DRUGS. 



Vernacular. Satapushpa? Sans. Anesun, Saurif, Hind. Muhoo- 



ree, Beng. Ervidos, Echra, Sataphushpha, Sonf t By. Somboo, 



Tarn. Kuppi-chettu, Tel. Sinhala-asamodagan^ Cey. Anesoon^ 

 Arab. Razaneh-roomee, Pers. Jera-manis, Malaya. 



Habitat. Scio, Egypt, Asia. Cultivated widely. 



Remarks. The Bombay names Sonf and Sataphuspha are erroneously 

 applied to this article, and Ainslie's reference to the Sanscrit is probably 

 also incorrect. See above, Anethum Sowa, and Fceniculum Panmorium. 

 Mentioned by Hippocrates, Dioscorides, and Pliny, being the avta-ov of 

 the Greeks. The Anise of the English translation of the Gospel of 

 St. Matthew refers to Dill. (Pereira.) See " Condiments and Spices." 



Prangos pabularia. Lind. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Fiturasulioon, Bazaars of Asia. 



Habitat. Draz. 



Remarks. Burnes thought this plant might prove the Silphium of the 

 ancients. The bazaar name is a corruption of irfrpocrf \ivov. See " Agri- 

 cultural Produce Fodder." 



Ptychotis Ajowan. De C. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Bigynia. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Ajamodum, Sans. Ajwan, Juvanee, Boro-joan t Hind, 

 and Beng. Womum, Tarn. Amoos, Arab. Nankah, Pers. 



Habitat. Cultivated throughout India. 

 Remarks. See " Condiments and Spices.'* 



Ptychotis montana. Graham. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Bhaphullee, By. 



Habitat. Western Ghats. 



The root, Sumbul-root. 

 Vernacular. (?) 

 Habitat. (?) 



Remarks. The celebrated Sumbul-root of modern commerce reaches 

 Europe by way of Russia. Nothing is known of its habitat and botany. 

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