Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    AQUIFOLIACE2E. 351. Ilex Paraguayensis, St. Hil. a. Leaves, first quality. {Mate or Paraguay Tea.) b. Leaves and twigs in powder, second quality. c. Ditto. Note.—Specimens a and b were presented by Mr. George Fielding, who states that mate is used in Brazil in the powdered state as specimens b and c, and in Paraguay the leaves as specimen a. It is remarkable for containing theine. Mate is used medicinally as a diuretic and diapho- retic, but its chief use is as a refreshing beverage like tea. Treas. Bot., p. 618; Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 564. 352. Prinos verticillatus, L. (Black Alder, Winter Berry.) a. Bark. b. Leaves and berries. Note.—The bark is official in the secondary list of the United States Pharmacopoeia. It is used as an alterative tonic and astringent in jaun- dice, diarrhoea, and other diseases attended with great weakness, also as a lotion for gangrene. The berries are tonic and emetic. Wood and Bache, p. 677. In this country, Bhamnus Frangula is known as Black Alder. SAPOTACE^E. 353. ISONANDRA GUTTA, Hook. a. Gutta percha. Note.—This specimen came from Singapore, and was presented by Dr. Boyle. See P. J. [1], vol. v., p. 510 ; [1], vol. vi., p. 377 ; [1], vol. vii., p. 180 ; [1], vol. x. p. 546 ; [1], vol. xi., p. 575 ; Bentley and Redwood, Mat. Med., Appendix, p. 1074. For solution of, see P. J. [1], vol. xvi., p. 142; [2], vol. iii., p. 44. For other varieties, P. J. [2], vol. vi., p. 490. For decay of, P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 178. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 167. 354. Argania Sideroxylon, B. et Sch. a. Fruit. Note.—This speeimen is from Morocco, and was presented by Dr. Hooker. The fruit is a drupe of the size of a plum, and contains a smooth stone of the size of an acorn, marked with three longitudinal lines. The kernels yield a sweet oil which is used in Morocco as a substitute for olive oil. See Joum. Bot., 1854, p. 97, and for fig. of fruit pi. iv.; P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 623. STYBACEiE. 355. Sttrax Benzoin, Dry. a. Fruit. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. b. Balsamic resin, in the tear. (Siam Benzoin.) Note.—Specimen b is from Siam, and was presented to Dr. Pereira by Mr. Noakes in March, 1836. c. Yellow Benzoin, in the tear. Note.—This specimen is the kind alluded to by Pereira in vol. ii., pt. i., p. 684. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 169.