1 Solani/m Ti r Bt:RosT.'jt - is now cultivated in the plains of
2 Hindustan, in the mountain* and valley of Cashmere as -veil as
3 in Europe. In the wild state the potatoes is litter and acrid;
4 the leaves are generally very rich in potash, and the roots even
5 of the cultivated kind contain an acrid and narcotic principle
6 dissipated by boiling. A very pure starch, resembling that of
7 arrow-root, is readily obtained from the rasped tubercles by the
8 usual process of washing with cold water. This starch is easily
9 convertible into sugar and alcohol by fermentation. (l)eng.
10 Disp.) Poultices of potatoes art* replaced by starch and recom¬
11 mended in various cutaneous diseases, as itching, etc. See
12 A my him.
13 ♦Soi.LOAoo vino a- aobka, v. Virgo mtrea.
14 Sow a (Aru’thwm) —is cultivated in Hindustan and the Punjab,
15 its seeds being officinal. and used as a substitute for dill.
16 Sower: semina (I,)
17 Specular fa, i. apiS) v. 'Falrum.
18 Sturm a' CF/n, v. Cetareim.
19 Si*iiiK rant. lies Indicus— grow-, in the Punjab. Flowers,
20 leaves and roots are officinal; the latter have been recommended
21 as anthelmintic.
22 Spbicranth. led. floras (I.)
23 &PIGFXIA ANTWKLMINTICA \ El. MaRYLAN MCA is not
24 known at Lahore. Fused, the plant and essence, obtained from
25 Europe.
26 Spigel. untketm, herha (F)
27 Sjjigel. arithehn , tinctura (I.) Diarrhoea with or with¬
28 out worm-fever. Dysentery. Heaviness of the head.
29 Pain in the temples with catarrhal Epiphora and
30 Coryza.
31 S pi La nth its oi.kra< fa, Linn.— an infusion of the plant has
32 been recommended as ixgnryle in affections of the gums audio
33 sore-throat.
34 Spinaoea oi.ebacka. Spinacia tetrandra. Beta Benyalen-
35 sio -is cultivated at Lahore. It is believed to be useful in liver-
36 complaints, as inflammation and jaundice.
37 hQ: r -y : -'