1 297
2 Lagonichii species, v. Cassia Karnub Nubtee.
3 * Laminaria saccharin a — (spec.) is officinal at Lahore and
4 in Cashmere. The fronds are procured from Thibet, where they
5 are reported to grow in a salt-lake ; but, some English phy-
6 sicians maintain, that they are brought from the Caspian Sea :
7 whatever their origin may be, they are certainly very useful ;
8 owing, perhaps, to their abounding in Iodine ; indeed they are
9 administered in the very diseases, in which Iodine proves effica-
10 cious— as in the enlargement of the thyroid gland (goitre) and
11 scrofula. The dried leaves look as if they were salted ; some
12 of them are many yards in length, and one or two inches in
13 breadth. In the Indian Ocean, not far from the Cape, I saw,
14 on our homeward passage, some sea- weed which somewhat
15 resembled Laminaria in form. Our Captain (an Englishman)
16 would not permit any passenger to keep such a weed in his
17 cabin, pretending that its odor was injurious to health.
18 Lamin. sacch. (I.) Anorexia. Dyspepsia. Fever.
19 Ichorous and scrofulous ulcers, even in horses.
20 Lippitude. Oppression of the stomach. Soreness
21 of the corners of the mouth. Subsultus of the
22 stomach. Tenesmus.
23 Lapis Armenius, v. Bolus Armenius.
24 Lapis Bezoardtcus, v. Bezoardicus lapis.
25 Lapis causticus alcalinus, v. Causticum.
26 Lapis infern alis, v. Argentum nitricum fusum.
27 Lapis Lazuli, v. Ultramarine.
28 Lapis M agnes, v. Magnetes , lapis.
29 Laurus Cassia; L. Culilawan ; L. Malabatri , v. Cassia,
30 lignea.
31 Laurus nohilis — the berries are officinal at Lahore, and are,
32 probably, imported from Arabia.
33 Lawsonia inermts. Lawsonia spinosa , Linn. — the plant
34 grows at Lahore, and its leaves are officinal all over the East.
35 It is used as a medicine, as well as a dye. See Vol. I. pp. 4,
36 and 167. Its root is, I believe, less used ; at anv rate, it is less
37 used at Lahore.
38 2 L
39 VOL. II.