DRUGS. 



Remarks. The root stalk of this plant appears to me to be the Kola- 

 mooslee of the bazars. Sufaid mooslee has been referred to C. orchioidea, 

 but erroneously I believe from an examination of the above plant. 



N. 0. 242. LILIACE^E. LILYWORTS. 



Aloe socotrina. Lam. 

 Aloe vulgaris. Lam. 

 Aloe indica. Boyle. 

 Aloe spicata. Thumb. 



Aloe litoralis. Kcenig. 



Linn. Sytt. Hexandria Monogynia. 



The inspissated juice of the leaf, Aloes. 



Vernacular. Mushabir, Eylwa, Hind. Oolowaton, Malaya. Cariapo- 

 lam, Tarn. Bholum, Tel. Moosumbir, Arab. Sibr, Bol-seoh, Pers. 

 Tayef, Socotra. A. vulgaris, Kuttalay, Tarn. Mok, Burmah. 

 Gaharn, Oolowaton, Malaya. A. indica, Gheetwmar, Hind. 

 Ghrito-komaree, Beng. Kunwar, Dec. Kuttalay, Tarn. Kala- 

 bunda, Tel. Komarika, Cey. A. litoralis, Komaree, Beng. 

 Chota-kunwar, Dec. Siroo-kuttalay, Tarn. Chinikala-bunda, Tel. 



Habitat. A. socotrina, Socotra, Caffre Coast? Cape of Good Hope. 

 A. vulgaris, the Mediterranean countries, East and .West Indies 

 (probably naturalised), Cape of Good Hope ? A. indica, India. 

 A. spicata, Cape of Good Hope, India. A. litoralis, shores of the 

 Deccan, and Guzerat. 



Remarks. Dioscorides and Pliny are the first to describe Aloes, and by 

 its present name. The commercial kinds of Aloes are, 1st, Socotrine, 

 Turkey, or Extract of Spiked Aloes from A. socotrina, and probably also 

 A. purpurascens (Haworth) ; 2nd, Genuine Hepatic, Bombay, or East 

 Indian Aloes from the same species probably as the last, and certainly 

 obtained from the Island of Socotra ; Barbadoes Aloes from A. vulgaris ; 

 Cape and Caballine Aloes from the several Cape of Good Hope species 

 above-noted ; Mocha Aloes probably from the Socotrine species, being the 

 refuse of the market ; Indian Aloes (not East Indian) from various Indian 

 species, the round cakes from Jafferabad not noticed in any European 

 works, being probably from A. litoralis ; and Cura$oa Aloes probably from 

 A. vulgaris. See " Gums and Resins." 



Asparagus adscendens. Box. 



Linn. Sytt. Hexandria Monogynia. 



The root. 

 Vernacular. ? 

 Habitat, t 

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