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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    364 Holarrhena antidysenterica, continued. The seeds are from the Exhibition of 1851. They are of the size of oats, of a brown colour, with one longitudinal furrow, and have an extremely bitter taste. They have been used to allay vomiting in cholera and also for cattle plague. See Ind. Pharm.,\>. 138. For Wrightine or Conessine, an alkaloid contained in both bark and seeds, see P.J. [2], vol. v., p. 493 ; [2], vol. vi., p. 432. LOGANIAOBiE. 365. Spigelia Marilandica, L. (Carolina Pink, Worm Grass.) a. Herb. (Indian Pink Boot.) b. Root. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, No. 180. Note.—Indian Pink root, as met with in English commerce, usually consists of the whole herb, with root attached. In the United States, the root only appears to be used. It much resembles serpentary root but is smaller, more furrowed, and without the peculiar odour of serpen- tary. From arnica it differs in taste, and in the rootlets being closer together. It is official in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. Besides its vermi- fuge property, it has a stimulant action on the heart and arteries. Phar- macographia, p. 389; Wood and Bache, p. 799. 366. Strychnos Ignatii, Bergius. a. Seeds. (St. Ignatius Beans.) Note.—These seeds contain three times as much strychnia as nux vomica seeds. Very little is known concerning the plant itself. Pharma- cographia, p. 387. See Leu-sung-kwo, in the collection of Chinese 1 Materia Medica. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 179. 367. Strychnos cinnamomifolia, Thw. (?) a. Section of small trunk. Note.-.—This specimen is labelled in Dr. Pereira's handwriting, Strych- nos inermis, a creeper producing a species of nux vomica, Ceylon. There is no species with the above name described in the Enum. Plant. Zeylan, p. 201. 368. Strychnos Nux. Vomica, L. a. Bark. For fig. see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. ii., fig. 5-7. b. Ditto. Presented by Dr. Shaughnessy. c. Ditto. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 178. Note.—Specimen c was picked out of a sample of Angustura bark in Dublin, by Dr. Neligan, and was sent by him to Dr. Pereira. The letter which accompanied the specimen is enclosed with it in the glass jar. d. Section of stem. e. Fruit. /. Ditto, preserved wet. g. Seeds. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 47. Note.—Some specimens of the bark much resemble Cusparia bark. Its transverse fracture, however, does not present the white specks present in Cusparia bark ; and nitric acid turns it bright red, instead of dull red as with Cusparia bark. Nux Vomica bark contains brucia, but not strychnia. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 638. See P. J. [3], vol. v., p. 7. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. ii., figs. 5, 6, 7.