966 Mendha مندها.—P. Meshe. Its flesh is heavy, moist, tonic; increases wind and bile. This is the name of the male, and his meat is preferable to the female. “Ram.”

967 Mynphill مين پهل.—“Gardenia Dumetorum, Köen. Vangueria Spinosa, Roxb.” Bitter and hot, astringent and dry, light and emetic; useful in disorders of mucus and Juzam, swellings, flatulence, and dryness of the seven Dhats, Badgola, and is suppurating.

968 Methie نيتہى.—“Trigonella Fœnum-græcum, Wild.” Hot and dry; exhilarates the spirits; creates appetite; induces costiveness; is vermifuge, and decreases semen. Its seed is useful in cough, nausea, and disorders of mucus. A. Hoolba.

969 Mydhasingie ميدهسينگى.—A kind of Doodie.

970 Myoorjung ميورجنك.—A name for Aoloo; obtains its name from its stem resembling in straightness the peacock’s leg.

971 Meed ميد.—Vide Mahameed.

972 Meetanimboo ميٹہانبو.—Called also, Rajenimboophill, and in P. Shukurleemboo.

973 Nalee نالى or Narie.—A small plant, which lies on the ground. Its leaves somewhat like the tamarind leaf. In some works the Narie is separately described. Its qualities are hot, and it is discutient; useful in affections of wind from cold; is laxative and beneficial in disorders of the mouth.

974 Naryil ناريئل.—“Cocos nucifera.” A tree like the Taar or Khoojoor; its fruit is oval, and betwixt that and its covering is a fibrous substance in considerable quantities; its weight from half a rittal to one or more. It is cool; slow of digestion; expels gravel; induces costiveness; is aphrodisiac and tonic; useful in disorders of wind, blood, bile, general heat; and its water is cool, light and cardiac; increases appetite and semen. If not quickly drunk, and has become fermented, it produces some degree of intoxication, raises the spirits, and is tonic. Its cheese, when first produced, resembles milk, and is said to be very sweet; it afterwards becomes hardened, and increases semen, wind, and disorders of bile. Bullienas, a physician, has related, that if a torch is made of the rind and coir, and burnt in the midst of a large company, it will produce so soporific an effect as to put them all to sleep.

975 Naringee نارنگى.—Some have stated this to be a name for Narinje, but this is a mistake; it is produced in Indostan. Its properties are less powerful than Sungterra or Kowla, but its acid greater.