1 Rheum Australe, Don. Rheum Emodi — vegetates in wild
2 luxuriance on the Cashinerean mountains. It is considered as
3 one of the best rhubarbs ; notwithstanding the coarse appearance
4 of its exterior. The best of all is, it can be had fresh and cheap
5 in any quantity, and at any time. Besides, it must necessarily
6 have its own peculiar properties, such as are not to be found in
7 any other sort of rhubarb.
8 Rhei Austr. radix (1.) Hsemorrhoidal discharge.
9 Salivation.
10 Rheum palmatum — is recommended against induration of
11 the liver, pulsations of the heart, and salivation.
12 Rheum, Reew und-Khutai — is esteemed by the
13 natives of Lahore, as the finest sort of rhubarb.
14 Rheum Ribes Dioscorea, v. Dioscorea.
15 Rheum Sinense, Reewund Tshini (chini) — is, at Lahore,
16 regarded as superior to the Cashmerean rhubarb, but inferior
17 to the R. Khutai ; both kinds are, I believe, brought from
18 Chinese-Tartary to Hindostan.
19 Rheum: Reewund Tshini (I.) Diarrhoea. Miliaria.
20 Sub-acute opthalmia humida.
21 Rhinacanthus communis, v. Justicia nasuta.
22 Rhododendron campanulatum — is said to be Rhod antlio-
23 pogon , Don. or Rhod. aromaticum , Wall., it vegetates on the
24 Cashmerean mountains; its leaves are officinal in Cashmere and
25 Lahore, where they are administered as errhine, to produce
26 sneezing.
27 Rkodod. camp, folia (I.)
28 Rhus Coriaria — its fruit is brought from Cabul to Lahore,
29 where it is much and deservedly used by the Hakims.
30 Rhus Coriar. fructus (I.) Expectoration or spitting
31 of blood.
32 Rhus Kakrasikghea — K akrasinghee is officinal with
33 both Hakims and Hindoo doctors at Lahore. In the Materia
34 Medica of the latter, its use has been handed down from
35 olden times. These vegetable excrescences are, probably, pro-
36 duced by the deposit of eggs of a certain insect on that kind of