Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    53. GossTPiUM HEEBACErM, L. (Cottoii Tree.) a. Capsules, seeds, and cotton. Bentletj, Man. Bot., p. 435. b. Oil expressed from tlie seeds. F.J. [2], vol. iii., p. 30; [3], vol. ii., p. 867. c. Cotton-seed cake. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 485. Note.—The root bark is official in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and is used as a safe parturient and emmenagogue. Wood and Bache, p. 482, 12th ed. The oil of the seeds is used to adulterate olive oil, to which it imparts its drying quahty. P. J. [2], vol. vii., p. 226. For difference between cotton and linen fibre, see P. J. [1], vol. iii., p. 351; [1], vol. X., p. 243 ; and for fig., P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 353. For alkaline compounds, see P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 429. For fig. of cotton plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 37. 54. Malva stlvestkis, L. (Gom.mon Malloiu.) a. Flovrers. I. Eoot, preserved wet. Note.—The tincture or infusion of the flowers serves as a test for acids and alkalies like litmus. The root and herb are sometimes substituted for those of Alth^a officinalis. STEEOULIACB^. 55. Adansonia digitata, L. (Baolab Tree, EtJiiopian Sour Gourd, Monkey Bread.) t a. Section of stem, I. Fruit. J^oie.—The fibres of the stem are made into ropes. The juice of the fruit is acidulous, and is used in Africa as a specific for putrid fevers. Treas. Bot., p. 17. 56. Steeculia acuminata, L. a. Fruit. {Kola Nuts.) Presented by Dr. Daniell. Note.—The seeds are remarkable for containing theine. In Congo (West Africa) it is known under the name of Makasso. It is the Guru nut of Soudan. It is also used by the natives in diarrhoea and affections of the Uver, as well as a beverage. See P. J. [2], vol. vi., pp. 450-457. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 439. 57. Steeculia Teagacantha, Lindl. (African Tragacanth.) a. Gum. Note.—This gum contains bassorin, and swells up in water lUce tragacanth. P. J. [1], vol.'xv., p. 58. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 439. BYTTNERIACE^. 58. Theobeoma Cacao, L. (Cocoa Tree.) a. Fruit. h. Seeds. c. Concrete oil, expressed from the seeds. (Cacao hutter.) d. Ditto, in flattened cakes. Note.—This tree must not be confounded with the tree which yields the cocoa-nut, and which belongs to the Palmace£B. Vide Cocos nucifera. Specimen c was prepared by Mr. H. B. Brady. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 88.