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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    CORNACE^E. 261. Cornus Florida, L. (American Dogwood.) a. Bark. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, No. 136. Note.—Official in the U. S. P. It is used like cinchona bark. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 329 ; Treas. Bot., p. 333. UMBELLIFERiE. 262. JEthosa Cynapium, L. (Fools' Parsley.) a. Umbels and fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 41. Note.—This plant much resembles hemlock ; it may be distinguished by having three long pendulous bracts beneath each partial umbel, no general involucre, and no spots on the stem. For fig. of fruit, see P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 341. The ridges of the fruit are not crenate, and there are vitta? between the ridges. See Gonium maeulatum; Pharmacographia, p. 269 ; Treas. Bot., p. 26. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 125. 263. Anethum graveolens, L.; Peucedanum graveolens, Benth. a. Fruit. (Dill Seed.) b. Volatile oil. Note.—Dill is known in India under the name of Suva or s6yah. It is the anise of Matthew xxiii. 23. Pharmacographia, p. 292. For micr. section of fruit, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 43. It yields 2-8 per cent, of volatile oil. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 132. 264. Apium Petroselinum, L. (Parsley.) a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. b. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 42. c. Volatile oil. Note.—The seeds possess diuretic properties. Treas. Bot., p. 79. For Apiol, see P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 269. 265. Archangelica officinalis, Hoffm. a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. b. Fruit. c. Volatile oil. Note.—The root is used in some parts of the country for toothache, like pellitory root. It forms an ingredient in the cholera powder of herbalists, being considered anti-pestilential. The fruits are said to be used to flavour- gin. The green stalks are sold as an aromatic candy. P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 206 ; Treas. Bot., p. 66. For micr. section of root, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 14. For fig. of root, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxvi., fig. 1. 266. Carum Carvi, L. (Caraway.) a. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 42. b. Ditto, powdered. c. Ditto. (Mogador Caraways.) B. & Tr., Med. PL, tab. 121. d. Volatile oil. Note.—The fruits yield 4'9 per cent, of oil. The Mogador caraways were presented by Mr. D. Hanbury ; they are paler and longer than other varieties. Pharmacographia, p. 271; P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 623. , E