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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    81. Carapa Moluccensis, Lam.; Xylocarpus granatum, Kdn. a. Seeds. Presented by Dr. F. J. Farre. Note—The seeds axe very bitter, and are usediu Borneo in intermittent fever. 82. Melia Azedarach, L. (Bead Tree.) a. Bark. Note.—Hho root baric is used as an anthelmintic in America. See American Dispensatory, p. 520. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 62. 83. Melia Indica, Brandis; Melu Azadirachta, L.; Azadirachta Indica, Juss. a. Bark. (Gortex AzadirachtcB, Mm Barh, Margosa Bark.) Note.—This tree is sometimes confounded with Melia Azedarach, L. It differs in having a simple fruit (by abortion) and pinnate leaves; Melia Azedarach has a five-celled fruit and bi-pinnate leaves, Pharmaco- graphia, p. 136. The bark and leaves are official in the Indian Pharma- copoeia, the bark as a tonic, and the leaves, in the form of poultice, as an application to ulcers. See Ind. Pharm., pp. 54, 443. AUEANTIACE^. 84. ^GLE Marmelos, Gorrea. (Indian Bael, Bilva Tree, Bengal Quince.) a. Fruit. The pulp is modelled in v?ax. b. Entire Fruit. c. The fruit, sliced and dried. d. Ditto, commercial specimen. e. Thin sheets formed of the dried pulp. Presented by Mr. J. G. Gould. /. Bark. ff. Gum obtained from the fruit. Note.—The fruit is stated by Hanbury and'Fliickiger not to contain tannin. See Pharmacographia, p. 117. For fig. of fruits, &c., see P. J. [1], vol. X., p. 166 ; of plant, Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 55. 85. Citrus Bergamia, var. vulgaris, Bisso et Poiteau. (Bergamot Orange.) a. Fruit preserved wet. h. Rind of fruit. For micr. section see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 45. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 52. 86. Citrus Bigaradia, N. Buham. a. Flower buds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 50. h. Immature fruit. c. Ditto, turned and perforated. (Issue Peas.) d. Rind of fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat, Atlas,