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Stem 6-12ft. long, tapering, hollow. Leaves 12-18in. long, broadly ovate-cordate. Flowers 5-7in. diam., drooping, fragrant ; buds linear-oblong, 3-4in. long. Anthers ½in. long, versatile, yellow. Capsule 3in. ; septa feathered. (Kanjilal).
Uses : — The leaves are employed as an external cooling application to alleviate the pains of wounds and bruises.
1286. L. Wallichianum, Schultes fil.,. h.f.b.l, vi., 349.
Vern. :— Findora (H.).
Habitat: — Western Himalaya, Nepal and Kumaon.
Bulbous herbs ; stems leafy, erect, unbranched. Bulbs of narrow, fleshy, imbricating scales, without any other coats, small, on a creeping root- stock; scales many, short, ovate, acuminate. Stem 3-6ft. ; base ascending, few-fid. Leaves sessile, 6-12 by ¼-¾in., lanceolate, narrowly linear, nerves 3-5 faint. Flowers sub-solitary, horizontal, sweet-scented, white or greenish-white ; pedicel long ; perianth 6-10in., narrowly tubular below, then infundibular, with the upper third curved ; tube greenish outside ; segments sub-equal, oblanceolate, 2in. broad. Stamens not diverging, much shorter than the perianth ; anthers 1in., orange-yellow. Style recurved at the top ; stigma conoidal, capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule l½-2in.
Uses : — The dried bulb scales possess demulcent properties and are used like salep in pectoral complaints. (Atkinson.)
1287. Colchicam luteum, Baker, h.f.b.l, vi., 356.
Sans. :— -Hiranya tutha. (Golden collyrium).
Vern. : — Hiran tutiya (H.).
Habitat :— Western Temperate Himalaya ; Kashmir ; Chamba.
Corm gibbously ovoid, coats dark-brown. Leaves few, appearing with the flowers, linear, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, lorate, short at the flowering time, at fruiting 6-12 by ⅓-½in. ; lip rounded. Flowers 1-2 (in spring), 1-1½in. diam., when expanded golden-yellow. Tube 3-4in. ; segments oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, many nerved. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; filaments very much shorter than the long,