1 C a scar, extr actum (ii.)
2 Cassle Absus semina. C. Akakolis , Royle — have many
3 improper names, as Fructus Tamaricis ; Semen Spines ,
4 nigrum , orbicular e, & c. (v. Dr. R. Seligmann’s Pharmacologia
5 and Meninski’s Lexicon.) At Deyra Dhoon, in India, the
6 seeds can be had in abundance. They are much used by the
7 Hakims; especially in ophthalmy and mucous discharges from
8 the genitals.
9 Cass. Abs. semina (I.)
10 Cassia a lata — officinal at Lahore.
11 Cass. al. semina (I.) Boils. Burning sensation with
12 itching and eruption. Impotency. Flatulency.
13 Tenesmus. Thin spermatic discharge.
14 Cassia Cinnamomum, v. Cassia lignea.
15 Cassia elongata, v. Senna.
16 Cassia fistula. Cathartocarpus. — The pulp is used both
17 in Europe and India, but more by the natives than by Euro-
18 peans. On the effects of the external pod, see p. 69 of this
19 volume.
20 Cass. Fist, pulpa (I.) Bleeding piles. Dysury. In-
21 guinal pain. Orcheocele. Ulcers.
22 Cass. Fist, semina (I.) Indian leprosy. Nasal bleed-
23 ing scabs. Pain of the spine, knee and ankles.
24 Tenesmus.
25 Cassia kharnoob Noobtee, or, Khirnub (Khur-
26 noob) Nabathi — is said to be a pod of a siliquose plant in Syria,
27 which grows about a yard high, called Jarnbut , Janbut. Ainslie,
28 erroneously says, in his Materia Indica , Khirnoob nubti is
29 the fruit of the Carob tree (see p. 3 64? of Vol. I.) The sample
30 I brought with me from India, was a pod, rather curved, about
31 an inch long, and, in diameter, about two-thirds its length ;
32 one end round, the other narrower, and finishing in a
33 nipple. It was of a light and spongy texture, externally of
34 a dark brown color, internally reddish. The pod contained
35 but four kernels, not larger than apple-pips. Some of the
36 Botanists at Vienna were of opinion that they were pods of a