1 Malum persicum, v. Persica.
2 Malvacea ? T o d r e e — there are three different kinds of
3 Todree to be met with in the Lahore bazaar. The white, the
4 natives say, are the seeds of Polyanthes tuberosa ; according to
5 Dr. Royle, of Cheiranthus cheiri ; in the Bengal Disp. it is stated
6 “Towdree are seeds from Malva sylvestris.'” Dr. R. Seligmann
7 says Tuderisch (probably the Arab name of Towdree) are seeds
8 from Sclav ea Horminum. I am of opinion that the white are
9 what the natives assert them to be, i. e. seeds of Polyanthes
10 tuberosa ; the colored, whether yellow, red, or blackish, are the
11 seeds from Malva sylvestris , as stated in the Beng. Pharm.
12 Malv. Todree nigricans (I.) Dryness or soreness and
13 inflammation of the throat. Scalding urine.
14 *Malva Montana {sylvestris) folia — Khun gee ke sag,
15 or mallow-leaves, are officinal in the mountains, in Cashmere, etc.
16 Its seeds are used by the Hakims in cough, and ulceration of the
17 bladder.
18 Malv. mont. fol. (I.) Diarrhoea.
19 Mameera. Mameera n — are of two different kinds,
20 in the Lahore bazaar, the one from Cashmere, the other from
21 China, called Khutai (Scythea). The latter is officinal all over
22 the East, being much used by the Hakims, who deem this root
23 to be a specific in ophthalmies; but, they say, that the genuine
24 drug is seldom to be met with ; and this I believe, as it has
25 many substitutes. ( See Chelidonium majus & Glaucium.)
26 Dr. Royle affirms Ranunculus ficaia or ficaria to be the
27 plant from which the Cashmerean mameera is produced.
28 Both sorts are used, in general externally, and in composition
29 with other drugs, are applied to the eyes as a dry collyrium.
30 Mameera Khutai (I.) Diarrhoea. Headache.
31 Mandragora ( Atropa ) — is now but very seldom used by
32 Eastern doctors, but merits the attention of European physicians.
33 Manganesium. Manganum — oxyde of manganese is used at
34 Lahore, mostly in the fabrication of glass ; and is imported
35 from Jernoo.
36 Magnifera Indica — the mangoes are a sweet, balsamic,