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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    l-iO. BoswELLiA SPECIES, continued. g. African Olibanum. Dr. Pereira's Catalogue, Ko 288. h. Do., from Dr. Maclagan, from an old drug store. i. Olibanum of English commerce. j. Luban mattee. A very fine specimen. Note.—Specimens 6 to / are those used by Dr. Vaughan to illustrate a paper in P. J. [1], vol. xii., pp. 228, 229. P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 166; [1], vol. v., p. 541. PharmacograpMa, pp. 120 and 131. For figures of the' olibanum trees, see Linn. Trans., xxvii., p. 111. Specimen j was presented by Mons. C. Chantr6. 141. BURSEEA ACUMINATA, WilM. a. Resin. Carana resin. Presented by Mr, Winstanley. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 494. 142. Canarium commune, L. a. Resin. {Manilla Elevii.) 2 specimens. I. Emit. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 61. 143. Canarium edulb, Eooh.f. a. Resin. (African Elemi.) Collected in the Angola district, Pungo Andongo, Africa, by Dr. WelwitSch. 144. Elaphrium elemtfeeum, Boyle. a. Resin.' (Mexican Elemi.) 145. Elaphrium grayeoiens, Kunth. a. Wood. (Mexican lignaloes.) l. Essential oil from do. Note.—TMb is not the oriental lignaloes. It has a strong odour like bergamot. P. J. [2], vol. x., p. 590. See Aquilaria Agallochum. 146. IciCA iciCARiBA, Dec. a. Resin. (Brazilian Elemi.) P. 355. 147. ICICA SPECIES. a. Elemi wrapped in leaves. Presented ,by Messrs. Bell & Co. h. Do. Eine specimen in mass. c. Spurious elemi, said to be manufactured from Thus in Germany and Holland. d. Elemi from British Guiana. (Marucoa Tarn.) e. Elemi from the Mauritius. Presented by Dr. Ure. LEGUMINOS^a]. SuborderI .—Papilionace 2B. 148. Abrus precatorius, L. (Indian Liquorice.) a. Pods and seeds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 77. Note.—These seeds are used as a standard of weight in India, called Eati. The weight of the Koh-i-noor diamond was ascertained in this way. The roots are ofScial in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as a substitute for Liquorice root. See Jnd. Pharm., pp. 74 and 446 ; Treas. Bot., p. 4; Phar- macograpMa, p. 164. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160, No. 51.