DRUGS. 



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N. O. 257. ARACE.E. ARADS. 



ScindaspUS officinalis. Schott. Officinal Scindaspus. 



Linn. Sytt. Moncecia Polyandria. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Guz-peepul, Beng. Auna-tippilie t Mai. Attie-tippilie, 

 Tarn. 



Habitat. East Indies. 



N. O. 258. ACORACE^E. SWEET-FLAGS. 

 Acorus Calamus. W. Sweet Flag. 



Linn. Sytt. Hexandria Monogynia. 



The root, Sweet Flag. 



Vernacular. Facha, Golomi, Sans. Igr, Buck, Kusseb-bewa, Hind. 

 Such, Sufed Buck, Beng. Fyamboo, Fashampoo, Mai. Fassam- 

 boo, Tarn. Fudza, Fadaga, Fasa, Tel. Wadda-kaha-vcesamboo, 

 Cey. Igghir, Akaroon t Arab. Fudge, Ugir-toorkee, Pers. 

 Linhay, Burmah. 



Habitat. Nepaul, Malabar, Ceylon, Bourbon, Amboyna. 



Remarks. The aKopov of Dioscorides, and not, as supposed by Sprengel, 

 the KaXapos dpufiaTiKos of that writer, and " sweet cane" of Jeremiah yi. 

 20. Such is a name of Zingiber Zerumbet (Rox.). See " Andropogon 

 Calamus aromaticus" in Class ** Miscellaneous/* 



N. O. 265. CYPERACE.E. SEDGES. 



Cyperus pertenuis. Rox. 

 Cyperus rotundus. Linn. 



Linn. Syst. Triandria Monogynia. 



The root. 



Vernacular. C. pertenuis, Naga t Nagur-mootha, Beng. C. 

 rotundus, Moosta, Sans. Mootha, Hind. Beng. Motha, 

 Moostaka, Nagur-mootha ? Dec. Shaka-tunga, Tel. Kalanduru, 

 Cey. Sad, Arab. Funarus, Yonanee. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Probably both these fragrant roots are included among the 

 KvjTfipov of Homer, Hippocrates, and Dioscorides. The Arabic and Yona- 

 nee Bynonymes also probably apply to both. 

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