DRUGS. 



Delphinium pauciflorum, Royle. 



Linn. Sytt. Polyandria Trigynia. 



The root. 



Vernacular. Judwar of Bombay ? 

 Habitat. The Himalayas, from Kashmir to Kemaon. 

 Remark. It is uncertain whether the Judwar of Bombay is the same 

 root as that referred to this plant by Royle. 



Helleborus niger. Linn. Christmas Rose. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Polygynia. 



The root, Black-Hellebore. 



Vernacular. Katuroum, Sans. Kalikootkie t Dec. Kkertick, Kher- 

 buckuswud, Arab. Kherbec/c-seeah, Pers. 



Habitat. Sub-Alpine Europe and Nepaul. 



Remarks. According to Sprengel, the Christiana of the Abbess Hilde- 

 gard. It is not the e f XXe/3opay /ze'Xar of Dioscorides. 



ZTigella sativa. W. Small Fennel-flower. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Pentagynia, 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Krishna-jiraka, Musavi, Sans. Kalajira, Hind. Mu- 

 grela, Beng. Koolunjun, Dec. Carin-siragum, Tarn. Ntdla-gila- 

 kara, Tel. Kaloodooroo, Cey. Shoonez y Arab. Siah-daneh, Pers. 

 Hub-sindee, Egyp. 



Habitat. The Mediterranean countries. Cultivated in India. 

 Remarks. The Black Cumin of Scripture ; the 'p.\dv0tov of Hippocrates 

 and Dioscorides. Pliny's name for it is Gith. Not to be confounded with 

 Kaliezeerie the achenes of Vernonia anthelmintica, and Koolinjan the root 

 stalk of Alpinia Galanga. See also " Condiments and Spices." 



N. O. 3. MAGNOLIACE.E. MAGNOLIADS. 

 Illicium anisatum. Linn. Star-anise tree. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Pentagynia. 



The capsule, Star-anise. 



Vernacular. Badian khutai, Anasphool, Hind. Anasepoo, Tarn. 

 Budianee-kuttai, Arab. 



Habitat. China. 



Remarks. This must not be confounded with the 7. anisatum of 

 Thurnberg, a native of Japan, and now called after Siebold, as by Linnaeus, 

 I. religiosum or Holy Star-anise, the Japanese laying its branches on 

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