120 2 es ORUCIFERZ. 
‘Dr. Stewart states that: in the Punjab aed. Sind Matthiola” 
incana, ft. Br.,* is grown for its seeds, which constitute one — 
of the several kinds of **Todri.”” In short this Persian name Z 
“appears to have much the same meaning as the Aevxdiov of the _ 
Greeks, being applied loosely to several Berne: flowers, (See. 
remarks on Cheiranthus- Cherri. ) 
Fig. —Wight: Hi. .,.12 Fe Fil, set» 2 616. Coiamon 4 
Cress (Eng.), Cresson (F.) : 
t 
Hab—Cultivated i in all countries. The seeds. 
Ver nacular. —Hurf, Halim, Chansar (Hind.), as (Gee. ) z 
: 
E 
. 
: 
- LEPIDIUM SATIVUM, Linn. - 
calves (Mar. )° Ali-virai (Lam.), Adeli (Tel. ) 2 
History, Uses, &c. —The common cress is nord = 
Se supposed to be a native of Persia, from which country it was 
_ probably introduced. at-an early date into India. ‘The seeds . 
~ ave called Chandrasura in Sanskrit works, and ave described. 
as tonic: and alterative ; water, thickened with the’ mucilage 
» which they give out, is recommended i in the Bhayaprakdsa ag. 3 
a remedy — for hiceup.. The confection or Rabart containing 
ghi and sugar is used as a restorative tonic, and the seeds are” 
added to purgatives. The Mahometan writers identify cress — 
with the KapSapov of the Greeks, and give Hab-el-rash4d as the ~ 
Arabic name for the seeds, which they consider to be hot and : 
dry in the third degree, and to have aphrodisiac and diuretic 
~ properties ; they recommend them for the dispersion. ofcertain - 
chronic enlargements of the. spleen, &c., and as an alterative — 2 ; 
in various diseased « conditions “supposed to be epi by e 
cold humours. _ 
Ses 
> ia 
‘Chemical composition.—The hare and seeds of re sativum 4 
praised and macerated and distilled with steam, 
yield. a volatile 
aromatic oil which does 
not separate Spontaneously: from the 
7 * Purple Gillyflower. Eng.. Bot., 1935. Quarantaine (Fr.) ’ 
+ Dios, ii. 144; Nasturtium of Fhay, 19, 44; 20,50; Theoph. H.P.L 
105 vie 14,6 Mee et ge 
