167 Purbal پربال.—A name for Coral; see Moonga.
168 Byrumbseerjella بيرم سرجلا, vide Hurhurra.
169 Peertuckhpirnie پرتك پرنى.—A species of Peereshtpirnee.
170 Buryara بريارا.—“Indian Mallow, (Sida cordifolia, W. Sida Rhombifolia, W. Sida Rhomboidœa, Roxb. MS. Sp. Ch.) Shrubby, erect, ramous; leaves short, petioled, rhomboid-lanceolate, serrate, 3-nerved, villous; stipules sitaceous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, one-flowered, capsules 12, without beak, Roxb. MS.” A very light flower of Hindoostan, cool and dry, demulcent and emolient; it promotes seminal secretion, and cures disorders of the spirits, gonorrhœa, and seminal weakness. Take 24 grs. of the dried flower in powder, and eat with milk and sugar, for the cure of the above-mentioned disorders. Ext. Maadentezerrabad.
171 Burruntaaki برنتاكى.—A name for Buretta.
172 Purundha پرندها.—A name for Mahameet.
173 Pursarnie پرسارنى.—Hot and purgative, pungent and strengthening; expels wind, disperses phlegm, &c. In the Maadentezerrabad, Pursarnie is said to be a medicine of India; hot and dry, beneficial in leprosy, boils and pains in the joints, mucous disorders, and flatulence.
174 Berahumnie برهہمنى, or Berrumdundie برهم دندى.—A wild plant, growing very low, with very thin branches and dark-red flowers, having small prickles on them; it is sweet, cool and light, increases knowledge and memory, relieves pains in the back, clears the voice, and is useful in marasmus, seminal weakness, and fever. In the Maadentezerrabad, it is thus described—Beramdundie, a medicine of India, with prickles on its flowers; hot and dry: seven scruples in powder taken in cow’s milk, increases memory; is aphrodisiac, and beneficial in mania; it also removes too great irritability in the seminal vessels.
175 Berahumie برهمى.—I have given a description of this separately, as it is so done in the Maadentezerrabad. A medicine of India, of the herb tribe; pungent, astringent, hot and dry in the 2d degree; beneficial in cholicks, phlegm, epilepsy, depression of spirits, fever from mucus, and delirium from cold; it is also stomachic.
176 Peroza پيروزا, or Berektummun.—A common stone, called in India Feroza. It is astringent and sweet, stomachic, and an antidote to all poisons.