CONDIMENTS AND SPICES. 



nutmeg; be the aromatic Arabian fruit used in unguents, and wbicli Theo- 

 phrastus calls Kap-aicbv. Pliny says that the 'cinnamum quod cornacum 

 appellant,' is the expressed juice of a nut produced in Syria. Does he 

 refer to the expressed oil of nutmeg as some have suggested?" This 

 may justly be accepted. That Comacum of the ancients, which was a 

 fruit, Salmasius would identify with Cubebs. The ancients were also 

 most probably acquainted with Mace. Avicenna describes /zaKep under 

 the name of TaUsfar. Mesue dt fines Bisb(tseh to be Mace; and Serapioa 

 appears to consider TaUsfar one with Bisbaseh. Some Greek and Arabic 

 dictionaries render //a/cfp by Bisbaseh, and the m^dsrn Greek for Mace is 

 /ioo-^ojiiaKfp. The best authorities are, however, against the conclusion that 

 Mace is the ancient /ua/cep. Of Tulisfar, Salmnsius, in his chapter " De 

 Mncer," remarks, " Quidam tamen illud Tulisfar, folium olivse Indicse 

 interpretati sunt, ut notatum Alpago." In Northern India this is the 

 name of the leaves of Rhododendron lepidotum, Wall. N. 0. 129. See 

 " Drugs." 



N. O. 195. EUPHORBIACE_/. SPURGEWORTS. 

 Cicca distlcha. W. Long -leaved Cicca. 



Linn. Syst. Moncscia Tetrandria. 



The fruit. 



Vernacular. Hurfarori, Chehneri, Hind. CheramelJa, Huriphul, 

 Nubaree, Beng. Urfalayoorie, Dec. Nelli, Mai. Cherambola, 

 Goa. Arunelli, Tain. Racha-mirihe, Tel. Raa-nelli t Cey. 

 Cheremin, Malaya. 



Habitat. Cultivated throughout India. 

 Remarks. First described by Van Rheede. 



Phyllanthus Emblica. W. Shrubby Phyllanthus. 



Linn. Syst. Moncecia Monadelphia. 



The fruit, Emblic Myrobalan. 



Vernacular. Amulki, Umrita, Sans. Amla, Beng. Aonla, Anooli, 

 Amlaki, Anongra, stunwerd, Hind. Nelle, Mai. Rellie-kai, Tam. 

 Userekesy Woosheriko, Tel. Awusada-nelli, Cey. Amlvj t Arab. 

 Amuleh, Pers. Boa-malacca, Malaya. 



Habitat. East Indies. 



Remarks. The pvpopd*\avovs f/iTrXer^of Myrepsicus, according to Sprengel. 

 Certain Spurgevvorts are also aromatic, as Croton Eleuteiia, Svvai tz, and 

 other species of Croton yielding Eleutheria bark, or Cascarilla Croton 

 Cascarilla, Don, does not yield Cascarilla, but is a source of Copalchi bark, 

 Coutarea lati/Zora, N. O. Rubiace?e, and Strychnos pseudo-Quina> N. O. 

 Loganiacese, being the other sources. 

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