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and then of throwing the bug into a state of torpor from which nothing will arouse it. In two or three nights, the jail has been completely cleared of bugs."

The ashes are applied to ringworm of the scalp, and in some parts of India are known as pânâ salt. (Watt.)

Syn. : — Aram speeiosum, Wall.

Vern. :— Samp-ki-khumb ; kiri-ki-kukri, kiralu (Pb.).

Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkim and Bhotan.

Root-stock oblique or shortly creeping and rooting ; often 5in. diam. Petiole very stout, green, smooth, often marbled with brown or purple. Leaf solitary. Leaflets all petiolulate acuminate lateral, dimidiate cordate, median ovate, cuneate or rounded at the base, 16-19in., edged with red or purple. Petiolule ½-2in.; nerves broadly reticulate. Peduncle much shorter than the petiole. Limb of spathe 2-6in. long banded white and purple ; ovate-lanceolate, incurved, caudate, acuminate ; tube of spathe 2-4in., striped with purple, spadix pink or yellowish tail, 12-lSin., dark-purple. Base of appendage not often inflated, usually ovoid, not truncate or disciform. Appendage cylindric or fusiform narrowed into a very long filiform tail. Anther cells 4-5. Ovaries ovoid. Stigma sessile, pulvinate. Very variable in size and colouring.

Uses: — In Hazara, the root is stated to be poisonous; in Chumba, it is applied pounded to snake-bites. In Kûlû, where the tuber is given to sheep for colic, the fruit is said to have deleterious effects on the mouth when eaten by children. (Stewart.)

Syn. : — A. curvatum, Kunth. Roxb. 628.

Vern :— Bir-banka (Nepal) ; Gurin, dor, kirkichâlu, kirakal, jangush (Pb.).

Habitat : — Temperate and subtemperate Himalaya, from Simla