DRUGS. 

 Centaurea Behen. Linn. Saw-leaved Centaury. 



Linn. Sytt. Syngenesia Polygamia-frustranea. 



The root. 



Vernacular. Sujfaid behmen, By. Behen-abiad t Arab. 



Habitat. The Lebanon. 



Remarks. First mentioned by Avicenna. Is commonly called White 

 Rha-pontic, but quite distinct from the Imperial or White Rhubarb of the 

 Kirghis steppes 1 and southern Altai which is a true Rheum. The Lai- 

 Lehman of the bazar (Red behen of Abulfadil) is Sahia hcematodes, W. 

 Bloody-veined Sage. Silene Behen, is the Bladder CatcJifly of Crete. 



Cichorium Intybus. Linn. Wild Succory. 



Linn. Syst. Syngenesia Polygamla-sequalis. 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Hinduba, Shikorieh, Arab. Kasnee y Pers. 



Habitat. Gravelly soils of Europe and Asia. 



Remarks. The o-e>s- of Dioscorides, KI X G>PIOV of Theophrastus, and Cicho- 

 rium of Pliny. 



Lactuca sativa. De C. Garden Lettuce, Cos Lettuce. 



Linn. Syst. Syngenesia Polygaraia-equalis. 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Kahoo, Hind. Salada, Cey. Chaff, Egypt. 



Habitat. India ? Widely cultivated in Europe. 



Remarks. The 6ptta of Greeks and Romans. Dioscorides mentions 

 QpiSag fjpepos and fyia aypLa. t The first is considered the Garden and the 

 second the Strong-scented Lettuce. Lactucarium, or Lettuce opium, is 

 prepared from both. Its virtues as an anodyne have been greatly extolled, 

 although it appears tobe an inert substance. Yet from the earliest times 

 paregoric powers have been attributed to the lettuce ; and in the beautiful 

 myth of Adonis, Venus is represented to have thrown herself on a bed 

 of lettuces "to lull her grief." (Paris-in Pereira.) See " Fruits and 

 Vegetables." 



Leontodon Taraxacum. W. Common Dandelion. 



Linn. Syst. Syngenesia Polygamia-sequalis. 



The root, Taraxacum. 

 Vernacular ? 



Habitat. Europe and Himalayas. Cultivated at Hewra and Da- 

 pooree for the Bombay Government. 



Remarks. Supposed to be one d^dm? of Theophrastus. 

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