tf. 0. LILIAOEjE. 
1287 
1273. Asparagus filicinus, Ham. h.f.b.i., vi., 314. 
Vern. : — (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Temperate and Tropical Himalaya, from Kashmir 
to Bhutan. The Khasia hills. Jaunsar, Burma. 
A tall, erect, unarmed shrub, having tuberous roots. Stems 
flexuous, fistular, much branched, smooth; lower branches spread- 
ing ; upper internodes short. Gladodes 2-5nate, falcate, flat, 
acuminate, costate, iViin. Pedicels solitary or 2-nate, 4-fin., 
jointed above the middle, very slender. Flowers white, scarcely 
TO in. diam. ; solitary or in pairs, polygamous. Perianth iV-joim. 
sub-campanulate ; stamens short ; anthers minute. Berry f-fin. 
diam. 
Uses : — The root is considered tonic and jistringent. In 
Kanawar a sprig of' this is put in the hands of small-pox patients 
as a curative measure. (Stewart.) 
1274. A. racemosus , Willd., h.f.b.i., vi., 316 ; 
Roxb. 291. 
Sans. : — Shatamiili (S. and B.). 
Vern. : — Shak&kul (H.) ; Satiwar, bozand&n, bozid&n (Pb.) ; 
Shacjuaqul-e-misri (Duk.) ; Satdvari (Guj.); Sat&vari-mul. (Mar.); 
Tannir-muttan-kizhangu, skimai-shadavari (Tam.) ; Khalla- 
gaddu, pilli-pichara (fresh-root) ; sima-shata-vari (dry root) 
(Tel.) ; Shatavali (Mai.) ; Majjige-gadde (Kan.). 
Habitat- : — Found all over India. 
A tall, rambling and scandent, spinous, excessively branched 
undershrub, root-stock tuberous. Branches triquetrous ; spines 
4-fin., straight or sub-recurved. Cladodes 2-6-nate, f-fin. long, 
T 0 in. broad, in the middle, acicular, trigonous, falcate, finely acu- 
minate at both ends. Raceme l-2in., many-fid, solitary or fasicled, 
simple, rarely branched ; pedicels very slender, fin., joined at 
or above the middle. Perianth white, fragrant, T V|in. across; 
segments oblong, obtuse ; anthers small, shortly oblong, purplish. 
Ovary-cells ovuled. Berry 1-2 seeded, globose or didymous, 
f-iin. diam. Very variable in length of leaves and spine's. 
(Trimen). 
