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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. 
I may add, in conclusion, that I have coagulated a considerable volume 
of milk with an extract such as 1 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 ^y Mr. D. S. Kemp, of Bombay, to preserve 
the ferment by means of sugar, but with only partial success (Dymock). 
868 . Lycium europceum Linn, h.f.b.i., iv. 240 . 
Vern. : — Kangri, kungu, ganger mrdl, chirchitta (Pb. and 
Hind.)'.; Achmehudi ' Menvava) ; Gangas, ganger (Sind). 
Sindh, Panjab, Marwara, Gujrat. 
Habitat : — Western India. 
A thorny nearly, glabrous, shrub. Branches gre3 r . Leaves 
i-lin., lanceolate or oblanceolate, linear-oblong, flowers solitary ; 
pedicels shorter than or equalling the Calyx ; rarely longer. 
Calyx yin,, often sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed irregularly, teeth rarely 
less than 5. Corolla yin., 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 yin. diam., yellow or red globose, many-seeded,, 
edible. 
Use : — The berries are used as aphrodisiac (Stewart). 
869 . Atropa Belladonna, Linn, h.f.b.i., 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 
