ANEILEMA

(Lat.), n.n. A?n(a°n)-i(a-i?)-le(la)/mas. Gen., aneilem'atos (-tis). Gr., avetAnua (from dveAecv, to roll or crowd tother). 1. The movement of gas in the intestines. [K.] 2. Volvujus, spasmodic colic, [M. 60.] 8. In the pl., aneilemata, tormina. [Eipeceratée (A, 811).] 4. A section of the genus Commelyna, made ıy R. Brown, characterized by the absence of an involucre and by the inflorescence being in a divaricate panicle.’ [B, 121, 170.|—A. medic a JR. Brown]. Syn.: Commelyna medic a [Loureiro]. A species with aromatic tubers which are used as a demulcent and resolveut in thoracic and hepatic disorde: [B, 180.]—A. tuberosum [Hamilton]. Syn.: Commelyna scapi flora [Roxburgh], Murdania scapi flora [Royle]. A species growing in India; an’ acaulescent herbaceous plant, with perennial root consisting of several elongated tubers, ovate ensiform leaves, and erect radical racemes of pedicel led blue flowers. The tubers are used as a remedy in headache, vertigo, deafne , jaundice, and fevers, and as an antidote to animal poisons, especially snake-bites. [B, 172.]