1 Vkspakvm (Crabm) vavvu (ca»er»«)r-wft«p or hornet nests
2 ar« WW officinal, though they are plentiful at l.aho-c V tn«
3 thorn, as also their honev, a id am convinced that both possess
4 medical properties of importance. The hornotVnest has lately
5 been recommended as antispasinodie. ^
6 t tepar. jams (I.) Syphilitic prurigo, hyplnhUe
7 ulcer, if von of the throat Syphilis With Gouorv-
8 lima.
9 Vespa r. met. <1.1 Fever with an internal burning sensa¬
10 tion. . ,
11 Vu.tAK.siA NYHriur,oiDK8—grows in every part of hlluos '
12 tun • iii Cashmere it vegetates on the hakes, and is given,
13 -<■ d, to COW.-,, in the. belief that if increases their milk-
14 Vi liars, nymph, fat* r events* (I.) Verit^vc headache.
15 •Vinca miK ou--prohably V. pusilhi, or V. parvillora, Uoxb., r
16 cultivated in gardens at Lahore.
17 Vinccr min. fol. (I.) l’lcnrisy (acute and ftulKiottte)
18 V i n{'E xox iciJ s/t (Asckpias) nirmidinariu (v. CkeMmnm)
19 -is Officinal at Cashmere. Whether it be Vince^nmm vu/g.,
20 Srhutt. or Vinveta,rknm nigrum, MHnvh (tbe.bWk-flovjerei
21 could not be discovered from the sample 1 brought from Cash¬
22 mere. The plant which I have figured m Uu* iifbographie print,
23 is the common vincetoxicum, with its dowers, for the informal wm
24 of those unacquainted with it.
25 V iNCKToxicoM ( Cynanchum) CymncKum-.
26 Vi ji.a— several species of violets are reported to vegetate on
27 the Himalayas and in Cashmere; Uic Viola rejwo* », lmwavcr.
28 I believe, the most common, and is that which i* most usu
29 medicinally in Hindustan. A conserve is prepared mini,a y, a
30 Cashmere, from the fresh .(lowers and leaves, which is large!)
31 exported; there is a great consumption of it in the uu.ja ).
32 The dried flowers, stalks, and leaves, are officinal with the
33 nativ-s. Violet seeds hate been in some repute for spelling
34 gravel and urinary calculi. .
35 Viol. «y>. folia oum Jfr. (I V C»rya. Hjl.oclK.mln-
36 asis, with weeping.