DRUGS. 



Remarks. First described by Van Rheede. The bark is the Conessi- 

 bark of European Pharmacopoeias. It is named Inderjau-shireen to dis- 

 tinguish it from Inderjau-tulky Holarrhena antidy sent erica and //. pu- 

 bescens of this natural order. Andusaroon is the Yoonanee synonyme of 

 native writers. 



Wrightia tlnctoria. Don. Dyer's Wrightia. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The bark. 



Vernacular. Hyamaraka ? Sans. Bhoorcooree, Kala-koora, Kola- 



kooda, By. Pala, Palak, Palavay-raynoo, Tarn. Tshil-ankaloo, 



Chit-ankaloo, Amkudu, Tedlapala, Tel. 



Habitat. Concans, Malabar, Travancore, Coromandel, Cochin-China. 

 Remarks. See " Dyes and Colours." 



N. O. 142. LOGANIACE^E. LOGANIADS. 

 Ignatia amara. Linn. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The seed, St. Ignatius' bean, Faba febrifuga, F. amara, Nux Sera- 

 pionis. 



Vernacular. Papeeta, Hind. 

 Habitat. Philippines. 



Remarks. First unequivocally described by Kamel, who has lost the 

 credit of many of his discoveries, owing to having sent them to others to 

 describe. 



Strychnos Nux-vomica. Linn. Poison Nut. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The seed, Nux-vomica, Nux metella. 



Vernacular. Veeshamoostie, Kula/ca, Sans. Koochila, JEIind., Beng. 

 Kajra, By. Kariram, Mai. Yettie-marum, Tarn. Moostighenza, 

 Musadi, Tel. Koodakad-doorutta, Cey. Kha-boung, Pegu. Iza- 

 rakee, Pers. Falooz-mahee, Khanek-ul-kelb, Arab. , 



Habitat. Concans, Travancore, Ceylon, Coromandel. 



Remarks. Latin translations of the Arabians, John Serapion, and 

 Avicenna mention a Nux-vomica, but are supposed to refer to St. Ignatius 9 

 bean, their Nux-methel being considered our "Poison-nut" It proba- 

 bly is Common Henbane seed. Avicenna himself calls Nux-vomica, Azara- 

 khee and Adarachi. The true Naga-musada (Lignum colubrinum, Pao- 

 de-Cobra,} of the Telegoos is S. colubrina. The term Lignum colubrinum 

 has also, however, been applied to several other plants reputed antidotes to 

 snake-bites, and amongst others to Cissampelos acuminatus t which is the 

 Naga-mushadee of the Hindoos and Tileakoora of Bengal. 

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