DRUGS. 

 Juniper US COmmunis. Linn. Common Juniper. '. 



Linn. Syst. Diced a Monadelphia. 



The berry. 



Vernacular. Abhul, Hoober, Hind. Bilhara, Pudma, Pumaroa, 

 Netee Pass. Ahuber, Sindh. Hub-ul-urur, Arab. Arkonas, Ba~ 

 ratee, Yonanee. 



Habitat. North of Europe ; Himalayas. 



Remarks. The dpKfvdls of Hippocrates was (Pereira) the fruit of a 

 Juniper. Sibthorp thinks (Pereria) that the cipKfvQos piKpa of Dioscorides 

 was a species of Juniper, and Fraas that his <edpos p.iKpa was the actual 

 Common Juniper. Theophrastus mentions three kinds of Kedpos, but 

 Sprengel refers none to the present species, although he considers them all 

 of this genus. The Juniper Resin or Sandarach of commerce exported 

 from Mogadore, is the produce of the Callitris quadrivalvis (Vent.) or 

 Jointed Arbor Vitce. 



N. O. 221. TAX AC EM. TAXADS. 

 TaxUS baccata. W. Common Yew. 



Taxus nucifera. Royle, Hima. Bot., p. 353. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Monadelphia. 



The leaf. 



Vernacular. T. baccata, Thoono, Hind. T. nucifera. Tooner, 

 Hind. The leaf, Birmee, Zirnub-birmee, Hind. 



Habitat. T. baccata, Britain, Himalayas : T. nucifera, Himalayas. 



Remarks. T. baccata is the <r/u'Xa, 0vpd\os, and rdt-os of the Greeks ; 

 and Taxus of Pliny. 



N. O. 225. SMILACE.E. SARSAPARILLAS. 

 Smilax China. W. Chinese Smilax. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Hexandria. 



Vernacular. Choob-chenee, Hind. Shooh-cheena t Beng. Parinyay, 

 Tarn. China-alla, Cey. 



Habitat. China. 

 Remarks. :> First mentioned by Thevetius. See also " Starches." 



N, O. 230. ORCHIDACE.E. ORCHIDS. 

 Eulophia ? 



Linn. Syst. Gynandria Monandria. 



The root, Oriental Salep. 



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