Use. : — It is used for t|ie same purpose as V . erecta. 
894 . Picrorhiza Kurroort, Benth. h.f.b.i., iv. 
290 . 
Sans. : — Katuka ; Katurohini. 
Vern.: — Katki (B. and (H.) ; Karrfi (Pb.); K&li kutaki, 
bSlakadfi (Bom.) ; Kutki (Mar.) ; Kadu (Guz.) ; Kali-kutki (Dec.). ; 
Katuku-vogani (Tam.) ; Katukuroni ; Katuka-rogani (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Common in Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Sikkim. 
A low, more or less hairy, herb, with perennial woody 
bitter stock. Root-stock as thick as the little finger, 6-10in. 
long, clothed with withered leaf-bases. Leaves subradical, 
spathulate, serrate, 2-4in., rather coriaceous, tip rounded, base 
narrowed into a winged sheathing petiole. Flowering stems or 
scapes ascending, stout, longer than the leaves, naked or with 
a few bracts below the inflorescence. Spikes 2-4in. long 
subcylindric, obtuse, many-flowered, subhirsute ; bracts oblong 
or lanceolate, as long as the Calyx. Sepals fin. long, ciliate. 
