THE TECHNOLOGIST. I May 1, 1865. 



462 MATERIA MEDICA OF BAGHDAD, ETC. 



Barbin. — Baklut-id-hukima, probably Portulaca oleracea, cornmon'in 

 waste parts of gardens, &c. 



Hanzal. — Our colocyntks and colocynthoids are in confusion. C. 

 colocyuthis is, I believe, found wild in India. There are several names 

 for these ; Hanzal is tbe Arabic. 



Jauz-el-Kagy. — "Vomit-nut," generally Kuchila in India. 



Jextiana. — Pakhan-bed of Northern India. It has r been variously 

 identified. This season I was able to determine, part at least of what 

 is sold, as the rhizome of Saxifraga ligulala. 



Kasab-el-Feltjs. — Kharnub nubb is Ceratonia siliqua pods and 

 Khar a ub alone, galls of Prosopis spicigera in these parts. 



Kotuniya. — I doubt Pfantago psyllium here. Several species grow 

 wild in the Himalayas and plains, and probably seeds of several are 

 used besides the cultivated Planlago Ispaghula. 



OFSENTIN. — Afsuntin is almost always Artemisia Indica here. This 

 is the commonest species in most parts. 



Rabb-ruixd. — Rab-i-rewand and Usari-rewand are the same and 

 applied to gamboge. 



Sixbel et Tib. — Sumbul merely means " flower," and Sumbul-ul-tib 

 (literally " medicinal flower ") is always applied to Valeriana 

 (Nardostachys) Jatamansi. The unidentified Sumbul is not known 

 here. 



Sulixjax. — Kholinjan with us. The kernels of Trapa would pro- 

 bably be too easily detected here, [I have certainly picked them out of 

 a sample of Sulinjan, received from Upper India through Bombay, 

 possessing the unmistakeable triangular shape, but must confess the 

 fraud to be a gross one. — M. C. C] and Baklat-ul-maberik = Portulaca 

 quadrifida occasionally wild. 



Bezr-al-bexj is henbane, not hemlock seed. 



Bezr Hixdeba. — Cichorium int^bus, cultivated for medicinal seeds, 

 and wild in Upper Punjab, generally called Kasni. 



Bezr Khetmi. — Khatmi is AUhcea rosea. 



Bezr-el-Khujar. — Khujar in India is applied to the cucumbers of 

 which Cucumis sativus and utilissimus are cultivated, and their seeds 

 used medicinally. 



Bezr-el-Rihax. — Rihan and Tulsi and Faranj mushk are all applied 

 to the various species of Ocijmum, and apparently without much dis- 

 crimination. The seeds are medicinal. 



Bezr-safarjal. — Hubusujirjul is merely the word for "seed" pre- 

 fixed to the name of the quince. 



Bodyax Khatai. — In India this name is always applied to the 

 star-anise, and Badian alone to fennel. 



Dam-al-akhuwayx, or Khunisiawashan, is dragon's blood. 



Eklib-el-malek. — AkUl-ul-malik ("King's crown") is certainly not 

 rosemary [Aklil-ul-jibbal even is disputed), but the fruit of an Astragalus 

 {A. hamosus ?). 



