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native ; they prepare an eyewash from them which is supposed — 
to prevent small-pox from destroying the sight, and to be use- 4 
ful in chronic conjunctivitis. Coriander is also thought t 
lessen the intoxicating effects of spirituous preparations, 
with Barley meal to form a useful poultice for indolent ‘swel 
ings. It is the Kuzbura of the Arabs-and Kishnfz of th 
2. 
amongst Western physicians, “‘ coriandrum siccum frangit co. 
' tum, et erectionem virge impedit.” Apuleius says it assis 
women in child-birth and protects them from fever. The fol- 
lowing is an example of a cooling confection of the time © 
Charles the First:—R. Seminis Lactucs, Portulaces. Coriandri 
ana ana 3i. Menth. siccze 3ss, Sacchari alb. Ziv. Pulverisent 
omnia subtiliter, et post ea simul misce aqua nenupharis, — 
confectis solida in morsulis, ex his sumat mane unum quut 
surgat. | 
Description.—Indian Coriander is much larger tha 
grown in Europe, and of an ovoid form ; it consists of two meé 
ricarps firmly joined together, they are crowned by the stylo 
podium and calicinai tecth. Hanbury.and Fliickiger have 
following excellent description of the fruit:—‘ The peric 
besides the lateral ridges, which mark the suture or line : 
separation. There are no vitte on the outer surface of 
pericarp. Of the five teeth of the calyx, two often grow i 
eal erninstihacsciieg Meee chain 
* Confer. Dios, rep: Kopiou, iii, 64. Theophr. H. P. (xépsavvor), 
1, 3, 4,6. Pliny, 20, 82. 
