1 Vf.sparum ( Crabro ) favum ( caverna ) — wasp or hornet nests
2 are not officinal, though they are plentiful at Lahore. I tried
3 them, as also their honey, and am convinced that both possess
4 medical properties of importance. The hornet’ s-nest has lately
5 been recommended as antispasmodic.
6 Vespar. favus (I.) Syphilitic prurigo. Syphilitic
7 ulceration of the throat. Syphilis with Gonorr-
8 hoea.
9 Vespar. mel. (I.) Fever with an internal burning sensa-
10 tion.
11 Villarsia nymphceoides — grows in every part of Hindos-
12 tan ; in Cashmere it vegetates on the lakes, and is given , as
13 food, to cows, in the belief that it increases their milk.
14 Villars. nymph, fol. recentes (I.) Periodic headache.
15 *Vinca minor — probably V. pusilla, or V. parviflora, Roxb., is
16 cultivated in gardens at Lahore.
17 Vincce min. fol. (I.) Pleurisy (acute and sub-acute)
18 Vincetoxicum ( Asclepias ^ Hirundinaria (v. Chelidonium)
19 — is officinal at Cashmere. Whether it be Vincetoocicum vulg .,
20 Schult. or Vincetoxicum nigrum , Monch (the black-flowered)
21 could not be discovered from the sample I brought from Cash-
22 mere. The plant which I have figured in the lithographic print,
23 is the common vincetoxicum, with its flowers, for the information
24 of those unacquainted with it.
25 Vincetoxicum ( Cynanchum ) v. Cynanchum.
26 Viola — several species of violets are reported to vegetate on
27 the Himalayas and in Cashmere ; the Viola repens is, however,
28 I believe, the most common, and is that which is most used
29 medicinally in Hindostan. A conserve is prepared annually, at
30 Cashmere, from the fresh flowers and leaves, which is largely
31 exported ; there is a great consumption of it in the Punjab.
32 The dried flowers, stalks, and leaves, are officinal with the
33 natives. Violet seeds have been in some repute for expelling
34 gravel and urinary calculi.
35 Viol. rep. folia cum Jlor. (I.) Coryza. Hypochondri-
36 asis, with weeping.