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II. Cultivated plants employed in medicine, or from 

 which are obtained substances used as drugs. 



Papaver somniperum. Yields Opium, aflun, tandk. 



Eruca sativa. The oil, roglian-i-til. 



Ai.TH.y.A lavater^flora. The petals, giil-i-hhatmi ; the seeds, 



tukhm-i-khaira ; the roots, resha-Jchatmi. 

 Trigoxella F^num-gr^cum. The leaves used in poultices, 



shainUd. 

 Pruxus Cerasus, var. The bitter Cherry, the dried fruit 



employed in surgery, dlu-hdlu. 

 LuFFA acutajstgula. The seeds, tuMun-i-tw-i. 

 CucuMis SAxmis. The Cucumber; the seeds, hah-i-hliidr. 

 Cichorium Exdivia. The seeds, liashnl. 

 Fraxinus species. The seeds, tuTclun-i-hanaush. 

 IPOM.EA (?) species. The seeds, fuMm-i-gul. 

 RiciNUS COMMUNIS. The Castor-oil plant, although Castor-oil 



as a drug is well known and imported, and Croton seeds 



are employed, neither the local oil nor the seeds of the 



Castor-oil plant are employed in medicine. 

 JuGLANS REGiA. The Waluut, the oil of the nut, roglian-i-jauz. 

 MiRABiLis Jalap A. The roots, resha-i-gid, and seeds, beJih-i- 



gul (-i-abds). 

 Kdr-o-zera. The fruit of a cultivated tree. 



Under Condiments — Cumixum, Pimpixella, Carum, 



Under Narcotics, not employed as drugs — Cannabis. 



III. Plants or their products exported to be employed in 

 medicine. 



Delphinhtm Zalil. The flowers, asbarg, asiDarg. 

 Berberis vulgaris. The Barberry, an extract ibrdn. 

 Papaver somniferum. The inspissated juice. Opium, dflun, 



tarlaJc. 

 RtEMERiA HYBRiDA. The sccds, sliatlra. 

 Sisymbrium Sophia. The seeds, Mdk-shl. 

 Alth^a Hohenackeri. The seeds and petals, tulilini-i-lchatml, 



gul-i-khatmi. 

 ALTHiEA lavater^flora. The petals, gul-i-khatml ; the seeds, 



tukhm-i-khaira ; the roots, ret<lia-khatml. 

 Malva stlvestris. The flowers, gul-i-khatml. 

 Balsamodendron Mukul. The gum-resin, gtigal. 

 Pistacia vera, and Pistacia Terebintiius, var. mutica. The 



gum-resin, kunjad, wanjad. 



