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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    MALPIGHIACE^E. 75. Byrsonima laurifolia, H. B. a. Bark. (Alcornoque Bark.) Note.—American Alcornoque bark is derived from other species of Byrsonima as well as from B. laurifolia, and also from Boivdichia virgilioides. It is used in tanning. Alcornoque is the Spanish name for the cork oak. See Bentley, Man. Bot., pp. 459 and 498. P.J. [1], vol. vi., p. 362. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. i., ff. 5-8. ERYTHROXYLACE^E. 76. Ertthroxtlon Coca, Lam. a. leaves. (Coca, Ypadu.) Note.—These leaves are used by the natives of Brazil to allay hunger and diminish fatigue. See P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 660; [1], vol. xiii., p. 224; [l],vol. xiv., pp. 162,213; [2], vol. i., p. 616. For Cocaine, see Watts'1 Diet. Chemistry, vol. i., p. 1059; Supplt., i., p. 479. P. J. [3], vi., p. 883. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 40. CEDRELACEiE. 77. Cedrela febrifuga, A. de J. Meliac. a. Bark. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 461. Note.—It is used as an astringent and febrifuge. For fig. of the bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. xxxi., ff. 7, 8, 9. 78. Sotmida febrifuga, Juss. (Bed Wood Tree, Bastard Cedar.) a. Bark. (JRolmn Baric.) Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It is used in diarrhoea and in intermittent fevers ; also as a local astringent like oak bark. Nux vomica bark is sometimes met with in the Calcutta bazaars under this name. See P. J. [1], vol. i., p. 575; [1], vol. xi., p. 420; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 137. For fig. of plant, see Bentl. db Trim., Med. Plants, tab. 63. MELIACEiE. 79. Carapa Guineensis, G. Bon. a. Stem. b. Seeds. c. Concrete oil expressed from the seeds. (Tallicoona or Kundah Oil.) Note.—The specimen of oil is from the district of Assin, on the Gold Coast, on the frontiers of the kingdom of Ashantee. See P. J. [1] , vol. ii., pp. 341, 342. It is purgative and anthelmintic, and is also used as lamp oil. This plant is believed by Oliver to be identical with Carapa Guianensis, Aubl. 80. Carapa Guianensis, Aubl. a. Concrete oil expressed from the seed. (Crab Oil.) Note.—This specimen is from the International Exhibition of 1851. See Catalogue No. 53. Contributed by Mr. J. S. Stutchberry, Eiver Essequibo, British Guiana. It is used in the colony for burning, and as hair oil to prevent the hair turning grey. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160.