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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    94. Baeosma crenulata, Eoolc. a. Leaves. Por fig., see Bcntley & Tnmen, Med. Plants, tab. 46. h. Branchlets and leaves. 95. Barosma serratifolia, Willd. a. Leaves. For fig., see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plards, tab. 47. Note.—Barosma crenulata must not be confounded with Diosma crenata, L., which is a synonym for Barosma betulina. 96. DiCTAMNUs Fraxinella, Lavi. (False Dittany.) a. Boot. Note.—Formerly much used as atonic, diuretic, antispasmodic, andem- menagogue. For fig. of root see Goehel und Eunze, pt. ii., taf. xxviii., f. 2. 97. Galipea Cuspaeta, 8t. Eilaire. a. Bark. (Gusparia Bark, Angustura Baric, Quinade Caroni.) Note.—By some authors Cusparia bark is attributed to Galipea Cuspa- ria, and Angustm'a bark to G. ofScinalis, Hancock; but Farre and Don decided the two were the same. Hanbury also considered both plants to be identical. Pharmacographia, p. 97, note. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 43. The bark of G. officinalis is official in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the name of Angustura bark. Under a lens the transverse frac- ture of Cusparia bark shows a number of white points or minute lines, not present in Nux Vomica bark, with which it was at one time adulter- ated. See P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 663. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 116. Joum. Pharm., 1836, p. 662. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 681. See Nux Vomica Baek, p. 98. For fig. of Cusparia bark, see Goehel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. il., fig. 1-4. 98. PiLOCAEPDS SPECIES. (Pemambuco Jaborandi.) a. Leaves. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 48. h. Stem, root, and fruits. c. Bark of the stem. 2^ote.—The word Jaborandi is used in South America as a generic term for several different plants possessing sialogogue and diaphoretic pro- perties. For figure and description of Pernambuco Jaborandi see P. J. [3], vol. v., pp. 583, 641, 838 ; for its active principles, P. J. [3], vol. v., pp. 826, 965 ; vol. iv., p. 911; for its physiological action, P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 850 ; vol. v., pp. 464, 561. For fig. of leaf, etc., of Serronia Jabo- randi, GuilL, see Archiv. der Pharmacie, November, 1875, p. 416; and for Serronine, P. J. [3], vol. v., p. 1034. For other plants used under the name of Jaborandi, see Piper species in this catalogue, Martins' Syst. Mat. Med. Brazil., p. 100, and L'Union Pharmaceutique, June, 1874, p. 183. Ptelea teifoliata, L. {Shrub Trefoil, Wing Seed, Wafer Ash.) a. Root bark, and ptelein. Presented by Prof. W. Procter. Note. The root bark is used to a limited extent in America, by the Eclectics, as a stimulant tonic in intermittent fevers. See P. J. [1], vol. xvi., p. 272 ; [2], vol. iv., p. 494. 100. Rdta graveolens, L. (Rue. Herb of Grace.) a. Root, preserved wet.