1 drug is not v-xtemiiely used in Kugland i Its very name is not
2 even iiji’iii ioned, among tlie vast collection 64 medicines lit the
3 new Pharmacopwia Londinejtsis of 1851. The plant grows
4 profusely in the British territory, and is sold very cheap in the
5 bazaar of Calcutta—from five to ten pounds for a shilling ?
6 Hetnidevn. fnd, radix (I.) Gaseous-eructation. Infla¬
7 tion. Syphilitic cutaneous diseases, as itching erup¬
8 tions, etc.
9 IIepar sulfhcris, v. Kali sulphitr ' nrum ■
10 IIkptaphyllpm, v. Tormentitla.
11 Hp.RACt.KUM nivKKsiFoi.il-M—is officinal in Cashmere, where
12 it grow? in the mountains.
13 Her art. div. radix (I.) Syphilis,
14 •Hkbba Salsola Kali, v. Kali Saisolfi, herbii.
15 Huhvodactyii's amarus vei. spukh/s. CntcMcum Ilii-
16 ric\m , Royle —vegetates in Cashmere, and flowers in spring,
17 unlike the "European Calchicnm antunnude , for which it was once
18 mistaken. The Bn'!., or conrux, of th plant is pflicinal with
19 the Hakims, who use it only externally (chiefly in artistic
20 pain), and administer the following Ilermodactylus dulcis (the
21 sweet one) internally—
22 Harm ad. amar. (I.) Acute rheumatism. Colic. Diarr¬
23 hoea. Vomiting
24 HkiiMOOACTYUJ* UULCI8—is, l believe, mistaken for the root
25 of Iris triberpsa. It was reported at I, a ho re, that this species
26 is imported from Arabia. Both the bitter and the sweet Bulbs
27 are extensively used by the natives, and by them only.
28 jffermod. dulc. (I.) Cardialgia. Giddiness with fever.
29 Hekniahia P k a i. » i Jhi tu i — I received from the lower
30 range of mountains, where the root is probably used officimdly ;
31 I could not ascertain if it was Jlemiaria glabra Linn., or
32 another species.
33 Hernia rice radix (1.)
34 Hibiscus Arelmoschus, v. Abebnaachua mast ha Ins.
35 Hliuscr-R Tiuoni m— vegetates in Cashmere, is well known,
36 but •tot administered medicinally.