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Dr. Thornton is of opinion that tho drug is useful in leprous 
affections. 
The authors of the Pharmaeograpliia 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. CRUCIFERiE. 
70. “ Matthiola incana R. Br. H.f.b.i., 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 aphVodisiac (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. Gheiranthus Chieri, Linn. H.F.B.I., I. 132. 
The English wild “ Wall-flower ”. 
Habitat : —Not indigenous, but cultivated in gardens 
in North India. 
Vern. : — Todri Surkh, Lahoori shuboo (H) ; Khueri (B). 
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 
