ME5>ICINAJL PLANTS- AND DRUGS. 15£i 



The lowest weight in use among the Hindu druggists takes it's deno« 

 mination from the seed of the Gunjd, though the fi6litious weight is nearly 

 double that of the seed. Sir William Jones found, from the average of 

 numerous trials, the weight of one Gunjd seed to be a grain and five six- 

 teenths. The Retti Weight used by the jewellers and druggists is equal 

 to two grains three sixteenths nearly. See Asiatick Researches II. p, is^, 

 and V. p. 92. 



'AcAcjA Arabkia. (W. ) BahulS^^ H. Barhura S. 



The Gum, Babul-cd GundS^^ H. 



The Acacia JV'ilotica (W.) which yields the Giimmi ArabicUm of the 

 'European pharmacopoeias, is not found among the numerous species of 

 Acacias that are natives of Hindostan; but the gum of the Babul is so 

 perfe6lly similar to gum Arabic, that, for every purpose, whether medici-' 

 nal or economical, it may be substituted for it. The bark of the tree, 

 like that of most of the Acacias^ is a powerful astringent ; and is used, 

 instead of oak bark, for tanning, by the European manufacturers of 



leather in Bengal. 



L-':y ■ ■ ■■■ 



AcACJj Cathchu. (W.) K'hayaT^^) H, C'hadiraS. 



Mimosa Gate Murray II. 540, 

 Mimosa Catechu Woodville II. 183. 



AcQRVS Calamus. (W.) Bach(^'> H. TacJid S. 



Murray. V. 39. 

 WOOBVILLE. III. 412. 



Allium Sativum. {W.) Lehsen^-^'^ II. LasunaS. 



Murray. V. 12^, 

 Woodville. III. ,473. 



'<») Bubool. (8) Bubool'ka Coond. <3) Khuer, i-^ Buck. (5) Lidmtu 



