N. o. ckucifer^:. 87 



Dr. Thornton is of opinion that the drug is useful in leprous 

 affections. 



The authors of the Pharmaeographia Indiea describe the 

 drug as beneficial in dyspepsia due to torpidity of the intestines 

 and as a valuable remedy in scrofulous skin diseases, 



N. 0. CRUCIFERJE. 



70. " Matthiola incana R. Br. h.f.b.l, i. 131. 



Habitat : — Cultivated in the gardens of N. India. 



Vern. :~Todri safed (Pb. Sind). 



A shrubby, erect, hoary herb. Stem 1-2 ft. ; branched. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire ; rarely obscurely toothed 

 Raceme 1-2 in. Flowers in May- June. 1-2 in. diam., purple 

 to violet. Siliqua glandular, 2-4 in., \ in. broad. Seed orbicular, 

 winged. 



Hooker says that it is the " Queen-Stock " of English 

 gardens where it is treated as an annual or biennial. 

 Parts used : — The seeds. 



Uses : — The seeds are said to be aphrodisiac (Stewart). 

 The seeds are of three kinds, yellow, red and white ; used in 

 infusion in cancer, are expectorant, mixed with wine given 

 as an antidote to poisonous bites (Dr. Emerson \ 



71. Cheiranthus Ghieri, Linn, h.f.b.l, i. 132. 



The English wild " Wall-flower ". 



Habitat: — Not indigenous, but cultivated in gardens 

 in North India. 



Vern. : — Todri Surkh, Lahoori shuboo (H) ; Khueri IB). 



Stem shrubby, erect, bushy, branched in a determinate 

 manner ; branches angular, leafy, hoary, with close bristly 

 silvery hairs, chiefly directed downwards, like those on both 

 sides of the leaves ; though some point the contrary way, on 

 the leaves as well as the siliqua, being perfectly distinct from 

 others. Leaves crowded, stalked, lanceolate, acute, almost 



