_FUMARIACER. . > es 
_ properties Dioscorides ealls the plant Képnos,* and Pliny 
derives the name Fumaria from Fumus, smoke, with the 
E Be siniation that the plant irritates the eyes like smoke; it~ 
has also been called Fumus terre with referenee to the-colour 
of the foliage, or its smell. Fumitory does not: appear to. 
have been mentioned by the early Sanskrit writers. The — 
E Arabians and Persians probably derived their knowledge of it. _ 
from the: Greeks, as they hold the same high estimate of its 
' properties. In the Makhzan-el-Adwiya two varieties are 
_ mentioned, one with violet-coloured flowers, and a large kind 
with white flowers ; it is described as diuretic. and alterative, 
» removing hepatic obstructions, aperient and expellant of the 
_ humors, but more especially of atrabilis ; two Greek names are — 
iven, Kfastisi and Kafntis; the Arabic. names are Baklat- 
l-malik, and Shahteraj, a corruption from the Persian — 
“Shahtereh. In India the drug i is still highly esteemed by the 
Mahometans. - Jacquemont on his journey from. Calcutta to. 
ear. Chittoor-and i in the Punjab. “He describes it as very near 
o, if not I. officinalis. It was probably F ask shiles which 
8 aed i in Northern India as Fumitory. 
For a European account of the properties and uses of Fumi-_ 
ae Handschuch | 5 De plantis ncggpecntgc a _ may be con- 
(1 ounce to 1 pint) three times a aay: 
Description. —The dry plant is coucunite mish brokel a 
; mixed withit are many nearly globular, smooth, indehiscent Ee 
psules, ‘the size of a large pin’s head and umbilicate at the 
P; seed single, dark brown, crested, with a depression on 
ne side; odour pa any; taste ee) slightly acrid @ n 
stringent. - 
agp 4,105. Plin. 25, 98,99. Sibthorp refers ee 
rides to F. parviflora, Lam., a tise with white s Rae 
