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2 odor slight, but agreeable; flavor bitter, aromatic, afterwards
3 pungent on the tongue. The flower is said to be blue.
4 Kris (I.) Impotency.
5 Kunjee or K h u n g e e, v. Malva montana.
6 Kunkolmirch, Kunkolmir j — is an officinal seed
7 at Lahore and in Hindostan. In the hills, Kunkol is the
8 name of Eleagnus ; M i r c h is the Hindoostanee name of
9 pepper ; therefore, it is natural to suppose, that this article is
10 the berry, or fruit, of Eleagnus. The berries are of the size
11 of small peas. The specimen in the Great Exhibition, which,
12 according to Dr. Royle’s report, had been sent from Dukhun,
13 was not accompanied with a scientific name.
14 Kunkolmirj (I.) Diarrhoea. Sub-acute ophthalmia
15 humida with opacity of the cornea.
16 Lacca in grants — is officinal at Lahore, being a product
17 of the country ; and is used in enlargement of the liver, dropsy,
18 ulcers, & c. Gum-lac dissolved by a gentle heat in alcohol, does
19 not irritate the skin, is adhesive, and is said to accelerate the
20 union of wounds.
21 Lacca in gr. (ii.) Costiveness. Lumbago. Pleuritic
22 pain. Suppurating boils or scrofula. Swellings.
23 Lactuca sativa — is cultivated in the Punjab. Lettuce seeds
24 are officinal, and used in excessive thirst ; also, in sensation of
25 heat in the stomach. It is supposed that, by relaxing the genital
26 organs, they diminish the spermatic secretion.
27 Lactuc. sat. semina (I.)
28 Lactucariitm — was unknown at Lahore until I communicated
29 its narcotic qualities to Runjeet Sing. As the natives consider
30 the lettuce plant and seeds to be cooling, they thought to have
31 got a prize in this cooling narcotic ; and my communication,
32 when first made, produced a great sensation ; but, on trying the
33 lettuce-opium, they found that it did not answer their expecta-
34 tions ; poppy-opium remaining superior in its intoxicating powers.
35 I^actucar. (II.) Bleeding at the nose. Pain in the
36 joints.
37 Lagenaria, v. Cucurbita Lagenaria.