9(J LAVIATJE. 



Lallemantia Royleana, Benth., furalshes the mitletj^ 



sold in the bazars as Tuhn-i-bulung. It is a plant of the Salt 

 Range and Trans-Indus, extending to Persia, from whence the 

 drug is imported via Bombay, 



As met with in commerce, they are bhick, ^ of an Inch 

 in length, oblong, smooth, 3-angled, tapering towards the 

 umbilicus, which is marked by a white spot ; one side of the seed 

 is broader than the other two, and slightly arched. The seeds 

 when moistened become immediately coated with a tenacious, 

 opaque, tasteless, grey mucilage. 



Under the name of Faranjmhhh or BiranjmisWx, Arabic forms 

 of the Persian name V alang mishk y the nutlets of an uuidentified 

 labiate plant arc imported from Persia. 



. They are about -^^ of an inch in length, brown, oblong; 

 smooth, 3-anglcd, tapewng towards the umbilicus, whicli is 

 marked by a white spot. "When moistened thoy become coated 

 with a transparent mucilage. The taste is feebly pungent. 



The plant from which they are said to be obtained is 

 described by Persian medical writers as having a clove-liko 

 odour, on which account it is often called Kavanfal-i-hmtam, 

 "garden clove.*' According to Abu Hanifch, it is the same as 

 tho plant called by the Arabs A^.-ha-el-faiiyat {Culaminthn 

 Clhiopodium, Bouth., the AVild Basil). It is considered to be 

 eephalic, astringent, cardiacal, tonic, and carminative. 



COLEUS AROMATICUS, ThiUh. 



Fig.— Tn'i///^ IlL it, t. 175; Bot Beg., t. 1520. Country 



Borage {Eng.). 



Hab.— Moluccas. Cidtivated throughout India and Ceylou. 

 The leaves. 



Veniucidar. 



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History, Uses, &C.— This plant, found in every Indian 



garden, is the Cohus aromaticus of Luureiro, who descril^^ it as 

 resolvent, foiiio and oephalir, and useful in asthma and rhronic 



