DRUGS. 



Dec. Caranosi, Mai. Neernoochie, Tarn. Tellavavillie, Tel. 

 Meean-milila, Cey. Usslukeabie, Filfil burree, Arab. Lagondi, 

 Malaya. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Probably some of the above synonymes are meant for the 

 Vitex Agnus Castus (Linn.), the celebrated ayvos of the Greeks and Castus 

 of the Romans, or Common Chaste Tree of Southern Europe, and which 

 derived its names from its use at the Thesmophoria, or sacred rites of 

 Ceres, by the Athenian women. Dioscorides and Pliny both mention it, 

 and it and its fruit are widely known in the East by the following syn- 

 onymes : Shumbaloo, Hind. Ursud, Buzir-ul-fu,nfungoosht t Filfil burree,. 

 Arab. Punjungoosht, Pers. See " Condiments and Spices." 



N. O. 164. ACANTHACE7E. ACANTHADS. 

 Andrographis paniculata. //'. 



Linn. Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 



The herb. 



Vernacular. Cairata, Sans. Great, Kalupnath, Mahatita, Hind. 

 Kala-megh, Beng. Kreat, Kalpa, Dec. Kiriatha, Cara-carinam, 

 Mai. Kiriat, Can. and Tarn. Nela-vemba,T&m. Kari and Nel- 

 la-vemoo, Tel. Attadie t Heen-bin-kohomba, Cey. Ufar, Arab. 



Habitat. India. 

 Asteracantha longifolia. Nees. Long-leaved Barleria. 



Linn. Syst. Didynamia Angiospennia. 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Itchoora, Ikshugandha, Sans. Gokshura, Hind. Kan- 

 ta-koolika> Beng. Talimkhana, Dec. Wahel-schulli, Mai. Neer- 

 mollie> Tarn. Neer-goobbie, Tel. Katu-iriki, Cey. 



Habitat. Concans, Malabar, Travancore, Bengal. 

 Remarks. First described by Plunkenet. 



N. O. 166. PRIMULACEjE. PRIMWORTS. 

 Cyclamen europaeum. W. Common Cyclamen. 



Linn. Sytt. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The root. 



Vernacular. Hathajooree, Hind. Urtenysa, Ussul-ul-urtenysa, Belc- 

 hoor-miriem, Punjeh-miriem, Arab. Shejereh-miriem, Vulg. 



Habitat. North temperate zone. 



Remarks. The KVK^dfiivos of the Greeks, although as under the eastern 

 synonymes, more than one species of Sow-bread was probably included un- 

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