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sparred nor crested. Filament pale-red, long, slender. Lateral staminodes broad. Style slender, long, filiform. Stigma sub-globose. Ovary 3-celled ; placentas axillary. Capsule glabrous, globose.
Use : — The aromatic root-stocks are used as a stomachic, carminative, tonic and stimulant.
Chem. comp.— The dried tubers have been examined by J. C. Thresh (Pharm. Journ. [3] XV. 361). The proximate analysis gave the following results : —
| Soluble in petroleum ether— | |
| Ethyl-methyl-paracoumarate | 3.0 |
| Fixed oil and odorous body | 2.9 |
| Soluble in alcohol— | 2.7 |
| Indif. substance ppt. by tannin | |
| Acid resin, &c | |
| Soluble in water— | |
| Glucoside or saccharine matter | 1.0 |
| Mucilage | 2.8 |
| Albuminoids, organic acid, &c. | 1.9 |
| Starch | 52.3 |
| Moisture | 13.6 |
| Ash | 4.6 |
| Cellulose, &c. | 15.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
(Pharmacogr. Ind. III. 418-419.)
1241. Amomum xanthioides, Wall., h,f.b.i., vi. 239.
Vern. :— Iláyechi (H.) ; Elâch (B.) ; Elam (Tam.) ; Elakulu (Tel.) ; Eláchi (Mar.).
Habitat : — Tenasserim ; Tavoy.
Herbs, perennial, widely creeping. Root-stock leafy ; stems 5-6ft. Leaves 1-1½ft. by l½-3in., firm, bright-green, lanceolate, glabrous. Spike globose, shortly peduncled, lin., few-fid. Peduncle arcuate, glabrous, slender, 2-3in.; outer bracts ½-¾in., acute, glabrous, small, oblong. Corolla tube under lin.; segments oblong, ⅓-½in. Lip cochleariform, bifid, longer than the corolla-segments with an orbicular blade, ½-¾in. broad, narrowed suddenly to a broad claw. Anther-crest auricled on each side, short, broad, entire. Capsule rigid, echinate, oblong-trigonous, pale-brown, under lin. long.