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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    469. Humulus Lupulus, L. a. Strobiles. b. Fruits. c. Lupuline, or lupulinic glands. Note.—Lupuline consists of the glands -which cover the fruit, etc. It must not be confounded with lupulite, the bitter principle of the hop. See Boyle, Mat. Med., p. 636; Pharmacographia, p. 495 ; Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 375; and for fig. of lupulinic glands, Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 49. See Bentley and Trimen, Bled. Plants, tab. 230. MORACEiE. 470. Dorstenia Brasiliensis, L. (Eayapia, Oarapia.) a. Root. (Contrayerva Boot.) Note.—The root was formerly used in this country as a stimulant, tonic, and diaphoretic, but it is now obsolete. The inflorescence is remarkable as affording an instance of an open hypanthodium. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. L, p. 381, fig. 165. For fig. of the root, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. vii. ARTOCARPACEiE. 471. Antiaris toxicaria, Lesch. (Upas Tree, or Antiar.) a. Upas poison. Note.—This specimen was sent by Mr. J. Christie, merchant in Java, to Mr. J. Bowerbank, about the year 1816. This poison is said to render the heart insensible to the stimulus of the blood. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. L, p. 383. E UPHORBIACEiE. 472. Aleurites Ambinux, Pers. (Belgaum, or Indian Walnut, Candleberry Tree, BanJcoul Nut.) a. Seeds. Presented by Mr. J. Reeves. Note.—The oil of the seed, known in Ceylon as Kekune oil, is said to be as mild in its action as castor oil, and to have the advantage of being , more fluid, and without taste or smell. P. J. [2], vol. ii., p. 42 ; Pharm. Ind., p. 203. The oil is occasionally imported, and is known as artist's oil or country walnut oil. Treas. Bot., p. 36. 473. Anda Brasiliensis, Baddi. (Anda-aqu, Indayaqu, Purga de Gentio, Cocco de Purga, Purga dos Paulistas, Fruita d'Arara.) a. Fruit. b. Fixed oil. Note.—The oil has been found to be moderately purgative in doses of twenty drops. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 428. For fig. of fruit, see Hist, des Drog., vol. ii., p. 360. 474. Cneorum tricoccon, L. (Widow-wale.) a. Leaves and twigs. Presented by Mr. McCulloch. Note.—This plant is stated by C. Bauhin to be the Mezereon of A.vicenna. The leaves much resemble those of the olive-tree. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 477.