DRUGS. 



name for cubebs is pvpTibavov" The Myrtidanum of Dioscorides and 

 Pliny was a medicament prepared by boiling wild myrtle berries in must. 



Piper nigrum. W. Black Pepper. 



Linn. Syst. Diandria Trigynia. 



The root. 



Vernacular. The plant and fruit : Vellajung, Mureechung, Kolubung, 

 Muricha, Sans. Beng. Goolmurich, FHJilgird, Mirch, Hind. 

 Choca, Kaly-mirchingay, Dec. Mellaghoo, Tarn. Moloovookocti, 

 Mirialoo, Tel. Gammiris, Ce'y. Filfilmwud, Arab. Filfil-seeah, 

 Pilpil, Pers. Babaree, Syrian. Nya-yoke-koun, Burmah. Lada, 

 Malaya. The root: Schewka ? Sans. Choia-ke-jur, Dec. She- 

 vium, Tarn. Chubuck, By. 

 Habitat. East Indies. 



Remarks. To ireTrepi a-rpoyyvXov of TheophrastuS ; n fire pi TO /xcXai/ of Dios- 

 corides ; and Piper of Pliny. Hippocrates also mentions it. The Greek, 

 Latin, and English name is from the Sanscrit for Long Pepper. The 

 Bombay name of the root is probably erroneous, being perhaps traversed 

 from the Persian for Salicornia arabica, N. O. 171. 



N. O. 210. ALTINGIACE.E. LIQUIDA^BARS. 

 Liquidambar orientale. Mill- Oriental Liquidambar. 

 Liquidambar Altingia. Blume. *. 



Liquidambar Styraciflua. Linn. Sweet-Gum tree. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Polyandria. 



The balsam, Rose Malloes, Copalm Balsam, Liquidambar, Buk- 

 hur oil, Incense- oil, Liquid Storax, Solid Storax. 



Vernacular. Sillarus Meih-seela, Hind. Guz. Pers. Usteruck, 

 Meati-lubani, Salajet, Meah, Sillarus, Arab. Cotter mija, Arab, 

 and Turkey. Kara-ghyunluk-yaghy, Turkey. Rasamalla, Malaya. 



Habitat. L. orientale, Cyprus, Anatolia. L. Altingia, Java. 

 L. Styraciflua, The Confederated States of America ; Mexico. 



Remarks. The balsam of these three trees is one, although known 

 by different names in different parts of the world ; and that obtained from 

 the two first is what passes in Europe under the name of Storax, and 

 with the reputation of being the o-rvpa^ of Hippocrates, Theophrastus, 

 and Dioscorides, and the Styrax of Pliny which has been referred to 

 Styrax officinale, Linn. N. O. 126. (See above.) This tree, a native of 

 the Levant, Palestine, Syria, Greece, does not now produce any balsam, 

 and consequently the officinal article must now be attributed to Liquid- 

 ambar species. It has accordingly been generally accepted that classical 

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