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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    TTLIACEiE. 59. Tilia EuROPiEA, L. (Linden, or Lime Tree.) a. Flowers. Note.—The flowers are still used in France in the form of Tisane and distilled water, as an antispasmodic. Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 635. L'OJJicine, p. 949. The flowers, as well as the leaves and bark, were formerly officinal in this country. Ph. Lond., 1724, p. 159. DIPTERACEiE. GO. DipteROCAEPDS tdrbinatus, Gaert, and other species. a. Oleoresin. (Gurjun Balsam, Wood Oil, Gurqun Oil.) Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It is used in India in- stead of balsam of copaiba. It is also used in India as a varnish. P. J. [1], vol. xv., p. 321. Ind. Pharm. app., p.441. Pharmacographia, p. 81. It has lately been used in the cure of leprosy. P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 65 ; [3], vol. v., p. 729. 61. Drtobalanops aeomatica, Gaert. a. Section of stem from Sumatra. From Dr. De Vriese. b. Fruit, preserved wet. c. Stearoptene. (Borneo Camphor.) Note.—This camphor is found in the wood in fragments, and is remarkable for not subliming at the ordinary temperature of the air. Hook. Journ. Bot., vol. iv., pp. 33-202. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 710. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 444. For fig. of crystals, see P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 302 ; [3], vol. iv., p. 710. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE. 62. Thea Chinensis, Sims.; Camellia Thea, Link. a. Leaves. b. Green tea. c. Black tea. d. Oil expressed from the fruit. Note.—Black and green tea are probably derived from the same plant; but Assam tea is the product of Thea Assamica. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 446. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 34. GUTTIFERiE. 63. Calophylhtm Calaba, Willd. a. Bark. b. Resin. (East Indian Tacamahaca.) Note.—This specimen is labelled This is the Animi Tacamahac of Batka. See P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 742. It is used as an application to indolent ulcers. Specimen 6 resembles some varieties of Olibanum, and gives off a similar odour when heated. It also has fragments of papery bark attached to it.