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keep, is thus indicated, but, of course, time alone will show whether the 

 activity of the ferment is impaired to any important extent by such 

 keeping. 



T may add, in conclusion, that I have coagulated a considerable volume 

 of milk with an extract such as I have described, and prepared a cheese 

 from the curds. I have also given a portion of the extract to a professional 

 cheese-maker, who has used it as a substitute for animal rennet in the pre- 

 paration of a cheese. The product thus obtained, and the statements of the 

 person who has made the experiment for me, led me to suppose that extracts 

 of the seeds of Withania can be used as an adequate and successful substitute 

 for animal rennet. " 



An attempt has been made by Mr. D. S.Kemp, of Bombay, to preserve 

 the ferment by means of sugar, but with only partial success (Dymock). 



868, Lyeiiim europceum Linn, h.f.b.l, iv. 240. 



Vera.: — Kangii, kiingu, ganger mral, chirchitta (Fb. and 

 Hind.) ; Achrnehudi (Merwara) ; Gangas, ganger (Sind). 

 Sindb, Pan jab, Marwara, Gujrat. 

 Habitat : --Western India. 



A thorny nearly, glabrous, shrub. Branches grey. Leaves 

 i-lin., lanceolate or oblanceolate, linear-oblong, flowers solitary ; 

 pedicels shorter than or equalling the Calyx ; rarely longer. 

 Calyx Jin., often sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed irregularly, teeth rarely 

 less than 5. Corolla Jin., from purple to nearly white ; tube 

 cylindric, widening upwards, lobes not half so long as the tube. 

 Stamens exsert or subincluded ; filaments glabrous at their 

 base. Berry Jin. diam., yellow or red globose, many-seeded, 

 edible. 



Use : — The berries are used as aphrodisiac (Stewart). 



869. Atropa Belladonna, Linn, h.f.b.l, iv. 241. 



Vern. : — Sug-ungoor, Ungoor shefa (H.) ; Suchi (Pb.) ; 

 Girbuti (Bomb). 



Habitat: — Western Himalaya, Kashmir to Simla, Caucasus 

 and North Persia, Baluchistan. I have seen it in Quetta 

 (K. R. K.). 



An erect, glandular, pubescent, or nearly glabrous, herb 2-3ft. 

 Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 4-8in., entire, long pointed, 

 upper ones usually with a much smaller leaf springing from 



