312 MESSRS. LACE AND HEMSLEY ON THE 
Plants used Medicinally. 
A decoction from the mashed roots of Berberis vulgaris is said 
to be given for chest complaints. In case of fever many plants 
are considered eflicacious; the most important being Salvia 
Hydrangea, the seeds of Salvia spinosa, Thymus Serpyllum, 
Iphiona persica, and the vapour given off from the seeds 
of Peganum Harmala. As purgatives, Tanacetum gracile and 
Euphorbia Heyneana are used, and for rheumatism infusions of 
the leaves of Othonnopsis intermedia and Rhazya stricta. 
A solution for wounds is made from the roots of Sophora 
Grifithii and from the seeds of Salvia spinosa. The dried 
flowers of Tulipa chrysantha make a kind of jalap; and cooling 
drinks or medicines are made from Perowskia abrotanoides, 
Otostegia Aucheri, Teucrium Stocksianum, and from the root of 
Cichorium Intybus. 
A kind of manna (* gürrai ”) found on Othonnopsis intermedia 
is given medicinally to cattle ; the leaves of Plectranthus rugosus 
are employed to kill ticks and other insects on sheep ; and the 
pounded leaves of Daphne oleoides are used for wounds or sores 
on sheep. 
Withania coagulans, Mentha sylvestris, and Tribulus terrestris 
are also used medicinally. 
CoNCLUSION. 
In conclusion I have to thank Dr. George Watt, C.I.E., for 
the time and trouble he gave to my collection of plants, and it is 
due to him that it was made as complete as possible. My thanks 
are also due to Mr. J. F. Duthie, who named many of the Grasses ; 
to Miss M. Smith, for careful drawings of some of the new 
species; and I am also deeply indebted to Mr. W. B. Hemsley, 
who so kindly undertook the final determination of the plants 
and the descriptions of the new or undescribed species, and who 
has been good enough to bring this paper before the Society. 
