130. - CRUCIFERZE. 
The other Cruciferous plants known in India, which are a 
more or less medicinal, are the following :— 4 
Cheiranthus Cheiri, Linn.—The Wallflower is culti- — 
vated in Northern India under the name of Todri. This 
plant and Matthiola incana are considered by many to have been — 
the Aevesiov of the Greeks and Viola of the Latins, names which 
appear to have been rather loosely applied to several Spring 
flowers. The Germans still call the Wallflower ‘ Leucoje’ a1 
the French know it as Violier as well as Giroflée. Lenkoion 
described as.emmenagogue and deobstruent by Dioscorides, — 
and the Mahometans of India attribute such virtues to the — 
flowers. The seeds contain myrosin and ‘the same oil as 
Raphanus sativus. Se 
Nasturtium officinale, R. Br.—The Water-cress is 
-Eruca Sativa, Lam.—The Rocket is cultivated 
Northern and Central India, and has similar properties, but 
more acrid ; it is the gvtepor ( good brothmaker) of the Gree 
and Eruca_ of the Latins. The Arabians call it po p= (Jarji 
and the Persians w Gp! (Hihukan). The Mahometans say th 
_ if asour Pomegranate is watered with its juice, the fruit wi 
become sweet. ; 
The medicinal action of these 
ae Cruciferous plants resembles 
_ that of Mustard 
