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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    94. Barosma crenulata, Hook. a. Leaves. For fig., see Bentley & Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 46. b. Branchlets and leaves. 95. Barosma serratifolia, Willi. a. Leaves. For fig., see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 47. Note.—Barosma crenulata must not be confounded with Diosma crenata, L., which is a synonym for Barosma betulina. 96. Dictamnus Fraxinella, Lam. (False Dittany.) a. Root. Note.—Formerly much used as a tonic, diuretic, antispasmodic, and em- menagogue. For fig. of root see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxviii., f. 2. 97. Galipea Cusparia, St. Hilaire. a. Bark. (Cusparia Bark, Angustura Bark, QuinadeCaroni.) Note.—By some authors Cusparia bark is attributed to Galipea Cuspa- ria, and Angustura bark to G. officinalis, Hancock; but Farre and Don decided the two were the same. Hanbury also considered both plants to be identical. Pharmacographia, p. 97, note. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 43. The bark of G. officinalis is official in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the name of Angustura bark. Under a lens the transverse frac- ture of Cusparia bark shows a number of white points or minute lines, not present in Nux Vomica bark, with which it was at one time adulter- ated. See P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 663. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 116. Journ. Pharm., 1836, p. 662. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 681. See Nux Vomica Bake, p. 93. For fig. of Cusparia bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. ii., fig. 1-4. 98. Pilocarpus species. (Pernambuco Jaborandi.) a. Leaves. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 48. h. Stem, root, arid fruits. c. Bark of the stem. Note.—The word Jaborandi is used in South America as a generic term for several different plants possessing sialogogue and diaphoretic pro- perties. For figure and description of Pernambuco Jaborandi see P. J. [3], vol. v., pp. 583, 641, 838 ; for its active principles, P. J. [3], vol. v., pp. 826, 965 ; vol. iv., p. 911; for its physiological action, P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 850 ; vol. v., pp. 464, 561. For fig. of leaf, etc., of Serronia Jabo- randi, Gaill., see Archiv. der Pharmacie, November, 1875, p. 416 ; and for Serronine, P. J. [3], vol. v., p. 1034. For other plants used under the name of Jaborandi, see Piper species in this catalogue, Martins' Syst. Mat. Med. Brazil., p. 100, and L'Union Pharmaceutique, June, 1874, p. 183. Ptelea trifoliata, L. (Shrub Trefoil, Wing Seed, Wafer Ash.) a. Root bark, and ptelein. Presented by Prof. W. Procter. Note.—The root bark is used to a limited extent in America, by the Eclectics, as a stimulant tonic in intermittent fevers. See P. J. [1], vol. xvi.,p. 272; [2], vol. iv., p. 494. 100. Ruta graveolens, L. (Bite. Herb of Grace.) a. Root, preserved wet.