1264 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
long at the lower forks ; flower suberect, shortly pedicelled, 
1- ljin. long ; bracts small, cupular ; calyx-tube J-§in., sub- 
campanulate, pubescent, mouth oblique, obtusely 2-3-toothed ; 
corolla-tube as long as the calyx segments, longer than the tube, 
linear-oblong, cymbiform, dorsally pubescent, shortly spurred 
below the hooded tip ; lip lin. long, including the slender 
claw, cuneiform or nearly orbicular, bifid, margins waved and 
erose, claw as long as the limb, base with 2 fleshy teeth ; fila- 
ments nearly as long as the anthers, cells distant, glabrous, 
connective produced into a small, lobed crest ; style glabrous, 
stigma small ; fruit globose, fin. diam., pericarp black, fragile ; 
seeds small, black. (Trimen.) 
Uses : — According to Trimen, the aromatic rhizomes are used 
as a medicine, probably for the same purposes as other species 
of this genus. 
1251. A. mlcarata, Bose., h.f.b.i., vi., 254. 
Roxb. 169. 
Habitat: — Southern Malay Peninsula and the Concan. 
Root-stock perennial, not tuberous. Leafy stem slender, 
2- 4ft. Leaves 6-12 by l-2in., lanceolate, acuminate, green and 
glossy on both surfaces. Panicle short, dense-fid, 3-4in. ; rachis 
pubescent ; lower branches short, bearing 3-4 crowded flowers ; 
bracts small, ovate. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped,, l-|in. ; ovary 
densely pubescent. Corolla segments Jin., oblong, greenish- 
white. Lip 1-lJin., oblong, beautifully variegated with red and 
yellow on a pale ground with edges slightly incurved ; base 
spurred. Anther-cells minutely margined. Ovules many in a 
cell. Capsule globose, red. ( Baker). 
Uses : — Sold and used as a substitute for galangal in Hyder- 
abad and other parts of India. (Moodeen Sheriff.) 
1252. Canna indica, Linn., h.f.b.i., vi., 260. 
Roxb. 1. 
Sans. : — Sarvajaya. 
Vern. : — Surba jaya, Kiawra, Ukilbar-ki-munker (H,); Sar- 
bajaya, Kamakshi (B.) ; Uakok (Pb.) ; Levakeli, kardali (Mar.) ; 
