NARCOTICS. 



tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, 

 health, hellish, devilish, and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow 

 of body and soul." See " Opium and Hemp," 



At the Cape of Good Hope the Hottentots smoke the leaves of Tar- 

 chonanthus camphoratus, inn. N. O. 120; and of Leonotis Leonurus, 

 R. Br., and L. ovata, N. O. 161, Labiatse. 



N. O. 199. URTICACE^E. NETTLEWORTS. 

 Cannabis saliva. W. Common Hemp. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Pentandria. 



. The herb and resin. 



Vernacular. Bhanga, Gunjika, Vijya t Sans. Bhang, Hind. Ganjar, 

 Beng. Ganja, Dec. Tarn. Malaya. Tejeroocansjava, Mai. Gan- 

 jah, Tel. Matkansha, Cey. Kinnub, Arab. Bin, Burmah. Guiji- 

 lacki-lacki, Malaya. Kinnabis, Defroonus, Yonanee. 



Habitat. Caucasus, Hindoo Koosh, Himalayas. Cultivated in 

 Europe for its fibre, and in Africa and Asia for the sake of its 

 narcotic properties. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." The Herat Churrus or Kirs is esteemed 

 the.most. The dried flowers are used in Morocco under the name of Kief '. 

 The Assassins, or followers of " the Old Man of the Mountains " (whose 

 descendant, according to Sir Charles Napier, is Aga Khan of Bombay !), 

 are said to have derived their name from the use of Hashish or Hemp 

 tops. " Running a muck" is derived from the effect of Opium on the 

 Javanese, who become frantic under an extraordinary dose, and rush about 

 with knives, shouting Amok t Amok ! kill, kill ! Burchell, Livingstone, 

 Burton, and Du Chaillu testify to the wide use of Hemp as a narcotic 

 in Africa. 



N. O. 207. PIPERACE^E. PEPPERWORTS. 

 Chavica Betel. Mig. Betel Pepper. 

 Chavica Siriboa. Mig. Siriboa Pepper. 



Linn. Syst. Diandria Trigynia. 



The leaves, Pan. 



Vernacular. Tamboolee, Puma, Sans. Pan, Beng. Dec. Nagbel, 

 Hind. Betalacodi, Mai. Vettilei, Tarn. Tamalap, Tel. Bulat-wala, 

 Cyng. Wurka-tunbole, Arab. Birgtum-bowl, Beykh-pan (root), 

 Pers. Siri, Java. Basi, Bali. Chambai t Lampung, Bnyo, Philip- 

 pines. 



Habitat. East Indies. 

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