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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    192. GUILANDINA BONDUCELLA, L.; C-ESALPINIA BONDUCELLA, Boxh. of Ind. Pharm. a. Legumes and seeds. (Nicker Nuts, Bonduc Nuts.) Pre- sented by Dr. Christison. Note.—The seeds are of a leaden colour, and in size and shape resemble marbles. Used in India as a bitter tonic and febrifuge. Official in the Ind. Pharm., p. 68. The seeds of G. Bonduc are yellow. Treas. Bot., p. 555 ; Pharmacographia, p. 185. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 85. 193. Hsmatoxylum Campechianum, L. (Logwood Tree.) a. Chips. b. Section of trie trunk polished. Note.—For colouring matter see Hematoxylin, P. J. [3], vol. ii., p. 435 ; and for fig. of plant, Bentley and Trimen, Bled. Plants, tab. 86. 19-4. Hymens a Courbakil, L. (Simiri, or Locust Tree.) a. Resin. b. Ditto. c. Ditto. Note.—These three specimens were presented by Mr. Stutchbury, of Demarara. See P.J. [1], vol. xi., p. 159. Specimen a is as clear and pale as dammar. Specimen b is yellowish, and contains fragments of bark ; it appears to correspond to the ambre blanc du Bresil of Guibourt. Hist, des Drop., vol. hi., p. 460. Specimen c is pale brown, transparent, and stalactitic. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 502; Lindl. Fl. Med., p. 266. For Copal varnish see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 627; P. J. [1], vol. x„ p. 90. 195. Hymenj;a Mossambicensis, Kl. (Msandarusi.) a. Resin. (African Copal, Anime.) Note.—This specimen was presented by Mons. C. Chantre. The granular surface, technically called goose-skin, is caused by the pressure upon it of the sand in whieb it is found buried. The polished specimen shows insects imbedded in the resin. See P. J. [1], vol. xvi., pp. 367, 423 ; vol. x., p. 89 ; [2], vol. vii., p. 424 ; [3], vol. v., p. 490. Jonrn. Royal Geograph. Soc., vol. xxix., p. 435. 196. Mora excelsa, Benth. a. Bark. Note.—The bark is astringent, and used for tanning. Bentley, Mian. Bot., p. 503 ; Treas. Bot., p. 755. This specimen is from the Interna- tional Exhibition of 1851. It was contributed by Mr. T. B. Duggin, Kiver Berbice, British Guiana. See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160. 97. Tamarindus Indica, L. a. Entire fruit. b. Fruit deprived of epicarp. (East Indian Tamarinds.) c. Ditto, preserved in syrup. (West Indian Tamarinds.) d. Egyptian tamarinds in flattened cakes. e. Section of trunk. Note.—Specimen c was presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. Pharmaco- graphia, p. 197. Treas. Bot., p. 1121. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 92.