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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    442. Ctjbeba Clusii, continued. The fruits of Toddalia lanoeolata have also been imported from the Cape of Good Hope under the name of African cubebs. See P. J. [2], vol. vi., p. 463. 443. CUBEBA OFFICINALIS, Miq. ; PlPEE CUBEBA, L. a. Raceme of fruit. b. Immature fruit. c. Cubebs with a peculiar odour. d. Essential oil. Note.—For analysis of the fruit, see P. J. [3], vol. ii., p. 270. The cubebs with a peculiar odour is probably produced by Piper crassipes. Korth. See Pharmacographia, p. 530. It has a bitter taste, and an odour like olibanum. The diuretic properties are said to exist in the resin rather than in the volatile oil. See P. J. [2], vol. ix., p. 539; for extract, see P. J. [1], vol. vi., p. 319 ; for Cubebin, P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 37 ; see also Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 395 ; B. & T., Med. Plants, tab. 243. 444. Maceopipee methysticum, Miq. a. Root. (Cava Boot, Ava Soot, Kaiva Kama.) Note.—The root is used as an intoxicating agent in the Sandwich and Fiji islands, the root being first chewed and then mixed with water. See P.J. [1], vol. iii., p. 474; and for fig. of plant, p. 473; see also Treas. Bot., p. 708 ; P. J. [1] , vol. ix., p. 219 ; [2], vol. iv., p. 85 ; [3], vol. vii., p. 149. 445. PlPEE NIGEUM, L. a. Woody stem. b. Dried unripe fruit. (Black Pepper.) c. Dried ripe fruit. (White Pepper.) Note. — The white pepper is less pungent than the black, which is said to be owing to the fruit being allowed to ripen before being gathered. It consists of the fruit deprived of the fleshy portion of the pericarp, see Pharmacographia, p. 523. Malabar black pepper is considered the best kind, and the Tellicherry and Penang the finest varieties of the white pepper. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. L, p. 385; P. J. [2], vol. vii., p. 288 ; and for adulterations, P. J. [2], vol. i., p. 605 ; and for figs., P. J. [2] , vol. ii., pp. 7, 8, 9 ; Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 245. THYMELACE^E. 446. Daphne Laueeola, L. a. Root, preserved wet. See Bent. & Trim., Bled. Plants, tab. 226. 447. Daphne Mezeeeum, L. a. Root, preserved wet. b. Ditto, dried. c. Bark of the root. d. Original bundle of root bark. Note.—The stem bark of D. laureola is similar to that of D. mezereum, but has not the prominent leaf scars of the latter. D. Laureola has evergreen leaves, and green flowers. D. Mezereum, purplish red flowers, which appear before the leaves. See P. J. [1], vol. i., p. 395 ; Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 477. B. & Tr., Med. Plants, tab. 225.