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1322 . Lasia lieterophylla, Schott., h.f.b.i., vi. 
550 . Roxh. 147 . 
Vern. : — Kanta-kochfi (B.) ; Kanta saru (Sautali) ; Mulasari, 
kanta-kachoramu (Tel.). 
Habitat. — Found from Tropical Sikkim. Himalaya, Assam, 
Bengal, Burma, Singapore. Ilatlier common in low moist country 
in Ceylon. Not in Peninsular India, (K. II. K.). 
Root-stock creeping, lin. diam. Leaves 6-18in. long, rigidly 
coriaceous, young hastate or Sagittate, old pinnatifid, segments 
lanceolate, acuminate, smooth above, beneath costate, and 
strongly penniveined, mid-rib and veins naked or spinous 
beneath. Petiole 2-4ft., terete, base sheathing. Spathe 8-14in., 
spirally twisted above the spadix, about as thick as the little 
finger, acute, green or yellowish, margins very dark-purple ex- 
cept at the base, open at base only when the pollen is being 
discharged, closing afterwards. Spadix about lin., claret 
coloured, fruiting 4-5in., and lin. diam. Flowers sessile, 
perianth-segments 4-5, concave, dorsally hooded, dull pink ; 
filaments very broad, anther-cells oblong, divaricate below; 
ovary short, columnar, green, stigma large, sessile, pulvinate, 
pink. Fruit an oblong or capitate syncarp 2in. diam., of 
muricate berries, £in. diam. Root-stock eaten in famine times. 
(Trimen.) 
Uses The root is highly esteemed by the Santals as a reme- 
dy for affections of the throat. (Campbell.) 
The leaves and roots are also used medicinally by the Sin- 
ghalese. 
1323 . Acorus calamus, Linn, h.f.b.i., vi. 555 . 
Roxb. 296 . 
Sans. : — Viicha (talking), shadgrantha (six-knotted), ugragan- 
dha (strong-smelling), jatila (having entangled hair). 
Fern. : — Bach, gor bach (H.) ; Bach (B.) ; Gandilovaj, goda 
vaj (Guz.) ; Vekliand (Mar.) ; Bariboj ; warch (Pb.) ; Vashambu 
(Tam.); Vasa, wasa, wadaja (Tel.) ; Vasbampa (Mai.) ; Baje (Kan.) 
