N. 0. LIUACEjE. 
1290 
other, a minute trace of a white greasy residue was left, possessing an aro- 
matic odour— applied to the skin, no irritation was induced. We are indebted 
to Assistant Surgeon C. L. Boso for the above analysis, which was conducted 
in the Chemical Examiner's Laboratory, Calcutta. (Pharmacographia Indica, 
III, 477-478.) 
1284. Scilla indica, Baker, h.f.b.i., vi., 348. 
Fern. Suphadie-khus (B.); Bhui-kknda, pahadi-kand4 (H.); 
Nani jangli kando, lahana ran-kanda (Bomb.) ; Shirunari-ven- 
gayam (Tam.). 
Habitat : — The Deccan Peninsula and Central India, from 
the Concan and Nagpur southwards, especially near the sea. 
A scapigerous, annual herb, with a tunicate bulb. Bulb 
ovoid or globose, 1-l^in. diam. Leaves few or many, spread- 
ing and often rooting at the tips, 3-6in. by £in., variable from 
oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, sub-acute, narrowed into 
a sheathing petiole, rather fleshy, waved, obtusely keeled, dull, 
green above, and often blotched with black, pale and glaucous 
beneath. Scape 2-6in., rather stout ; raceme cylindric, 30-50-fid; 
bracts minute. Pedicels decurved. Flowers purplish 
or greenish-white, pendulous or cerunous. Perianth segments 
£in. long, linear, acute ; filaments as long as the perianth 
segments ; anthers small, shortly oblong. Ovary stipitat.e. 
Capsule 3-lobed, |in. long and broad, membranous ; cells 1-2- 
seeded. Seeds cuneiform or clavate. 
Uses : — Moodeen Sheriff describes the bulbs as more powerful 
than those otUrginea Indica, quite equal to the officinal drug of 
the British Pharmacopoeia. He says they are particularly 
efficient if gathered soon after they have flowered, a fact which 
may have something to do with O’Shaugnessy’s low estimate 
of their powers, since he remarks that the bulbs he made use of 
“ had not flowered that season.” The dose is from 1 to 4 grains. 
1285. IAlium giganteum, Wall., h.f.b.i., vi. 349. 
Vern. : — Giotra (Jaunsar). 
Habitat: — Temperate Himalaya, from Garhwat to Sikkim; 
Khasia Hills. 
