DRUGS. 



by Ainslie to Curculigo orchioides, N. O. 238 ; and as the Tal-moolee, Tal- 

 moor, and Mohol of Bengal, and Nellatady of the Telingas. 



N. 0. 251. PALM^E. PALMS. 



Areca Catechu. W. Medicinal Cabbage Tree. 



Linn. Sytt. Moncecia Hexandria. 



The nut, and the extract from the nut. 



Vernacular. Goovaka, Sans. Gowa, Oodbeg, Beng. Sooparee, 

 Hind. Beng. Dec. Paak, Camooghoo, Tarn. Poka, Oka, Tel. 

 Puwak, Cey. Tofil, Arab. Kwoon-ben t Burmah. Penang, Malaya. 



Habitat. East Indies. 



Remarks. First mentioned by Avicenna and Serapion. Is one of the 

 sources of the Catechu of commerce. Sooparee is also a name of Ronde- 

 letia longifolia, N. O. 115. 



Calamus Draco. W. 



Linn. Sytt. Dioecia Hexandria. 



The resin, Dragon's Blood. 



Vernacular. See Pterocarpus Draco, N. O. 74. 



Habitat. Jambi, Sumatra. 



Remarks. Pterocarpus Draco of Sdcotra, and Draccena Draco t N. O. 

 242, of the Canaries, also yield Dragon's Blood. 



Hyphaene thebaica. Delile. Doum Palm. 



Linn. Sytt. Dioecia Hexandria. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Oka-mundel, Diu Island. 



Habitat. Egypt; the Island of Diu (introduced?). Cultivated in 

 Bombay as an ornament. 



Remarks. This is the K 6'i% of Theophrastus according to Fraas, and 

 Cucus of Pliny according to Fee. 



Lodoicea seychellarum. Common Seychelles Lodoicea, or Sea Co- 

 coanut. 



Linn. Sytt. Dioecia Monadelphia. 



The nut. 



Vernacular. Ubdie narikaylum, Sans. Dirya-ka-naril, Dec. Kad- 

 del-taynga, Tarn. Samootrapoo-tenkaya, Tel. 



Habitat. The Seychelles, Maldives, and Laccadives ? Mahe (cul- 

 tivated). 

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