DRUGS. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Makal is also the name of the Colocynth, and with Koun- 

 del also of the Modecca tr Hob at a. 



N. O. 93. PAPAYACE^. PAPAYADS. 

 Hydnocarpus odoratus. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Peritandria. 



The seed, Chaulmogra. 



Vernacular. Chaulmoogra^ PiturJturra, Beng. 



Habitat. Sylhet. 



N. 0. 97. PORTULACACEJE. PURSLA1NS. 

 Portulaca oleracea. //. S. Small Purslain. 



Linn. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Loni/ca, Loonia y Sans. Mooncha, Loonia, K/iursa, 

 Kurfa, Hind. Moonya, Hind, and Beng. Huro-loonia, 13eng. 

 Karie-cheera, Mai. Dooda-yorai, Can. Caril-kceray, Puropoo- 

 Jceeray, Tarn. Peda-pail-kuru % Boddu-pavili-kura, Ganja-pavili- 

 kura, Tel. Genda-kola, Cey. Buklut-ul-hukema, Arab. Turuck, 

 Kherefeli, Pers. 



Habitat. The temperate zone. 



Remarks. The dv^pax^rj of Theophrnstirs and Dioscorides and Porci- 

 laca of Pliny. The second av^pa^vrj of Theophrastus or dvSpdx\ri as it is 

 sometimes called, is the Arbutus Andrachne according to Sprengcl, and 

 has been confounded hy ancients and moderns with Purslain. The 

 CJiota kulpha of Bombay is the Trichodesma indicium (N. O. Boraginaceae), 

 and Kulpa is one of the local names of Andr<>yraphis paniculata, N. O. 

 164. See J< Fruits and Vegetables." 



N. O. 110. UMBELLIFER^E. UMBELLIFERS. 

 Anethum Sowa. Rox. 



Linn. Si/st. I'etitandria Digynia. 



The fruit (Indian?) Dill seed. 



Vernacular. Sitasiva, Missreya, Shaleya, Sans. Soioa, Soie, Soya, 

 Shutapoospha, Hind. Sidoopha, Soolpha, Beng. Suva, Guz. 

 Shatha-kooj)ha t Mai. Sadducooppie, Tarn. Suddapa, Sompa, 

 Sopu, Tel. Sattacooppa, Ileen-oenduru ? Cey. Shubit, Arab. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Probably a variety only of Common Garden Dill (A. grarco- 

 lens), the iwyOov of Theophrastus and Dioscorides. See *' Condiments and 

 Spices." 

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