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in B en gaIe/‘-sh\yet busunta” (Lindl.) or “ mukto-juri,” in Tamil “ cupam ani” (Drur.), in Malabar
cuj/a mem (Rheede) ; and from early times employed medicinally : — observed by Grant in EquaU
iU ” n £ f l m^o untains of Yemen, *®E astward, byft '“G™r'a®h"a' mP,- a “ co"m"fmi on weie"d “d"u¡rSitn gp £thees
U “ liv I of Bombay, and according to Nimmo, “ cats are as much affected by the roots ”
as by those of the valerian ; by Riieede .x, pl. 8i, in Malabar; by Ainslie, Roxburgh, and Wi»ht
m other parts of the peninsula as far as Bengal, employed in decoction as cathartic and for othel
medicinal purposes (Drur.) ; was observed by Mason in Burmali, enumerated as indigenous.
Eleventli c o n s 'u ls l/'" ’ ’ ft"" 'fi® ®°"ft®""®fi Augustus, now in his
P rroobbaUblylU nUotU thUeV fi'r"s?t o*f t/h’ e“ n ame, the" fik,°.i"n gdom oAf uPgaunsdtyuas ibnyc tlhued iHn gin*d-ut hkei ndgi sPtrainctdsi oonf (MStardabur.)a.
e n v ir n / OT / 1 U Tropical Eastern Asia. The screw tree, small and hazel-like, called in the
1? Bombay kawun or kewannie ” or “ dhamnee ” (Graham), and from early times used
ledicm altyin diseases of the ears observed by Rheede vi. pi. 30 in Malabar; by Gibson, and
Graham, ^/ommon throughout the hiliy jungly parts of the Concan and on the Ghauts ” as far as
o f / / . ’ t™’’® 0 / 0 "fi®.ft™'" fi’® 'fi’"®’’ °ft fi’® b"'-k ; ” by Ainslie, and Wight, in other parts
seeU n B irU-iI r T ‘"""‘®fi P°fi” A® state and called “ thu-gnay-khym,” were
0 1 ft' "”®fi medicinally by the natives; obft"
ftft""°P®’ fi®«""'fi®fi by
r i n Z Z y c -rff/iy t/a of Tropical Hindustan. Herbaceous, four feet high and allied to the »rape-
vine called m Bengalee “ toolsoo-moodryia” (Drur.), and from early times reputed to be a rimedy
in the C o £ 0 ®‘" T ’ ft" Bo.xburgh “ ringworm observed by Law, and Nimmo!
U nham U b ! r ! 4 '\" °" " ‘"y0 ","fi’ South of Bombay common in jungles towards the Ghaut?
F?rth1r Fust h and Wight, as far as Bengal, the root astringent and mucilaginous (Drur.).
Ear her Eas , by Mason v. 503 “ exotic” in Burmah and called “ kya-bet-gyee,” cuhivated for its
astringent ” root, used by the natives to stop “ effusion of blood in wounds ?
Rygeum acuminatum of Tropical Hindustan. A Terebinthoid tree known from early times • -
l U i U o t h / D / f / - 7 " ""fi Kandalla, but rare ; ” by Colebrooke linn, trans. xii. pl.
sSpleidcieess Uby TM?cCi elell0lannd£ a’’tt 0To ung' o’o’«, '/bftfet"c’o“m"i ng a3 9t8r eteo oSf4 “0,f iivne Tore nsaixss efereimt m ; rathn d” the same or an allied
4 fft®"" Asia? A climbing Cucurbitaceous plant called in
hU™ l-C ! n ’ u “ P ydipasel,” in Bengalee “ kurula ” (Drur.), in the environs of Bom-
U oobbsseUrvUe d bby° RRhle e/ «— vm .4 p"l. 9 a4nd a1n0 d.m fr oMma leaabralry; tibmye sG uibsseodn ,m aenddic iGnarlalhy aamn,d “t hvee ryfr ucoitm ematoennl y:
, V about Bombay in the rams,” the “ fruit twelve or fifteen inches long,” notched and rido-ed
sLcnrb/erd /aUlsoh b y® R!! umpIhi us V. p"®l.9 "15'"1’ "; gw “ast o obbsee rsvteedep ebdy Aini nssalilet , wRaotxebr ubrgefho,r eW bigehint,g acnodo kDerdu;r”y isc udltei-t
! id ir c T r 'ie /° peninsula; by Mason v. 471, “ exotic ” in Burmah and called “ kyet-hen’-kha,”
Luffa a ciyn gu la of Tropical Eastern Asia. The ridged gou rd \a called in Tagalo “ patola”
Blanco), m Burmah ‘_thafowot-kha-wai” (Mason), in Tamil “ peekunkai,” in Telinga “ beer-kai,”
0 / 0 0 U "’ « '" fi" /’""®® “ torooi” (Drur.), in the environs of Bombay “ toorai” ?r
g,osalee (Graham); cultivated from early times observed by Rheede viii. pl. 7 in Malabar-
liy Graham “ commonly cultivated” around Bombay; by Roxbur0 i, Wight, and brury in “ hedU ?
uUseeddT inn ^Ucurrr/iess , anTd wh0e n" kb oiled and seasoned “ little inf°e°r®io r° ftt o fig’®r ee'’n® “p‘ ea s;” byv egMUaasbolne sv, .m 4u7C1h
isUe°sUib1d b v / ! ®=®"4 ‘ ; by Blanco, on the Philippines, its fruit cooked and eaten; and
i pl p and 10 P ft'- Pft- '49- Transported to Europe, is termed “ 1. foetida” by Cavanilles
N a iy m cordifolia of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A Cinchonaceous tree forty to fifty feet
/B/en-giawlee / Vkelikf uTdum / (D rur.), m the env0ir ons of “B"o’m"'b"aj"y "“" fei"d"o”o’ ”" -”o r “ eTyedleine g”a '(“G/ drauhgaa?)!-” iitns
exceedingly beautiful wood, durable if kept dry, used from early times for furniture obseived
by Graham comnron throughout the Concans,” the wood used at Bombay “ for planking e tc .; ” by
PBeenng/aUl, bh®y ?W?'alil-lfitc' h■ , on the bank"s" foi fH threa nIyr,r aaws afdadry aisn TBruarvmaanhc o(rMe, astohne vC. o5r3o4m).andel mountains, and
Bignonia {Spathodea) Rheedii of Tropical Hindustan, Burmah, and as far as Java. A small
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and Tinivelly, with the capital at Madura in the days of Claudius Ptolemy, and continuing there
“ till within a century of the present d ay” (Elph. iv. 2).
“ 22 B. C.” (Strab., Dio, and Clint.), invasion of the Ethiopians under queen Candace, repelled
at Elephantine by the Second Roman prefect C. Petronius.
Dalbergia sissoo of Tropical Hindustan. A tree called there “ sisso o” or “ sheeshum,” in which
we recognize the “ sisam ” of the Chaldee-Samaritan translation of Gen. vi. 14, — of the Koran, and
various Arab writers (Royle in Kitt. bibl. cycl.), and the “ scliischam ” wood found by Forskal p. xcvi.
imported from India into Yemen: “ sesamina xu la” is described by Dioscorides as sometimes sold
for ebony, but purplish ; is menlioned also in the Erythraean periplus, and by Cosmas Indicopleustes
xi. D. sissoo was observed in Hindustan by Roxburgh, and Wight; by Graham, in the environs of
Bombay, and found by Gibson as far as Goozerat ; its timber according to Royle “ one of the most
valued woods of India,” remarkably “ strong, of a light greyish hue, with darker coloured veins.”
Dalbergia latifolia of Tropical Hindustan. A tree called there “ sit-sal” (Royle), or by residents
blackwood (Graham) : its timber probably imported with the preceding into the Mediterranean countries
: — D. latifolia was observed in Hindustan by Roxburgh cor. pl. 113, and W ight ; by Graham,
in the Southern Concan, and found by Law in the Southern Mahratta country, its wood “ used for
making furniture ; ” being according to Royle “ heavy, close-grained, of a greenish black colour vvith
lighter veins,” and “ highly valued.” D. yen-daik, “ very abundant at Toungoo ” in Burmah and used
by the Karens “ for spear handles,” is regarded by Mason v. p. 530 as perhaps identical.
“ 18 B. C.” (D io, and Clint.), the “ empire ” or authority of imperator, accepted by Augustus for
an additional “ five years.”
Globularia nudicaulis of the Pyrenees and Switzerland. The C A N T A B R I C A discovered in the
reign of Augustus by the Cantabrians of Spain— (Plin.), mentioned by Celsus v. 27, and described
by Pliny X X V . 47 and 55 as “ caule júnceo pedali in quo sunt flosculi oblongi veluti calathi in his
semen perquam minutum,” stem a foot high and rush-like on which are oblong florets like baskets
and in these very minute seed, may be compared: G. nudicaulis is described by Morison vi. pl. 15,
and is known to grow on the Pyrenees and mountains of Switzerland as far as Austria (Pers., and A.
D ec.). According to Lindley, like other species it possesses purgative properties.
“ 15 B. C.” (D io, Blair, and C lint), Augustus in Gaul, and the Rhaeti and Vindelici subdued by
Tiberius and Drusus.
Marrubium Creticum of Crete. The M A R R V B I I ■ T E N V I S of the antidote of Antipater against
the bite of the asp — (Scribon. Larg. 167), may be compared : M. Creticum was observed in Crete
by Sibthorp. From transported specimens, is described by Dalechamp pl. 962 ; is termed “ m. album
angustifolium peregrinum ” by Tournefort in st 192 ; and was observed by Roth ii. 35 growing spontaneously
in Germany.
Verbascum blattaria of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Called in Greece “ spuri : ”
the VER BAS Cl of the antidote of Antipater — (Scribon. Larg. 167) seemingly corresponds ; for the
“ phlôm is” with golden flowers is described by Dioscorides as useful against scorpion-sting, employed
also for dyeing the hair, and wherever placed attracting “ siiphas ” (the small cockroach, Blatta Germanica)
: V. blattaria was observed by Forskal, Sibtliorp, and Chaubard, around Constantinople and
in the Peloponnesus. Westward, the “ blattaria” herb is described by Pliny xxv. 60 as resembling
and often mistaken for “ verbasco,” with more stalks and the leaves not so white ; V. blattaria is
described by Lobel obs. pi. 304 ; is termed “ blattaria lutea folio longo laciniato ” by Tournefort inst.
and elegant tree called in Burmah “ tha-khwot” (Mason), in Telinga “ w oody” (Drur.), in Malabar
“ nir pongelion ” (Rheede), in the environ.s of Bombay “ mersingee ” (Graham) ; and from early times,
nets made of its fibres, and its strong timber used for agricultural and building purposes : — observed
by Rlieede vi. pl. 29 in Malabar; by Law, and Graham, in “ the vale of the Nagotnah river,” the
Southern Mahratta country, and “ in gardens B om bay;” by Roxburgh cor. ii. pl. 144, Wight, and
Beddome, in other parts of Hindustan; and is khown to grow on Ceylon. Farther East, was
observed by Mason v. 543 indigenous in Burmah, its wood according to Berdmore of “ excellent
quality for building purposes;” is known to grow also on Java, and is described by Rumphius iii.
pl. 46 (Pers.).
Artocarpus hirsutus of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A large tree called in Tamil “ anjelie,”
in Malabar “ ansjeli ” or “ ayenee ” (Drur.), and from early times its fruit eaten, yielding also birdlime,
and its trunk hollowed out into fishing-canoes : — observed by Rheede iii. pl. 32 in the forests of
Malabar ; by Drury, as far as Travancore, its fruit of “ the size of a large orange,” and its timber
under the name of anjely wood “ well known on the western coast for house-building, ships, frameworks
etc. ; ” was observed by Roxburgh, and Wight, in other parts of Hindustan ; by Mason v. 462,
“ indigenous ” in Burmah. By Nimmo, was introduced into the environs of Bombay (Graham).
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