Catalogue of the medicinal plants in the museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / Compiled by E.M. Holmes.
- Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of the medicinal plants in the museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / Compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![5. Anemone Pulsatilla, L. a. Plant in flower. Cultivated, Tottenham; T. Ware. b. Plant in fruit. Gogmagog Park, Cambridge j May, 1873; E. M. Holmes. TlUBE III. KANUNCULEyE. 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 Gentiarm rubra'.] Tribe IV. Hellebores. 8. Aconitum Anthora, L. Var. a vulgaris, D.G. (Section I. Antlma.) a. Flowering stem. Cultivated, Royal Gardens, Kew; 1882 Forfi* see Reichb. Monogr. Aeon., tab. vi., fig. «, b; Reichb. 111., tab. lix. Var. C eulophum, D. C. n Flowering: stem. Royal Botanical Gardens, Berlin j Dr. J. Urban ; 3 An,,. 1882 For fig. see Reichb. Monogr. Aeon., tab. v. [This plant derives its specific name ^ra^ Anti-Thora, from being used as an antxdote to the poison of Ranunculus Thora, u w„™ Patr (Section II. Lycoctmmi.) 9. Aconitum barbatum, .Fair. \ a. Leafy and fruiting stems. Cultivated, Germany. (P.) h. Leaf and flowering stems. Royal Botanical Gardens, Berlin ; Dr. J. Urban , 3 Aug., 1882.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21468722_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
