DRUGS. 



Habitat. Cultivated throughout India. 



Remarks. First described by Van Kheede. See "Fruits and Vege- 

 tables/' 



Croton Tiglium. W. Purging Croton. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Monadelphia. 



The seed, Croton seed. 



Vernacular. Jayapala, Nepala, Dunti, Sans. Jamalgota, Hind. 



Beng. Dec. Jyal, Rechuk, Beng. Cadel-avanacu, Neervaula, 



Mai. Jayapala, Can. Neervalum, Tarn. Naypalum, Tel. Ne- 



paylum, Cey. Batoo, Arab. Dund, Pers. Kannakoh, Burmah. 



Bori t Malaya. 



Habitat. Travancore, Cororaandel. 



Remarks, Croton Seed is also obtained from other species of Croton ; 

 the term Granum Moluccum applied to it -should be restricted to the Cro- 

 ton Pavana (Ham.) of Ava. Under the name of Jamalyota, native 

 druggists also sell the seeds of Croton poly andrum (Rox.). 



Euphorbia canarlensis. Linn. Canary Spurge. 



Linn. Syst. Dodecandria Trigynia (Monoecia Monandria, Smith). 



The gum resin, Euphorbium. 



Vernacular. Ukeil-nefseh, Firfyoon, Firbeyoon t Arab. Sheer- 

 derukht-zekoom, Pers. Shia-dzaon, Burmah. Sudusudu, Malaya. 

 Furbiune, Morocco. 

 Habitat. Morocco ; the Canaries. 



Remarks. Discovered by King Juba of Mauritania and named by him 

 after his physician Euphorbus. Ainslie's synonymes, viz. Saynd-ka-dood y 

 Hind, and Dec., and Suddray-kullie-paal, Tarn., apply to E. antiquorum 

 (Rox.) 



Jatropha Curcas. W. Angular leaved Physic Nut. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Monadelphia. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Kanana-kerundum, Nepala> Sans. Bag-bherenda, 

 Hind. Beng. Erundi, Dec. Caak-avenakoo, Mai. Mara-naru- 

 lee, Can. Caar-noochie y Caat-amunak, Tarn. Nepalam, Adivie- 

 amiday Tel. Rataendaroo, Cey. 

 Habitat. South America. Naturalized in India. 

 Remarks. First mentioned by Monardes. Jowzul-kowsul and Jowz-ul- 

 kie are given as the Arabic and Persian synonymes in some works, but 

 they belong in my opinion to Randia dumetorum, which see. 

 77 



