OILS AND OIL SEEDS. 



Remarks. See "Drugs," and C. Melo, above. Oil is extracted also 

 in Madras from the seeds of Citrullus Colocynthis, Sclirad. and Bryonia 

 callosa, Rottl. (Toomutti, Tam. Boddama, Tel.) and used for lamps. 

 The seeds of Telfaria pedata, W. and A. of Zanzibar, yield a fine, bland 

 oil in abundance. The seeds are also as fine tasted as almonds. The plant 

 was introduced into Bombay by Nimmo, but appears to have died out. The 

 seeds of Fevillea cordifolia, Ue C. of the West Indies, and F. trilobata, 

 Linn, of Brazil, yield valuable oil also. The seeds of Aniosperma. 

 Passiflora, and of Hypanthera Guapeva, of Brazil, yield a bitter oil. 

 Benincasa cerifera, Savi, of India, secretes a waxy substance on the surface 

 of its fruit,, Under the allied order N. O. 93. Papayaceee., the seed of 

 Hydnocarpus inebrians yields the Neeradimootoo, Maroty, Tamana, 

 or Soorty oil of Travancore, and the Madras Presidency. Under N. O. 

 98. Illecebracese, the seed of Spergula sativa, one of the species of 

 Spurry of the meadows of Holland, yield a good lamp oil on expression. 

 Under N. O. 109. Hamamelidacese, Hamamelis mryinica, has oleiferous 

 seeds. 



N. O. 110. UMBELLIFEILE. UMBELLIFERS. 

 Ptychotis Ajowan. De C. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 



Vernacular. Ajmodum, Sans. Ajwan, Juvanee, Boro-joan, Hind. 

 Beng. TFbmMW, Tam. Amoos, Arab. NankahyPers. 



Habitat. Cultivated throughout India. 



Remarks. Papers on the oil of Ajowan, by Stenhouse, are to be found 

 in the Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, vol. xiv. p. 2/2, the 

 Chemical Society's Quarterly Journal, vol. ix. p. 234, and by Haines, in 

 the Chemical Society's Quarterly Journal, vol. viii. page 289. 



Volatile oil is also obtained in India by distillation from the fruit (seed, 

 vulg.) ofCuminum Cyminum, Linn, and Pimpinella Anisum, Linn, and 

 probably, as in Europe, from all the well known aromatic Urnbellifers. The 

 oils are distinguished by the common names of the plants from which they 

 are prepared as Anise, Caraway, Fennel, &c. 



N. O. 120. COMPOSITE. COMPOSITES. 

 Carthamus tinctorius. W. Officinal Carthamus. 



Linn. Syst. Syngenesia J^qualis. 



Vernacular. Cusnmba ) Kamalottara ) ^>m\?,. Koosumbha^eng. Hind. 

 Dec. Tel. Kajeerah, Beng. Koosum, Hind. Seendoorkum, Tam. 

 Cossumb, Cey. Usfer, Arab. Ossfar, Qortom, Egypt. 



Habitat. Egypt. Widely cultivated in India. 



Remarks. The KVTJKOS of Hippocrates, Theophrastus, and Dioscorides. 

 The oil (Kurdee-ka-tael) is obtained from the seeds (Knrdee), and the 



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