N. 0. SCITAMINE/E. 
1245 
1230. Saccnlabium papillosum, Li veil., ti.f.r.t., 
vi. 63. 
Syn . : — Acampe papillosa, Lindley. 
Sans. : — Tlasna, gandhat, nakuli. 
Fern. : — Kanbher, r4sna (Mai.). 
Habitat Bengal and the Lower Himalaya Mts., from 
Sikkim eastwards, Assam, the Gangetie Delta and the drears. 
Stem 2-3ft., elongate, epiphytic, branched, scandent, as thick 
as a goose-quill. Leaves 4-5in-, obliquely notched. Scape l-2in., 
internode, close. Flowers fin. diam., bracts semi-circular, mid- 
lobe of the lip ovate, spur conical, pubescent within. Ovary 
very short. Capsule l^in., fusiform. 
Use: — In Konkan, its roots are considered to have cooling 
properties. (Dymock.) It is said to be a specific for rheumatism. 
Tt is invariably given as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. 
In the Concan, S. Wightiannm, Honk, f., Rlieede, Hort. Mai. xii.,t. 4, and S. 
prtomorsum, Hook. f. Rheccle, llort. Mai. xii., t. 4, very similar plants, are 
used as Rfisna. The Marathi peasants call these plants Ttfinbher. (Pharmacogr. 
hid. Ill 893.) 
N. 0. SCITAMINEiE. 
1231. Curcuma ahgttsti folia, Tio^b., 11.F.P..T., 
iv. 210, Roxb. 10 11. 
Fen?. : — Tikhur (IT. and B.) ; Ararut-cha-gadda, Tavakhira 
(Mar.); Kuve-gadde (Kan.); Ararut-kishangu ; Kua (Tam.); 
Ararut-gaddalu (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon to Nepal. 
A dwarf herb. I’ootstock small, globose; tubers many, 
oblong, at. the end of long fibres. Leaves with short petioles 
1-lift, blade lanceolate, plain green 1-1 ft. by 2-3in. Spike 
witli peduncle, festival, i-lft., 3-fi by 2in. diam. ; flower 
bracts liti. green, ovate ; pink ; bracts of coma few or many. 
Corolla tube fin., lobes of corolla pale-yellow, upper segment 
ovate, lateral oblong, shorter. Staminode and lip bright yellow, 
the latter orbicular cuneate, einarginate. 
