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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    70. Sapindds Saponaria, L. (W. Indian Soap Tree, Black Nicker Tree.) a. Root. Presented by Mr. Edwards. b. Fruit. (Soap Berries.) c. Seeds. Note.—The pericarps contain saponin, and are used in the W. Indies by laundresses. They are said to be as efficacious as sixty times their weight of soap. . See P. J. [1], vol. vii., p. 225. The seeds are from the International Exhibition of 1851, and are contributed by Mr. Geo. Eoss, of Euimveld Eiver, Demerara, where they are used for necklaces, bracelets, and other ornaments. POLYGALACEiE. 71. Poltgala Senega, L. a. Root. See Bentlcy and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 29. Note.—Easily distinguished from other roots by the keel which pro- jects from the concave side of the root. Pharmacographia, p. 72. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 8. See Panax qiunquefolium. KRAMERIACEiE. 72. Krameria triandra, B. et P. a. Root. (Peruvian or Payta Rhatany.) b. Ditto. Pine specimen. c. Extract. P. J. [1], vol. iii., p. 82. d. Ditto. Thought by Guibourt to be the product of some species of acacia of S. America, of which an account was published in the Journal de Pharmacie. Note.—The extract is said to be extensively used to give astringency and colour to artificial port wine. Pharmacographia, p. 74. For fig. of root, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. iv., fig. 2. 73. Krameriatomentosa, St. Hilaire. (K.Ixina /3.granatensis, Triana.) a. Root. (Savanilla, or New Granada Bhatany.) b. Ditto. A commercial specimen. Note.—This rhatany generally occurs in short pieces, on account of being very brittle when fresh. Its pale purplish hue when seen in mass, smooth surface, and transverse cracks, as well as the thickness of the bark of the root, distinguish it from Peruvian rhatany. It is said to be more astringent than the latter. See P.J. [1], vol. xi., p. 420; [2], vol. vi., p. 460. Botanische Zeitung, Oct. and Nov., 1856. For Para Ehatany, see P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 84 ; [3], vol. vi., p. 21. For fig. of K. triandra and K. Ixina, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tabs. 30, 31. 74. Acer saccharinum, L. a. Crude juice. b. Maple sugar. ACERACEiE. (Sugar Maple.) See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 115. See P. J. [1], vol. xvii., p. 324.