N. O. T.ITTAflE^.. 
1291 
Habitat : — Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim, Till o tan, Assam, Behar 
at. Monghyr, on Parasnath. Central Provinces, frequent, 
especially on the plateau land in Ralaghat. and Bilaspnr. 
Root fil)res cylindric. Leaves 0-18 by 1 ^-2in., oblanceolate, 
obtuse, acute or acuminate, usually narrowed into a broad petiole. 
Scape G-20in., stout, naked ; raceme 3-8in., elongate, simple or 
shortly branched ; bracts f-lin. or lower, longer; pedicels J-jin. 
jointed in the middle. Perianth-segments |-|in., lanceolate, 
white. Anthers longer than the filaments. Capsule |in. broad, 
2-lobed at the tip and base ; cells 3-4 seeded. Seeds fin. 
diam. ; sub-orbicular, flat, black. In small specimens, the 
leaves are narrower and broadest at the base. (Hooker.) 
Uses : — Sated musli appears in the market in white dry 
pieces '5-2-5" long and '25" thick. They $well in water to a 
cylindrical fusiform shape, and are said to be used (like Kalfi, 
Musali) as a tonic. (Haines.) 
N.-B . — No other writer, except Mr. H. H. Haines, I.F.S. considers Hated 
musli to be the product of this plant (Indian Forester, Vol. XL (1914), p. 477.) 
B. D. B. 
Genus Allium, Linn, strong smelling, scapigrous herbs. 
J. D. Hooker calls them “ fotid.” Well he may. A congener A. 
ascalonicum is surnamed A. fragrans g. nepalensis. I don’t 
call them foetid. Of course opinions differ. They are, no 
doubt, strong smelling, some with ammonical odours. (K.R.K.) 
Bulbs coated, weaves usually narrow, often fistular. Flowers 
capitate or uinbelled, all at first enclosed in 1-3 membranous 
spathes, stelluate or campanulate ; sepals free or connate below. 
Stamens hypogynous or inserted on the perianth ; filaments free 
or connate below, anthers oblong. Ovary 3-gonous, 3-celled. 
Style filiform ; stigma minute ; cells few-ovuled. Capsule small, 
loculicidal. Seeds few, compressed ; testa black. 
1280. Allium ascalonicum, Linn., h.f.b.i., vi., 
337. Roxb. 288. 
Vern. : — Ek-kanda-lasun or ek-kali-lasan (one-clove garlic) 
Emj . : — The Shallot, 
