N. 0. L1LIACJEJS. 
1289 
77-55 
12-85 
8-00 
8-80 
X00D0 
The water extract was a thick mucilaginous liquid which threw out white 
Hocks of albuminous matter when boiled, and was not affected by Peh ling's 
solution. The portion of the root insoluble in water consisted of almost pure 
cellulose. (Pharmacogr. Ind. III. 485.) 
1276. A. gonoclados, Baker, h.f.b.i., vi., 318. 
Vern. : — Satamuli (B.) ; Hatmuli (Assam) ; Tilora (Sind) ; 
Shatavari (Bomb, and Guz.) ; Satdvari-mul, zatar (Mar.); 
Kildvari, tannir-vittdn-kizhangu, tanni-muttdn-kalangu (Tam.) ; 
challagaddalu, pilli-pichara (Tel.) ; Shatavari-kizhanna, shatdvali 
(Mala); Maj jige-gadde (Kan.); Shaqaqul or shakakfil (Arab., 
Pers., and Hin.). This is erroneously called Safed munli in 
some parts of India. 
Habitat : — Upper India, Concan and the Deccan. 
An excessively branched, subscandent, armed under-shrub ; 
stem terete ; branches curved, green, triquetrous. Spines short. 
Cladodes 2-6-nate, l-l£in. long, by ityn. broad, flat, straight or 
falcate, subcostate, narrowed to the acuminate base and tip ; ra- 
cemes l-3in., often fascicled, sometimes connate ; pedicels aVAin. 
jointed much below the middle, bracts as long as the lower joint 
of the pedicels, cymbiform; perianth -rViVm. across; segments 
spreading, outer linear-oblong, inner more spathulate : anthers 
much shorter than the filaments. Berry globose, jin. diam., or 
didymous and twice as broad. Flowers white. 
Uses:— The root is considered nourshing and aphrodisiac. 
Boiled with oil, it is applied to cutaneous diseases. It is given 
in gonorrhoea in 15 grains per dose. The root is used to adultex - - 
ate or as substitute for Aconitum heterophyllnm. (Watt.) 
1277, Polygonatum multi florum, All., h.f.b.i., 
vi , 319. 
Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Kumaon. 
182 
Ghent, comp,— The powdered roots were found to contain— 
Water extract 
Cellulose 
Moisture 
Ash 
