NARCOTICS. 



able other plants have been tried, and even burnt bread. Tbe 

 seed of a plant called Kenauel in Turkey, was also shown at the 

 Exhibition of 1851, as extensively used in the Kair-ar-eh, and 

 Komah. 



N. O. 135. SAPOTACE.E. SAPOTADS. 

 Sassia latifolia. W. Broad-leaved Bassia. 



Linn. Sytt. Dodecawdria Monogynia. 



The flowers. 



Vernacular. Mudhooka, Madooka, Sans. Mouta, Beng. Hind. 

 Mahwa, Muhooa, Beng. Mourha, By. Pooiinum, Mai. Caat- 

 elloopei t Tam. Ipie, Tel. 



Habitat. East Indies. 

 Remarks. A spirit is distilled from the flowers. 



N. O. 140. ASCLEPIADACEJE. 



Calotropis gigantea. R. Brown. Curled-flowered Cahtropis. 



Linn, Sytt. Pentandria Digynia. 



The milk sap. 



Vernacular. Arka, Akvnd, Svaytaurkum, Sans. Ak, Mudar, Hind. 

 Rowee, By. Yecada, Can. Yercum, VuUerkoo, Tam. Neela-jeeleeroo. 

 Tel. Moodu-wara, Cey. Maioh, Burnith. Oshmar, Oschar, Arab. 

 Bejd-el-oschar, Erminion ? (Kercher) Egypt. White var. Alarka, 

 Sans. Shwet-akund and urka, Beng. Tella-jelladoo, Tel. The 

 sugar, Sukhur-ool-ashur t Vulg. The spirit, Bar, By. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." The intoxicating liquor Bar is prepared by 

 the tribes of the Western Ghats. It is the last plant in the world from 

 which an intoxicating spirit might be expected, and yet Barth also states 

 of the tribes of the Tagamah that tbey ferment their " Giyu' with its 

 milk-sap. 



Sarcostemma brevistigma. W. et A. Twisting Sarcostemma. 

 The juice of the plant. 



Vernacular. Soina, Somaluta, Sans. Beng. Tiga-tshumoodoo, Pulla- 

 tiffe, Tel. Muwa-keeriya y Cey. 



Habitat. Hills of Punjab, Bolan Pass, Rohilcund, Khandeish, 

 Hills about Poona, Coromandel. 



Remarks. The Sow, of the Veclas, and Horn of the Zend Avesta. Many 

 passages might be quoted from the Vedas to show the superlative estimation 

 in which Soma was held by the Brahmins of the olden time. I only give 

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