Catalogue of the medicinal plants / Compiled by E.M. Holmes.
- Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of the medicinal plants / Compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![5. Anemone Pulsatilla, L. a. Plant in flower. Cultivated, Tottenham; T. Ware. b. Plant in fruit. Gogmagog Park, Cambridge; May, 1873; E. M. Holmes. Tribe III. Ranuncules. 6. Ranunculus pinnatus, Poir. “ Isanzasana.” a. Plant with root, but no flower. Engcobo, Tembu Land. The juice of the stems and leaves is used as an antiseptic for assegai wounds and sores of all kinds by the Kaffirs. 7. Ranunculus Thora, L. a. Plant in flower, with root attached. Pyrenees, Hohenacker, No. 602. [This plant is said to have been used by the Gauls to poison their arrows. The root is stated by Marquart to be collected as Radix Genticmce rubrce.] Tribe IV. Hellebores. 8. Aconitum Anthora, L. Var. a vulgaris, D.C. (Section I. Anthora.) a. Flowering stem. Cultivated, Royal Gardens, Kew; 1882. For fig. see Reichb. Monogr. Aeon., tab. vi., fig. a, b; Reichb. 111., tab. lix. Var. ( eulophum, D. C. a. Flowering stem. Royal Botanical Gardens, Berlin ; Dr. J. Urban ; 3 Aug., 1882. For fig. see Reichb. Monogr. Aeon., tab. v. [This plant derives its specific name Anthora—i.e., Anti-Thora,' from being used as an antidote to the poison of Ranunculus Thora. 9. Aconitum barbatum, Patr. (Section II. Lycoctonum.) a. Leafy and fruiting stems. Cultivated, Germany. (P.) b. Leaf and flowering stems. Royal Botanical Gardens, Berlin ; Dr. J. Urban ; 3 Aug., 1882.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24850408_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
