Catalogue of the vegetable production of the Presidency of Bombay : including a list of the drugs sold in bazars of western India / compiled by G.C.M. Birdwood.

Date:
1865
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Credit: Catalogue of the vegetable production of the Presidency of Bombay : including a list of the drugs sold in bazars of western India / compiled by G.C.M. Birdwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Remarks. Identified by Royle with the sweet-cane and sweet Calamus of Scripture,—Kaneh bosem (reed of fragrance,) Ex. xxx. 23; Kaneh hattob (good reed) Jer. vi. 20,—and KiCs.ap.as dpatiariKos of Dios- corides. Boosa-ke-tel, Grass-oil, or Ginger-grass oil, is prepared from it. The Calamus aromaticus of the older pharmacologists is the root of Acorns Calamus. N. 0.258. Andropogon citratum. Be C. Lemon-grass. Linn. Syst. Triandria Digynia. Vernacular. Bhustrina, Malatrinukung, Sans. Gundaha-bena, Beng. Ghunda-bela, Gundbel, Hind. Sirek, Mai. Camachie- pilloo, Wassina-pilloo, Tarn. Kamachie-kussoo, Tel. Pengiri- mana, Cey. Habitat. India. Remarks. This is not the <rxolvos (Sotrpos of Dioscorides. See A. Schcenanthus, Linn. infra. Lemon-grass Oil, Citronelle-oil, or Oil (if Verbena, is certainly prepared from it. Andropogon Iwarancusa. Rox. Linn. Sy*t. Triandria Digynia. Vernacular. Iwarankusha, Kuranhisha, Ibharankusha, Beng. Hind. Habitat. The skirts of the Himalayas. Remarks. The root of this plant was long considered the Spikenard (See Drugs, N. O. 117) of the ancients, an opinion conclusively refuted by Sir W. Jones, As. Res. iv. 109. Andropogon muricatus. Bets. Linn. Sytt. Triandria Digynia. Vernacular. Tirana, Viratara, Sans. Khor, Kits us, Beng. Bena, Beng. Useer, Bala, Hind. Ramiehum, Mai. Valik, Vittie-vayr, Tarn. Eassavoo, Cooroo-vayroo, Tel. Habitat. India. Remarks. Used for Cuscus tattys. Andropogon Schcenanthus. Linn. Linn. Si/st. Triandria Digynia. Vernacular. Siree, Amboyna. Habitat. Amboyna.