a ea! 
‘ = OR is 18, Bk fen 75. Sibthorp refers nares 
* Khorasan, Khakshé; Tabriz, Surdan; Turkistan, Shiwaran; : 
hot flavour like mustard. 
122 2 CRUCIFER. 
duced into the country by the Mahometans as a substitute for — 
S. officinale, the eptoipov-of Dioscorides,* and the Irio of Pliny,t 4 
which is reputed to be good for asthma, hoarseness, or any 
debility of the throat or vocal organs; as also to promote — 
expectoration. In India the seeds are much used in restorative * 
and fattening confections. S. Irio was once common about — 
London,-and was called London Rocket; it covered the ground 
in the spring after the great fire of Spades. and Hallen records — 
that S. oficinale springs up wherever houses have been burnt. a 
It is a common weed in Persia, and is known ‘by varions names # 
in different parts of the country, e. g. in Fars, Shafterak; — 
Mazenderan, S hilsdeati. In Arabic it is called Khubah. 
Medicinally . it is thought to be expectorant, stimulant and 
restorative ; itis also used externally as a stimulating poultice; 
a large quantity is imported, as it is in constant demand among 
the Mahometuans of India. The plant also grows in Northern 
India. 
Description.—Khakshi isa small red oblong seed. about 1-20th 
of an inch long, one surface is convex, the other grooved, the 
groove ending in a notch; when placed in water it becomes 
coated with a transparent mucilage ; the cotyledons are yellow 
and oily. The seed turns rancid -if kept for any time; it has @ 
Commerce.—It is imported from Persia. Value, Rs. 5 per 2 
Surat maund of 374 Ibs. 
BRASSICA NIGRA, Koch. : 
Fig. — Bentley and Trim., t. 22. Black mustard d (Bag yy : 
Moutarde noire (Fr. ). The aoe ie 
BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS, Iann. 
Fig.—Eng. Bot. 2146, Rape (Hng.), Navette, Ravette : 
(Fr.). The seeds and oil. : 
* Dios. 2, 147; Theophr. H. P. viii. 7. 
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one species was used under th Sane 8. iciceteamed= 
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