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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    1 286. PiMPINELLA AnISUM, L. a. Fruit. (AUuant Aniseed.) b. Ditto. (Oerman Aniseed.) c. Ditto. (Uussian Aniseed.) Note.—Eussian aniseed is much smaller than the other varieties, being about the size of hemlock fruit, from which it may be distinguished at sight by the persistent fruit stalks and the mericarps remaiaing united. The AUcant variety is the best. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 162 ; Phannacographia, p. 277. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 122. 287. Pttckotis Ajowan, D. G. (^True Bishop's Weed.) a. Fruits. (Ajowan Seeds, Semen Ajavce.) Note.—The fruits are official in the Ind. Pharm., under the name of Carum Ajowan, Benth, and are used as a carminative. The fruits are covered with minute tubercles, by which, and by their thyme-like odour, they may be distinguished from the seeds of Apium graveolens, A. in- volucratum, and A. petroselinum, which in size and shape they much resemble. Ind. Pharm., p. 99 ; Pharmacographia, p. 271, art. Ammi Copticum; P.J. [1], vol. xiv.,p. 272. For fig., see P.J. [3], vol. i., p. 1007. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 120. 288. Sagapenum. ^ a. Gum resLQ; Sagapenum in lamp. b. Ditto ; Ditto in tears. c. Ditto; Ditto somewhat agglutinated. Note.—The botanical source of the drug is unknown. In mediasval times it was called serapinum. It smells Uke assafoetida, but less strongly, and differs in the tears not becoming pink when broken and exposed to the air. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 183; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 291. 289. Seliitom PALasTRE, L.; Peucedandm montanum, Koch. a. Root. Note.—The root is used like ginger in Eussia. In Courland it is used for epilepsy. Lindley's Fl. Med., p. 49. P. J. [2], vol, i., p. 234. 290. Thapsia Garganica, var. y. Silphium, B. G, a. Root. Note.—This specimen was presented by Dr. A. Leared, and was received by him from Mogador. The small specimen in the same bottle was brought from Oyrenaica by Vice-Consul Henderson, of Bengazi. See P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 598. A leaf of the plant is in the Herbarium of the Society. It is distinguished from the typical plant by the leaves' being hairy, and by their having revolute margins. De Candolle Prodromus, vol. iv., p. 202. ARALIACE^. . 291. Aralia spinosa, L. (Angelica Tree, Toothache Tree, Frichly Elder.) a. Bark. (^Aralia Baric.) b. Root. Note.—Official in the secondary list of the U. S. P. It is used as a stimxilant and diaphoretic. Amer. Dispens., p. 125.