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_ which, Siewart! says, is mixed with milk and given vitally | 
_ for contusions, and used externally as a blister. Persian and 
_ Arabian medical writers describe several kinds ‘of Anemone 
_ under the name of Shakayak-el-Naaman ; they copy closely 
a from the Greeks, with the addition ‘that these plants are used 
with Walnut’ husks for ayeIve the hair black: (Gf. Dios: II., - 
. 167; Pliny; 21, 94.) beget 
, Caltha palustris, Linns, Eng. Bot. 8, 506. The Marsh- ~ 
4 marigold. is a native of marshes jn the western: temperate. 
Z Himalaya. Ii is a common Huropean PIaMis- ihe natives 
of India consider the roots to be poisonous. - 
_Delphinium psi oe sess ls Royle, Pot. Sige re 
£461,. 
: Vernacular.—Sérp- phali, (Hind.) Isa native of the Panjab: 
; Himalaya, and ‘is prized fon its strong scent of musk. Ibis 
offered to idols, and Aitchison says that the juice is used to 
voy ticks tn ariimals. (Journ, “Linn. ‘Soe., XVUI. a "). 
- Delphinium coeruleum, Tag, Voy. Dot. 7, ee 6. +. 
Vernacular. —Dakhangv. Ts. a Panjob Pet the root’ of 
_ which i is. used.to kill maggots. 
Delphinium denudatum, Wail. Is also a Ponte A 
plant. Stewart says the root } is chewed to cure toothache. ¥ 
Peonia emodi, Wall., Bat. Mag. ‘5719. Is the Mamel 
_ of the Punjab and a native of the temperate Himalaya. Iti is” 
- said by das te be used in ae same’ iad, fix ofleinalie,. ‘ 
inn. . 
Ranunculus sceleratus, Linn, me Bot. 10, ner 
Vernacular. —Kabikaj (Pers.). Isa native of Northern Indi 
_Itis one of the plants known as Batrachion to the Grecks, 
Galen says should not. be used on account of their — 
properties. _The Romans called. these plants Ranunculus. 
epee oe consider it"to be. the same as the A 
?P ntify it with the » Sar 
