DRUGS. 



Evidently , however, it is an umbelliferous root, produced probably in Cen- 

 tral Asia. The Museum has no sample, and the Curator would earnest ly 

 beg any travellers in Central Asia to search for this drug, and present a 

 specimen to the Museum. Any observations regarding the plant, dried 

 specimens, tyc. would be of the greatest interest to science. It has nothing 

 to do with the Sumbul-root catalogued under N. O. 117. 



N. O. 111. ARALIACE^E. IVYWORTS. 

 Hedera Helix. W. Common Ivy. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The leaf. 



Vernacular. Lublab, Kussoos, Northern India. 

 Habitat. Britain. Himalayas? 

 Remarks. The KITTOS of Theophrastus, and KKTO-OS of Diosoorides. 



Panax qutnquefolium. Linn. 



Linn. Syst. Polygamia Dioecia. 



The root, Ginseng. 



Vernacular. Ginseng, China, By. 



Habitat. Peling mountains, Mongolia, Oregon ? Columbia ? 



Remarks. First described by Breynius. The Museum samples are 

 spurious ; true specimens direct from China are solicited. 



N. O. 115. CINCHONACE^E. CINCHONADS. 



Gardenia lucida. Rox. 

 Gardenia gummifera. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The resin. 



Vernacular. G. lucida, China karinyuva, Tel. G. gummifera, 



Chittamatta, Chiri-bikki, Garaga, Tel. The resin, Decamallee t 

 India. Kunkham, Arab. 



Habitat. G. lucida, Concans. G. gummifera, Southern Mahratta 

 Country, Canara, Circars. 



Remarks. It is remarkable that a resin so beautiful looking and power- 

 ful smelling should be unknown in Europe except to the curious. Can it 

 be the KayKapov of Dioscorides which (Lib. i, chap. 23) he mentions as an 

 Arabian product ? It is imported into Bombay from Arabia to the pre- 

 sent day. Pliny mentions " Cancamum " which Sprengel has referred to 

 G. gummifera. Sprengel is the authority for the Arabic synonyme above 

 given. For the varieties, see " Gums and Resins." 

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