DRUGS. 

 Lavandula StCSChas. W. French Lavender. 



Linn. Sytt. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



The herb. 



Vernacular. Oostakhoodus, Arab., By. 

 Habitat. South Europe and Asia Minor. 

 Remarks. The t^uoi/ of Theophrastus according to Sprengel. 



Marrubmm VUlgare. Linn. Common White Horehound. 

 Teucrium Chamaedrys. W. Wall Germander. 



Linn. Syst. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



Habitat. Temperate Europe. 



Remarks. These are two of the ingredients of the celebrated Treeak- 

 farook of the bazars, which is the representative of the Mithridatum, 

 Theriaca Andromachi, or T. Damocratis of the ancients. Originally it 

 consisted of but a few simples, but now contains so many as sixty-one 

 including opium. It is, in fact, a complete aromatic opiate, a drachm of it 

 being equal to one grain of opium. The little canisters of Treeak-farook 

 found in the bazars are wrapped in paper on which is printed in Persian, 

 " The Theriakh of Andromachi, an invention of Theron the Presbyter. 

 It is prepared, measured, and made public by me, John Baptist Sylves- 

 trius, in the Rialto, by authority of the excellent Government Physi- 

 cians of Ancient Righteousness, and of the Council of Apothecaries and 

 learned Physicians, &c., &c." (Mr. Waring). Theriaca Veneta is also 

 a synonyme of this electuary, which is, moreover,- the origin of the English 

 word treacle spelt triacle in the age of Elizabeth. Wall Germander is 

 (Sprengel) the ^a/*ai5pup of Theophrastus. The ir6\iov of Hesiod, Musaeus, 

 and Theophrastus (Folium, Pliny), is thought to be the Teucrium Polium 

 of Linnaeus. Dioscorides and Theophrastus mention White Horehound 

 under the name of jrpdo-iov, and Marrubium is its original Roman title. 

 Stinking black Horehound, Ballota nigra, W., Labiatae, is the /SoXXwn; of 

 Dioscorides and ballota of Pliny. 



Melissa Officinalis. W. Common Balm. 



Linn. Sytt. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



The herb. 



Vernacular. Badrangbuyeh, Pers., Hind. Ramtulsee ? Hind. AfeA- 

 ka-subza, Dec. Parsie-cunjamkoray t Tarn. Buklut-ul-faristoon t 

 Buklut-ul-utrujyehy Arab. 



Habitat. South Europe. 



Remarks. The /xfXto-o-o^uXXoj/ and /icXtrratVa of Dioscorides, and Melis- 

 xophyllum of Pliny. 



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