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genuine species has brought the drug into undeserved disrepute. 

 The natives deem it a specific in dysentery and bowel complaints. 

 Nicotianum Tabacum, Tumbako, Tobacco. 



Ocymum Sanctum. Expressed juice assists in the cure of ring- 

 worm. 



Odina Wodier. Powdered bark mixed with oil is applied to in- 

 dolent ulcers. 



Pandanus Odoratissimus. The immature fruit is reputed emmen- 

 agogue. 



Papaver Somniferum. The juice expressed from the seeds is 

 considered useful in chronic diarrhsea, and their oil very bland and 

 pure, fitting it for culinary purposes. 



Phyllanthus Erablica, Myrobolan. Yields a nut of a harsh bitter 

 taste, striking a black colour with solutions of iron, said to be gently 

 purgative, astringent and corroborating. 



Plumbago Zeylanica. Root in decoction is administered in fe- 

 vers : the fresh bark bruised and applied to the skin vesicates. 



Portulaca Quadrifida, Diuretic. The bruised leaves are applied 

 in erysipelas. 



Punica Granatura. Pulp cooling and aperient. The rind of the 

 fruit is very astringent, and useful in diseases where this virtue is 

 required. It is given to destroy worms. 



Ricinus Communis. The castor oil of commerce is generally 

 procured from the seeds of the smaller variety. A.valuable purgative 

 in cattle medicines is found in the root; a piece the size of a nut- 

 meg mixed with chillies and tobacco leaves is a successful remedy 

 in gripes. 



Rumex Ve.^icarius. Useful as an antiscorbutic. 



Saccharum Officinarum. The juice of the sugar cane is considered 

 to be the best antidote to arsenic. 



Sapindus Detergeus, Rhete, Soap Nut. Possesses singular and 

 specific powers in chlorosis, the shell of the nut powdered, and snuff°- 

 ed up the nostrils is powerfully errhine — the natives employ it in 

 cephalic affections ; with water the nut forms a copious lather, simi- 

 lar to soap for which it is an excellent succedaneum, 



Semecarpus Anacardium, Bilowa, Marking Nut. The acrid juice 

 of the nut is given internally as an alterative and anthelmintic, and 

 the expressed oil is useful as a vesicatory, but great caution should be 



