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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    which they stood, Cneius Domitius offered L. Crassus 10,000,000 sesterces, and without the trees he refused to buy the estate. The mystic Lotus is sacred to Lakshmi the wife of Vishnoo, who is hence often caled Kama!a. See also Starches, and Fruits and Vegetables. N. O. 13. PAPAVERACEiE. POPPYWORTS. Argemone mexicana. Linn. Mexican Argemone, Gamboge Thistle, Fico rleF Inferno, Cardo Santo. Linn. Syit. Polyandrla Monogynla. The juice, and seed Vernacular. Bramhie, Brambadundie, Sans. Faringee-datnra, Suchianas, Bherband, Hind. Shial Kanta, Beng. Faringee-datnra, Peela-datura, Dec. Brumhadundoo, Bmmarakash, Tarn. Brumha- dundie, Tel. Balu-rakkisa, Dotury, Can. Habitat. Mexico. Has over-run India and nearly all the tropical region of Asia and Africa. Remarks. First mentioned by Ferrand. See also Oils and Oil-seeds. Papaver somniferum- Linn. Garden Poppy. Linn. Suit. Polyandria Polygynia. The pounded herb, dry capsule, seed, oil, and concrete juice of the immature capsule, or Opium. Vernacular. The plant,—Chosa, Sans. Post, Hind. Pasto, Beng. Casa-casa, Tam. Cassa-cassa, Tel. Aboondm (father of sleep), Arab. The pounded herb,—Boosa, Vulg. The capsules,—Post, Vulg. The seeds,—Cuscus, Vulg. Opium,—Afeem, Hind, and Dec- Afiun, Hind, and Pers. Abinie, Tam. Afeeoon, Arab, and Malay. Habitat. Asia and Egypt. Cultivated in Egypt, Asia Minor, Ilin- doostan, and China (?) Remarks. Hippocrates mentions poppy juice (/xi/xawoi/), and Dioscorides and Pliny opium. The latter observes, it was prepared from the black poppy (P. somniferum var. nigrum), and his description of the process closely resembles that given by Kccmpfer as followed in Persia. In India the White Garden Poppy is cultivated for opium. The greyish-blue variety of poppy seed is termed Maw-seed. The 0d/>MaKO1' vvTTfvBes of Homer is thought by many, and with good reason, to have been a preparation of opium, but Royle regards it as referring to Cannabis sativa or Hemp. Homer mentions the poppy (ht]ko>v). See also Narcotics, and Oils and Oil-seeds.